“Color” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series of songs featuring the word "Color" (in one form or another) in their titles. There were tons of these to choose from, but I tried to limit selections to the very best or at least the most interesting. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  MNEK ft. Hailee Steinfeld  ~  “Colour”

2)  Zedd  ~  “True Colors”

3)  Alabama Shakes  ~  “Sound & Color”

4)  Billy Ocean  ~  “The Colour Of Love”

5)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Coat Of Many Colors”

6)  Tritonal & Paris Blohm ft. Sterling Fox  ~  “Colors”

7)  La Roux  ~  “Colourless Colour”

8)  OK Go  ~  “Three Primary Colors”

9)  Nina Simone  ~  “Black Is The Color (Of My True Love’s Hair)”

10)  Walk The Moon  ~  “Different Colors”

11)  Cat Power  ~  “Colors And The Kids”

12)  Diplo ft. Lil Xan  ~  “Color Blind”

13)  Kelly Rowland  ~  “Rose Colored Glasses”

14)  Counting Crows  ~  “Colorblind”

15)  PJ Harvey ft. Mick Harvey & John Parish  ~  “The Colour Of The Earth”

16)  Charlotte OC  ~  “Colour My Heart”

17)  Patty Loveless  ~  “Color Of The Blues”

18)  Donovan  ~  “Colors”

19)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “Favourite Colour”

20)  Amos Lee  ~  “Colors”

21)  Genevieve  ~  “Show Your Colors”

22)  Keith Urban  ~  “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

23)  Thomas Gold ft. Kate Elsworth  ~  “Colourblind”

24)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Colour & Shape”

25)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Colors”

“Sad,” “Sadder,” & “Saddest” Songs

Because in all things there should be a balance of both the good and the bad, the positive and the negative, to follow up the previous "Happy," "Happier," & "Happiest" Songs post, there's this one featuring "Sad," "Sadder," & "Saddest" Songs. Despite the subject matter, I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Metallica  ~  “Sad But True”

2)  Seth MacFarlane  ~  “The Sadder But Wiser Girl”

3)  Céline Dion  ~  “Goodbye’s (The Saddest Word)”

4)  John Denver  ~  “Like A Sad Song”

5)  Robert Cray  ~  “Sadder Days”

6)  Annie Lennox  ~  “The Saddest Song (I’ve Got)”

7)  England Dan & John Ford Coley  ~  “It’s Sad To Belong”

8)  Norma Jean  ~  “Songs Sound Much Sadder”

9)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “The Saddest Thing Of All”

10)  Bat For Lashes  ~  “Sad Eyes”

11)  The Neighbourhood  ~  “Sadderdaze”

12)  Grimes  ~  “My Sister Says The Saddest Things”

13)  Elton John & Pnau  ~  “Sad”

14)  Amy LaVere  ~  “Never Been Sadder”

15)  Sister Hazel  ~  “The Saddest Song (Not Coming Home)”

16)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Karen, Don’t Be Sad”

17)  Chris McKay And The Critical Darlings  ~  “Sadder Day”

18)  Meiko  ~  “Saddest Song In The World”

19)  Kodie Shane ft. Lil Yachty  ~  “Sad”

20)  Fleming and John  ~  “Sadder Day”

21)  Birds Of Tokyo  ~  “The Saddest Thing I Know”

22)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Sing A Sad Song”

23)  Az Yet  ~  “Sadder Than Blue”

24)  Anastacia  ~  “The Saddest Part”

25)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Sad”

26)  Scenic World  ~  “Sadder Eyes”

27)  The Ataris  ~  “The Saddest Song”

28)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “I Would Be Sad”

29)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  “Sadder Than You”

30)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “The Saddest Happiness”

“Happy,” “Happier,” & “Happiest” Songs

Here's a bunch of "Happy," "Happier," and "Happiest" Songs to (hopefully) put a smile on your face, or – at the very least – not depress you further. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Zedd & Elley Duhé  ~  “Happy Now”

2)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Happier”

3)  Donna Fargo  ~  “Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.”

