Songs About Mojo

Merriam-Webster defines the word "mojo" as "a magic spell, hex, or charm" – or more broadly, "a magical power." In popular culture, it has taken on a variety of meanings, up to and including an individual's power to attract another person by seemingly invisible means. Here's a bunch of Songs About Mojo. I'll let you define it for yourself based on these examples. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Muddy Waters  ~  "Got My Mojo Working"

2)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Mojo Mama"

3)  Johnny Winter  ~  "Mojo Boogie"

4)  Mindi Abair  ~  "Mojo"

5)  Jeff Buckley  ~  "Mojo Pin"

6)  Little Buster & The Soul Brothers  ~  "Mojo Hand"

7)  Lem Motlow  ~  "Mojo Man"

8)  Satchmo  ~  "Mojo"

9)  Barry Melton & The Joyfest House Band  ~  "Mojo Navigator"

10)  Quicksilver Messenger Service  ~  "Mojo"

11)  The Cadillac Three  ~  "Tennessee Mojo"

12)  Spyro Gyra  ~  "Soho Mojo"

13)  Mark Selby & Band  ~  "Don't You Throw That Mojo On Me"

14)  Sad Daddy  ~  "Don't Be Messin' With My Mojo"

15)  Cellus Hamilton  ~  "Mojo"

16)  Wooster  ~  "Mojo Rider"

17)  Claire Laffut  ~  "Mojo"

18)  Buffy Sainte-Marie  ~  "Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)"

19)  The Neville Brothers  ~  "Mojo Hannah"

20)  Mose Allison  ~  "Mojo Woman"

21)  Dizzy Gillespie ft. Jon Faddis, Arturo Sandoval, Slide Hampton, & Johnny Griffin  ~  "Fiesta Mojo"

22)  Glenn Hughes  ~  "Switch The Mojo"

23)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  "Mojo Box"

24)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  "Mojo Workout"

25)  Parov Stelar  ~  "The Mojo Radio Gang"

Popular Songs Of 1966, Vol. 3

One more round of the most Popular Songs of 1966, and then we'll move on. These may be last, but they're certainly not least. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Supremes  ~  “My World Is Empty Without You”

2)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?”

3)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Homeward Bound”

4)  Robert Parker  ~  “Barefootin’”

5)  The Marvelettes  ~  “Don’t Mess With Bill”

6)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Cherry, Cherry”

7)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Message To Michael”

8)  Lee Dorsey  ~  “Working In The Coal Mine”

9)  The Sandpipers  ~  “Guantanamera”

10)  Wilson Pickett  ~  “Land Of 1,000 Dances”

11)  The Turtles  ~  “You, Baby”

12)  The Vogues  ~  “Five O’Clock World”

13)  The Beatles  ~  “Nowhere Man”

14)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “Dandy”

15)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  “She’s Just My Style”

16)  Bobby Fuller Four  ~  “I Fought The Law”

17)  Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  ~  “Zorba The Greek”

18)  The Statler Brothers  ~  “Flowers On The Wall”

19)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing”

20)  SSgt. Barry Sadler  ~  “Ballad Of The Green Berets”

"Funky" Songs

Nope, this isn't an "Opposites" post – so don't expect a corresponding post featuring songs with...whatever the antonym of "Funky" might be. It's a one-off bunch of songs by a diverse group of artists, and I think you'll really dig it. Funky, baby!  ~  JH

1)  Wild Cherry  ~  "Play That Funky Music"

2)  James Brown  ~  "It's Too Funky In Here"

3)  TobyMac & DiverseCity  ~  "Funky Jesus Music"

4)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Funky Broadway"

5)  Blues Brothers 2000 Cast  ~  "Funky Nassau"

6)  Today  ~  "Why You Get Funky On Me?"

7)  John Butler Trio  ~  "Funky Tonight"

8)  The Charlie Daniels Band  ~  "Funky Junky"

9)  New Kids On The Block ft. Arsenio Hall  ~  "Funky, Funky Xmas"

10)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Funky Stuff"

11)  Spin Doctors  ~  "Big Fat Funky Booty"

12)  Teddy Pendergrass  ~  "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"

13)  Vanilla Ice  ~  "Play That Funky Music"

14)  KC & The Sunshine Band  ~  "Sound Your Funky Horn"

15)  Rachel Stevens  ~  "Funky Dory"

16)  Rufus Thomas  ~  "Do The Funky Chicken"

17)  Sérgio Mendes ft. will.i.am & Siedah Garrett  ~  "Funky Bahia"

18)  T. Rex  ~  "Funky London Childhood"

19)  Tone Loc  ~  "Funky Cold Medina"

20)  Lipps Inc.  ~  "Funkytown"

21)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Do You Wanna Get Funky?"

22)  Habstrakt  ~  "Get Funky"

23)  Poor Righteous Teachers  ~  "Rock Dis Funky Joint"

24)  Nickodemus ft. Jay Rodriguez  ~  "Funky In The Middle"

25)  Kid 'N Play  ~  "Gittin' Funky"

It's About Time! Vol. 3: Hours

And we're back to this longer, ongoing series of songs with time-related names. Here's a collection of tunes with the word "hour" or "hours somewhere in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Green River Ordinance  ~  "Resting Hour"

2)  New Order  ~  "60 Miles An Hour"

3)  Alabama  ~  "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')"

4)  Norah Jones  ~  "Man Of The Hour"

5)  Enter Shikari  ~  "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour…"

6)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "In The Midnight Hour"

7)  Sam Robson  ~  "I Need Thee Every Hour"

8)  Lene Marlin  ~  "Fight Against The Hours"

9)  John Mayer ft. Chris Botti  ~  "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning"

10)  Sam Roberts Band  ~  "Golden Hour"

11)  Sea Wolf  ~  "The Violet Hour"

12)  Kimbra  ~  "The Magic Hour"

13)  Tears For Fears  ~  "The Working Hour"

14)  The Cure  ~  "The Holy Hour"

15)  We Are Scientists  ~  "After Hours"

16)  Beach House  ~  "The Hours"

17)  Caribou  ~  "After Hours"

18)  Michael Learns To Rock  ~  "How Many Hours"

19)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Queen Of The Hours"

20)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Eight Crazy Hours (In The Story Of Love)"

"34" Songs

A day late – and about 16 songs short – here's a collection of songs with the number "34" (or "Thirty-Four") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics, in honor of the 34th week of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Jarrell  ~  "Almost Love (24/7)"

2)  Travie McCoy  ~  "Superbad (11:34)"

3)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Dixie Highway"

4)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Skipper Dan"

5)  John Hiatt & The Goners  ~  "Learning How To Love You"

6)  Aaron Carter  ~  "That's How I Beat Shaq"  (Man...this song sucks!)

7)  Matisyahu  ~  "Watch The Walls Melt Down"

8)  The Kinks  ~  "Low Budget"

9)  Pam Tillis  ~  "All The Good Ones Are Gone"

10)  Randy Newman  ~  "In Germany Before The War"

11)  Pete Townshend  ~  "Slit Skirts"

12)  Arkells  ~  "11:11"

13)  Sara Evans  ~  "Coalmine"

14)  Junior Boys  ~  "Count Souvenirs"

15)  Sara Groves  ~  "What Do I Know"

16)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "#34"

17)  Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, & Jonny Lang  ~  "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)"

18)  Mississippi Mass Choir  ~  "Psalm 34"