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The following song lists have appeared on our front page in past weeks. Each list is just a sample of the many songs contained in the GreenBookofSongs.com® Database on that topic.
Click here for our lists from 2007.
September 3, 2010
SONGS FOR LABOR DAY
Another Day Another Dollar
Alison Krauss & Union Station; Every Time You Say Goodbye (Rounder)
Café On The Corner
Sawyer Brown; Café On The Corner (Curb)
Feel Like A Number
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band; Stranger In Town (Capitol)
Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid)
Sufjan Stevens; Michigan (Asthmatic Kitty)
Forty Hour Week (For A Livin’)
Alabama; Forty Hour Week (RCA)
Get Up
Amel Larrieux; Infinite Possibilities (Epic/550 Music)
Labor Day
Black Eyed Peas; Elephunk (A&M/Interscope)
Workin’ For A Livin’
Huey Lewis and The News; The Heart Of Rock & Roll-The Best Of Huey Lewis and The News (Chrysalis)
August 23, 2010
SONGS ABOUT HURRICANE KATRINA: Five Years Later
All These People
Harry Connick, Jr.; Oh My NOLA (Columbia)
Big Easy
Raphael Saadiq; The Way I See It (Columbia)
How’s Your House
Ian Hunter; ReDefine 8/29-C (NOMRF.org)
Long Dark Night
John Fogerty; Revival (Fantasy)
Poor Man’s Paradise
Subdudes; Street Symphony (Narada)
We Got Each Other (The Evacuation Song)
Imagination Movers; Eight Feet (Walt Disney)
August 12, 2010 SONGS FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL
Back To School Again
Four Tops; When She Was My Girl (Island Def Jam)
Fifteen
Taylor Swift; Fearless (Big Machine)
First Day Of School
Imagination Movers; Juice Box Heroes (Walt Disney)
Get’cha Head In The Game
B5; ST/High School Musical (Walt Disney)
New Kid In School
Alphabet Rockers; Alphabet Rockers (School Time)
Principal’s Office
Young M.C.; Stone Cold Rhymin’ (Delicious Vinyl)
School Is In
Josie Cotton; Valley Girl-Music From The Soundtrack-C (Rhino/WEA)
Theme From “Welcome Back, Kotter”
John Sebastian; Best Of John Sebastian (Rhino)
We’re Going To Be Friends
White Stripes; White Blood Cells (Warner Bros.)
C = Compilation
August 2, 2010
Songs About Adoption And Foster Children
Happy Adoption Day
John McCutcheon; Family Garden (Rounder)
He Would Be Sixteen
Michelle Wright; Now & Then (Arista)
I Am Your Mother Too
Keb’ Mo’ with Brenda Russell; Big Wide Grin (Sony Wonder)
I Love You This Much
Jimmy Wayne; Jimmy Wayne (Dreamworks)
Nobody’s Child
Sword & Spirit Band; Single-Nobody’s Child (SwordSpirit.net)
State Of Massachusetts
Dropkick Murphys; The Meanest Of Times (Born & Bred)
Temporary Home
Carrie Underwood; Play On (19/Arista Nashville)
This Is My Forever Family
Chuck Kent; Same/Same-Songs For Adoptive Families (Chuck Kent)
SONGS ABOUT OIL SPILLS
Dr. John; Video-Black Gold (DirtyCajuns.com)
dirtycajuns; Video-BP Blues (DirtyCajuns.com)
Joe Monto; Video-A Hole In The Ocean (AHoleInTheOcean.com)
Gulf Aid All Stars featuring The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz, Tim robbins and Trombone Shorty; Video-It Ain’t My Fault (Gulf Aid)
Steve Forbert; Best Of Steve Forbert-What Kinda Guy? (Nemperor)
Buckcherry; Video-Our World (Gulf Spill Awareness Version) (Geffen)
July 6, 2010
SONGS ABOUT ROAD ACCIDENTS: Teens and adults, drive safely this summer!
