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 Venom & Flies

Remember when I used to post sets of songs with two different themes that had basically nothing to do with each other whatsoever? Yeah, me, too. This is one of those. Try it – you'll like it!  ~  JH

1)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "Venom"

2)  Deftones  ~  "Change (In The House Of Flies)"

3)  Icon For Hire  ~  "Venom"

4)  The Judds  ~  "Flies On The Butter"

5)  Richie Kotzen  ~  "Venom"

6)  Alice Cooper  ~  "Halo Of Flies"

7)  My Chemical Romance  ~  "Thank You For The Venom"

8)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Lord Of The Flies"

9)  Leaves' Eyes  ~  "Vengeance Venom"

10)  Ben Howard  ~  "Black Flies"

11)  Ted Nugent  ~  "Venom Soup"

12)  The Joy Formidable  ~  "While The Flies"

13)  Deadlights  ~  "Bathed In Venom"

14)  Nada Surf  ~  "Fruit Fly"

15)  Junior Brown  ~  "Venom Wearin' Denim"

16)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Fly On The Windscreen"

17)  Icarus Falls  ~  "Venom"

18)  Beck  ~  "Lazy Flies"

19)  Impellitteri  ~  "Venom"

20)  AlunaGeorge  ~  "Attracting Flies"

21)  Löve Razër  ~  "Venom"

22)  Benjamin Bates  ~  "Two Flies"

23)  Finn Andrews  ~  "One By The Venom"

24)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Eagle When She Flies"  (OK, so it's not the proper context of "flies," but are you really gonna argue with my including a Dolly Parton classic here?)

25)  Swollen Members  ~  "Venom"

26)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  "Vasoline"  (When I first got the idea for the post, this was the first song that came to mind. Even though the word "flies" doesn't appear in the title – nor does "venom," for that matter – the phrase "flies in the vasoline" [sic] is sung often throughout.)

27)  Eminem  ~  "Venom"

28)  Cherry Blind  ~  "House Of Flies"

29)  Disturbed  ~  "This Venom"

30)  Soundgarden  ~  "Drawing Flies"

"Not" Songs

These are "Not" Songs. Not to say that they're not songs, because they are. They're songs with the word "Not" in their titles, specifically as the first word in the title. Why do I keep posting random stuff like this, day after day, year after year? Let's "Not" overanalyze this. Just listen...and enjoy! ~ JH

1)  Justin Timberlake  ~  "Not A Bad Thing"

2)  K's Choice  ~  "Not An Addict"

3)  Eminem  ~  "Not Afraid"

4)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Not As We"

5)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Not Fade Away"

6)  Lily Allen  ~  "Not Fair"

7)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Not For You"

8)  Armin van Buuren ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  "Not Giving Up On Love"

9)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "Not Over You"

10)  Alessia Cara  ~  "Not Today"

11)  Sam Smith  ~  "Not In That Way"

12)  Garbage  ~  "Not Your Kind Of People"

13)  Lonestar  ~  "Not A Day Goes By"

14)  K.Flay  ~  "Not In California"

15)  Apocalyptica ft. Brent Smith  ~  "Not Strong Enough"

16)  Tove Lo  ~  "Not On Drugs"

17)  Tim McGraw  ~  "Not A Moment Too Soon"

18)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "Not Ready To Make Nice"

19)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Not Dark Yet"

20)  Bebe Rexha  ~  "Not 20 Anymore"

21)  Bad Lip Reading  ~  "Not The Future"

22)  Hillsong UNITED  ~  "Not Today"

23)  KB ft. Andy Mineo  ~  "Not Today, Satan"

24)  Halsey  ~  "Not Afraid Anymore"

25)  Kiefer Sutherland  ~  "Not Enough Whiskey"