Songs About Warriors

To those of you who are neck-deep in the struggle (whatever it may be), these songs are for you! Fight on!  ~  JH

1)  Gia  ~  “Warrior”

2)  Scandal ft. Patty Smyth  ~  “The Warrior”

3)  Matisyahu  ~  “Warrior”

4)  Ebony Bones  ~  “W.A.R.R.I.O.R.”

5)  Kimbra ft. Mark Foster & A-Trak  ~  “Warrior”

6)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Mighty Warrior”

7)  Lisa Mitchell  ~  “Warriors”

8)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Warrior”

9)  Tomorrows Bad Seeds  ~  “Warrior Poet”

10)  Shawnee  ~  “Warrior Heart”

11)  Chloe x Halle  ~  “Warrior”

12)  Wyclef Jean  ~  “Warriors”

13)  Trisha Paytas  ~  “Warrior”

14)  Jazz Mino  ~  “Warriors”

15)  Lou Reed  ~  “Warrior King”

16)  Ledger  ~  “Warrior”

17)  Hannah Kerr  ~  “Warrior”

18)  Dokken  ~  “Dream Warriors”  (Fair warning: The Freddy Krueger character appears in this one. Just in case seeing him will haunt your dreams or whatever.)

19)  Nattali Rize  ~  “Warriors”

20)  Nina Sublatti  ~  “Warrior”

21)  Akon & RedOne  ~  “Warrior”

22)  CoCo and the Butterfields  ~  “Warriors”

23)  Doro  ~  “Warrior Soul”

24)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Warrior”

25)  Tholwana  ~  “Warrior”

"Greater" Songs

Yesterday, I posted “Lesser” Songs. Shortly thereafter, a coalition of “Greater” Songs presented me a signed petition requesting equal time on the blog. Coincidentally, all the petitioners were Christian artists. So there’s this… Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Greater”

2)  Blanca  ~  “Greater Is He”

3)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “Greater Than All”

4)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “Greater”

5)  Aaron Shust  ~  “Never Been A Greater Love”

6)  Matthew West  ~  “Something Greater”

7)  Fred Hammond  ~  “No Greater Love”

8)  MercyMe  ~  “Greater”

9)  Central Live  ~  “Greater”

10)  Vashawn Mitchell  ~  “Nobody Greater”

11)  Bill Gaither  ~  “Grace Greater Than Our Sin”

12)  Mack Brock  ~  “Greater Things”

13)  Christafari  ~  “He Is Greater Than I”

14)  Rachael Lampa  ~  “No Greater Love”

15)  Planetshakers  ~  “Even Greater”

16)  Brian & Jenn Johnson  ~  “Greater Than All Other Names”

17)  Smokie Norful  ~  “No Greater Love”

18)  NewSpring Worship  ~  “No Greater Love”

19)  Point Of Grace  ~  “There Is Nothing Greater Than Grace”  (The song ends at the 3:15 mark. The rest is just blah-blah-blah talking.)

20)  Colton Dixon  ~  “No Greater Love”

21)  Martha Munizzi ft. Israel Houghton  ~  “Your Latter Will Be Greater”

22)  Greg Sykes  ~  “No Greater Love (How Marvelous)”

23)  The Hoppers  ~  “Grace Will Always Be Greater Than Sin”

24)  Aaron Shust  ~  “Greater Is He”  (Yes, this is a second Aaron Shust sighting within the same post. But when both songs qualify and they're this good...)

