"40" Songs

Yesterday, I celebrated my 40th birthday. I'm neither proud nor ashamed of that number – it's just a number. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, I was doing weekly posts with songs featuring a number in their titles that corresponded with the number of weeks of her pregnancy. Our daughter was born a few days early, so I never got a chance to put together the "40" Songs. For both of those reasons, there's this lengthy post. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “A Pirate Looks At Forty”

2)  Sesame Street  ~  “Forty Blocks From Home”

3)  Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers  ~  “40 Days & 40 Nights”

4)  Royal Crown Revue  ~  “40 Cups Of Coffee”

5)  Alabama  ~  “Forty Hour Week (For A Livin’)”

6)  Yonder Mountain String Band  ~  “40 Miles From Denver”

7)  Caedmon’s Call  ~  “40 Acres”

8)  Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks  ~  “40 Days”

9)  U2  ~  “40”

10)  Tom T. Hall  ~  “The Ballad Of Forty Dollars”

11)  The Longing  ~  “40 Days”

12)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Psalms 40:2”

13)  Third Day  ~  “40 Days”

14)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Highway 40 Blues”

15)  Dido  ~  “See You When You’re 40”

16)  Johnny Horton  ~  “When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s Forty Below)”

17)  Franz Ferdinand ~  “40’”

18)  Duane Eddy  ~  “Forty Miles Of Bad Road”

19)  Vienna Teng  ~  “Love Turns 40”

20)  Chris Norman  ~  “Forty Years On”

21)  The Twilight Singers  ~  “Forty Dollars”

22)  Sophie Tucker  ~  “Life Begins At Forty”

23)  Frank Turner  ~  “Love Forty Down”

24)  Buddy Guy, Ronnie Wood, & Jonny Lang  ~  “Forty Days And Forty Nights”

25)  Newsong  ~  “Psalm 40”

26)  Eric Johnson  ~  “Forty Mile Town”

27)  Porter Wagoner ft. Christie Lynn  ~  “Forty Miles From Poplar Bluff”

28)  Wire  ~  “Forty Versions”

29)  Cursive  ~  “Dorothy At Forty”

30)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Forty Winks Away”

31)  The Devil Makes Three  ~  “Forty Days”

32)  Paul Kelly  ~  “Forty Miles To Saturday Night”

33)  The Violet Burning  ~  “40 Weight”

34)  Skinny Lister  ~  “Forty Pound Wedding”

35)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Forty Shades Of Green”

36)  Bruce Cockburn  ~  “40 Years In The Wilderness”

37)  Spinning Lucy  ~  “Forty”

38)  Modern Kin  ~  “40 Winks”

39)  John Berry  ~  “Forty Again”

40)  Ray Price  ~  “Forty And Fading”

“Birthday” Songs

Happy Birthday to me! To celebrate, here’s a bunch of songs about birthdays that I’m sure to enjoy. You’re welcome to check them out, too.  ~  JH

1)  Katy Perry  ~  “Birthday”

2)  Cracker  ~  “Happy Birthday To Me”

3)  Marilyn Monroe  ~  “Happy Birthday, Mr. President”

4)  Moby  ~  “Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)”

5)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Just Another Birthday”

6)  Jens Lekman  ~  “Happy Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa”

7)  The Ting Tings  ~  “Happy Birthday”

8)  Stevie Wonder & Friends  ~  “Happy Birthday”

9)  Altered Images  ~  “Happy Birthday”

10)  Uriah Heep  ~  “The Magician’s Birthday”

11)  Maisie Peters  ~  “Happy Birthday”

12)  The Twilight Sad  ~  “Birthday Present”

13)  St. Vincent  ~  “Happy Birthday, Johnny”

14)  Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five  ~  “The Birthday Party”

15)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  “Birthday”

16)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Birthday”

17)  Sophie Hunger  ~  “Birthday”

18)  Beach Fossils  ~  “Birthday”

19)  Melanie  ~  “Birthday Of The Sun”

20)  The Click Five  ~  “Happy Birthday”

21)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Birthday Cake”

22)  Cloud Control  ~  “Happy Birthday”

23)  Miss Li  ~  “Happy Birthday”

