Popular Songs Of 1998, Vol. 1

And it begins! The most Popular Songs Of 1998, a year which was apparently quite excellent for a variety of genres of music, many of which are represented here. I hope you'll enjoy listening to and watching these as much as I did when compiling them. And the best part is there's three more posts of these yet to come!  ~  JH

1)  Brandy & Monica  ~  “The Boy Is Mine”

2)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “One Week”

3)  Shania Twain  ~  “You’re Still The One”

4)  Foo Fighters  ~  “My Hero”

5)  Madonna  ~  “Frozen”

6)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Don’t Drink The Water”

7)  Deborah Cox  ~  “Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here”

8)  DC Talk  ~  “Consume Me”

9)  Faith Hill  ~  “This Kiss”

10)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Perfect”

11)  Garbage  ~  “Push It”

12)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”

13)  Loreena McKennitt  ~  “The Mummer’s Dance”

14)  The Offspring  ~  “Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)”

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  “I Get Lonely”

16)  Radiohead  ~  “Karma Police”

17)  Sara Evans ft. Vince Gill  ~  “No Place That Far”

18)  Edwin McCain  ~  “I’ll Be”

19)  Hole  ~  “Celebrity Skin”

20)  Garth Brooks  ~  “To Make You Feel My Love”

21)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  “Undo Me”

22)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Real World”

23)  Lauryn Hill  ~  “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”

24)  U2  ~  The Sweetest Thing”

25)  Cher  ~  “Believe”

Songs About Balls & Strikes, Vol. 2

Here's the second and final installment of Songs About Balls & Strikes. Play ball...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

2)  The White Stripes  ~  “Ball And Biscuit”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Clown Strike”

4)  Big Brother and the Holding Company  ~  “Ball And Chain”

5)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Johnny Strikes Up The Band”

6)  Queen  ~  “Dreamer’s Ball”

7)  John Barrowman  ~  “Strike Up The Band”

8)  Anthony Hamilton  ~  “Ball And Chain”

9)  Primal Fear  ~  “Strike”

10)  Lifehouse  ~  “Wrecking Ball”

11)  Rosanne Cash ft. Eliza Gilkyson  ~  “Rosie Strike Back”

12)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “Welcome To The Ball”

13)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Lightning Strikes”

14)  Keane  ~  “Crystal Ball”

15)  We As Human  ~  “Strike Back”

16)  Dave Matthews  ~  “Beach Ball”

17)  Chic  ~  “Strike Up The Band”

18)  Styx  ~  “Crystal Ball”

19)  A Silent Film  ~  “Lightning Strike”

20)  Shooter Jennings  ~  “Belle Of The Ball”

21)  Michael Schenker Group  ~  “Fatal Strike”

22)  Rick James  ~  “Jefferson Ball”

23)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Strike”

24)  XTC  ~  “Ball And Chain”

25)  Black Box  ~  “Strike It Up”

"Trouble"-ing Songs

Ya got trouble? I do. Right here. Twenty-five songs about trouble, in fact. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Iggy Azalea ft. Jennifer Hudson  ~  "Trouble"

2)  Coldplay  ~  "Trouble"

3)  Taylor Swift  ~  "I Knew You Were Trouble"

4)  Ray LaMontagne  ~  "Trouble"

5)  Lenka  ~  "Trouble Is A Friend"

6)  Bob Marley  ~  "War/No More Trouble"

7)  Tori Amos  ~  "Trouble's Lament"

8)  P!nk  ~  "Trouble"

9)  American Authors  ~  "Trouble"

10)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Trouble With My Baby"

11)  Seth MacFarlane  ~  "Ya Got Trouble"

12)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "The Trouble With Love Is"

13)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Trouble"

14)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "I Got Trouble"

15)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "Trouble Me"

16)  Dave Matthews  ~  "Trouble"

17)  Natalia Kills  ~  "Trouble"

18)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Little Trouble Girl"

19)  Whitesnake  ~  "Trouble"

20)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "There's Your Trouble"

21)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  "Into Trouble"

22)  Travis Tritt  ~  "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"

23)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  "Trouble Sleeping"

24)  Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions  ~  "Trouble"

25)  TV On The Radio  ~  "Trouble"

"Sister" Songs

Here's the counterpart to the previous post, a collection of songs about sisters. Which of the two posts will be applicable to our family? We'll see... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Train  ~  "Hey, Soul Sister"

2)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  "Little Sister"

3)  Night Ranger  ~  "Sister Christian"

4)  Neville Brothers  ~  "Sister Rosa"

5)  Andrew Belle  ~  "Sister"

6)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Little Sister / Get Back"

7)  Rosemary Clooney & Vera Ellen  ~  "Sisters"

8)  America  ~  "Sister Golden Hair"

9)  The Cult  ~  "Sweet Soul Sister"

10)  Mumford & Sons  ~  "Sister"

11)  Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds  ~  "Sister"

12)  Kate Nash  ~  "Sister"

13)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  "Sister"

14)  Indigo Girls  ~  "Beauty Queen Sister"

15)  William Fitzsimmons  ~  "Sister"

16)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Slow Down, Sister"

17)  Jewel  ~  "Little Sister"

18)  The Nixons  ~  "Sister"

19)  Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble  ~  "Look At Little Sister"

20)  Eurythmics ft. Aretha Franklin  ~  "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves"