Listen To Hamden’s Favorite Songs!

August 19, 2024 Lindsay Long Library Blog Comments Off on Listen To Hamden’s Favorite Songs!

We asked for Hamden’s favorite songs. Now it’s time for the playlist!*

To celebrate World Music Day, we put together an interactive display for patrons, allowing them to choose their favorite songs, which we then added to a Library Favorites playlist!

In total we got 190 song submissions (including repeats) both in person and through a prompt on our Instagram Stories.

 

 

Some brief stats:

Top Artists:
Taylor Swift – 20 mentions
The Beatles – 6 mentions
Olivia Rodrigo – 4 mentions
Sabrina Carpenter – 3 mentions

Top Songs:
Fortnight by Taylor Swift – 4 mentions
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – 3 mentions
Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter – 3 mentions
Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar – 2 mentions
Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland – 2 mentions
I hate it here by Taylor Swift – 2 mentions

Without further ado, here’s Hamden Library’s favorite songs! Listen to the playlist here. It’s chaotic and genre diverse, but does a great job at showing how widespread music taste can be in its 11 hours of music. Skip through to get a glimpse of the different energy each song brings or listen to it in its entirety, either way you’ll get a better idea of what music Hamden loves!

*Due to the nature of differing music tastes some songs on the playlist are considered to be explicit.

Enjoy!

