Songs About Numbers, Vol. 2

Here's another set of Songs About Numbers that you can "count" on to enjoy! Ready, set, go!  ~  JH

1)  The Drifters  ~  “You’re More Than A Number In My Little Red Book”

2)  Tove Styrke  ~  “Number One”

3)  Blind Melon  ~  “Three Is A Magic Number”

4)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “Door Number Three”

5)  The Cribs  ~  “Another Number”

6)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Number 1”

7)  The Knack  ~  “Your Number Or Your Name”

8)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Heartaches By The Number”

9)  Bachman-Turner Overdrive  ~  “Lookin’ Out For #1”

10)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Take My Number”

11)  Lou Bega  ~  “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…)”

12)  William Bell & Texas  ~  “Private Number”

13)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Looking Out For Number One”

14)  Skye Sweetnam  ~  “Number One”

15)  Bryan Adams  ~  “Cloud Number 9”

16)  Carole King  ~  “Lookin’ Out For Number One”

17)  Portugal. The Man ft. Richie Havens & Son Little  ~  “Number One”

18)  Brenda Lee  ~  “Fool Number 1”

19)  James Blunt  ~  “Lose My Number”

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

21)  Stereophonics  ~  “I Got Your Number”

22)  Noah Gundersen  ~  “Number One Hit Of The Summer (Fade Out)”

23)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Number One Blind”

24)  Phil Collins  ~  “Don’t Lose My Number”

25)  Jeff Healey  ~  “Cruel Little Number”

Songs About Numbers, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of great Songs About Numbers. I don't mean that the songs have have actual numbers in their titles (been there – done that), but rather they have the word "Number" (or "Numbers") in their titles. Herein, you'll find some songs that have "got your number," while others inform you about strength and safety "in numbers," one implores someone named Rikki not to "lose that number," and one guy asks a lady to be his "number two." Sooo...yeah. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Serena Ryder  ~  “Got Your Number”

2)  The Police  ~  “Murder By Numbers”

3)  case/lang/veirs  ~  “Atomic Number”

4)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Baby, Don’t Forget My Number”

5)  BOY  ~  “Little Numbers”

6)  The Rutles  ~  “Number One”

7)  Pointer Sisters  ~  “Pinball Number Count”  (I remember this song SO well from my childhood years of watching Sesame Street!)

8)  The Music  ~  “Strength In Numbers”

9)  Daughter  ~  “Numbers”

10)  Radiohead  ~  “The Numbers”

11)  Daisy Dares You ft. Chipmunk  ~  “Number One Enemy”

12)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought Of It Yet”

13)  Aaliyah  ~  “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”

14)  The Cure  ~  “Wrong Number”

15)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “My  Number”

16)  Deep Purple  ~  “I Got Your Number”

17)  Jen Cloher & Courtney Barnett  ~  “Numbers”

18)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Be My Number Two”  (So…is he asking her to be his poop? If so, ewww!!!)

19)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Safety In Numbers”

20)  Al Stewart  ~  “Paint By Numbers”

21)  She & Him  ~  “I’ve Got Your Number, Son”

22)  Steely Dan  ~  “Rikki, Don’t Lose That Number”

23)  FKA twigs  ~  “Numbers”

24)  Smokie  ~  “Number On My Wall”

25)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Dial My Number”

More “Naked” Songs

About three years ago, I posted a bunch of songs with the word "Naked" in their titles, with the caveat that the word in the title of each was more metaphorical than literal. The songs, I explained, denoted one's lack of embellishment, lack of concealment or disguise, or one's honesty and transparency. Since then, I've discovered a lot of good "Naked" Songs that I missed, and added a few new ones that were released in the interim. That's why there's this tremendously tardy terminus... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  “Naked”

2)  James Arthur  ~  “Naked”

3)  Brielle Von Hugel  ~  “Naked”

4)  ME The Band  ~  “Naked”

5)  Tracy Bonham  ~  “Naked”

6)  Northpilot  ~  “Naked Before My Captors”

7)  Barbara Weiss  ~  “Naked”

