“Happen”-ing Songs

These songs are really “Happen”-ing! No, really, they actually are. At least their titles would have you believe that. Ready…set…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Anything Could Happen”

2)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Accidents Will Happen”

3)  United Pursuit ft. Andrea Marie  ~  “Let It Happen”

4)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Til It Happens To You”

5)  Emmah Toris  ~  “We’re Happening”

6)  Rainbow  ~  “Can’t Happen Here”

7)  Rachel Platten  ~  “Nothing Ever Happens”

8)  Enter Shikari  ~  “Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour…”

9)  Kate Voegele  ~  “Gravity Happens”

10)  Poliça & stargaze  ~  “How Is This Happening”

11)  Morrissey  ~  “I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday”

12)  Desperate Journalist  ~  “Happening”

13)  The Supremes  ~  “The Happening”

14)  The RPMs  ~  “Let Things Happen”

15)  Lily Allen  ~  “Never Gonna Happen”

16)  JES  ~  “Anything Can Happen”

17)  Granger Smith  ~  “Happens Like That”

18)  Bee Bakare  ~  “Waiting To Happen”

19)  Dawes  ~  “Things Happen”

20)  Tayisha Busay  ~  “Nothing’s Happening”

“Fancy” Songs

Here's a bunch of songs, most of which have nothing to do with each other, except that the word "Fancy" appears in the title of each. Sound familiar? Oh yeah...maybe because I do these sorts of posts all the time. And then I sign off by imploring you to...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox ft. Ashley Stroud  ~  “Fancy”  (I much prefer this version to Iggy Azalea’s. But if you must, here’s the link to the original song.)

2)  Bread  ~  “Fancy Dancer”

3)  Jermaine Jackson & DEVO  ~  “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”

4)  Reba McEntire  ~  “Fancy”

5)  Chromeo  ~  “Fancy Footwork”

6)  The-Dream  ~  “Fancy”

7)  The Weepies  ~  “Fancy Things”

8)  Ween  ~  “She Caught My Fancy”

9)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Fancy Shoes”

10)  Silver Convention  ~  “Fancy Party”

11)  Mayer Hawthorne  ~  “Fancy Clothes”

12)  Commodores  ~  “Fancy Dancer”

13)  Miss Li  ~  “The Boy In The Fancy Suit”  (It’s a shame the audio quality isn’t better on this song. From what I can hear, she does a bang-up job of singing it.) 

14)  Andrew Peterson  ~  “Fool With A Fancy Guitar”

15)  The Oak Ridge Boys  ~  “(I’m Settin’) Fancy Free”

16)  The Supremes  ~  “Fancy Passes”

17)  Dave Barnes  ~  “Nothing Fancy”

18)  Kenny  ~  “Fancy Pants”

19)  Lucinda Williams  ~  “Fancy Funeral”

20)  Fred Astaire  ~ “No Strings (I’m Fancy Free)”

21)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “Nothing Too Fancy”

22)  The Drowsy Chaperone Cast  ~  “Fancy Dress”

23)  Saxon  ~  “A Little Bit Of What You Fancy”

24)  the 4onthefloor  ~  “Fancy”

25)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  “Fancy”  (The original version of the Reba song – #4 above – Gentry’s rendition is distinctive and popular enough in its own right to also merit inclusion here.)

Popular Songs Of 1968, Vol. 4

Fourth and final in this miniseries of posts featuring Popular Songs of 1968. Once more, I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Mrs. Robinson”

2)  Steppenwolf  ~  “Magic Carpet Ride”

3)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “D-I-V-O-R-C-E”

4)  The Rascals  ~  “People Got To Be Free”

5)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Think”

6)  The Troggs  ~  “Love Is All Around”

7)  Johnny Nash  ~  “Hold Me Tight”

8)  Mason Williams  ~  “Classical Gas”

9)  The Dells  ~  “Stay In My Corner”

10)  Donovan  ~  “Hurdy Gurdy Man”

11)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Just Because I’m A Woman”

12)  Percy Sledge  ~  “Take Time To Know Her”

13)  Henson Cargill  ~  “Skip A Rope”

14)  Otis Redding  ~  “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”

15)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Wichita Lineman”

16)  Johnnie Taylor  ~  “Who’s Making Love”

17)  The Beatles  ~  “Revolution”

18)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”

19)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Lady Willpower”

20)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Do You Know The Way To San Jose?”

