(Finished July 31st, 2022) Part 3 of 1984: The Year of Prince & Other Amazing Black Musicians

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"Dearly beloved we are gathered here to get through this thing called life..." Prince's spoken word begins the song "Let's Go Crazy", one of the most electric starts to a CD ever. "Purple Rain" has gone on to be one of the best CDs of all-time overall and the greatest soundtrack ever. It's hard to believe this CD came out 38 years ago, it sounded way ahead of it's time then and still sounds a bit ahead of it's time now.

1984 was such an incredibly amazing year for music all of kinds, did all of these songs really come out the same year?

35) Debarge "Time Will Reveal":

36) Kool and the Gang "Tonight":

37) Shalamar "Dancing In The Sheets":

38) James Ingram and Michael McDonald "Yah Mo B There":

What the funk is going on? This song and the other Midnight Star song. 39) Midnight Star "No Parking (On The Dance Floor)":

40) Ashford & Simpson "Solid":

41) Midnight Star "Operator":

42) Chaka Khan featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel  "I Feel For You":

43) The Bar-Kays "Freakshow On the Dancefloor":

44) Tina Turner "I Can't Stand The Rain":

45) Whodini "Five Minutes of Funk":

46) Newcleus "Jam On It":

47) The Time "Jungle Love":

48) Tina Turner "Better Be Good To Me":

49) Grandmaster Melle Mel "Beat Street Breakdown":

50) Lionel Richie "Penny Lover":

51) RUN-D.M.C. "Rock Box":

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(Finished July 30th, 2022) Part 2 of The Best Workout Songs

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What makes a great work out song? Obviously it should be upbeat. It should inspire, motivate, get someone completely revved up and ready to go. Most mornings I go out walking and I love my walks. I absolutely love my walks on these summer mornings- right before it gets hot. Many of these songs have propelled my walks to better workouts. The more words I know in a song the better, singing along with a song really kicks up the energy.

18) C + C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)":

19) Cascada "Everytime We Touch":

20) The Black Keys "Gold On The Ceiling":

21) RUN-D.M.C. "It's Tricky":

22) The Beastie Boys "Intergalactic":

Yes country songs can be good to work out to as well. 23) Montgomery Gentry "Gone":

24) Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais "Summertime Sadness" (Pump It Up Version):

Another good way to get a good workout is to get songs that can give one catharsis. This song certainly will give a person catharsis. 25) Halsey "Gasoline":

These lyrics are very therapeutic and the kind that remind me that maybe work isn't the most important thing to me. 26) Boston "Peace of Mind":

27) My Chemical Romance "Dead!":

28) MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This":

29) Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk":

File under catharsis. 30) Toby Keith "How Do You Like Me Now":

31) Papa Roach "Last Resort":

Let's be honest this whole CD is a great workout CD. 32) My Chemical Romance "Welcome To The Black Parade":

33) Christina Aguilera "Fighter";

34) Creed "Higher":

Or just a great pop song can be a great workout song. 35) Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer":

36) Dua Lipa "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)":

37) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

38) Shannon "Let The Music Play":

If it's a great song, then quite likely it's a great work out song. This and the above song show that. 39) The Dazz Band "Let It Whip":

40) La Bouche "Be My Lover":

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(Finished July 30th, 2002) Selected Best Mashups

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I thought this would be a really fun blog to write. The concept of a mash up is a great idea, finding two songs that work together in one song. Sadly I have discovered that making good mash ups is a rare skill. There really aren't that many good mash ups out there.

1) Snap vs. Yazoo "Yazoo Is A Dancer":

2) Nirvana vs. Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up":

3) Green Bay vs. Oasis "Boulevard of Broken Songs':

4) Wax Audio Mashups of Great 80s Musicians "Untitled":

DJ Hero "I Heard It Through Feel Good Inc":

6) Disturbed vs. Of Monsters and Men "Little Sickness":

7) Imagine Dragons vs. Fall Out Boy "Radioactive In The Dark":

8) Whitney Houston vs. Journey

9) Bee Gees vs. AC/DC "Stayin In Black":

10) Hi NRG remix of Dua Lipa's "New Rules":

11) Europe vs. Dead or Alive 

12) The Human League, The Pet Shop Boys and Hall and Oates "Out of Lonely Wolf":

13) Foreigner vs. Yahoo "Urgent Situation":

