Best Songs About Not Caring What Others Think Or Say

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We all judge others and are judged in return. While most of us can take the criticism and the convoluted rumours and stories, some of us find it difficult to cope with public opinion, peer pressure, and blatant judgment. It's all about the reputation and image. What others think and say of us sometimes has a greater impact than we might ever comprehend. So what better way to deal with this than music. Several feel good and inspirational songs deal with this particular issue. David Guetta's Titanium backed by Sia's powerful vocals takes the crown followed by Taylor Swift's crossover smash hit Shake It Off which took the world by storm for its straightforward theme of merely shaking off what others think or say. Simply no one has double entries and its an entire mishmash of genres ranging from Pop and Hip-Hop to EDM and Rap. So here are the Top 25 of the Best Songs About Not Caring What Others Think or Say:

1. David Guetta ft. Sia – Titanium
2. Taylor Swift – Shake it off
3. Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner – Written in the stars
4. Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown – Champion
5. Emeli Sande – Read all about it Part III
6. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Bad reputation
7. Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly – Do what u want
8. Pink – So what
9. Eminem – The way I am
10. Demi Lovato – Skyscraper
11. Muse – Invincible
12. Nelly Furtado – Powerless (Say what you want)
13. Lindsey Lohan – Rumours
14. Phil Collins – I don’t care anymore
15. S Club 7 – Bring it all back
16. Cheryl Cole – I don’t care
17. Glee Cast – Loser like me
18. Ben Harper – I’ll rise
19. Havana Brown – Warrior
20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Jay Dalton – Can’t hold us
21. Nico & Vinz – Am I wrong
22. Little Mix – Wings
23. Britney Spears – My prerogative
24. Kelly Clarkson – Catch my breath
25. Mary Lambert – Secrets  

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Best Reggae Fusion Hits of All Time

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We are all a bit Rastafari at heart. We may not be Rastafarian to the point of doctrinal values but as far as the attitude and practices go, most of us adhere to their carefree ways of life. Reggae was born in the trenches of Jamaica. Jamaican musicians, many of them Rastas, soon blended traditional Jamaican folk music and drumming with American R&B, and jazz into ska, that later developed into reggae under the influence of soul. During the 60s and 70s, Reggae entered the mainstream music industry and flourished until pop and alternative rock took over in the 80s and the 90s. 

While Reggae has never been at the helm of the music industry, nevertheless it has always had a presence through various forms. One such form is Reggae Fusion. Reggae Fusion is a fusion genre of Reggae that mixes Reggae or Dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, R&B, jazz & drum and bass. While Reggae Fusion was experimented in the 80s, it was in the 90s that the first wave of Reggae Fusion stormed the charts and this commenced in Europe. Eurodance fused with Reggae produced smash hits which became increasingly popular leading acts such as Mr.President, Dr. Alban, E-Rotic and Vengaboys to fuse their styles with Reggae as well. 

Ace of Base takes the crown as well as second place because they were instrumental in laying the foundation for Reggae Fusion with their first global hit All That She Wants which was followed by the massive hit The sign. I believe the next wave of Reggae Fusion is upon us with the likes of OMI, MAGIC! and R.City gaining international success. So here are the 75 of the Greatest Reggae Fusion Hits of All Time:

