When a day is tough, as this one was for me, there's two ways you can go musically. One, you can play some loud and catharsis providing music. Two, you can listen to great, happy and uplifting songs. Tonight I decided to listen to great and happy music.
Jason Mraz "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)":
Joe Diffie "Third Rock From The Sun":
Ed Sheeran "Nancy Mulligan":
Avicii "Wake Me Up":
Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin "Don't You Worry Child":
To go along with regret, sorrow and all the similar feelings there's also the pain of heartbreak. Here are a few songs about that. These are Billboard's Top 30 Heartbreak songs, I've picked selected songs of that list. I also used songs I thought of on my own and songs from upvenue.com Songs That Will Make You Cry. I also got some of these songs from an Esquire.com list of the 50 best songs about heart breaks.
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "All Cried Out":
Bananarama "Cruel Summer":
Tiffany "Could've Been":
Expose "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me":
Expose "Seasons Change":
What an amazing and powerful song! Skeeter Davis "The End of The World":
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat":
Sheena Easton "Almost Over You":
Great song and incredibly sad video. Rascal Flatts "Here Comes Goodbye":
Rascal Flatts "What Hurts The Most":
Going a bit outside of the theme, but still similar in theme to heart break songs, this is my favorite Rascal Flatts song "These Days":
Joe Nichols "Brokenheartsville":
"I spent a week away from you last night." Lifehouse "All In":
Dan Seals "Addicted":
Dan Seals "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)":
Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together":
Psychedelic Furs "Heartbreak Beat":
Ultrabox "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes":
Billy Dean "Somewhere In My Broken Heart":
Patsy Cline "I Fall To Pieces":
Collin Raye "Someone You Used To Know":
Collin Raye "I Can Still Feel You":
Marc Chesnutt "I Just Wanted You To Know":
Marc Chesnutt "Bubba Shot The Jukebox":
Ronnie Milsap "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World":
To go along with regret, sorrow and all the similar feelings there's also the pain of heartbreak. Here are a few songs about that. These are Billboard's Top 30 Heartbreak songs, I've picked selected songs off that list. I used songs I thought of on my own and songs from upvenue.com Songs That Will Make You Cry. I also picked some of these songs from an Esquire.com list of the 50 best songs about heart breaks.
The couple in the song hasn't broken up yet, but maybe they should. James Ingram "Just Once":
James Ingram "I Don't Have The Heart":
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts "I Hate Myself For Loving You":
Since No Doubt wrote this song about Gwen's heartbreak about the end of a relationship with a fellow band member, you can really feel the ache in her voice. And 529 million You Tube watchers must agree. No Doubt "Don't Speak":
Not as many views as "Don't Speak", this video "only" has 113 million views. Three Days Grace "Pain":
The Four Seasons' "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do":
Dixie Chicks "You Were Mine":
Just one of the many amazing songs from her amazing first CD. Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry":
Christina Perri "Jar of Hearts":
The greatest band ever with one of their most delicious treats. Led Zeppelin "Heartbreaker":
Loverboy "Destination Heartbreak":
Loverboy "Heaven In Your Eyes":
Adele "Rolling In The Deep":
Bonnie Raitt (featuring Bruce Hornsby on piano here) "I Can't Make You Love Me":
Passenger "Let Her Go":
I'm going to go see this guy Summer of 2018, I'm so excited. Boz Scaggs "Heart of Mine":
We miss you Steve Perry!!! Journey "I'll Be Alright Without You":
April 15th, 2018: Again I'm going through and trying to finish off all of these blogs. Why are songs about heartbreak so good?
September 17th, 2017 To go along with regret, sorrow and all the similar feelings there's also the pain of heartbreak. Here are a few songs about that. These are Billboard's Top 30 Heartbreak songs, I've picked selected songs of that list. I also used songs I thought of on my own and songs from upvenue.com Songs That Will Make You Cry. I also got some of these songs from an Esquire.com list of the 50 best songs about heartbreaks.
Lady Antebellum "Need You Know":
A top 100 all-time greatest song, The Platters "Smoke Gets In Your Eye":
Roxette "It Must Have Been Love":
The Eagles "Heartache Tonight":
The Greg Kihn Band "The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'Em):
Billy and the Beaters "At This Moment":
The A Teens "Hi and Goodbye":
Don McLean "American Pie":
Elton John and Kiki Dee "Don't Go Breaking My Heart":
Elton John "Sad Songs Say So Much":
Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":
This is an angry heartbreak song. Ben Folds Five "Song For The Dumped":
The Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart":
I'm still not a big Kanye fan, but I love this song. Kanye West "Heartless":
Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine":
Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares To U":
Kelly Clarkson "Since You Been Gone":
Pink and Kelly Clarkson singing R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts":
This blog is inspired by a concert and a family friend went to last night. They went to see The Eagles tribute band, Hotel California. She came home talking about the Don Henley song "Heart of the Matter". That's an amazing song, it's a great song for dealing with the effects of divorce or any break up.
Sadly this is the best video of this song, but you can still feel the power of these amazing lyrics. Don Henley's "Heart Of The Matter":
R.E.M. "So Central Rain":
Elton John "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word":
John Lennon "Jealous Guy":
Chicago "Hard To Say I'm Sorry":
Sometimes sorry doesn't help, Madonna's "Sorry":
"Forgiveness, can you imagine?". From "Hamilton", the song is "It's Quiet Uptown":
Brenda Lee "I'm Sorry":
An apology with a little more force. Flyleaf "I'm Sorry":
Cher "If I Could Tear Back Time":
I know I really screwed up, but is there anyway there's still a chance? Travis Tritt "Help Me Hold On":
Eddie Money "Walk On Water":
Darius Rucker "Don't Think I Don't Think About It":
And some times you just don't care any more, Paul Carrack "Don't Shed A Tear":
"You know what I'm glad you're not in my life any more." John Parr "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)": "You broke the boy in me, but you can't break the man.":
Then you have that dag nab fool that won't take responsibility for a thing, Milli Vanilli "Blame It On The Rain":
April 5th, 2018: I can't believe how many of these blogs I've left unfinished, I'm going to try and finish a few of these partial blogs. Just like any genre in the 80s, the New Wave genre had several classic songs. Here are just a few.
September 11th, 2017: A month ago today I wrote a blog about a new station here in Salt Lake, the Wave 103.1. It plays a lot of the most popular 80's new wave songs and a few obscurities. They even play some songs I've never heard before. Also they don't play a whole lot of commercials, they've been a blast of fresh air here in the Salt Lake market. In fact there are a few playing radio stations playing mainly 80's music. I've actually started listening to radio again, after swearing off music radio for the last several years. The song that inspired tonight's blog is a song I heard on The Wave tonight. It's The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink". It's from the great John Hughes movie, which probably has the best new wave soundtrack.
The Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink":
Big Country "In A Big Country":
The Sundays "Here's Where The Story Ends":
Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town":
Sparks (featuring Jane Wiedlin) "Cool Places":
Modern English "Melt With You":
I still remember hearing this song at a high school introduction dance and I thought high school was going to be awesome. I was wrong, but this is still a great song. Missing Persons "Words":
They are more than just "Our House". Madness "One Step Beyond":
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Cities In Dust":
The Human League "Mirror Man":
Devo "Girl U Want":
You have to have the long version of this song. The B-52's "Rock Lobster":
