Popular Songs Of 1999, Vol. 3

Another round of twenty-year-old songs to make you feel however old you were back then plus twenty years. Starting...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Smash Mouth  ~  “All Star”

2)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “I Will Remember You”

3)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Bailamos”

4)  Bijou Phillips  ~  “When I Hated Him (Don’t Tell Me)”

5)  Creed  ~  “Higher”

6)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Ready To Run”

7)  Ricky Martin  ~  “Livin’ La Vida Loca”

8)  Sixpence None The Richer  ~  “Kiss Me”

9)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Last Kiss”

10)  TLC  ~  “No Scrubs”

11)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Larger Than Life”

12)  Chely Wright  ~  “Single White Female”

13)  FFH  ~  “One Of These Days”

14)  Ginny Owens  ~  “If You Want Me To”

15)  Yankee Grey  ~  “All Things Considered”

16)  Dido  ~  “Here With Me”

17)  *NSYNC  ~  “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You”

18)  Shania Twain  ~  “Come On Over”

19)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Back 2 Good”

20)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “I Wanna Love You Forever”

21)  Silk  ~  “If You (Lovin’ Me)”

22)  Whitney Houston ft. Mariah Carey  ~  “When You Believe”

23)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “How Forever Feels”

24)  Mya ft. Blackstreet, Mase, & Blinky Blink  ~  “Take Me There”

25)  George Strait  ~  “Write This Down”

26)  Total  ~  “Trippin’”

27)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Black Balloon”

28)  98°  ~  “I Do (Cherish You)”

Popular Songs Of 1999, Vol. 1

Chances are, you will recognize quite a few of the songs in this post and the three follow-up posts in the series. Chances also are, that realizing these songs are now twenty years old will make you feel old. And justifiably so. I sure feel old! That being said, there's plenty of "modern classics" to be seen and heard here. So let's get into it!  ~  JH

1)  Shania Twain  ~  “Man! I Feel Like A Woman”

2)  Citizen King  ~  “Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)”

3)  Whitney Houston  ~  “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay”

4)  Counting Crows  ~  “Hanginaround”

5)  Avalon  ~  “In Not Of”

6)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Tell Me It’s Real”

7)  Bree Sharp  ~  “David Duchovny”

8)  Ricky Martin  ~  “She’s All I Ever Had”

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

10)  Live  ~  “Dolphin’s Cry”

11)  Mariah Carey & Jay-Z  ~  “Heartbreaker”

12)  Tal Bachman  ~  “She’s So High”

13)  702  ~  “Where My Girls At”

14)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “All I Have To Give”

15)  The Cranberries  ~  “Just My Imagination”  (I do so miss Dolores O’Riordan. She possessed a one-of-a-kind voice.)

16)  98°  ~  “The Hardest Thing”

17)  Britney Spears  ~  “(You Drive Me) Crazy”

18)  Sugar Ray  ~  “Someday”

19)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Angels Would Fall”

20)  Will Smith ft. Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee  ~  “Wild, Wild West”

21)  Edwin McCain  ~  “I Could Not Ask For More”

22)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Dive”

23)  Tamia & Eric Benet  ~  “Spend My Life With You”

24)  Silverchair  ~  “Anthem For The Year 2000”

25)  Ginny Owens  ~  “Free”

26)  Eminem  ~  “My Name Is”

27)  Fiona Apple  ~  “Fast As You Can”

28)  blink-182  ~  “What’s My Age Again?”

“Take” or “Leave” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Take" or "Leave" Songs coming your way. Maybe you could take them or leave them, it doesn't matter to you either way. But I think if you take them, you'll really enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”

2)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “Only When You Leave”

3)  Jack White  ~  “Take Me With You When You Go”

4)  P!nk  ~  “Please Don’t Leave Me”

5)  Anastacia  ~  “Take This Chance”

6)  Sam Smith  ~  “Leave Your Lover”

7)  Dream Theater  ~  “Take The Time”

8)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Lubbock Or Leave It”

9)  Phillip Phillips  ~  “Take Me Away”

10)  CHVRCHES  ~  “Leave A Trace”

11)  George Strait  ~  “The Breath You Take”

12)  V V Brown  ~  “Leave!”

13)  Ray Charles  ~  “Take These Chains From My Heart”

14)  Patty Loveless  ~  “You’ll Never Harlan Alive”

15)  Eagles  ~  “Take It Easy”

16)  The Veronicas  ~  “Leave Me Alone”

17)  Deniece Williams  ~  “It’s Gonna Take A Miracle”

18)  Living Colour  ~  “Leave It Alone”

19)  The Bangles  ~  “Hero Takes A Fall”

20)  Matthew West  ~  “Leaving Heaven”

21)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Love Takes Time”

22)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover”

23)  Sara Watkins  ~  “Take Up Your Spade”

24)  Paul McCartney  ~  “She’s Leaving Home”

25)  Pistol Annies  ~  “Takin’ Pills”

26)  Billy Joel ft. Toots Thielemans  ~  “Leave A Tender Moment Alone”

27)  Queensryche  ~  “Take Hold Of The Flame”

28)  Natalie Grant  ~  “When I Leave The Room”

29)  Al Green  ~  “Take Me To The River”

30)  David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie  ~  “Don’t Leave Me Alone”

31)  Gloriana  ~  “Wanna Take You Home”

32)  Everything But The Girl  ~  “Don’t Leave Me Behind”

33)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Take It On The Run”

34)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Trying To Stop Your Leaving”

"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”