“Slip” & “Slide” Songs, Vol. 2

Second and final installment in the latest miniseries, featuring songs with "Slip" and/or "Slide" in their titles. Ready, set, get wet! (To quote a Paw Patrol catchphrase. Yeah, I know, I am WAY lame!) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jewel  ~  “Long Slow Slide”

2)  Vince Gill  ~  “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away”

3)  Joe Satriani  ~  “Devil’s Slide”

4)  Eryn Allen Kane  ~  “Slipping”

5)  Johnny Paycheck  ~  “Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets”

6)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Funny How Time Slips Away”

7)  Dido  ~  “Slide”

8)  Sanjoy ft. Trevor Holmes  ~  “Slip Away”

9)  Los Straitjackets  ~  “Brooklyn Slide”

10)  Lacy J. Dalton  ~  “Slip Away”

11)  No Use For A Name  ~  “Let It Slide”

12)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Slipping Away”

13)  The Pretenders  ~  “Cuban Slide”

14)  Andrew Gold  ~  “Never Let Her Slip Away”

15)  Frank Yankovic & His Yanks  ~  “When Banana Skins Are Falling (I’ll Come Sliding Back To You)”  (Hands down, best song title in the bunch. Pun intended.)

16)  Annie Brooks  ~  “Slipping By”

17)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  “Ceiling Slide”

18)  Kenny G  ~  “Slip Of The Tongue”

19)  Jeff Bradshaw ft. Jill Scott  ~  “Slide”

20)  Moby  ~  “Slipping Away”

21)  Buriers  ~  “Slides By”

22)  Amy Belle  ~  “Slipping Under”

23)  Mew  ~  “Water Slides”

24)  Neil Young & Crazy Horse  ~  “Slip Away”

25)  Blinker The Star  ~  “Below The Sliding Doors”

"If" & "When" Songs, Vol. 1

What do you do when you've just done three posts featuring (at least in part) songs with the word "If" in their titles, and you have too many good "If" songs left over that you still want to use? Why, you come up with another related word to pair with "If" and you do two more posts, of course! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Weezer  ~  “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To”

2)  Keith Whitley  ~  “When You Say Nothing At All”

3)  Nickelback  ~  “If Today Was Your Last Day”

4)  Prince  ~  “When Doves Cry”

5)  Justin Moore  ~  “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”

6)  Percy Sledge  ~  “When A Man Loves A Woman”

7)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “If We’re Honest”

8)  Adele  ~  “When We Were Young”

9)  HAIM  ~  “If I Could Change Your Mind”

10)  Eric Clapton  ~  “When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful”

11)  Beyoncé  ~  “If I Were A Boy”

12)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “When You’re Gone”

13)  Matchbox 20  ~  “If You’re Gone”

14)  Cliff Edwards  ~  “When You Wish Upon A Star”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “If You Were A Sailboat”

16)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “When The World Breaks Your Heart”

17)  London Grammar  ~  “If You Wait”

18)  Anita Baker & James Ingram  ~  “When You Love Someone”

19)  OneRepublic  ~  “If I Lose Myself”

20)  Diana Krall  ~  “When I Look In Your Eyes”

21)  Maroon 5 ft. Rihanna  ~  “If I Never See Your Face Again”

22)  Nico & Vinz  ~  “When The Day Comes”

23)  Dido & A.R. Rahman  ~  “If I Rise”

24)  Sting  ~  “When We Dance”

25)  KT Tunstall  ~  “If Only”

Songs About Flags

So apparently, it's Flag Day in the United States. In honor of that, here's an incredibly diverse collection of Songs About Flags. Not coincidentally, some of the songs actually refer to the Stars and Stripes, whereas the majority of them are about other kinds of flags (white, black, folded, "chequered," and etc.). Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dido  ~  “White Flag”

2)  Sonata Arctica  ~  “Flag In The Ground”

3)  Flogging Molly  ~  “What’s Left Of The Flag”

4)  Sabrina Carpenter  ~  “White Flag”

5)  Dispatch  ~  “Flag”

6)  Mary Mary  ~  “Never Wave My Flag”

7)  Jethro Tull  ~  “The Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive)”

8)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “White Flag”

9)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Ragged Old Flag”

10)  Oh Land  ~  “Flags”

11)  Neil Young  ~  “Flags Of Freedom”

12)  Thrice  ~  “Flags Of Dawn”

13)  Massive Attack  ~  “False Flags”

14)  Peter Doherty  ~  “Flags Of The Old Regime”

15)  Xavier Rudd & The United Nations  ~  “Flag”

16)  Young Artists For Haiti  ~  “Wavin’ Flag”

17)  Yankee Doodle Dandy Cast  ~  “You’re A Grand Old Flag”

18)  Will Hoge  ~  “Folded Flag”

19)  Flobots ft. Tim McIlrath  ~  “White Flag Warrior”

20)  King’s X  ~  “Black Flag”

Songs By Solo Artists With Four-Letter Names

Last but not least, here we have a collection of songs by artists with four letters in their names. This collection of 20 songs consists exclusive of solo artists. You suggested them. I added them. (Plus a few more.) If I missed any of your favorites, now that this miniseries is complete, you may now throw your barbs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  P!nk  ~  "Trouble"

2)  Ozzy  ~  "Dreamer"  (Ozzy Osbourne doesn't often go by only his first name – not officially, at least. But for this song, he did – so I can technically include it here.)

3)  Enya  ~  "Amarantine" 

4)  Ne-Yo  ~  "One In A Million"

5)  Cher  ~  "Half Breed"

6)  Moby  ~  "In This World"

7)  T'Pau  ~  "Heart And Soul"

8)  Taco  ~  "Puttin' On The Ritz"

9)  Dido  ~  "White Flag"

10)  2Pac ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman  ~  "California Love"

11)  SOKO  ~  "I Thought I Was An Alien"

12)  Seal  ~  "Love's Divine"

13)  Lune  ~  "Girls With Bangs"

14)  Akon  ~  "Don't Matter"

15)  MIKA ft. Ariana Grande  ~  "Popular Song"

16)  RJD2  ~  "1976"

17)  Q-Tip ft. Norah Jones  ~  "Life Is Better"

18)  Beck  ~  "Girl"

19)  Zedd ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant  ~  "Find You"

20)  Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys  ~  "Empire State Of Mind"