Popular Songs Of 2010, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again. When I drag out the most popular songs from decades past and present them for your listening pleasure. Or something like that... I'm going to *try* to be more selective this year, as I invariably get carried away with these kinds of posts. So these are the biggest hits from 10 years ago, and the set that will follow contains more of the same. My, how time flies! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE: The "modern" era of music being what it is, there are elements of a few of the songs in this post which some might find offensive. While I have strived to post the "clean" version of songs where expletives were present, some visual content in several of the videos may be less than savory. Viewer discretion is advised.

1)  Train  ~  “Hey, Soul Sister”

2)  Ke$ha  ~  “TiK ToK”

3)  The Script  ~  “Breakeven”

4)  The Band Perry  ~  “If I Die Young”

5)  Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris  ~  “Break Your Heart”

6)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “American Honey”

7)  Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars  ~  “Billionaire”

8)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Can’t Be Tamed”

9)  Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall  ~  “Deuces”

10)  Katy Perry  ~  “Teenage Dream”

11)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Forgiven”

12)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Alejandro”

13)  Drake  ~  “Over”

14)  Rihanna  ~  “Only Girl (In The World)”

15)  Maroon 5  ~  “Misery”

16)  Orianthi  ~  “According To You”

17)  Uncle Kracker  ~  “Smile”

18)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Speak Now”

19)  Bruno Mars  ~  “Just The Way You Are”

20)  Ke$ha  ~  “We R Who We R”

21)  Darius Rucker  ~  “Come Back Song”

22)  Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg  ~  “California Gurls”

23)  Cee Lo Green  ~  “Forget You”

24)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Temporary Home”

25)  Eminem  ~  “Not Afraid”

Songs About Practice

What are we talking about? We're talking about practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We're talking about practice. Songs About Practice, in particular. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  DJ Steve Porter ft. Allen Iverson, Jim Mora, Dennis Green, Joe Namath, Mike Gundy, & Terrell Owens  ~  “Press Hop”

2)  Barbra Streisand  ~  “Piano Practicing” / “The Minute Waltz”

3)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Art Of Heartbreak”

4)  Tori Amos ft. Natashya Hawley  ~  “Cactus Practice"

5)  Santana  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

6)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Something Real”

7)  Testament  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

8)  The Swan Princess Cast  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”

9)  Chiodos  ~  “We’re Talking About Practice”

10)  Gemma Ray  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”

11)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Practice What I Preach”

12)  Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”

13)  Bubba Sparxxx ft. JJ Lawhorn  ~  “Past Is Practice”

14)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”

15)  Drake  ~  “Practice" 

16)  Emilie Autumn  ~  “Private Practice (Dr. Sharp, Emilie)”

17)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Cinderella”

18)  Ravi Shankar  ~  “Temple Scene and Dance Practice”

19)  Barry White  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

20)  Cute Is What We Aim For  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”

21)  Andy Griggs ft. Martina McBride  ~  “Practice Life”

22)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Cropduster”

23)  Larry Hooper  ~  “Practice What You Preach”

24)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Good Practice Makes Permanent”

25)  Fight For Friday  ~  “Target Practice”

26)  The Moffatts  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”

BONUS TRACK:  Sparks  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”  (This is the original version of the song in #10. Both were too good to leave one of them out.)

Popular Songs Of 2009, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again, when I dredge up the best and most popular songs of years past, a decade ago at a time. First up, the year 2009. As usual, there's more good songs than can fit in one post. This is part 1 of 3. How many of these do you remember, fondly or otherwise? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beyoncé  ~  “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

2)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Use Somebody”

3)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “I Do Not Hook Up”

4)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Big Green Tractor”

5)  Addison Road  ~  “Hope Now”

6)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Boom Boom Pow”

7)  Justin Bieber  ~  “One Time”  (This is a horrible song, but it was very popular that year, so here it is.)

8)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Poker Face”

9)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”

10)  Jonny Diaz ft. Audrey Assad  ~  “More Beautiful You”

11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “The Climb”

12)  T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake  ~  “Dead & Gone”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Sober”

14)  Shinedown  ~  “Second Chance”

15)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Free To Be Me”

16)  Kristinia DeBarge  ~  “Goodbye”

17)  Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem  ~  “Forever”

18)  Lily Allen  ~  “The Fear”

19)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Gives You Hell”

20)  Kid Cudi  ~  “Day ’N’ Nite”

21)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Fallin’ For You”

22)  Linkin Park  ~  “New Divide”

23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “The Lost Get Found”

24)  The Pussycat Dolls  ~  “I Hate This Part”

25)  The Fray  ~  “You Found Me”

26)  Rihanna ft. Jay-Z & Kanye West  ~  “Run This Town”

27)  Daughtry  ~  “No Surprise”

28)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Revelation Song”

"My" Songs 4

I'm going to call this the fourth and final post in this ongoing series, but I won't swear to it. Because there are countless possibilities of qualifying songs that I could add in a later post. So...last but not least, or until next time...Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Loren Gray  ~  "My Story"

2)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark"

3)  Wale ft. Major Lazer, WizKid, & Dua Lipa  ~  "My Love"

4)  Majid Jordan ft. Drake  ~  "My Love"

5)  Genevieve  ~  "My Real Name"

6)  Julio Iglesias & Stevie Wonder  ~  "My Love"

7)  Trentemøller ft. Marie Fisker  ~  "My Dreams"

8)  Akcent  ~  "My Passion"

9)  Nicole C. Mullen  ~  "My Redeemer"

10)  Masoud ft. Tara Louise  ~  "My Dreams"

11)  Matthew West  ~  "My Own Little World"

12)  Kita Alexander  ~  "My Own Way"

13)  Wild Child  ~  "My Town"

14)  Camera2  ~  "My Favorite Secret"

15)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "My Country 'Tis Of Thee "

16)  Paul McCartney  ~  "My Valentine"

17)  Evanescence  ~  "My Heart Is Broken"

18)  Lene Marlin  ~  "My Love"

19)  Breathe Carolina & Robert Falcon  ~  "My Love"

20)  Ava Max  ~  "My Way"

21)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "My Story"

22)  Kovacs  ~  "My Love"

23)   Lionel Richie  ~  "My Love"

24)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "My Man"

25)  Selena  ~  "My Love"