21)  Cream  ~  “White Room”

22)  James Brown  ~  “I Got The Feelin’”

23)  The 5th Dimension  ~  “Stoned Soul Picnic”

24)  Manfred Mann  ~  “Mighty Quinn”

25)  Diana Ross & The Supremes  ~  “Love Child”

Girls' "Rule" Songs

So...the title of this particular post may require some explanation. Here we have a bunch of songs with the word "Rule" or "Rules" in their titles, but these are only by female artists. As much as I try to balance it out in my posts, more often than not there are more male artists or male-fronted bands than females. (This probably says a lot about the state of the music industry, but I digress.) But not this time! The guys in these songs are either nonexistent or backups to the ladies. About time, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dua Lipa  ~  "New Rules"

2)  Diane Birch  ~  “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”

3)  Shakira  ~  “Rules”

4)  Anouk  ~  “The Rules”

5)  Charli XCX  ~  “Break The Rules”

6)  Dragonette  ~  “We Rule The World”

7)  Hillsong United  ~  “Rule”

8)  Heather Masse  ~  “Mornings Breaking The Rules”

9)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Used To Rule The World”

10)  Nikka Costa  ~  “The Rules Of The Road”

11)  Tina Turner  ~  “Break Every Rule”

12)  Emily Strand & The Town  ~  “Mother Rule”

13)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Rule The World”

14)  Wee Papa Girl Rappers  ~  “Wee Rule”

15)  The Supremes  ~  “I’m The Exception To The Rule”

16)  Marina And The Diamonds  ~  “How To Be A Heartbreaker”  (Nope, the word "Rule" doesn't appear anywhere in the title, but it's all over the lyrics of this über-catchy song.)

17)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Destiny Rules”

18)  She Moves  ~  “Breaking All The Rules”

19)  Ledisi  ~  “Let Love Rule”

20)  Doro  ~  “I Rule The Ruins”

21)  Beth Croft  ~  “Rule In My Heart”

22)  Bucks Fizz  ~  “Rules Of The Game”

23)  Rosanne Cash  ~  “Rules Of Travel”

24)  Alisha’s Attic  ~  “Alisha Rules The World”

25)  Ayumi Hamasaki  ~  “Rule”  (I can't understand a word she's singing, but it sounds FIERCE!)

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 4

Last but not least, these Popular Songs Of 1967. Hope you've enjoyed this miniseries of posts at least a fraction as much as I have!  ~  JH

1)  The Monkees  ~  “Daydream Believer”

2)  The Turtles  ~  “She’d Rather Be With Me”

3)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Baby, I Love You”

4)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “There’s A Kind Of Hush”

5)  The Bar-Kays  ~  “Soul Finger”

6)  The Seekers  ~  “Georgy Girl”

7)  The Beatles  ~  “A Day In The Life”

8)  The Doors  ~  “People Are Strange”

9)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “I Don’t Wanna Play House”

10)  Merle Haggard  ~  “The Fugitive”

11)  Bobby Vee & The Strangers  ~  “Come Back When You Grow Up”

12)  Sandy Posey  ~  “I Take It Back”

13)  The Four Tops  ~  “Bernadette”

14)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

15)  The Cowsills  ~  “The Rain, The Park, And Other Things”

16)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon”

17)  The Association  ~  “Never, My Love”

18)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “I Say A Little Prayer”

19)  The Young Rascals  ~  “Groovin’”

20)  Sam & Dave  ~  “Soul Man”

21)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Mercy Mercy Mercy”

22)  Sonny James  ~  “I’ll Never Find Another You”

23)  The Supremes  ~  “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone”

24)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Here Comes My Baby”

25)  The Grass Roots  ~  “Let’s Live For Today”