Songs About Leaning

Sometimes you just need somebody to lean on, whether it's physically, emotionally, or otherwise. That's what these songs are all about. So...what are you waiting for? Enjoy 'em already! ~ JH

1)  Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ  ~  "Lean On"

2)  Club Nouveau  ~  "Lean On Me"  (The iconic synth-heavy '80s cover of a classic song.)

3)  Celina Sharma & Emiway Bantai  ~  "Lean On"

4)  Joe  ~  "Lean Into It"

5)  Kirk Franklin ft. Bono, Mary J. Blige, Crystal Lewis & R. Kelly  ~  "Lean On Me"

6)  Bill Withers  ~  "Lean On Me"  (The original – and still the best! – version of this song.)

7)  Speedy Ortiz  ~  "Lean In When I Suffer"

8)  Elvis Presley  ~  "I Need Somebody To Lean On"

9)  Cliff Richard  ~  "Lean On You"

10)  Gord Bamford  ~  "Leaning On A Lonesome Song"

11)  Melba Moore  ~  "Lean On Me"

12)  Sugarland  ~  "Lean It On Back"

13)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms"

14)  The National  ~  "Lean"

15)  Little Big Town  ~  "Lean Into It"

16)  George Formby  ~  "Leaning On A Lamppost"

17)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Lean On Me (Tonight)"

18)  Anna Of The North  ~  "Leaning On Myself"

19)  Cam'ron  ~  "Lean"

20)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  "Lean"

21)  Oh Land  ~  "Lean"

22)  7eventh Time Down  ~  "Lean On"

23)  Wynonna & The Big Noise  ~  "Things That I Lean On"

24)  Lizz Wright  ~  "Lean In"

25)  Marit Larsen  ~  "Lean On Me, Lisa"

Popular Songs Of 2006, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final set of hit songs from ten years ago. A lot of these are STILL good tunes – so check 'em out! Next up, Popular Songs Of 1996. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Before He Cheats”

2)  Gnarls Barkley  ~  “Crazy”

3)  Lily Allen  ~  “Smile”

4)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Move Along”

5)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Tim McGraw”  (Can you believe Swift has been around for a decade already? WOW!)

6)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Dani California”

7)  Sugarland  ~  “Want To”

8)  The Fray  ~  “Over My Head (Cable Car)”

9)  P!nk  ~  “Stupid Girls”

10)  Brad Paisley ft. Dolly Parton  ~  “When I Get Where I’m Going”

11)  JoJo  ~  “Too Little, Too Late”

12)  John Mayer  ~  “Waiting On The World To Change”

13)  The Pussycat Dolls ft. Avant  ~  “Stickwitu”

14)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “What Hurts The Most”

15)  Rihanna  ~  “Unfaithful”

16)  Billy Currington  ~  “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right”

17)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “Unwritten”

18)  Fort Minor ft. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga  ~  “Where’d You Go”

19)  Keyshia Cole  ~  “Love”

20)  Josh Turner  ~  “Your Man”

21)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Because Of You”

22)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Living In Fast Forward”

23)  The Wreckers  ~  “Leave The Pieces”

24)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”

25)  Little Big Town  ~  “Bring It On Home”

"Sober" Songs

As promised, here's the follow-up to yesterday's "Drunk" songs post – a small collection of tunes with the word "Sober" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  P!nk  ~  “Sober”

2)  Mindy Smith  ~  “Sober”

3)  Butch Walker  ~  “Sober”

4)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Sober”

5)  Little Big Town  ~  “Sober”

6)  Del Amitri  ~  “Stone Cold Sober”

7)  Jennifer Paige  ~  “Sober”

8)  Evanescence  ~  “Call Me When You’re Sober”

9)  Childish Gambino  ~  “Sober”

10)  Anya Marina  ~  “Clean And Sober”

11)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Stone Cold Sober”

12)  Ravello  ~  “Sober”

13)  Emmah Toris  ~  “Lyrical Sober Dementia”

14)  Silje Svea  ~  “Sober Heart”

15)  Crawler  ~  “Stone Cold Sober”

"Crush"-ing Songs

Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Crush" in their titles. No, it's not an "Opposites" post. It's just an entertaining collection of tunes (hopefully entertaining). Nothing more, nothing less. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paramore  ~  "crushcrushcrush"

2)  Daft Punk ft. Julian Casablancas  ~  "Instant Crush"

3)  Obama Girl  ~  "I Got A Crush On…Obama"

4)  R.E.M.  ~  "Orange Crush"

5)  The Jets  ~  "Crush On You"

6)  David Archuleta  ~  "Crush"

7)  Rosette  ~  "Crushed"

8)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Crush"

9)  Jennifer Paige  ~  "Crush"

10)  Punch Brothers  ~  "Packt Like Sardines In A Crush'd Tin Box"

11)  Taryn Southern  ~  "Crush"

12)  Megadeth  ~  "Crush 'Em"

13)  Ballet School  ~  "Crush"

14)  Paul van Dyk  ~  "Crush"

15)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "I've Got A Crush On You"

16)  Darren Hayes  ~  "Crush (1980 Me)"

17)  Zhané  ~  "Crush"

18)  Outshyne  ~  "Moonlight Crush"

19)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Instant Crush"

20)  Lulu Lewe  ~  "Crush"

21)  R.E.M.  ~  "Crush With Eyeliner"

22)  Little Big Town  ~  "Girl Crush"

23)  Mandy Moore  ~  "Crush"

24)  O.M.D.  ~  "Crush"

25)  Cocteau Twins  ~  "Crushed"

Songs About Church…But Not Really

Here's a collection of songs that at first glance appear to be about church, but for the most part really aren't. Where do I get all these strange ideas from? I don't know. It's probably best not to ask. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hozier  ~  "Take Me To Church"

2)  T-Pain ft. Teddy Verseti  ~  "Church"

3)  Little Big Town  ~  "Little White Church"

4)  The Dear Hunter  ~  "The Church And The Dime"

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  "Get Me To The Church On Time"

6)  Culture Club  ~  "Church Of The Poison Mind"

7)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "Take Me To Church"

8)  Roxette  ~  "Church Of Your Heart"

9)  Matt Nathanson  ~  "Church Clothes"

10)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "Church Mouth"

11)  Lyle Lovett and His Large Band  ~  "Church"

12)  Green Day  ~  "Church On Sunday"

13)  Porter Wagoner  ~  "Mother Church"

14)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  "Electric Church Red House"

15)  Alan Jackson & Patty Loveless  ~  "Monday Morning Church"

16)  Frank Zappa and Ensemble Modern  ~  "Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)"

17)  The Miracles Club  ~  "Church Song"

18)  The Streets  ~  "Never Went To Church"

19)  The Willows  ~  "Church Bells May Ring"

20)  Ben Harper and The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  "Church House Steps"