"Secret" Songs, Vol. 3

Last but not least, here's Vol. 3 in this miniseries featuring Songs About Secrets. I saved some really good ones for this post, and I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”

2)  dodie  ~  “Secret For The Mad”

3)  Bee Gees  ~  “Secret Love”

4)  Katie Melua  ~  “In My Secret Life”  (Yes, I already posted the original version of this Cohen classic in Vol. 1 of this series. But, let’s be honest, Katie sings it so much more beautifully than Leonard ever could have.)

5)  Van Halen  ~  “Secrets”

6)  Doris Day  ~  “Secret Love”

7)  Passion Pit  ~  “Little Secrets”

8)  Roxette  ~  “Secrets That She Keeps”

9)  The Cure  ~  “Secrets”

10)  Phil Wickham ft. Madison Cunningham  ~  “The Secret Place”

11)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “The Secret’s In The Telling”

12)  Kat Graham ft. Babyface  ~  “Secrets”

13)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Secret”

14)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Secret”

15)  Rick Springfield  ~  “What’s Victoria’s Secret?”

16)  Skunk Anansie  ~  “Secretly”

17)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Secrets”

18)  The Veronicas  ~  “Secret”

19)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Secret Garden”

20)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Secret (Take You Home)”  (For some reason, the video repeats without sound around the 3:25 mark. So you can probably just stop it there.)

21)  Pink Floyd  ~  “A Saucerful Of Secrets”

22)  Samantha Jade  ~  “Secret”

23)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Secret Door”

24)  Skillet  ~  “Best Kept Secret”

25)  James Taylor  ~  “Secret O’ Life”

"Secret" Songs, Vol. 2

OK, so this one is actually going to be a three-parter instead of the two-parter originally promised. Turns out there were way too many good "Secret" songs to leave out. Here's Vol. 2. Stay tuned till tomorrow for Vol. 3 (and final). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Maroon 5  ~  “Secret”

2)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “It’s No Secret”

3)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Secret Agent Man”

4)  Missy Higgins  ~  “Secret”

5)  Nada Surf  ~  “What Is Your Secret?”

6)  Carly Simon  ~  “We Have No Secrets”

7)  Megadeth  ~  “A Secret Place”

8)  The Bangles  ~  “He’s Got A Secret”

9)  Babyface  ~  “Never Keeping Secrets”

10)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Your Little Secret”

11)  The Fixx  ~  “Secret Separation”

12)  The Corrs  ~  “Secret Life”

13)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  “Secret Messages”

14)  case/lang/veirs  ~  “Best Kept Secret”

15)  Pillar  ~  “Secrets & Regrets”

16)  Feist   ~  “Secret Heart”

17)  Pat Metheny Group  ~  “So May It Secretly Begin”

18)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Secretly / Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To?)”

19)  Sonata Arctica  ~  “Victoria’s Secret”

20)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “It’s No Secret”

21)  Angels & Airwaves  ~  “Secret Crowds”

22)  Anastacia  ~  “Secrets”

23)  Thriving Ivory  ~  “Secret Life”

24)  Judy Collins ft. Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops  ~  “Secret Gardens”

25)  Quincy Jones ft. Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, & Barry White  ~  “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)”

“Secret” Songs, Vol. 1

I can't believe I've never dedicated a post entirely to Songs About Secrets! But having double-checked, I found that fact to be true. That being said, let's double up and make this a two-parter. Here's the first set, chock full of tunes you're sure to enjoy. The second half of these will come later. Ready, set, listen...  ~  JH

1)  The Pierces  ~  “Secret”

2)  OneRepublic  ~  “Secrets”

3)  Mary Lambert  ~  “Secrets”

4)  The Weeknd  ~  “Secrets”

5)  Heart  ~  “Secret”

6)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “In My Secret Life”

7)  Madonna  ~  “Secret”

8)  Tiësto & KSHMR ft. Vassy  ~  “Secrets”

9)  Little Mix ft. Jason Derulo  ~  “Secret Love Song”

10)  Chelsea Lankes  ~  “Secret”

11)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Dirty Little Secret”

12)  Xscape  ~  “My Little Secret”

13)  Semisonic  ~  “Secret Smile”

14)  Faith Hill  ~  “The Secret Of Life”

15)  IAMX ft. Imogen Heap  ~  “My Secret Friend”

16)  Seal  ~  “Secret”

17)  T’Pau  ~  “Secret Garden”

18)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Your Secret Love”

19)  Anna Ternheim  ~  “My Secret”

20)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “Secret”

21)  Atlantic Starr  ~  “Secret Lovers”

22)  We The Kings  ~  “Secret Valentine”

23)  Mike Mago & Dragonette  ~  “Secret Stash”

24)  New Edition  ~  “My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?)”

25)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Secret Love”

Songs With Abbreviations In The Title, Vol. 2

Since the first installment of this "series" went over so well, I figured I'd add a Vol. 2. (Actually, that was the plan all along, but it sounds much more impressive if I make it seem like popular demand drives everything I post. Which it most certainly does not.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  AC/DC  ~  “T.N.T.”  (“Trinitrotoluene.” But you already knew that, right?)

