‘Be Sweet’ by Japanese Breakfast Leads Our Top 20 Songs with a Directive

It turns out that modern music is full of directives. Bands and artists are often giving us commands, or maybe (such as in the case of Japanese Breakfast) something more like strong suggestions.

Either way, ‘songs with a directive’ was the theme of this this month’s Colorado Sound Top 20. And we got some really fun choices.

The Top 20 was voted on by you, our members and listeners. All directive songs that made our Top 20 this month are below, with the name of the artist.  

1	Be Sweet	Japanese Breakfast	11	Don’t Give Up	Peter Gabriel
2	Come As You Are	Nirvana	12	Feed The Tree	Belly
3	Good Kisser	Lake Street Dive	13	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick	Ian Dury
4	Come On Up To The House	Tom Waits	14	Get Off This	Cracker
5	Fight The Power	Public Enemy	15	Dance To The Music	Sly & The Family Stone
6	Roam	B-52s	16	Step Right Up	Tom Waits
7	Get Up Offa That Thing	James Brown	17	Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around	Steve Nicks & Tom Petty
8	Let’s Dance	David Bowie	18	I Wanna Be Adored	Stone Roses
9	Push It	Salt N Pepa	19	Know Your Rights	The Clash
10	Tie Your Shoes	Widespread Panic	20	Call Me	Blondie

 

Japanese Breakfast’s “Be Sweet” topped our list this month – you can watch a video for the song above. 

Bubbling just under were songs by Nirvana, Lake Street Dive, Tom Waits, and Public Enemy. (Watch the video for “Fight the Power,” which was directed by Spike Lee.)

And at Number 13 was this groovy little ditty by Ian Dury an the Blockheads: 

 

And then watch for our next Top 20, which we will announce in early September. It’s going to be a fun one!