“They,” “Them,” & “Their” Songs, Vol. 2

You want more "They," "Them," & "Their" Songs? You've GOT more "They," "Them," & "Their" Songs? Don't listen! Otherwise...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Spinners  ~  “They Just Can’t Stop It The (Games People Play)”

2)  Ini Kamoze  ~  “Them Thing Deh”

3)  Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL  ~  "Their War Here"

4)  Donovan Woods  ~  “They Don’t Make Anything In That Town”

5)  Trace Adkins  ~  “Them Lips (On Mine)”

6)  This Will Destroy You  ~  "Their Celebrations"

7)  Fred Astaire  ~  “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”

8)  Brantley Gilbert  ~  “Them Boys"

9)  Hot Sugar  ~  "Their Morals And Ours"

10)  Eric Burdon & War  ~  “They Can’t Take Away Our Music”

11)  Sam Roberts  ~  “Them Kids”

12)  Adam Taylor  ~  "Their First Time"

13)  Richard Ashcroft  ~  “They Don’t Own Me”

14)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “Them Old Love Songs”

15)  Mary Lattimore  ~  "Their Faces Streaked With Light And Filled With Pity"

16)  Harve Presnell  ~  “They Call The Wind Maria”

17)  The Black Keys  ~  “Them Eyes”

18)  Sideline  ~  "Their Hands Made The Music"

19)  Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth  ~  “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”

20)  Collective Soul  ~  "Them Blues"

21)  Oddjob  ~  "Their Song"

22)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “They All Laughed”

23)  Bad Religion  ~  “Them And Us”

24)  TeXGate  ~ "Theirs"

25)  Jason Aldean  ~  “They Don’t Know”

26)  Chuck Brodsky  ~  “Them And Us”

27)  Midnight Sister  ~  "Their Eyes"

28)  Racing Cars  ~  “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?"

29)  Courtney Hartman & Robert Ellis  ~  "Them Way Long Time Ago Times"

30)  Alicks  ~  "Their Eyes"

“They,” “Them,” & “Their” Songs, Vol. 1

Today begins a multi-part series of posts featuring songs with personal pronouns in their titles. Since this "theme," as it were, could doubtless generate an infinite number of qualifying songs, I decided to narrow the scope to only songs that begin with one of these words. Even so, there's two posts worth of songs for the first set. Which, if you read the title of the post, should be self-evident. "They," "Them," and "Their" Songs, Vol. 1 begins...NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Carpenters  ~  “(They Long To Be) Close To You”

2)  Alice In Chains  ~  “Them Bones”

3)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring”

4)  Joss Stone  ~  “They Won’t Believe It”

5)  Kate Bush  ~  “Them Heavy People”

6)  Girl In A Coma  ~  “Their Cell”

7)  Jem  ~  “They”

8)  Ray Charles  ~  “Them That Got”

9)  Their/They’re/There  ~  “Their/They’re/Therapy”

10)  Sting  ~  “They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)”

11)  Field Music  ~  “Them That Do Nothing”

12)  The Forester Sisters  ~  “Their Hearts Are Dancing”

13)  Tracey Ullman  ~  “They Don’t Know”

14)  Motörhead  ~  “Them Not Me”

15)  Quiet Hollers  ~  “Road Song / Their Dark Robes”

16)  Michael Jackson  ~  “They Don’t Care About Us”

17)  Dean Martin & Vikki Carr  ~  “Them There Eyes”

18)  Crystal Castles  ~  “Their Kindness Is Charade”

19)  Spoon  ~  “They Want My Soul”

20)  Slade  ~  “Them Kinda Monkeys Can’t Swing”

21)  The Residents  ~  “Their Early Years”

22)  Pulp  ~  “They Suffocate At Night”

23)  Jenna Raine  ~  “Them”

24)  Silverstein  ~  “Their Lips Sink Ships”

25)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  “They Killed Him”

26)  The Cranberries  ~  “Them”

27)  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  ~  “Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands”

“Busy” & “Idle” Songs, Vol. 3

Last but not best but certainly not least, here's part 3 of 3 in the "Busy" and "Idle" Songs series. You're welcome!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Latimore  ~  "Never Too Busy"

2)  Outkast  ~  "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)"

3)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight"

4)  Kelly Derrickson  ~  "Idle No More"

5)  Silversun Pickups  ~  "Busy Bees"

