Songs for Life

By now, most of you know of and are possibly participating in Alyssa's "Back to Blogging" link-up.  I've been enjoying what I've been reading, and I've been enjoying the challenge of the prompts. 

Surprisingly, this prompt has/had me stumped:
1. Three (or however many you choose) songs that define your life and why

I love music.  I love live music.  I love listening to music, finding new music, feeling music, reading about music, and talking about music (as evidenced by my monthly playlist posts with Jana as well as other music posts on this blog.)  So, why did this one stump me?  Because I was overwhelmed with all the songs I love and why I love them.  To ask myself what songs "define" my life...well, that's just tough, but a question I've been trying to tackle.

It's My Life by Bon Jovi - My love for Bon Jovi began in 1984, and it never waned, but it was solidified and stamped into my personal history with the 2000 release of "It's My Life".  It bridged hair band '80s rockers with an updated, polished, new millennium band.  It bridged generations of fans; some discovered this band for the first time with this song.  It bridged teenage Erin with adult Erin; I was 11 years old when I first set sight and heard the sounds of Bon Jovi, and I was 27 when this song hit the airwaves.  The simplicity of the statement "It's my life, it's now or never, I ain't gonna live forever" is strong and powerful for me.

Just a Girl by No Doubt - It was 1995, and I was 22 years old when this song was released.  Already, I'd experienced a serious relationship with a very controlling man who wanted to mold me and fit me into his definition of what I should look like, how I should think, and what I should be when I grew up.  That very year, I was ending that relationship with this person.  No Doubt exploded onto my scene, and I was instantly in awe of Gwen.  Gwen's tongue-in-cheek lyrics of "I'm just a girl, little ol' me" and singing "I've had it up to here" was my jam.  It's exactly what I needed to hear at the time. It's still my jam.  And, I'm still in awe of Gwen.  She is creative and ambitious.  She is a girly-girl who hangs with the guys.   She is open, honest, and vulnerable (through her lyrics), but she is not scared to be strong and in-your-face. All of these traits are lovely little traits for "just a girl."

Slide by Goo Goo Dolls - Okay.  You may think this is a weird choice.  Basically, the song is about wanting "to wake up where you are".  I choose to believe it's a love song of sort.  So, why is this a song that defines my life?  Well, I have loved and still love all things Goo Goo Dolls.  But, it's this lyric: "What you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful" that gets me every.single.time.  It has served as a reminder to me at those times that I am feeling really, really ugly (both physically and emotionally) to strive to FEEL beautiful, so I can BE beautiful.  Again, I don't just focus on the physicality that the world "beautiful" can signify.  I focus on the beauty within as well.  Even more so.  How much does this lyric mean to me?  Enough to get it tattooed on me permanently.

Scars by Papa Roach - This one.  This one I've sung at the top of my lungs through tears more times that I can count.  It is a song that embodies what I love about live music: people of all ages, all backgrounds, all ethnicities, religions, genders, identities, coming together to sing a song while squished together, swaying together, sweating together, hands and voices raised, because I've been in many Papa Roach live show pits experiencing this.  I can relate to every.single.word of this song, but this is significant for me: "I can't help you fix yourself, but at least I can say I tried, I'm sorry but I gotta move on with my own life."  Eventually, I realized after spending so many years thinking I needed to "fix" someone else, what I really needed to do was focus on my own self-worth, well-being, and happiness.

Take Tomorrow (One Day at a Time) by Butch Walker - If you've read any of my posts talking about music, chances are you've heard that there's this musician named Butch Walker that I love.  I mean it.  I love this man.  This is from the album that made me fall in love with this man (yes, I was a fan before this album, but this album is when I fell in love.)  This song closes the album and the sentiment is one that speaks to me to this day.  "Give me all your fear, throw it all away, think of all the good things, no matter what they say, we'll take tomorrow, baby, yeah, one day at a time."

Worth mentioning:  Any song by Willie Nelson.  I am instantly taken to Texas when I hear Willie Nelson.  I think of my dad.  I think of road trips.  I think of Lone Star and Shiner Bock beer.  I think of honky tonks.  I think of bluebonnets.  I think of a man that is a legend and an icon who is unconventional and unapologetically himself.  He isn't the best looking.  Not at all.  He isn't the best singer.  Nope.  But, he is Willie, and he embodies Texas.

