Popular Songs Of 2007, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 of 2 featuring some of the most Popular Songs Of 2007. Enjoy them while they last, as the 20-year old songs (i.e., the 1997 hits) will be coming soon to a music blog near you!  ~  JH

1)  Daughtry  ~  “Home”

2)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Girlfriend”

3)  Justin Timberlake  ~  “What Goes Around…Comes Around”

4)  Beyoncé & Shakira  ~  “Beautiful Liar”

5)  Timbaland ft. OneRepublic  ~  “Apologize”

6)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Our Song”

7)  Maroon 5  ~  “Makes Me Wonder”

8)  Paramore  ~  “Misery Business”

9)  Lifehouse  ~  “First Time”

10)  Feist  ~  “1234”

11)  Casting Crowns  ~  “East To West”

12)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “Love Song”

13)  Velvet Revolver  ~  “She Builds Quick Machines”

14)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Famous In A Small Town”

15)  David Crowder*Band  ~  “Everything Glorious”

16)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “Back To Black”

17)  Toby Keith  ~  “Love Me If You Can”

18)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Signature Of Divine (Yahweh)”

19)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Wasted”

20)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “How Far We’ve Come”

21)  tobyMac  ~  “I’m For You / In The Light”

22)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Take Me There”

23)  Aaron Shust  ~  “Give Me Words To Speak”

24)  Big & Rich  ~  “Lost In This Moment”

25)  The White Stripes  ~  “Icky Thump”

Popular Songs Of 2007, Vol. 1

Right about this time every year for the past few years is when I start reflecting back on the previous decades in music. What songs were popular ten years ago, twenty, thirty years, and so on. It's a new year, so the ten-years-ago in question includes a brand-new set of "old" songs. Sit back, relax, and marvel at how quickly time passes with this initial group of Popular Songs Of 2007. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rihanna  ~  “Umbrella”

2)  Daughtry  ~  “It’s Not Over”

3)  Fergie  ~  “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)”

4)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Thnks fr th Mmrs”

5)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”

6)  Linkin Park  ~  “What I’ve Done”

7)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Bubbly”

8)  Elliott Yamin  ~  “Wait For You”

9)  Beyoncé  ~  “Irreplaceable”

10)  Nickelback  ~  “If Everyone Cared”

11)  Alicia Keys  ~  “No One”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Grace Kelly”

13)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “So Small”

14)  OneRepublic  ~  “Stop And Stare”

15)  Mandisa  ~  “Only The World”

16)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)”

17)  Paramore  ~  “crushcrushcrush”

18)  Michael Bublé  ~  “Everything”

19)  Amy Winehouse  ~  “You Know I’m No Good”

20)  Good Charlotte  ~  “Keep Your Hands Off My Girl”

21)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Teardrops On My Guitar”

22)  Needtobreathe  ~  “Washed By The Water”

23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Believe”

24)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Our Country”

25)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Don’t Blink”

Songs About Good Things

And now for something a little less bleak than the last post. Songs About Good Things. Of course, the second song in the list says "Your Good Thing Is About To End." Go figure! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Maybe It's A Good Thing"

2)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Your Good Thing (Is About To End)”

3)  Sam Smith  ~  "Good Thing"

4)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “Good Thing”

5)  Keith Urban  ~  “Good Thing”

6)  Pixie Lott ft. Shaggy  ~  “A Real Good Thing”

7)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Ghost Of A Good Thing”

8)  George Benson  ~  “Never Give Up On A Good Thing”

9)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “When You Got A Good Thing”

10)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Good Thing”

11)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)”

12)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Love Is A Good Thing”

13)  The Afters  ~  “Every Good Thing”

14)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Too Much Of A Good Thing”

15)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Too Much Of A Good Thing”

16)  B.B. King  ~  “Baby, You Done Lost Your Good Thing”

17)  Barbara Lynn  ~  “You’ll Lose A Good Thing”

18)  Bryan Duncan and the NehoSoul Band  ~  “Wheels Of A Good Thing”

19)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  “The Only Good Thing You Ever Said Was Goodbye”

20)  Marc Broussard  ~  “Real Good Thing”

21)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Making A Good Thing Better”

22)  Jackson Browne  ~  “All Good Things”

23)  Gemma Hayes  ~  “Let A Good Thing Go”

24)  BoDeans  ~  “Good Things”

25)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “A Few Good Things Remain”

Songs About Bad Things

Though it may not seem like it at first, this is another one of those "Opposites" posts for which I've become infamous. These tunes are all about "Bad Things" (although a couple of them insist it's "Not A Bad Thing" or that it "Ain't Such A Bad Thing"). Next time, on a more positive note, we'll explore Songs About Good Things. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello  ~  “Bad Things”

2)  Chris Isaak  ~  “Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing”

3)  Rayland Baxter  ~  “Bad Things”

4)  Meiko  ~  “Bad Things”

5)  Gary Allan  ~  “Like It’s A Bad Thing”

6)  Cutting Crew  ~  “No Bad Thing”

7)  Emmy The Great  ~  “Bad Things Coming, We Are Safe”

8)  Justin Timberlake  ~  “Not A Bad Thing”

9)  Cry Of Love  ~  “Bad Thing”

10)  The Mowgli’s  ~  “Bad Thing”

11)  Jace Everett  ~  “Bad Things”

12)  Gene Watson  ~  “We Got A Bad Thing Goin’”

13)  Mozart’s Sister  ~  “Good Thing, Bad Thing”

14)  Hipsway  ~  “Bad Thing Longing”

15)  Barry Gibb  ~  “One Bad Thing”

16)  Be The Bear  ~  “Bad Things”

17)  Richie Kotzen  ~  “Bad Things”

18)  Outshine  ~  “Bad Things Always End Bad”

19)  Terri Clark  ~  “Not A Bad Thing”

20)   The Menzingers  ~  “Bad Things”

21)  L7  ~  “Bad Things”

22)  Loverboy  ~  “Ain’t Such A Bad Thing”

23)  The Heathen Kings  ~  “Good At The Bad Things”

24)  Danny Gokey  ~  “Like That’s A Bad Thing”

25)  Cults  ~  “Bad Things”

Songs By Artists With Royalty-Inspired Names, Vol. 3: Queens, Princes, and Princesses

Last but not least, the artists with "Queen(s)," "Prince," and "Princess" in their names. Some good stuff here! Check it out!  ~  JH

1)  Queen  ~  “Bohemian Rhapsody”

2)  Queen Latifah  ~  “Just Another Day”

3)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “Little Sister”

4)  Christine And The Queens  ~  “Christine”

5)  Queensryche  ~  “Silent Lucidity”

6)  Queen Ifrica  ~  “Serve And Protect”

7)  McQueen  ~  “Running Out Of Things To Say”

8)  Prince  ~  “Little Red Corvette”

9)  Prince Royce  ~  “Addicted”

10)  Faith Prince  ~  “Poor Unfortunate Souls”

11)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “Brand New Funk”

12)  Prairie Prince  ~  (Untitled Drum Solo)

13)  Prince Buster  ~  “Wash Wash”

14)  Roland Prince  ~  (Unknown Song Title)

15)  Princess Chelsea ft. Jonathan Bree  ~  “The Cigarette Duet”

16)  Princess Nauwisa  ~  “I Like Him”

17)  Princess Princess  ~  “Guitar Man”

18)  Princess Superstar  ~  “The New Evolution”

19)  Princess Century  ~  “Metro”

20)  Princess  ~  “Say I’m Your Number One”