“Bits” & “Pieces” Songs, Vol. 1

Here we have a collection of songs with either the word "Bits" or "Pieces" (or both, or their singulars) in their titles. Good idea, but far too many appropriate songs for one post. So there will be a Vol. 2. But no more than that. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “A Little Bit”

2)  The Script  ~  “Breakeven (Falling To Pieces)”

3)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart”

4)  Janis Joplin  ~  “Piece Of My Heart”

5)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Just A Little Bit Of You”

6)  Velvet Revolver  ~  “Fall To Pieces”

7)  Katie Melua  ~  “The Bit That I Don’t Get”

8)  Pop Evil  ~  “Torn To Pieces”

9)  Juice Newton  ~  “Love’s Been A Little Bit Hard On Me”

10)  Sum 41  ~  “Pieces”

11)  The Small Faces  ~  “Every Little Bit Hurts”

12)  Ashlee Simpson  ~  “Pieces Of Me”  (BOTH Simpson sisters in one post? What??? Yeah...I'm sorry about that.)

13)  Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders  ~  “Just A Little Bit Too Late”

14)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Picking Up The Pieces”

15)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Give A Little Bit”

16)  Ledisi  ~  “Pieces Of Me”

17)  Lykke Li  ~  “Little Bit”

18)  James Morrison  ~  “The Pieces Don’t Fit Anymore”

19)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

20)  Patsy Cline  ~  “Fall To Pieces”

21)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “A Little Bit”

22)  Apocalyptica ft. Lacey Sturm  ~  “Broken Pieces”

23)  The Specials  ~  “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You”

24)  Jewel  ~  “Pieces Of You”  (NOTE: There are a couple of potentially objectionable words used here, but they’re strictly to make a point. Listener’s discretion advised.)

25)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “Bits & Pieces”

“Hero”-ic Songs

I'd like to tell you that this post originated because I was feeling particularly heroic at the time, or because I or someone I know recently did something heroic. But that would be lying. There were simply a number of good songs about heroes that I wanted to post, and so I did. And that was as good a reason as any. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Hero”

2)  Alesso ft. Tove Lo  ~  “Heroes (We Could Be)”

3)  The Script  ~  “Superheroes”

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Hero”

5)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Hero”

6)  Tina Turner  ~  “We Don’t Need Another Hero”

7)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Heroes”  (I know this is a cover of an older song, but I much prefer this version to David Bowie's original. Sorry, music purists!)

8)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Holding Out For A Hero”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “My Hero”

10)  M People  ~  “Search For The Hero”

11)  Randy Travis  ~  “Heroes And Friends”

12)  Nas ft. Keri Hilson  ~  “Hero”  (Who else do you know who could transition so smoothly from a Randy Travis song to one by Nas? Yep, I didn't think so.)

13)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Kill Your Heroes”

14)  Oh Land  ~  “Half Hero”

15)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  “No More Heroes”

16)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  “Hero”

17)  Metallica  ~  “Hero Of The Day”

18)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “I’m Not Your Hero”

19)  Green Day  ~  “Working Class Hero”

20)  Aqua  ~  “Cartoon Heroes”

21)  Foreigner  ~  “Juke Box Hero”

22)  Skillet  ~  “Hero”

23)  KISS  ~  “A World Without Heroes”

24)  Trip Lee ft. Jai  ~  “The Invasion (Hero)”

25)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Local Hero”

Yours, Mine, & Ours Songs, Vol. 1: "Yours"

Today starts a three-part miniseries featuring songs with the words "Yours," "Mine," or "Ours" in their titles. Because there were so many songs that qualified for each post, I tried to pick the best songs I could find and weed out the "filler" tracks that sometimes permeate these pages. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ella Henderson  ~  "Yours"

2)  Red  ~  "Yours Again"

3)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "I'm Yours"

4)  Skillet  ~  "Yours To Hold"

5)  Metric  ~  "Eclipse (All Yours)"

6)  Jason Mraz  ~  "I'm Yours"