  1. Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter 
  2. Pink in the Night – Mitski
  3. Dream On – Aerosmith
  4. Pretty Lil – Jelly Roll Morton
  5. Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
  6. invisible string – Taylor Swift
  7. Blackbird – The Beatles
  8. California – Joni Mitchell
  9. Into the Mystic – Van Morrison
  10. Red Wine Supernova – Chappell Roan
  11. People Get Ready – The Impressions
  12. Roosevelt Island – Eleanor Friedberger
  13. Only You (And You Alone) – The Platters
  14. All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Velvet Underground
  15. Learn to Fly – Foo Fighters
  16. Badland – Boom Kitty
  17. Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
  18. Shadow – Livingston
  19. The Pretender – Jackson Browne
  20. Night and Day – Frank Sinatra
  21. Common People – Pulp
  22. I Hate It Here –  Taylor Swift
  23. T.N.T. – AC/DC
  24. Lavender Haze – Taylor Swift
  25. Ave Maria
  26. Barbarism Begins at Home – The Smiths
  27. vampire – Olivia Rodrigo
  28. Raining Tacos – Parry Gripp
  29. Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland 
  30. Calm Down – Rema feat. Selena Gomez
  31. Nexus (Is It Over) – Austin and the Powers
  32. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) – Whitney Houston
  33. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  34. Small Town Saturday Night – Hal Ketchum
  35. 1/1 – Brian Eno
  36. Someone wrote “All the good songs – Taylor Swift” so entries 36 and 37 are in honor of that, hopefully they’re in the spirit of what was written. This contribution was counted as one Taylor Swift mention for the stats.
    You Belong With Me (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  37. All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  38. Silver Springs – Fleetwood Mac
  39. Blank Space (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  40. Wading In Waist-High Water – Fleet Foxes
  41. A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
  42. Heroes – David Bowie
  43. Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi
  44. Lil Boo Thang – Paul Russell
  45. I Don’t Do Drugs – Doja Cat feat. Ariana Grande
  46. Colour My World – Chicago
  47. Who Knows Who Cares – Local Natives
  48. Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  49. so american – Olivia Rodrigo
  50. Butter – BTS
  51. Toxic – BoyWithUke
  52. Run BTS – BTS
  53. Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend
  54. Pink Venom – BLACKPINK
  55. Love Story (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  56. Fortnight – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
  57. Balo Batiyan – Ali Zafar feat. Atta Ullah Khan Esakhelvi
  58. Shape of My Heart – Backstreet Boys
  59. U My Everything – Sexyy Red feat. Drake
  60. Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
  61. Human Nature – Michael Jackson
  62. Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
  63. My Little Pony Theme Song – Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Apple Jack
  64. golden hour – JVKE
  65. Save Your Tears – The Weeknd
  66. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  67. Jingle Bells
  68. Beyond My Wildest Dreams – Sierra Boggess as Ariel
  69. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe – Kendrick Lamar
  70. Sayonee – Junoon
  71. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
  72. MILLION DOLLAR BABY – Tommy Richman
  73. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
  74. Great Balls Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
  75. Under Pressure – David Bowie, Queen
  76. That’s Life – Frank Sinatra
  77. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
  78. Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
  79. DARKSIDE – Neoni
  80. Perhaps Love – John Denver, Plácido Domingo
  81. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics
  82. Ordinary People – John Legend
  83. It’s Pizza Time! – Mr. Sauceman
  84. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
  85. Either Way – Guster
  86. time machine – Bailey Spinn
  87. Legend of Zelda Theme – Koji Kondo
  88. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
  89. Talking to the Moon – Bruno Mars
  90. Beautiful Things – Benson Boone
  91. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass
  92. The Prophecy – Taylor Swift
  93. Sister Golden Hair – America
  94. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  95. SAME MISTAKE – DESTIN CONRAD, Alex Isley
  96. Smokestack Lighnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  97. This Charming Man – The Smiths
  98. Without You (Terminal 1) – Tom Westy, Julia Church
  99. Watching TV – Roger Waters
  100. Scars To Your Beautiful – Alessia Cara
  101. Movin’ Right Along – Fozzie, Kermit
  102. Beauty – Dru Hill
  103. Only If – Steve Lacy
  104. Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan
  105. Godzilla Theme
  106. Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley (written as Rick Roll)
  107. Out My Mind, Just In Time – Erykah, Badu
  108. Today – Seyi Vibez
  109. Caravan – Van Morrison
  110. Veggie Dance – Gracie’s Corner
  111. All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
  112. Help! – The Beatles
  113. Like a Prayer – Madonna
  114. Closer – Kings of Leon
  115. This Is Home – Cavetown
  116. Sparks Fly (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  117. Army Dreamers – Kate Bush
  118. LEGO Ninjago The WEEKEND WHIP – Ninjago Music, The Fold
  119. Sing For The Moment – Eminem
  120. Leave The Door Open – Bruno Mars
  121. Home – Cavetown
  122. Break Up – Mario
  123. my tears ricochet – Taylor Swift
  124. When She Love Me – Sarah McLachlan
  125. This Is BFB
  126. traitor – Olivia Rodrigo
  127. Saturn – SZA
  128. Verdansk – Dave
  129. Don’t Mess With Me (While I’m Jellyfishing) – YourBoySponge
  130. All I Want – Olivia Rodrigo, Disney
  131. Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  132. True Colors – Cyndi Lauper
  133. A Million Dreams – Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams
  134. kompa pasión – фрози (frozy)
  135. Without Me – Eminem
  136. Shake It Off (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  137. Hey Jude – The Beatles
  138. Everything is AWESOME!!! – Tegan and Sara, The Lonely Island
  139. ceilings – Lizzy McAlpine
  140. What is Love – TWICE
  141. Pretty Girl – Ice Spice, Rema
  142. NIGHTS LIKE THIS – The Kid LAROI
  143. ADDICTIONS – Brent Faiyaz feat. Tre’Amani
  144. Song About Me – TV Girl
  145. Seigfried – Frank Ocean
  146. This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Taylor Swift
  147. Afterglow – Morgan Wallen
  148. 13 – LUCKI
  149. STAY – The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber
  150. Away In a Manger
  151. I Had Some Help – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen
  152. Stop The Rain – Ed Sheeran
  153. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones
  154. Tweezer – Phish
  155. Red (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  156. The Four Seasons – Vivaldi (A section of Summer is on the playlist)
  157. Welcome To New York (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
  158. Back to Back – DudeyLo, DD Osama
  159. Heart of Gold – Neil Young
  160. Bad – Michael Jackson
  161. Good Days – SZA
  162. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart – Taylor Swift
  163. Please Don’t Go – KC & The Sunshine Band
  164. Pain – PinkPantheress
  165. 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
  166. The Night Me and Your Mama Met – Childish Gambino
  167. PinkTree – Caye
  168. Valerie – Amy Winehouse
  169. Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – Elton John
  170. Sza – Twin Saga
  171. Everybody Dance Now – The Party People
  172. All of Me – John Legend
  173. Tití Me Preguntó – Bad Bunny
  174. A N X I E T Y – Sleepy Hallow feat. Doechii
  175. Wellerman – Sea Shanty
  176. “Paprika” (パプリカ) – Foorin
  177. We Are! (ウィーアー!) – Hiroshi Kitadani
  178. Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies) – Chris Tomlin
  179. The Wheels on the Bus
  180. ABC’s

With 11 hours of music to enjoy, those are Hamden’s favorite songs!