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20. "you'll never walk alone" Gerry and the Pacemakers

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link

21. RADIOHEAD - OPTIMISTIC FDSAE1!1~~

― Clay (cws), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link

22. Sam Cooke, "A Change Gonna Come"
23. Paul Simon, "Cool Cool River"

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link

#4 is totally a song of hope!

last hope, but hope nonetheless

― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link

24. Jimmy Cliff - "You Can Get It If You Really Want"

― Ian Riese-Moraine: the crown prince of understatement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

"Wishin' and Hopin" - written by Burt Bacharach / performed by many

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Er.. sorry, that's #25

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:24 (eighteen years ago) link

26. Sudden Ray of Hope -- Mercury Rev

― SRS (SRS), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link

27. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
28. Beatles - Getting Better

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link

but it's too heavy for superman to lift

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Thursday, 14 July 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link

29. War, "Don't Let Nobody Get You Down"

30. Nina Simone, "Here Comes the Sun" (since we already heard from the Beatles at #28)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 14 July 2005 00:52 (eighteen years ago) link

31. "Everlasting Love," Carl Carlton
32. "I'll Keep Holding On," The Marvelettes

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 14 July 2005 02:06 (eighteen years ago) link

33. Antony and the Johnsons: "Hope There's Someone"
34. The Zombies: "This Will Be Our Year"

― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Thursday, 14 July 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link

35. Killing Joke - You'll Never Get to Me

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Thursday, 14 July 2005 04:04 (eighteen years ago) link

36. The Clash: "Won't Back Down"

― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Thursday, 14 July 2005 04:08 (eighteen years ago) link

37. Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Thursday, 14 July 2005 04:11 (eighteen years ago) link

38. stevie wonder, "i believe (when i fall in love it will be forever)"
39. kinks, "better things"
40. beach boys, "wouldn't it be nice"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 14 July 2005 04:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Ooh on 38.

41. Van Halen, "Dreams"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 14 July 2005 05:24 (eighteen years ago) link

33. Antony and the Johnsons: "Hope There's Someone"

yeah, echoed, sorta. i was going to say that one but you know *is* it hopeful? i dunno.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 14 July 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link

42. Donny Hathaway, "Someday We'll All Be Free" (though I liked Alicia Keys's rendition even better)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 14 July 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link

"Escape" (the pina colada song) by Rupert Holmes, inspires hope about relationship where the love might have been lost, but is found again

"Nothing's Gonna Stop us Now" Jefferson Starship

"Higher Power" Boston, the world is spinning but i'm not afraid

"Everything will be Alright" The Killers

― Britches Younger, Monday, 18 July 2005 03:55 (eighteen years ago) link

those were numbers 43, 44, 45, and 46! Sorry....

― Britches, Monday, 18 July 2005 03:57 (eighteen years ago) link

47. All You Need Is Love--Beatles
48. These Days--REM
49. Hold On--Wilson Phillips
50. It's Getting Better All the Time--Wolf Parade

― euclid, Monday, 18 July 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link

kinks, "better things"

seconded, love that song

51. Break My Stride -- Matthew Wilder

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 18 July 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link

52. ABBA - "Chiquitita"

― Seb (Seb), Monday, 18 July 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...

53. Silver Jews, "Advice To A Graduate"

― sibsi (sibsi), Saturday, 21 January 2006 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Won't Back Down...wasn't that Tom Petty?

54. The The -"This is the Day"

― Gukbe (lokar), Saturday, 21 January 2006 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link

55. "Life is Still Sweet," White Hassle

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link

56. Dionne Warwick-"Reach Out for Me"

― Arthur (Arthur), Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:50 (eighteen years ago) link

57. "The Sun Shines Down On Me" - Daniel Johnston

― powpowpow, Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link

58 through 987: The Scorpions "Winds of Change"

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 January 2006 06:52 (eighteen years ago) link

59. The Sound - "Winning"

― corey c (shock of daylight), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:29 (eighteen years ago) link

60. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: "Tha Crossroads"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 22 January 2006 10:31 (eighteen years ago) link

61. Mirah, "Monument"

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 22 January 2006 12:15 (eighteen years ago) link

62. Joe Smooth featuring Anthony Thomas - "The Promised Land"

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 22 January 2006 12:46 (eighteen years ago) link

63. ashby "horizon"

