Songs About Good Guys & Bad Guys

There's a lot of talk about superheroes and, in particular, superhero movies of late. In most if not all of those, there are both heroes and villains. This post has nothing to do with superhero movies, but it is chock full of Songs About Good Guys & Bad Guys. So...that's something, at least. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Morgan Johnston  ~  “Good Guy”

2)  Matthew Good  ~  “Bad Guys Win”

3)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Good Guys Win”  (Video quality on this one is crap, but at least it sounds good.)

4)  Billie Eilish  ~  “Bad Guy”  (This is my new jam! Really, anything by her!)

5)  Collective Soul  ~  “Goodnight, Good Guy”

6)  Niykee Heaton  ~  “Bad Guy”

7)  MIKA  ~  “Good Guys”

8)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Bad Guy”

9)  Aqua  ~  “Good Guys”

10)  Emarosa  ~  “Gold Dust” / “Say Hello To The Bad Guy”

11)  Melanie  ~  “The Good Guys”

12)  Bowling For Soup  ~  “Girl All The Bad Guys Want”

13)  Tove Lo  ~  “Good Guys”

14)  Meghan Patrick  ~  “The Bad Guy”

15)  The Bankrobber  ~  “A Good Guy With A Gun”

16)  Mindy Smith  ~  “Bad Guy”

17)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Good Guy”

18)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “I Am Not The Bad Guy”

19)  Tenille Arts  ~  “Good Guys”

20)  Sistar  ~  “Bad Guy”  (Most of the lyrics are in Korean, some are in English, all of the subtitles are in Portuguese, and I’m still trying to make sense of it all. Yikes!)

21)  Granger Smith  ~  “When The Good Guys Win”

22)  Freddie Mercury  ~  “Mr. Bad Guy”

23)  Lakefield  ~  “Good Guy”

24)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Mediocre Bad Guys”

25)  Julia Jacklin  ~  “Good Guy”

BONUS TRACK:  Dave Mason  ~  “We Just Disagree”  (“There ain’t no good guys, there ain’t no bad guys, there's only you and me…”)

“Truth” & “Consequences” Songs, Vol. 1

There's a town in the state of New Mexico called Truth or Consequences. I have no idea why. These songs are not about that town, though. They're just songs with either the word "Truth" or "Consequences" in their titles. Because I do weird stuff like this all the time, that's why. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bananarama  ~  “Love, Truth, And Honesty”

2)  Gregory Porter  ~  “Consequences Of Love”

3)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “The Truth Is Who You Are”

4)  Camila Cabello  ~  “Consequences”

5)  Armor For Sleep  ~  “The Truth About Heaven”

6)  City Calm Down  ~  “Pleasure And Consequence”

7)  Chase Rice  ~  “Three Chords & The Truth”

8)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Unintended Consequence Of Love”

9)  Written By Wolves  ~  “To Tell You The Truth”

10)  And One  ~  “Consequence Of Time”

11)  Enigma  ~  “The Eyes Of Truth”

12)  Considering Lily  ~  “Consequences”

13)  Chris Cornell  ~  “Higher Truth”

14)  The Kingpins  ~  “Consequence”

15)  Nonpoint  ~  “The Truth”

16)  k.d. lang  ~  “The Consequences Of Falling”

17)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Anything But The Truth”

18)  Edyta Gorniak  ~  “Consequences”

19)  Javier Colon  ~  “OK, Here’s The Truth”  (Wow, that was heart-wrenching! I dare you not to cry. I might have. A little.)

20)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  “Glory & Consequence”

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 2

If you liked Vol. 1 of this series, then you'll probably like this one as well. More "Heart" & "Soul" Songs for your listening pleasure. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phil Collins  ~  “You’ll Be In My Heart”

2)  Anita Baker  ~  “Soul Inspiration”

3)  The Cult  ~  “Painted On My Heart”

4)  Planetshakers  ~  “Sings My Soul”

5)  Culture Club  ~  “Time (Clock Of The Heart)”

6)  JoJo  ~  “Save My Soul”

7)  Extreme  ~  “Hole Hearted”

8)  Gin Wigmore  ~  “Singin’ My Soul”

9)  Billy Corgan  ~  “One Diamond, One Heart”

10)  Valerie June  ~  “Got Soul”

11)  Rixton  ~  “Me And My Broken Heart”

12)  TobyMac ft. Kirk Franklin & Mandisa  ~  “Lose My Soul”

13)  Sting  ~  “Shape Of My Heart”

14)  Vonda Shepard  ~  “Searchin’ My Soul”

15)  Survivor  ~  “Burning Heart”

16)  Grouplove  ~  “Love Will Save Your Soul”

17)  James Blunt  ~  “Bonfire Heart”

18)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Troubled Soul”

19)  Serpentwithfeet  ~  “bless ur heart”

20)  Jewel  ~  “Who Will Save Your Soul?”

21)  Elton John  ~  “A Good Heart”

22)  Spiritualized  ~  “Soul On Fire”

23)  NoMBe  ~  “Young Hearts”

24)  John Mellencamp ft. Carlene Carter  ~  “My Soul’s Got Wings”

25)  Danny Gokey  ~  “Tell Your Heart To Beat Again”

26)  Lights  ~  “Drive My Soul”

27)  R.E.M.  ~  “Oh My Heart”

28)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range ft. Shawn Colvin  ~  “Lost Soul”

29)  Jack Johnson  ~  “You And Your Heart”

30)  Air Traffic Controller  ~  “What You Do To My Soul”

"Jack" & "Jill" Songs

Here's a collection of songs by artists/bands with either the name "Jack" or "Jill" (and sometimes both) in their names. Because, I don't know why, that's why! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Upside Down”

2)  Jill Andrews ft. Seth Avett  ~  “I’m So In Love With You”

3)  Jack Savoretti  ~  “Catapult”

4)  Jill Scott  ~  “A Long Walk”

5)  Jack White  ~  “Lazaretto”

6)  Jill & Lauren  ~  “Get Up!”

7)  Jack & Jack  ~  “Hurt People”

8)  Jill Sobule  ~  “I Kissed A Girl”  (Thirteen years before Katy Perry released her first hit song, Jill Sobule was making waves with a song bearing the same title and exploring the same subject matter.)

9)  Jack Bruce ft. Gary Moore  ~  “Life On Earth”

10)  Jill Phillips  ~  “If You Were Here”

11)  Jack Ü ft. Kiesza  ~  “Take Ü There”  (For those who didn’t know – and I was one of those – Jack Ü is a collaboration between popular DJs Skrillex and Diplo.)

12)  Jill Vidal ft. San E  ~  “I Can See”

13)  Jack Garratt  ~  “Breathe Life”

14)  Jill and Julia  ~  “Wildfire”

15)  Jack’s Mannequin  ~  “Dark Blue”

16)  Jill Hennessy  ~  “I Do”

17)  Just Jack  ~  “The Day I Died”

18)  Jack Off Jill  ~  “My Cat”  (I looked it up, and this song is, surprisingly, actually about a cat.)

19)  Captain Jack  ~  “Dream A Dream”

20)  Jill Johnson  ~  “Cowboy Up”

21)  Jill Jack & The American Songbook Band  ~  “Lover Man / All Of Me”

22)  Thomas Jack ft. Nico & Vinz  ~  “Rivers”