Girls' "Rule" Songs

So...the title of this particular post may require some explanation. Here we have a bunch of songs with the word "Rule" or "Rules" in their titles, but these are only by female artists. As much as I try to balance it out in my posts, more often than not there are more male artists or male-fronted bands than females. (This probably says a lot about the state of the music industry, but I digress.) But not this time! The guys in these songs are either nonexistent or backups to the ladies. About time, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dua Lipa  ~  "New Rules"

2)  Diane Birch  ~  “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”

3)  Shakira  ~  “Rules”

4)  Anouk  ~  “The Rules”

5)  Charli XCX  ~  “Break The Rules”

6)  Dragonette  ~  “We Rule The World”

7)  Hillsong United  ~  “Rule”

8)  Heather Masse  ~  “Mornings Breaking The Rules”

9)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Used To Rule The World”

10)  Nikka Costa  ~  “The Rules Of The Road”

11)  Tina Turner  ~  “Break Every Rule”

12)  Emily Strand & The Town  ~  “Mother Rule”

13)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Rule The World”

14)  Wee Papa Girl Rappers  ~  “Wee Rule”

15)  The Supremes  ~  “I’m The Exception To The Rule”

16)  Marina And The Diamonds  ~  “How To Be A Heartbreaker”  (Nope, the word "Rule" doesn't appear anywhere in the title, but it's all over the lyrics of this über-catchy song.)

17)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Destiny Rules”

18)  She Moves  ~  “Breaking All The Rules”

19)  Ledisi  ~  “Let Love Rule”

20)  Doro  ~  “I Rule The Ruins”

21)  Beth Croft  ~  “Rule In My Heart”

22)  Bucks Fizz  ~  “Rules Of The Game”

23)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Rules Of Travel”

24)  Alisha’s Attic  ~  “Alisha Rules The World”

25)  Ayumi Hamasaki  ~  “Rule”  (I can't understand a word she's singing, but it sounds FIERCE!)

Songs For Halloween, Vol. 2

Halloween is almost upon us. With that in mind, here's a collection of spooky, sinister, macabre, frightening, scary, and downright creepy songs. Within you will find songs about ghosts, monsters, zombies, skeletons, trick-or-treating, dead men, and even Halloween itself. Now this intro may be sufficient in itself to give you nightmares. But if not, take a listen...and enjoy...if you dare!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Spooky”

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters And Super Creeps”

3)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”

4)  The Agonist  ~  “Danse Macabre”

5)  Rise Against  ~  “A Life Less Frightening”

6)  Aqua  ~  “Halloween”

7)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Dead Man’s Party”

8)  The Shins  ~  “Caring Is Creepy”

9)  STRFKR  ~  “Beach Monster”

10)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Welcome To My Nightmare”

11)  Natalia Kills  ~  “Zombie”

12)  Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark  ~  “Trick Or Treat”

13)  The Good Natured  ~  “Skeleton”

14)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Ghost”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Live  ~  “Ghost”

17)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Ghost Of You”

18)  The Aquabats  ~  “Fashion Zombies!”

19)  Coldplay  ~  “Ghost Story”

20)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  “Ghostbusters”

21)  Pop Evil  ~  “Monster You Made”

22)  Kamelot  ~  “Ghost Opera”

23)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Passion Pit  ~  “Cry Like A Ghost”

25)  Dead By April  ~  “Beautiful Nightmare”

Yours, Mine, & Ours Songs, Vol. 1: "Yours"

Today starts a three-part miniseries featuring songs with the words "Yours," "Mine," or "Ours" in their titles. Because there were so many songs that qualified for each post, I tried to pick the best songs I could find and weed out the "filler" tracks that sometimes permeate these pages. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ella Henderson  ~  "Yours"

2)  Red  ~  "Yours Again"

3)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "I'm Yours"

4)  Skillet  ~  "Yours To Hold"

5)  Metric  ~  "Eclipse (All Yours)"

6)  Jason Mraz  ~  "I'm Yours"

7)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "I Am Yours"

8)  The Script  ~  "I'm Yours"

9)  Tracy Chapman  ~  "I Am Yours"

10)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Glory Is Yours"

11)  Barbara Lewis  ~  "Baby, I'm Yours"

12)  a-ha  ~  "Forever Not Yours"

13)  Dara Maclean  ~  "Yours Forever"

14)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Yours To Take"

15)  Kari Jobe ft. Darlene Zschech  ~  "Yours Forever (You Took The Nails)"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "Every Day Is Yours To Win"

17)  Melanie C  ~  "You'll Get Yours"

18)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Yours"

19)  Nightwish  ~  "Yours Is An Empty Hope"

20)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"

21)  Breakbot ft. Irfane  ~  "Baby, I'm Yours"

22)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Emotionally Yours"

23)  Shai  ~  "Baby, I'm Yours"

24)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Yours"

25)  Craig David  ~  "Officially Yours"

More Songs With No Particular Theme

Awhile back I did a post of songs with no particular theme, and it wasn't particularly well clicked-on, until I mentioned later that there was a hidden message in it – which, incidentally, no one ever cracked without a clue. Go figure – I guess everybody loves a cypher. I just enjoy music and compiling a bunch of good songs, whether I can always come up with an appropriate theme or not. So here you go...  ~  JH

1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "Thinking Out Loud"

2)  Regina Spektor  ~  "Eet"

3)  Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora  ~  "Black Widow"

4)  Avicii ft. Adam Lambert  ~  "Lay Me Down"

5)  Lorde  ~  "Yellow Flicker Beat"

6)  Charli XCX  ~  "Boom Clap"

7)  Hawk Nelson ft. Bart Millard  ~  "Words"

8)  Trip Lee  ~  "Shweet"

9)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  "Maybe"

10)  Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd  ~  "Really Don't Care"

11)  Ella Henderson  ~  "Ghost"

12)  Adele  ~  "Chasing Pavements"

13)  Nicole Scherzinger  ~  "Run"

14)  Nickel Creek  ~  "When You Come Back Down"

15)  Emma Blackery  ~  "Perfect"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "Bad Day"

17)  Birdy  ~  "Wings"

18)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Blank Space"

19)  Echosmith  ~  "Talking Dreams"

20)  Icon For Hire  ~  "Make A Move"

21)   Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Out Of The Game"

22)  Rachael Yamagata  ~  "Even If I Don't"

23)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Complicated"

24)  HAIM  ~  "If I Could Change Your Mind"