6)  Peggy Sue  ~  "Idle"

7)  Butterfly Boucher  ~  “Busy”

8)  Hollow Graves  ~  "Idle"

9)  Ugly Kid Joe  ~  "Busy Bee"

10)  Com Truise  ~  “Idle Withdrawal”

11)  Garbage  ~  "Get Busy With The Fizzy"

12)  Skyharbor  ~  “Idle Minds”

13)  Billy Bragg  ~  "Busy Girl Buys Beauty"

14)  The Sadies  ~  “Idle Tomorrows”

15)  Guano Apes  ~  "Get Busy"

16)  Grant Green  ~  “Idle Moments”

17)  Single Jo  ~  "Busy"

18)  Eydie Gorme  ~  “Idle Conversation”

19)  Norra  ~  "Busy"

20)  The Futureheads  ~  “Idle Hands”

21)  The Bats  ~  "Busy"

22)  The Gutter Twins  ~  "Idle Hands"

23)  Robbie Fulks  ~  "Busy Not Crying"

24)  Amy Speace  ~  "Idle Hands"

25)  Alexandria Rhea  ~  "Busy"

“Busy” & “Idle” Songs, Vol. 2

These songs are also "Busy" or "Idle" – at least according to their titles. And they're all good. So...enjoy! ~ JH



1)  Paramore  ~  “Idle Worship”  (Bonus Song: "No Friend" – You're welcome!)

2)  Blood Orange  ~  "Are You Sure You're Really Busy?"

3)  The Music  ~  “Idle”

4)  K’s Choice  ~  “Busy”

5)  Anthony Newley  ~  “Idle On Parade”

6)  Brooks & Dunn  ~  “God Must Be Busy”

7)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “Idle Gossip”

8)  Olly Murs  ~  "Busy"

9)  Peter Murphy  ~  “Idle Flow”

10)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Busy Man"

11)  George Gershwin  ~  “Idle Dreams”

12)  Doug Stone  ~  "Too Busy Being In Love"

13)  Hem  ~  “Idle (The Rabbit Song)"

14)  k.d. lang  ~  "Busy Being Blue"

15)  The Replacements  ~  “Shiftless When Idle”

16)  The Crystal Method  ~  "Busy Child"

17)  Less Than Jake  ~  “American Idle”

18)  Aurea  ~  "Busy (For Me)"

19)  Maria Taylor  ~  “Idle Mind”

20)  The Harmaleighs  ~  "Sorry, I'm Busy"

21)  Cowboy Junkies  ~  “Idle Tales”

22)  Ace Wilder  ~  "Busy Doin' Nothin'"

23)  The Verve Pipe  ~  “Kiss Me Idle”

24)  Peppa Pig Cast  ~  "Busy Miss Rabbit"

25)  The Clash  ~  “Idle In Kangaroo Court”

“Busy” & “Idle” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series featuring songs with either the word "Busy" or "Idle" in their titles. A variety of styles and genres are represented here and in the two posts taht will follow. So...what're you waiting for? Please, by all means, enjoy! ~ JH



1)  Jungle  ~  “Busy Earnin’”

2)  Oasis  ~  "The Importance Of Being Idle"

3)  Jane Monheit  ~  “Little Man, You’ve Had A Busy Day”

4)  Marina and the Diamonds  ~  "Teen Idle"

5)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Busy Makin’ Plans”

6)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  "Idle Wind"

7)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Busy Body”

8)  Los Lonely Boys  ~  "American Idle"

9)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)”

10)  The Amps  ~  "Full On Idle"

11)  Dodie Clark  ~  “I’ve Been Busy”  (The song ends around the 2:00 mark. The rest is just chitchat.)

12)  Katatonia  ~  "Idle Blood"

13)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Busy Bodies”

14)  The Toy Dolls  ~  "Idle Gossip"

15)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “Let’s Get Busy, Baby”

16)  Beirut  ~  "Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)"

17)  Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Busy Man”

18)  iamamiwhoami  ~  "Idle Talk"

19)  Glen Campbell  ~  “I Was Too Busy Loving You”

20)  Vetiver  ~  "Idle Ties"

21)  Lucy Wainwright Roche  ~  “Look Busy”

22)  Jeon Soyeon  ~  "Idle Song"

23)  Traveling Wilburys  ~  “The Devil’s Been Busy”

24)  Castle No Kings  ~  "Idle Hands"

25)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby”