“Truth” Or “Dare” Songs, Vol. 2

Tell the "Truth" – you liked the first post in this new series, right? I "Dare" you to keep listening. You never know how much you might like these. And there's still more 2 posts to go after this. So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Policy Of Truth”

2)  Shakira  ~  “Dare (La La La)”

3)  Jason Aldean  ~  “The Truth”

4)  Olivia Newton-John & John Farnham  ~  “Dare To Dream”

5)  ZAYN  ~  “tRuTh”

6)  Bea Miller  ~  “I Dare You”

7)  Jack White  ~  “Love Is The Truth / You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket”

8)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Where Eagles Dare”

9)  Foster The People  ~  “The Truth”

10)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  “Dare Me”

11)  Wild Beasts  ~  “A Simple Beautiful Truth”

12)  Gorillaz  ~  “Dare”

13)  Eric Clapton ft. Derek Trucks  ~  “Tell The Truth”

14)  Daya  ~  “Dare”

15)  Lucky Dube  ~  “Truth In The World”

16)  Thao & Mirah  ~  “How Dare You”

17)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Voice Of Truth”

18)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Dare To Be Stupid”

19)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “Truth”

20)  The Mars Volta  ~  “Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)”

Songs About Being Excited

The old year is almost over, and the new year is nearly upon us! Are you excited? Well, THESE artists sure are! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  “I’m So Excited”

2)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “Excited”

3)  Stevie Ray Vaughan  ~  “So Excited”

4)  Roxette  ~  “(Do You Get) Excited?”

5)  Rick Springfield  ~  “I Get Excited”

6)  Air Supply  ~  “I Can’t Get Excited”

7)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Getting So Excited”

8)  Equals  ~  “I Get So Excited”

9)  Shelia Moore Piper  ~  “Get Excited”

10)  John Lee Hooker  ~  “I’m So Excited”

11)  M People  ~  “Excited”

12)  The Notionaries  ~  “Excited Eyes”

13)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Excited”

14)  Ian Hunter  ~  “I Get So Excited”

15)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “I Get Excited”

16)  Christine McVie  ~  “So Excited”

17)  Avicii  ~  “So Excited”

18)  B.B. King  ~  “So Excited”

19)  Little Birdy  ~  “Excited”

20)  Gaither Vocal Band  ~  “Get All Excited”

Songs About Chicks & Dudes

This is a one-off post – a marginally clever idea I had and decided to pursue. Songs with the words "Chicks" (or "Chick") and "Dudes" (or "Dude") in their titles. Because, really...why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  David Guetta ft. Rihanna  ~  "Who's That Chick?"

2)  Aerosmith  ~  "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)"

3)  We Are Scientists  ~  "Chick Lit"

4)  Kat Dahlia  ~  "Just Another Dude"

5)  Sammy Kaye  ~  "Chickery Chick"

6)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Dude Ranch Nurse"

7)  MxPx  ~  "Chick Magnet"

8)  Quincy Jones  ~  "The Dude"

9)  All Saints  ~  "Chick Fit"

10)  Mott The Hoople  ~  "All The Young Dudes"

11)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  "How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)"  (Skip to 3:24 for the song, if you don't want to hear all the pre-banter.)

12)  Mary's Danish  ~  "Can I Have A Smoke, Dude?"

13)  Lovey James  ~  "Don't Be Such A Chick"

14)  Spoon  ~  "I Could See The Dude"

15)  Charlotte Church  ~  "Crazy Chick"

16)  Chords  ~  "The Dude"

17)  Daddy Dewdrop  ~  "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)"

18)  Jessica Pratt  ~  "Moon Dude"

19)  Mariah Carey  ~  "I'm That Chick"

20)  Less Than Jake ft. Kel Mitchell  ~  "We're All Dudes"

21)  Cro  ~  "Bad Chick"

22)  Kula Shaker  ~  "Hey Dude"

23)  Chris Cagle  ~  "Chicks Dig It"

24)  LOTEK  ~  "Rudest Dude"

25)  Rollin Wang  ~  "Chick Chick"  (This is truly one of the weirdest music videos I've ever watched…and I've watched a lot of 'em!)

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 4

Last but not least, the fourth and final installment in my latest pointless series featuring Songs About Dancing. I'll be you think I've run out of good ones by this point, and these are just the dregs. Wrong, wrong, wrong! In fact, five of my favorite dancing-related songs are included within (but I won't tell you which ones they are). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Genesis  ~  "I Can't Dance"

2)  Skylar Grey  ~  "Dance Without You"

3)  The Prodigy  ~  "No Good (Start The Dance)"

4)  Loreena McKennitt  ~  "The Mummers' Dance"

5)  Passion ft. Chris Tomlin  ~  "God's Great Dance Floor"  (I'm including this here because it's a catchy tune and lots of people like it, BUT…this guy nails how I really feel about the song.)

6)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  "Dance To The Music"

7)  Bryan Ferry  ~  "Don't Stop The Dance"

8)  Anne Murray  ~  "Could I Have This Dance?"

9)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Dance Tonight"

10)  Chic  ~  "Everybody Dance"

11)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  "Mary Jane's Last Dance"

12)  Janelle Monáe  ~  "Dance Apocalyptic"

13)  Digital Underground  ~  "The Humpty Dance"

14)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

15)  Wang Chung  ~  "Dance Hall Days"

16)  Donna Summer  ~  "Last Dance"

17)  Phil Collins  ~  "Dance Into The Light"

18)  Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger  ~  "We Dance"

19)  Poison  ~  "Your Mama Don't Dance"

20)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  "Polite Dance Song"

21)  Orleans  ~  "Dance With Me"

22)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  "Neutron Dance"

23)  Midnight Star  ~  "No Parking On The Dance Floor"

24)  Madeleine Peyroux  ~  "Dance Me To The End Of Love"

25)  Andy Gibb  ~  "Shadow Dancing"