Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 1

You *know* you've been waiting for these! There were so many good and/or Popular Songs of 1989 that I had no choice but to make this series a five-parter. Which, if we're honest, isn't a bad thing at all. In fact, it's pretty rad! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Straight Up”

2)  Chicago  ~  “Look Away”

3)  Boy Meets Girl  ~  “Waiting For A Star To Fall”

4)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Miss You Much”

5)  Bad English  ~  “When I See You Smile”

6)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”

7)  Bette Midler  ~  “Wind Beneath My Wings”

8)  Bobby Brown  ~  “On Our Own”

9)  Boys Club  ~  “I Remember Holding You”

10)  Exposé  ~  “What You Don’t Know”

11)  Clint Black  ~  “A Better Man”

12)  Deon Estus  ~  “Heaven Help Me”

13)  Tiffany  ~  “All This Time”

14)  Tone Loc  ~  “Funky Cold Medina”

15)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Patience”

16)  Highway 101  ~  “Honky Tonk Heart”

17)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Kickstart My Heart” 

18)  The Cure  ~  “Fascination Street”

19)  Samantha Fox  ~  “I Wanna Have Some Fun”

20)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  “Angel Eyes”

21)  Madonna  ~  “Cherish”

22)  Duran Duran  ~  “I Don’t Want Your Love”

23)  Richard Marx  ~  “Right Here Waiting”

24)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Lost In Your Eyes”

25)  Warrant  ~  “Heaven”

“Flaming” Songs Also

These songs are also “flaming,” “in flames,” or some derivative of the same. And you’ll like them. I’m sure of it. Unless you don’t. Either way, here they are!  ~  JH

1)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Flaming”

2)  Kayla Woodson  ~  “Fan For The Flame”

3)  Alabama  ~  “Old Flame”

4)  Polina Vita  ~  “Flame”

5)  Deerhoof  ~  “Mario’s Flaming Whiskers III”

6)  Cold Chisel  ~  “Flame Trees”

7)  Atomic Kitten  ~  “Eternal Flame”

8)  The J. Geils Band  ~  “Flamethrower”

9)  Charles Bradley  ~  “The World (Is Going Up In Flames)”

10)  Metallica & Lady Gaga  ~  “Moth Into Flame”

11)  Stratovarius  ~  “Under Flaming Skies”

12)  Laura Veirs  ~  “July Flame”

13)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Flaming Youth”

14)  Sundara Karma  ~  “Flame”

15)  Berlin  ~  “Like Flames”

16)  Queensrÿche  ~  “Take Hold Of The Flame”

17)  Carmen Justice  ~  “Flaming Arrows”

18)  Coldplay  ~  “Up In Flames”

19)  Cheap Trick  ~  “The Flame”

20)  Simply Red  ~  “A New Flame”

“Flaming” Songs

These songs are ON FIRE! Well, at the very least they’re “flaming.” Which could mean that they’re engulfed in flames, are bright orange or red in color, or are extraordinarily passionate about something. Some of the songs are simply about flames, whether of the hot and burning kind or of the metaphorical romantic kind. One of them is about Cheetos. Whatever you’re looking for in these songs, it’s probably here. So…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Flaming Pie”

2)  David Guetta & Sia  ~  “Flames”

3)  Coheed and Cambria  ~  “Old Flames”

4)  Nat King Cole  ~  “My Flaming Heart”

5)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Keeper Of The Flame”

6)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Down In Flames”

7)  KISS  ~  “Flaming Youth”

8)  Bill Nelson  ~  “Flaming Desire”

9)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Flaming Red”

10)  BT  ~  “Flaming June”

11)  Paramore  ~  “Let The Flames Begin”

12)  Melanie Meriney  ~  “Flame”

13)  Foreigner  ~  “The Flame Still Burns”

14)  Dr. John  ~  “The Flaming Sword”

15)  Bec Sandridge  ~  “In The Fog, In The Flame”

16)  Vitamin Z  ~  “Burning Flame”

17)  Vena Cava & Project Veresen ft. Raya  ~  "Flames"

18)  Tinashe  ~  “Flame”

19)  Clairo  ~  “Flaming Hot Cheetos”

20)  Kesha ft. Dolly Parton  ~  “Old Flames (Can’t Hold A Candle To You)”  (Raise your hand if you saw this collaboration coming. Yeah, me neither.)