1. Ace of Base – All that she wants
2. Ace of Base – The sign
3. OMI – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
4. MAGIC! – Rude
5. Shaggy ft. Rikrok – It wasn’t me
6. Sean Paul – Get busy
7. Snow – Informer
8. Jessie J ft. B.o.B. – Price tag
9. Ini Kamoze – Here comes the hotstepper
10. Sean Kingston – Beautiful girls
11. Diana King – Shy guy
12. No Doubt ft. Bounty Killer – Hey baby
13. Shaggy ft. Rayvon – Angel
14. Iyaz – Replay
15. Akon – Don’t matter
16. Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars – Billionaire
17. Gwen Stefani – Rich girl
18. R.City ft. Adam Levine – Locked away
19. Lily Allen – Smile
20. Alexandra Burke ft. Elephant Man – Start without you
21. Vengaboys – We’re going to Ibiza
22. No Doubt ft. Lady Saw – Underneath it all
23. Nina Sky ft. Jabba – Move ya body
24. Ace of Base – Don’t turn around
25. Inner Circle – Sweat (A la, la, la, la long)
26. Sugar Ray – Fly
27. Shaggy ft. Rayvon – In the summertime
28. Paris Hilton – Stars are blind
29. K’Naan – Wavin’ flag
30. Heavy D & the Boyz – Now that we found love
31. Sean Paul – Gimme the light
32. Mohombi – Bumpy ride
33. Aswad – Shine
34. Vitamin C ft. Lady Saw – Smile
35. Mr. President – Coco jamboo
36. Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber – Eenie meenie
37. Dr. Alban – It’s my life
38. Bridgit Mendler – Ready or not
39. Wayne Wonder – No letting go
40. Michael Franti & Spearhead ft. Cherine Anderson – Say hey (I love you)
41. Sean Paul – She doesn’t mind
42. All Saints – Rock steady
43. T-Spoon – Sex on the beach
44. Ace of Base – Living in danger
45. Alexandra Stan – Lemonade
46. Che’Nelle ft. Baby Cham – I fell in love with the DJ
47. Gyptian – Hold you
48. Sean Kingston – Take you there
49. Cover Drive – Explode
50. Iyaz – Solo
51. Bob Sinclar & Cutee B ft. Gary Pine & Dollarman – Sound of freedom
52. Santana ft. Sean Paul & Joss Stone – Cry baby cry
53. Vengaboys – Uncle John from Jamaica
54. Suggs ft. Louichie Lou & Michie One – Cecilia
55. Bruno Mars – Count on me
56. Diana King – I say a little prayer
57. Sean Kingston – Me love
58. Sean Paul – We be burnin’
59. No Doubt – Settle down
60. Rihanna – Man down
61. Beenie Man ft. Mya – Girls dem sugar
62. Sean Kingston – Letting go (Dutty love)
63. Wayne Wonder – Bounce along
64. Ace of Base – Happy nation
65. Diana King – L-l-lies
66. ENUR ft. Natasja – Calabria 2007
67. Yasmin ft. Shy FX & Ms.Dynamite – Light up (the world)
68. Shaggy ft. Eve – Girls just want to have fun
69. Gwen Stefani – Baby don’t lie
70. Bridgit Mendler – Hurricane
71. Snoop Lion ft. Miley Cyrus – Ashtrays and heartbreaks
72. 311 – Amber
73. MAGIC! – Let your hair down
74. Bruno Mars ft. Damian Marley – Liquor store blues
75. Tami Chynn ft. Akon – Frozen 

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Best Mixed Bands of All Time

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We all know about the boy bands and the girl groups which have stormed the mainstream pop industry. But there are also mixed bands, an assorted motley of boys and girls which have formed bands as well. Most of them have their designated lead singer but the others also play significant roles in the group. Some of these bands have become extremely successful and popular and among these is ABBA which is one of the best selling bands of all time followed by Fleetwood Mac and Black Eyed Peas. Most of these bands have also lead the way for solo careers for their lead vocalists such as will.i.am, Fergie, Stevie Nicks, Gwen Stefani, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill. So here are the best 30 mixed bands of all time:

