Popular Songs Of 2009, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again, when I dredge up the best and most popular songs of years past, a decade ago at a time. First up, the year 2009. As usual, there's more good songs than can fit in one post. This is part 1 of 3. How many of these do you remember, fondly or otherwise? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beyoncé  ~  “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

2)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Use Somebody”

3)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “I Do Not Hook Up”

4)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Big Green Tractor”

5)  Addison Road  ~  “Hope Now”

6)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Boom Boom Pow”

7)  Justin Bieber  ~  “One Time”  (This is a horrible song, but it was very popular that year, so here it is.)

8)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Poker Face”

9)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”

10)  Jonny Diaz ft. Audrey Assad  ~  “More Beautiful You”

11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “The Climb”

12)  T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake  ~  “Dead & Gone”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Sober”

14)  Shinedown  ~  “Second Chance”

15)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Free To Be Me”

16)  Kristinia DeBarge  ~  “Goodbye”

17)  Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem  ~  “Forever”

18)  Lily Allen  ~  “The Fear”

19)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Gives You Hell”

20)  Kid Cudi  ~  “Day ’N’ Nite”

21)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Fallin’ For You”

22)  Linkin Park  ~  “New Divide”

23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “The Lost Get Found”

24)  The Pussycat Dolls  ~  “I Hate This Part”

25)  The Fray  ~  “You Found Me”

26)  Rihanna ft. Jay-Z & Kanye West  ~  “Run This Town”

27)  Daughtry  ~  “No Surprise”

28)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Revelation Song”

"Anything" Songs

And we're back to those "Any-" posts. We've already seen and heard "Anyway," "Anytime," and "Anymore" Songs. So why not a bunch of songs about "Anything"? (I can't think of a good reason why not.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jay-Z  ~  “Anything”

2)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “King Of Anything”

3)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Anything But Mine”

4)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Anything Could Happen”

5)  Genesis  ~  “Anything She Does”

6)  SWV  ~  “Anything"

7)  AC/DC  ~  “Anything Goes”

8)  TOPS  ~  “Anything”

9)  Enter Shikari  ~  “Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour…”

10)  Meat Loaf  ~  “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

11)  Ben Folds  ~  “Capable Of Anything”

12)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Anything For You”

13)  Benjah  ~  “Anything Everything”

14)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  “Anything Goes”

15)  The Calling  ~  “Anything”

16)  Jasmine Rae & Joe Nichols  ~  “I’ll Try Anything”

17)  The Strokes  ~  “Ask Me Anything”

18)  Kissey  ~  “I Don’t Need Anything”

19)  Catfish And The Bottlemen  ~  “Anything”

20)  Autumn Hill  ~  “Anything At All”

21)  Sage  ~  “Most Anything”

22)  JoJo  ~  “Anything”

23)  Beartooth  ~  “King Of Anything”

24)  Mayou  ~  “Anything For Your Love”

25)  Frank Pole ft. Greyson Chance  ~  “Anything”

Songs By Solo Artists With Four-Letter Names

Last but not least, here we have a collection of songs by artists with four letters in their names. This collection of 20 songs consists exclusive of solo artists. You suggested them. I added them. (Plus a few more.) If I missed any of your favorites, now that this miniseries is complete, you may now throw your barbs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  P!nk  ~  "Trouble"

2)  Ozzy  ~  "Dreamer"  (Ozzy Osbourne doesn't often go by only his first name – not officially, at least. But for this song, he did – so I can technically include it here.)

3)  Enya  ~  "Amarantine" 

4)  Ne-Yo  ~  "One In A Million"

5)  Cher  ~  "Half Breed"

6)  Moby  ~  "In This World"

7)  T'Pau  ~  "Heart And Soul"

8)  Taco  ~  "Puttin' On The Ritz"

9)  Dido  ~  "White Flag"

10)  2Pac ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman  ~  "California Love"

11)  SOKO  ~  "I Thought I Was An Alien"

12)  Seal  ~  "Love's Divine"

13)  Lune  ~  "Girls With Bangs"

14)  Akon  ~  "Don't Matter"

15)  MIKA ft. Ariana Grande  ~  "Popular Song"

16)  RJD2  ~  "1976"

17)  Q-Tip ft. Norah Jones  ~  "Life Is Better"

18)  Beck  ~  "Girl"

19)  Zedd ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant  ~  "Find You"

20)  Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys  ~  "Empire State Of Mind"