14) Michael Jackson vs. Panic! At The Disco "Annie At The Disco":

15) Taylor Swift vs. Nine Inch Nails "Shake It Off (The Perfect Drug)":

16) Rammstein vs. Lady Gaga "Du Hast vs. Telephone":

17) Lady Gaga vs. Judas Priest "Lady Judas":

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(Finished July 28th, 2022) Part 4 of The 102 Best Songs of the 2010s

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The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 2010s songs in order of the way I thought of them. Once I hit 102 songs I will go and look at the 102 listed songs and see if there are any other songs that the 101st song might be better than. If so I will replace the previously listed song. That way I can stay at 100 songs and have truly the 102 greatest 2010s songs of all-time. This isn't a ranking by best songs, that's just too much work. As best as I can these are the 102 greatest 2010s songs.

I will also post other great 2010s songs by each band listed if motivated enough. As all of these artists are so much more than one of the 102 greatest songs of the 2010s. Yeah I'm going to try and do all the decades from the 1950s to now, some decades will be harder/easier than others. It's likely not all of these songs will still be around in the final edition of this decade's Top 102 Best Songs.

1,747 YouTube views. 52) Tequila Mockingbird "Somebody Put Something In My Drink": 

Over 170 million YouTube views. 53) Rachel Platten "Stand By You":

54) Alabama Shakes "Hold On":

Over 2.5 billion YouTube views. 55) Sia "Chandelier":

Almost 297 million YouTube views. 56) Lana Del Rey "Video Games":

Almost 326 million YouTube views. 57) Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still":

Over 2.7 billion YouTube views, a song well deserving of so many views. 58) Dua Lipa "New Rules":

59) The 1975 "Sex":

60) Mumford & Sons "Babel":

Over 1.3 million YouTube views. 61) Bruce Springsteen "Death To My Hometown":

Almost 120 million YouTube views. 62) Taio Cruz "Dynamite":

754,000 YouTube views for this great song by the German rockers. 63) Kissin' Dynamite "DNA":

So close to 5 million YouTube views. 64) Pvris "Hallucinations":

Almost 213 million YouTube views. 65) Mumford and Sons "I Will Wait":

66) Marina and The Diamonds "Primadonna":

67) Pink "Beautiful Trauma":

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(Finished July 31st, 2022) Part 2 of I Have No Idea What This Blog Is But These Are All Great Songs

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Sometimes I start blogs, but don't label what blog series that is. Eventually I go back and try to figure that out. I have no idea what this blog is about, other than probably best songs of the 80s. Other than this being an 80s blog I can't figure out any other unifying theme.

There's a blog elsewhere that this is part 2 to, but I don't know where it is. But that blog is out there somewhere and I'm too lazy to find it so I'm moving on from here.

18) Ace Frehley "New York Groove":

19) The Cars "Good Times Roll":

20) Barbra Streisand "Woman In Love":

21) John Lennon "(Just Like) Starting Over":

22) Abba "The Winner Takes It All":

23) Lipps Inc. "Funky Town":

24) Blondie "Call Me":

25) The Police "Don't Stand So Close To Me":

26) Rocky Burnette "Tired of Toein' The Line":

27) The Spinners "Working My Way Back To You/ Forgive Me Girl":

28) Billy Joel "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me":

29) Stephanie Mills "Never Knew Love Like This Before":

30) Blondie "Atomic":

31)  Frank Sinatra Theme From "New York, New York":

32) Supertramp "Dreamer":

33) Shalamar "Second Time Around":

34) ELO "I'm Alive":

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(Finished July 26th, 2022) Part 3 of The 102 Best Songs of the 2010s

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The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 2010s songs in order of the way I thought of them. Once I hit 102 songs I will go and look at the 102 listed songs and see if there are any other songs that the 101st song might be better than. If so I will replace the previously listed song. That way I can stay at 100 songs and have truly the 102 greatest 2010s songs of all-time. This isn't a ranking by best songs, that's just too much work. As best as I can these are the 102 greatest 2010s songs.

I will also post other great 2010s songs by each band listed if motivated enough. As all of these artists are so much more than one of the 102 greatest songs of the 2010s. Yeah I'm going to try and do all the decades from the 1950s to now, some decades will be harder/easier than others. It's likely not all of these songs will still be around in the final edition of this decade's Top 102 Best Songs.

