Ultimate Anthems of All Time

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There are those songs which speak to your core that you can't help but sing along to them. These songs are a part of our lives wherever we are and knowing the lyrics of these songs are as mandatory as knowing the national anthems of our respective countries. Actually knowing the lyrics to these songs is not from memorizing, but from the fact that they are super easy to remember as the beat and the rhythm that go along with these songs have made it so that we do not forget them. From cricket, rugby and football matches these songs are played all over the world at world cups and championships. 

CCR's Have You Ever Seen The Rain is numero uno on this list as it is a clear classic and an unforgettable anthem. All of them are Rock with most of them leaning towards Pop Rock. Some of the most iconic artists and bands such as Elton John, Janis Joplin, Glen Campbell and Ben E. King are on this list alongside Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Queen and Survivor. Queen leads the number of entries with 3 followed by Elton John with 2. One thing to note is that there are only a few entries by women with Gloria Gaynor with her I Will Survive the only female entry cracking the top 10. So here are the 25 ultimate anthems of all time:

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have you ever seen the rain
2. Guns N’ Roses – Sweet child of mine
3. Bon Jovi – It’s my life
4. Bryan Adams – Summer of ‘69
5. Ben E. King – Stand by me
6. John Denver – Take me home, country roads
7. Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
8. Queen – We will rock you
9. Gloria Gaynor – I will survive
10. Glen Campbell – Rhinestone cowboy
11. Elton John – Crocodile rock
12. Puddle of Mudd – She hates me
13. Whitesnake – Here I go again ‘87
14. Big Brother and the Holding Company – Piece of my heart
15. Bob Marley – Could you be loved
16. Smokie – Living next door to Alice
17. Tom Jones – Green, green grass of home
18. Queen – I want to break free
19. Survivor – Eye of the tiger
20. Tina Turner – The best
21. Elton John – Saturday night’s alright
22. Aretha Franklin – Respect
23. Queen – We are the champions
24. Village People – Y.M.C.A.
25. Anastacia – I'm outta love

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The Ultimate BDSM Playlist

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With the advent of Fifty Shades of Grey, BDSM has gone mainstream. Gone are the days when the topic was taboo and confined to the dungeons. Now when someone refers to bondage your reply could only be love me like you do. BDSM is a term which was formed joining Bondage & Discipline, Domination & Submission, and Sadism & Masochism. The phrase is now used as an umbrella term for all kinky practices. BDSM is definitely not something new and these behavioral practices have also been the subject of various songs. Rihanna's S&M with its more popular remix featuring Britney Spears topped the charts in the 2010s and takes the top spot on the list. At a close second is Natalia Kills's Mirrors whose explicit lyrics about BDSM is accompanied by a somewhat artistic video. Britney Spears has the highest number of entries with 3 whilst The Weeknd and Madonna have 2 entries each. So here are the best BDSM songs of all time:

1. Rihanna ft. Britney Spears – S&M
2. Natalia Kills – Mirrors
3. Depeche Mode – Master and servant
4. Madonna – Erotica
5. The Weeknd – Earned it
6. Britney Spears – Work bitch
7. Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd – Love me harder
8. John Mellencamp – Hurts so good
9. Guns N’ Roses – Pretty tied up
10. Eurythmics – Sweet dreams (are made of this)
11. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams & T.I. – Blurred lines
12. Goldfrapp – Strict machine
13. Madonna – Hanky panky
14. The Velvet Underground – Venus in furs
15. George Michael – Freeek!
16. Soft Cell – Sex dwarf
17. Britney Spears – I’m a slave 4 u
18. Green Day – Dominated love slave
19. Thin Lizzy – S&M
20. Frank Zappa – Bobby Brown (goes down)

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Best Songs for Rainy Days

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The rainy season is once again upon us and so you need those perfect songs to match the weather. Some are about the rain itself while others are about thunder, rainbows, clouds and lightning etc. anything associated with the gloomy weather. 

Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedance Clearwater Revival leads the list, because it is definitely a universal anthem and a renowned classic. There is a mix of rock, pop, EDM and even country to keep us occupied during the season. So here are the best songs for a rainy day: 

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have you ever seen the rain
2. Johnny Nash – I can see clearly now
3. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella
4. Adele – Set fire to the rain
5. Guns N’ Roses – November rain
6. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
7. The Cascades – Rhythm of the rain
8. Evanescence – Listen to the rain
9. B.J. Thomas – Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
10. Krewella – Lights and thunder
11. Enya – It’s in the rain
12. Celine Dion – A new day has come
13. Dixie Chicks – Rainbow connection
14. Ace of Base – Every time it rains
15. Creedance Clearwater Revival – Who’ll stop the rain
16. Eminem ft. Dido – Stan
17. The Beatles – Rain
18. Bob Dylan – A hard rain’s a-gonna fall
19. Hilary Duff – Come clean
20. Judy Garland – Somewhere over the rainbow
21. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
22. Live – Lightning crashes
23. James Morrison – Please don’t stop the rain
24. Prince – Purple rain
25. East 17 – Let it rain
26. Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony – Rain over me
27. James Taylor – Fire and rain
28. The Corrs – Rain
29. Bruno Mars – It will rain
30. LSD – Thunderclouds 
31. Milli Vanilli – Blame it on the rain
32. Led Zeppelin – The rain song
33. Madonna – Rain
34. The Carpenters – Rainy days and Mondays
35. Kevin Rudolf ft. Flo Rida – You make the rain fall
36. The Script – Rain 
37. Eric Clapton – Let it rain
38. Garbage – Only happy when it rains
39. Missy Elliot – The rain (supa dupa fly)
40. The Doors – Riders on the storm
41. Gene Kelly – Singing in the rain
42. Creed – Rain
43. Carrie Underwood – Blown away
44. Jessie J – Thunder
45. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Naked in the rain
46. Eurythmics – Here comes the rain again
47. Phil Collins – I wish it would rain down
48. Ricky Martin – Livin’ la vida loca
49. Mariah Carey – Through the rain
50. Gary Allen – Songs about rain
51. Billie Myers – Kiss the rain
52. A-ha – Crying in the rain
53. The Wanted – Lightning 
54. Neil Sedaka – Laughter in the rain
55. Lauv – Paris in the rain 

