“Any” Songs

Here's the last post in my ongoing quasi-series featuring songs with "Any"-something in their titles. Except these songs aren't "Any"-anything. They're just "Any" Songs. And darned good ones, at that! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Judy Garland  ~  “Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home”

2)  Journey  ~  “Any Way You Want It”

3)  Céline Dion  ~  “(If There Was) Any Other Way”

4)  MIKA  ~  “Any Other World”

5)  Bebe Rexha  ~  “Don’t Get Any Closer”

6)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Any Love”

7)  Shania Twain  ~  “Any Man Of Mine”

8)  David Gilmour  ~  “In Any Tongue”

9)  Rufus  ~  “Any Love”

10)  The Zombies  ~  “Any Other Way”

11)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  “Any Weather”

12)  The Calling  ~  “Could It Be Any Harder”

13)  Mandy Moore  ~  “I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week”

14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Any Which Way You Can”

15)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Any Old Time Of Day”

16)  George Harrison  ~  “Any Road”

17)  Teena Marie ft. Gerald Levert  ~  “A Rose By Any Other Name”

18)  Chuck Jackson  ~  “Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)”

19)  Sandi Patty  ~  “Love In Any Language”

20)  Keane  ~  “Is It Any Wonder?”

21)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “If I Didn’t Know Any Better”

22)  Todd Rundgren & Daryl Hall  ~  “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference”

23)  Missy Higgins  ~  “Any Day Now”

24)  Tracy Lawrence  ~  “As Any Fool Can See”

25)  Melody Gardot  ~  “My Heart Won’t Have It Any Other Way”

"Broke" Songs

This post started out featuring only Songs about BEING "broke." But I found that self-imposed restriction to be too limiting, so I expanded it to include all kinds of "Broke" songs. The result was ultimately much more rewarding...in my totally unbiased opinion. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Khalid  ~  “Young, Dumb, & Broke”

2)  Hannah Grace  ~  “Broke”

3)  Hotel Books  ~  “Broke Love”

4)  Priscilla Ahn  ~  “Remember How I Broke Your Heart”

5)  Jacob Whitesides  ~  “Broke Billionaire”

6)  Everclear  ~  “The Man Who Broke His Own Heart”

7)  Yuna  ~  “Broke Her”

8)  Joe Budden  ~  “Broke”

9)  Aloha Radio  ~  “Stoked And Broke”

10)  The Swell Season  ~  “Back Broke”

11)  William Fitzsimmons  ~  “You Broke My Heart”

12)  Lauren Aquilina  ~  “Broke”

13)  Lecrae  ~  “Broke”

14)  Alexa Goddard  ~  “We Broke The Sky”

15)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Broke Down And Busted”

16)  Brandy Clark  ~  “Broke”

17)  Machine Gun Kelly ft. James Arthur  ~  “Go For Broke”

18)  Sea Of Bees  ~  “Broke”

19)  Keith Green  ~  “Your Love Broke Through”

20)  Cam  ~  “Half Broke Heart”

21)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Broke Down On The Brazos”

22)  Sade  ~  “Somebody Already Broke My Heart”

23)  TobyMac  ~  “Love Broke Thru”

24)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  “You Broke My Heart”

25)  Jaida Dreyer  ~  “Half Broke Horses”

Songs About Pretending

Everyone likes to pretend sometimes. These songs are all about pretending. And they're really good. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Pretending”

3)  Jackson Browne  ~  “The Pretender”

4)  L7  ~  “Pretend We’re Dead”

5)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

6)  R.E.M.  ~  “World Leader Pretend”

7)  Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie  ~  “Game Of Pretend”

8)  The Drums  ~  “I Can’t Pretend”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “The Pretender”

10)  Lights  ~  “Pretend”

11)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Just Pretend”

12)  Raspberries  ~  “Let’s Pretend”

13)  Anouk  ~  “Pretending As Always”

14)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Pretend”

15)  The Mavericks  ~  “Pretend”

16)  Glee Cast  ~  “Pretending”

17)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Sweet Pretender”

18)  Gerry And The Pacemakers  ~  “Pretend”

19)  The Avett Brothers ft. Nicole Atkins  ~  “Pretend Love”

20)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Pretending To Care”

21)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know”

22)  Seinabo Sey  ~  “Pretend”

23)  Bryan White  ~  “So Much For Pretending”

24)  King’s X  ~  “Pretend”

25)  Tom Odell  ~  “Can’t Pretend”

BONUS TRACK:  B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams  ~  “Airplanes”  (While the word "pretend" doesn't appear anywhere in the title of this song, the whole thing is about pretending "that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars" and that phrase is repeated at least six times in the song, so here it is.)

“Beloved” Songs

Everybody wants to be loved. But these songs want to be "Beloved." At least, their titles would lead you to think so. Some top-notch tunes to be listened to here. So get at 'em! And...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kiesza  ~  “Dearly Beloved”

2)  Jordan Feliz  ~  “Beloved”

3)  Maureen O’Hara  ~  “And This Is My Beloved”

4)  Eels  ~  “My Beloved Monster”

5)  Bethel Music ft. Kalley Heiligenthal & William Matthews  ~  “My Beloved”

6)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Beloved Infidel”

7)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Beloved”

8)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Nearly Beloved”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Beloved Freak”

10)  Passion ft. Crowder  ~  “My Beloved”

11)  Natalie Merchant  ~  “Beloved Wife”

12)  Brigades  ~  “Dearly Beloved”

13)  Emily Jane White  ~  “My Beloved”

14)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Beloved”

15)  Minnie Driver  ~  “My Beloved”

16)  Alex Clare  ~  “Relax My Beloved”

17)  Kari Jobe  ~  “My Beloved”

18)  Anathema  ~  “The Beloved”

19)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Lover Beloved”

20)  Darlene Zschech ft. Pati Telea  ~  “Beloved (When I Survey)”

21)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “John My Beloved”

22)  Ixchel Prisma  ~  “Beloved”

23)  Say Lou Lou  ~  “Beloved”

24)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tremble For My Beloved”

25)  Jo Burgess  ~  “Beloved”