Linking with Alyssa:

Angry Tunes: A Playlist by Erin and Jana

I, Erin, shared Kristen's post about angry music in my most recent share of Blogger Love.  Jana and Erin consulted and agreed to steal be inspired by Kristen's post.  We will give you our own version of a collection of "Angry Tunes". 
Warning:  if you don't like explicit lyrics, this isn't the playlist or blog post for you.

1.  Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit - Judge all you want because of the band; this is a song that is a go-to for both of us when we want to listen to angry tunes.

2.  Face to Face by Sevendust - A song that calls someone a "fuck stick", a "motherfucker", and a "prick" is an angry song for us.

3.  Sick by Adelitas Way - This song is all about being "sick" in the head and "sick" of a lot of other shit too.

4.  Scum of the Earth by Rob Zombie - The title tells you enough, doesn't it?

5.  Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine - The song ends with "Fuck you! I won't do what you tell me!" about 20 times.  No exaggeration.  That alone is enough to make our list.

6.  Walk by Pantera - "Fun" fact from Erin: Pantera in Texas is the one and only concert that I got out of the pit because I thought there was a reasonably high possibility I could die.  A lot of anger was expressed at a Pantera show, folks.

7.  Mother Mother by Tracy Bonham - No real reason for this one except the screaming is cathartic.

8.  Down with the Sickness by Disturbed - A superb song that talks about demons, sickness, and madness inside of us.

9.  You Call Me a Bitch Like It's a Bad Thing by Halestorm - Enough said.

10.  One Step Closer by Linkin Park - Shout it with me: "Shut up when I'm talking to you!"

11.  Headstrong by Trapt - The chorus includes a "fun" to sing lyric "Back off I’ll take you on; Headstrong to take on anyone".

12.  Here to Die by Five Finger Death Punch - Opening lyrics: "This wasn't meant to be a love song, Matter fact this one's about hate"; he growls a little more than preferred but breaks into beautiful melodic sounds soon enough. 

Tell us your favorite go-to angry tune.

Songs I am thankful for

The last Thursday of every month, Jana and I are creating playlists for your listening pleasure.  As we brainstormed for this month, this was Jana's exact suggestion:  "How about...songs we're thankful for? Can be ones that make us happy, ones that remind us of childhood, ones that motivate us. Stuff like that."  My response was "perfect".

Selecting songs that I'm thankful for was actually more difficult of a task than I imagined.  So many songs streamed in and out of consciousness...for so many different reasons.  Choosing just a few that really meant a lot to me that I could relate to you their importance, well...like I said, it proved to be more difficult task than I imagined.

If you've been here often, or if you know me at all, you are going to assume that Bon Jovi will be on this list.  That assumption is absolutely correct.

Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi - My mother took myself and three other junior high girls to see Bon Jovi on the Slippery When Wet tour.  As you can imagine, it was a highlight of my adolescence (if not the highlight).   Portions of the video for Wanted were filmed at The Summit in Houston, Texas.  This started a bond that my mother and I have over Bon Jovi.  We've been to several more concerts together throughout the years.  She sends me messages when she sees a performance or interview on tv.  PLUS - another special moment happened with this song:  2006 - one of my very best girlfriends and my boyfriend at the time (who shared and supported my love of music and travel) saw Bon Jovi at Milton Keynes in England.  We had GA tickets, and we were pretty close for most of the show.  During the encore, I wanted a change of setting.  This venue is a "bowl" that is outdoors and inclines down towards the stage.  I went to the top of the bowl...behind the rest of the crowd...watched 65,000 people singing at the top of their lungs to this song.  And, I cried.  Yep.  Cried big tears.  I cried because I was happy.  I cried because I was overwhelmed.  I cried because I was thankful.
(What you see on MTV's VMAs nowadays is complete and total crap compared to this right here.......watch youtube clip now)

Always on My Mind, Willie Nelson version - He's a Texas icon.  He's a unique, unconventional talent.  I like Texas...and I like unique, unconvential, talented people.  Growing up, we had season tickets to my university's football games.  My dad was a graduate and got season tickets before I was born.  This was a family tradition.  My dad, although I do not consider him a country music fan, was a Willie Nelson fan.  Whether it was Red-Headed Stranger, Stardust, Honeysuckle Rose, Pretty Paper...these albums were in heavy rotation.  Also, my dad has an excellent voice.  On most of all of those road trips to College Station, Texas to see our football game, I would sit in the back seat and listen to my dad sing along to Willie.  This song will always remind me of Texas, back roads, football games, and my dad.  Thankfully.