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Sunday, 22 January 2006 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Jesus Jones "Right Here, Right Now"

― BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, 22 January 2006 13:23 (eighteen years ago) link

64.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, 22 January 2006 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link

65. Rosa, "Scan To Print"

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 22 January 2006 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link

66. Jefferson Starship, "Freedom at Point Zero"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 22 January 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link

67. Nas, "War"

― kurosawa, Sunday, 22 January 2006 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link

68 Embrace "All You Good Good People"

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 January 2006 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link

69. Happy Rhodes - "Ode"

― Cliftonb, Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link

70 Lose yourself - Eminem
71 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
72 Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love of All
73 The World's Greatest - R. Kelly
74 I Can - Nas
75 Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones
76 Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Monday, 23 January 2006 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link

77 divine comedy 'sunrise'

― keyth (keyth), Monday, 23 January 2006 01:35 (eighteen years ago) link

64 and 75 are the same.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Monday, 23 January 2006 02:41 (eighteen years ago) link

this could be the best -- i.e. most insane -- list ilm has ever come up with.

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Monday, 23 January 2006 02:46 (eighteen years ago) link

78: Archie Shepp--Magic of Juju.

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Monday, 23 January 2006 06:56 (eighteen years ago) link

78. Wilco - "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)"

― Mama Roux, Monday, 23 January 2006 07:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Oof, I guess my entry is #79.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 23 January 2006 09:14 (eighteen years ago) link

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98. The Cure - "Fight"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

99. Bauhaus - "Hope"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link

100. Blackalicious- "Sky Is Falling"

― Chris Grasinger (gman59), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link

101. Mountain Goats - "This Year"

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

(technically I get #100 'cuz no one ever subtracted out the redundant Jesus Jones)

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

101. Pet Shop Boys - "Se A Vida E"
102. The Cure - "Doing The Unstuck"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

103. Lesley Gore - "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows"

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Thursday, 7 September 2006 02:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Just in case anyone wanted to know, the WORST song about hope ever recorded has to be "Hold On" by Wilson Philips.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Thursday, 7 September 2006 02:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i've always liked that song. it's got a good breakdown.

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:28 (seventeen years ago) link

doesn't give me a whole lot of HOPE or anything, mind you.

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Blondie - Dreaming

― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:37 (seventeen years ago) link

"We're On The Road To Morocco."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link

106. Bad Brains - "P. M. A."

― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 7 September 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

107. flipper - life
108. flipper - ever
109. flipper - if i cant be drunk
110. flipper - in life my friends

― Lazy Comet (plsmith), Thursday, 7 September 2006 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link

eight months pass...

111. Tahiti 80 / Get Together

― pisces, Saturday, 12 May 2007 12:48 (sixteen years ago) link

112. Reason To Believe--Bruce Springsteen

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 12 May 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link

54. The The -"This is the Day"

I like any guy who thinks "This is the Day" is a hopeful song :)

― ellaguru, Saturday, 12 May 2007 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

113. MGMT / time to pretend.

― pisces, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link

we're any good

― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link

64.
-- BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:24 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

is this by Pootie Tang?

― nickalicious, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link

114. Neil Young "Harvest Moon"

― nickalicious, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Strong by Johanna: http://lnk.ms/4gvd0

― flameska, Monday, 1 March 2010 00:41 (fourteen years ago) link

"love is hurting me" by michael jatas

― get a goal (rionat), Monday, 1 March 2010 03:19 (fourteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Now its on -Grandaddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOq7acPdfnQ

― someday, Saturday, 8 May 2010 06:11 (thirteen years ago) link

that we got this far without:

117. labi siffri - something inside so strong

is hard to believe.

― taojjbtcrf (or something), Saturday, 8 May 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link

118. Mister Rogers, "Good Feeling"
119. U2, "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of"
120. Desmond Dekker, "Perseverance"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYNB7ExBDCo

― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 8 May 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link

six months pass...

121. Bryan Adams "Star" is my number 1 song of hope... has gotten me through many dark times.

― Chucklett, Friday, 3 December 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link

two years pass...

122. Chris Daughtry "What about now?"

― Izza, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link

123. R.E.M. - Mine Smell Like Honey

― timellison, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago) link

124. Motorhead - "Stay Clean"

― m0stlyClean, Monday, 15 April 2013 02:40 (eleven years ago) link

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