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The 77th goal on my 101 things in 1001 days list is to make a playlist of my 101 favourite songs. (Well, it’s my 101 favourite songs for now; I’m sure this will change over time.) I’ve finally completed it and thought it would make a fun post.

Disclaimer: Before I share my list with you, I feel I have to add some quick caveats…

Firstly, I am by no means claiming that all of these songs classify as great music. Heck, some of them can’t even be called good music! I know that some of these pieces are downright lame, and I guess they really give away my age too 😉 If a laughable song is on the list, it’s more because it evokes a specific memory for me than because I think it’s an unbeatable classic.
Secondly, this isn’t a playlist for the church choir. I love many great hymns and other Christian songs, but I’ve limited them on this list because I wanted a more even spread of music that I enjoy.
Thirdly, one or two of the songs do have some bad language and/or slightly dodgy lyrics, but they’re in the minority and they’re there coz they symbolise a specific period in my life – one that’s still valid though not particularly pious.
Fourthly (and I guess this one is kinda obvious), just because one song from a particular band or artist is on the list doesn’t mean I enjoy or endorse or have even listened to any of their other songs.

OK, enough covering my hiney. Here’s the list! With a few random thoughts in pink 🙂

Scatman John – Scatman’s World (Remix) (Oh wow, that’s a pretty embarrassing start… should’ve hidden it somewhere in the middle of the list…)
SUM41 – Heart Attack
The Turtles – Happy Together (60s music)
Enrique Iglesias – Escape
Blink182 – Feeling This
Herman’s Hermits – Silhouettes (More 60s music)
Cosmic Gate – Exploration of Space
Westlife – What I Want Is What I’ve Got
Angels & Airwaves – Epic Holiday
Rufio – Still
Green Day – Whatsername
My Chemical Romance – I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
Sonique – It Feels So Good
Eagle Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
Relient K – Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been
Mark Schultz – I Am
Walk Off The Earth – I Knew You Were Trouble (If you’ve not yet seen the amazing a capella version, click here)
Puddle of Mudd – Blurry
Avril Lavigne – How Does It Feel
Faith Hill – Breathe
Dashboard Confessional – Hands Down
SUM41 – All To Blame
Baha Men – Who Let The Dogs Out (Remix)
Paps ‘n’ Skar – Loving You
Shania Twain – From This Moment On
Yellowcard – Believe
Savage Garden – Crash and Burn
Lindsay Lohan – The Ultimate You
O-Town – All Or Nothing
Ann Lee – Two Times
Linkin Park – What I’ve Done (I’m a big LP fan; tried to limit their songs on the list though)
Pillar – Fireproof
REM – Imitation of Life
Linkin Park – Crawling
Blink 182 – Man Overboard
Shania Twain – You’re Still The One
Billie Myers – Kiss The Rain
Mikeschair – Let The Waters Rise
Tweak – My Favourite Girl
Toten Hosen – Herz Brennt (German)
Feeder – Buck Rogers
Stephan Foster – Oh, Susannah
Tal Bachman – She’s So High
Tommy James & The Shondells – Crimson & Clover (Even more 60s music!)
‘NSync – I Need Love
All American Rejects – Paper Heart
Westlife – Love Crime
Yellowcard – Only One
Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply
Rufio – Like A Prayer (A rockin’ cover of a famous song)
The Offspring – Walla Walla
Switchfoot – This Is Your Life
Rufio – Above Me
Backstreet Boys – Shape Of My Heart
American Hi-Fi – Flavor of the Weak
AFI – Crying
Creed – One Last Breath
Shaft – (Mucho Mambo) Sway
Ronan Keating – Life Is A Rollercoaster
Bosson – One In A Million (What’s Bosson doing on this list? I know, right?!)
Finch – Bury Me
Good Charlotte – Movin’ On
Blink 182 – All The Small Things
Enrique Iglesias – Hero
Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dance
Angels & Airwaves – The Adventure (We walked down the aisle to this after our vows)
Shankar Mahadevan – Pretty Woman (Hindi)
Bowling For Soup – 1985
The Ataris – San Dimas Highschool Football Rules
Snapping Strings – Easier To Quit (A local band some of my friends formed)
Blue – All Rise
Tweak – Last Goodbye
O-Zone – Dragostea Din Tei (Romanian)
Linkin Park – Lies Greed Misery
NSync – This I Promise You
Eiffel 65 – The Edge
Nena – 99 Luftballons (German)
Blink182 – Online Songs
Michelle Branch – All you Wanted
NewFoundGlory – Broken Sound
Avril Lavigne – Nobody’s Home
Evanescence – My Immortal
James Horner – Braveheart Theme
Dashboard Confessional – Dying To Love
James Horner – The Portrait
Mendelssohn – Wedding March
Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
Carter Burwell – Bella’s Lullaby
Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
Enya – May It Be
Sonu Nigam – Kal Ho Na Ho (Hindi)
Thrice – The Artist In The Ambulance
Edwina Hayes – Feels Like Home
Blink182 – Stockholm Syndrome
The Offspring – The Kids Aren’t Alright
Blink 182 – Stay Together For The Kids
Wizo – Quadrat im Kreis (German)
Linkin Park – Numb
Blink 182 – Adam’s Song
Sigur Rós – Festival (Probably my favourite piece of music of all time)