Songs About Holding On And Letting Go

And we're back, with a fresh batch of "Opposites" songs. Today, we're offering a vast selection of songs in a variety of genres linked only by the fact that they have either "Hold On" or "Let Go" (or some derivative of the two) in their titles. Enjoy! (That wasn't a request.)  ~  JH

1)  Drake ft. Majid Jordan  ~  "Hold On, We're Going Home"

2)  James Morrison  ~  "I Won't Let You Go"

3)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Hold On"

4)  Avril Lavigne ft. Chad Kroeger  ~  "Let Me Go"

5)  Wilson Phillips  ~  "Hold On"

6)  3 Doors Down  ~  "Let Me Go"

7)  Twenty One Pilots  ~  "Holding On To You"

8)  Olly Murs  ~  "Please Don't Let Me Go"

9)  Shiloh  ~  "Can't Hold On"

10)  Rascal Flatts  ~  "I Won't Let Go"

11)  38 Special  ~  "Hold On Loosely"

12)  Imogen Heap  ~  "Let Go"

13)  Greyson Chance  ~  "Hold On 'Til The Night"

14)  Linda Kiraly  ~  "Can't Let Go"

15)  Cee Lo Green  ~  "I Want You (Hold On To Love)"

16)  Birdy  ~  "Let Him Go"  (cover of Passenger's "Let Her Go," which I've posted here on the blog previously)

17)  Angus & Julia Stone  ~  "Hold On"

18)  En Vogue  ~  "Don't Let Go (Love)"

19)  Richard Marx  ~  "Hold On To The Nights"

20)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Can't Let Go"

"Young" & "Old" Songs

Here's something new – well, not really. It's another "Opposites" music post. But I've never done these particular opposites before, so there ya go. Sorry, One Direction fans – you won't find the "Live While We're Young" video here. Mainly because the song, despite the fact that it has more than 250 million views on YouTube, is fairly horrible. In this blogger's opinion, at least. Hopefully you'll enjoy the good songs that are collected here, though.  ~  JH

1)  Fun. ft. Janelle Monáe  ~  "We Are Young"

2)  The Judds  ~  "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)"

3)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Young And Beautiful"

4)  The Civil Wars  ~  "Same Old Same Old"

5)  The Naked And Famous  ~  "Young Blood"

6)  Queen  ~  "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

7)  Hollywood Undead  ~  "Young"

8)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "The Old Apartment"

9)  Brandon Flowers  ~  "Only The Young"

10)  Rednex  ~  "Old Pop In An Oak"

11)  3 Doors Down  ~  "When You're Young"

12)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Ol' Red"  (Ol', not Old – close enough)

13)  Lucy Schwartz  ~  "When We Were Young"

14)  Four Tops  ~  "It's The Same Old Song"

15)  Peter Bjorn And John ft. Victoria Bergsman  ~  "Young Folks"

16)  George Strait  ~  "The Seashores Of Old Mexico"

17)  Laleh  ~  "Some Die Young"

18)  Anna Cate  ~  "This Old Radio"

19)  Slick Rick  ~  "Hey Young World"

20)  Lenka  ~   "We Will Not Grow Old"

Songs By Bands With Numbers In Their Names

My earlier post today included a song by Maroon 5, which got me thinking...how many bands with numbers in their names are out there putting out good music? As it turns out, there were quite a few. Here's just a sampling of what I found, in ascending chronological order...

1)  OneRepublic  ~  "All The Right Moves"

2)  U2  ~  "Beautiful Day"

3)  3 Doors Down  ~  "It's Not My Time"

4)  4 Non Blondes  ~  "What's Up"

5)  Ben Folds Five  ~  "Brick"

6)  Eve 6  ~  "Inside Out"

7)  Seven Mary Three  ~  "Cumbersome"  (Two different numbers in one band name – nifty!)

8)  Hot 8 Brass Band  ~  "Ghost Town"

9)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  "We're In This Together"

10)  10CC  ~  "I'm Not In Love"  (Wait, this song again? Apparently so.)

11)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  "3AM"

12)  30 Seconds To Mars  ~  "Closer To The Edge"

13)  38 Special  ~  "Caught Up In You"

14)  UB40  ~  "The Earth Dies Screaming"

15)  98 Degrees  ~  "The Hardest Thing"

16)  blink-182  ~  "Adam's Song"

17)  311  ~  "Down"

18)  Building 429  ~  "Listen To The Sound"

19)  Thousand Foot Krutch  ~  "Move"

20)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "These Are Days"