Popular Songs Of 1995, Vol. 1

Okay, so if you thought last week's "Popular Songs of 2005" made you feel old...then take a listen at these songs, which are now (gasp!) 20 years old! My word, I'm ancient! There's one more volume of 1995 songs to come...it was a really good year for music. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Coolio ft. L.V.  ~  "Gangsta's Paradise"

2)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Fantasy"

3)  TLC  ~  "Waterfalls"

4)  Seal  ~  "Kiss From A Rose"

5)  Real McCoy  ~  "Another Night"

6)  Madonna  ~  "Take A Bow"

7)  Montell Jordan  ~  "This Is How We Do It"

8)  Blues Traveler  ~  "Run-Around"

9)  Boyz II Men  ~  "On Bended Knee"

10)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?"

11)  Monica  ~  "Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)"

12)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Always"

13)  Dionne Farris  ~  "I Know"

14)  The Pretenders  ~  "I'll Stand By You"

15)  All-4-One  ~  "I Can Love You Like That"

16)  Hootie & The Blowfish  ~  "Hold My Hand"

17)  Des'ree  ~  "You Gotta Be"

18)  Blessid Union Of Souls  ~  "I Believe"

19)  Soul For Real  ~  "Candy Rain"

20)  Sheryl Crow  ~  "Strong Enough"

Popular Songs Of 2005

If you're an avid listener of popular music and this post doesn't make you feel old, you're doing better than I am right now. Because I can hardly fathom that the songs on this list are already 10 years old! This is but a sampling of the biggest hits of 2005, but you'll definitely get a feel for that year in music from this selection. There are more of these posts to come, one decade back at a time. Next up, Popular Songs of 1995 – and there will be so many of those that I'll have to split it up into multiple posts... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mariah Carey  ~  "We Belong Together"

2)  Green Day  ~  "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"

3)  Gwen Stefani  ~  "Hollaback Girl"

4)  The Killers  ~  "Mr. Brightside"

5)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "Since U Been Gone"

6)  Weezer  ~  "Beverly Hills"

7)  Rihanna  ~  "Pon De Replay"

8)  Rob Thomas  ~  "Lonely No More"

9)  Howie Day  ~  "Collide"

10)  Lifehouse  ~  "You And Me"

11)  Nelly ft. Tim McGraw  ~  "Over And Over"

12)  Will Smith  ~  "Switch"

13)  Coldplay  ~   "Speed Of Sound"

14)  Papa Roach  ~  "Scars"

15)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "I Don't Want To Be"

16)  3 Doors Down  ~  "Let Me Go"

17)  Eminem  ~  "Mockingbird"

18)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"

19)  Maroon 5  ~  "She Will Be Loved"

20)  John Legend  ~  "Ordinary People"

21)   Foo Fighters  ~  "Best Of You"

22)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "These Words"

23)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  "Don't Lie"

24)  John Mayer  ~  "Daughters"

25)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "Bless The Broken Road"

"29" Songs

Today my wife is 29 weeks pregnant with our daughter. So here's 29 songs with the number "29" (or "Twenty-Nine") somewhere in their titles or lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Gin Blossoms  ~  "29"

2)  Marc Cohn  ~  "29 Ways"

3)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Highway 29"

4)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Talkin' To Hank"

5)  Toby Keith  ~  "11 Months And 29 Days"

6)  Anouk  ~  "Together Alone"

7)  Everlast  ~  "Sixty-Five Roses"

8)  Milow  ~  "My Mother's House"

9)  Jeff Buckley  ~  "Everybody Here Wants You"

10)  Frances Langford  ~  "Chattanooga Choo Choo"

11)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Last Train To London"

12)  LIGHTS  ~  "…And Counting"

13)  Feeder  ~  "Waiting For Changes"

14)  Anarbor  ~  "Damage I've Done"

15)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  "He Thinks He'll Keep Her"

16)  Guster  ~  "On The Ocean"

17)  The Sex Pistols  ~  "Seventeen"

18)  Shawn Colvin  ~  "Get Out Of This House"

19)  Charlie Winston  ~  "She Went Quietly"

20)  Corey Smith  ~  "In Love With A Memory"

21)   Joni Mitchell  ~  "Song For Sharon"

22)  Broken Bells  ~   "Mongrel Heart"

23)  The Strokes  ~  "You Only Live Once"

24)  Josh Wilson  ~  "What I See Now"

25)  Robert Plant  ~  "29 Palms"

26)  The Joy Formidable ft. Paul Draper  ~  "Greyhounds In The Slips"

27)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  "Meant To Be"

28)  Blood, Sweat, & Tears  ~  "Over The Hill"

29)  Johnny Cash & The Carter Family  ~  "Worried Man Blues"