Songs About "Yourself"

Boy, did I have a lot of songs to choose from with this topic! The number of songs with the word "Yourself" in their titles is staggering. Here are but a few of them. There'll be one more round of these next week, but that's all. Only the best for you, Dear Listener. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Love Yourself”  (I know, I know...I'd pretty much sworn off posting any more Bieber songs since he's become such a joke. But I accidentally starting liking this song quite a bit BEFORE finding out Justin was its singer. So it was either I leave off an obviously good song, or own that junk and put it front and center. I chose the latter. On the plus side, Biebs does NOT appear in the video at all, so there's that.)

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Hang Onto Yourself”

3)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself”

4)  Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers  ~  “Lose Yourself To Dance”

5)  Audioslave  ~  “Be Yourself”

6)  Madonna  ~  “Express Yourself”

7)  The Smiths  ~  “Accept Yourself”

8)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  “Lively Up Yourself”

9)  Birdy  ~  “Save Yourself”

10)  Queen  ~  “Keep Yourself Alive”

11)  KRS-One ft. Big Daddy Kane, Freddie Foxxx, Harmony, Kid Capri, LL Cool J, MC Lyte, Ms. Melodie, Run-D.M.C. & Queen Latifah  ~  “Heal Yourself”

12)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Put Yourself In My Place”

13)  Tower Of Power  ~  “Knock Yourself Out”

14)  Jack Garratt  ~  “Surprise Yourself”  (Why haven’t I heard of this guy before now? Because he’s uh…mazing!)

15)  Christina Grimmie  ~  “Get Yourself Together”  (Still hard to believe this talented young lady is gone. Too soon, too soon. #RIPChristina)

16)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Let Yourself Go”

17)  Kaleo  ~  “Save Yourself”  (Amazing live performance…from an ICEBERG! You can’t get much cooler than that! Pun probably intended.)

18)  Diana Krall  ~  “Pick Yourself Up”

19)  Georgia Satellites  ~  “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”

20)  Jackie Chan  ~  “Believe In Yourself”  (My word, that was beautiful! Wonder what he was singing about? And who knew he even could?)

21)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Secure Yourself”

22)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Watch Yourself”

23)  Labrinth  ~  “Express Yourself”

24)  Sharon Van Etten  ~  “Save Yourself”

25)  RATT  ~  “Givin’ Yourself Away”

Songs About Standing By

While you wait with bated breath (yeah, right!) for the next installment in my "Down" & "Out" series, here's a collection of Songs About Standing By. Herein, you'll hear about folks who vow to stand by "Me," "You," "Love," "Your Gun," "Your Man," "My Woman," "The Bedside Of A Neighbor," and much, much more! So what are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ben E. King  ~  “Stand By Me”

2)  Rachel Platten  ~  “Stand By You”

3)  Oasis  ~  “Stand By Me”

4)  Marlisa  ~  “Stand By You”

5)  Simple Minds  ~  “Stand By Love”

6)  True Violet  ~  “Stand By You”

7)  George Ezra  ~  “Stand By Your Gun”

8)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

9)  Shayne Ward  ~  “Stand By Me”

10)  Jessy Dixon  ~  “God Is Standing By”

11)  Jewel  ~  “Angel Standing By”

12)  LL Cool J  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

13)  The Cox Family  ~  “Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor”

14)  The Imperials  ~  “Stand By The Power”

15)  MaidaVale  ~  “Standby Swing”

16)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Stand By My Woman”

17)  The Pretenders  ~  “I’ll Stand By You”

18)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Stand By Me”

19)  The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette  ~  “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)”  (This is a very odd song and music video. Odder still is Wynette’s involvement in it.)

20)  The Clash  ~  “Train In Vain (Stand By Me)”

"Down" & "Out" Songs, Vol. 1

When I decided to do a set of "Down" & "Out" Songs, I had no idea there'd be a googolplex of songs to choose from. So I limited the scope to only songs whose titles end in either the word "Down" or "Out." Which brought the number of songs to choose from down to merely a centillion. Many of which were solid choices. So this will be a four-parter. But don't worry. One now, one tomorrow, skip a day or two, and then the rest. I don't want to bring you "Down" or wear you "Out" with these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Chainsmokers ft. Daya  ~  “Don’t Let Me Down”

2)  Eve 6  ~  “Inside Out”

3)  Halsey  ~  “Hold Me Down”

4)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”

5)  Sam Smith  ~  “Lay Me Down”

6)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Stressed Out”

7)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Lay It Down”

8)  Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force  ~  “All Cried Out”

9)  David Bowie  ~  “Never Let Me Down”

10)  LL Cool J  ~  “Mama Said Knock You Out”

11)  OneRepublic  ~  “All Fall Down”

12)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Cry Me Out”

13)  Pillar  ~  “Bring Me Down”

14)  The Riptide Movement  ~  “All Works Out”

15)  The Band  ~  “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

16)  Feist  ~  “Inside And Out”

17)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Anything But Down”

18)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Ridin’ The Storm Out”

19)  Echo and the Bunnymen  ~  “Don’t Let It Get You Down”

20)  The Beatles  ~  “We Can Work It Out”

21)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “As I Lay Me Down”

22)  The Police  ~  “Fall Out”

23)  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus  ~  “Face Down”

24)  Flyleaf  ~  “Call You Out”

25)  Bob Dylan  ~  “When The Deal Goes Down”

"Said" & "Done" Songs

Here's some songs with either the word "Said" or "Done" – or both – in their titles. Being a rather wide-open "topic," there were lots to choose from for this. So you'll probably find a higher number of songs by artists you're more familiar with here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Bolton ~   "Said I Loved You…But I Lied"

2)  The Band Perry  ~  "DONE."

3)  Metallica  ~  "Mama Said"

4)  Moriah Peters  ~  "Well Done"

5)  Simple Minds  ~  "All The Things She Said"

6)  Billy Currington  ~  "Love Done Gone"

7)  LL Cool J  ~  "Mama Said Knock You Out"

8)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "It's All Been Done"

9)  Group 1 Crew ft. Chris August  ~  "He Said"

10)  Jessie J  ~  "Ain't Been Done"

11)  Neil Diamond  ~  "I Am… I Said"

12)  Linkin Park  ~  "What I've Done"

13)  Lupe Fiasco ft. Skylar Grey  ~  "Words I Never Said"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Until The Day Is Done"

15)  Aqua  ~  "My Mamma Said"

16)  Joan Jett  ~  "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

17)  Clint Black ft. Lisa Hartman Black  ~  "When I Said I Do"

18)  The Madden Brothers  ~  "We Are Done"

19)  The Isley Brothers ft. Jill Scott  ~  "Said Enough"

20)  ABBA  ~  "When All Is Said And Done"

21)  Matt Maher  ~  "All The People Said Amen"

22)  Janet Jackson  ~  "What Have You Done For Me Lately?"

23)  Collective Soul  ~  "She Said"

24)  Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield  ~  "What Have I Done To Deserve This?"

25)  Geoff Moore  ~  "When All Is Said And Done"