New Songs 2012

There’s something about carrying around a song in your head during the course of the day, finding that one song that you have to belt out in the shower, having a song to share with the one you love.  Yes, money makes the world go round, but music makes it happy.  So is it any wonder that so many of us are looking forward to the new year to see what newsongs arrive in 2012? 

I know that when I went through a painful break up, I couldn’t have survived without Pink’s ‘So What.’  It made me feel powerful and strong.  When good things were going on in my life, I had to sing Jason Mraz’s ‘I’m Yours.’  I don’t know why, but it had this happy little beat and it reeked of sunshine and joy.  And who doesn’t understand the complexities of relationships as demonstrated by Kelly Clarkson in the song ‘My Life Would Suck Without You.’  It has this incredibly universal theme.

And that’s the beauty of songs.  There is always some new song coming out that will express better than you can, more eloquently, with the perfect beat…and eventually a video…precisely how you are feeling.  That’s pretty much why I was crying my eyes out the day before my wedding when ‘I Thought I Love You Then,’ by Brad Paisley came on the radio. 

Yes, there truly is a song for every occasion.  And I could name all the ones that have mattered to us through the years, from Kenny Chesney’s ‘You Saved Me’ (oh, and I did) to Nickelback’s ‘Rockstar’ to Kid Rock’s ‘All Summer Long.’  We have had hundreds of songs with meaning.  And I’m sure over the years we will have thousands more.  What I’m most interested in, however, is seeing what new and amazing songs will come out in 2012 to get us singing, laughing, and loving again.

Think about those special moments in your life.  Think about how you commemorate them in song.  And just imagine how much fun you have to look forward to with new songs 2012.  You’ll find something that speaks to you and your soul.  And if you don’t find it right away, you have an entire year.  New artists continually pop up and new songs are released all the time.  Whatever you need to elevate your mood will be out there for your enjoyment soon enough.