219 million YouTube views. 35) The Script "Superheroes":

Almost 1.6 billion YouTube views. 36) David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium":

Almost 1.5 billion YouTube views. 37) Rag'n'Bone Man "Human":

Over 315 million YouTube views. 38) Dua Lipa "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)":

Almost 520 million YouTube views. 39) The Script featuring Will.i.am "Hall of Fame":

484 million YouTube views. 40) Vance Joy "Riptide":

Over 387,000 YouTube views, honestly that's a lot more than I thought this video would have. 

41) Semi Precious Weapons "Magnetic Baby":

Over 1.5 million YouTube views. 42) Lin Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo "It's Quiet Uptown":

Slightly over 9 million YouTube views. 43) ZZ Ward "Put The Gun Down":

Over 2.1 billion YouTube views. 44) John Legend "All Of Me":

Over 486 million YouTube views. 45) Vance Joy "Riptide":

Lewis Capaldi's original is very good, but this cover takes this song to the next level. Over 2.5 million YouTube views for this amazing songs. 46) First To Eleven "Someone You Loved":

Almost 985 million YouTube views. 47) "Wide Awake":

Only 63,000 YouTube views? 48) Adele "Rumor Has It":

Over 2.1 million YouTube videos for this amazing song. 49) Shakey Graves "Dearly Departed":

Almost 4.6 million YouTube views. 50) First Aid Kit "Ghost Town":

Almost 4 million YouTube views. 51) Emeli Sande and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra "Crazy In Love":

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(Finished July 25th, 2021) Part 4 of The Best of the First Eleven Years of This Century: 2000-2010

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Ah the 2000s, a decade known for 9/11, the 2008 financial crash, 2003's Iraq War, a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people. There's a growing awareness of climate change, which continues to escalate.

While there were some bad things those 11 years there were also a lot of great things. Things such as Harry Potter, "The Davinci Code" (opinions may vary), 

It was also the time that included Clint Eastwood's masterful "Million Dollar Baby" and that amazing performance by Hillary Swank. Also that was the year of "The Dark Knight" and "King Kong".

Obviously some of the songs of the decade are below. Some of the best CDs of that timeframe are Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor", Ryan Adams "Gold", The New Pornographers "Electric Version", Sufjan Stevens "Illinois", Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD, U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism", Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not", Green Day's masterclass "American Idiot", The White Stripes "White Blood Cells", Bruce Springsteen's best CD "The Rising" (you heard me), U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind", Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and The Strokes "This Is It". Expect to see several songs from the above CDs on here.

And yes I know 2000-2010 is actually 11 years, it's okay and just enjoy the music. For those of you who think my 102 songs for the 2000s is too limiting these blogs have a lot more songs for your enjoyment.

52) Finger Eleven "Paralyzer":

53) Audioslave "Show Me How To Live":

54) All American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret":

55) Linkin Park "In The End":

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

57) Sufjan Stevens "Chicago":

58) Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl":

59) Alicia Keys "If I Ain't Got You":

60) Paramore "Decode":

61) Dido "Don't Think of Me":

62) Audioslave "Gasoline":

63) Maroon 5 "This Love":

64) Blink-182 "All The Small Things":

65) Seal "Get It Together":

66) The Thrills "One Horse Town":

67) Death Cab For Cutie "Soul Meets Body":

68) Hinder "All American Nightmare":

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(Finished July 24th, 2021) Part 3 of The Best of the First Eleven Years of This Century: 2000-2010

Hello,

Ah the 2000s, a decade known for 9/11, the 2008 financial crash, 2003's Iraq War, a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people. There's a growing awareness of climate change, which continues to escalate.

While there were some bad things those 11 years there were also a lot of great things. Things such as Harry Potter, "The Davinci Code" (opinions may vary), 

It was also the time that included Clint Eastwood's masterful "Million Dollar Baby" and that amazing performance by Hillary Swank. Also that was the year of "The Dark Knight" and "King Kong".

Obviously some of the songs of the decade are below. Some of the best CDs of that timeframe are Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor", Ryan Adams "Gold", The New Pornographers "Electric Version", Sufjan Stevens "Illinois", Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD, U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism", Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not", Green Day's masterclass "American Idiot", The White Stripes "White Blood Cells", Bruce Springsteen's best CD "The Rising" (you heard me), U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind", Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and The Strokes "This Is It". Expect to see several songs from the above CDs on here.

