“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 “Things”, Vol. 1

How could such a simple idea – such as gathering a collection of songs with the word "Things" (not "Thing," mind you) in their titles – turn out to be so much fun? I don't know, but it did. There were so many good songs I had to break it up into three posts. Stick with me on these – you won't regret it. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alessia Cara  ~  “Wild Things”

2)  blink-182  ~  “All The Small Things”

3)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Mountains O’ Things”

4)  George Harrison  ~  “All Things Must Pass”

5)  Lily Allen  ~  “Little Things”

6)  The Cowsills  ~  “The Rain, The Park, & Other Things”

7)  Sarah McMillan  ~  “Glorious Things”

8)  Bastille  ~  “Things We Lost In The Fire”

9)  Little Boots  ~  “Get Things Done”

10)  Bush  ~  “Little Things”

11)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Things”

12)  Neon Trees  ~  “First Things First”

13)  Emmy Rossum  ~  “These Foolish Things”

14)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  “Things Are Changin’”

15)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Terrible Things”

16)  Jamison Ross Band  ~  “These Things You Are To Me”

17)  Hayley Westenra  ~  “All Things Bright And Beautiful”

18)  Blue October  ~  “Things We Don’t Know About”

19)  Simple Minds ft. Sarah Brown  ~  “Book Of Brilliant Things”

20)  Counting Crows  ~  “Kid Things”

21)  Pebbles  ~  “Love Makes Things Happen”

22)  Gary Moore  ~  “Shapes Of Things”

23)   Eisley  ~  “Marvelous Things”

24)  Jason Mraz  ~  “3 Things”

25)  San Cisco  ~  “Wild Things”

Songs With "In The" In The Title, Vol. 1

While this is admittedly a catchy (if confusing) title for a post, that's not its sole purpose. Over time, I had noticed a preponderance of songs with the prepositional phrase "in the _______" in their titles, and I thought there might just be enough good ones to fill a post. As it turns out, there were enough to fill two posts – this is the first half of a two-parter. Hope you'll enjoy listening to these as much as I did when gathering them.  ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Man In The Mirror"

2)  Linkin Park  ~  "In The End"

3)  Adele  ~  "Rolling In The Deep"

4)  Green Day  ~  "In The End"

5)  Laura Marling  ~  "Rest In The Bed"

6)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  "Nine In The Afternoon"

7)  Paramore  ~  "In The Mourning / Landslide"

8)  Adam Lambert  ~  "Evil In The Night"

9)  Gin Wigmore  ~  "Written In The Water"

10)  The Weeknd  ~  "Tears In The Rain"

11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  "Party In The U.S.A."  (Yeah, I went there. Sorry...)

12)  Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner  ~  "Written In The Stars"

13)  Rihanna  ~  "Only Girl (In The World)"

14)  Nirvana  ~  "Something In The Way"

15)  Neon Trees  ~  "In The Next Room"

Songs With Years In Their Titles, Vol. 2: 1980-2000

Here's the second and final installment in a two-part miniseries featuring songs with historical years in their titles. You may wonder why I stopped at the year 2000, not continuing till the present. That's because there were virtually no songs with post-2000 years in their titles that were worth including. Quality over quantity, folks. You're welcome!  ~  JH

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

2)  Ash  ~  "True Love 1980"

3)  Estelle  ~  "1980"

4)  Joanna Newsom  ~  "'81"

5)  Randy Travis  ~  "1982"

6)  John Mayer  ~  "'83"

7)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)"

8)  Neon Trees  ~  "1983"

9)  Eurythmics  ~  "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"

10)  Passion Pit  ~  "Lifted Up (1985)"

11)  Bowling For Soup  ~  "1985"

12)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five"

13)  Owl City  ~  "January 28, 1986 / Galaxies"

14)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Expo '86"

15)  Portugal. The Man  ~  "1989"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "Pop Song '89"

17)  Travis  ~  "Tied To The '90s"

18)  Kimbra  ~  "'90s Music"

19)  Lucy Spraggan  ~  "'91"

20)  The Wombats  ~  "1996"

21)  Saint Motel  ~  "1997"

22)  Shout Out Louds  ~  "1999"

23)  Silverchair  ~  "Anthem For The Year 2000"

24)  Gorillaz  ~  "19-2000"

25)  Erykah Badu  ~  "A.D. 2000"

21 Songs With "Twenty-One" In The Title

My wife is 21 weeks pregnant today, so there's this. I keep promising that I'll stop doing these soon, but I keep breaking those promises. So I'll say it again, but you don't have to believe me – this *should* be one of the last of its kind, but...you know how that goes. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Green Day  ~  "21 Guns"

2)  Jack White  ~  "Freedom At 21"

3)  Serj Tankian ft. The F.C.C. & Tom Morello  ~  "Goodbye – Gate 21"

4)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "21 Things I Want In A Lover"

5)  Neon Trees  ~  "Love In The 21st Century"

6)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  "21:13"

7)  Punchline  ~  "21 Forever"

8)  Delilah  ~  "21"

9)  Bad Religion  ~  "21st Century Digital Boy"

10)  RAGE  ~  "Twenty-One"

11)  Corey Smith  ~  "Twenty-One"

12)  Ace Of Base  ~  "C'est La Vie (Always 21)"

13)  Violet Cities  ~  "Twenty-One Tears"

14)  Doug Supernaw  ~  "21-17"

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15)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "21st Century"

16)  The Cranberries  ~  "Twenty-One"

17)  NGHBRS  ~  "Twenty-One Rooms"

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18)  The Adverts  ~  "No Time To Be 21"

19)  Helix  ~  "Running Wild In The 21st Century"

20)  Chuck Berry  ~  "21 Blues"

21)   Eagles  ~  "Twenty-One"