1. ABBA
   
2. Fleetwood Mac
   
3. Black Eyed Peas
   
4. Ace of Base
   
5. Boney M.
   
6. Blondie
   
7. No Doubt
   
8. The Human League
   
9. Heart
   
10. S Club 7
    
11. Aqua
    
12. Lady Antebellum
    
13. Fugees
    
14. Steps
    
15. The Pretenders
    
16. The Corrs
    
17. Vengaboys
    
18. The B-52s
    
19. Liberty X
    
20. The Mamas & the Papas
    
21. The Velvet Underground
    
22. Little Big Town
    
23. Talking Heads
    
24. A* Teens
    
25. Cover Drive
    
26. The Band Perry
    
27. N-Dubz
    
28. Alcazar
    
29. ATC
    
30. Scandal'us
    

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Xposition - September 2015

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September was not such an interesting month. In the wake of the aftermath of the MTV Video Music Awards 2015 where hell always breaks lose, September proved to be quite somber. The month kicked off with the announcement that Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger are separating after two years of marriage. 

Yes, the summer is over and it is time to check the anticipated Songs of Summer. The coveted crown in the US went to OMI's Cheerleader beating Wiz Khalifa's See You Again in the final week of the tally. Taylor Swift's Bad Blood came in at No.3 followed by The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face and Silento's Watch Me. In the UK, the Biggest Selling Songs of Summer 2015 were revealed with Jason Derulo's Want To Want Me. At second place was Lost Frequencies' Are You With Me followed by OMI's Cheerleader and Tinie Tempah's Not Letting Go. 

September also revealed the next artist who will sing the next James Bond. The title has gone to Sam Smith. The announcement ended months of speculation in which the likes of Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Adele, Lana Del Rey, Lorde, Noel Gallagher and even Radiohead were tipped as candidates to helm the new Bond song. Smith's Writing On The Wall is to be featured in the film Spectre.

Taylor Swift's conquests continues as she leads the nominations in this year's MTV Europe Music Awards. The singer has nine nominations including Best Song, Best Pop Artist, Best Female Artist and Best Live Act. Alongside Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar's Bad Blood the following have also been nominated for Best Song:

Ellie Goulding: Love Me Like You Do

Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ: Lean On

Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth: See You Again

Meanwhile, the UK has compiled the lists for the Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2015 So Far and the Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2015 so Far. Ed Sheeran's x leads the albums list followed by Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour and Taylor Swift's 1989. The 5 biggest songs so far are:

1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown funk
2. OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Mix)
3. Hozier - Take Me To Church
4. Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
5. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again 

September also witnessed Sam Smith's debut record In The Lonely Hour notch up a record-breaking 67 consecutive weeks in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 – the longest unbroken run ever for a debut album. The LP hasn’t left the Top 10 since its release in May 2014, where it debuted at Number 1. The chart record was previously held by Emeli Sande, whose debut Our Version Of Events tallied 66 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 between February 2012 and May 2013. Prior to Emeli, the record was held for almost 50 years by The Beatles’ Please Please Me (62 weeks).

In chart news, in the US, OMI's Cheerleader stayed atop the charts during the first week and was replaced once again by The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face which replaced it earlier in August. However, this proved short lived as Justin Bieber's global smash hit What Do You Mean? debuted at No.1 the following week. But The Weeknd did manage to grab the top spot in the final week. By this feat The Weeknd became the first solo male to top the Artist 100, Hot 100 and Billboard 200 in the same week as his album Beauty Behind The Madness had topped the album chart as well. Only one other act had achieved the same feat earlier and it was Taylor Swift with her Shake It Off at No.1 on the Hot 100 and 1989 at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and herself at the helm of the Artist 100. Meanwhile, Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz' 679, Ed Sheeran's Photograph and R.City ft. Adam Levine's Locked Away all entered the Top 10 during the month. 

In the UK, Rachel Platten opened the month with her debut hit Fight Song at the top. This was replaced by Bieber's What Do You Mean? which was replaced by Sigala's Easy Lover in the third week only to be overthrown by Bieber in the fourth week and he remained at the top during the final week. Demi Lovato's Cool For The Summer, Galantis' Peanut Butter Jelly and Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson's Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) all entered the Top 10 during the month. 

