"Block" & "Charge" Songs

Even though it really isn't my favorite sport, I sorta miss watching basketball games. I particularly enjoy seeing people getting fouled. I dunno why. These songs are inspired by my slight affinity for basketball and two things that happen a lot in any given game: "Blocks" and "Charges." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  "Jenny From The Block"

2)  311  ~  "Charge It Up"

3)  The Church  ~  "Block"

4)  The Band CAMINO  ~  "Free Of Charge"

5)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Tenderness On The Block"

6)  Shandi Sinnamon  ~  "Charles In Charge"  (Yep, it's the theme song from the -- beloved? benign? banal? -- '80s sitcom starring Scott Baio.)

7)  Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby  ~  "Let's Take A Walk Around The Block"

8)  Keb' Mo ft. Rosanne Cash  ~  "Put A Woman In Charge"

9)  Alice Cooper  ~  "Prettiest Cop On The Block"

10)  Shirley Caesar  ~  "No Charge"

11)  Matt and Kim  ~  "Block After Block"

12)  Great Lake Swimmers  ~  "One More Charge At The Red Cape"

13)  The Coasters  ~  "Riot In Cell Block Number Nine"

14)  Faster Pussycat  ~  "Charge Me Up"

15)  Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill  ~  "Block Party"

16)  Albert Collins  ~  "Master Charge"

17)  The Chiffons  ~  "My Block"

18)  Nneka  ~  "In Charge"

19)  Marshmello  ~  "Blocks"

20)  SLVR  ~  "Charge"

21)  The Chemical Brothers  ~  "Block Rockin' Beats"

22)  Yinka  ~  "Take Charge"

23)  Wrabel  ~  "11 Blocks"

24)  DJ Finest  ~  "Charge"

25)  TryHardNinja  ~  "In Charge"  (And finally, a song with both words in it. The chorus begins: "In charge of building the world / Lay down the blocks and watch it grow...")

Even More Songs About “Doing It”

Last but not least in a series that probably never should have been a series, here are Even More Songs About "Doing It." As always, the "it" here can mean a variety of things. In most, if not all, cases "it" refers to something completely innocuous. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren  ~  “Loving You’s A Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It)”

2)  Paris  ~  “The Devil Made Me Do It”

3)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Do It Again”

4)  Pia Mia ft. Chris Brown & Tyga  ~  “Do It Again”

5)  Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers  ~  “I’ve Seen Him Do It”

6)  Daphne Willis  ~  “Do It Like This”

7)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Can’t Let You Do It”

8)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Do It Well”

9)  Vern Gosdin  ~  “If You’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right”

10)  Leigh Nash  ~  “Doing It Wrong”

11)  Father John Misty  ~  “Well, You Can Do It Without Me”

12)  Catherine Zeta-Jones  ~  “I Can’t Do It Alone”

13)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Do It Or Die”

14)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “He’ll Do It Again”

15)  Gerry & The Pacemakers  ~  “How Do You Do It?”

16)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  “Should I Do It?”

17)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Do It For Love”

18)  No Doubt  ~  “You Can Do It”

19)  Canon ft. Thi’sl & Lecrae  ~  “Over Do It”

20)  The Kills  ~  “Doing It To Death”

“Playground” Songs

Work is hard, and play is fun. So here's a collection of "Playground" Songs to lighten your load today. (But you still have to work!) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Abir  ~  “Playground”

2)  Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb  ~  “Where’s The Playground, Susie?”

3)  Madonna  ~  “This Used To Be My Playground”

4)  The Outfield  ~  “Playground”

5) Lazy Town Cast ft.Julianna Rose Mauriello  ~  “Playground”

6)  Suede  ~  “Europe Is Our Playground”

7)  Deep Purple  ~  “Playground”

8)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “Playground In Heaven”

9)  Far Too Jones  ~  “Alien Playground”

10)  Siouxsie and the Banshees  ~  “Playground Twist”

11)  Plankeye  ~  “Playground”

12)  Up Dharma Down  ~  “The World Is Our Playground And We Will Always Be Home”

13)  Another Bad Creation  ~  “Playground”

14)  Cascada  ~  “Playground”

15)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “The Old Playground”

16)  The Dø  ~  “Playground Love”

17)  Dee-1 ft. Sean Carey & Minister Will Murray  ~  “The Devil’s Playground”

18)  Leddra Chapman  ~  “Playground”

19)  Desert Rose Band  ~  “Darkness On The Playground”

20)  Sia  ~  “Playground”

21)  Pete Doherty  ~  “The Whole World Is Our Playground”

22)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Serious Playground”

23)  AIR  ~  “Playground Love”

24)  Indica  ~  “Kid In The Playground”

25)  Poets Of The Fall  ~  “Once Upon A Playground Rainy”

“Blood” & “Guts” Songs

Chill out, it's not as gruesome as it sounds. For the most part, at least. Here you have a collection of songs with either the word "Blood" or "Guts" (or "Gut") in their titles. Because I felt like it, that's why. Check 'em out!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

2)  Elisha Bones  ~  “Guts”

3)  The Cure  ~  “The Blood”

4)  DEVO  ~  “Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy”

5)  Incubus  ~  “Blood On The Ground”

6)  Chela  ~  “Guts”

7)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Blood On Blood”

8)  Versus You  ~  “Guts”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Blood For Poppies”

10)  Artis Family Band  ~  “Gut Bucket Texas Blues”  (Holy moly, this is good stuff!!!)

11)  Holly Brook  ~  “Like Blood, Like Honey”

12)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Gut Reaction”

13)  Foals  ~  “Blue Blood”

14)  Misty Miller  ~  “Gut”

15)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “Power In The Blood”

16)  Pandra Vox  ~  “Got Guts”

17)  Coldplay  ~  “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”

18)  That One Guy  ~  “Bring Me A Bucket Of Guts”  (Hands down, the weirdest performance I’ve seen/heard all year. Granted, the year is young…)

19)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “But The Blood”

20)  Thom Bresh & Buster B. Jones  ~  “Guts & Steel”

21)  Peter Gabriel ft. Sinead O’Connor  ~  “Blood Of Eden”

22)  Bella Ruse  ~  “Gumption & Guts”

23)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”

24)  Liv Austen  ~  “The Guts You Always Had”

25)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Bad Blood”