Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 1

You *know* you've been waiting for these! There were so many good and/or Popular Songs of 1989 that I had no choice but to make this series a five-parter. Which, if we're honest, isn't a bad thing at all. In fact, it's pretty rad! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Straight Up”

2)  Chicago  ~  “Look Away”

3)  Boy Meets Girl  ~  “Waiting For A Star To Fall”

4)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Miss You Much”

5)  Bad English  ~  “When I See You Smile”

6)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”

7)  Bette Midler  ~  “Wind Beneath My Wings”

8)  Bobby Brown  ~  “On Our Own”

9)  Boys Club  ~  “I Remember Holding You”

10)  Exposé  ~  “What You Don’t Know”

11)  Clint Black  ~  “A Better Man”

12)  Deon Estus  ~  “Heaven Help Me”

13)  Tiffany  ~  “All This Time”

14)  Tone Loc  ~  “Funky Cold Medina”

15)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Patience”

16)  Highway 101  ~  “Honky Tonk Heart”

17)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Kickstart My Heart” 

18)  The Cure  ~  “Fascination Street”

19)  Samantha Fox  ~  “I Wanna Have Some Fun”

20)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  “Angel Eyes”

21)  Madonna  ~  “Cherish”

22)  Duran Duran  ~  “I Don’t Want Your Love”

23)  Richard Marx  ~  “Right Here Waiting”

24)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Lost In Your Eyes”

25)  Warrant  ~  “Heaven”

"Public" Songs

These songs all contain the word "Public" in their titles, so of course you are NOT allowed to view or listen to any of them. Unless you really want to. In which case you are quite welcome to do so. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Chairlift  ~  “Crying In Public”

2)  Megadeth  ~  “Public Enemy No. 1”

3)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “Public Melody Number One”  (I'm the only person I know who would follow up a Megadeth song with one by Louis Armstrong!)

4)  The Cribs  ~  “Our Bovine Public”

5)  Public Enemy  ~  “Public Enemy No. 1”

6)  Daniella Mason  ~  “Public Places”

7)  Foals  ~  “Public Embarrassment Blues”

8)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Public Animal #9”

9)  James Brown  ~  “Public Enemy #1”

10)  The Bravery  ~  “Public Service Announcement”

11)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Public Relations”

12)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “A Public Affair”

13)  Interpol  ~  “Public Pervert”

14)  Flatt & Scruggs  ~  “The Last Public Hanging In West Virginia”

15)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Public Enemy #1”

16)  Public Image Ltd.  ~  “Public Image”

17)  Ralph Tresvant  ~  “Public Figure (Ordinary Guy)"

18)  Lady Sovereign  ~  “Public Warning”

19)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “AKA Public School”

20)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Public Enemy No. 1”

21)  Fugazi  ~  “Public Witness Program”

22)  Newsboys  ~  “Going Public”

23)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Public Enema Number One”

24)  Wire  ~  “Public Place”

25)  Spiders and Snakes  ~  “Public Enemy #1”

“Mad” Songs, Vol. 2

As promised, here's part 2 of 2 featuring songs with the word "Mad" in the title. Don't get mad...just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Puddles Pity Party & Haley Reinhart  ~  “Mad World”  (Mmkay, so this is the same root song as the Tears For Fears classic in Vol. 1, but it's completely different when performed in a neo-vaudeville style. Especially when the singers are a seven-foot-tall clown with golden pipes and a feisty young songstress with exemplary lungs of her own.)

2)  Bush  ~  “Mad Love”

3)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Mad About You”

4)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Mad”

5)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Mad Love”

6)  Thrice  ~  “All The World Is Mad”

7)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “We’re All Mad”

8)  Neil Finn & Friends  ~  “Driving Me Mad”

9)  My Baby  ~  “Mad Mountain Thyme”

10)  Elton John  ~  “Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters”

11)  The Veronicas  ~  “Mad Love”

12)  The Waterboys  ~  “Mad As The Mist & Snow”

13)  Jasmine Thompson  ~  “Mad World”  (Yes, this is another version of the Tears For Fears song, and no, I didn't run out of good songs to pick. I just liked all three versions for different reasons, and couldn't leave any one of them out.)

14)  Neon Trees  ~  “Mad Love”

15)  Jessica Biel  ~  “Mad About The Boy”

16)  Weezer  ~  “Mad Kow”

17)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Mad Season”

18)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”

19)  Preservation Hall Jazz Band  ~  “Mad”

20)  U2  ~  “Love You Like Mad”

Songs About Teachers

I almost forgot to post this one. Today is National Teacher's Day. In honor of that, here's a small collection of songs about Teachers. Sort of. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Teacher"

2)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Good Teacher"

3)  ABBA  ~  "When I Kissed The Teacher"  (These days, that'll get you suspended and get the teacher fired!)

4)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "The Art Teacher"

5)  Big Country  ~  "The Teacher"

6)  Van Halen  ~  "Hot For Teacher"  (Yeah, I went there…sorry, teacher friends.)

7)  Paul Simon  ~  "The Teacher"

8)  George Michael  ~  "One More Try"

9)  Bend Sinister  ~  "Teacher"

10)  Courtni Starr  ~  "Charlie Brown Teacher"

11)  NC.A  ~  "My Student Teacher"  (If you don't speak Korean – like I don't – I'll summarize: She's in love with her teacher. Surprise, surprise!)

12)  Slick Rick  ~  "Teacher, Teacher"

13)  The Police  ~  "Don't Stand So Close To Me"  (Yet another teacher-student romance? Yep.)

14)  Pink Floyd  ~  "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2"  (Apparently, Pink Floyd thinks you teachers are unnecessary and education is irrelevant.)

15)  Mötley Crüe  ~  "Smokin' In The Boys' Room"  (This one might be a bit of a stretch…)

Songs About Boys

Here we have a bunch of Songs About Boys. Well, at least they all have the word "boy" or "boys" in their titles. I think you'll recognize quite a few of these, though admittedly it's far from a comprehensive list. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Black Keys  ~  "Lonely Boy"

2)  Meiko  ~  "Boys With Girlfriends"

3)  Dropkick Murphys  ~  "The Boys Are Back"

4)  Beyoncé  ~  "If I Were A Boy"

5)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  "A Country Boy Can Survive"

6)  Miami Sound Machine  ~  "Bad Boy"

7)  Kenny Loggins  ~  "Playing With The Boys"

8)  Zara Larsson  ~  "Bad Boys"

9)  The Beatles  ~  "Boys"

10)  Brandy & Monica  ~  "The Boy Is Mine"

11)  Inner Circle  ~  "Bad Boys"

12)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "And The Boys"

13)  Gary Allan  ~  "Tough Little Boys"

14)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Nasty Boys"

15)  Don Henley  ~  "The Boys Of Summer"

16)  Mariah Carey ft. Cam'Ron  ~  "Boy (I Need You)"

17)  Woodkid  ~  "Run Boy Run"

18)  The Dresden Dolls  ~  "Coin Operated Boy"

19)  Mötley Crüe  ~  "Smokin' In The Boys' Room"

20)  Nina Nesbitt  ~  "Boy"

21)  Living Colour  ~  "Glamour Boys"

22)  Emma Hewitt  ~  "Foolish Boy"

23)  Traffic  ~  "The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys"

24)  John Lennon  ~  "Beautiful Boy"

25)  Celtic Woman  ~  "Danny Boy"