Songs About Butterflies

After coming up with the idea for this post, I second-guessed myself a bit. I mean, butterflies, come on...how wussy can you get? So, this is (unofficially, at least) a two-parter. First up, Songs About Butterflies. Then later – as un-wussy a subject as I could possibly conceive – Songs About Dragons. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  a-ha  ~  “Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)”

2)  Weezer  ~  “Butterfly”

3)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Butterfly”

4)  HIM  ~  “Wings Of A Butterfly”

5)  Crazy Town  ~  “Butterfly”

6)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “Butterfly”

7)  Noel Gallagher & Paul Weller  ~  “The Butterfly Collector”

8)  Miley Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Butterfly, Fly Away”

9)  Shinedown  ~  “The Crow & The Butterfly”

10)  Heart  ~  “Dog & Butterfly”

11)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”

12)  John Denver  ~  “Catch Another Butterfly”

13)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Baby Is A Butterfly”

14)  Bob Carlisle  ~  “Butterfly Kisses”

15)  Procol Harum  ~  “Butterfly Boy”

16)  Deniece Williams  ~  “Black Butterfly”

17)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “Butterfly Bleu”

18)  Chaka Khan  ~  “Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)”

19)  Muse  ~  “Butterflies And Hurricanes”

20)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “Sometimes Like Butterflies”

21)  Screaming Trees  ~  “Butterfly”

22)  Mads Langer  ~  “Drunken Butterfly”

23)  Tori Amos  ~  “Sleeps With Butterflies”

24)  The Hollies  ~  “Butterfly”

25)  K’s Choice  ~  “Butterflies Instead”

Songs About Curiosity

Oh, I know you're curious. So you might as well...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Curious”

2)  Holly Brook  ~  “Curious”

3)  The Coral  ~  “A Warning To The Curious”

4)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “Curiosity”

5)  Fear Before The March Of Flames  ~  “The Waiting Makes Me Curious”

6)  Emily Arrow  ~  “Curious Garden”

7)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Mr. Curiosity”

8)  Kid Carter  ~  “Curious”

9)  Amy Grant  ~  “Curious Thing”

10)  Five Mile Town  ~  “Curious Creature”

11)  The Jets  ~  “Curiosity”

12)  Spacehog  ~  “Love Is A Curious Thing”

13)  Emilie Gassin  ~  “Curiosity Killed The Cat”

14)  Outsides  ~  “Just Curious”

15)  Havington  ~  “Curiosity”

16)  Stinky Tofu  ~  “Furious Curiosity”

17)  Homzy/Kesler Duo  ~  “Curiosity”

18)  Kid Creole And The Coconuts  ~  “My Male Curiosity”

19)  Rabbit Rabbit  ~  “The Curious One”

20)  Little River Band  ~  “Curiosity Killed The Cat”

Songs About Wiping

Whether it's eyes, tears, hands, stains, sadness, noise, smiles, makeup, sweat, tracks, full-of-doubt looks, or what have you – there's plenty of wiping to go around in these songs. Enjoy?!?!  ~  JH

1)  Maroon 5  ~  “Wipe Your Eyes”

2)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Possession”

3)  The Fat Boys ft. The Beach Boys  ~  “Wipeout”

4)  Evanescence  ~  “My Immortal”

5)  The Ventures  ~  “Wipe Out”

6)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Heal Over”

7)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Stand”

8)  Lights  ~  “Cactus In The Valley”

9)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  “Redeemed”

10)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Signal To Noise”

11)  Adele  ~  “Right As Rain”

12)  Big Head Todd & The Monsters  ~  “Wipeout Turn”

13)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Black & Blue”

14)  The Offspring  ~  “Can’t Repeat”

15)  Anouk  ~  “Don’t Wipe Us Out”

16)  Flame ft. DecembeRadio  ~  “Let Go”

17)  Meredith Andrews  ~  “You’re Not Alone”

18)  Starsailor  ~  “Tie Up My Hands”

19)  Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams  ~  “Lose Yourself To Dance”

20)  Blondie  ~  “Wipe Off My Sweat”

21)  George Thorogood And The Destroyers  ~  “Tail Dragger”

22)  Dick Van Dyke & Janet Leigh  ~  “Put On A Happy Face”

“If” & “When” Songs, Vol. 2

The last of the "If" songs...and the "When" ones as well, for that matter. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Prince  ~  “When You Were Mine”

2)  Ella Eyre  ~  “If I Go"

3)  Nat King Cole  ~  “When I Fall In Love”

4)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “If You Love Me, Let Me Go”

5)  Green Day  ~  “When I Come Around”

6)  The Script  ~  “If You Could See Me Now”

7)  Bruno Mars  ~  “When I Was Your Man”

8)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “If I Never Sing Another Song”

9)  Paramore  ~  “When It Rains”

10)   Ginny Owens  ~  “If You Want Me To”

11)  Passenger  ~  “When We Were Young”

12)  Alicia Keys  ~  “If I Ain’t Got You”

13)  Babyface  ~  “When Can I See You”

14)  Reba McEntire ft. Brooks & Dunn  ~  “If You See Him, If You See Her”

15)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “When You’re Gone”

16)  Casting Crowns  ~  “If We Are The Body”

17)  Shania Twain  ~  “When”

18)  Tonic  ~  “If You Could Only See”

19)  Dean Martin  ~  “When You’re Smiling”

20)  Shai  ~  “If I Ever Fall In Love”

21)  Leo Sayer  ~  “When I Need You”

22)  Keith Urban & John Mayer  ~  “If Ever I Could Love”

23)  The Cranberries  ~  “When You’re Gone”

24)  John Legend  ~  “If You’re Out There”

25)  Journey  ~  “When You Love A Woman”

"If" & "When" Songs, Vol. 1

What do you do when you've just done three posts featuring (at least in part) songs with the word "If" in their titles, and you have too many good "If" songs left over that you still want to use? Why, you come up with another related word to pair with "If" and you do two more posts, of course! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Weezer  ~  “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To”

2)  Keith Whitley  ~  “When You Say Nothing At All”

3)  Nickelback  ~  “If Today Was Your Last Day”

4)  Prince  ~  “When Doves Cry”

5)  Justin Moore  ~  “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”

6)  Percy Sledge  ~  “When A Man Loves A Woman”

7)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “If We’re Honest”

8)  Adele  ~  “When We Were Young”

9)  HAIM  ~  “If I Could Change Your Mind”

10)  Eric Clapton  ~  “When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful”

11)  Beyoncé  ~  “If I Were A Boy”

12)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “When You’re Gone”

13)  Matchbox 20  ~  “If You’re Gone”

14)  Cliff Edwards  ~  “When You Wish Upon A Star”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “If You Were A Sailboat”

16)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “When The World Breaks Your Heart”

17)  London Grammar  ~  “If You Wait”

18)  Anita Baker & James Ingram  ~  “When You Love Someone”

19)  OneRepublic  ~  “If I Lose Myself”

20)  Diana Krall  ~  “When I Look In Your Eyes”

21)  Maroon 5 ft. Rihanna  ~  “If I Never See Your Face Again”

22)  Nico & Vinz  ~  “When The Day Comes”

23)  Dido & A.R. Rahman  ~  “If I Rise”

24)  Sting  ~  “When We Dance”

25)  KT Tunstall  ~  “If Only”