Song of the Day - Therapy - Timmy Trumpet, Charlott Boss

Here's a hot high-energy EDM track for your Thursday.  Check out Therapy...

Song of the Day - Lean On Me - Bill Withers

Today's song goes out to all of my wonderful friends who've have been and continue to be people upon whom I can lean.  You all know that the feeling is mutual and if you're ever in need of someone to lean on, I'm here.   I love you all!

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain

We all have sorrow

But if we are wise

We know that there's always tomorrow

Lean on me, when you're not strong

And I'll be your friend

I'll help you carry on

For it won't be long

'Til I'm gonna need

Somebody to lean on

Please swallow your pride

If I have things you need to borrow

For no one can fill those of your needs

That you won't let show

You just call on me brother, when you need a hand

We all need somebody to lean on

I just might have a problem that you'll understand

We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on me, when you're not strong

And I'll be your friend

I'll help you carry on

For it won't be long

'Til I'm gonna need

Somebody to lean on

You just call on me brother, when you need a hand

We all need somebody to lean on

I just might have a problem that you'll understand

We all need somebody to lean on

If there is a load you have to bear

That you can't carry

I'm right up the road

I'll share your load

If you just call me (call me)

If you need a friend (call me) call me uh huh(call me) if you need a friend (call me)

If you ever need a friend (call me)

Call me (call me) call me (call me) call me

(Call me) call me (call me) if you need a friend

(Call me) call me (call me) call me (call me) call me (call me) call me (call me)

Song of the Day - Make It To Heaven - David Guetta, MORTEN, Raye

This third collaboration between master deejay/producers David Guetta and MORTEN is being described as the newest version and the future of house music.  Check out Make It To Heaven...

Song of the Day - Flames - R3HAB, Zayn, Jungleboi

I absolutely love this collaboration with Zayn and R3HAB.  Dramatic and dance-able, this one's really grown on me.  Check out Flames...

Song of the Day - Demons - Hayley Kyoko

I've been meaning to post this newish funky jam by actress-turned-singer Hayley Kyoko for awhile now.  Funky, funky jam!  Here's Demons...

Song of the Day - Need Your Love - Gryffin, Seven Lions, Noah Kahan

Here's a sweet little jam by deejay/producer Gryffin, featuring the vocals of folk artist Noah Kahan and a little production help from Seven Lions.  Cool song!  Here's I Need Your Love...

Hump Day Song of the Day - Good As Hell - Lizzo, Ariana Grande

I think we can all say now that Lizzo is a bona fide star!  With a hot, if not a little girly, new collaboration with Ariana Grande, I can't hold off waiting for a video to post.  Here's the catchalicious Good As Hell...

Song of the Day - Numb - Fiji Blue

Here's a nice, new chill jam with a smooth back beat and cool vibe.  Check out Fiji Blue and Numb...

Song of the Day - Favours - Hayden James, Nat Dunn

Australian dance music artist Hayden James has got a really nice, late night chill vibe going on with this hot jam.  Check out Favours...

Song of the Day - Here We Go - Wild

And just like that...summer's over!  Well, not technically, but maybe it's just better to say that summer vacation is over.  Yes, folks, it's back to school time for me and time to get back to life again.  I know you're all weeping for me right now, and I don't blame you, lol.  Anyway, though I'm not too motivated just yet, I found this song by LA-based indie trio Wild called Here We Go, and I think it fits.  Check it out, and for all of my teacher friends going back to school today, good luck!

Song of the Day - Sweet - Max Styler, Alex Hosking

Taken right from the books of 70's dance music, here's a little groove-shaking neo-disco for your Monday.  Enjoy!

I Love the 90's Month Song of the Day - Hand In Pocket - Alanis Morissette

Awesomeness!

I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm poor but I'm kind

I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah

I'm high but I'm grounded, I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed

I'm lost but I'm hopeful, baby

What it all comes down to

Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is giving a high five

I feel drunk but I'm sober, I'm young and I'm underpaid

I'm tired but I'm working, yeah

I care but I'm restless, I'm here but I'm really gone

I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

What it all comes down to

Is that everything is going to be quite alright

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is flicking a cigarette

What it all comes down to

Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is giving a peace sign

I'm free but I'm focused, I'm green but I'm wise

I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby

I'm sad but I'm laughing, I'm brave but I'm chicken shit

I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

And what it all boils down to

Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet

I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is playing the piano

And what it all comes down to, my friends, yeah

Is that everything is just fine fine fine

I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is hailing a taxi cab

Song of the Day - Wash Over Me - Madonna, Avicii

In a world that's changing

I'm a stranger in a strange land

There's a contradiction

And I'm stuck here in between

Life is like a desert

An a oasis to confuse me

So I walk this razors edge

Will I stand or will I fall?

Turn a blind eye, try to pretend that nothing is what it seems

Torn between the impulse to stay or running away from all this madness

Who am I

To decide what should be done

If this is the end then let it come

Let it come

Let it rain

Rain all over me

Like the tide, let it flow

Let it wash all over me

Over me

Song of the Day - Lucky - Donna Summer

I said the other day when I posted Donna Summer's Love to Love You Baby that I might just post another or two of her songs in the coming days.  Well, here's one I never thought I'd post, but I personally love it so much I just want to share it.  Lucky was a non-single included on Donna's monumental Bad Girls album of 1979 and it dispels any sort of claim that disco music was mindless.  This song combines a masterfully orchestrated dance track with some pretty sad lyrics...a lonely, yet naive girl who's looking for love, but only seems to find the wrong kinds of love.  Check out the lyrics below as you crank up the volume on this one, and if you don't like it then there's something seriously wrong with you!  (I'm just kidding, lol...but it is soooo good!).  Here's Lucky...  