 
Scars by Papa Roach - I have sang this song at the top of my lungs with tears streaming down my face more times than I can count.  In my car.  In my apartment.  In a concert.  In a park.  Word for word, I felt like these lyrics were written for me at a time in my life that I felt like I would indeed "tear my heart open" then "sew myself shut".  For years and years, I followed that same cycle ... tearing myself open, only to feel hurt, pain, sadness ... so, I'd sew myself shut, and I'd pretend I was all good.  I finally broke that cycle, and now this song is an anthem for me to remind myself what I've been through, what I've learned, where I've been, and being thankful for where I am.
 

Don't Move by Butch Walker - During a period of my life (like a whole decade of it...or maybe even more), I was having a really difficult time believing in love.  Believing that I could be loved.  Believing that I deserved love.  Believing that I could give in a way that allowed myself to love.  This song made me feel like love was possible.  It gave me all the feels.  I didn't find the love that this song made me feel for years after hearing it, but it made me believe that love could possibly exist for me.  It still gives me all the feels...shivers...goosebumps.  I'd guess this is a song many of you don't know.  Please listen to it.  Thank you.

By My Side by INXS - My guy and I didn't have an ideal start or the easiest time getting where we are.  He sent me these lyrics once, during a particularly painful time for us.  This song haunts me.  I've always loved its simple beauty.  I am thankful that it played a small role in getting us where we are today. Writers: Kirk Pengilly, Andrew Farriss

"In the dark of night
Those faces they haunt me
I wish you were so close to me

Yes I wish you were
By my side"

Just A Girl by No Doubt - It's fun, witty, sarcastic, and awesome in everyway.  It's an anthem that let's me strut, dance, sing, bounce, jump, and feel all kinds of girl power!  I felt this way about it 20 years ago, and I still feel that way today.  For that, I thank you, Gwen, Tony, Tom, and Adrian.



Don't forget to go check out Jana's songs that she is thankful for.

Tell me...what song(s) are you thankful for?

Gwen is my Taylor

A generation of girls younger than me are obsessed with Taylor Swift. They like her style. They want to be her friend. Her lyrics speak and communicate their feelings in ways that are personal and relatable. Before Taylor was writing thinly-veiled lyrics about a Jonas brother and a Directioner, Gwen was pouring her heart out over a bandmate.

Young gals, keep your T-Swizzle. For me, it's Gwen Stefani.  Gwen will forever be my queen.

As she releases a new single filled with angst and heartache, there is no question who her lyrics are directed to (I'm looking at you, Mr. Rossdale.)

I was inspired to write a post sharing ten times that Gwen Stefani spoke for me:

 

Sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek lyrics about being "Just A Girl" (1995's Tragic Kingdom):

Oh  I'm just a girl, take a good look at me

Just your typical prototype

Oh...I've had it up to here!

Oh...am I making myself clear?

  

A break-up anthem; from Happy Now? (1995's Tragic Kingdom)

You had the best 

But you gave her up  
'Cause dependency might interrupt 

Idealistic will so hard to please 
Put your indecisive mind at ease 

The uber-popular heartfelt break-up ballad; from Don't Speak (1995's Tragic Kingdom)

I really feel that I'm losing my best friend

I can't believe this could be the end

It looks as though you're letting go

And if it's real, well I don't want to know

The time as women when we are questioning our life, our choices, our future, our goals (past & present); from Simple Kind of Life (2000's Return of Saturn)

Now all those simple things are simply too complicated for my life
How'd I get so faithful to my freedom?
A selfish kind of life
When all I ever wanted was the simple things
A simple kind life

And a time as a woman, we question our choices in men; from Bathwater (2000's Return of Saturn)

So why do we choose the boys that are naughty?

I don't fit in so why do you want me?

And I know I can't tame you...but I just keep trying

This one...I can personally remember singing these lyrics to a particular guy from my past...it still kinda hurts reading these lyrics and having that memory; from Don't Let Me Down (2001's Rock Steady)

Crying so deep

That I think I might die

Your mistakes I keep in the back of my mind

So hard to let go but I'm comin' round

The scars are still fragile

Don't let me down

When we think we've found "the one"; from The Real Thing (2004's Love.Angel.Music.Baby.)

