Songs About Miracles, Vol. 1

There's nothing particularly miraculous about these songs other than the word "miracle" appearing in each of their titles. That doesn't mean they aren't wonderful, though. Because, quite frankly, a good number of them are. Some of them are merely above-average. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Ordinary Miracle”

2)  JV Project ft. Eric Solomon  ~  “Miracle”

3)  Milk Inc.  ~  “Miracle”

4)  U2  ~  “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)”

5)  Mike Candys ft. Maury  ~  “Miracles”

6)  Abraham McDonald  ~  “Miracle”

7)  The Temper Trap  ~  “Miracle”

8)  Clément Bcx  ~  “Miracle In The Middle Of My Heart”

9)  Timid Tiger  ~  “Miracle”

10)  Sara Groves  ~  “Miracle”

11)  Selebobo  ~  “Miracle Girl”

12)  Borgeous & BRKLYN ft. Lenachka  ~  “Miracle”

13)  Jon Bon Jovi  ~  “Miracle”

14)  Rico Bernasconi & Lotus ft. Nicki Minaj, Shiloh, & Gravy  ~  “Make A Miracle”

15)  The Last Shadow Puppets  ~  “Miracle Aligner”

16)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Miracle”

17)  BETTY  ~  “Miracle”

18)  Teodorf  ~  “It’s A Miracle”

19)  Mike + The Mechanics  ~  “All I Need Is A Miracle”

20)  Klaxons  ~  “Show Me A Miracle”

21)  Nelson Can  ~  “Miracle”

22)  SuperHeavy  ~  “Miracle Worker”  (This “supergroup” boasts a pretty impressive lineup of artists, including Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, Dave Stewart, and A.R. Rahman.)

23)  Julian Perretta  ~  “Miracle”

24)  Shinedown  ~  “Miracle”

25)  TIBORG  ~  “Miracle”

"Beautiful" Songs

If I didn't tell you this "theme" was a reboot from four-and-a-half years ago (on my original "The Plural Of Hyena" blog, no less), I'm sure you never would have remembered. But it is. And with good reason. Four-and-a-half years ago, I wasn't quite as adept at finding the perfect mix of well-known and lesser-known songs, which should (in theory) tip slightly in favor of the more well-known ones. Also, some of the really good songs included in this two-parter weren't even released four-and-a-half years ago. So here they are. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Young And Beautiful”

2)  R.E.M.  ~  “At My Most Beautiful”

3)  Sofia Carson ft. Alan Walker  ~  “Back To Beautiful”

4)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Beautiful Mess”

5)  Kari Jobe  ~  “Beautiful”

6)  Zedd ft. Jon Bellion  ~  “Beautiful Now”

7)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Beautiful Thing”

8)  Prince  ~  “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World”

9)  Ace Of Base  ~  “Beautiful Life”

10)  311  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”

11)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Beautiful”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”

13)  Ellie Holcomb  ~  “The Broken Beautiful”

14)  The Rascals  ~  “A Beautiful Morning”

15)  Nightwish  ~  “Bye Bye Beautiful”

16)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Beautiful Girls”

17)  John Lennon  ~  “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)”

18)  Aniri  ~  “Beautiful Life”

19)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “Beautiful One”  (To skip all the introductions, proceed directly to the 2:00 mark. Otherwise, you’ll get to know everyone in the band.)

20)  Joydrop  ~  “Beautiful”

21)  Mali Music  ~  “Beautiful”

22)  P!nk  ~  “Beautiful Trauma”

23)  Damian Marley ft. Bobby Brown  ~  “Beautiful”

24)  Tess  ~  “Dark But Beautiful”

25)  Moby  ~  “Beautiful”  (Really good song! Really creepy video!)

Songs About Blessings & Curses

Oh, look! Another "Opposites" post. Imagine that!?!? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Laura Story  ~  “Blessings”

2)  Audioslave  ~  “The Curse”

3)  Celtic Woman  ~  “The Blessing”

4)  Josh Ritter  ~  “The Curse”

5)  Lykke Li  ~  “Sadness Is A Blessing”

6)  Agnes Obel   ~ “The Curse”

7)  Page CXVI  ~  “Come Thou Fount (Of Every Blessing)”

8)  The Maine  ~  “Kennedy Curse”

9)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Sue Dodge & Ben Speer  ~  “There Shall Be Showers Of Blessing”

10)  PINS  ~  “Curse These Dreams”

11)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Blessings”

12)  The Humble  ~  “Curse The Weather”

13)  Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney  ~  “Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep”

14)  Cute Is What We Aim For  ~  “The Curse Of Curves”

15)  Damian Marley & Nas  ~  “Count Your Blessings”

16)  The Raveonettes  ~  “Curse The Night”

17)  Cloud Cult  ~  “Blessings”

18)  The Heavy  ~  “Curse Me Good”

19)  Jah Sun  ~  “Life Is A Blessing”

20)  The Dukes of Stratosphear  ~  “You’re A Good Man, Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)”

21)  Positive  ~  “Blessing After Blessing”

22)  Francesca Long  ~  “The Curse”

23)  Leanne Louise  ~  “Count My Blessings”

24)  Cults  ~  “The Curse”

25)  David Bazan  ~  “Curse Your Branches”

"Breaking" & "Entering" Songs

What do you do when you've just posted a set of songs with the word "Break" in their titles and you have too many good ones left over to just waste. You create a "Breaking" and "Entering" songs post and let the rest take care of itself. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Breaking The Girl”

2)  Metallica  ~  “Enter Sandman”

3)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Breaking Down”

4)  Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley  ~  “As We Enter”

5)  Julie Roberts  ~  “Break Down Here”

6)  Die Antwoord  ~  “Enter The Ninja”

7)  Dokken  ~  “Breaking The Chains”

8)  Marion Cotillard  ~  “Enter The Game”

9)  Chris Isaak & Trisha Yearwood  ~  “Breaking Apart”

10)  Miss FD  ~  “Enter The Void”

11)  Agnes  ~  “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”

12)  Within Temptation  ~  “Enter”

13)  Garbage  ~  “Breaking Up The Girl”

14)  Battle Beast  ~  “Enter The Metal World”

15)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Breaking Point”

16)  Petra  ~  “Enter In”

17)  Duffy  ~  “Breaking My Own Heart”

18)  Jewel  ~  “Enter From The East”

19)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Breaking You”

20)  Steve Hackett Band  ~  “Enter The Night”

21)  Lykke Li  ~  “Breaking It Up”

22)  Jenova 7  ~  “Enter The Void” / “Tunnel Rat”

23)  Emeli Sandé  ~  “Breaking The Law”

24)  Mimika  ~  “Enter The Yadhe”

25)  Tonight Alive  ~  “Breaking & Entering”