25)  Austin Stone Worship  ~  “No Greater Aim”

"Wasted" Songs

Here we have a collection of songs about things that are "Wasted." Sometimes it's years, sometimes youth, and quite often it's time. If you like these, there'll be more to come tomorrow. If you don't like these, you probably won't want to check back tomorrow either. Otherwise, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Haley Reinhart  ~  “Wasted Tears”

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Wasted Years”

3)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Wasted”

4)  Vance Joy  ~  “Wasted Time”

5)  The Runaways  ~  “Wasted”

6)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Life Wasted”

7)  LP  ~  “Wasted Love”

8)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Nothing Is Wasted”

9)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  “Wasted”

10)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Wasted Time”

11)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Wasted”

12)  Fuel  ~  “Wasted Time”

13)  Fletcher  ~  “Wasted Youth”

14)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Wasted On The Way”

15)  Letters To Cleo  ~  “Wasted”

16)  Rainbow Kitten Surprise  ~  “Wasted”

17)  The Donnas  ~  “Wasted”

18)  The Summer Set  ~  “Wasted”

19)  Rebecca Black  ~  “Wasted Youth”  (The singer of that infamous "Friday" song actually turned out to be a surprisingly good vocalist. Who knew?)

20)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Wasted Sunsets”

Songs About “Things”, Vol. 2

If you liked the first volume of this miniseries of Songs About "Things," there's lots more to entertain you in this set. If you missed the first post, you can tune in here. But we're not done yet. One final set of "Things" songs tomorrow. Enjoy! ~  JH

1)  10cc  ~  “The Things We Do For Love”

2)  Gungor  ~  “Beautiful Things”

3)  Babyface  ~  “Sorry For The Stupid Things”

4)  Meiko  ~  “Bad Things”

5)  Ben Howard  ~  “Small Things”

6)  Terri Clark  ~  “Better Things To Do”

7)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Little Things”

8)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “1,000 Things”

9)  Elevation Worship  ~  “All Things New”

10)  The Weepies  ~  “Fancy Things”

11)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “Things That Hide Away”

12)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “The Things I Regret”

13)  Yankee Grey  ~  “All Things Considered”

14)  Amy Grant  ~  “Simple Things” 

15)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Seeing Things”

16)  Anastacia  ~  “Stupid Little Things”

17)  Relient K  ~  “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, & Things Like Chemistry”

18)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Beautiful Things”

19)  Tired Pony  ~  “All Things At Once”

20)  t.A.T.u.  ~  “All The Things She Said”

21)  Robin Thicke  ~  “The Stupid Things”

22)  Mavis Staples  ~  “I Like The Things About Me”

23)   Dawes  ~  “Things Happen”

24)  Rosi Golan  ~  “A Lot Of Things”

25)  dc Talk  ~  “Things Of This World”

“Lift” Songs

Here's a sorta-kinda, two-part "Opposites" miniseries. These are songs with the word "Lift" in their titles," and next time there will be songs with the word "Drop" in their titles. Because...I dunno why. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hillsong Live  ~  “High And Lifted Up”

2)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Lift Me Up”

3)  Moby  ~  “Lift Me Up”

4)  Crowder ft. Tedashii  ~  “Lift Your Head, Weary Sinner”

5)  Geri Halliwell  ~  “Lift Me Up”

6)  Chris Tomlin  ~  “I Lift My Hands”

7)  Howard Jones  ~  “Lift Me Up”

8)  Reba McEntire  ~  “You Lift Me Up To Heaven / Only You”

9)  The Afters  ~  “Lift Me Up”

10)  Walk The Moon  ~  “I Can Lift A Car”

11)  Yes  ~  “Lift Me Up”

12)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Be Lifted High”

13)  Passion Pit  ~  “Lifted Up (1985)”

14)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “You Wanna Give Me A Lift”

15)  Unspoken  ~  “Lift My Life Up”

16)  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton  ~  “Love Lifted Me”

17)  Bobby Womack  ~  “Love Is Gonna Lift You Up”

18)  Hillsong United  ~  “Came To My Rescue (Be Lifted High)”

19)  Emmylou Harris & The Angel Band  ~  “If I Be Lifted Up”

20)  Naughty Boy ft. Emeli Sandé  ~  “Lifted”

21)  Rita Coolidge  ~  “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher”

22)  Dream Theater  ~  “Lifting Shadows Off A Dream”

23)  R.E.M.  ~  “The Lifting”

24)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Look How He Lifted Me”

25)  John Legend  ~  “Let’s Get Lifted”