And yes I know 2000-2010 is actually 11 years, it's okay and just enjoy the music. For those of you who think my 102 songs for the 2000s is too limiting these blogs have a lot more songs for your enjoyment.

35) Amy Winehouse "Rehab":

36) The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army":

37) Outkast "Hey Ya":

38) Beyonce "Crazy In Love":

39) Gnarls Barkley "Crazy":

40) The Pipettes "Pull Shapes":

41) Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day":

42) Destiny's Child "Say My Name":

43) The White Stripes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground":

44) Dizzee Rascal "Fix Up, Look Sharp":

45) The New Pornographers "Letter From An Occupant":

46) Band of Horses "Funeral":

47) Arcade Fire "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)":

48) *N' Sync "Bye Bye Bye":

49) Alicia Keys "Girlfriend":

50) Nelly Furtado "I'm Like A Bird":

51) All-American Rejects "Gives You Hell":

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(Finished July 24th, 2022) Part 1 of The 102 Best Country Songs of the 1980s

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I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 80s country songs mostly in the way I thought of them. Once I hit 102 songs I will go and look at the 102 listed songs and see if there are any other songs that the 103rd song might be better than. If so I will replace the previously listed song. That way I can stay at 102 songs and have truly the 102 greatest 80s songs of all-time. I'm starting to get lazy so I may or may not do that. This isn't a ranking by best songs, that's just too much work. As best as I can these are the 102 greatest 80s country songs.

I may or may not post other great 80s songs by each band listed. All of these artists are so much more than one of the 102 greatest songs of the 80s. Since most of my blogs have 17 songs each I upped this to the 102 Best Songs of the 80s. That would be six blogs with seventeen songs = 102 songs.

This is in conjunction with my Top 102 Best Songs of each decade from the 50s to the 20s. I limited those blogs to the 102 best non-country songs.

1) Dolly Parton " 9 to 5":

2) Alabama "Can't Keep A Good Man Down":

3) Earl Thomas Conley "Fire and Smoke":

4) Willie Nelson "Always On My Mind":

5) George Strait "The Chair":

6) Dwight Yoakam "Honky Tonk Man":

7) Juice Newton "Angel of the Morning":

8) Deborah Allen "Baby I Lied":

9) John Anderson "Wild and Blue":

10) The Highwaymen "The Highwayman":

11) George Strait "Amarillo By Morning":

12) Keith Whitley "Don't Close Your Eyes":

13) Clint Black "Killin' Time":

Is this the greatest country song ever? Is this the greatest ballad ever? Is this the greatest 80s song ever? Or is this just simply the greatest song of all-time?14) Keith Whitley "When You Say Nothing At All";

15) Merle Haggard "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink":

16) Mel McDaniel "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On":

17) Clint Black "A Better Man":

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(Finished July 23rd, 2021) Part 2 of The Best of the First Eleven Years of This Century: 2000-2010

Hello,

Ah the 2000s, a decade known for 9/11, the 2008 financial crash, 2003's Iraq War, a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people. There's a growing awareness of climate change, which continues to escalate.

While there were some bad things those 11 years there were also a lot of great things. Things such as Harry Potter, "The Davinci Code" (opinions may vary), 

It was also the time that included Clint Eastwood's masterful "Million Dollar Baby" and that amazing performance by Hillary Swank. Also that was the year of "The Dark Knight" and "King Kong".

Obviously some of the songs of the decade are below. Some of the best CDs of that timeframe are Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor", Ryan Adams "Gold", The New Pornographers "Electric Version", Sufjan Stevens "Illinois", Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD, U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism", Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not", Green Day's masterclass "American Idiot", The White Stripes "White Blood Cells", Bruce Springsteen's best CD "The Rising" (you heard me), U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind", Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and The Strokes "This Is It". Expect to see several songs from the above CDs on here.

And yes I know 2000-2010 is actually 11 years, it's okay and just enjoy the music. For those of you who think my 102 songs for the 2000s is too limiting these blogs have a lot more songs for your enjoyment.

