Popular Songs Of 1998, Vol. 1

And it begins! The most Popular Songs Of 1998, a year which was apparently quite excellent for a variety of genres of music, many of which are represented here. I hope you'll enjoy listening to and watching these as much as I did when compiling them. And the best part is there's three more posts of these yet to come!  ~  JH

1)  Brandy & Monica  ~  “The Boy Is Mine”

2)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  “One Week”

3)  Shania Twain  ~  “You’re Still The One”

4)  Foo Fighters  ~  “My Hero”

5)  Madonna  ~  “Frozen”

6)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  “Don’t Drink The Water”

7)  Deborah Cox  ~  “Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here”

8)  DC Talk  ~  “Consume Me”

9)  Faith Hill  ~  “This Kiss”

10)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Perfect”

11)  Garbage  ~  “Push It”

12)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”

13)  Loreena McKennitt  ~  “The Mummer’s Dance”

14)  The Offspring  ~  “Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)”

15)  Janet Jackson  ~  “I Get Lonely”

16)  Radiohead  ~  “Karma Police”

17)  Sara Evans ft. Vince Gill  ~  “No Place That Far”

18)  Edwin McCain  ~  “I’ll Be”

19)  Hole  ~  “Celebrity Skin”

20)  Garth Brooks  ~  “To Make You Feel My Love”

21)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  “Undo Me”

22)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Real World”

23)  Lauryn Hill  ~  “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”

24)  U2  ~  The Sweetest Thing”

25)  Cher  ~  “Believe”

Popular Songs Of 2008, Vol. 4

Last but not least, this fourth and final set of Popular Songs of 2008. Then we move on to the '98 songs next week. And boy, are those going to be fun! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Closer”

2)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Fearless”

3)  Keith Urban  ~  “Everybody”

4)  Rihanna  ~  “Take A Bow”

5)  Fall Out Boy ft. John Mayer  ~  “Beat It”

6)  Sugarland  ~  “All I Want To Do”

7)  Chris Brown  ~  “Forever”

8)  Katy Perry  ~  “Hot N Cold”

9)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Every Day”

10)  Natasha Bedingfield ft. Sean Kingston  ~  “Love Like This”

11)  Finger Eleven  ~  “Paralyzer”

12)  Britney Spears  ~  “Circus”

13)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Good Time”

14)  Leona Lewis  ~  “Better In Time”

15)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Last Name”

16)  Jordin Sparks  ~  “One Step At A Time”

17)  David Cook  ~  “The Time Of My Life”

18)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Change”

19)  T.I. ft. Rihanna  ~  “Live Your Life”

20)  Jessica Simpson  ~  “Come On Over”

Popular Songs Of 2008, Vol. 3

Part 3 (of 4) in the Popular Songs of 2008 series starts....NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rihanna  ~  “Don’t Stop The Music”

2)  Nickelback  ~  “Gotta Be Somebody”

3)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Lookin’ For A Good Time”

4)  Daughtry  ~  “Feels Like Tonight”

5)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Love Story”

6)  Blake Shelton ft. Miranda Lambert  ~  “Home”

7)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Realize”

8)  Zac Brown Band  ~  “Chicken Fried”

9)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Like You’ll Never See Me Again”

10)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Waitin’ On A Woman”

11)  Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis  ~  “Just Dance”

12)  Buckcherry  ~  “Sorry”

13)  Britney Spears  ~  “Womanizer”

14)  Trace Adkins  ~  “You’re Gonna Miss This”

15)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Just Fine”

16)  Metro Station  ~  “Shake It”

17)  Jordin Sparks  ~  “Tattoo”

18)  Trey Songz  ~  “Can’t Help But Wait”

19)  Sugarland  ~  “Stay”

20)  Kanye West  ~  “Heartless”

Popular Songs Of 2008, Vol. 2

Continuing this miniseries of songs that were popular ten years ago, here's another set that's sure to make you feel old. At least a little. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Coldplay  ~  “Viva La Vida”

2)  M.I.A.  ~  “Paper Planes”

3)  Kid Rock  ~  “All Summer Long”

4)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “7 Things”

5)  Gavin Rossdale  ~  “Love Remains The Same”

6)  Keyshia Cole  ~  “I Remember”

7)  Gary Allan  ~  “Learning How To Bend”

8)  P!nk  ~  “So What”

9)  Chris Brown  ~  “With You”

10)  Jewel  ~  “Stronger Woman”

11)  Keith Urban  ~  “You Look Good In My Shirt”

12)  Rihanna ft. Ne-Yo  ~  “Hate That I Love You”

13)  John Mayer  ~  “Say”

14)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Should’ve Said No”

15)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Take You There”

16)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “All-American Girl”

17)  Lupe Fiasco ft. Matthew Santos  ~  “Superstar”

18)  Katy Perry  ~  “I Kissed A Girl”

19)  Darius Rucker  ~  “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”

20)  Estelle ft. Kanye West  ~  “American Boy”

Popular Songs Of 2008, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again when I turn back time and post songs from the previous decades. I do this both for the sake of reminiscence and to remind myself, and by extension all of you, how old I am/we are. These songs are, remarkably, ten years old as of this year. As are the ones in the three posts that will follow this. Then we'll move on to the twenty-year-old songs, and boy, will you feel old then! (Stay tuned, as it only gets worse – we will go way back before we're done!) Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Leona Lewis  ~  “Bleeding Love”

2)  Linkin Park  ~  “Shadow Of The Day”

3)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Love Don’t Live Here”

4)  3 Doors Down  ~  “It’s Not My Time”

5)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  “Pocketful Of Sunshine”

6)  Santana ft. Chad Kroeger  ~  “Into The Night”

7)  Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown  ~  “No Air”

8)  David Archuleta  ~  “Crush”

9)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Just A Dream”

10)  Soulja Boy Tell’em  ~  “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”

11)  Britney Spears   ~  “Piece Of Me”

12)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Miss Independent”

13)  Rihanna  ~  “Disturbia”

14)  Josh Turner  ~  “Another Try”

15)  Beyoncé  ~  “If I Were A Boy”

16)  Jason Mraz  ~  “I’m Yours”

17)  Fergie  ~  “Clumsy”

18)  Secondhand Serenade  ~  “Fall For You”

19)  Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland  ~  “4 Minutes”

20)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  “In Love With A Girl”