List Mania - Songs Heard 'Round the World

List Mania- Songs Heard 'Round the World

Music makes the moment. You remember where you were and who was there when a song played on radio, at a concert, on CD, cassette (if you're, ahem, older than 30), or lately, on the Internet. Here (in no particular order) is a partial list of songs we've heard on our round-the-world trip. Most have hit radio pop charts on several continents. Other artists, like TKZee and Brooke Fraser, I've learned about only after attending concerts in South Africa and New Zealand. Some of the older stuff – Seal, Simply Red and Mariah Carey – are cassettes I bought in New Zealand to play in my 1986 Honda's Alpine stereo system. Rock on, world. Rock on.

Just the Way you Are- Bruno Mars

What's My Name? - Rihanna

Future Love Paradise – Seal

Enough – Simply Red

Anytime You Need a Friend; Now That I know; I've Been Thinking About You – Mariah Carey

Love the Way You Lie – Eminem (with Rhianna)

California Gurls – Katy Perry

There Goes my Baby – Usher

Fiona, Finley and Jean at Brooke Fraser concert, NZ

Something in the Water; Betty – Brooke Fraser (concert in Tauranga, New Zealand)

Grenade – Bruno Mars

Who's That Girl (Walking in the Club) Guy Sebastian

Lionel Richie, Napier, New Zealand

Hello – Lionel Richie (We attended this concert in New Zealand): http://pickendawn.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-feeling.html

Brickhouse – Commodores

Saturday Night – Jessica Mauboy (saw her in Melbourne, Australia, with Oprah)

Waiting for TKZee in Cape Town, S. Africa

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town

I Know that You're Somewhere Out There – TKZee (concert at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa)

Dynamite – Taio Cruz

Firework – Katy Perry

In My Head - Jason DeRulo

Club Can't Handle Me – Flo Rida

If I Had You – Adam Lambert

Alejandro – Lady Gaga

DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love – Usher (I remember hearing this in Paris last September)

Take It Off – Ke$sha

King of Anything – Sara Bareilles

Yeah (3X) Chris Brown

Bulletproof – La Roux

Rude Boy – Rihanna

Haven't Met You Yet – Michael Buble

Barbra Streisand – Duck Sauce

Raise Your Glass – Pink

Tonight I'm Lovin' You - Enrique Iglesias

Only Girl in the World -Rihanna

Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Like a G 6 - Far East Movement (kids think this song's lyrics are "Like a Cheese Stick")

Round and Round – Ratt (not playing in my car, or on pop radio, but my friend, Paul, posted the video to his Facebook page, and I couldn't get it out of my head for days).

Lovesick – Sweet Talk Radio (awesome CD given to me by singer/songwriter friend, Cheryl)

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