Songs About Bumps & Bruises, Vol. 1

This has been a week full of one-off posts, so why not end it with a miniseries?Here's part 1 of 2 featuring songs with the words "Bump" or "Bruise" (or their derivatives) in their titles. Be careful out there...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Small Bump”

2)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “I Bruise Easily”

3)  Gilbert O’Sullivan  ~  “Things That Go Bump In The Night”

4)  Maria Mena  ~  “A Few Small Bruises”

5)  Deer Tick  ~  “The Bump”

6)  Emma-Lee  ~  “Bruise Easy”

7)  Rebelution  ~  “Bump”

8)  Sylvan Esso  ~  “Dreamy Bruises”

9)  Erik Hassle  ~  Bump In The Road”

10)  Chairlift  ~  “Bruises”

11)  Right Said Fred  ~  “Bumped”

12)  Lyra Brown  ~  “Cheek & Bruise”

13)  Tommy SpaSe & The Alchemists  ~  “Things That Go Bump In The Night”

14)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  “Hand Covers Bruise”

15)  Ellie Rose  ~  “Speed Bump”

16)  The Flatliners  ~  “I Count Your Bruises”

17)  Asleep At The Wheel  ~  “Bump, Bounce, Boogie”

18)  Derek Webb & Page CXVI  ~  “Pressing On The Bruise”

19)  Baby Blue  ~  “Bump”

20)  Lit  ~  “Lipstick And Bruises”

"Single" Songs

I know what you're thinking, and you're probably right. Why on earth would you post a collection of songs with "Single" in the title on Valentine's Day, of all days? Don't you care anything about those folks for whom this day is anything but special? Of course I do. It just so happens that this is part 1 of an expected 3-part series of posts, the 2nd and 3rd installments of which will include "Double" and "Triple" songs. So it's coincidence. That's all. Enjoy? ~  JH

1)  Beyoncé  ~  "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"

2)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Single"

3)  Fiona Apple  ~  "Every Single Night"

4)  Cameo  ~  "Single Life"

5)  Chely Wright  ~  "Single White Female"

6)  Laura Jansen  ~  "Single Girls"

7)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "Single Bilingual"

8)  Roxette  ~  "Sleeping Single"

9)  Dire Straits  ~  "Single-Handed Sailor"

10)  Everything But The Girl  ~  "Single"

11)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  "Sleepin' Single In A Double Bed"

12)  Boney M.  ~  "Young, Free, And Single"

13)  David Wilcox  ~  "Single Candle"

14)  Emmylou Harris  ~  "Feelin' Single, Seein' Double"

15)  Barry Manilow  ~  "Every Single Day"

16)  Dave Stewart  ~  "Every Single Night"

17)  Peter, Paul, and Mary  ~  "Single Girl"

18)  The Haden Triplets  ~  "Single Girl, Married Girl"

19)  Conway Twitty  ~  "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind"

20)  Nina Simone  ~  "A Single Woman"

"These" Songs

I hope you enjoy "These" songs. Next time, I will post "Those" songs. That is all.  ~  JH

1)  Nancy Sinatra  ~  "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"

2)  Foo Fighters  ~  "Times Like These"

3)  Cassadee Pope  ~  "Wasting All These Tears"

4)  Bon Jovi  ~  "In These Arms"

5)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "These Words"

6)  The Killers  ~  "All These Things That I've Done"

7)  Heart  ~  "These Dreams"

8)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)"

9)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "These Are Days"

10)  a-ha  ~  "Stay On These Roads"

11)  Jamie Cullum  ~  "These Are The Days"

12)  Gin Wigmore  ~  "These Roses"

13)  O-Town  ~  "These Are The Days"

14)  FFH  ~  "One Of These Days"

15)  Martina McBride  ~  "For These Times"

Songs About Sunshine

It's rare that someone suggests a particular theme for me to explore in a music blog post. But usually when they do, it turns out to be a great idea. Such was the case with this post – thank you very much, Ben Lilley! Fellow Eastern North Carolinians, let this fun bunch of songs with "sunshine" in the titles be your soundtrack for the next couple of days while we actually have a bit of sunshine to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Katrina & The Waves  ~  "Walking On Sunshine"

2)  Aqualung  ~  "Brighter Than Sunshine"

3)  Cream  ~  "Sunshine Of Your Love"

4)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Pocketful Of Sunshine"

5)  Bill Withers  ~  "Ain't No Sunshine"

6)  Len  ~  "Steal My Sunshine"

7)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"

8)  The Corrs  ~  "Summer Sunshine"  (It's not quite summer yet, but still…)

9)  The Brady Bunch  ~  "It's A Sunshine Day"  (Campy? Yes. Classic? Not exactly. Essential to this grouping of songs? Absolutely!)

10)  Matisyahu  ~  "Sunshine"

11)  The Beatles  ~  "Good Day Sunshine"

12)  The 5th Dimension  ~  "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In"

13)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Soak Up The Sun"  (I think "sunshine" is clearly implied in this one, though it doesn't appear in the title.)

14)  a-ha  ~  "The Sun Always Shines On TV"

15)  John Denver  ~  "Sunshine On My Shoulders"

16)  The Walker Brothers  ~  "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"

17)  Owen Campbell  ~  "Sunshine Road"

18)  Donovan  ~  "Sunshine Superman"

19)  Axiom  ~  "A Little Ray Of Sunshine"

20)  Fishbone  ~  "Everyday Sunshine"

21)  Lesley Gore  ~  "Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows"

22)  The Fratellis  ~  "Look Out Sunshine"

23)  Ray Charles  ~  "You Are My Sunshine"

24)  Johnny Nash  ~  "I Can See Clearly Now"  (The word "sunshine" may not in the title of this one, but its most memorable lyric is: "It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day." And it's an awesome song. So…yeah.)

25)  The Temptations  ~  "My Girl"  (The actual word isn't in this title either, but, hello! "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day..." It was meant to be here.)

Songs About Rain

These are songs about rain. They are good songs. You might like them. You might not. Who knows?  ~  JH

1)  Bruno Mars  ~  "It Will Rain"

2)  Adele  ~  "Set Fire To The Rain"  

3)  Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony  ~  "Rain Over Me"

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Through The Rain"

5)  Tay Zonday  ~  "Chocolate Rain"

6)  Billie Myers  ~  "Kiss The Rain"

7)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie"

8)  James Taylor  ~  "Fire And Rain"

9)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  "Georgia Rain"

10)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"

11)  MIKA  ~  "Rain"

12)  Madonna  ~  "Rain"  (Not the same as the song above)

13)  Milli Vanilli  ~  "Blame It On The Rain"

14)  The Temptations  ~  "I Wish It Would Rain"

15)  Enya  ~  "Trains And Winter Rains"

16)  Luke Bryan  ~  "Rain Is A Good Thing"

17)  Creed  ~  "Rain"

18)  Ashanti  ~  "Rain On Me"

19)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  "Mandolin Rain"

20)  Tony Bennett & Alejandro Sanz  ~  "Yesterday I Heard The Rain"

BONUS TRACK:  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Unwritten"  (While it doesn't have "Rain" in the title, rain is mentioned all throughout this one – and it's a great song, so…yeah.)