18) The White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl":

19) Christina Aguilera "Beautiful":

20) The Walkmen "The Rat":

21) The Killers "Mr. Brightside":

22) Green Day "American Idiot":

23) Kylie Minogue "Out Of My Head":

24) Britney Spears "Toxic":

25) Arcade Fire "Wake Up":

26) Modest Mouse "Float On":

27) Bruce Springsteen "The Rising":

28) Coldplay "Yellow":

29) Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out":

30) The Postal Service "Such Great Heights":

31) Rihanna "Umbrella":

32) Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone":

33) The Strokes "Last Nite":

34) U2 "Beautiful Day":

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(Finished July 22nd, 2022) Part 1 of A "Bridge and Tunnel" Playlist

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I started watching "Bridge and Tunnel" tonight and it was a decent show. The show has so many pretty people in it that it's almost overkill. But more than that it has some of the greatest songs of all-time on the playlist. These are the best songs in that show and in 1980 and 1981. 

1) The Steve Miller Band "Jungle Love":

2) Ambrosia "How Much I Feel":

3) Gary Wright "Dream Weaver":

4) Eddie Money "Baby Hold On":

5) Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown":

6) "One Way Or Another":

7) Minnie Riperton "Lovin' You":

8) "So Into You":

9) Al Stewart "Time Passages":

10) The Manhattans "Shining Star":

11) Toto "Hold The Line":

12) Player "Baby Come Back":

13) Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "You'll Accompany Me":

14) Bad Company "Feel Like Makin' Love":

15) America "Sister Golden Hair":

16) Andrea True Connection "More More More":

17) Rod Stewart "I Don't Want To Talk About It":

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(Started July 21st, 2022 Part 4 of Best Solo Songs By Former Members of Good/Great Bands

 Hello,

What do George Michael, Robert Plant, Lauryn Hill, Neil Young and Stevie Nicks all have in common? They all had big solo careers after being in some very famous bands. These are some of those musicians best solo songs.

Formerly of Wham! 7) George Michael Almost 900 million YouTube views for both a great song and one of the all-time great sax solos. "Careless Whisper";

Monkey":

"Faith":

"Freedom! '90":

"I Want Your Sex":

With Aretha Franklin "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me":

With the lovely Miss Whitney Houston "If I Told You That":

George Michael "Hard Day":

George Michael "Father Figure":

Formerly of The Supremes 8) Diana Ross

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough":

"Do You Know Where You're Going To":

With Lionel Richie. A great song but they have no chemistry at all. "Endless Love":

"Touch Me In The Morning":

"Upside Down":

"Love Hangover":

"Eaten Alive":

"Swept Away":

Formerly of Black Sabbath 9) Ozzy Osbourne

(Started July 20th, 2022) Part 3 of The 102 Best Songs of the 2020s

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The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 2020s songs in order of the way I thought of them. Once I hit 100 songs I will go and look at the 102 listed songs and see if there are any other songs that the 103rd song might be better than. If so I will replace the previously listed song. That way I can stay at 102 songs and have truly the 102 greatest 2020s songs of all-time. This isn't a ranking by best songs, that's just too much work. As best as I can these are the 102 greatest 2020s songs.

All of these artists are so much more than one of the 102 greatest songs of the 2020s. Yeah I'm going to try and do all the decades from the 1950s to now, some decades will be harder/easier than others. Again not all of these songs will still be around in the final edition of this decade's Top 102 Best Songs. Also I want to see how many YouTube views each video has. I have decided to go from 100 songs to 102 songs as each blog has 17 songs. That will be 6 blogs of 17 songs each unless I do what I'm doing with the 80s blogs. I don't know enough songs from this decade to do that though.

35) Avril Lavigne featuring blackbear  "I Love It When You Hate Me":

Over 23 million YouTube views. 36) Sia featuring Burna Boy "Hey Boy":

Only 1,476 YouTube views. 37) Broken Witt Rebels "Caught In The Middle":

120,872 YouTube views. 38) Ayron Jones "Boys From The Puget Sound":

443, 740 YouTube views. 39) First To Eleven "Over The Rainbow":

This video will soon have 600 million YouTube views. 40) Dua Lipa "Don't Start Now":

So close to 134,000 YouTube views. 41) Veronica Jackson "Out of My Dreams":

50,908 YouTube views. 42) Dave Alvin "Highway 61 Revisited":

560,338 YouTube views. 43) Icon For Hire "Ready For Combat":

Over 5.5 million YouTube views. 44) Panic! At The Disco "Viva Las Vengeance":

About 3.5 million YouTube views. 46) Demi Lovato "Substance":