Some of the other popular hits during the month were:

• Taylor Swift - Wildest dreams
• Sam Hunt - House party
• Lana Del Rey - High by the beach
• Pia Mia ft. Chris Brown & Tyga - Do it again
• Nick Jonas - Levels  
• Alessia Cara - Here
• Disclosure ft. Sam Smith - Omen 
• Rita Ora ft. Chris Brown - Body on me 

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Best Songs To Listen To When You're Angry

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What do you do when that extremely annoying thing happens to you? Violence is not always the solution. Counting to ten never worked, breaking stuff worked sometimes but in order to cool down you need to vent that anger off. What better way to deal with those pent-up issues and emotions than listening to music. Like I always say, music can solve anything. Likewise, there are songs which cater to your inner demons when dealing with your ex, friend, relative or random stranger. This list has been compiled from the mainstream hits and all forms of satanic metal and music have been excluded. Rock music rules the compilation with a few pop songs. The crown goes to I Hate Everything About You by Three Days Grace followed by System of a Down's Chop Suey. Nickelback, Evanescence and My Chemical Romance all have three entries each with The Pretty Reckless, Bon Jovi, Paramore, Linkin Park, Pink and Kelly Clarkson having two each. The last 10 songs are from mainstream pop. So here are the 50 best songs to listen to when you're angry:   

1. Three Days Grace – I hate everything about you
2. System of a Down – Chop suey
3. The Pretty Reckless – You make me wanna die
4. Nickelback – Burn it to the ground
5. 3 Doors Down – Going down in flames
6. Evanescence – Going under
7. Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
8. Race Against the Machine – Killing in the name
9. Alanis Morissette – You oughta know 
10. Limp Bizkit – Break stuff
11. Green Day – Platypus (I hate you)
12. Linkin Park ft. Daron Malakian – Rebellion 
13. Paramore – Ignorance
14. Bon Jovi – You give love a bad name
15. My Chemical Romance – House of wolves
16. Nightwish – Bye bye beautiful
17. Nickelback – This means war
18. Breaking Benjamin – Diary of Jane
19. The Pretty Reckless – Going to hell
20. My Chemical Romance – Give ‘em hell kid
21. Bon Jovi – Have a nice day  
22. Nickelback – Edge of a revolution
23. Pink – U + ur hand
24. Savage Garden – Break me, shake me
25. Metallica – St.Anger
26. Evanescence – Sweet sacrifice  
27. Paramore – Monster
28. My Chemical Romance – Sharpest lives
29. Within Temptation ft. Keith Caputo – What have you done 
30. We Are The Fallen – Bury me alive
31. Linkin Park – Numb 
32. Janis Joplin – Piece of my heart 
33. Michael Jackson – They don’t care about us
34. All American Rejects – Gives you hell
35. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Bad reputation
36. Ugly Kid Joe – Everything about you
37. Nicki Minaj ft. Eminem – Roman’s revenge
38. Lily Allen – Fuck you
39. Evanescence – Call me when you’re sober
40. Green Day – Know your enemy
41. Kelly Clarkson – Never again
42. Cee Lo Green – Fuck you
43. Natalie Imbruglia – Big mistake
44. Plain White Ts – Hate (I really don’t like you)
45. Eamon – Fuck it (I don’t want you back)
46. Pink – Just like a pill
47. Kelly Clarkson – Walkaway
48. Carrie Underwood – Before he cheats
49. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ciara – Takin’ back my love
50. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad blood 

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Ultimate Birthday Playlist/Best Birthday Songs of All Time

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This post is dedicated to Tharindri Rupesinghe!

