Songs About "Stuff"

Here's a robust collection of Songs About "Stuff." What kind of stuff, you might ask? Well...you know, "Stuff." I don't know how else to explain it. Just listen...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

2)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Busted Stuff”

3)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “This Is The Stuff”

4)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “The Good Stuff”

5)  Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Free Stuff”

6)  Donna Summer  ~  “Hot Stuff”

7)  John Denver  ~  “Downhill Stuff”  (I'm kinda floored by this song. Because it's an actual rock song, by a decidedly un-rock-song kinda guy.)

8)  Parliament Funkadelic  ~  “Do That Stuff”

9)  Shura  ~  “Kidz ’N’ Stuff / Indecision”

10)  Steve Vai  ~  “Greasy Kids’ Stuff”

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Funky Stuff”

12)  The B-52’s  ~  “Good Stuff”

13)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “Stuff That Works”

14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Trouble With The Sweet Stuff”

15)  Vanessa Williams  ~  “The Right Stuff”

16)  The Band  ~  “Stuff You Gotta Watch”

17)  Neil Finn & Friends ft. Eddie Vedder & Tim Finn  ~  “Stuff And Nonsense”

18)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Hot Stuff”

19)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Stuff”

20)  Bryan Ferry  ~  “The Right Stuff”

21)  Carly Simon  ~  “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of”

22)  Keith Whitley  ~  “That Stuff”

23)  Jean Knight  ~  “Mr. Big Stuff”

24)  Adam Ant  ~  “Rough Stuff”

25)  Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Rahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers, & Larry Williams  ~  “Stuff Like That”

“Take” or “Leave” Songs, Vol. 3

With this post, we conclude the three-part series featuring "Take" or "Leave" Songs. But this is far from the leftovers one might expect from a final post. In fact, there are several all-time classic tunes in this one. So whatcha waiting' around for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “I’ll Leave This World Loving You”

2)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Take Me”

3)  Dave Matthews  ~  “Stay Or Leave”

4)  The Staple Singers  ~  “I’ll Take You There”

5)  George Strait  ~  “She’ll Leave You With A Smile”

6)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Ready To Take A Chance Again”

7)  Una Healy  ~  “Don’t Leave Me Alone”

8)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)”

9)  Blackstreet  ~  “Don’t Leave Me”

10)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Take A Little Ride”

11)  Julie Andrews  ~  “I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love”

12)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Take It Back”

13)  Patsy Cline  ~  “Leavin’ On Your Mind”

14)  Eddie Money ft. Ronnie Spector  ~  “Take Me Home Tonight”

15)  NF  ~  “How Could You Leave Us?”

16)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “We Take Care Of Our Own”

17)  Meiko  ~  “Leave The Lights On”

18)  Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers  ~  “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”

19)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Leave Me Lonely”

20)  Smokie  ~  “Take Good Care Of My Baby”

21)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  “Leave Me Alone”

22)  Mr. Big  ~  “Just Take My Heart”

23)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Leaving Las Vegas”

24)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Take It Away”

25)  Thomas Rhett  ~  “Leave Right Now”

26)  Queen  ~  “You Take My Breath Away”

27)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Leaving 99”

28)  Nate Ruess  ~  “Take It Back”

29)  Anderson East  ~  “If You Keep Leaving Me”

30)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “Take It All”

31)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried”

32)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Take It Back”

33)  Scorpions  ~  “I’m Leaving You”

"Give" & "Take" Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series featuring songs with the words "Give" and/or "Take" in their titles. Generally, when there are tons of tunes to choose from for a given theme, the end result is a more solid set of songs and posts. I think that that's the case with these as well. I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Give Me One Reason”

2)  Eagles  ~  “Take It To The Limit”

3)  Bon Jovi  ~  “You Give Love A Bad Name”

4)  Cassadee Pope  ~  “Take You Home”

5)  Brenton Wood  ~  “Give Me Some Kind Of Sign”

6)  Filter  ~  “Take Me To Heaven”

7)  Boh Runga  ~  “Would Ya Give Your Heart”

8)  Dave Matthews  ~  “Take Me To Tomorrow”

9)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Give Me Love”

10)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Take Me As I Am”

11)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Something’s Gotta Give”

12)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Take Back The City”

13)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Give It Away”

14)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Taking In Water”

15)  Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake  ~  “Give It To Me”

16)  Céline Dion  ~  “Taking Chances”

17)  Fallulah  ~  “Give Us A Little Love”

18)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Take You There”

19)  Anita Baker  ~  “Giving You The Best That I Got”

20)  Kenny Rogers & The First Edition  ~  “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town”

21)  ZZ Top  ~  “Give It Up”

22)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Take Me Home”

23)  George Benson  ~  “Give Me The Night”

24)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”

25)  Dishwalla  ~  “Give”

26)  Jimmy Cliff   ~  “Give A Little, Take A Little”

27)  CeCe Peniston  ~  “Keep Givin’ Me Your Love”

28)  Tiësto ft. Kyler England  ~  “Take Me”

29)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”

30)  Walk Off The Earth ft. Selah Sue  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

31)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Never Give All Your Heart”

32)  Faith Hill  ~  “Take Me As I Am”

33)  Call Me Loop  ~  “Give ’n’ Take”

Popular Songs Of 1998, Vol. 3

I can't tell you how many of these songs I know most or all of the lyrics to without even Googling them. But it's nearly all of them. How many do you know and love? Popular Songs of 1998, Vol. 3 starts now... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Shania Twain  ~  “From This Moment On”

2)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)”

3)  Madonna  ~  “Ray Of Light”

4)  Foo Fighters  ~  “Walking After You”

5)  Britney Spears  ~  “…Baby One More Time”

6)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Stay (Wasting Time)”

7)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Thank U”

8)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Slide”

9)  Céline Dion  ~  “My Heart Will Go On”

10)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Ava Adore”

11)  Mariah Carey  ~  “My All”

12)  Fuel  ~  “Shimmer”

13)  Jaci Velasquez  ~  “God So Loved”

14)  Cake  ~  “Never There”

15)  Reba McEntire ft. Brooks & Dunn  ~  “If You See Him, If You See Her”

16)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “It’s All Been Done”

17)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “There’s Your Trouble”

18)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”

19)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  “A Little Past Little Rock”

20)  Everclear  ~  “I Will Buy You A New Life”

21)  Brandy  ~  “Have You Ever”

22)  Hanson  ~  “I Will Come To You”

23)  Garbage  ~  “Special”

24)  Cherry Poppin’ Daddies  ~  “Zoot Suit Riot”

25)  The Kinleys  ~  “Just Between You And Me”