Compromise can be a good thing. Occasionally, it can be a very bad thing. Generally speaking, Songs About Compromise are very good. My independent research – compiled here – proves this theory. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Bay Of Plenty ~ “No Compromise”
2) Jules And The Jinks ~ “No Compromise”
3) Tesla Boy ~ “Compromise”
4) Indigo Girls ~ “Compromise”
5) John Prine ~ “The Great Compromise”
6) Shad ~ “Compromise”
7) TWiiNS ~ “Compromise”
8) Matt Wertz ~ “Faith & Compromise”
9) Kid Canaveral ~ “A Compromise”
10) Planetshakers ~ “No Compromise”
11) Monna ~ “No More Compromise”
12) Death Saw ~ “No Compromise”
13) Christian Rich ft. Sinead Harnett, GoldLink, & Secaina Hudson ~ “Compromise”
Yesterday, I posted “Lesser” Songs. Shortly thereafter, a coalition of “Greater” Songs presented me a signed petition requesting equal time on the blog. Coincidentally, all the petitioners were Christian artists. So there’s this… Enjoy? ~ JH
1) Elevation Worship ~ “Greater”
2) Blanca ~ “Greater Is He”
3) Hillsong Worship ~ “Greater Than All”
4) Chris Tomlin ~ “Greater”
5) Aaron Shust ~ “Never Been A Greater Love”
6) Matthew West ~ “Something Greater”
7) Fred Hammond ~ “No Greater Love”
8) MercyMe ~ “Greater”
9) Central Live ~ “Greater”
10) Vashawn Mitchell ~ “Nobody Greater”
11) Bill Gaither ~ “Grace Greater Than Our Sin”
12) Mack Brock ~ “Greater Things”
13) Christafari ~ “He Is Greater Than I”
14) Rachael Lampa ~ “No Greater Love”
15) Planetshakers ~ “Even Greater”
16) Brian & Jenn Johnson ~ “Greater Than All Other Names”
17) Smokie Norful ~ “No Greater Love”
18) NewSpring Worship ~ “No Greater Love”
19) Point Of Grace ~ “There Is Nothing Greater Than Grace” (The song ends at the 3:15 mark. The rest is just blah-blah-blah talking.)
20) Colton Dixon ~ “No Greater Love”
21) Martha Munizzi ft. Israel Houghton ~ “Your Latter Will Be Greater”
22) Greg Sykes ~ “No Greater Love (How Marvelous)”
23) The Hoppers ~ “Grace Will Always Be Greater Than Sin”
24) Aaron Shust ~ “Greater Is He” (Yes, this is a second Aaron Shust sighting within the same post. But when both songs qualify and they're this good...)
If you really thought I could get all the "Everyone" and "No One" songs I wanted to include into two posts, then you probably haven't been following my blog for very long. Because I tend to get carried away. But don't worry – this one and the next "No One" post are "all she wrote," so to speak. Enjoy! ~ JH
1) David Bowie ~ “Everyone Says ‘Hi’”
2) Survivor ~ “I See You In Everyone”
3) Planetshakers ~ “Everyone”
4) Damien Jurado ~ “Everyone A Star”
5) PJ Harvey ~ “All And Everyone”
6) Nickelback ~ “If Everyone Cared”
7) Queen ~ “Heaven For Everyone”
8) Zeppo Marx ~ “Everyone Says I Love You”
9) John Fogerty ~ “Wrote A Song For Everyone”
10) Jessica Mauboy, Steve Appleton, Jody Williams, Tabitha Nauser, & Sean Kingston ~ “Everyone”
11) The Beach Boys ~ “Everyone’s In Love With You”
12) Nat King Cole ~ “Where Did Everyone Go?”
13) The National ~ “Afraid Of Everyone”
14) Biffy Clyro ~ “Now I’m Everyone”
15) The Right Now ~ “I’ll Get Down” / “Tell Everyone The Truth”
16) Shankar ~ “Song For Everyone”
17) Hot Chocolate ~ “Everyone’s A Winner”
18) Dar Williams ~ “You Are Everyone”
19) The Flaming Lips ~ “Everyone Wants To Live Forever”