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)”

Songs Of Belonging, Vol. 1

If we're honest, we all feel a sense of belonging. Our heart's desire is to belong to someone, to something – to be part of and not apart from. These songs, and the songs that follow in Vol. 2, speak to that feeling. While each song has the word "Belong" or some  form of it in its title, the overarching theme of belonging is also ever-present. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Building 429  ~  “Where I Belong”

2)  Whitney Houston  ~  “I Belong To You”

3)  Joshua Radin  ~  “Belong”

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  “You Belong With Me”

5)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  “Belong”

6)  Beth Hart  ~  “Tell Her You Belong To Me”

7)  R.E.M.  ~  “Belong”

8)  Pat Benatar  ~  “We Belong”

9)  Plain White T’s  ~  “You Belong”

10)  Aqua  ~  “We Belong To The Sea”

11)  Bryan Adams  ~  “You Belong To Me”

12)  Faith Hill  ~  “Baby You Belong”

13)  Glenn Frey  ~  “You Belong To The City”

14)  Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters  ~  “Tonight You Belong To Me”

15)  Jack Savoretti  ~  “Back Where I Belong”

16)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Where I Belong / Expensive”

17)  Linkin Park  ~  “Somewhere I Belong”

18)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “I Belong To You”

19)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “I Belong To You”

20)  Anita Baker  ~  “You Belong To Me”

21)  Derek Johnson  ~  “I Belong To You”

22)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “What Doesn’t Belong To Me”

23)   Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “You Belong To Me”

24)  Kim Wilde  ~  “The Light Of The Moon (Belongs To Me)”

25)  Switchfoot  ~  “Where I Belong”

Songs About Yesterday, Vol. 2

Here's some more songs about "Yesterday." Next up, Songs About "Today." But not today. Probably next week. Until then, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Cranberries  ~  “Yesterday’s Gone”

2)  Fall Out Boy ft. Foxes  ~  “Just One Yesterday”

3)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “Yesterday, When I Was Mad”

4)  Tony Bennett & Alejandro Sanz  ~  “Yesterday I Heard The Rain”

5)  Ambrosia  ~  “Holding On To Yesterday”

6)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Yesterday Is Gone (My Dear Kay)”

7)  Blackmore’s Night  ~  “All Our Yesterdays”

8)  Daryl Hall  ~  “I Wasn’t Born Yesterday”

9)  Free  ~  “Songs Of Yesterday”

10)  Wynonna  ~  “That Was Yesterday”

11)  Jakubi  ~  “Feels Like Yesterday”

12)  Switchfoot  ~  “Yesterdays”

13)  Matt Wertz  ~  “Yesterday Morning”

14)  Karmin  ~  “Yesterday”

15)  Men At Work  ~  “No Sign Of Yesterday”

16)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  “Goodbye Yesterday”

17)  Dean Martin  ~  “What’s Yesterday”

18)  Carpenters  ~  “Only Yesterday”

19)  Everly Brothers  ~  “Born Yesterday”

20)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “Yesterday When I Was Young”

Songs With Nationalities In The Titles, Vol. 3

People keep asking me when I'm going to post the "American" songs. All these other nationalities and not a single "American" song?!? Okay, I lied. Not one person has asked me that. But here are the "American" songs nonetheless. Part 3 of 3 in the series. Done and done. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Green Day  ~  "Last Of The American Girls"

2)  MKTO  ~  "American Dream"

3)  Carrie Underwood  ~  "All-American Girl"

4)  Skillet  ~  "American Noise"

5)  Counting Crows ft. Sheryl Crow  ~  "American Girls"

6)  Rihanna  ~  "American Oxygen"

7)  Don McLean  ~  "American Pie"

8)  Grand Funk Railroad  ~  "We're An American Band"

9)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "American Honey"

10)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  "American Woman"

11)  David Bowie  ~  "Young Americans"

12)  Estelle ft. Kanye West  ~  "American Boy"

13)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "American Land"

14)  Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young  ~  "American Dream"

15)  The Henningsens  ~  "American Beautiful"

16)  Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP  ~  "We No Speak Americano"

17)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "American Baby"

18)  Faith Hill  ~  "American Heart"

19)  Casting Crowns  ~  "American Dream"

20)  George Thorogood & The Destroyers  ~  "American Made"

21)  Sister Sledge  ~  "All American Girls"

22)  Phil Vassar  ~  "American Child"

23)  Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors  ~  "American Beauty"

24)  COLD  ~  "American Dream"

25)  The Guess Who  ~  "American Woman"  (Yes, this is the same song as the one by Lenny Kravitz above, but the two versions are distinctive enough to merit including both. Besides, this one is the original.)

"26" Songs

As of today, my wife is 26 weeks pregnant with our daughter. Here's a fresh set of songs with the number "26" either in their titles  or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Trip Lee ft. Dimitri McDowell & Leah Smith  ~  "Sweet Victory"

2)  Good Charlotte  ~  "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl"

3)  K's Choice  ~  "Home"

4)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  "California"

5)  Silverstein  ~  "Brookfield"

6)  Camera Obscura  ~  "Do It Again"

7)  Taking Back Sunday  ~  "Liar (It Takes One To Know One)"

8)  Jay Brannan  ~  "26-Hour Day"

9)  Shakira ft. Gustavo Cerati  ~  "No"

10)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"

11)  The Four Preps  ~  "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"

12)  Nikki & Keith  ~  "26 Cents"

13)  Saints Of Valory  ~  "Twenty-Six"

14)  Skylark  ~  "Twenty-Six Years"

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Special"

16)  This Town Needs Guns  ~  "26 Is Dancier Than 4"

17)  Kisses For Charity  ~  "Twenty-Six Angels (Remember The Heroes)"

18)  Paula Cole  ~  "Strong, Beautiful Woman"

19)  Stereophonics  ~  "My Own Worst Enemy"

20)  Primus  ~  "Shake Hands With Beef"

21)   Madonna & Antonio Banderas  ~  "High Flying, Adored"

22)  David Bowie & Lou Reed  ~  "Waiting For The Man"

23)  Lyle Lovett ft. Leo Kottke  ~  "Good Intentions"

24)  EELS  ~  "The Only Thing I Care About"

25)  Procol Harum  ~  "Nothing That I Didn't Know"

26)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Albuquerque"