Your birthday comes only once a year and some love it while others hate it. Some people celebrate that they are one year older while others mourn that their nearing death. Whatever said and done it is the commemoration of one's birth and what you do on that day is up to you. As usual music provides for all occasions and birthdays are no exception. These songs are to wish the birthday girl or boy a very happy birthday and an awesome year ahead. Of course Happy Birthday To You sung at all birthdays takes the crown and according to the Guinness World Records it is the most recognized song in the English language. The melody is attributed to the Mill sisters in 1893 from their Good Morning To All which ultimately throughout the ages took on the version that is sung today at birthdays. So here are the 15 best birthday songs of all time:

1. Patty Hill & Mildred J. Hill – Happy birthday to you
2. New Kids On The Block – Happy birthday to you
3. Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday
4. Katy Perry – Birthday
5. The Beatles – Birthday
6. Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise – It’s my birthday
7. Selena Gomez – Birthday
8. Andreea D – It’s your birthday
9. Destiny’s Child – Birthday
10. Altered Images – Happy birthday
11. Jeremih – Birthday sex
12. Pixie Lott – Birthday
13. Rihanna – Birthday cake
14. The Click Five – Happy birthday
15. 2 Chainz ft. Kanye West – Birthday song  

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Xposition - August 2015

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The month did not start with drama but it sure ended with a bang. The 2015 Teen Choice Awards were held in August with One Direction being the biggest winners of the night winning 8 out of their 10 nominations including Music Group: Male, Summer Music Star: Group, Summer Tour, Music Single: Group and Love Song. Top notch performances included Rachel Platten's Fight Song, Little Mix's Black Magic and 5 Seconds of Summer's She's Kinda Hot. Other winners of the night in music were:

• Male Artist - Ed Sheeran
• Female Artist - Demi Lovato
• Music Group: Female - Fifth Harmony
• Music Single: Female - Ariana Grande - One Last Time
• Music Single: Male - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
• Breakout Artist - Little Mix
• Song From a Movie/TV Show - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again (Furious 7)

Of course the drama that we all anticipated, may be scripted may be not, went down at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards hosted by none other than Miley Cyrus. Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift settled the score for their pre-VMA twitter spat on stage when the two performed on stage with Nicki Minaj's Trini Dem Girls and The Night is Still Young and Taylor Swift's Bad Blood. Other good performances included The Weeknd's global smash hit Can't Feel My Face, Justin Bieber with a medley of Where Are U Now and his newest single What Do You Mean and Demi Lovato with her new single Cool for the Summer accompanied by Iggy Azalea. 

Before we get to the awards let's talk about the drama. Before the ceremony Miley Cyrus earlier commented about the Nicki Minaj-Taylor Swift twitter spat in her interview to the New York Times and it was not in favour of Minaj, so when Minaj came on stage to accept her award for Best Hip-Hop Video for Anaconda, she asked Cyrus who was on stage what the bitch's deal was in making comments about her to the press. Cyrus as a host was too much to take with her partial nudity and language and at one point she even flashed the crowds. 

But the icing on the cake was when an inebriated Kanye West, the recipient of the coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award announced his candidacy for the 2020 US Presidential Election. Other highlights included Taylor Swift premiering her video for the newest single Wildest Dreams and also Miley Cyrus' surprise release of her newest album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz accompanied by the performance of her newest single off the album - Dooo It!

Now getting back to the awards, Taylor Swift proved her might by winning the Video of the Year for Bad Blood and she also won three more awards including Best Female Video and Best Pop Video both for Blank Space and Best Collaboration for Bad Blood with Kendrick Lamar. Some of the other significant recipients were:

• Best Male Video: Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
• Artist to Watch: Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
• Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
• Best Video with a Social Message: Big Sean ft. Kanye West & John Legend - One Man Can Change The World
• Song of Summer: 5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot 

Now moving onto the charts, in the US OMI's Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) continued to reign for three weeks at the top only to be replaced by The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face for one week which was again taken over by Cheerleader in the fifth and final week. It is evident that The Weeknd will dethrone OMI in the weeks to come. Rachel Platten's Fight Song peaked at N.6 during the month while Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO's Lean On peaked at No.4. Meanwhile, One Direction's newest single Drag Me Down debuted at No.3 the highest debut for this year. It has been a great year for Fetty Wap with his first three singles reaching the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. He sets a record in the US as he is the first act to simultaneously chart first four charting singles in the top 10 of Hot Rap Songs. 