4)  Pharrell Williams  ~  “Happy”

5)  Jennifer Trynin  ~  “Happier”

6)  Charley Pride  ~  “The Happiest Song On The Jukebox”

7)  Katie Melua  ~  “A Happy Place”

8)  Marshmello ft. Bastille  ~  “Happier”

9)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Happiest Girl”

10)  Judy Garland  ~  “Get Happy”

11)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Happier Times”

12)  Tom Fowkes  ~  “The Happiest Days”

13)  Mitski  ~  “Happy”

14)  A Fine Frenzy  ~  “Happier”

15)  Pink Floyd  ~  “The Happiest Days Of Our Lives”

16)  Paramore  ~  “Fake Happy”

17)  Bill Withers  ~  “Hope She’ll Be Happier”

18)  Broken Back  ~  “Happiest Man On Earth”

19)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “If It Makes You Happy”

20)  Teddy Geiger  ~  “Happier?”

21)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Happiest Of Days”

22)  Marina And The Diamonds  ~  “Happy”

23)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Happier Than The Morning Sun”

24)  Clare Maguire  ~  “Happiest Pretenders”

25)  Wild Belle  ~  “Happy Home”

26)  The Corrs  ~  “Would You Be Happier”

27)  Sara & Maybelle Carter  ~  “Happiest Days Of All”

28)  Hedegaard ft. Lukas Graham  ~  “Happy Home”

29)  Sophie Zelmani  ~  “Happier Man”

30)  Machel Montano  ~  “H.M.A. (Happiest Man Alive)”

"Throwback" Songs

I probably should have waited till Thursday to post these "Throwback" Songs , but it's not as if they're actual "throwback" ( i.e. retro songs) -- they all just happen to have the word in their titles. And it's not as if I don't post actual throwback songs on the regular anyway. So here they are... Enjoy?  ~  JH


1)  Dawin  ~  "Throwback"

2)  Vickie Natale ft. Tommy Titus  ~  "Throwback Love"

3)  Homegrown Band  ~  "Throwback"

 4)  Reality Addiction  ~  "The Throwback"

 5)  Morissette ft. KZ  ~  "Throwback"

 6)  Tomorrows Bad Seeds ft. Garrett Douglas  ~  "Throwback"

 7)  Delphi Freeman  ~  "Digital Throwback"

 8)  CookBook & Uno Mas  ~  "Throwback"

 9)  Bibianna  ~  "Throwback"

 10)  The Swon Brothers  ~  "Throwback"

11)  Matt Kennon  ~  "Throwback Town"

12)  Amina Buddafly  ~  "Throwback"

13)  Jim James  ~  "Throwback"

14)  Meghan Trainor  ~  "Throwback Love"

15)  Hardy  ~  "Throwback"

16)  Erika Soldh  ~  "Throwback"

17)  Pell ft. Saba  ~  "Throwback"

18)  Sasha Aaron  ~  "Throwback Radio"

19)  Zane Williams  ~  "Throwback"

20)  Usher ft. Jadakiss  ~  "Throwback"

Songs About Palms

Some of these songs are about trees which thrive in tropical temps. Some of them are about the inside of your hand (well, maybe not YOUR hand – but someone's). All of them are enjoyable. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  In The Valley Below  ~  “Palm Tree Fire”

2)  Robert Plant  ~  “29 Palms”

3)  Lowell  ~  “Palm Trees”

4)  Jake Miller  ~  “Palm Blvd.”

5)  Lala Romero  ~  “Palm Tree Dreams”

6)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Palm Dreams”

7)  Smokin’ Ziggurats  ~  “Psychic Palms”

8)  Touché Amoré  ~  “Palm Dreams”

9)  Madison Daley  ~  “Powerlines And Palm Trees”

10)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Palm Trees, Helicopters, And Gasoline”

11)  TALIA  ~  “Royal Palms”

12)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Palm Of Your Hand”

13)  Crvvcks  ~  “Palms”

14)  Jill Sobule  ~  “Palm Springs”

15)  Body Type  ~  “Palms”

16)  Zola Jesus  ~  “Lick The Palm Of The Burning Handshake”

17)  Ioana Ignat & Edward Sanda  ~  “In Palma Ta”

18)   Josh Pyke  ~  “Lines On Palms”

19)  Anna Madsen  ~  “Palm Reader”

20)  Quixotic  ~  “Palms”

21)  MARA  ~  “Palms And Curtains”

22)  Toothless ft. Marika Hackman  ~  “Palm’s Backside”

23)  Spill Gold  ~  “Palms”

24)  Lowland Hum  ~  “Palm Lines”

25)  Xeno & Oaklander  ~  “Palms”