Songs About Butterflies

After coming up with the idea for this post, I second-guessed myself a bit. I mean, butterflies, come on...how wussy can you get? So, this is (unofficially, at least) a two-parter. First up, Songs About Butterflies. Then later – as un-wussy a subject as I could possibly conceive – Songs About Dragons. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  a-ha  ~  “Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)”

2)  Weezer  ~  “Butterfly”

3)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Butterfly”

4)  HIM  ~  “Wings Of A Butterfly”

5)  Crazy Town  ~  “Butterfly”

6)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “Butterfly”

7)  Noel Gallagher & Paul Weller  ~  “The Butterfly Collector”

8)  Miley Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Butterfly, Fly Away”

9)  Shinedown  ~  “The Crow & The Butterfly”

10)  Heart  ~  “Dog & Butterfly”

11)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”

12)  John Denver  ~  “Catch Another Butterfly”

13)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Baby Is A Butterfly”

14)  Bob Carlisle  ~  “Butterfly Kisses”

15)  Procol Harum  ~  “Butterfly Boy”

16)  Deniece Williams  ~  “Black Butterfly”

17)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “Butterfly Bleu”

18)  Chaka Khan  ~  “Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)”

19)  Muse  ~  “Butterflies And Hurricanes”

20)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “Sometimes Like Butterflies”

21)  Screaming Trees  ~  “Butterfly”

22)  Mads Langer  ~  “Drunken Butterfly”

23)  Tori Amos  ~  “Sleeps With Butterflies”

24)  The Hollies  ~  “Butterfly”

25)  K’s Choice  ~  “Butterflies Instead”

Songs About Writing

Here's part 2 of 3 in a miniseries of posts featuring songs with the famously misnamed "3 R's" (Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic). In the first of the "3 R's" which does not actually start with an "R," we have a set of songs with the word "Write" or "Writing" (or some other derivative) in their titles. Ready... set... enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Hollies  ~  “Write On”

2)  John Legend & The Roots  ~  “I Can’t Write Left-Handed”

3)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Everyday I Write The Book”

4)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Write Your Story”

5)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  “I’ll Write A Song For You”

6)  George Strait  ~  “Write This Down”

7)  Barry Manilow  ~  “I Write The Songs”

8)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Write It In The Sky”

9)  Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit  ~  “The Last Song I Will Write”

10)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “Write It On Your Skin”

11)  Ron Pope  ~  “Writing Letters”

12)  Helen Reddy  ~  “Think I’ll Write A Song”

13)  Hugh Grant  ~  “Don’t Write Me Off”

14)  Sam Smith  ~  “Writing’s On The Wall”

15)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “I Could Write A Book”

16)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  “Write About Love”

17)  OK Go  ~  “The Writing’s On The Wall”

18)  The Low Anthem  ~  “To The Ghosts Who Write History Books”

19)  Father John Misty  ~  “I’m Writing A Novel”

20)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues / Walkin’ Blues”

“Heavy” & “Light” Songs, Vol. 1

As I often do, I came up with a new "Opposites" post that I haven't explored previously. And as I often do, I went a bit overboard. This collection – featuring songs with the words "Heavy" or "Light" in their titles – will span three separate posts. Hang with me, 'cuz there's some good songs in here. Ready... steady...go!  ~  JH

1)  The Hollies  ~  “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”

2)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “Turn Off The Light”

3)  U.D.O.  ~  “Heavy Rain”

4)  Birdy  ~  “Light Me Up”

5)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”

6)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  “Yellow Light”

7)  Peter Green  ~  “Heavy Heart”

8)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Red Morning Light”

9)  Dire Straits  ~  “Heavy Fuel”

10)  The Green Children  ~  “Feel The Light”

11)  Bachman  ~  “Heavy Blues”

12)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Night Light”

13)  Rollins Band  ~  “Love’s So Heavy”

14)  Santana ft. Everlast  ~  “Put Your Lights On”

15)  Collective Soul  ~  “Heavy”

16)  Annie Lennox  ~  “Shining Light”

17)  Paul Weller  ~  “Heavy Soul”

18)  U2  ~  “Ultra Violet (Light My Way)”

19)  Alabama Shakes  ~  “Heavy Chevy”

20)  Phil Collins  ~  “Dance Into The Light”

21)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Heavy Heart”

22)  3 Doors Down  ~  “One Light”

23)  Status Quo  ~  “Heavy Traffic”

24)  Disturbed  ~  “The Light”

25)  Sting  ~  “Heavy Cloud, No Rain”

Songs About Breathing, Vol. 1

My sinuses and allergies have been giving me fits lately. What I wouldn't give to just be able to breathe out of both my nostrils without the aid of decongestants! Which got me thinking about songs with the word "Breathe" (or one of its forms) in their titles. There's quite a few of them, actually. Many which I really like. And that's how this post, as well as its follow-up later today, came to be. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Anna Nalick  ~  "Breathe (2 AM)"

2)  Collective Soul  ~  "Breathe"

3)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "Breathe"

4)  Angels and Airwaves  ~  "Breathe"

5)  Faith Hill  ~  "Breathe"

6)  Red  ~  "Breathe Into Me"

7)  FKA twigs  ~  "Breathe"

8)  Maroon 5  ~  "Harder To Breathe"

9)  Michelle Branch  ~  "Breathe"

10)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Just Breathe"

11)  Flyleaf  ~  "Breathe Today"

12)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Breath Of Life"

13)  Evanescence  ~  "Breathe No More"

14)  Breaking Benjamin  ~  "Breath"

15)  Sia  ~  "Breathe Me"

16)  Kari Jobe  ~  "Breathe On Us"

17)  Sixpence None The Richer  ~  "Breathe Your Name"

18)  Michael W. Smith  ~  "Breathe"

19)  Toni Braxton  ~  "Breathe Again"

20)  The Hollies  ~  "The Air That I Breathe"

Songs About Dresses

While you're obsessing over whether #thedress is white and gold or blue and black, here's a small collection of Songs About Dresses you can play in the background. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, consider yourself lucky! But now that your interest is piqued, you're probably going to go and Google it anyway, so...I'm sorry? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sylvan Esso  ~  "Dress"

2)  Fleet Foxes  ~  "Bedouin Dress"

3)  Hole  ~  "Best Sunday Dress"

4)  Parachute  ~  "White Dress"

5)  PJ Harvey  ~  "Dress"

6)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  "The Dress Looks Nice On You"

7)  Rosie Thomas  ~  "Pretty Dress"

8)  The Hollies  ~  "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)"

9)  Katie Armiger  ~  "Better In A Black Dress"

10)  The Maccabees  ~  "About Your Dress"

11)  Blonde Redhead  ~  "The Dress"

12)  The Dukes Of Stratosphear (aka XTC)  ~  "Your Gold Dress"

13)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "Bargain Basement Dress"