Songs About Pretty Girls & Pretty Boys

You probably wouldn't be shocked if I told you there have been an inordinate number of songs written about "pretty girls" over the years. But you may be surprised to find out that there's been quite a few songs written about "pretty boys" as well. Here are some of the best of both. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

2)  M2M  ~  “Pretty Boy”

3)  Iyaz ft. Travie McCoy  ~  “Pretty Girls”

4)  Bette Midler  ~  “One More Round”

5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Pretty Girl At The Airport”

6)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Pretty Boys”

7)  Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea  ~  “Pretty Girls”

8)  Book Of Love  ~  “Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls”

9)  Kaleo  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

10)  MIKA  ~  “Lover Boy”

11)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Pretty Girl”

12)  Emmylou Harris  ~  “Feeling Single, Seeing Double”

13)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “Pretty Girl Why”

14)  Dana Louise & The Glorious Birds  ~  “All The Pretty Boys”

15)  Elle King  ~  “Naturally Pretty Girls”

16)  Sam Vance-Law  ~  “Prettyboy”

17)  Kip Moore  ~  “Hey Pretty Girl”

18)  Kesha  ~  “Get In Line”

19)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Pretty Girl From Raleigh”  (Apparently, these guys have released nearly a dozen songs with the phrase “Pretty Girl” in their titles. I’ve only included two of them here. And one more in the follow-up to this post.)

20)  Fastball  ~  “The Malcontent”

21)  Haschak Sisters  ~  “Pretty Girl”

22)  The Pipettes  ~  “Pull Shapes”

23)  Eric Dodd  ~ “Pretty Girl, Lucky Guy”

24)  The National  ~  “Murder Me, Rachael”

25)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Pretty Girl”

Songs About Happy Endings

My wife refuses to watch a movie or read a book if it most definitely does NOT have a "happily ever after" ending . With that in mind, here are a bunch of songs that are guaranteed to end well for all parties involved. Well, sort of anyway. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “My Happy Ending”

2)  MIKA  ~  “Happy Ending”

3)  Sugarland  ~  “Happy Ending”

4)  Mayday Parade  ~  “Happy Endings Are Stories That Haven’t Ended Yet”

5)  Matt The Electrician  ~  “Happy Ending”

6)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Happy Ending”

7)  Tobu ft. Cassandra Kay  ~  “Happy Ending”

8)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Everybody Loves A Happy Ending”

9)  Galavant Cast  ~  “A Happy Ending For Us”

10)  Johnny Rodriguez  ~  “We Believe In Happy Endings”

11)  Ashford & Simpson  ~  “Happy Endings”

12)  Nils Lofgren  ~  “Happy Ending Kids”

13)  Ward Thomas  ~  “Footnotes (Happy Endings)”

14)  Parov Stelar  ~  “Happy End”

15)  Melissa Manchester  ~  “Happy Endings”

16)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Happy Endings”

17)  Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band  ~  “We Deserve A Happy Ending”

18)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Happy Endings”

19)  Sara Melson  ~  “Happy Endings”

20)  The Strokes  ~  “Happy Ending”

21)  Final Child  ~  “Happy Ending”

22)  Spies Like Us  ~  “Happy Endings Only Happen In Movies”

23)  Joe Jackson & Elaine Caswell  ~  “Happy Ending”

24)  [insert:sound]  ~  “After The Happy Ending"

25)  Caylana  ~  “No Happy Ending”

Songs About Going For It

Here's a bunch of Songs About Going For It. Because you can do it, if you only try!!! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Hot Sundae  ~  “Go For It”  (Yep, this IS a Saved By The Bell music video. I’m sure you’re “so excited” to see and hear this one again – or maybe even for the first time.)

2)  Wham!  ~  “Young Guns (Go For It!)”

3)  Kim Wilde  ~  “Go For It (The Second Time)”

4)  Peabo Bryson  ~  “Go For It”

5)  Sidewalk Prophets  ~  “Go For It”

6)  Grandaddy  ~  “The Go In The Go-For-It”

7)  Stacy Ferguson  ~  “Go For It”  (You may not recognize her by that name or that cherubic face, but this young singer would grow up to become Fergie, the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas. How she had so much confidence and stage presence at such a young age is beyond me!)