Scared and lonely

Going out for the night

Shakin' all over

And wishing I'd never

Come here

He pulled up in a cloud of smoke

So much was said

But nobody spoke a word

So I took a chance

And he followed me home

I knew he wouldn't beg

So I gave in without fighting

Been so long since I've been this way

Since I loved this way

So I asked him if he would stay for a while

Lucky comes easy

Lucky's not shy

And if you're lucky

You'll go for a ride

For a ride

We talked a while

And he told me nice

We laughed and we cried and

I knew that I could love him

He got up to say goodbye

I said where you going,

He said that he must leave

Lucky comes easy

Lucky's not shy

And if you're lucky

You'll go for a ride

For a ride

Lucky comes easy

Lucky's not shy

And if you're lucky

You'll go for a ride

For a ride

Lucky takes you out for a ride

For a ride

Lucky takes you out for a ride

For a ride

Lucky comes easy

Lucky's not shy

And if you're lucky

You'll go for a ride

Lucky come easy

Lucky's not shy

And if you're lucky

You'll go for a ride

For a ride

Song of the Day - Don't Leave Me Alone - David Guetta, feat. Anne-Marie

When I first saw that David Guetta was working with Anne-Marie, I got really excited.  Part of his thing over the years has been working with funky and powerful divas and she is a relatively new singer who fits that bill.  Though this one is more mid-tempo than what I expected, it's got a pop sensibility about it that surely makes it worth listening to.  Check out Don't Leave Me Alone...

Song of the Day - The Days - Avicii, feat. Robbie Wiliams

Under the tree where the grass don't grow

We made a promise to never get old

You had a chance and you took it on me

And I made a promise that I couldn't keep

Back in 2014, Avicii released a two-track EP called The Days/The Nights, and this first of two songs is one of my favorite Avicii tunes ever.  It features British singer Robbie Williams on vocals and the arrangement is splendid, with acoustic guitars and a melancholic synth rhythm to accompany the verses and a crescendo at the chorus.  Great song!  Check out The Days...

Song of the Day - Both of Us - Yellow Claw

Yellow Claw's Both of Us is the kind of song that slowly creeps into your head more and more every time you hear it.  To prove my point, I added this one to my Current list way back in November and just the other day I screenshooted the tune on Spotify, thinking ooh, this would make a great Song of the Day.  The song has got a nice makeu[p for a dance track, with sweet vocals for the verses and some killer musical crescendo as the chorus.  Check out Both of Us... 

Song of the Day - Here - Alessia Cara

I had this one in my head all day yesterday and it's always worth another post.  

I'm sorry if I seem uninterested

Or I'm not listenin', or I'm indifferent

Truly I ain't got no business here

But since my friends are here, I just came to kick it

But really I would rather be at home all by myself

Not in this room

With people who don't even care about my well-being

I don't dance, don't ask, I don't need a boyfriend

So you can, go back, please enjoy your party

I'll be here

Somewhere in the corner

Under clouds of marijuana

With this boy who's hollering

I can hardly hear

Over this music I don't listen to

And I don't wanna get with you

So tell my friends that I'll be over here

Oh-oh-oh here, oh-oh-oh here

Oh I ask myself, what am I doin' here?

Oh-oh-oh here, oh-oh-oh here

And I can't wait 'til we can break up out of here

Excuse me if I seem a little unimpressed with this

An anti-social pessimist, but usually I don't mess with this

And I know you mean only the best

And your intentions aren't to bother me

But honestly I'd rather be

Somewhere with my people

We can kick it and just listen to

Some music with a message, like we usually do

And we'll discuss our big dreams

How we plan to take over the planet

So pardon my manners

I hope you'll understand that I'll be here

Not there in the kitchen

With the girl who's always gossiping about her friends

So tell them I'll be here

Right next to the boy who's throwin' up

Cause he can't take what's in his cup no more

Oh God why am I here?

Oh-oh-oh here, oh-oh-oh here

Oh I ask myself, what am I doin' here?

Oh-oh-oh here, oh-oh-oh here

And I can't wait 'til we can break up out of here

Hours later congregatin' next to the refrigerator

Some girl talkin' 'bout her haters, she ain't got none

How did it ever come to this? I shoulda never come to this

So holla at me, I'll be in the car when you're done

I'm stand-offish, don't want what you're offerin'

And I'm done talkin', awfully sad it had to be that way

So tell my people when they're ready that I'm ready

And I'm standin' by the TV with my beanie low

Yo I'll be over here

Oh-oh-oh here, oh-oh-oh here

Oh I ask myself, what am I doin' here?

Oh-oh-oh here, oh-oh-oh here

And I can't wait 'til we can break up out of here

Song of the Day - Big Jet Plane - Alok & Mathieu Koss

Big Jet Plane was originally a song by Australian singer/songwriter Angus Stone, and it was released way back in 2010.  At the time it was a huge smash in Australia and remixes of the melancholy tune brought it to newer audiences across Europe in the immediate years thereafter.  The Aussie classic has been remixed once again by the duo of Alok and Mathieu Kloss and I am loving it's chill and dancey vibes.  Check out Big Jet Plane...

Song of the Day - Lonely Together - Avicii, feat. Rita Ora

After a long absence from the music scene, it looks like Swedish deejay/producer is back on track with some brand new music.  This one I featured on New Music Fridays back in early August and now, with a few weeks of sitting in my folder of current music, it's been growing on me more and more, especially with singer Rita Ora's powerful pipes guiding the song along.  Check out Lonely Together...