Yours, Mine, & Ours Songs, Vol. 2: "Mine"

Continuing this 3-part miniseries of Yours, Mine, and Ours songs, here's a fine-feathered collection of songs featuring the word "Mine" in their titles. There were a lot of songs I could have included here, but I tried to weed out the mediocre ones and only present the best of the best. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Mine"

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "I Am Mine"

3)  Beyoncé ft. Drake  ~  "Mine"

4)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Sweet Child O' Mine"

5)  K's Choice  ~  "Now Is Mine"

6)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Make It Mine"

7)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Be Mine"

8)  Matchbox 20  ~  "You Won't Be Mine"

9)  The Band Perry  ~  "Forever Mine Nevermind"

10)  Eve 6  ~  "Friend Of Mine"

11)  Janet Devlin  ~  "When You Were Mine"

12)  The Black Keys  ~  "I Got Mine"

13)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "You Were Mine"

14)  Vance Joy  ~  "Mess Is Mine"

15)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "When You Were Mine"

16)  Genesis  ~  "No Son Of Mine"

17)  The Pierces  ~  "You'll Be Mine"

18)  Taylor Henderson  ~  "When You Were Mine"

19)  Robyn  ~  "Be Mine!"

20)  Parmalee  ~  "Already Callin' You Mine"

21)  Caro Emerald  ~  "I Know That He's Mine"

22)  Iron & Wine  ~  "Low Light Buddy Of Mine"

23)  Portishead  ~  "All Mine"

24)  Band Of Skulls  ~  "Be Mine"

25)  Monica  ~  "Angel Of Mine"

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"

Songs About Fruit

A few weeks ago, I was brainstorming some ideas for new music posts, and my wife asked if I'd ever done one about songs with fruit in their titles. I replied that of course I had, and that it had gone over quite well. And then I began to second-guess myself. So I looked over my previous music posts and – to my surprise – I was wrong! I had never done a fruit songs post. So here it is. Twenty-five songs, twenty-five different fruits. Every one of them juicy. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tori Amos  ~  "Raspberry Swirl"

2)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Mango Tree"

3)  Sarah Jaffe  ~  "Clementine"

4)  Mista  ~  "Blackberry Molasses"  (I included this one for my friend, Eric. He knows why.)

5)  First Aid Kit  ~  "Tangerine"

6)  Fats Domino  ~  "Blueberry Hill"

7)  Goldfrapp  ~  "Black Cherry"

8)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  "Peaches"

9)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "Cold, Kind, & Lemon Eyes"

10)  Tom T. Hall  ~  "(Old Dogs, Children, And) Watermelon Wine"  (The actual song starts at the 4:00 mark.)

11)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Orange Colored Sky"

12)  Harry Belafonte  ~  "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"

13)  Islander  ~  "Coconut Dracula"

14)  Neil Diamond  ~  "Cherry, Cherry"

15)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree"

16)  Coldplay  ~  "Strawberry Swing"

17)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Honeydew"

18)  Los Campesinos!  ~  "Avocado, Baby"

19)  Diana Krall  ~  "Peel Me A Grape"

20)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Queenie Wahine's Papaya"

21)  Dwight Yoakam  ~  "3 Pears"

22)  Brooklyn Roebuck  ~  "Lemon & Lime"

23)  Peter Frampton  ~  "Fig Tree Bay"

24)  Herbie Hancock  ~  "Cantaloupe Island"

25)  Kate Nash  ~  "Pumpkin Soup"  (Yes, it's a fruit. I looked it up.)

Songs About Prodigals

Continuing my on-again, off-again series of posts featuring faith-based songs centered around a single theme, here's a small collection of tunes about prodigals. I wasn't able to find a music video or decent performance video for a few of the better ones here. In those cases, I substituted the highest-quality, audio-only tracks available. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Crowder  ~  "Lift Your Head, Weary Sinner (Chains)"

2)  Sidewalk Prophets  ~  "Prodigal"

3)  Jason Gray  ~  "The Golden Boy & The Prodigal"  (If you don't want to hear the story behind the song, skip to 3:38 in the video.)

4)  Sean C. Johnson ft. L-Squared & Kadence  ~  "Prodigal Son"

5)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Prodigal"

6)  Manafest  ~  "Avalanche"

7)  Lincoln Durham  ~  "Ballad Of A Prodigal Son"

8)  Amy Grant  ~  "The Prodigal (I'll Be Waiting)"

9)  Judah  ~  "Prodigal Son"

10)  The Gatlin Brothers  ~  "Prodigal Son"

11)  Chasing Delaware  ~  "Prodigal"

12)  Keith Green  ~  "The Prodigal Son Suite"

"Useless" Songs

These songs are good for nothing...but a listen. Indeed, many of the songs included aren't half bad (which means they're at least half good, if my math is correct). All of them have one thing in common: the word "Useless" in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Useless"

2)  This Century  ~  "Young And Useless"

3)  Rose Redd  ~  "Perfectly Useless"

4)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Useless"

5)  Insomniac Folklore  ~  "Useless"

6)  Phil Fill  ~  "Words Become Useless"

7)  New Order  ~  "Guilt Is A Useless Emotion"

8)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  "In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)"

9)  The Fireflies  ~  "It's Useless"

10)  Cloud Nothings  ~  "Useless"

11)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Can't See (Useless)"

12)  Tiny Animals  ~  "Useless"

13)  The Neopolitins  ~  "Useless Arguments"

14)  Elvis Costello  ~  "All This Useless Beauty"

15)  Suntears  ~  "Useless"

16)  Extra Blue Kind  ~  "Make Yourself Useless"

17)  Emmy J Mac  ~  "Useless Shade Of Man"

18)  Friska Viljor  ~  "Useless"

19)  Mikey Smith  ~  "Useless"

20)  Patty Griffin  ~  "Useless Desires"