8)  The Runaways  ~  “Johnny Guitar”

9)  Lazy Town Cast ft. Julianna Rose Mauriello  ~  “Go For It”

10)  Chicago  ~  “Take A Chance”

11)  Stiff Little Fingers  ~  “Go For It” / “Roots, Radicals, Rockers, And Reggae”  (I couldn’t find a separate version of this song; they seem to come as a package deal in all live and studio performances.)

12)  Die Happy  ~  “Go For It”

13)  Laundry Day  ~  “Go For It, Bud”

14)  The Temptations  ~  “Go For It”

15)  Corey Feldman & The Angels  ~  “Go 4 It”  (This is such a bizarre trainwreck of “singing” and “dancing,” it would be an absolute travesty NOT to include it here! Apologies if you actually like the song…)

16)  Joey B. Ellis & Tynetta Hare  ~  “Go For It! (Heart And Fire)”

17)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Ready To Take A Chance Again”

18)  The Used  ~  “Sometimes I Just Go For It”

19)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt”

20)  Billy Cobham  ~  “Go For It!”

21)  T. Mills  ~  “Go For It All”

22)  The Busters  ~  “Go For It”

23)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Go For It”

24)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “One Step Ahead”

25)  CRUISR  ~  “Go For It”

“Sharp” & “Dull” Songs, Vol. 2

Second and final installment of "Sharp" & "Dull" Songs. These are just as fantastic, if not better, than the first set of songs. (Exaggerating again? You decide.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Sharpest Lives”

2)  Vanity 6  ~  “He’s So Dull”

3)  Julian Marley  ~  “Sharp As A Razor”

4)  Niklas Hegfalk  ~  “A Dull Delight”

5)  The Used  ~  “Light With A Sharpened Edge”

6)  T Ferrell  ~  “A Duller Lens”

7)  Sara Lov ft. Hauschka  ~  “The Sharpest Knife”

8)  Jenny & The Tomcats  ~  “Dull Edge Of A Blade”

9)  The Modern Electric  ~  “As Sharp As Knives”

10)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Dull Times / The Moon”

11)  Linkin Park  ~  “Sharp Edges”

12)  Clap Your Hands Say Yeah  ~  “The Witness’ Dull Surprise”

13)  J. Geils Band  ~  “So Sharp”

14)  Tom Rhodes  ~  “Dull Razor”

15)  Kim Taylor  ~  “Sharp Cutting Wings”

16)  The Growlers  ~  “Dull Boy”

17)  Hungry Kids Of Hungary  ~  “Sharp Shooter”

18)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs  ~  “Dull Life”

19)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Look Sharp”

20)  Clap Clap Riot  ~  “Dull Life”

Songs About Numbers, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of great Songs About Numbers. I don't mean that the songs have have actual numbers in their titles (been there – done that), but rather they have the word "Number" (or "Numbers") in their titles. Herein, you'll find some songs that have "got your number," while others inform you about strength and safety "in numbers," one implores someone named Rikki not to "lose that number," and one guy asks a lady to be his "number two." Sooo...yeah. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Serena Ryder  ~  “Got Your Number”

2)  The Police  ~  “Murder By Numbers”

3)  case/lang/veirs  ~  “Atomic Number”

4)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Baby, Don’t Forget My Number”

5)  BOY  ~  “Little Numbers”

6)  The Rutles  ~  “Number One”

7)  Pointer Sisters  ~  “Pinball Number Count”  (I remember this song SO well from my childhood years of watching Sesame Street!)

8)  The Music  ~  “Strength In Numbers”

9)  Daughter  ~  “Numbers”

10)  Radiohead  ~  “The Numbers”

11)  Daisy Dares You ft. Chipmunk  ~  “Number One Enemy”

12)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought Of It Yet”

13)  Aaliyah  ~  “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”

14)  The Cure  ~  “Wrong Number”

15)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “My  Number”

16)  Deep Purple  ~  “I Got Your Number”

17)  Jen Cloher & Courtney Barnett  ~  “Numbers”

18)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Be My Number Two”  (So…is he asking her to be his poop? If so, ewww!!!)

19)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Safety In Numbers”

20)  Al Stewart  ~  “Paint By Numbers”

21)  She & Him  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number, Son”

22)  Steely Dan  ~  “Rikki, Don’t Lose That Number”

23)  FKA twigs  ~  “Numbers”

24)  Smokie  ~  “Number On My Wall”

25)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Dial My Number”