Songs About Zebras & Jerks

These two topics have nothing to do with each other. Unless, of course, you happen to come in contact with a particularly ornery zebra. In which case…the two are related. Yeah, I know…Weirdsville. Who cares? Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rhett & Link  ~  “Dope Zebra”

2)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  “Come On, Do The Jerk”

3)  The John Butler Trio  ~  “Zebra”

4)  The Bombpops  ~  “Jerk”

5)  Beach House  ~  “Zebra”

6)  Audio Push  ~  “Teach Me How To Jerk”

7)  Dreyma  ~  “Zebra”

8)  John Hiatt  ~  “She Loves The Jerk”

9)  The Deer Tracks  ~  “Red Eyed Zebra”

10)  Kelis  ~  “Jerk Ribs”

11)  Man Man  ~  “Zebra”

12)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Six Jerks In A Jeep”

13)  Rubber Duc  ~  “Zebra Horse”

14)  Kim Stockwood  ~  “You Jerk”

15)  Tori Amos  ~  “Mr. Zebra”

16)  The Time  ~  “Jerk Out”

17)  Scooter  ~  “Zebras Crossing The Street”

18)  Lunachicks  ~  “Jerk Of All Trades”

19)  Kiasmos & Högni  ~  “Zebra (1 + 1 = X)”

20)  Joyce Manor  ~  “The Jerk”

21)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “Zebra”

22)  The Go-Go’s  ~  “Cool Jerk ’90”

23)  Joe Satriani  ~  “Butterfly And Zebra”

24)  The Brobecks  ~  “Everyone’s A Jerk But Me”

25)  Alicia Keys  ~  “Zebras And Airplanes”

26)  Buzzcocks  ~  “Jerk”

27)  Jack White  ~  “Ice Station Zebra”

28)  The Larks  ~  “The Jerk”

29)  Cisco Houston  ~  “Zebra Dun”

30)  The Pretty Things  ~  “The Jerk”

“Cemetery” Songs

While we’re on a dead people kick (is that what this blog has come to?), why not throw in a batch of “Cemetery” Songs for good measure? They’re not as bad as you think. I’m sure you will…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pantera  ~  “Cemetery Gates”

2)  Silverchair  ~  “Cemetery”

3)  Missy Higgins  ~  “Cemetery”

4)  COIN  ~  “Cemetery”

5)  Woods Of Ypres  ~  “I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery”

6)  Tierra Whack  ~  “Pet Cemetery”

7)  Strung Out  ~  “Cemetery”

8)  Ramones  ~  “Pet Sematary”

9)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “Sleepy Towns And Cemeteries”

10)  Coldplay  ~  “Cemeteries Of London”

11)  Umphrey's McGee  ~  “Cemetery Walk”

12)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Pretty Little Cemetery”

13)  Bessie Smith  ~  “Cemetery Blues”

14)  Tom Waits  ~  “Cemetery Polka”

15)  Say Anything  ~  “Cemetery”

16)  Isles & Glaciers  ~  “Cemetery Weather”

17)  Tab  ~  “Cemetery Shakedown”

18)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Cemetery Guns”

19)  Squirrel Nut Zippers  ~  “St. Louis Cemetery Blues”

20)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Cemetery In My Mind”

21)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “Cemetery Drive”

22)  Charlie Simpson  ~  “Cemetery”

23)  Son Volt  ~  “Cemetery Savior”

24)  mewithoutyou  ~  “Cleo’s Ferry Cemetery”

25)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Historic Cemetery”