In the UK, Little Mix's Black Magic continued their reign from July through to the first two weeks of August only to be replaced by One Direction's Drag Me Down. This was followed by Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor's Marvin Gaye and Jess Glynne's Don't Be So Hard On Yourself with the fourth and fifth weeks respectively. With her latest hit, Jess Glynne matches Cheryl Cole's record for the most number of Number One hits by a British Female Sole Artist on the UK Singles Chart. 

Some of the other popular hits during the month were:

• Sigma ft. Ella Henderson - Glitterball
• Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz - 679
• Shawn Mendes - Stitches 
• X Ambassadors - Renegades
• Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend - Like I'm gonna lose you 
• Hailee Steinfeld - Love myself 
• Elle King - Ex's & Oh's 

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Ultimate Hits of the 60s

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I welcome you all to the golden era of music. Some hate the 80s and some hate the 70s. Everyone hates the 2010s but no one really dislikes the 1960s. The 1960s is when the modern music revolution took place with the likes of The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Supremes and Aretha Franklin. The foundation for mainstream pop was established, rock and roll took on new forms and the Motown sound took charts by storm. Although my favourite decade is the 90s and thereafter the 2000s, I've always had a special place for the 1960s for making the music industry for what it is today. 

The bands were more or less named after some random collaboration like for the males: The Marcels, The Foundations, The Monkees, The Zombies etc. and for the females: The Chiffons, The Dixie Cups, The Crystals, The Shirelles etc. What is evident from this era is that bands had more to do with being established than solo artists and also mixed bands were quite rare other than those formed by families such as Sly & The Family Stone. The doo-wop style was extremely popular during this era along with Jazz, Blues and Soul music. 

This list is a compilation of the greatest hits released between 1960-1969 by different artists and bands with the exception of a very few artists having collaborated on songs. I have deliberately excluded other double entries for the sole purpose of providing space for one-hit wonders and to prevent artists or bands such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Chubby Checker, Tom Jones and The Everly Brothers from having double entries. Therefore, painstakingly I have had to research and find out the best song released by these artists and bands. Thus, these are the Ultimate Hits of the 60s based on chart performance as well as accolades received. 

