(Finished May 4th, 2026) Part 1 of 47 Blogs: All Songs On themusicaddict's iPod

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May The Fourth Be With You!!

These are all the songs that are on my iPod. I'm going to start with the least played songs on my iPod all the way up to the most played song on my iPod. These songs are on my iPod are songs that I've loved all my life, just barely discovered, songs from concerts that I've been too and concerts I'll be going to soon. Just to let you know I love all sorts of songs and genres. There are no weird songs on my iPod, just a bunch of great songs. One of the things I love the most about my iPod is that it's a living thing. Six months from now the songs on my iPod will be drastically different.

The first ten blogs will have 18 songs and the last 37 blogs will have 17 songs. Songs 809 to 800 all have zero listens so far.

Temper Trap and Portugal. The Man are opening for Muse on their The WOW! Signal Tour. 809) The Temper Trap "Resurrection":

808) The Temper Trap "Soldier On":

These are the first three songs off the new Muse CD, this will be my first time listening to these three songs. 807) Muse "Unravelling":

806) Muse "Be With You":

805) Muse "Cryogen":

Combat is opening for Teen Mortgage, Militarie Gun and Joyce Manor on their current tour. I hadn't heard of any of these bands until my brother asked me if I wanted his tickets to see them in Salt Lake on May 5th, 2026. They won't be able to make it. I won't be going to the concert either but I became familiar with some of their songs. Of those four bands my two favorite bands are Combat and Joyce Manor. 804)Combat "Weird Ending Explained":

803) Combat "Epic Season Finale":

The more I listen to Combat the more I like them. 802) Combat "Merrow Lanes":

801) Combat "Happy Again":

800) Combat "Stay Golden (Reprise)":

799) Wings of Steel "Lady of the Lost":

Songs 799 to 792 have only one listen so far.

U2 is one of my all-time favorite bands and this song is from one of their two EPs released this year. "Days of Ash" include topical songs about our world. "Easter Lily" is songs related to Easter. 798) U2 "Coexist (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times)":

797) U2 "Resurrection Song":

796) U2 "Song For Hal":

This song already has over a million views on YouTube!! Wow!! 795) U2 "American Obituary":

A band I recently discovered after doing a blog about the best songs of Jack Blades. 794) TMG 1 (aka Taks Matsumoto Group). "Everything Passes Away":

793) TMG 1 "Oh Japan- Our Time Is Now":

792) The Temper Trap "Drum Song":

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(Finished May 3rd, 2026) Part 2 of chart2000.com's Top 200 Songs 2000 to 2024

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This is chart2000.com's Top 200 Songs of 2000 to 2024.  

183) Adele "Easy On Me":

182) Rihanna "Don't Stop The Music":

181) Marshmello and Bastille "Happier":

180) One Republic "I Ain't Worried":

179) Justin Bieber "Sorry":

178) Billie Eilish "Birds of A Feather":

Thanks to Christmas this 1957 release comes back bringing Christmas cheer. Should Christmas songs be included in countdowns like this? 177) Bobby Helms "Jingle Bell Rock":

176) Gwen Stefani featuring Akon "The Sweet Escape":

175) Destiny's Child "Jumpin' Jumpin'":

174) The Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love?":

173) LeAnn Rimes "Can't Fight The Moonlight":

172) Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello "Senorita":

171) Kelly Clarkson "Because Of You":

170) Matchbox Twenty "If You're Gone":

169) Flo Rida featuring T-Pain "Low":

168) Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah":

167) Sisqo "Thong Song":

166) Dido "Thank You":

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(Finished May 2nd, 2026) Part 1 of Cashbox's April 3rd, 1982 Top 100 Songs + Songs That Fell Out of Countdown From Previous Week

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Normally I would use Billboard's rankings for these kind of blogs, but I don't want to pay to have access to those charts. I figure Cashbox, or whoever else, would have similar rankings. This is Cashbox's Top 100 Songs for April 3rd, 1982. This first blog I'm going to post the songs that fell out as well as the songs that debuted that same week.

Abba "When All Is Said And Done":

Survivor "Summer Nights":

Little River Band "Take It Easy On Me":

Loverboy "Working For The Weekend":

Olivia Newton-John "Physical":

Rick Springfield "Love Is Alright Tonite":

Quarterflash "Harden My Heart":

Paul Davis "Cool Night":

Juice Newton "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)":

The Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed":

Twenty years after his peak I had no idea that Chubby Checker was still making music. However I completely missed this song when it first came out. Well maybe missed isn't the right word, let's say I wasn't aware of it. Chubby Checker "Running":

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra "Hooked On Classics":

Songs that debuted this chart and will be included again when I come to their place in the countdown.

Number in parenthesis is what number the song debuted.

94) Atlantic Starr "Circles":

90) Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson "Just To Satisfy You":

89) John Hall Band "You Sure Fooled Me":

88) Chris Rea "Loving You":

87) Simon and Garfunkel "Wake Up Little Susie":

86) T.G. Sheppard "Finally":

84) Denice Williams "It's Gonna Take A Miracle":

83) Donnie Iris "My Girl":

80) Franke and the Knockouts "Without You (Not Another Night)":

77) Sheena Easton "When He Shines":

71) Dan Fogelberg "Run For The Roses":

68) Little River Band "Man On Your Mind":

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(Finished May 1st, 2026) Part 1 of The Best of Debut Songs

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The best debut songs ever. What are the best songs that introduced the world to a new famous band or musician? What are those songs that you remember where you were when you first heard it? I have spent way more time than I should have making sure all these songs are truly the debut song for each musician.

1) Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing":

2) Jackson Browne "Doctor My Eyes":

3) Lana Del Rey "Video Games":

4) The Knack "My Sharona":

5) Pearl Jam "Alive":

6) The Smiths "Hand In Glove":

7) Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance":

8) Survivor "Somewhere In America":

Yes, this is also Tori Amos, but under a different name. 9) Y Can't Tori Read "The Big Picture":

Not my favorite songs, but an interesting choice for first single. It's the same CD that has "Winter", "Crucify" and "Silent All These Years". 10) Tori Amos "Me & A Gun":

11) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "I Wonder If I Take You Home":

12) CSS "Let's Make Love and Listen To Death From Above":

13) John Cougar "I Need A Lover":

14) Kylie Minogue "The Loco-motion":

15) Olivia Rodrigo "driver's license":

16) The Zombies "She's Not There":

17) Veruca Salt "Seether":

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(Finished April 25th, 2026) Part 9 of The Best of New Wave Alphabetically

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It's again about time to relive that great time of the early to mid 80s of New Wave music. New Wave is a genre that has quirky people, quirky lyrics and quirky music. It doesn't work all the time, but when it work at it's best the songs are great.

What exactly is/ was New Wave music. Well two things New Wave typically is energetic and fun. New Wave never took itself too seriously. The lyrics weren't serious. New Wave is basically just fun upbeat music to dance to. Who were some of the best New Wave musicians? The Thompson Twins, Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Howard Jones and many others have to be considered the best New Wave bands.

137) Oingo Boingo "Pain":

138) The Smiths "Panic":

139) Scritti Politti "Perfect Way":

140) Depeche Mode "People Are People" (Extended Version)":

141) Echo and the Bunnymen "People Are Strange":

142) The Cure "Pictures of You":

143) Camper Van Beethoven "Pictures of Matchstick Men":

144) Duran Duran "Planet Earth":

145) The Smiths "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want This Time":

146) ABC "Poison Arrow":

147) Depeche Mode "Policy of Truth":

148) Re Flex "The Politics of Dancing":

149) Men Without Hats "Pop Goes The World":

150) M "Pop Muzik":

151) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "The Power of Love":

152) The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink":

153) U2 "Pride (In The Name of Love)":

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(Finished April 24th, 2026) Part 5 of Utah's KJQ SLC Radio Station 80's Playlist

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This is the first one of these blogs that I've posted in 3 years, still this music hasn't got close to getting old.

KJQ was a Salt Lake radio station that played "new wave" music back in about 1983 to about 1991. I did some research, but couldn't find the exact years it was operating. Anyway they played so-called new wave music. Some of the most famous artists of that genre include U2, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, The Fixx, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, The Human League, The Smiths and likely my favorite new wave band, R.E.M. Some of these bands are still performing today.

Why am I writing about this now in 2026? Reason #1 is I love 80's music. But more importantly reason #2, within the last few months there's been a new station in the Salt Lake radio market that plays those same songs (right now playing Men Without Hats "Safety Dance"). That station is The Wave 103.1. It's a flashback to the greatest music decade and some of the more obscure, but great, new wave hits from then. The Wave 103.1 seems it's now The Coast, playing other genres of music.

Again this blog isn't just about those famous artists, this blog is also about the obscure artists and obscure songs of this amazing era of music. Some bigger bands had some songs that were a bit obscure, so I'll include some of those. I've also included some well known songs, just because I like them. This music is mostly referred to as New Wave music, sadly I didn't appreciate it until the era passed.

I can't guarantee all these songs were played on KJQ or The Wave 103.1.

I've come up with many of these songs from Mr Secondsoul's YouTube video of classic New Wave songs. Thanks to him- guessing it's a him because of the Mr.

69) A Flock of Seagulls "I Ran (So Far Away)":

70) In A Big Country "In A Big Country":

71) The Smiths "There's A Light That Never Goes Out":

72) The Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl":

73) Romeo Void "Never Say Never":

74) Killing Joke "Love Like Blood":

75) New Order "The Perfect Kiss":

76) The Missing Persons "Walking In L.A.":

77) The Polecats "Make A Circuit With Me":

78) The Call "The Walls Came Down":

79) Shriekback "Nemesis":

80) A Flock of Seagulls "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You)":

81) Tears For Fears "Change":

82) The Violent Femmes "Blister In The Sun":

83) Blondie "Dreaming":

84) The Psychedelic Furs "Ghost In You":

85) The Assembly "Never Never":

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(Finished April 19th, 2026) Part 3 of The Best Songs By The Best Black Female Singers of All-Time

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These are the best songs by the best black female singers of all-time. One of my favorite new singers in any genre is the singer, Raye. I'm going to eventually post all the great songs by each musician. I will eliminate a musician when I run out of great songs for them. Eventually I will get down to one musician, my early guess is that will be Whitney Houston. We will find out.

These next three songs are by Erykah Badu. 35) "Tyrone":

"Amerykahn Promise":

"Back In The Day":

These next six songs are all by The Shirelles. 36) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow":

"Dedicated To The One I Love":

"Mama Said":

"Soldier Boy":

"Baby It's You":

"Foolish Little Girl":

These next two songs are by The Ronettes. 37) "Be My Baby":

"Walking In The Rain":

38) Stacy Lattisaw "Love On A Two Way Street":

featuring Johnny Gill "Where Do We Go From Here":

"Let Me Be Your Angel":

39) Shalamar "The Second Time Around":

"Dancing In The Sheets":

"A Night To Remember":

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