By: Manda Jones (Editor in Chief and CEO of Manda & Friends)
Alumni is coming up! It’s not MY year! Next year will mark 15 years since graduating from high school for this girl. It will also be my husband’s 20th! Both proud graduates of a rural high school in Kansas. Like most people, I have not seen most of the 33 humans I graduated with for a long time. Usually just a quick run in at the County Fair; not actual catching up. After 15 years I am sure we will find we are not the humans we were back then.
These songs though, can take us back in time; another place where life was simple, fun, and full of young love. There are also a few songs that are about what has happened since we threw our hats on graduation day!
Rivers and Roads – the Head and the Heart
America’s Sweetheart – Elle King
Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran
All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) – Hank Williams Jr.
Unanswered Prayers – Garth Brooks
A White Sport Coat – Marty Robbins
Graduation – Vitamin C
John Deere Green – Joe Diffy
My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson
People Like Us – Kelly Clarkson
Only Prettier – Miranda Lambert
The House that Built Me – Miranda Lambert
My Town – Montgomery Gentry
Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen
How Do You Like Me Now – Toby Keith
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Cowboy Take Me Away- Dixie Chicks
How You Remind Me – Nickelback
Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
We Didn’t Start The Fire – Billy Joel
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Beverly Hills – Weezer
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Baby One More Time – Brittany Spears
Here’s To Us – Halestorm (To my best friend for as long as I can remember; you know who you are.)
Devil Went Down To Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band
Where’s The Love – The Black Eyed Peas
I Kissed a Gil – Katy Perry
The Reason – Hoobastank
Hey Ya! – OutKast
Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
Complicated – Avril Lavigne
Strawberry Wine – Deana Carter
Picture – Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow
The Song Remembers When – Trisha Yearwood
Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson (Class of 2005)
Bye, Bye, Bye – NSYNC
The Real Slim Shady – Eminem
Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira
No Scrubs – TLC
Don’t Cha – The Pussycat Dolls & Busta Rhymes
Ain’t Goin’ Down (‘till the Sun Comes Up) – Garth Brooks
Back in Black – ACDC
Sud in The Bucket – Sara Evans
TNT – ACDC
Sittin on a Bar Stool – Charlie Daniels Band
Billy Jean – Michael Jackson
Girls Girls Girls – Motley Crue
Billy Jean – Michael Jackson
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
She’s in Love With The Boy – Trisha Yearwood
Thunderstruck – ACDC
Love Shack – The B-52’s
Love Potion Number 9 – The Searchers
How You Remind Me – Nickelback
Fishing In The Dark – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
People Are Crazy – Billy Curington
Bigger Picture - Rita Wilson
In remembrance of Ernie, Cody, Mike, and Emily
I hope you find these songs useful! Every great party needs a soundtrack!
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