24)  Flipsyde ft. Piper  ~  “Happy Birthday”

25)  Sierra Hull & Courtney Hartman  ~  “It’s Your Birthday”

More "Wasted" Songs

As promised, here's another set of "Wasted" Songs for your consideration. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Keith Urban  ~  “Wasted Time”

2)  Bonnie McKee  ~  “Wasted Youth”

3)  City And Colour  ~  “Wasted Love”

4)  The Pipettes  ~  “Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me”

5)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  “California Wasted”

6)  Amanda Shires  ~  “Wasted And Rolling”

7)  Freddy Fender  ~  “Wasted Days And Wasted Nights”

8)  Alyssa Bernal  ~  “Wasted Love”

9)  INXS  ~  “Elegantly Wasted”

10)  Ally Ryan  ~  “Wasted”

11)  Jason Gray  ~  “Nothing Is Wasted”

12)  Sarah Darling  ~  “Wasted”

13)  Tiësto ft. Matthew Koma  ~  “Wasted”

14)  Melanie Wehbe  ~  “Wasted”

15)  Skid Row  ~  “Wasted Time”

16)  Valentine  ~  “Wasted”

17)  Margaret  ~  “Wasted”

18)  Def Leppard  ~  “Wasted”

19)  The Band Perry  ~  “Some Nights / Night Gone Wasted”

20)  Ayla Nereo  ~  “Wasted Hours”

"Wasted" Songs

Here we have a collection of songs about things that are "Wasted." Sometimes it's years, sometimes youth, and quite often it's time. If you like these, there'll be more to come tomorrow. If you don't like these, you probably won't want to check back tomorrow either. Otherwise, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Haley Reinhart  ~  “Wasted Tears”

2)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Wasted Years”

3)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Wasted”

4)  Vance Joy  ~  “Wasted Time”

5)  The Runaways  ~  “Wasted”

6)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Life Wasted”

7)  LP  ~  “Wasted Love”

8)  Elevation Worship  ~  “Nothing Is Wasted”

9)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  “Wasted”

10)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Wasted Time”

11)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Wasted”

12)  Fuel  ~  “Wasted Time”

13)  Fletcher  ~  “Wasted Youth”

14)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Wasted On The Way”

15)  Letters To Cleo  ~  “Wasted”

16)  Rainbow Kitten Surprise  ~  “Wasted”

17)  The Donnas  ~  “Wasted”

18)  The Summer Set  ~  “Wasted”

19)  Rebecca Black  ~  “Wasted Youth”  (The singer of that infamous "Friday" song actually turned out to be a surprisingly good vocalist. Who knew?)

20)  Ian Gillan  ~  “Wasted Sunsets”

“Anytime” Songs

First, there was "Anyway" Songs. Now there's "Anytime" Songs. I'm not sure which "Any-" is next, but there will be a next. And a next after that, and a next after that...eventually. But for now, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Anytime You Need A Friend”

2)  Neil Finn  ~  “Anytime”

3)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Anytime”

4)  Paul Anka  ~  “Anytime (I’ll Be There)”

5)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Anytime, Anyplace”

6)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Anytime”

7)  Anthony Green  ~  “Anytime”

8)  Nena & Kim Wilde  ~  “Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime”

9)  Gotthard  ~  “Anytime, Anywhere”

10)  Boroughs  ~  “Anytime”

11)  Kara Grainger  ~  “I’ll Make Love To You Anytime”

12)  Brian McKnight  ~  “Anytime”

13)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “Anytime”

14)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Anytime, Anywhere”

15)  Gilbert O’Sullivan  ~  “Anytime”

16)  Dave Depper  ~  “Anytime, Anywhere”

17)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Anytime”

18)  Silked & Stained  ~  “Anytime, Anywhere”

19)  Tiffany Moníque  ~  “Anytime”

20)  Hoodoo Gurus  ~  “Come Anytime”

21)  McAuley Schenker Group  ~  “Anytime”

22)  The Beautiful Secret  ~  "Anytime Soon"

23)  The Lower Caves  ~  “Anytime”

24)  Evan Rachel Wood  ~  “I’d Have You Anytime”

25)  Journey  ~  “Feeling That Way / Anytime”