2)  Jordin Sparks  ~  “S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)”  (It’s Morse code, yo! Google that junk!)

3)  Flo Rida ft. Sage The Gemini & Lookas  ~  “G.D.F.R.”  (“Going Down For Real”)

4)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “V.I.P.”  (Usually means “Very Important Person.” But with Sinéad, you never know…)

5)  Yeasayer  ~  “O.N.E.”  (“One’s Not Enough.” Apparently, it's about addiction, which makes sense.)

6)  Rihanna  ~  “SOS”  (See #2 above.)

7)  Village People  ~  “Y.M.C.A.”  (“Young Men’s Christian Association”)

8)  Ashlee Simpson  ~  “L.O.V.E.”  (This one's not technically an abbreviation, either. C’mon, people!)

9)  The Lonely Island ft. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar  ~  “YOLO”  (“You Only Live Once”…or, “You Oughta Look Out,” depending on which verse you’re listening to.)

10)  Daphne & Celeste  ~  “U.G.L.Y.”  (Now that’s just mean-spirited! Also…not an actual abbreviation.)

11)  Naughty By Nature  ~  “O.P.P.”  (“Other People’s Property.” Basically…)

12)  ABBA  ~  “SOS”  (See #6 above.)

13)  Blur  ~  “M.O.R.”  (“Middle Of The Road”)

14)  Broods  ~  “L.A.F.”  (This one’s a bit of a mystery. Neither these initials nor a phrase that they might stand for are present in the lyrics.)

15)  OutKast  ~  “B.O.B”  (“Bombs Over Baghdad”)

16)  Katy Perry  ~  “E.T.”  (“Extra Terrestrial.” Duh!)

17)  Lee Greenwood  ~  “I.O.U.”  (This one seems self-explanatory, but…“I Owe You.”)

18)  Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah  ~  “R.I.P.”  (“Rest In Peace”)

19)  Pearl Jam  ~  “W.M.A.”  (“White Male American”)

20)  OneRepublic  ~  “A.I.”  (“Artificial Intelligence”)

Songs With Abbreviations In The Title, Vol. 1

Of all the things I've blogged about before, this is not one of them. Until now... Enjoy this first set of songs (of two) featuring some kind of abbreviation, initials, or acronym in the title.  ~  JH

1)  Tori Kelly  ~  “P.Y.T.”  (“Pretty Young Thing.” Nice cover of a Michael Jackson hit.)

2)  Foo Fighters  ~  “D.O.A.”  (“Dead On Arrival”)

3)  Bea Miller  ~  “S.L.U.T.”  (It’s not what it looks like. This is shorthand for “Sweet Little Unforgettable Thing.”)

4)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “I.R.S.”  (No double meaning here. It really does stand for “Internal Revenue Service.”)

5)  Mariah Carey  ~  “H.A.T.E.U.”  (“H.A.T.E.U.” actually means “hate you.” So…it’s not really an abbreviation for anything. You tricky trickster, Mariah!) 

6)  Kasabian  ~  “L.S.F.”  (“Lost Souls Forever”)

7)  Melanie Fiona  ~  “L.O.V.E.”  (Also not technically an abbreviation.)

8)  Black Sabbath  ~  “N.I.B.”  (Apparently, “Nib” was the nickname of a band member’s beard. Ozzy put the punctuation marks in there to confuse people. Mission accomplished!)

9)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “BWU”  (“Be With U”)

10)  Noah And The Whale  ~  “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.”  (It means what it looks like it means. N.O.T. A.N. A.B.B.R.E.V.I.A.T.I.O.N. *sigh*)

11)  Dua Lipa ft. Charli XCX, Zara Larsson, MØ, & Alma  ~  “IDGAF”  (I’ll let you Google this abbreviation. Although, seeing as this is the sanitized version of the song, the title should have been shortened further to “IDGA.”)

12)  Live  ~  “T.B.D.”  (“Tibetan Book of the Dead”)

13)  Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu  ~  “Q.U.E.E.N.”  (Also not an abbreviation. I’m spotting a pattern here.)

14)  Cream  ~  “N.S.U.”  (Oddly enough, this stands for “Non-Specific Urethritis.”)

15)  Jessie J  ~  “L.O.V.E.”  (Equally not an actual abbreviation. This may be less the fault of the artists and more the fault of yours truly, the blogger. Sorry…)

16)  Rythm Syndicate  ~  “P.A.S.S.I.O.N.”  (The singer spells out several words in this one. But none of them are abbreviations. He just likes spelling, I guess. Except in the case of his band’s name, which is – apparently – misspelled intentionally. Go figure!)

17)  John Mellencamp  ~  “R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.”  (The “R.O.C.K.” part doesn’t mean anything other than “Rock.” If you don’t know what the “U.S.A.” part means, you’re either not from around here or you’ve been living under a rock. Either way…find out for yourself.)

18)  Le Tigre  ~  “TKO”  ("Technical Knockout")

19)  Harry Chapin  ~  “W.O.L.D.”  (These are the call letters of a fictional radio station at which the song’s narrator is an aging deejay. Thus a double meaning with the letters “O.L.D.”)

20)  Florida Georgia Line  ~  “H.O.L.Y.”  ("High On Loving You")