Songs About Being Abducted (Well, Sort Of)

Here's a delightful collection of Songs About Being Abducted. Well, not really. While the songs herein ARE about being taken away, carried away, spirited away, stolen, captured, kidnapped, and, yes, even abducted, most of the abductions are figurative and should be interpreted as such. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  “Take Me Away”

2)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Stolen”

3)  Grace Jones  ~  “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game”

4)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”

5)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Carried Away”

6)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “I Will Steal You Back”

7)  Napoleon XIV  ~  “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”

8)  Passion Pit  ~  “Carried Away”

9)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Spirited Away”

10)  The Plot In You  ~  “Take Me Away”

11)  Dan Fogelberg & Fool’s Gold  ~  “Captured Angel”

12)  Kelly Rowland  ~  “Stole”

13)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  “Take Me Away”

14)  Dash Berlin ft. Alexander Popov & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Steal You Away”

15)  Cults  ~  “Abducted”

16)  Wild Belle  ~  “Take Me Away”

17)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “Pocketful Of Sunshine”  (The refrain “take me away” is sung repeatedly, and it’s the most memorable part of the song, so here it is.)

18)  The Nightmare Before Christmas Cast  ~  “Kidnap The Sandy Claws”

19)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Captured”

20)  Lifehouse  ~  “Take Me Away”

21)  The Digital Age  ~  “Captured”

22)  Simple Minds  ~  “Spirited Away”

23)  Katy McAllister  ~  “Take Me Away”

24)  Akala  ~  “Carried Away”

25)  Fefe Dobson  ~  “Take Me Away”

“Psycho” Songs

These songs are crazy, utterly insane, a bit scary, and...well, just plain "Psycho." Lose your mind...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Talking Heads  ~  “Psycho Killer”

2)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Psychophobia”

3)  Lords Of The Underground  ~  “Psycho”

4)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Psychobilly Freakout”

5)  Jeff Beck  ~  “Psycho Sam”

6)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “American Beauty / American Psycho”

7)  Local Natives  ~  “Psycho Lovers”

8)  Puddle Of Mudd  ~  “Psycho”

9)  Kasabian  ~  “You’re In Love With A Psycho”

10)  The Yardbirds  ~  “Psycho Daisies”

11)  Gaby de K  ~  “Psycho”

12)  Slipknot  ~  “Psychosocial”

13)  Grammatrain  ~  “Psycho”

14)  Beasts Of Bourbon  ~  “Psycho”

15)  Ramones  ~  “Psycho Therapy”

16)  Joe Satriani  ~  “Psycho Monkey”

17)  Pantera  ~  “Psycho Holiday”

18)  The Oscillators  ~  “Psycho Man”

19)  The Felons  ~  “Crazy Psycho”

20)   Skillet  ~  “Circus For A Psycho”

21)  Imelda May  ~  “Psycho”

22)  12 Stones  ~  “Psycho”

23)  Skid Row  ~  “Psycho Therapy”

24)  The Sonics  ~  “Psycho”

25)  Quiet Riot  ~  “Psycho City”

BONUS TRACK #1:  A Camp  ~  “Psycho”  (This is actually the same song as #14 above. But this version manages to be FAR LESS creepy! Also, Nina Persson’s vocals are way more lovely than those of that Beasts Of Bourbon guy – but then again, he was obviously going for the “ick factor.” And nailed it, I might add.)

BONUS TRACK # 2:  Poe  ~  “Trigger Happy Jack”  (While the word “Psycho” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title of this song, it does figure prominently throughout the chorus – plus, I happen to like the song, so here it is!)

“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 2 in this miniseries featuring songs with the words "Imaginary" or "Real" in their titles. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Real World”

2)  Tove Lo  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

3)  Tori Amos  ~  “Real Men”

4)  Lemon Demon  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

5)  Meiko  ~  “Real Real Sweet”

6)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

7)  The Who  ~  “Real Good Looking Boy”

8)  Nina Schofield  ~  “Imaginary Love”

9)  NF  ~  “Real”

10)  Brennan Heart & Jonathan Mendelsohn  ~  “Imaginary”

11)  Metric  ~  “Dreams So Real”

12)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Imaginary Tea”

13)  K-Ci & JoJo  ~  “Tell Me It’s Real”

14)  The Soundtrack Of Our Lives  ~  “Broken Imaginary Time”

15)  Gwen Stefani  ~  “The Real Thing”

16)  Astronaut  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

17)  tUnE-yArDs  ~  “Real Thing”

18)  Big Head Todd And The Monsters  ~  “Imaginary Ships”

19)  K’s Choice  ~  “Live For Real”

20)  John Waite  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

21)  Plumb  ~  “Real”

22)  Mike McKay Band  ~  “Imaginary Stop Signs”

23)  James Morrison  ~  “You Make It Real”

24)  Autolux  ~  “The Science Of Imaginary Solutions”

25)  Beyoncé & Justin Timberlake  ~  “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”

“Imaginary” & “Real” Songs, Vol. 1

Several weeks ago, I did a miniseries of posts featuring "Real" and "Fake" songs. In the end, I had way too many solid "Real" songs left over to waste. So there's this post, and the one that follows it. Good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Imaginary Lover”

2)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Real Love”

3)  Evanescence  ~  “Imaginary”

4)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

5)  Telekinesis  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Real World”

7)  Soup  ~  “Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend”

8)  Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne  ~  “Real Love”

9)  Circa Survive  ~  “Imaginary Enemy”

10)  Van Morrison  ~  “Real Real Gone”

11)  The Cure  ~  “Three Imaginary Boys”

12)  Florrie  ~  “Real Love”

13)  Ty Segall  ~  “Imaginary Person”

14)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Real Love”

15)  Jack Bruce  ~  “Theme For An Imaginary Western”

16)  Hozier  ~  “Like Real People Do”

17)  Kaitlin Riegel  ~  “Imaginary Friend”

18)  Frank Sinatra & The Quincy Jones Big Band  ~  “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”

19)  IAMX  ~  “Song Of Imaginary Beings”

20)  Hillsong Young & Free  ~  “Real Love”

21)  Mocca  ~  “Imaginary Girlfriend”

22)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Here In The Real World”

23)  The New Velvet  ~  “Imaginary Girl”

24)  George Michael ft. Mutya Buena  ~  “This Is Not Real Love”

25)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Imaginary Friends”