Airbag
Radiohead; OK Computer (Capitol/EMI)
Auto Wreck
All; Allroy Sez (Cruz)
Crawling From The Wreckage
Dave Edmunds; Repeat Whn Necessary (Swan Song)
I Came Here To Live
Trace Adkins; Dangerous Man (Capitol)
Lifetime, A
Better Than Ezra; Before The Robots (Artemis)
Wreck On The Highway
Bruce Springsteen; The River (Columbia)
SONGS FOR JULY 4th: This Is Our Country
America Remains
Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/Waylon Jennings/Kris Kristofferson; Patriotic Super Hits-C (Columbia)
America, I Believe In You
Charlie Daniels Band; Freedom And Justice For All (Audium)
I Am A Patriot
Jackson Browne; World In Motion (Elektra)
Mr. Soldier
Brandon Rhyder; Conviction (Smith)
Month Of Sundays, A
Don Henley; Building The Perfect Beast (Geffen)
This Is My Country
Impressions; This Is My Country (Rhino)
C = Compilation
SONGS ABOUT VACATION: Time for Summer Relaxation
Island In The Sun
Weezer; Weezer 2001 (Geffen)
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
Kenny Chesney; No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (BNA)
Summertime Thing
Chuck Prophet; No Other Love (New West/Red Ink)
Sweet Vacation
Lionel Richie; Coming Home (Island Def Jam)
Toes
Zac Brown Ban; The Foundation (Home Grown/Atlantic/Big Picture)
June 12, 2010
SONGS FOR FATHER’S DAY
Always Be Your Baby
Natalie Grant; Deeper Love (Curb)
Daddy
Beyonce; ST/Daddy’s Little Girls (Atlantic)
Father’s Love, A (The Only Way He Knew How)
Bucky Covington; I’m Alright (Lyric Street)
Father’s Way, A
Seal; A Father’s Way (Warner Bros.)
Forty Again
John Berry; Faces (Capitol)
Song For Dad
Keith Urban; Golden Road (Capitol)
SONGS ABOUT ECOLOGICAL CRISIS: Oil Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Do You Want My Job
Little Village; Little Village (Reprise)
Earth
Imogen Heap; Ellipse (RCA)
Gasoline
Sheryl Crow; Detours (A&M/Interscope)
Millenium Theater
Ani DiFranco; Reprieve (Righteous Babe)
Only So Much Oil In The Ground
Tower Of Power; Very Best Of Tower Of Power-The Warner Years (Rhino/WEA)
Price Of Gas
Bloc Party; Silent Alarm (Vice)
May 17, 2010
SONGS ABOUT GRADUATION
Class Reunion (That Used To Be Us)
Lonestar; Let's Be Us Again (BNA)
Graduation (Friends Forever) Vitamin C; Vitamin C (Elektra)
Graduation Day Beach Boys; Spirit Of America (Capitol)
Fly Away From Here (Graduation Day) Dropline; You Are Here (143/Reprise)
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Boyz II Men; Cooleyhighharmony (Motown)
Last Assembly Kinks; Schoolboys In Disgrace (VelVel)
Leaving Home
Katie Armiger; Single-Leaving Home (Cold River)
SONGS ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM: May is Teen Self-Esteem Month
At Seventeen
Janis Ian; Between The Lines (Columbia)
Freckles
Natasha Bedingfield; Pocketful Of Sunshine (Phonogenic/Epic)
High School Never Ends
Bowling For Soup; The Great Burrito Extortion Case (Jive)
Letter To Me
Brad Paisley; 5th Gear (Arista Nashville)
Middle, The
Jimmy Eat World; Jimmy Eat World (DreamWorks/SKG)
Perfect Misfit
Liz Phair; ST/Nancy Drew-Music From The Motion Picture (Bulletproof)
Skeleton Song
Mighty Mighty Bosstones; Pay Attention (Big Rig/IDJMG)
Supernatural Superserious
R.E.M.; Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
Tied Together With A Smile
Taylor Swift; Taylor Swift (Big Machine)
SONGS ABOUT MOTHER’S DAY: Funny, Offbeat Songs For Celebrating Mom
’Fore She Was Mama
Clay Walker; Fall (Asylum/Curb)
And Her Mother Came Too
Bobby Short; 40 By Bobby Short (Atlantic)
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Jeannie C. Riley; Harper Valley P.T.A. (Plantation)
Mama Pushed Me Out
Brave Combo; Holidays! (Rounder)
No One Loves You Any Better Than Your M-O-Double-M-Y
John Lithgow; Singin’ In The Bathtub (Sony Wonder)
Queen Of Las Vegas
B-52’s; Whammy! (Warner Bros.)
Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom)
Kathy Kallick; Mother, Queen Of My Heart-A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom-C (Sugar Hill)
C = Compilation
April 20, 2010
SONGS FOR EARTH DAY: 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
Be The Rain
Neil Young; Greendale (Reprise)
Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell; Ladies Of The Canyon (Reprise)
Energy Blues
Biz Markie; ST/Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (Atlantic)
Jars
Chevelle; Sci-Fi Crimes (Epic)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Marvin Gaye; What’s Going On (Motown)
Mother Earth
Tom Rush; Best Of Tom Rush: No Regrets (Legacy)
SONGS ABOUT PLAYING RECORDS: April 19 is Record Store Day
33, 45, 78 (Record Time)
Kathy Mattea; Lonesome Standard Time (Mercury)
Juke Box Saturday Night
Glenn Miller; This is Glenn Miller (RCA)
Please Mr. Please
Olivia Newton-John; Back To Basics-Essential Collection 1971-1992 (Geffen)
Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)
Joe Diffie; Honky Tonk Attitude (Epic)
Put Your Records On
Corinne Bailey Rae; Corinee Bailey Rae (Capitol)
Rock And Roll Records
J.J. Cale; Anyway The Wind Blows-The Anthology (Island Def Jam)
Roll Over Beethoven
Chuck Berry; Golden Hits (Mercury)
April 2, 2010
SONGS ABOUT BULLIES: The Tragedy of School Bullying Anatomy Of A School Shooting
Ill Bill; Lock & Load-C (Copter)
Bully Bubba
Tommy Gardner; Kangaroo Waffles & Other Treasure (Blackwater)
Face To Face
Garth Brooks; The Chase (Liberty)
Joke, The
Lifehouse; Who We Are (Geffen/Interscope)
So Long
Everlast; ST/End Of Days (Interscope)
We Don’t Want To Sing Along
Chumbawamba; Un (Koch)
Read more about combatting school bullying at www.schoolclimate.org/bullybust.
SONGS ABOUT FOOLS: Happy April Fool's Day!
April Fool
Soul Asylum; Grave Dancers Union (Columbia)
Everybody Plays The Fool
Main Ingredient; Golden Classics-Main Ingredient (Collectables)
Fool’s Hall Of Fame
Johnny Cash; The Man-The World-His Music (Sun)
Statue Of A Fool
Jack Greene; Jack Greene Sings His Best (Step One)
Tell The Truth
Derek And The Dominos; Layla (Polydor)
What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am
Lee Roy Parnell; Love Without Mercy (Arista)
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Who; ST/The Kids Are Alright (MCA)
March 18, 2010
SONGS ABOUT OPTIMISM: March is National Optimism Month
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Monty Python’s Flying Circus; Monty Python Sings (Virgin)
Be OK
Ingrid Michaelson; Be OK (Cabin 24/Red)
Best Day Ever
SpongeBob SquarePants; ST/The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie-Music From The Movie And More… (Warner Bros.)