7)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "I Am Yours"

8)  The Script  ~  "I'm Yours"

9)  Tracy Chapman  ~  "I Am Yours"

10)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Glory Is Yours"

11)  Barbara Lewis  ~  "Baby, I'm Yours"

12)  a-ha  ~  "Forever Not Yours"

13)  Dara Maclean  ~  "Yours Forever"

14)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Yours To Take"

15)  Kari Jobe ft. Darlene Zschech  ~  "Yours Forever (You Took The Nails)"

16)  R.E.M.  ~  "Every Day Is Yours To Win"

17)  Melanie C  ~  "You'll Get Yours"

18)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Yours"

19)  Nightwish  ~  "Yours Is An Empty Hope"

20)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"

21)  Breakbot ft. Irfane  ~  "Baby, I'm Yours"

22)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Emotionally Yours"

23)  Shai  ~  "Baby, I'm Yours"

24)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Yours"

25)  Craig David  ~  "Officially Yours"

"Good" Songs

And we're back to "Opposites" posts again. Yay, you, faithful blog reader/listener! This particular pairing will feature "Good" and "Evil" songs. Since I have previously done "'Good' Songs" as part of a "Good" and "Bad" opposites post, I made a special effort not to repeat all those same songs in this one. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake  ~  "Love Never Felt So Good"

2)  B.o.B.  ~  "So Good"

3)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "A Change Would Do You Good"

4)  Rise Against  ~  The Good Left Undone"

5)  Flo Rida  ~  "Good Feeling"

6)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "I'm A Good Girl"

7)  Robin Thicke  ~  "Feel Good"

8)  Kanye West  ~  "Good Morning"

9)  Evanescence  ~  "Good Enough"

10)  Anberlin  ~  "Feel Good Drag"

11)  The Script  ~  "No Good In Goodbye"

12)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"

13)  Green Day  ~  "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"

14)  Poison  ~  "Nothin' But A Good Time"

15)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Lookin' For A Good Time"

16)  Tony! Toni! Toné!  ~  "Feels Good"

17)  Don Williams  ~  "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good"

18)  Edie Brickell ft. Barry White  ~  "Good Times"

19)  Lecrae  ~  "Good, Bad, Ugly"

20)  Tori Amos  ~  "Pretty Good Year"

"See" + "Saw" Songs

Rare is the occasion – okay, make that never – when I have come up with an idea for a post for the express purpose of including a Wiz Khalifa song. It hasn't happened before, and probably will never happen again. But it's a good song, and so are the other ones I found, all of which include either the word "See" or "Saw" – or both – in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Seether  ~  "See You At The Bottom"

2)  Chanté Moore  ~  "Guess Who I Saw Today"

3)  Five Finger Death Punch  ~  "Hard To See"

4)  David Crowder  ~  "I Saw The Light" / "I'll Fly Away"

5)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "I See You, You See Me"

6)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)"

7)  Passenger  ~  "I See Love"

8)  Johnny Cash  ~  "I Saw A Man"

9)  Coldplay  ~  "How You See The World"

10)  The Beatles  ~  "I Saw Her Standing There"

11)  Mika  ~  "I See You"

12)  Sara Groves  ~  "I Saw What I Saw"

13)  Paramore ft. Joy Williams  ~  "Hate To See Your Heart Break"

14)  Todd Rundgren & Daryl Hall  ~  "I Saw The Light"

15)  Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth  ~  "See You Again"

16)  Warrant  ~  "I Saw Red"

17)  The Kooks  ~  "See Me Now"

18)  Roberta Flack  ~  "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

19)  Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa  ~  "See Saw"

20)  Ray Stevens  ~  "I Saw Elvis In A U.F.O."

21)  The Script  ~  "If You See Kay"

22)  Gary Barlow  ~  "Since I Saw You Last"

23)  Dido  ~  "See The Sun"

24)  Beth Orton  ~  "I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine"

25)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Ride My See-Saw"