1. The Beatles – Hey Jude
2. Chubby Checker – The twist
3. The Monkees – I’m a believer
4. The Supremes – Baby love
5. The Archies – Sugar, sugar
6. Elvis Presley – It’s now or never
7. The Beach Boys – Good vibrations
8. The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s clown
9. Aretha Franklin – Respect
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
11. Mary Hopkins – Those were the days
12. The Ronettes – Be my baby
13. Tom Jones – Green, green grass of home
14. Manfred Mann – Do wah diddy diddy
15. Roy Orbison – Oh pretty woman
16. Sonny & Cher – I got you babe
17. The Rolling Stones – Paint it, black
18. The Shirelles – Will you love me tomorrow
19. Cliff Richard – Congratulations
20. Engelbert Humperdinck – Release me
21. Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra – Somethin’ stupid
22. Marvin Gaye – I heard it through the grape vine
23. The Troggs – Wild thing  
24. Bob Dylan – Like a rolling stone
25. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs.Robinson
26. Bobby Lewis – Tossin’ and turnin’
27. Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki
28. Del Shannon – Runaway
29. Peter and Gordon – A world without love
30. The Four Seasons – Rag doll
31. Cilla Black – You’re my world
32. Little Eva – The loco-motion
33. Nancy Sinatra – These boots are made for walking
34. The Shadows – Apache
35. Ray Charles – I can’t stop loving you
36. Four Tops – Reach out, I’ll be there
37. Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The young ones
38. The Drifters – Save the last dance for me
39. Lesley Gore – It’s my party
40. Ben E. King – Stand by me
41. Dusty Springfield – You don’t have to say you love me
42. Righteous Brothers – Unchained melody
43. Louis Armstrong – What a wonderful world
44. The Mamas & the Papas – Monday, Monday
45. Young Rascals – Groovin’
46. Lulu – To sir, with love
47. The Byrds – Mr.Tambourine Man
48. Brenda Lee – I’m sorry
49. Connie Francis – Everybody’s somebody’s fool
50. Petula Clark – Downtown
51. The Animals – The house of the rising sun
52. The Marvelettes – Please Mr.Postman
53. The Dave Clark Five – Glad all over
54. The Chiffons – He’s so fine
55. The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
56. The Marcels – Blue moon
57. The Seekers – I’ll never find another you 
58. Roger Miller – King of the road
59. Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs – Sugar shack
60. Dean Martin – Everybody loves somebody
61. Bobby Vee – Take good care of my baby
62. The Cascades – The rhythm of the rain
63. Jim Reeves – He’ll have to go
64. Percy Faith – Theme from a Summer Place
65. Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing in the street
66. The Tornados – Telstar
67. Ken Dodd – Tears
68. The Kinks – You really got me   
69. Dionne Warwick – Walk on by
70. The Crystals – Da doo ron ron
71. The Temptations – My girl
72. Percy Sledge – When a man loves a woman
73. Jimmy Dean – Big bad John 
74. The 5^th Dimension – Aquarius/Let the sunshine in
75. Frank Ifield – I remember you
76. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett – Let it be me
77. The Tremeleos – Silence is golden
78. Bobby Vinton – Roses are red (my love)
79. Sandie Shaw – (There’s) always something there to remind me
80. The Moody Blues – Go now
81. The Searchers – Needles and pins
82. Lou Christie – Lightnin’ strikes
83. The Tokens – The lion sleeps tonight
84. Betty Everett – The shoop shoop song (It’s in his kiss)
85. The Hollies – Stop, stop, stop
86. The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the city
87. Joe South – Games people play
88. Acker Bilk – Stranger on the shore
89. The Doors – Light my fire
90. Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday people
91. The Foundations – Build me up buttercup
92. Peter, Paul and Mary – Leaving on a jet plane
93. The Dixie Cups – Chapel of love
94. Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders – Game of love
95. Bobby Goldsboro – Honey
96. Skeeter Davis – The end of the world
97. Gerry and the Pacemakers – You’ll never walk alone
98. The Turtles – Happy together
99. The Boxtops – The letter
100. The Shangri-las – Leader of the pack
101. Tommy Roe – Sheila
102. Herb Alpert – This guy’s in love with you
103. Danny Williams – Moon river
104. Dick and Dee Dee – The mountain’s high
105. Glen Campbell – Galveston
106. The Angels – My boyfriend’s back
107. Mary Wells – My guy
108. Barry Sadler – Ballad of the Green Berets
109. Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
110. Lonnie Donegan – My old man’s a dustman
111. Otis Redding – (Sittin’ on) the dock of the bay
112. Joe Cocker – With a little help from my friends
113. Gary Lewis & the Playboys – This diamond ring
114. Brian Hyland – Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini
115. Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – Bad to me
116. The Association – Cherish
117. Paul Mauriat – Love is blue
118. Ike & Tina Turner – River deep - mountain high
119. Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I love her
120. James Brown – I got you (I feel good)
121. Rolf Harris – Tie me kangaroo down, sport
122. The Contours – Do you love me
123. Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s talkin’
124. Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye – Ain’t no mountain high enough
125. Big Brother and the Holding Company – Piece of my heart
126. The Who – I can see for miles
127. Chuck Berry – You never can tell
128. Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be sure to wear flowers in your hair)
129. The Zombies – She’s not there
130. Bobby Darin – Things
131. Sam Cooke – Chain gang
132. John Lennon – Give peace a chance
133. Pat Boone – Speedy Gonzales  
134. Jimmy Jones – Handy man
135. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young girl
136. Eddie Cochran – Three steps to heaven
137. Frankie Vaughan – Tower of strength
138. John Leyton – Johnny remember me
139. Herman’s Hermits – I’m into something good
140. Paula and Paula – Hey Paula
141. Buddy Holly – Bo Diddley
142. Jewel Akens – The birds and the bees
143. Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger
144. Gene McDaniels – A hundred pounds of clay
145. Marmalade – Ob-la-di, ob-la-da
146. Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ back to happiness
147. Johnny Preston – Cradle of love
148. Johnny Rivers – Poor side of town
149. Patsy Cline – I fall to pieces
150. Peggy Lee – Is that all there is?

