"Down" & "Out" Songs, Vol. 1

When I decided to do a set of "Down" & "Out" Songs, I had no idea there'd be a googolplex of songs to choose from. So I limited the scope to only songs whose titles end in either the word "Down" or "Out." Which brought the number of songs to choose from down to merely a centillion. Many of which were solid choices. So this will be a four-parter. But don't worry. One now, one tomorrow, skip a day or two, and then the rest. I don't want to bring you "Down" or wear you "Out" with these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Chainsmokers ft. Daya  ~  “Don’t Let Me Down”

2)  Eve 6  ~  “Inside Out”

3)  Halsey  ~  “Hold Me Down”

4)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”

5)  Sam Smith  ~  “Lay Me Down”

6)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Stressed Out”

7)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Lay It Down”

8)  Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force  ~  “All Cried Out”

9)  David Bowie  ~  “Never Let Me Down”

10)  LL Cool J  ~  “Mama Said Knock You Out”

11)  OneRepublic  ~  “All Fall Down”

12)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Cry Me Out”

13)  Pillar  ~  “Bring Me Down”

14)  The Riptide Movement  ~  “All Works Out”

15)  The Band  ~  “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

16)  Feist  ~  “Inside And Out”

17)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Anything But Down”

18)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Ridin’ The Storm Out”

19)  Echo and the Bunnymen  ~  “Don’t Let It Get You Down”

20)  The Beatles  ~  “We Can Work It Out”

21)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “As I Lay Me Down”

22)  The Police  ~  “Fall Out”

23)  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus  ~  “Face Down”

24)  Flyleaf  ~  “Call You Out”

25)  Bob Dylan  ~  “When The Deal Goes Down”

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 2

Last but not least in the songs-with-baseball-related-titles series, some more "Catch" & "Throw" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “Catch Us If You Can”

2)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Throw Away Your Television”

3)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Catch Me / Don’t Forget”

4)  U2  ~  “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World”

5)  P!nk  ~  “Catch Me While I’m Sleeping”  (Ignore the poor video quality and simply enjoy the song. Really, it’s not that difficult.)

6)  Genesis  ~  “Throwing It All Away”

7)  Billy Idol  ~  “Catch My Fall”

8)  Neil Young  ~  “Throw Your Hatred Down”

9)  Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds  ~  “Catch Me If You Can”

10)  Wild Belle  ~  “Throw Down Your Guns”

11)  Ben Lee  ~  “Catch My Disease”

12)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Throw It All Away”

13)  Donovan  ~  “Catch The Wind”

14)  Delta Goodrem  ~  “Throw It Away”

15)  Motörhead  ~  “The Chase Is Better Than The Catch”

16)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Throw Your Arms Around Me”

17)  Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns  ~  “Catch ‘Em Young”

18)  Baskery  ~  “Throw A Bone”

19)  Lita Ford  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

20)  Sinéad O'Connor ft. Sly and Robbie  ~  “Throw Down Your Arms”

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 3 of 4 in my baseball-related songs series. These are "Catch" and "Throw" Songs. Next up, more of the same. Get your glove ready...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Passenger  ~  “Catch In The Dark”  (This dude's voice just takes me to another place. I'm not sure where it is, but it's a happy place. In other words, I'm jealous.)

2)  Bee Gees  ~  “Don’t Throw It All Away”

3)  Avicii ft. Matisyahu & Wyclef Jean  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

4)  Hall & Oates  ~  “Throw The Roses Away”

5)  The Cure  ~  “Catch”

6)  Manafest  ~  “Throw It Away”

7)  Art Department  ~  “Catch You By Surprise”

8)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Love Throw A Line”

9)  Matt Simons  ~  “Catch & Release”

10)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Throwing My Heart Away”

11)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’”

12)  Candlebox  ~  “A Stone’s Throw Away”

13)  John Anderson  ~  “Would You Catch A Falling Star”

14)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Throw The ‘R’ Away”  (I don't believe I've ever heard a song entirely about someone's difficult-to-understand accent. Until now.)

15)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying”  (Not the same song as the Louis Jordan one above.)

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Throw It Away”

17)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Catch And Release”

18)  Default  ~  “Throw It All Away”

19)  Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Never Catch Me”

20)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  “Love’s A Word I Never Throw Around”

“Hit” & “Run” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 of 4 in my series of songs with baseball-related words in their titles. This time, more "Hit" & "Run" Songs. Next up, "Catch" & "Throw" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “One Hit (To The Body)”

2)  Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner  ~  “Run That By Me One More Time”

3)  Jane Monheit  ~  “Hit The Road To Dreamland”

4)  James Bay  ~  “Running”

5)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  “It Hit Me Like A Hammer”

6)  The Grateful Dead  ~  “We Can Run”

7)  Leeland  ~  “Chains Hit The Ground”

8)  LIGHTS  ~  “Running With The Boys”

9)  Hinder  ~  “Hit The Ground”

10)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “I Run For Life”

11)  Jonny Lang  ~  “Hit The Ground Runnin’”

12)  Neil Young  ~  “Long May You Run”

13)  Peter Murphy  ~  “Hit Song”

14)  Kate Bush  ~  “Running Up That Hill”

15)  Diana Krall ft. Russell Malone & Paul Keller  ~  “Hit That Jive, Jack”

16)  Tokio Hotel  ~  “Run, Run, Run”

17)  Third Day  ~  “Hit Me Like A Bomb”

18)  Amy MacDonald  ~  “Run”

19)  Keith Urban  ~  “Hit The Ground Runnin’”

20)  Rend Collective  ~  “You Will Never Run”

“Hit” & “Run” Songs, Vol. 1

As some of you may already know, I love baseball. Love watching it on TV, and  enjoy catching a couple of games or so live each year. In light of that fact, here begins a four-part series (groan!) featuring songs with baseball-related words in their titles. First up, two posts of "Hit" & "Run" Songs. After that, two "Catch" & "Throw" Songs posts. Batter up...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ray Charles  ~  “Hit The Road, Jack”

2)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Before They Make Me Run”

3)  Hole  ~  “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)”

4)  Sheryl Crow ft. Eric Clapton  ~  “Run, Baby, Run”

5)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Takin’ The Hit”

6)  Hoobastank  ~  “Running Away”

7)  Marmozets  ~  “Hit The Wave”

8)  Carly Simon  ~  “Let The River Run”

9)  George Strait  ~  “Her Goodbye Hit Me In The Heart”

10)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Take The Money And Run / Rock’n Me”

11)  Scorpions  ~  “Hit Between The Eyes”

12)  for KING & COUNTRY ft. Andy Mineo  ~  “Run Wild”

13)  Haley Reinhart  ~  “Hit The Ground Runnin’”

14)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  “No One To Run With”

15)  Scott Stapp  ~  “Hit Me More”

16)  Epica  ~  “Run For A Fall”

17)  Def Leppard  ~  “Hit And Run”

18)  Bee Gees  ~  “Run To Me”

19)  The Sounds  ~  “Hit Me”

20)  Collective Soul  ~  “Run”