"Give" & "Take" Songs, Vol. 2

Since yesterday's "Give" & "Take" post was so popular, I decided to give you more of the same today. Just kidding! While yesterday's post was not unpopular, I was going to post these today regardless. And a final installment is certainly going to show up tomorrow. So you might as well check them all out! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Adele  ~  “Take It All”

2)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Give A Little Bit”

3)  Diana Krall  ~  “If I Take You Home Tonight”

4)  Maroon 5  ~  “Give A Little More”

5)  The Pretty Reckless  ~  “Take Me Down”

6)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Give Your Love”

7)  Judah & The Lion  ~  “Take It All Back”

8)  En Vogue  ~  “Giving Him Something He Can Feel”

9)  Scissor Sisters  ~  “Take Your Mama”

10)  Amanda Lear  ~  “Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)”  (The lyrics to this song could easily apply to the singer herself!)

11)  Pixie Lott ft. Pusha T  ~  “What Do You Take Me For?”

12)  Bee Gees  ~  “Giving Up The Ghost”

13)  Lifehouse  ~  “Take Me Away”

14)  Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama  ~  “Give A Man A Home”

15)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “Take Me To Church”

16)  pronoun  ~  “Til Your Legs Give Up”

17)  John Denver  ~  “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

18)  Camila Cabello  ~  “Something’s Gotta Give”

19)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Take Your Time”

20)  J. Geils Band  ~  “Give It To Me”

21)  James Blunt  ~  “I’ll Take Everything”

22)  The Corrs  ~  “Give Me A Reason”

23)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off”  (Terribly provocative title. Fairly innocuous song.)

24)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Give It To Me”

25)  Alice Jemima  ~  “Take Me Back”

26)  James Brown  ~  “Give It Up Or Turn It Loose”

27)  Cage The Elephant  ~  “Take It Or Leave It”

28)  James Cagney  ~  “Give My Regards To Broadway”

29)  Brandy Clark  ~  “Take A Little Pill”

30)  U2  ~  “The Little Things That Give You Away”

31)  Phil Collins  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”

32)  Suzy Bogguss  ~  “Give Me Some Wheels”

33)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Take The Money And Run”

34)  The Chi-Lites  ~  “(For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People”

"Give" & "Take" Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series featuring songs with the words "Give" and/or "Take" in their titles. Generally, when there are tons of tunes to choose from for a given theme, the end result is a more solid set of songs and posts. I think that that's the case with these as well. I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Give Me One Reason”

2)  Eagles  ~  “Take It To The Limit”

3)  Bon Jovi  ~  “You Give Love A Bad Name”

4)  Cassadee Pope  ~  “Take You Home”

5)  Brenton Wood  ~  “Give Me Some Kind Of Sign”

6)  Filter  ~  “Take Me To Heaven”

7)  Boh Runga  ~  “Would Ya Give Your Heart”

8)  Dave Matthews  ~  “Take Me To Tomorrow”

9)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Give Me Love”

10)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “Take Me As I Am”

11)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Something’s Gotta Give”

12)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Take Back The City”

13)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Give It Away”

14)  Jessie Ware  ~  “Taking In Water”

15)  Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake  ~  “Give It To Me”

16)  Céline Dion  ~  “Taking Chances”

17)  Fallulah  ~  “Give Us A Little Love”

18)  Sean Kingston  ~  “Take You There”

19)  Anita Baker  ~  “Giving You The Best That I Got”

20)  Kenny Rogers & The First Edition  ~  “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town”

21)  ZZ Top  ~  “Give It Up”

22)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Take Me Home”

23)  George Benson  ~  “Give Me The Night”

24)  Dixie Chicks  ~  “Cowboy, Take Me Away”

25)  Dishwalla  ~  “Give”

26)  Jimmy Cliff   ~  “Give A Little, Take A Little”

27)  CeCe Peniston  ~  “Keep Givin’ Me Your Love”

28)  Tiësto ft. Kyler England  ~  “Take Me”

29)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”

30)  Walk Off The Earth ft. Selah Sue  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

31)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  “Never Give All Your Heart”

32)  Faith Hill  ~  “Take Me As I Am”

33)  Call Me Loop  ~  “Give ’n’ Take”

“Playground” Songs

Work is hard, and play is fun. So here's a collection of "Playground" Songs to lighten your load today. (But you still have to work!) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Abir  ~  “Playground”

2)  Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb  ~  “Where’s The Playground, Susie?”

3)  Madonna  ~  “This Used To Be My Playground”

4)  The Outfield  ~  “Playground”

5) Lazy Town Cast ft.Julianna Rose Mauriello  ~  “Playground”

6)  Suede  ~  “Europe Is Our Playground”

7)  Deep Purple  ~  “Playground”

8)  Shirley Caesar  ~  “Playground In Heaven”

9)  Far Too Jones  ~  “Alien Playground”

10)  Siouxsie and the Banshees  ~  “Playground Twist”

11)  Plankeye  ~  “Playground”

12)  Up Dharma Down  ~  “The World Is Our Playground And We Will Always Be Home”

13)  Another Bad Creation  ~  “Playground”

14)  Cascada  ~  “Playground”

15)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “The Old Playground”

16)  The Dø  ~  “Playground Love”

17)  Dee-1 ft. Sean Carey & Minister Will Murray  ~  “The Devil’s Playground”

18)  Leddra Chapman  ~  “Playground”

19)  Desert Rose Band  ~  “Darkness On The Playground”

20)  Sia  ~  “Playground”

21)  Pete Doherty  ~  “The Whole World Is Our Playground”

22)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Serious Playground”

23)  AIR  ~  “Playground Love”

24)  Indica  ~  “Kid In The Playground”

25)  Poets Of The Fall  ~  “Once Upon A Playground Rainy”

Songs With An "Agenda"

There's no two ways about it – these songs definitely have an "Agenda." While there may not be an actual underlying or ideological plan driving them, the word "Agenda" does appear in the title of each of these tunes. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Emma Blackery  ~  “Agenda”

2)  Locksmith  ~  “Agenda”

3)  Galactic Cowboys  ~  “Agenda”

4)  Valannia Castle  ~  “Hidden Agenda”

5)  Jacob Eynon  ~  “Changing’s Not On My Agenda”

6)  Organized Konfusion  ~  “The Extinction Agenda”

7)  Michelle Pulido  ~  “Wolfman Agenda”

8)  Brandon Chase  ~  “Agenda”

9)  Janet Jackson ft. Chuck D  ~  “New Agenda”

10)  The Faint  ~  “Agenda Suicide”

11)  Justine Skye  ~  “Agenda”

12)  Craig David  ~  “Hidden Agenda”

13)  Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics  ~  “The Agenda”

14)  Dani M  ~  “Agenda”

15)  Phantoms ft. Nicole Millar  ~  “No Agenda”

16)  Eduardo Costa  ~  “Agenda Rabiscada”

17)  The Neal Morse Band  ~  “Agenda”

18)  Ebony Bones  ~  “21 Agendas”

19)  Family Groove Company  ~  “Agenda”

20)  Hammock ft. Steve Kilbey  ~  “No Agenda”