Songs For The Senses, Vol. 1: Touch

Today begins a new miniseries featuring songs about the senses: Suggested by my friend Daniel Entzminger, this five-part series will cover songs with "Touch," "Taste," "Smell," "Hear" (or "Sound"), and "See" (or "Sight") in their titles. A couple of these are going to be particularly challenging for me, as I've previously done unrelated posts for "Touch" and "See" songs – and you know how I don't like to do repeated songs, so…yeah. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Black Keys  ~  "Your Touch"

2)  Cascada  ~  "Everytime We Touch"

3)  Days Of The New  ~  "Touch, Peel, And Stand"

4)  AC/DC  ~  "Touch Too Much"

5)  JoJo  ~  "How To Touch A Girl"

6)  Gaither Vocal Band  ~  "He Touched Me"

7)  Def Leppard  ~  "I Wanna Touch You"

8)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Just A Touch Of Love"

9)  Rick Springfield  ~  "Human Touch"

10)  Morandi  ~  "Everytime We Touch"

11)  AlunaGeorge  ~  "Just A Touch"

12)  Hall & Oates  ~  "Out Of Touch"

13)  Daft Punk ft. Paul Williams  ~  "Touch"

14)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  "Let Me Touch You For Awhile"

15)  Kutless  ~  "Your Touch"

16)  Say Lou Lou  ~  "Everything We Touch"

17)  Razorlight  ~  "Golden Touch"

18)  We Are Twin  ~  "The Way We Touch"

19)  Midnight Star  ~  "Midas Touch"

20)  Logan Lynn ft. Rowan Wren  ~  "Everything You Touch Turns To Gold"

"Clean" Songs

As promised, here's a bunch of songs with the word "Clean" in their titles. So yeah, enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Tristan Prettyman  ~  "Come Clean"

2)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Clean Up Your Own Backyard"

3)  Hilary Duff  ~  "Come Clean"

4)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Good, Clean Fun"

5)  Betty Wright ft. Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra  ~  "Clean Up Woman"

6)  Lou Reed  ~  "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"

7)  Eisley  ~  "Come Clean"

8)  Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson  ~  "If I Can Find A Clean Shirt"

9)  Audrey Assad  ~  "Come Clean"

10)  Donnie McClurkin  ~  "Create In Me A Clean Heart"

11)  Lisa Mitchell  ~  "Clean White Love"

12)  The Mowgli's  ~  "Clean Light"

13)  Camera Obscura  ~  "Keep It Clean"

14)  Kutless  ~  "Give Us Clean Hands"

15)  k.d. lang  ~  "Wash Me Clean"

BONUS SONG:  Utada Hikaru  ~  "Simple And Clean"  (By special request, I added this song to the list at the very last minute. You're welcome, Crystal!)

Songs About Running

To answer the question you hadn't asked yet, yes, this is kinda-sorta an "Opposites" music post, as its follow-up – tomorrow or maybe even later today – is "Songs About Walking." In truth, it's really a bunch of songs with the word "Run" in the title (and conversely, the sequel is a bunch of songs with the word "Walk" in the title). Anyway, enough preamble. Ready, set, go!  ~  JH

1)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Born To Run"

2)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "I Run To You"

3)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Run-Around"

4)  Live ft. Shelby Lynne  ~  "Run Away"

5)  Gnarls Barkley  ~  "Run"

6)  Roxette  ~  "Run To You"

7)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Run To You"

8)  Pat Benatar  ~  "You Better Run"

9)  Kutless  ~  "Run"

10)  Garbage  ~  "Run Baby Run"

11)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  "Band On The Run"

12)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Run, Baby, Run"

13)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Run To The Hills"

14)  Whitney Houston  ~  "Run To You"

15)  Snow Patrol  ~  "Run"

16)  Leona Lewis  ~  "Run"

17)  Darryl Worley  ~  "A Good Day To Run"

18)  Megan and Liz   ~  "Run Away"

19)  The Fray  ~  "Run For Your Life"

20)  Boyz II Men  ~  "Water Runs Dry"

"Odd" & "Even" Songs

You do realize there are many more pairs of opposites that I haven't yet tapped for these inane music posts, don't you? No? Well, there are. Quite a mixed bag of songs we have here, ranging from grunge rock to old-time gospel to cheesy '80s pop to country music. So enjoy it already!   ~  JH

1)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "Odds Are"

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Even Flow"

3)  MuteMath  ~  "Odd Soul"

4)  Eli Young Band  ~  "Even If It Breaks Your Heart"

5)  Kavinsky  ~  "Odd Look"

6)  David Choi  ~  "Won't Even Start"

7)  Sick Puppies  ~  "Odd One"

8)  U2  ~  "Even Better Than The Real Thing"

9)  The Cuckoo Clocks  ~  "Odd Per Clock"

10)  Polar Dear  ~  "Even If I'm Late"

11)  David Bowie  ~  "Space Oddity"

12)  Kutless  ~  "Even If"

13)  Neal Hefti & His Orchestra  ~  "The Odd Couple Theme"

14)  Air Supply  ~  "Even The Nights Are Better"

15)  Arid  ~  "Seven Odd Years"

16)  Heart  ~  "Even It Up"

17)  Promise ft. Jhene Aiko  ~  "Against The Odds"

18)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Not Even The King"

19)  Phil Collins  ~  "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)"

20)  Jessy Dixon ft. David Phelps & Guy Penrod  ~  "I Can't Even Walk"