Songs About Praying, Vol. 3

Continuing with this surprisingly popular miniseries, here's Vol. 3 (of 4) featuring Songs About Praying. Plenty of good stuff here, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Garth Brooks  ~  “Unanswered Prayers”

2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Empty Prayers”

3)  A.R. Rahman ft. Blaaze  ~  “Pray For Me, Brother”

4)  Little Boots  ~  “Every Night I Say A Prayer”

5)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Pray”

6)  Lilly Wood & The Prick  ~  “Prayer In C”

7)  Deftones  ~  “Prayers/Triangles”

8)  Eshon Burgundy  ~  “Pray”

9)  Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop  ~  “One Way To Pray”

10)  Johnny Cash  ~  “The Junkie’s Prayer”

11)  VersaEmerge  ~  “Past Praying For”

12)  Percy Sledge  ~  “My Special Prayer”

13)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Makes Me Wanna Pray”

14)  Randy Travis  ~  “Mama Prayed”

15)  Loretta Lynn & Geraldine Wilburn  ~  “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again”

16)  Petra  ~  “Praying Man”

17)  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Vince Gill  ~  “All Prayed Up”

18)  Lisa Hannigan  ~  “Prayer For The Dying”

19)  The Platters  ~  “My Prayer”

20)  Charlie Daniels  ~  “Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’”

Songs About Pretending

Everyone likes to pretend sometimes. These songs are all about pretending. And they're really good. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Pretending”

3)  Jackson Browne  ~  “The Pretender”

4)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”

5)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

6)  R.E.M.  ~  “World Leader Pretend”

7)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Game Of Pretend”

8)  The Drums  ~  “I Can’t Pretend”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “The Pretender”

10)  Lights  ~  “Pretend”

11)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Just Pretend”

12)  Raspberries  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

13)  Anouk  ~  “Pretending As Always”

14)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Pretend”

15)  The Mavericks  ~  “Pretend”

16)  Glee Cast  ~  “Pretending”

17)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Sweet Pretender”

18)  Gerry And The Pacemakers  ~  “Pretend”

19)  The Avett Brothers ft. Nicole Atkins  ~  “Pretend Love”

20)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Pretending To Care”

21)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know”

22)  Seinabo Sey  ~  “Pretend”

23)  Bryan White  ~  “So Much For Pretending”

24)  King’s X  ~  “Pretend”

25)  Tom Odell  ~  “Can’t Pretend”

BONUS TRACK:  B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams  ~  “Airplanes”  (While the word "pretend" doesn't appear anywhere in the title of this song, the whole thing is about pretending "that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars" and that phrase is repeated at least six times in the song, so here it is.)

"Smoke" & "Mirrors" Songs

Yet another feeble attempt at pairing two related-but-not-exactly-opposite words together and seeing what songs I can find with those words in their titles. That being said (a phrase which I use far too often, by the way), there's some good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Smoke"

2)  Justin Timberlake  ~  "Mirrors"

3)  Daughter  ~  "Smoke"

4)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Room Full Of Mirrors"

5)  Ben Folds with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra  ~  "Smoke"

6)  Emma Louise  ~  "Mirrors"

7)  Tracy Chapman  ~  "Smoke And Ashes"

8)  Blue Öyster Cult  ~  "Mirrors"

9)  The Platters  ~  "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"

10)  Keith Whitley  ~  "I Never Go Around Mirrors"

11)  Iron & Wine  ~  "Cinder And Smoke"

12)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "1,000 Mirrors"

13)  Deep Purple  ~  "Smoke On The Water"

14)  Kraftwerk  ~  "The Hall Of Mirrors"

15)  Gary Allan  ~  "Smoke Rings In The Dark"

16)  Agnes Obel  ~  "Smoke And Mirrors"

17)  Willie Nelson  ~  "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die"

18)  Viktoria Tocca  ~  "Smoke And Mirrors"

19)  Scorpions  ~  "When The Smoke Is Going Down"

20)  Morgan Pennington And The Echo  ~  "Smoke And Mirrors"

21)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)"

22)  Electric Lady Lab ft. Sukker Lyn  ~  "Broken Mirrors"

23)  Tex Williams  ~  "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"

24)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Smoke And Mirrors"

25)  Diana Vickers  ~  "Smoke"

26)  Gotye  ~  "Smoke And Mirrors"

27)  James Arthur  ~  "Smoke Clouds"

28)  The Receiving End Of Sirens  ~  "Smoke And Mirrors"

29)  Bad Company  ~  "No Smoke Without A Fire"

30)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Smoke And Mirrors"

Apologetic Songs

Here's a playlist for any among us who needs to say "I'm sorry" to anyone for any reason. There are a few "I'm not sorry" songs in the mix, but those people are just being stubborn about it. They really are sorry. (I think.) Anyway, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chicago  ~  "Hard To Say I'm Sorry"

2)  Elton John  ~  "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"

3)  Brenda Lee  ~  "I'm Sorry"

4)  Timbaland ft. OneRepublic  ~  "Apologize"

5)  Nirvana  ~  "All Apologies"

6)  Kitty, Daisy, & Lewis  ~  "I'm So Sorry"

7)  Craig David  ~  "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"

8)  The Hollies  ~  "Sorry, Suzanne"

9)  Grace Potter  ~  "Apologies"

10)  Buckcherry  ~  "Sorry"

11)  The Impalas  ~  "Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)"

12)  Ace Of Base  ~  "Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry"

13)  Akon  ~  "Sorry, Blame It On Me"

14)  Howie Day  ~  "Sorry, So Sorry"

15)  Connie Francis  ~  "Who's Sorry Now?"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"

17)  John Denver  ~  "I'm Sorry"

18)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "No Apologies"

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19)  Bon Jovi  ~  "No Apologies"

20)  The Platters  ~  "I'm Sorry"