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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

(Finished July 6th, 2022) Part 5 of The 102 Best Songs of the 1990s

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The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 90s 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 100 greatest 1990s 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 1990s songs.

I will also post other great 90s songs by each band listed if motivated enough. As all of these artists are so much more than one of the 100 greatest songs of the 1990s. 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.

I included Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" and M.C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" in with the best songs of the 80s. I won't be including those songs here.

Over 363 million YouTube views. 69) The Goo Goo Dolls "Iris":

Slightly over 8.2 million YouTube views. 70) Mariah Carey "Someday":

Over 15.5 million YouTube views. 71) The Black Crowes "Remedy":

I'm a bit surprised that there's not more R.E.M. in my Top 100 decade rankings. Slightly over 16.2 million YouTube views. 72) R.E.M. "Drive":

About to hit 95 million YouTube views. 73) Dido "Here With Me":

Only 33,000 YouTube views, but this brutal look into the ending of relationships deserves a lot more listens. 74) Sinead O'Connor "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":

Over 45 million YouTube views. The song is so good it makes these rankings even though it's sung completely in German. 75) Rammstein "Du Hast":

Over 67 million YouTube views from this one of many of Duran Duran's comebacks. 76) Duran Duran "Ordinary World":

Almost 7.9 million YouTube views. 77) Harvey Danger "Flagpole Sitta":

I knew this, as a sappy love song, would have a lot of views. And I was right, it has over 390 million

YouTube views. 78) Savage Garden "Truly Madly Deeply":

Only 628,000 views but this video is just a couple of months ago. 79) Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch "Good Vibrations":

Almost 2.3 million YouTube videos. 80) Pearl Jam "Crazy Mary":

Not surprisingly relatively few YouTube views, this video just barely passed 9.5 million YouTube views. Shawn Colvin 81) "Sunny Came Home":

Yes that's both Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell in this video and singing this song. This song has almost 93 million YouTube views. 82) Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike":

Almost 50 million YouTube views, honestly this video has more views than I expected. 83) Candlebox "Far Behind":

Only 6 million YouTube views? Scandalous. 84) Johnny Gill "Rub You The Right Way":

Over 31 million YouTube views. 85) Smashing Pumpkins "Disarm":

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

(Finished July 5th, 2022) The Best of Sci Fi Songs, Part 3: Songs 35-54

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I found many of these songs through ranker.com, many other websites and my own Sci Fi fevered mind. I started this video on December 8th, 2020 and finished it today. I have almost 200 blogs that are in various states of completion and I finish them as I can.

35) Boston "The Launch/ Cool The Engines":

36) OneRepublic "Counting Stars":

37) Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun":

38) Bananarama "Venus":

39) Pink Floyd "The Great Gig In The Sky":

40) Aqua "Back From Mars":

41) Missing Persons "Destination Unknown":

42) Rush "Tom Sawyer":

43) Rush "Distant Early Warning":

44) The Police "Spirits In The Material World":

45) Elton John "Bennie and The Jets":

46) From "Star Wars" it's the "Cantina Band" song:

47) Def Leppard "Rocket":

48) David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust":

49) Peter Schilling "Major Tom":

50) Blondie "Rapture":

51) Metallica "Through The Never":

52) Megadeth "Hangar 18":

53) Frank Sinatra "Fly Me To The Moon":

54) Mike and the Mechanics "Silent Running":

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Monday, July 4, 2022

(Finished July 4th, 2022) The Best of Sci Fi Songs, Part 2: Songs 18-34

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18) Blue Oyster Cult "Veterans of Psychic Wars":

19) John Williams "Close Encounter Of The Third Kind (Disco Version)"

20) John Williams "Theme from Star Wars":

21) John Williams "The Imperial March":

22) The Postal Service "We Will Become Silhouettes":

23) Meco's Disco version of the "Star Wars Theme/ Cantina Band":

24) Pink Floyd "Eclipse":

25) U2 "Until The End of the World":

26) Prince "1999":

27) Huey Lewis and The News "Back In Time":

28) Pink Floyd "Time":

29) Styx "Radio Silence":

30) Styx "Hundred Million Miles Away From Home":

31) Imagine Dragons "Radioactive":

32) Liz Phair "Supernova":

Jennifer Connelly was an incredibly beautiful 20 year old in this video. Now at the age of 51 she's still looking beautiful in the new "Top Gun" movie. Oh yeah and the song is pretty great as well. 33) A Flock of Seagulls "Space Age Love Song":

34) Van Halen "Love Walks In":

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(Finished July 4th, 2022) Part 5 of "Heart" Songs

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I wanted to listen to a lot of songs about heart/ hearts today- that's the reason for this blog. I hope you have the heart for it and maybe take it to heart as well. Whatever you do just don't be heartless. Enough puns? Okay enjoy the music.

69) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers featuring Stevie Nicks "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around":

70) Ellie Goulding "Beating Heart":

71) Trivium "The Heart From Your Hate":

72) Pet Shop Boys "Heart":

73) Poco "Heart Of The Night":

74) Ratt "Closer To My Heart":

75) Corona "Don't Go Breaking My Heart":

76) Sixx A.M. "The Last Time (My Heart Will Ever Hit The Ground)":

77) Lindsey Stirling featuring ZZ Ward "Hold My Heart":

78) Kissin Dynamite "Heartattack":

79) REO Speedwagon "Follow My Heart":

80) Amy Grant "Where Do You Hide Your Heart":

81) Neil Young "My Heart":

82) South of Salem "Dead Hearts Don't Break":

83) The Judds "Change of Heart":

84) Lady A "Dancin' Away With My Heart":

85) Kissin Dynamite "Heart of Stone":

86) Sara Evans "My Heart Can't Tell You No":

87) The Oak Ridge Boys "Heart of Mine":

88) Jocelyn and Chris "My Heart Beat Yours":

89) The Spaniels "Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight":

90) Restless Heart "Let The Heartache Ride":

91) ) Miley Cyrus "Who Owns My Heart":

92) The Scorpions "Follow Your Heart":

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Sunday, July 3, 2022

(Finished July 3rd, 2022) Part 2 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.

Over 1.8 billion YouTube views. 18) twenty one pilots "Heathens":

Almost 4.7 million YouTube views for this searing song. 19) Gary Clark Jr. "This Land":

Shamefully only 1,066 YouTube views. 20) Delta Rae "Outlaws":

Almost 134,000 YouTube views. 21) Massive Wagons "Tokyo":

119,000 YouTube views. 22) Miley Cyrus "Two More Lonely People":

Just a tidge over 333 million YouTube views, well deserving of that many views. 23) Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks":

This video was released the same year the song was. Since it's a great song and the video has been around for seven years is two main reasons it has 587 million YouTube views. 24) Rachel Platten "Fight Song":

Over 3 million YouTube views. 25) I Prevail "Rise":

Almost 790 million YouTube views. 26) Ava Max "Sweet But Psycho":

Almost 3 million YouTube views. 27) Lauren Daigle "Still Rolling Stones":

Almost 120 million YouTube views. 28) Avril Lavigne "Head Above Water":

Very soon this video will break the 194 million YouTube views. 29) Icona Pop "I Love It":

Almost 1.5 billion YouTube views. 30) Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe":

555 million YouTube views. 31) Ed Sheeran "Galway Girl":

645 million YouTube views. 32) Katy Perry "California Gurls":

Almost 167 million YouTube views. 33) Lana Del Rey "Summertime Sadness" (Cedric Gervais Remix)":

Over 14 million YouTube views. 34) Halsey featuring Gigi Hadid "Gasoline":

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(Finished July 3rd, 2022) Part 2 of The 102 Best Songs of the 1950s

Hello,

The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 1950s 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 100 greatest 1950s 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 1950s songs.

I will also post other great 1950s songs by each band listed if motivated enough. As all of these artists are so much more than one of the 100 greatest songs of the 1950s. 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.

Over 7.3 million YouTube views 18) The Spaniels "Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight":

24.5 million YouTube views. 19) Dave Brubeck Quartet "Take Five":

Over 4.3 million YouTube views. 20) Ray Charles "What I'd Say":

Over 9 million YouTube views. 21) The Chordettes "Mr. Sandman":

Only slightly over 33,000 YouTube views. 22) Bobby Day "Over and Over Again":

Almost 2.6 million YouTube views. 23) Bobby Day "Rockin' Robin":

3.7 million YouTube views. 24) Tennessee Ernie Ford "16 Tons":

Over 1.4 million YouTube views. 25) Frank Sinatra "Come Fly With Me":

Over 54 million YouTube views for one of the sexiest songs of all-time. 26) Peggy Lee "Fever":

I believe this is actually Jerry Lee Lewis singing, he's just doing it through Dennis Quaid. 27) Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls Of Fire":

28) Little Richard "Good Golly Miss Molly":

If I find more than 102 great 50s songs, this song may not survive this list. Over 106,000 YouTube views. 29) Bobby Darin "Early In The Morning":

Over 10 million YouTube views. 30) The Everly Brothers "Bye Bye Love":

Over 280,000 YouTube views. 31) The Everly Brothers "Bird Dog":

1.2 million YouTube views. 32) Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill":

34.5 million YouTube views. 33) The Everly Brothers "All I Have To Do Is Dream":

Over 1.8 million YouTube views. 34) Bobby Darin "Beyond The Sea":

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Saturday, July 2, 2022

(Finished July 2nd, 2022) Part 2 of The 102 Best Songs of the 1970s

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The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 1970s 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 102 songs and have truly the 102 greatest 1970s 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 1970s songs.

I will also post other great 1970s songs by each band listed if motivated enough. As all of these artists are so much more than one of the 100 greatest songs of the 1970s. Yeah I'm going to try and do all the decades from the 1970s 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.

This might be the toughest decade to come up with only 102 greatest songs, there are just so many great songs.

Over 315 million YouTube views. 18) Abba "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)":

Over 37 million pleased YouTube viewers!! 19) John Williams "Star Wars Main Title":

Only 9.4 million YouTube views? Crazy. 20) The B-52's "Rock Lobster":

Over 3 million YouTube views for the longer version of this song. 21) The Knack "My Sharona":

Just slightly over 8 million YouTube views. 22) Carly Simon "You're So Vain":

Only 27,000 YouTube views? 23) Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive":

Over 336 million YouTube views. This was my favorite song as a kid. 24) Blondie "Heart of Glass":

17.4 million YouTube views for a song that's so easy to listen to. 25) The Commodores "Easy":

Is this the greatest sad song of all-time? Over 27 million people were both saddened, yet at the same time uplifted by this song. 26) Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun":