“Bits” & “Pieces” Songs, Vol. 1

Here we have a collection of songs with either the word "Bits" or "Pieces" (or both, or their singulars) in their titles. Good idea, but far too many appropriate songs for one post. So there will be a Vol. 2. But no more than that. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “A Little Bit”

2)  The Script  ~  “Breakeven (Falling To Pieces)”

3)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart”

4)  Janis Joplin  ~  “Piece Of My Heart”

5)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Just A Little Bit Of You”

6)  Velvet Revolver  ~  “Fall To Pieces”

7)  Katie Melua  ~  “The Bit That I Don’t Get”

8)  Pop Evil  ~  “Torn To Pieces”

9)  Juice Newton  ~  “Love’s Been A Little Bit Hard On Me”

10)  Sum 41  ~  “Pieces”

11)  The Small Faces  ~  “Every Little Bit Hurts”

12)  Ashlee Simpson  ~  “Pieces Of Me”  (BOTH Simpson sisters in one post? What??? Yeah...I'm sorry about that.)

13)  Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders  ~  “Just A Little Bit Too Late”

14)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Picking Up The Pieces”

15)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Give A Little Bit”

16)  Ledisi  ~  “Pieces Of Me”

17)  Lykke Li  ~  “Little Bit”

18)  James Morrison  ~  “The Pieces Don’t Fit Anymore”

19)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

20)  Patsy Cline  ~  “Fall To Pieces”

21)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “A Little Bit”

22)  Apocalyptica ft. Lacey Sturm  ~  “Broken Pieces”

23)  The Specials  ~  “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You”

24)  Jewel  ~  “Pieces Of You”  (NOTE: There are a couple of potentially objectionable words used here, but they’re strictly to make a point. Listener’s discretion advised.)

25)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “Bits & Pieces”

"Tell" Songs

Long story short: Wanted to do "Kiss" & "Tell" songs. Found too many. Separate posts. These are "Tell" songs. Do tell, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Freddie & The Dreamers  ~  “I’m Telling You Now”

2)  The Early November  ~  “Tell Me Why”

3)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Telling Stories”

4)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “The Secret’s In The Telling”

5)  Old Crow Medicine Show  ~  “Hard To Tell”

6)  Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Telling Me Lies”

7)  Puscifer  ~  “Telling Ghosts”

8)  Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood  ~  “Every Picture Tells A Story”

9)  Selena Gomez  ~  “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”

10)  The Beatles  ~  “Tell Me Why / If I Fell”

11)  Lawson  ~  “You Didn’t Tell Me”

12)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Every Face Tells A Story”

13)  P.O.D.  ~  “Tell Me Why”

14)  Cat Stevens  ~  “How Can I Tell You”

15)  Janis Joplin  ~  “Tell Mama”

16)  Mutemath  ~  “Tell Your Heart Heads Up”

17)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Her”

18)  Kathy Troccoli  ~  “Tell Me Where It Hurts”

19)  Hillsong United  ~  “Tell The World”

20)  Beth Hart  ~  “Tell Her You Belong To Me”

21)  Starsailor  ~  “Tell Me It’s Not Over”

22)  Sarah Jaffe  ~  “Some People Will Tell You”

23)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “Tell Me What Ya Here For”

24)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Tell Him”

25)  Franz Ferdinand  ~  “Tell Her Tonight”

"25" Songs

As of yesterday, my wife is 25 weeks pregnant with our daughter. So here's a collection of 25 songs with the number "25" either in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Yeah, I'm getting a little desperate in attempting to continue this ongoing series, but still... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chicago  ~  "25 Or 6 To 4"

2)  Michael Learns To Rock  ~  "25 Minutes"

3)  Mary J. Blige  ~  "25/8"

4)  Johnny Cash  ~  "25 Minutes To Go"

5)  The Hooters  ~  "25 Hours A Day"

6)  Artists For Haiti  ~  "We Are The World 25 For Haiti"

7)  Edwin Starr  ~  "25 Miles"

8)  Sammy Davis, Jr.  ~  "I Am Over 25, But You Can Trust Me"

9)  Zager & Evans  ~  "In The Year 2525"

10)  4 Non Blondes  ~  "What's Up"

11)  10CC  ~  "One, Two, Five"

12)  Kansas  ~  "Two Cents Worth"

13)  Janis Joplin  ~  "Kozmic Blues"

14)  Sugar Ray  ~  "Fly"

15)  Smash Mouth  ~  "Walkin' On The Sun"

16)  Vitamin C  ~  "Graduation (Friends Forever)"

17)  Megadeth  ~  "Of Mice And Men"

18)  Mungo Jerry  ~  "In The Summertime"

19)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  "All The Young Dudes"

20)  India.Arie & Raul Midón  ~  "Back To The Middle"

21)   David Gray  ~  "Nightblindness"

22)  The Highwaymen  ~  "City Of New Orleans"

23)  Night Ranger   ~  "The Secret Of My Success"

24)  Tori Amos  ~  "Curtain Call"

25)  ZZ Top  ~  "I Gotsta Get Paid"

Songs About Trying

Okay, so this one might be my best effort yet – between picking songs that I actually liked personally, adding good ones that I discovered along the way, and including ones that I thought you, dear readers, might suggest if I missed them. Inevitably, I will have missed a handful of good ones, and I still welcome your retroactive suggestions, but I'm pretty proud of this collection. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Colbie Caillat  ~  "Try"

2)  The Beatles  ~  "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"

3)  Janis Joplin  ~  "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)"

4)  Michael Bublé  ~  "Try A Little Tenderness"

5)  P!nk  ~  "Try"

6)  Glen Campbell  ~  "Try A Little Kindness"

7)  Macy Gray  ~  "I Try"

8)  Josh Turner  ~  "Another Try"

9)  Whitney Houston  ~  "Try It On My Own"

10)  Frankie J  ~  "Don't Wanna Try"

11)  Patty Loveless  ~  "I Try To Think About Elvis"   (This song wins the prize for weirdest song title of the week…so far, at least.)

12)  Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ft. Akon  ~  "I Tried"

13)  Delta Goodrem  ~  "Born To Try"

14)  James Brown  ~  "Try Me"

15)  Amy Grant  ~  "Don't Try So Hard"

16)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "Try, Try, Try"

17)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart"

18)  Soundgarden  ~  "The Day I Tried To Live"

19)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Try"

20)  Merle Haggard  ~  "Mama Tried"