Every blog post I do usually starts with a song or a mood or a concept. Even a lyric.
While the songs that usually come up are typically worn out favorites in my iTunes library, some just come out of my Pandora stations or even from a friend who shows me a song, but for those of you who are curious, here are the songs (in order) that have been used/been mentioned/ inspired Life, Love, and Why.
1) Don't Stop Believing'- Journey/Glee Cast ( I won't lie. I was thinking of the Glee version while writing)
2)We Are One Tonight- Switchfoot
3) Runaway Car- Mat Kearney (After The Dumpee Diaries, Mat's been heavy with my writing. Major inspiration!)
4) Against The Voices- Switchfoot (This song hasn't officially been released yet but they played it at one of their concerts. I recommend looking the video up on youtube)
5)You and I Both- Jason Mraz
6) Strange and Beautiful- Aqualung
7) In My Place- Coldplay
8) Hello Hurricane- Switchfoot (I reference this song more than once on this blog and I seriously recommend listening to it.)
9) Open Arms- Journey
10) Clarity- John Mayer
11) Everything Comes With a Price- The Ruse
12) Daughters- John Mayer
13) The Summer Wind- Frank Sinatra
14) Sittin', Waitin', Wishin' -Jack Johnson
15) Ohio (Come Back to Texas)- Bowling for Soup
16) Do You Remember- Jack Johnson
17) Ready When You Are- Trapt (Credit to Juan for the title suggestion)
18) September- Daughtry
19) Losing Ground- Tyrone Wells
20) One Headlight- The Wallflowers (really inspired my mood on "Losing Ground")
21) Everybody Knows- John Legend
22) Chase This Light- Jimmy Eat World
23)Warning Sign- Coldplay
24) "I'll Stand By You" - Glee Cast (The scene where Finn is singing to the sonogram makes me cry everytime ♥)
25) Drops of Jupiter- Train
26) Bright Lights- Matchbox 20
27) Let It Go- Tenth Avenue North
28) Covered In Rain- John Mayer
29) Cave In- Owl City
30) Last Night- Carrie Underwood
31) What I Cannot Change- Leann Rimes
32) Sing It Out- Switchfoot
33) White Flag- Dido
34) On a Day Like Today- Keane
35) Listen- Beyonce
36) Can't Break Her Fall- Mat Kearney
37) Real Gone- Sheryl Crow
38) Mine-Taylor Swift (Note: The only lyrics I like from that song are:
"You left a small town, never looked back
I was a flight risk, with a fear of falling
Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts."
39) These Foolish Things Remind Me of You- Michael Buble40) The Trouble With Love Is- Kelly Clarkson
41) Positive- Legally Blonde, The Musical
42) Life and Love and Why- Switchfoot
43) I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor
44) Dog Days Are Over- Florence + The Machine
45) Oxford Comma- Vampire Weekend
46) Man In The Mirror- Michael Jackson
47) Happy Christmas (War Is Over)- John Lennon
48) Food! Glorious Food!- Oliver! (I'll admit I've never heard this song in my life but I couldn't think of what to title it so I literally googled "Songs about food." Surprisingly there's a long list. This is one of the ones I found)
49) Break My Stride- Blue Lagoon
50) Superman- Five for Fighting
51) What Are you Doing New Year's Eve? - Barbra Streisand
52) Raise Your Glass- Pink
53) Firework- Katy Perry
54) Together We'll Ring in the New Year- Motion City Soundtrack
55) Resolution- Motion City Soundtrack
56) Oh! Gravity. -Switchfoot
57) Send Me on My Way- Rusted Root
58) Baby Come Back- Vanessa Hudgens
59) Meet Virginia- Train
60) Drops of Jupiter- Train
61) There Are Worse Things I could Do- Grease Soundtrack
62) Marching On- OneRepublic (Thanks to Alan, for posting this song on Facebook. It really set the mood for me)
63) Ten Years Older- Jarrod Gorbel
64) Dreams be Dreams- Jack Johnson
65) This is Your Life-Switchfoot
66) Blackout- Britney Spears
67) Song for the Dumped- Ben Folds Five
68)Brighter than Sunshine- Aqualung
69) Semi-Charmed Life- Third Eye Blind
70) Landslide- Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Knicks/Dixie Chicks/ Glee Cast (listing everyone so no one gets offended) lol
71) Lost- Michael Buble
72) But I'm a Good Girl- Christina Aguilera
73) Why Can't I? - Liz Phair
74)Keep Your Head Up- Andy Grammar
75) Te Busque- Nelly Furtado/Juanes
76)Broken Heart- Motion City Soundtrack
77)But I Do (Love You)- Leann Rimes
[[Songs from "Melody"
78)Resolution- Motion City Soundtrack
79)California King Bed- Rihanna
80)Todo Cambio- Camila
81)How To Love- Lil Wayne
82)Shadow- Ashlee Simpson
83)Say-John Mayer
84)I Just Wanna Run- The Downtown Fiction
85)Melody- Kate Earl]]
86) I Will Learn To Love Again- Kaci
87) Restless- Switchfoot
88) Souvenirs- Switchfoot
89) Feeling Good- Michael Buble
90) Rise Above It- Switchfoot
91) 2 AM (Breathe)- Anna Nalick
92) Limelight- Rush
93) Throw Me a Rope- KT Tunstall
94) These Times- SafetySuit
95) Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not- Thompson Twins
96) Princess In China- Coldplay
97)I Hope This Gets To You- The Daylights
98) The War Inside- Switchfoot
99) Home- Goo Goo Dolls
100) I'm About to Come Alive- Train
101) If you were Here- Cary Brothers
102) Marching On- One Republic
103) Faust, Midas and Myself- Switchfoot
104) Come Home- One Republic
105) Blow Me (One Last Kiss)- Pink
106) It's Time- Imagine Dragons
107) I Don't Want to Live On The Moon- Sesame Street
108) Being Good Isn't Good Enough- Barbra Streisand
109) Next To Me- Emeli Sande
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