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Most Haunting Songs of All Time

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Most of us are used to listening to chirpy songs, probably because music is meant to cheer us up and put us in a good mood. But there are really sad songs which make us very gloomy but then there are those songs which are so haunting and creepy that our blood runs cold. The spooky music, coupled by the eerie voices of the likes of Amy Lee of Evanescence, Sarah Brightman, Lana Del Rey and Jack Black can send shivers through our spines. These songs are perfect for those dark moments in life where we need liberation from the nightmares that haunt us. Of course do not expect death metal or any sort of satanic music on this list for I do not believe in the worship of Lucifer like Marilyn Manson or Korn. And I have included Michael Jackson's Thriller as the last song, not because it is oh-so terrifying, but as a tribute to the icon who many believe has produced the most popular horror music video to date.   So these are the most haunting songs of all time: 

1. Sarah Brightman & Michael Crawford – The phantom of the opera
2. Evanescence – Lacrymosa
3. Moody Blues – Nights in white satin
4. Lana Del Rey – Born to die
5. Within Temptation ft. Kevin Caputo – What have you done
6. Metallica – Nothing else matters
7. Florence and the Machine – Seven devils
8. Evanescence – Listen to the rain
9. The Cranberries – Zombie
10. Madonna – Frozen
11. Guns N’ Roses – November rain
12. Ruelle – Up in flames
13. Lana Del Rey – Summertime sadness
14. Evanescence – My immortal
15. The Rasmus ft. Anette Olzon – October & April
16. Elaine Page – Memory
17. Adam Lambert – Mad world (Original by Tears for Fears)
18. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
19. Evanescence ft. Paul McCoy – Bring me to life
20. The Chromatics – Into the black
21. Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart
22. The White Stripes – Seven nation army
23. Within Temptation – Angels
24. Lana Del Rey – Once upon a dream
25. Limp Bizkit – Behind blue eyes
26. Garbage – This world is not enough
27. The Rasmus – In the shadows
28. Nightwish – The crow, the owl and the dove
29. Adele – Skyfall
30. Evanescence – Hello
31. Hozier – Take me to church 
32. White Town – Your woman
33. James Blunt – Goodbye my lover
34. Lorde – Royals
35. Meatloaf – I would do anything for love
36. Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon – Summer wine (Original by Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra)
37. U2 – Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
38. Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over
39. The Cranberries – God be with you
40. The Weeknd – The hills 
41. Radiohead – How to disappear completely
42. Il Divo – Regresa a mi (Original by Toni Braxton)
43. Sheryl Crow – Tomorrow never dies
44. Enigma – Sadeness Part I
45. Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta’s paradise
46. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
47. Nightwish – Bye bye beautiful
48. Lana Del Rey – Young and beautiful
49. Justin Timberlake – Cry me a river
50. Rihanna – Russian roulette
51. The Verve – Bitter sweet symphony
52. Skyler Stonestreet – A little taste
53. Alex Clare – Too close 
54. Loreen – Euphoria 
55. Shawn Hlookoff – She could be you
56. Shirley Bassey – Diamonds are forever
57. The Beatles – Yesterday
58. Alex Clare – Too close
59. Evanescence – Haunted  
60. t.A.T.u. – All about us
61. The Rolling Stones – Paint it black
62. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – E.T.
63. Eminem ft. Dido – Stan
64. Major Lazer ft. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley – Powerful 
65. Spice Girls – Viva forever
66. Christina Perri – Jar of hearts
67. Elliot Smith – Everything means nothing to me
68. Natalie Imbruglia – Smoke
69. Savage Garden – To the moon and back
70. ABBA – Lay your love on me
71. Nightwish – Amaranth
72. Jack Black ft. Alicia Keys – Another way to die
73. Little Mix – DNA
74. Chris Isaak – Wicked game
75. Celine Dion – It’s all coming back to me now
76. Dr. Dre ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey – I need a doctor
77. Enigma – Beyond the invisible
78. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – Dark horse
79. Florence + The Machine – Spectrum 
80. Evanescence – Lithium
81. Enya – Only time
82. Richard Marx – Hazard
83. Lorde – Team
84. Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah (Original by Leonard Cohen)
85. Duran Duran – Come undone
86. Evanescence – Cloud nine
87. The Smiths – How soon is now
88. Within Temptation – The howling
89. Florence + The Machine – What the water gave me
90. Lana Del Rey – High by the beach 
91. We Are The Fallen – Bury me alive
92. OneRepublic – Apologize
93. Amy Winehouse – Back to black 
94. Edwyn Collins – A girl like you
95. Sia – Breathe me
96. Rihanna – Disturbia
97. KaRe – For all time
98. Miley Cyrus – Who owns my heart
99. Lady Gaga – Bad romance
100. Michael Jackson – Thriller

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