Change
Taylor Swift; Fearless (Big Machine)
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin; Simple Pleasures (EMI)
Life, Love & Laughter
Donavon Frankenreiter; Pass It Around (Lost Highway)
You Can Make It If You Try
Sly & The Family Stone; Stand! (Epic)
SONGS FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Celebrating Ireland and All Things Irish
Irish Rover
Clancy Brothers; Clancy Brothers With Lou (Vanguard)
Off To Dublin In The Green
Dubliners; Best Of The Dubliners-Irish Favorites (Tradition)
Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore
Chieftains; Another Country (RCA)
Rockin’ Rockin’ Leprechauns
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers; Rock ’N’ Roll With Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers (Rhino)
There’s A Little Bit Of Irish
Patrick O’Hagan; 22 Golden Shamrocks (Rego Irish)
Too-R-Loo-Ra
Kenny Loggins; Return To Pooh Corner (Sony Wonder)
SONGS FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Songs about Female Heroes
Clara Barton [Civil War nurse & humanitarian]
Country Joe McDonald; Thank The Nurse (Rag Baby)
Eleanor [First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt]
Jonathan Sprout; More American Heroes (Sprout)
Song For Rachel [Environmentalist Rachel Carson]
Walkin’ Jim Stoltz; Little Piece Of Earth (Wild Wind)
True Story Of Amelia Earhart [Aviation pioneer]
Plainsong; Plainsong (Water)
Who’s The Best Female Pitcher [Jackie Mitchell]
Phil Coley; Sports Songs And Beyond (King Of The Road Music)
SONGS FOR READ ME WEEK: Songs about Storybook Characters
Beauty And The Beast
Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson; ST/Beauty And The Beast (Disney)
Hey Nancy Drew
L Price; ST/Nancy Drew-Music From The Motion Picture (Bulletproof)
I’ve Gotta Crow
Original Cast/Mary Martin; Peter Pan-The 1954 Broadway Production (RCA Victor)
House At Pooh Corner
Loggins & Messina; The Best Of Friends (Columbia)
Love Story
Taylor Swift; Fearless (Big Machine)
Next Harry Potter
Tommy Gardner; Kangaroo Waffles & Other Treasure (Blackwater)
We’re Off To See The Wizard
Original Cast; The Wizard Of Oz (TVT)
February 15, 2010
SONGS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Great African-Americans
Harriet Tubman’s Gonna Carry Me Home
Long Ryders; Two-Fisted Tales (Island)
I Refuse To Stand (Tribute To Rosa Parks)
Pat Grant; Incredible (Pat Grant)
Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick; Ballads Of Black America (Folkways)
Up To The Mountain (MLK Song)
Patty Griffin; Children Running Through (ATO)
Yes We Can (Obama Song)
Will.I.Am; Single-Yes We Can (YouTube.com)
January 27, 2010
SONGS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY: It’s Not About the Gift
Selected from 254 songs in LOVE: LOVE & MONEY
Alright
Ledisi; Lost & Found (Verve Forecast)
Can’t Buy Me Love
Beatles; Beatles 1 (Capitol)
Give Me You
Mary J. Blige; Mary (MCA)
It’s Good To Be Us
Bucky Covington; Bucky Covington (Lyric Street)
Livin’ On A Prayer
Bon Jovi; Slippery When Wet (Jambco)
Try A Little Tenderness
Otis Redding; Best Of Otis Redding (Atlantic)
January 19, 2010
SONGS FOR HELPING HAITI
Calling All Angels
Train; My Private Nation (Columbia)
Closer To Love
Mat Kearney; City Of Black & White (Aware/Columbia)
Cry Out To Jesus
Third Day; Wherever You Are (Brentwood Communications)
My Baby Needs A Shepherd
Emmylou Harris; Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch)
Help Somebody
Maxwell; Blacksummers’night (Columbia)
My God
Marc Broussard; Momentary Setback (Ripley)
We Are Each Other’s Angels
Chuck Brodsky; Fingerpainter’s Murals (Waterbug)
Blues For Martin Luther King
Otis Spann; Rare Chicago Blues-1962-1968-C (Bullseye Blues)
Come By Here, Martin Luther King
Kristen Lems; Imagine That! Songs For Creative Teachers (Carolsdatter)
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King
Evan Belize; Songs Of A True Patriot (Evan Belize)
No Easy Walk To Freedom
Peter, Paul & Mary; No Easy Walk To Freedom (Warner Bros.)
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2; Rattle And Hum (Island)
Up To The Mountain (MLK Song)
Patty Griffin; Children Running Through (ATO)
C = Compilation
SONGS FOR A NEW DECADE: Motivation for a New Beginning
Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In
5th Dimension; Greatest Hits On Earth (Arista)
Better Days
Goo Goo Dolls; Let Love In (Warner Bros.)
Let’s Get It Started
Black Eyed Peas; Elephunk (A&M/Interscope)
Promise Of A New Day
Paul Abdul; Spellbound (Captive)
This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
Tony Bennett; At Carnegie Hall-The Complete Concert (Columbia/Legacy)
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