8)  David Crosby ft. Chris Thile  ~  “Naked In The Rain”

9)  Cat Power  ~  “Naked, If I Want To”

10)  Chris Staples  ~  “Let Us Be Naked (Eef Barzelay)”

11)  Kalliopi  ~  “Naked”

12)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Naked Sunday”

13)  Tracy Irve  ~  “See You Naked”

14)  Dio  ~  “Naked In The Rain”

15)  Blue Pearl  ~  “Naked In The Rain”

16)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “Get Naked With Me”

17)  Nostalghia  ~  “Naked As A Hand”

18)  The 1975  ~  “Please Be Naked”

19)  Chloe Charles  ~  “Take Me Naked”  (I promise you, it's not as lurid as it sounds.)

20)  Radical Something  ~  “Naked In Venice”

21)  Céline Dion  ~  “Naked”

22)  Pat Metheny Group  ~  “Naked Moon”

23)  Matilda  ~  “Naked”

24)  X Ambassadors  ~  “Naked”

25)  Grouplove  ~  “Naked Kids”  (I promise you, there are NO naked kids in this video!)

“Don’t Ask,” “Don’t Tell” Songs, Vol. 2

As promised, here's a follow-up to yesterday's "Don't Ask," "Don't Tell" Songs post. Because these are good songs, too. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Don’t Ask Me No Questions”

2)  Saskia & Serge  ~  “Don’t Tell Me Stories”

3)  Richie Kotzen  ~  “Don't Ask”

4)  Madonna  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

5)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Don't Ask For The Water”

6)  Nel  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

7)  Natalie Pearson  ~  “Don't Ask Me This”

8)  Night Ranger  ~  “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”

9)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Luka”  (The singer requests that you “don’t ask” about a number of different things in this song.)

10)  Pam Tillis  ~  “Don’t Tell Me What To Do”

11)  Billy Joel  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

12)  Amy Macdonald  ~  “Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over”

13)  Public Image Limited  ~  “Don’t Ask Me”

14)  Bijou Phillips  ~  “When I Hated Him (Don’t Tell Me)”

15)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don't Ask Me Why”

16)  Baby Animals  ~  “Don’t Tell Me What To Do”

17)  Bobby Pinson  ~  “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

18)  Martha Davis  ~  “Don’t Tell Me The Time”

19)  Great Caesar  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

20)  Lesley Gore  ~  “You Don’t Own Me”  (“Don’t tell me what to do, don’t tell me what to say…”)

“Don’t Ask,” “Don’t Tell” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the first in what will be a two-part miniseries of posts featuring songs with either the phrase "Don't Ask" or "Don't Tell" in their titles (or, in a few cases, just prominently featured in the lyrics.) Because they're good songs, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Eurythmics  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”

2)  Rush  ~  “Show Don’t Tell”

3)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “Don't Ask Me To Choose”

4)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

5)  OK Go  ~  “Don’t Ask Me”

6)  Una Healy  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Me”

7)  Laura Marling  ~  “Don't Ask Me Why” / “Salinas”

8)  Ruel  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

9)  John Farnham  ~  “Please Don't Ask Me”

10)  Ava Gardner  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

11)  Jasmine Rae  ~  “Just Don’t Ask Me How I Am”

12)  Hudson Taylor  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”

13)  Flary  ~  “Don't Ask Me”

14)  Joan Osborne ft. Dan Tyminski  ~  “Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends”

15)  Sponge  ~  “Molly (16 Candles)”  (Wondering what this song is doing here? The phrase “Don’t ask why” is repeated throughout. So there ya go…)

16)  Colour Me Wednesday  ~  “Don’t Tell Anyone”

17)  The Emotions  ~  “Don’t Ask My Neighbors”

18)  No Doubt  ~  “Don’t Speak”  (“Don’t tell me ‘cuz it hurts…” is a memorable refrain in this one.)

19)  Graham Parker & The Rumour  ~  “Don't Ask Me Questions”

20)  Alecia Nugent  ~  “Don’t Tell Me”