Heaven knows what will come next

So emotional, you're so complex

A rollercoaster built to crash
But I still love to have you around

Oh, another memory of shedding tears during a relationship that was bringing me angst; from Early Winter (2006's The Sweet Escape)

You, you know how to get me so low

My heart had a crash when we spoke

I can't fix what you broke

You, you always have a reason

Again & again this feelin'

Why do I give in?

& I always was, always was one for crying
I always was one for tears

Fighting for a relationship; from 4 in the Morning (2006's The Sweet Escape)

And all I know is

You've got to give me everything
Nothing less 'cause
You know I give you all of me

From my first listen, I knew this song was Gwen in true Gwen form, pouring out her heart; Gwen, I've been there...I feel ya; from Used to Love You (yet to be released album)

Yeah, boy

Never thought this would happen
I let it sink in, you're gone
I don't know, know what I'm feeling
I must be dreaming, you're gone

Oh, this video...this video...this video...

Do you have a female artist that speaks for you?  Who is it?  What lyrics? 

All pics pulled from official facebook pages of Gwen Stefani and No Doubt...and tumblr.com.  All lyrics pulled from metrolyrics.com

List #16 - Lyrics

On the train, listening to my ipod which I regularly keep on shuffle so whatever plays next is a surprise.  Today, it's serving up some good ones, so I've grabbed some lyrics to share:

1.
We were the kings and queens of promise

We were the victims of ourselves

Maybe the children of a lesser God

Between Heaven and Hell

30 Seconds to Mars "Kings and Queens" written by Jared Leto

photo from band's facebook

2.
I will not bow

I will not break

I will shut the world away

Breaking Benjamin "I Will Not Bow" written by Jasen Rauch

Photo from band's facebook

3.
Say you want to stay, you want me to

Say you'll never die, you'll always haunt me

I want to know I belong to you

Say you'll haunt me

Stone Sour "Say You'll Haunt Me" written by Josh Rand, Roy Mayorga, James Root, Corey Taylor, Shawn Economaki

Photo from band's facebook

4.
Do what you wanna do

Go out and seek your truth

When I'm down and blue

Rather be me than you

Alice In Chains "Heaven Beside You" written by Jerry Cantrell

Photo credit - Two guys in this photo are dead from drug overdoses - Drugs are bad, kids.

5.
Even when you're all alone

Even when it's not your home

I smell the blood of an australian

Try to understand me if you can

Eskimo Joe "Foreign Land" written by Stephen Parkin

Photo from band's facebook

6.
The feelings I once felt are now dead and gone

I've waited here for you for so very long 

Black Label Society "Stillborn" written by Zachary P. Wylde

Photo from band's facebook

7.
I just can't wake up on the floor

Like a thousand times before

Knowing that forever won't be

P!nk "Mean" written by Jonathan S. Davis, Alecia Moore, Butch Walker, Billy Mann

Photo credit

8.
I won't stop running

I'm only getting closer

To getting off the ground this time

The sky is calling, the wind is at my shoulders

Won't let this chance pass me by

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators "Bent to Fly" written by Saul Hudson and Myles Kennedy

Photo from Slash's facebook

9.
You make me wanna die

I'll never be good enough

You make me wanna die

And everything you love will burn up in the light

Every time I look inside your eyes

You make me wanna die

The Pretty Reckless "Make Me Wanna Die" written by Kato Khandwala, Taylor Momsen, Ben Phillips

Photo credit

10.
And this is how it looks when I am standing on the edge

And this is how I break apart when I finally hit the ground

And this is how it hurts when I pretend I don't feel any pain

And this is how I disappear when I throw myself away

Red "Breathe Into Me" written by Jason Mcarthur, Robert Douglas Graves, Jasen Rauch, Anthony Armstrong

Photo from band's facebook

11.
Runnin wild and lookin pretty

Nick Gilder "Hot Child in the City" written by Nick Gilder and James McCulloch

Photo credit

12.
With open hearts, despite the stakes

We take a chance on our mistakes

A brand new day, we will embrace

An open wound that heals with grace

All the fears that we will face

In this time, and in this place

When you can say, and I can say

We loved with every step we take, I'll be ok

Nothing More "I'll Be OK" written by Daniel Oliver, Jonathan Taylor Hawkins, Mark Anthony Vollelunga

Photo from band's facebook

13.
 I know you'll look away while I'm crying
I know you'll wear that bow with a smile
Everything I gave you, it was wasted
Love further down, adore that denial
AFI "Heart Stops" written by Davey Havok and Jade Puget

Photo from band's facebook

14.
 Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
Bon Jovi "Pictures of You" written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, John M. Shanks

Photo from band's facebook

15.
This song is a work of lyrical genius, so you get the whole song.  The song is a story that you need it in its entirety to truly feel the emotion of the story.  Seriously.  If you do not know this song, watch this video, and read these lyrics.  So, so good.

