Popular Songs Of 2009, Vol. 1

It's that time of year again, when I dredge up the best and most popular songs of years past, a decade ago at a time. First up, the year 2009. As usual, there's more good songs than can fit in one post. This is part 1 of 3. How many of these do you remember, fondly or otherwise? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Beyoncé  ~  “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

2)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Use Somebody”

3)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “I Do Not Hook Up”

4)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Big Green Tractor”

5)  Addison Road  ~  “Hope Now”

6)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Boom Boom Pow”

7)  Justin Bieber  ~  “One Time”  (This is a horrible song, but it was very popular that year, so here it is.)

8)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Poker Face”

9)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”

10)  Jonny Diaz ft. Audrey Assad  ~  “More Beautiful You”

11)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “The Climb”

12)  T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake  ~  “Dead & Gone”

13)  P!nk  ~  “Sober”

14)  Shinedown  ~  “Second Chance”

15)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  “Free To Be Me”

16)  Kristinia DeBarge  ~  “Goodbye”

17)  Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem  ~  “Forever”

18)  Lily Allen  ~  “The Fear”

19)  The All-American Rejects  ~  “Gives You Hell”

20)  Kid Cudi  ~  “Day ’N’ Nite”

21)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Fallin’ For You”

22)  Linkin Park  ~  “New Divide”

23)  Britt Nicole  ~  “The Lost Get Found”

24)  The Pussycat Dolls  ~  “I Hate This Part”

25)  The Fray  ~  “You Found Me”

26)  Rihanna ft. Jay-Z & Kanye West  ~  “Run This Town”

27)  Daughtry  ~  “No Surprise”

28)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Revelation Song”

Songs About Vertigo

These songs won't make you dizzy. Or will they? You'll have to listen to find out! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  U2  ~  "Vertigo"

2)  Anya Marina  ~  "Vertigo"

3)  Mini Mansions ft. Alex Turner  ~  "Vertigo"

4)  Antje Duvekot  ~  "Vertigo"

5)  Khalid  ~  "Vertigo"

6)  Morning Eyes  ~  "Vertigo"

7)  Yanni  ~  "Vertigo"

8)  Erica Ashley  ~  "Vertigo"

9)  Nothing  ~  "Vertigo Flowers"

10)  Jason Derulo ft. Jordin Sparks  ~  "Vertigo"

11)  Infamous Stringdusters  ~  "Vertigo"

12)  DubVision ft. Ruby Prophet  ~  "Vertigo"

13)  Duran Duran  ~  "Vertigo (Do The Demolition)"

14)  Jump, Little Children  ~  "Vertigo"

15)  Fey  ~  "Vertigo"

16)  Matthew Sweet  ~  "Vertigo"

17)  Olivia Lewis  ~  "Vertigo"

18)  Hell Camino  ~  "Vertigo"

19)  FM Belfast  ~  "Vertigo"

20)  Neverkept  ~  "Vertigo"

21)  Rob Gasser & Laura Brehm  ~  "Vertigo"

22)  Epiphany  ~  "Vertigo"

23)  Sanam Abdolazimzadeh  ~  "Vertigo"

24)  Booka Shade  ~  "Vertigo"

25)  Dolf & Yellow Claw ft. Caroline Pennell  ~  "Vertigo"

NATO Phonetic Alphabet Songs

Some of you may be reading the title of this post and asking yourself (or me, remotely), "What the heck is the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?" While you may not know it by this name (it has a couple of other common names, which are equally clunky), you will probably recognize the concept. If you've ever watched a crime drama, for instance, you've likely heard a law enforcement officer spell out the letters of a license plate over a radio, only to have it sound something like "Victor-Bravo-Foxtrot-One-Zero-Seven." Each letter in the traditional alphabet has a word designation in this NATO Phonetic Alphabet, and one song of each of those letter-words is represented in this set. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Com Truise  ~  “Alfa Beach”

2)  Ledisi  ~  “Bravo”

3)  Milla Jovovich  ~  “Charlie”

4)  Tanya Tucker  ~  “Delta Dawn”

5)  Colton Dixon  ~  “Echo”

6)  Josh Abbott Band  ~  “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”

7)  Caravan  ~  “Golf Girl”

8)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

9)  Aerosmith  ~  “Taste Of India”

10)  We The Kings  ~  “Check Yes Juliet”

11)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Florida Kilos”

12)  Gary P. Nunn  ~  "Corona Con Lima"

13)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson”

14)  Christopher Cross  ~  “November”

15)  Elton John  ~  “Oscar Wilde Gets Out”

16)  Paul Anka  ~  “Papa”

17)  Susanna Heystek  ~  “Joys Of Quebec”

18)  Chairlift  ~  “Romeo”

19)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “Sierra”

20)  Antonia  ~  “Tango”

21)  Bloc Party  ~  “Uniform”

22)  Darlene Zschech  ~  “Victor’s Crown”

23)  Jana Kramer  ~  “Whiskey”

24)  Clutch  ~  “X-Ray Visions”

25)  James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, & Judy Garland  ~  “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

26)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  “Zulu Lulu”

Songs About Loyalty

To whom or to what are you loyal, and why? If you aren't loyal, why not? That's what these Songs About Loyalty are all trying to find out. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Nina Nesbitt  ~  "Loyal To Me"

2)  Kendrick Lamar  ~  "Loyalty."

3)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Loyal"

4)  Odesza  ~  "Loyal"

 5)  Alice Smith  ~  "Loyalty"

 6)  Lincoln Brewster  ~  "Loyal"

7)    D. Clea  ~  "Loyal"

 8)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "I Was Once A Loyal Lover"

9)  Laura Mam  ~  "Not Loyal"

10)  Tiger Lou  ~  "The Loyal"

11)  Major Lazer ft. Kizz Daniel & Kranium  ~  "Loyal"

12)  Sleigh Bells  ~  "Loyal For"

13)  Blue Scholars  ~  "Loyalty"

14)  Dropkick Murphys  ~ "Loyal To No One"

15)  Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Tyga  ~ "Loyal

16)  Stephanie Alessi  ~  "Loyal Love"

17)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "Loyal"

18)  Sabina Ddumba  ~  "Loyal Royal"

19)  Foster The People  ~  "Loyal Like Sid & Nancy"

20)  Nicole Jaye ft. JF  ~  "Loyal"