Songs About Hurting, Vol. 2

Sometimes I get what I consider to be a great idea for a post, and I just get carried away with myself and find way too many songs for one post. Or two posts. Or three posts. This is one of those times. Part 2 of 4 in the continuing saga of Songs About Hurting starts...NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Julia Michaels  ~  "Hurt Again"

2)  Stefflon Don ft. French Montana  ~  "Hurtin' Me"

3)  Rissi Palmer  ~  "Hurt Don't Know When To Quit"

4)  Little Anthony & The Imperials  ~  "Hurt So Bad"

5)  Toni Braxton & Babyface  ~  "Hurt You"

6)  Noah Kahan  ~  "Hurt Somebody"

7)  Margo Price  ~  "Hurtin' (On The Bottle)"

8)  Friendly Fires  ~  "Hurting"

9)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Only Love Can Hurt Like This"

10)  The Offspring  ~  "Hurting As One"

11)  Duffy  ~  "Too Hurt To Dance"

12)  Hank Snow  ~  "I Don't Hurt Anymore"

13)  Dusty Springfield  ~  "It Was Easier To Hurt Him"

14)  We Are Scientists  ~  "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt"

15)  Project 46  ~  "Beautiful (It Hurts)"

16)  MercyMe  ~  "The Hurt & The Healer"

17)  Tatianna  ~  "Hurt My Feelings"

18)  Tears For Fears  ~  "The Hurting"

19)  Olivia Lane  ~  "So Good It Hurts"

20)  Rod Stewart  ~  "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"

21)  Julien Baker  ~  "Hurt Less"

22)  Twisted Sister  ~  "What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You)"

23)  Joy Crookes  ~  "Hurt"

24)  Kara Grainger  ~  "No Way You Can Hurt Me Now"

25)  Whitney Houston  ~  "Why Does It Hurt So Bad?"

Songs About What "You Need"

I'm not sure how these songs get away with telling YOU, of all people, what YOU need. But that's – apparently – why they exist. Don't take my word for it, though. Check 'em out for yourself. Plenty of good tunes here, so I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "You Need To Calm Down"

2)  Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, & Rod Stewart  ~  "All You Need Is Love"  (Wow, what a lineup!)

3)  Candye Kane  ~  "You Need A Great Big Woman"  (Who doesn't?)

4)  Duran Duran  ~  "All You Need Is Now"

5)  The Jezabels  ~  "All You Need"

6)  Elton John  ~  "It's Me That You Need"

7)  Joey + Rory  ~  "All You Need Is Me"

8)  Alex Clare  ~  "Tell Me What You Need"

9)  BANKS  ~  "What You Need"

10)  INXS  ~  "What You Need"

11)  Wade Hayes & Megan Mullins  ~  "What You Need From Me"

12)  Jack Johnson  ~  "What You Thought You Need"

13)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Anytime You Need A Friend"

14)  Malcolm McLaren  ~  "You Need Hands"

15)  Against The Current  ~  "Something You Need"

16)  Ed Sheeran  ~  "You Need To Cut Your Hair"

17)  Shanice  ~  "You Need A Man"

18)  Rick Astley  ~  "Whenever You Need Somebody"

19)  Weyes Blood  ~  "Do You Need My Love?"

20)  Son Lux  ~  "The Fool You Need"

21)  Tina Turner  ~  "Whatever You Need"

22)  The Brevet  ~  "All You Need To Know"

23)  Jody Watley  ~  "I'm The One You Need"

24)  The Cardigans  ~  "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer"

25)  Oh Honey  ~  "Take All The Time You Need"

Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 3

I'll bet you thought I forgot to finish the Popular Songs Of 1989 series after a couple of days' lay-off. Well, I didn't. Here's part 3 of 5 in all its glory. Or something like that... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bon Jovi  ~  “I’ll Be There For You”

2)  Madonna  ~  “Like A Prayer”

3)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Girl, I’m Gonna Miss You”

4)  Simply Red  ~  “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”

5)  Roxette  ~  “Listen To Your Heart”

6)  Rod Stewart  ~  “My Heart Can’t Tell You No”

7)  Def Leppard  ~  “Armageddon It”

8)  Donna Summer  ~  “This Time I Know It’s For Real”

9)  The Cure  ~  “Lovesong”

10)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Houston Solution”

11)  Karyn White  ~  “The Way You Love Me”

12)  White Lion  ~  “When The Children Cry”

13)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “Cover Girl”

14)  The B-52’s  ~  “Love Shack”

15)  Love And Rockets  ~  “So Alive”

16)  Richard Marx  ~  “Satisfied”

17)  Madonna  ~  “Express Yourself”

18)  Young MC  ~  “Bust A Move”

19)  Michael Damian  ~  “Rock On”  (I remember this guy from The Young & The Restless back in the day. I had to watch that series when I stayed with my grandma during the summer.)

20)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Don’t Rush Me”

21)  Shenandoah  ~  “The Church On Cumberland Road”

22)  Babyface  ~  “It’s No Crime”

23)  Holly Dunn  ~  “Are You Ever Gonna Love Me?”

24)  Camper Van Beethoven  ~  “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”

25)  Breathe  ~  “How Can I Fall”

“Alright” Songs

The titles of these songs belie their actual quality. They may be "Alright" Songs, but they're much more than alright. In fact, they're pretty awesome. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Darius Rucker  ~  “Alright”

2)  Eurythmics  ~  “It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)”

3)  Dean Lewis  ~  “Be Alright”

4)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Be Alright”

5)  Kenny Loggins  ~  “I’m Alright”

6)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Alright”

7)  Elton John  ~  “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting”

8)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “I’m Gonna Be Alright”

9)  Keaton Henson  ~  “Alright”

10)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Alright, Okay, You Win”

11)  Elvis Presley  ~  “That’s All Right”

12)  Anouk  ~  “Alright”

13)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)”

14)  Jo Dee Messina  ~  “I’m Alright”

15)  Mungo Jerry  ~  “Alright Alright Alright”

16)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Alright Tonight”

17)  Joshua Radin  ~  “Everything’ll Be Alright”

18)  Tep No ft. Lizz Kellermann  ~  “It’s Alright”

19)  Queen  ~  “Doing All Right”

20)  Ashley Tisdale  ~  “It’s Alright, It’s OK”

21)  Fractures  ~  “It’s Alright”

22)  Camera Obscura  ~  “This Is Love (Feels Alright)”

23)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  “Be Alright”

24)  Ledisi  ~  “In The Morning / Alright”

25)  Jesus Christ Superstar Cast ft. Sara Bareilles, Brandon Victor Dixon, & John Legend  ~  “Everything’s Alright”