And it starts
Sometime around midnight
Or at least that's when you lose yourself
For a minute or two

As you stand
Under the bar lights
And the band plays some song about forgetting yourself for a while
And the piano's this melancholy soundtrack to her smile
And that white dress she's wearing, you haven't seen her
For a while

But you know
That she's watching
She's laughing, she's turning
She's holding her tonic like a cross
The room suddenly spinning, she walks up and asks how you are
So you can smell her perfume
You can see her lying naked in your arms

And so there's a change
In your emotions
And all of these memories come rushing like feral waves to your mind
Of the curl of your bodies, like two perfect circles entwined
And you feel hopeless, and homeless, and lost in the haze of the wine

And she leaves
With someone you don't know
But she makes sure you saw her, she looks right at you and bolts
As she walks out the door
Your blood boiling, your stomach in ropes
And then your friends say "What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost."

And you walk
Under the streetlights
And you're too drunk to notice that everyone's staring at you
You don't care what you look like
The world is falling around you

You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her

You know that she'll break you in two

The Airborne Toxic Event "Sometime Around Midnight" written by Mikel Jollet

List # 7 - Mixtape of My Life (so far)

I'm turning 40 in nineteen days.  Yikes.  I'm having a lot of thoughts, a lot of emotions, and a lot nostalgia surrounding this birthday.  So, I've created a list...I'm calling it the "Mixtape of My Life".

I had to make some rules for myself in order to create such a list.  I used Billboard's Top 100 Singles for each year.  On Billboard's actual website, they call it the "Hot 100" (I think), and they only have about ten years listed.  According to other websites, they've been keeping such a list since the '50's, so I used other websites too (mostly, wikipedia...sad, I know).  I'm not quite sure how the "Top 100" or "Hot 100" was created throughout the years (I'm sure I could have done some more research to find out, but I didn't), but it seems to be the industry standard to look to Billboard's list for the popularity of music singles.  I haven't always been one who was a fan of only the "popular" stuff (such as the songs that are going to be on Billboard's Hot 100), so there's several artists/bands that are not respresented.  The "Mixtape" is definitely an imperfect reflection of "My Life".  Anyways........ Here's how I came up with the list..........

I looked at the "Top 100" list for each year of my life: 1973 to 2012 (obviously, 2013 year end charts aren't listed yet).  My initial rule was that I'd select TWO songs from EACH year, then add in 20 others from whatever years I wanted in order to create my own "Top 100" songs of my life.  That was my initial rule, but I changed it because there were actually a couple of years when music was crap, and I couldn't even choose two songs out of a hundred for this fun little experiment of mine (hello, 1997 & 1998).  Another rule I made for myself was no band/artist could have two songs in the same year.  Lastly, I told myself if the song is not in my current music library, or if I couldn't remember owning the song prior, then it didn't make the cut.  For each of these, I can remember the LP or 45 or cassette or CD or digital download (a select few weren't "mine", but my mom's, dad's, or brother's).

So...without further ado...here's the "Mixtape of My Life":  I make no apologies for some of my choices.  I realize music critics and fans alike might consider some of my selections as "crap" too.  So be it.  This is my list.  Yes, there's a lot of Bon Jovi and power ballads.  Again, this is my list.  Songs are listed by year, rank from Billboard's Top 100 for that year, song title, and artist.  Enjoy :)