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Top 20 Songs About Being Young

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We may be growing old but all of us want to be young at heart. Maturity is a pretty subjective characteristic, as the most mature person can end up doing the most juvenile thing. There are songs about being young and the experiences one goes through when you were a kid. I have excluded those songs which reminisce the thought of how it felt to be young, because those are downright depressing. We have Fun. ft. Janelle Monae's We Are Young at the helm which although I am not crazy about actually sums up how the lives of today's youth are led. This is followed by the anthem, Young, Wild & Free by Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars. 

These songs are more or less based in pop with several rock and R&B songs and two indie and one EDM. Kesha is the only artist with two entries. I placed Jay-Z ft. Mr.Hudson's Forever Young which is a sampled version of Alphaville's original of the same name on higher position as I believed Jay-Z's rap verses are more relevant to our times. Songs like I'm Just A Kid, Cool Kids and Teenagers are more about what you go through when you are young. So here are the best songs about being young:

1. Fun. ft. Janelle Monae – We are young
2. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – Young, wild & free
3. Kesha – Die young
4. The Corrs – So young
5. Jay-Z ft. Mr.Hudson – Forever young
6. Tulisa Contostavlos – Young
7. Avril Lavigne – Here’s to never growing up
8. Rod Stewart – Forever young
9. Hardwell ft. Chris Jones – Young again
10. Simple Plan – I’m just a kid
11. Kesha ft. will.i.am – Crazy kids
12. Wheatus – Teenage dirtbag
13. My Chemical Romance – Teenagers
14. Echosmith – Cool kids
15. One Direction – Live while we’re young
16. Bob Dylan – Forever young
17. Katy Perry – Teenage dream
18. MGMT – Kids
19. The Undertones – Teenage kicks
20. Alphaville – Forever young 

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Most Sought After Artists to Be Featured at Present

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Adele, Shawn Mendes and Desiigner maybe making their mark atop the charts with their smash hits but not a lot of other artists seem to feature them, or they may just not have the time. There are some artists at present who have been sought after by others to be featured in their songs. Although featuring artists is not a contemporary trend, there are some artists who have been featured more than others which begs the question why are they more sought after. The ability to rap and/or powerful vocals and a popular image in the mainstream are the key elements of being sought after. Topping the list this year is Drake with an increasing demand for the hit generator to be featured. Also on the list are rappers Sean Paul, Fetty Wap, G-Eazy and Ty Dollar $ign as well as vocal powerhouses Rihanna, Zara Larsson and Tove Lo. The only artist to be on the list from last year is Chris Brown whose demand has somewhat decreased but not as significantly as the rest. 

There are some artists who are just born hit makers such as Lil Wayne, Flo Rida, Pitbull and Nicki Minaj (surprisingly though none of them make the list). It’s like if they are featured, it is bound to be a hit. So no wonder the artists have them in mind when writing and/or producing their songs. There are many rappers on the list along with female artists with varying powerful vocals. So here are today’s 10 most sought after artists to be featured:

1. Drake
   
2. Tove Lo
   
3. Sean Paul
   
4. G-Eazy
   
5. Zara Larsson
   
6. Fetty Wap
   
7. Rihanna
   
8. Chris Brown
   
9. MØ
   
10. Ty Dollar $ign
    

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