Top 100 Popular Songs 1. Hot to Go! – Chappell Roan 2. Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter 3. A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey 4. Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan 5. Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter 6. Lose Control – Teddy Swims 7. Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar 8. I Had Some Help… Read More
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Top 100 Holiday Secular Xmas SongsHoliday music is generally that end of the year, winter solstice, snowy city sidewalk music that makes very little reference to the actual, original meaning of Christmas, and only the most subtle nods to the Birthday Boy. There is singing about the weather, the countdown to Christmas, of holiday bells,… Read More
Top 100 Christmas SongsChristmas Holiday Pop SongsChristmas Rock can include new takes on old classics, as well as newer original Holiday songs. Like every Pop Culture Madness Music List, we strive to list the most known and popular in this Pop/Rock Christmas Song list.1.All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey2.Santa Tell Me… Read More
Halloween Party Music 1.Thriller – Michael Jackson2.Monster Mash – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett3.I Put A Spell On You – Screaming Jay Hawkins (or Bette Midler)4.Ghost Busters – Ray Parker Jr.5.Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Claearwater Revival6.Bury a Friend – Billie Eilish7.Howlin’ for You – The Black Keys8.Haunted House – Jumpin’ Gene Simmons9.Sympathy for the Devil – The… Read More
Scary Movie Soundtracks and TV Themes/SongsScary Music From Soundtracks Movies, Classical & Television can evoke their own terrors, but your memories from the big (or small) screen are what make shivers run down your spine. Extended cuts and edits can add an even creepier vibe. What is ‘scary music’ anyway? Midnight, the Stars and You… Read More
Death Songs in Pop Music1. Die Young – Ke$ha2. People Who Died – Jim Carroll3. Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks4. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan5. New York Mining Disaster (1941) – Bee Gees6. Last Kiss – Frank J. Wilson (or Pearl Jam)7. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price8. Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton9.… Read More
Top 150 Break-Up SongsBreak-Up SongsThis list could have had 200, 300, 400 songs, but we limited it to 150 (for now). Break Up Songs are timeless, if some of these songs are out of your regular listening routine, take advantage of that and get into a better, newer frame of mind.1. Ain’t No Sunshine –… Read More
Top 100 Older Cheating Songs(50s through 80s) Oldies Cheating Songs1. Your Cheating Heart – Hank Williams2. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye3. Who’s Making Love – Johnnie Taylor4. The Other Woman – Ray Parker, Jr5. Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield6. Secret Lovers – Atlantic Starr7. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Rupert… Read More
1990s Summer SongsSummer Songs From the 1990sWhat is a Summer Song?1. The classic songs that describe summertime, vacations, beaches and the boardwalk. 2. The songs that were played in constant rotation on the radio, boardwalks and dance clubs that summer.Included are timeless, obvious songs like Summertime by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince LFO and Summer… Read More
Yacht Rock Definitive PlaylistJazz has Smooth Jazz. Rock and Roll has Yacht Rock. It’s nostalgic music, if you are of the right demographic, or like to pretend you are. The phrase was started by J.D. Ryznar, who created a series of Yacht Rock videos in 2005/6. A mix of 70s and 80s ‘Adult Contemporary’ pop,… Read More
Summer Songs of the 1970sSummer Songs come in two different varieties:1. The classic songs that describe summertime, vacations, beaches and the boardwalk.2. The songs that were played in constant rotation on the radio and dance clubs. We tried to combine both the classic summer songs and songs in different genres that dominated the airwaves during… Read More
Summer Songs 2000-2009Top 200 Summer Songs of the 2000sSummer Songs come in two different varieties:1. The classic songs that describe summertime, vacations, beaches and the boardwalk.2. The songs that were played in constant rotation on the radio and dance clubs.Included are timeless, obvious songs like Summertime by New Kids On The Block and Summer Love… Read More
Songs of the Summer – 1980sThe eighties brought Summer Songs to us via movies (Kokomo, Axel F, Flashdance, and Eye of The Tiger), Michael Jackson’s songs, and more ‘sunshine’, ‘hot’, and summer-ready songs. If a song’s title or primary lyrics are about Summer, that usually bumps it in nostalgia value on our Summer Music lists.This… Read More
1955’s Biggest Artists and Songs Autumn Leaves was a huge song in 1955. It was released by Roger Williams (#1 on Billboard Charts), Steve Allen, Mitch Miller, Jackie Gleason, Victor Young, and The Ray Charles Singers. Based on the 1945 French song “Les feuilles mortes” (literally “The Dead Leaves”) it had a pretty good run,… Read More
Summer Songs of the 1960s1960s Summer Songs1. Miserlou – Dick Dale and the Del-Tones2. Summer in the City – Lovin’ Spoonful3. Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys4. Dancing In The Street – Martha & The Vandellas5. Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters6. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave – Martha & The Vandellas7. Wipeout – The… Read More
Summer Songs of the 1950s and Older1. Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran, 19582. Take Me Out To The Ball Game – Billy Murray (or many others), 19083. We’re Gonna Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets, 19554. Summertime – Sam Cooke, 19575. Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny, 19596. Sh-Boom – Crew Cuts,… Read More
Sexy Song of the 1970s You know what I’m talkin’ ’bout C’mon, baby Let your love come out If you believe in love Let’s get it on -Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye A lot of Sexy Songs sound so innocent, until an adult hears a child naively singing it… Lookin’ for some hot stuff,… Read More
1988’s Biggest Artists and SongsJody Watley (1987 Best New Artist Grammy Winner, presented in 1988)U2 (Grammy for Album of the Year)Graceland – Paul Simon (Grammy for Record of the Year)New Artists in the Pop Charts Included: 10,000 Maniacs, Ice-T (solo), Traveling Wilburys, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Vanessa Williams, Guns N Roses, Paula Abdul,… Read More
About Music of the Sixties: Things You Need To Know In 1960, New Orleans was the place to be apparently. Hits included Johnny Horton’s The Battle of New Orleans, Freddy Cannon’s Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Gary US Bond’s New Orleans and Walking To New Orleans by Fats Domino scored in Billboard’s charts.Chubby Checker’s… Read More