1. 1973 - (4) - Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
2. 1973 - (17) - Drift Away - Dobie Gray
3. 1974 - (40) -  The Joker - Steve Miller Band
4. 1974 - (78) - Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John
5. 1975 - (1) - Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain and Tenille
6. 1975 - (33) - Sister Golden Hair - America
7. 1976 - (18) - Bohemain Rhapsody - Queen
8. 1976 - (51) - Dream On - Aerosmith
9. 1977 - (68) - Cold As Ice - Foreigner
10. 1977 - (78) - Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
11. 1978 - (13) - You're the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta
12. 1978 - (22) - Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder
13. 1978 - (30) - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf
14. 1979 - (67) - Renegade - Styx
15. 1979 - (74) - I Was Made For Lovin' You - KISS
16. 1979 - (95) - Dance the Night Away - Van Halen
17. 1980 - (4) - Rock With You - Michael Jackson
18. 1980 - (55) - All Out of Love - Air Supply
19. 1980 - (62) - I Can't Tell You Why - The Eagles
20. 1981 - (5) - Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
21. 1981 - (7) - Kiss On My List - Hall and Oates
22. 1981 - (10) - Keep On Lovin' You - REO Speedwagon
23. 1981 - (88) - Smoky Mountain Rain - Ronnie Milsap
24. 1982 - (22) - Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
25. 1982 - (48) - Young Turks - Rod Stewart
26. 1982 - (73) - Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
27. 1982 - (90) - Hot in the City - Billy Idol
28. 1982 - (96) - Workin' for the Weekend - Loverboy
29. 1983 - (7) - Maneater - Hall and Oates
30. 1983 - (17) - Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
31. 1983 - (81) - Faithfully - Journey
32. 1983 - (90) - Photograph - Def Leppard
33. 1984 - (1) - When Doves Cry - Prince
34. 1984 - (4) - Footloose - Kenny Loggins
35. 1984 - (57) - Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benetar
36. 1984 - (68) - Cum On Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
37. 1984 - (99) - Rock Me Tonite - Billy Squier
38. 1985 - (1) - Careless Whisper - Wham
39. 1985 - (26) - Cool It Now - New Edition
40. 1985 - (44) - Never Surrender - Corey Hart
41. 1986 - (30) - You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
42. 1986 - (62) - Your Love - The Outfield
43. 1987 - (7) - Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
44. 1987 - (10) - Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
45. 1987 - (15) - With or Without You - U2
46. 1988 - (5) - Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N' Roses
47. 1988 - (11) - One More Try - George Michael
48. 1988 - (19) - Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
49. 1988 - (21) - Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
50. 1988 - (41) - Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
51. 1988 - (95) - Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
52. 1989 - (3) - Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
53. 1989 - (15) - Heaven - Warrant
54. 1989 - (68) - Lovesong - The Cure
55. 1989 - (86) - Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
56. 1990 - (55) - U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
57. 1990 - (67) - Love Song - Tesla
58. 1990 - (72) - I Remember You - Skid Row
59. 1990 - (91) - What It Takes - Aerosmith
60. 1990 - (96) - Without You - Motley Crue
61. 1991 - (78) - Something to Believe In - Poison
62. 1991 - (82) - Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
63. 1992 - (2) - Baby Got Back - Sir Mix A Lot
64. 1992 - (17) - November Rain - Guns N' Roses
65. 1993 - (50) - What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
66. 1993 - (60) - Cryin' - Aerosmith
67. 1994 - (91) - Always - Bon Jovi
68. 1995 - (5) - On Bended Knee - Boys to Men
69. 1995 - (70) - This Ain't a Love Song - Bon Jovi
70. 1996 - (29) - You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
71. 1996 - (41) - The World I Know - Collective Soul
72. 1996 - (56) - Wonderwall - Oasis
73. 1996 - (68) - Just A Girl - No Doubt
74. 1999 - (10) - Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
75. 1999 - (13) - Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
76. 2000 - (9) - Bent - Matchbox Twenty
77. 2001 - (9) - Again - Lenny Kravitz
78. 2001 - (100) - Hemorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel
79. 2002 - (26) - Wasting My Time - Default
80. 2003 - (4) - Crazy in Love - Beyonce with Jay Z
81. 2003 - (28) - Lose Yourself - Eminem
82. 2004 - (8) - Hey Ya! - Outkast
83. 2004 - (19) - My Immortal - Evanescence
84. 2005 - (4) - Since You Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
85. 2005 - (16) - Mr. Brightside - The Killers
86. 2005 - (36) - Scars - Papa Roach
87. 2005 - (68) - Best of You - Foo Fighters
88. 2006 - (29) - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
89. 2007 - (59) - Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
90. 2007 - (69) - Who Knew - P!nk
91. 2008 - (33) - Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
92. 2008 - (44) - Sorry - Buckcherry
93. 2009 - (26) - Second Chance - Shinedown
94. 2009 - (45) - So What - P!nk
95. 2010 - (45) - Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
96. 2010 - (87) - Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
97. 2011 - (24) - Someone Like You - Adele
98. 2012 - (1) - Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye with Kimbra
99. 2012 - (15) - Wide Awake - Katy Perry
100. 2012 - (22) - Everybody Talks - Neon Trees