Songs About Hanging

This is not a playlist for a would-be lynch mob. I don't support that kind of behavior. These are not songs for lonely bats dangling upside down in dark, dank caves. They don't need music to make them feel worse about their situation. These are not songs for the brokenhearted. That's Bon Jovi's job. Rather, here's a collection of songs with the word "Hang" (or its derivatives) in their titles. Most of these songs are really good. Some of them are just okay. One of them is really bad, but my wife convinced me that it belonged in this list. (I'll let you figure out which one.) You probably will have heard of a few of them, while others will be as new to you as they were to me. In fact, they're all worth a listen – except that one song. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lifehouse  ~  "Hanging By A Moment"

2)  The Letter Black  ~  "Hanging On By A Thread"

3)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "Hangin' Tough"

4)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most"

5)  The McCoys  ~  "Hang On, Sloopy"

6)  The Supremes  ~  "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

7)  Counting Crows  ~  "Hanginaround"

8)  Robyn  ~  "Hang With Me"

9)  The Four Seasons  ~  "Let's Hang On!"

10)  Britt Nicole  ~  "Hanging On"

11)  Yellowcard  ~  "Hang You Up"  (This video is hilarious!)

12)  Ivy Levan  ~  "Hang Forever"

13)  Phil Collins  ~  "Hang In Long Enough"

14)  Jann Arden  ~  "Hanging By A Thread"

15)  Tesla  ~  "Hang Tough"

16)  Sade  ~  "Hang On To Your Love"

17)  Dr. Dog  ~  "Hang On"

18)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home"

19)  Smash Mouth  ~  "Hang On"

20)  Lykke Li  ~  "Hanging High"

21)   The Guess Who  ~  "Hang On To Your Life"

22)  Cheyenne Kimball  ~  "Hanging On"

23)  Marty Robbins  ~  "Don't Let Me Hang Around"

24)  The Cardigans  ~  "Hanging Around"

25)  The Monkees  ~  "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"

Songs With "West" In The Title

This may not be the best of the bunch in this brief miniseries of posts featuring Songs with "North," "South," "East," and "West" in their titles. But it IS the only one featuring songs by the Village People, Benny Hill, AND Groucho Marx. You're welcome.  ~  JH

1)  Village People  ~  "Go West"

2)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "West Coast"

3)  Benny Hill  ~  "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)"

4)  The Staves  ~  "Facing West"

5)  Jewel  ~  "The New Wild West"

6)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "West End Girls"

7)  The Escape Club  ~  "Wild, Wild West"

8)  Grateful Dead  ~  "West L.A. Fadeaway"

9)  Coconut Records  ~  "West Coast"

10)  Groucho Marx  ~  "Go West, Young Man"

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11)  Gregory And The Hawk  ~  "Wild West"

12)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Wild West Hero"

13)  Katie Herzig  ~  "How The West Was Won"

14)  Michael W. Smith  ~ "Go West, Young Man"

15)  R.E.M.  ~  "How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us"

Songs With "East" In The Title

This was probably the hardest of the four main compass directions to assemble. Apparently, there just aren't that many songs with "East" in the title. The ones I did find are pretty good, though. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Casting Crowns  ~  "East To West"

2)  Jerry Reed  ~  "East Bound And Down"

3)  Jewel  ~  "Enter From The East"

4)  Beirut  ~  "East Harlem"

5)  a-ha  ~  "East of The Sun"

6)  Diana Krall  ~  "East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)"

7)  Jackson Browne  ~  "Looking East"

8)  Bob Seger & The Last Heard  ~  "East Side Story"

9)  Simple Minds  ~  "East At Easter"

10)  Wet Wet Wet  ~  "East Of The River"

11)  David Crowder Band  ~  "Eastern Hymn"

12)  Chris De Burgh  ~  "Eastern Wind"

13)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "East-West"

14)  The Stranglers  ~  "Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front)"  (A song about "the only country where the clouds are interesting" and where "fluctuation's at a minimum"? I'm in!)

15)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Go East, Young Man"

Songs With "South" In The Title

Yesterday it was "North" songs. Today it's "South" songs. It would have been so easy to make this one entirely a collection of country songs, as there are so, so many songs written about the South (i.e., the Southern United States). But I didn't want to take the easy way out. Nearly half of these ARE country songs, but the rest are decidedly not. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kings Of Leon  ~  "Back Down South"

2)  Alabama  ~  "Song Of The South"

3)  Albert Hammond  ~  "It Never Rains In Southern California"

4)  Glen Campbell  ~  "Southern Nights"

5)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  "South City Midnight Lady"

6)  Kansas  ~  "People Of The South Wind"

7)  Moonlight Social  ~  "Heading South"

8)  Iron and Wine  ~  "Sodom, South Georgia"

9)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  "Southern Cross"

10)  Gene Autry  ~  "South Of The Border"

11)  Tennis  ~  "South Carolina"

12)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  "Down South"

13)  Charlie Daniels Band  ~  "The South's Gonna Do It Again"

14)  Willie Nelson  ~  "My Window Faces The South"

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15)  Louis Armstrong  ~  "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"  (With bonus song: "C'est si bon!")

Songs With "North" In The Title

New four-part series starting right here. I think you can see where I'm going with this, but just in case you're feeling a little slow this Monday morning, I'll explain. These are songs with "North" in the title. "South," "East," and "West" songs will follow soon afterwards. Some really good stuff in these, by both well-known and lesser-known artists. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tegan and Sara  ~  "Northshore"

2)  Bad Religion  ~  "True North"

3)  Johnny Horton  ~  "North To Alaska"

4)  J.D. McPherson  ~  "Northside Gal"

5)  Bob Dylan  ~  "North Country Blues"

6)  Monica Heldal  ~  "Boy From The North"

7)  The Moondoggies  ~  "Empress Of The North"

8)  Lyle Lovett  ~  "North Dakota"

9)  Jillette Johnson  ~  "True North"

10)  Daryl Hall ft. Monte Montgomery  ~  "North Star"

11)  Melanie C  ~  "Northern Star"

12)  The Music  ~  "Welcome To The North"

13)  Stars  ~  "The North"

14)  Elvis Costello  ~  "North"

15)  Missy Higgins  ~  "Going North"