Songs About Escaping

A series of popular television commercials not so long ago included the tagline "Wanna Get Away?" And sometimes we do want to "escape," don't we? Far, far away from the troubles of everyday life. That's what these songs are about, for the most part. Four of them are actually songs about fire escapes, for whatever reason. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Rupert Holmes  ~  “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”

2)  Eisley  ~  “The Escaping Song”

3)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”

4)  Yuna  ~  “Escape”

5)  John Carpenter  ~  “Escape From New York”

6)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “The Great Escape”

7)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Escape”

8)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”

9)  KONGOS  ~  “Escape”

10)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Fire Escape”

11)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Escape My Mind”

12)  Whodini  ~  “Escape (I Need A Break)”

13)  Eva Simons & Sidney Samson  ~  “Escape From Love”

14)  The Weekenders  ~  “Escape”

15)  TINI  ~  “Great Escape”

16)  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Fire Escape”

17)  Alesso ft. Sirena  ~  “Sweet Escape”

18)  We Are Scientists  ~  “The Great Escape”

19)  Tashwin  ~  “Love Escape”

20)  Journey  ~  “Escape”

21)  Love, Robot  ~  “Fire Escape”

22)  Metallica  ~  “Escape”

23)  Relient K  ~  “Be My Escape”

24)  Megan Nicole  ~  “Escape”

25)  The Rifles  ~  “The Great Escape”

“Hero”-ic Songs

I'd like to tell you that this post originated because I was feeling particularly heroic at the time, or because I or someone I know recently did something heroic. But that would be lying. There were simply a number of good songs about heroes that I wanted to post, and so I did. And that was as good a reason as any. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Hero”

2)  Alesso ft. Tove Lo  ~  “Heroes (We Could Be)”

3)  The Script  ~  “Superheroes”

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Hero”

5)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Hero”

6)  Tina Turner  ~  “We Don’t Need Another Hero”

7)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Heroes”  (I know this is a cover of an older song, but I much prefer this version to David Bowie's original. Sorry, music purists!)

8)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Holding Out For A Hero”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “My Hero”

10)  M People  ~  “Search For The Hero”

11)  Randy Travis  ~  “Heroes And Friends”

12)  Nas ft. Keri Hilson  ~  “Hero”  (Who else do you know who could transition so smoothly from a Randy Travis song to one by Nas? Yep, I didn't think so.)

13)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Kill Your Heroes”

14)  Oh Land  ~  “Half Hero”

15)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  “No More Heroes”

16)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  “Hero”

17)  Metallica  ~  “Hero Of The Day”

18)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “I’m Not Your Hero”

19)  Green Day  ~  “Working Class Hero”

20)  Aqua  ~  “Cartoon Heroes”

21)  Foreigner  ~  “Juke Box Hero”

22)  Skillet  ~  “Hero”

23)  KISS  ~  “A World Without Heroes”

24)  Trip Lee ft. Jai  ~  “The Invasion (Hero)”

25)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Local Hero”

"Naked" Songs

Merriam-Webster provides a wide variety of definitions for the word "naked." The most common meaning is "not covered by clothing." However, "naked" can also mean "lacking embellishment," "unarmed [or] defenseless," "devoid of concealment or disguise," as well as "unaided by any optical device or instrument." These secondary definitions of "naked" abound in the lyrics of these songs. Indeed, despite its title, this post is about as "PG" as it gets. Sorry to disappoint some of you. And I'm glad I didn't let the rest of you down. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Luscious Jackson  ~  "Naked Eye"

2)  DEV ft. Enrique Iglesias  ~  "Naked"

3)  Iron and Wine  ~  "Naked As We Came"

4)  Tully On Tully  ~  "Naked"

5)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Naked"

6)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "Naked"

7)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Naked"

8)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Naked Without You"

9)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Naked And Famous"

10)  Chynna Phillips  ~  "Naked And Sacred"

11)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Naked In The Rain"

12)  Van Morrison  ~  "Naked In The Jungle"

13)  Sera Cahoone  ~  "Naked"

14)  Leonie Meijer  ~  "Naked"

15)  James Bonamy  ~  "Naked To The Pain"

16)  Jenny May  ~  "Naked"

17)  E.M.P.  ~  "The Naked I"

18)  Melanie Lynx  ~  "Naked Heart"

19)  Jennifer Love Hewitt  ~  "BareNaked"