My Top 100 Songs
Sometimes I need to dial down the seriousness gauge of what I write about and have a little fun.
Politico recently asked the Republican presidential candidates to list their favorite songs, which The Federalist covered hilariously. The results were interesting or predictable depending on the candidate. It made me think about which songs I would list. Here are my top 100 songs based on scrolling through my phone (in no particular order)—what does my music list say about me? Comments welcomed:-)
“40” (Live in Paris version) by U2
Running to Stand Still by U2
Bad by U2
Love Rescue Me by U2
Pictures of You by The Cure
No Sleep Till Brooklyn by The Beastie Boys
Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
Battle Hymn of the Republic by Lee Greenwood
Hysteria by Def Leppard
Gods of War by Def Leppard
The Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh
Christmas Lights by Coldplay
Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall by Coldplay
Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Fix You by Coldplay
Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim
All I Do Is Win by DJ Khaled
Save a Prayer by Duran Duran
Perfect by Ed Sheeran
In a Daydream by The Freddy Jones Band
Brother John by Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Tomorrow Never Comes by Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Bittersweet by Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Stereo Love by Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina
Get Me by Everything But the Girl
Walking to You by Everything But the Girl
Apron Strings by Everything But the Girl
100 Years by Five for Fighting
I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons
Don’t Forget Where You Belong by One Direction
Shelter Me by The Outfield
Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) by Icicle Works
Don’t Change by INXS
Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z
Young Forever by Jay-Z
Small Town by John Mellencamp
Still by Jupiter Jones
Come Dancing by The Kinks
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Better Than Yourself (Criminal Mind, Pt. 2) by Lukas Graham
Run by Matt Nathanson
Suspicious Minds (Live) by Dwight Yoakam
Ain’t That Lonely Yet by Dwight Yoakam
This Bar by Morgan Wallen
Cover Me Up by Morgan Wallen
Quittin’ Time by Morgan Wallen
Man Made a Bar by Morgan Wallen
Devil Don’t Know by Morgan Wallen
To Be Loved By You by Parker McCollum
Things I Never Told You by Parker McCollum
Gone Country by Alan Jackson
Time Marches On by Tracy Lawrence
Politics, Religion & Her by Sammy Kershaw
This Cowboy’s Hat by Chris LeDoux
Riding for a Fall by Chris Ledoux
You Just Can’t See Him From the Road by Chris LeDoux
Play It Again by Luke Bryan
When It Rains It Pours by Luke Combs
Where I Find God by Larry Fleet
I Lived It by Blake Shelton
Eyes on You by Chase Rice
There Was This Girl by Riley Green
I Wish Grandpas Never Died by Riley Green
Every Scar Has a Story by Cody Johnson
Monsters by Eric Church
Long Live Cowgirls by Ian Munsick & Cody Johnson
Slow Dance in a Parking Lot by Jordan Davis
Good as You by Kane Brown
The Good Stuff by Kenny Chesney
Unapologetically Country As Hell by Hardy
Red by Hardy
Wind of Change by The Scorpions
Broken by Scott Stapp
My Sacrifice by Creed
Black by Pearl Jam
Better Man by Pearl Jam
Fly from Heaven by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Reincarnation Song by Toad the Wet Sprocket
A Murder of One by Counting Crows
Raining In Baltimore by Counting Crows
Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd
Red Red Wine by UB40
Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff
Redemption Song by Bob Marley & the Wailers
No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley & the Wailers
Forever by Chris Brown
Feel This Moment by Pitball
Paranoid by Post Malone
Everybody Hurts by REM
These Are Days by 10,000 Maniacs
Today by The Smashing Pumpkins
Champion by Carrie Underwood & Ludacris
The Buffalo Hunt by John Berry (Dances With Wolves Soundtrack)
Blue Rondo a la Turk by Dave Brubeck Quartet
Girl from Ipanema by Joao Gilberto, Astrid Gilberto & Stan Getz
O Mio Bambino Caro by Giacomo Puccini
Nessum Dorma by Giacomo Puccini
Pas de Deux by Peter Tchaikovsky