A Baker's Dozen Of Songs By Noteworthy Belgian Artists

The beauty of writing your own blog – as opposed to blogging for someone else or a company – is that you can post about whatever you feel like it, no matter how random, and it's still okay. Because it's YOUR blog! Case in point, this post. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Toots Thielemans  ~  "Bluesette"

2)  Technotronic  ~  "Pump Up The Jam"

3)  Django Reinhardt  ~  "J'attendrai Swing"

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4)  The Singing Nun  ~  "Dominique"  (Music purists will note that this is the far less  popular disco version of her hit song.)

5)  K's Choice  ~  "Not An Addict"

6)  Hooverphonic  ~  "Amalfi"

7)  Milow  ~  "The Ride"

8)  Gotye  ~  "Heart's A Mess"

9)  Kate Ryan  ~  "I Surrender"

10)  Lara Fabian  ~  "Je T'aime"

11)  Basto  ~  "Again And Again"

12)  Milk Inc.  ~  "Run"

13)  Selah Sue  ~  "Raggamuffin"

16 Songs With "Sixteen" In The Title

My wife is sixteen weeks pregnant today. I promised I wouldn't be doing too many more of these, as finding the required number of songs for each week is becoming increasingly more difficult. And I'll try to stick by that promise. But for now, here are 16 songs with "Sixteen" (or "16") in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  "16 Tons"

2)  K's Choice  ~  "16"

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3)  Billy Idol  ~  "Sweet Sixteen"

4)  Margot And The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "A Journalist Falls In Love With Death Row Inmate #16"

5)  Jhene Aiko  ~  "3:16am"

6)  Demon Hunter  ~  "Sixteen"  (This band's not nearly as dark as its name would suggest – they're a Christian metal band. Yes, those actually exist! And this one's really good!)

7)  Dr. Hook  ~  "Only Sixteen"

8)  Chuck Berry  ~  "Sweet Little Sixteen"

9)  Phantogram  ~  "16 Years"

10)  Trip Lee ft. KB & Andy Mineo  ~  "One Sixteen"

11)  Tori Amos  ~  "16 Shades Of Blue"

12)  Neil Sedaka  ~  "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen"

13)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "Royal Station 4/16"

14)  The Decemberists  ~  "16 Military Wives"

15)  Tina Arena  ~  "Sixteen Years"

16)  B.B. King  ~  "Sweet Sixteen"

Songs About Addiction (But Not Really)

Here's a collection of songs about addiction, but not the kind you think. No, these folks aren't drug addicts. They're addicted to you, to me, to love, to the system, to diesel, to Jesus, and – oddly enough – to slow motion. One song does talk about drug addiction, but the singer denies the fact that she suffers from it. That being said, enjoy this eclectic mix of...something or other.  ~  JH

1)  Bo Saris  ~  "The Addict"

2)  Five Star  ~  "System Addict"  (I somehow missed this song back in the day, but it seems oddly prescient now – many of us, myself included, would likely qualify as "system addicts")

3)  Alex Goot  ~  "Living Addiction"

4)  K's Choice  ~  "Not An Addict"

5)  Family Force 5  ~  "Love Addict"

6)  Shakira  ~  "Addicted To You"

7)  P.O.D.  ~  "Addicted"

8)  Jayne Denham  ~  "Addicted To The Diesel"

9)  Carman ft. DC Talk  ~  "Addicted To Jesus"  (Forgive me for being blunt, but it's crap like this that gives Christian music – in particular, Christian hip-hop – a bad  name. I only include it here as an example of how NOT to reach fans of hip-hop music for Jesus. And yes, I know the song's like 20 years old now.)

10)  Avicii ft. Audra Mae  ~  "Addicted To You"

11)  Simple Plan  ~  "Addicted"

12)  Anjulie  ~  "Addicted2Me"

13)  Robert Palmer  ~  "Addicted To Love"

14)  Carina Round  ~  "Slow Motion Addict"

15)  Alkaline Trio  ~  "This Addiction"

16)  Nomads ft. Vanessa Curry  ~  "Addicted To Love"