Songs About Races

I was challenged by a friend to put together a set of Songs About Races, and since I'm always up for a  challenge, here it is. As usual, I got carried away with the number of songs I chose. But it turned out even better than I expected. I hope you will agree...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Melanie Martinez  ~  "Race"

2)  Sawyer Brown  ~  "The Race Is On"

3)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  "The Race"

4)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "The Race Is On"

5)  Glen Hansard  ~  "Race To The Bottom"

6)  Heather Nova  ~  "Until The Race Is Run"

7)  OneRepublic  ~  "Born To Race"

8)  Melissa Manchester  ~  "Race To The End"

9)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Race For The Prize"

10)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  "Race To The Fire"

11)  Yello  ~  "The Race"

12)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Off To The Races"

13)  Michael W. Smith  ~  "The Race Is On"  (This song goes on a least 6 minutes too long. Feel free to stop playing it as soon as it becomes annoying to you. Which, for some, might be after 5 to 10 seconds.)

14)  Brody Dalle  ~  "Rat Race"

15)  The Rapture  ~  "Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks"

16)  Diane Birch  ~  "In It For The Race"

17)  Johnny Cash  ~  "Camptown Races"

18)  Halie Loren  ~  "My Rainbow Race"

19)  Primus  ~  "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver"

20)  Bernice Johnson Reagon  ~  "Guide My Feet, While I Run This Race"

21)  Serena Ryder  ~  "Racing In The Street"

22)  Girl In A Coma  ~  "Race Car Driver"

23)  Dan Auerbach  ~  "Run That Race"

24)  Toyah  ~  "Race Through Space"

25)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones  ~  "Wonderful Day For The Race"

26)  Oh Pep!  ~  "The Race"

27)  Ralph Breaks The Internet Cast ft. Sarah Silverman & Gal Gadot  ~  "A Place Called Slaughter Race"

28)  The Specials  ~  "Rat Race"

29)  Ruti  ~  "Racing Cars"

30)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race"

31)  Emma Ruth Rundle  ~  "Races"

32)  Steve Hackett  ~  "Racing In A"

33)  The Wailin' Jennys  ~  "Racing With The Sun"

34)  Editors  ~  "The Racing Rats"

35)  St. Vincent  ~  "Human Racing"

36)  The National  ~  "Racing Like A Pro"

37)  Jack's Mannequin  ~  "My Racing Thoughts"

"New" & "Used" Songs, Vol. 2

More "New" and "Used" Songs coming your way in 3...2...1...NOW! Enjoy!  ~ JH

1)  Anne-Marie  ~  “Used To Love You”

2)  Beck  ~  “The New Pollution”

3)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Used To Rule The World”

4)  David Bowie  ~  “New Killer Star”

5)  Faith Evans  ~  “You Used To Love Me”

6)  Kix Brooks  ~  “New To This Town”

7)  John Legend  ~  “Used To Love U”

8)  Klingande ft. M-22  ~  “Somewhere New”

9)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “I’m Not The Man I Used To Be”

10)  Taylor Swift  ~  “New Romantics”

11)  Chelsea Wolfe  ~  “The Way We Used To”

12)  Blur  ~  “New World Towers”

13)  Annalisa  ~  “Used To You”

14)  Peter Allen  ~  “Everything Old Is New Again”  (This video goes on far longer than is reasonable. Feel free to shut 'er down well before he's done.)

15)  Beach House  ~  “Used To Be”

16)  Robert Plant  ~  “New World”

17)  Siv Jakobsen  ~  “Like I Used To”

18)  VASSY ft. Sultan + Shepard  ~  “Somebody New”

19)  Luke Combs  ~  “Used To You”

20)  Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle  ~  “A Whole New World”

21)  Johnny Cash  ~  “She Used To Love Me A Lot”

22)  Alicia Keys  ~  “New Day”

23)  Mikaela Coco  ~  “Used To Know”

24)  R.E.M.  ~  “New Test Leper”

25)  Yuna  ~  “Used To Love You”

“Beauty” & “Beast” Songs, Vol. 1

Who doesn't like songs about "Beauty" and the "Beast"? Let 's find out. Here's part one of a two-parter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Todrick Hall ft. Katie Stevens, DeStorm, Glozell, Vonzell Solomon, Miles Jai, & Antoine Dodson  ~  “Beauty And The Beat”

2)  Anthrax  ~  “Belly Of The Beast”

3)  The Tubes  ~  “She’s A Beauty”

4)  Carpenters  ~  “Bless The Beasts & Children”

5)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “American Beauty/American Psycho”

6)  Nina Persson  ~  “Food For The Beast (Animal Heart)”

7)  Inanna Sarkis  ~  “No Beauty In War”

8)  Santana  ~  “Singing Winds, Crying Beasts”

9)  Parov Stelar ft. Anduze  ~  “Beauty Mark”

10)  David Bowie  ~  “Beauty And The Beast”

11)  Jennifer Warnes  ~  “I Came So Far For Beauty”

12)  Janis Malicious  ~  “The Boy And His Beast”

13)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Beauty Will Rise”

14)  Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson  ~  “Beauty And The Beast”

15)  Air & Charlotte Gainsbourg  ~  “Beauty Mark”

16)  Spoon  ~  “The Beast And The Dragon, Adored"

17)  Mid-Cities Worship  ~  “Beauty For Ashes”

18)  Laura Marling  ~  “The Beast”

19)  Dar Williams  ~  “Beauty Of The Rain”

20)  Johnny Cash  ~  “The Beast In Me”

21)  Macy Gray  ~  “Beauty In The World”

22)  Nico Vega  ~  “Beast”

23)  Future Islands  ~  “Beauty Of The Road”

24)  Mia Martina ft. Waka Flocka Flame  ~  “Beast”

25)  Hannah Miller  ~  “Beauty And Pain”

“Flat” & “Round” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Flat" & "Round" Songs? You bet your boots! And these songs are even better than the ones in the first post! I know, right? How is that even possible? So what are you waiting for? Enjoy them already!  ~  JH

1)  Counting Crows  ~  “Round Here”

2)  Dodie Clark ft. Evan Edinger  ~  “The Flat's A Mess”

3)  Dead Or Alive  ~  “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)”

4)  Uncle Lucius  ~  “No Time Flat”

5)  Blake Shelton ft. Pistol Annies  ~  “Boys ‘Round Here”

6)  Massive Attack  ~  “Flat Of The Blade”

7)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Tennessee Flat Top Box”

9)  Paul Weller ft. Noel Gallagher  ~  “Echoes Round The Sun”

10)  Shane Harper  ~  “Flat World”

11)  Billy Preston  ~  “Will It Go Round In Circles?”

12)  Valentina Lisitsa  ~  “Chopin’s Nocturne In E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2”  (Far and away, my favorite classical piece of all time. It’s terribly depressing, but I adore it!)

13)  New Order  ~  “Round And Round”

14)  1/2 Orchestra  ~  “Flat Beat”

15)  Widespread Panic  ~  “Knocking ‘Round The Zoo”

16)  Jill Scott  ~  “He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)”

17)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Round And Round”

18)  Count Basie Orchestra  ~  “Blues In Hoss’ Flat”

19)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Merry Go ‘Round”

20)  Anya Marina  ~  “Felony Flats”

21)  Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell  ~  “No Memories Hangin’ ‘Round”

22)  Harmony James  ~  “Skinny Flat White”

23)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “Round And Round”

24)  Thomas Dolby  ~  “The Flat Earth”

25)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Tessellate / Life Round Here”