First Half Favorite Songs

 I started noting my favorite songs of this year around the end of February and recently curbed it massively because I'm started to finally crawl out of my personal sludge of "needing to be entertained because I think the world is the worst it could possibly be."  Some good things have happened lately and things are opening back up, so here are 55 songs I really enjoy from the first half of 2021.

1.)    Black Hole Sun-Brandi Carlile

2.)    Speak Your Mind-Brandi Carlile

3.)    Heroes-Sammy Hagar and the Circle

4.)    Whole Lotta Rosie-Sammy Hagar and the Circle

5.)    Right Now-Sammy Hagar and the Circle

6.)    Bustle and Flow-The Dead Daisies

7.)    Unspoken-The Dead Daisies

8.)    Righteous Days-The Dead Daisies

9.)    30 Days in the Hole-The Dead Daisies

10.) Like No Other 2021-The Dead Daisies

11.) 34+35 (Remix)-Ariana Grande, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion

12.) Worst behavior-Ariana Grande

13.) Save Your Tears (Remix)-The Weeknd and Ariana Grande

14.) Waiting On A War-Foo Fighters

15.) Holding Poison-Foo Fighters

16.) A Place Called Earth-Jon Foreman, Lauren Daigle

17.) Love Is The Rebel Song-Jon Foreman

18.) So Lucky-Grace McKagan

19.) Just As I Am-Carrie Underwood

20.) Great is Thy Faithfulness-Carrie Underwood, CeCe Winans

21.) How Great Thou Art-Carrie Underwood

22.) Softly and Tenderly-Carrie Underwood

23.) Amazing Grace-Carrie Underwood

24.) Pensacola, Florida (Godzilla Theme)-Junkie XL

25.) A New Language-Junkie XL

26.) Tasman Sea-Junkie XL

27.) Lunch-Junkie XL

28.) Mega-Junkie XL

29.) Hong Kong-Junkie XL

30.) I Don’t Care Anymore-Jax Anderson and K.Flay

31.) Four Letter Words-K.Flay

32.) Good Girl-K.Flay

33.) TGIF-K.Flay and Tom Morello

34.) My name isn’t Katherine-K.Flay

35.) Anyone-Demi Lovato

36.) Easy-Demi Lovato and Noah Cyrus

37.) I’m Every Woman-Chaka Khan and Idina Menzel

38.) Strong Pressure-Sweet Oblivion, Geoff Tate

39.) Aria-Sweet Oblivion, Geoff Tate

40.) Thunder Force-Lzzy Hale, Corey Taylor, Scott Ian, Tina Guo

41.) Chosen Family-Rina Sawayama and Elton John

42.) Without You-The Kid LAROI and Miley Cyrus

43.) Nothing Else Matters-Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Andrew Watt, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith

44.) Daughter-Nancy Wilson

45.) Party at the Angel Ballroom-Nancy Wilson, Duff McKagan, Taylor Hawkins

46.) Mama-Bebe Rexha

47.) Electric-Katy Perry

48.) Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5-Geoff Tate, Steve Hackett, Geoff Downes, Mel Collins, Billy Sheehan, Ian Paice

49.) Wish You Were Here-Rik Emmett, Joe Satriani, Edgar Froese, David Ellefson, Carmine Appice

50.) Dead Man Walking Blues-Caleb Johnson

51.) Hurricane-Caleb Johnson

52.) Glory Bound-Caleb Johnson

53.) Beware of Darkness (Live)-Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile

54.) The bones of us-Switchfoot

55.) Midnight Sky-Inglorious