Songs About Standing By

While you wait with bated breath (yeah, right!) for the next installment in my "Down" & "Out" series, here's a collection of Songs About Standing By. Herein, you'll hear about folks who vow to stand by "Me," "You," "Love," "Your Gun," "Your Man," "My Woman," "The Bedside Of A Neighbor," and much, much more! So what are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ben E. King  ~  “Stand By Me”

2)  Rachel Platten  ~  “Stand By You”

3)  Oasis  ~  “Stand By Me”

4)  Marlisa  ~  “Stand By You”

5)  Simple Minds  ~  “Stand By Love”

6)  True Violet  ~  “Stand By You”

7)  George Ezra  ~  “Stand By Your Gun”

8)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

9)  Shayne Ward  ~  “Stand By Me”

10)  Jessy Dixon  ~  “God Is Standing By”

11)  Jewel  ~  “Angel Standing By”

12)  LL Cool J  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

13)  The Cox Family  ~  “Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor”

14)  The Imperials  ~  “Stand By The Power”

15)  MaidaVale  ~  “Standby Swing”

16)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Stand By My Woman”

17)  The Pretenders  ~  “I’ll Stand By You”

18)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Stand By Me”

19)  The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette  ~  “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)”  (This is a very odd song and music video. Odder still is Wynette’s involvement in it.)

20)  The Clash  ~  “Train In Vain (Stand By Me)”

“Down” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 2

Fresh batch of "Down" & "Out" Songs, right here. Get 'em while they last! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rihanna  ~  “Man Down”

2)  Chris Stapleton  ~  “When The Stars Come Out”

3)  Troye Sivan  ~  “Talk Me Down”

4)  Van Morrison  ~  “They Sold Me Out”  (Bonus Song: "Celtic New Year" – You're welcome?)

5)  Bethel Music  ~  “Love Came Down”

6)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “Don’t Gotta Work It Out”

7)  Skylar Grey  ~  “Tower (Don’t Look Down)”

8)  JoJo  ~  “Leave (Get Out)”

9)  Beastie Boys  ~  “Root Down”

10)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  “Shake It Out”

11)  Ximena Sariñana  ~  “Shine Down”

12)  Pete Rock & CL Smooth  ~  “Straighten It Out”

13)  One Direction  ~  “Drag Me Down”

14)  Matoma ft. Astrid S.  ~  “Running Out”

15)  The Kooks  ~  “Down”

16)  Radiohead  ~  “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”

17)  Rita Ora  ~  “I Will Never Let You Down”

18)  Royal Blood  ~  “Figure It Out”

19)  Norah Jones  ~  “One Flight Down”

20)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  “Stressed Out”

21)  Nichole Nordeman  ~  “Slow Down”

22)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Sell Out”

23)  Christon Gray ft. Dre Murray  ~  “Long Way Down”

24)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Check It Out”

25)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Lay Me Down”

"Down" & "Out" Songs, Vol. 1

When I decided to do a set of "Down" & "Out" Songs, I had no idea there'd be a googolplex of songs to choose from. So I limited the scope to only songs whose titles end in either the word "Down" or "Out." Which brought the number of songs to choose from down to merely a centillion. Many of which were solid choices. So this will be a four-parter. But don't worry. One now, one tomorrow, skip a day or two, and then the rest. I don't want to bring you "Down" or wear you "Out" with these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Chainsmokers ft. Daya  ~  “Don’t Let Me Down”

2)  Eve 6  ~  “Inside Out”

3)  Halsey  ~  “Hold Me Down”

4)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”

5)  Sam Smith  ~  “Lay Me Down”

6)  twenty one pilots  ~  “Stressed Out”

7)  Sanctus Real  ~  “Lay It Down”

8)  Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force  ~  “All Cried Out”

9)  David Bowie  ~  “Never Let Me Down”

10)  LL Cool J  ~  “Mama Said Knock You Out”

11)  OneRepublic  ~  “All Fall Down”

12)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Cry Me Out”

13)  Pillar  ~  “Bring Me Down”

14)  The Riptide Movement  ~  “All Works Out”

15)  The Band  ~  “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

16)  Feist  ~  “Inside And Out”

17)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Anything But Down”

18)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Ridin’ The Storm Out”

19)  Echo and the Bunnymen  ~  “Don’t Let It Get You Down”

20)  The Beatles  ~  “We Can Work It Out”

21)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “As I Lay Me Down”

22)  The Police  ~  “Fall Out”

23)  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus  ~  “Face Down”

24)  Flyleaf  ~  “Call You Out”

25)  Bob Dylan  ~  “When The Deal Goes Down”

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 2

Last but not least in the songs-with-baseball-related-titles series, some more "Catch" & "Throw" Songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Dave Clark Five  ~  “Catch Us If You Can”

2)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Throw Away Your Television”

3)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Catch Me / Don’t Forget”

4)  U2  ~  “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World”

5)  P!nk  ~  “Catch Me While I’m Sleeping”  (Ignore the poor video quality and simply enjoy the song. Really, it’s not that difficult.)

6)  Genesis  ~  “Throwing It All Away”

7)  Billy Idol  ~  “Catch My Fall”

8)  Neil Young  ~  “Throw Your Hatred Down”

9)  Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds  ~  “Catch Me If You Can”

10)  Wild Belle  ~  “Throw Down Your Guns”

11)  Ben Lee  ~  “Catch My Disease”

12)  Brandi Carlile  ~  “Throw It All Away”

13)  Donovan  ~  “Catch The Wind”

14)  Delta Goodrem  ~  “Throw It Away”

15)  Motörhead  ~  “The Chase Is Better Than The Catch”

16)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Throw Your Arms Around Me”

17)  Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns  ~  “Catch ‘Em Young”

18)  Baskery  ~  “Throw A Bone”

19)  Lita Ford  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

20)  Sinéad O'Connor ft. Sly and Robbie  ~  “Throw Down Your Arms”

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 3 of 4 in my baseball-related songs series. These are "Catch" and "Throw" Songs. Next up, more of the same. Get your glove ready...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Passenger  ~  “Catch In The Dark”  (This dude's voice just takes me to another place. I'm not sure where it is, but it's a happy place. In other words, I'm jealous.)

2)  Bee Gees  ~  “Don’t Throw It All Away”

3)  Avicii ft. Matisyahu & Wyclef Jean  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

4)  Hall & Oates  ~  “Throw The Roses Away”

5)  The Cure  ~  “Catch”

6)  Manafest  ~  “Throw It Away”

7)  Art Department  ~  “Catch You By Surprise”

8)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Love Throw A Line”

9)  Matt Simons  ~  “Catch & Release”

10)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Throwing My Heart Away”

11)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’”

12)  Candlebox  ~  “A Stone’s Throw Away”

13)  John Anderson  ~  “Would You Catch A Falling Star”

14)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Throw The ‘R’ Away”  (I don't believe I've ever heard a song entirely about someone's difficult-to-understand accent. Until now.)

15)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying”  (Not the same song as the Louis Jordan one above.)

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Throw It Away”

17)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Catch And Release”

18)  Default  ~  “Throw It All Away”

19)  Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Never Catch Me”

20)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  “Love’s A Word I Never Throw Around”