COVID-19 Playlist
63 tunes for you to play while self distancing
A longtime friend, Todd Montgomery, asked recently for COVID-19 song list suggestions. Of course, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” popped up, as did Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” because they’ve gone viral (no pun intended) since all of this mess started.
The best, in my opinion, is Buddy and Julie Miller’s cover of Richard Thompson’s magnificent “Keep Your Distance.” It somehow captures the unsettled mood of the time.
I provided a top 20 list from the ones Todd had received, then sought suggestions from my Facebook friends. The list quickly reached 60 (not counting the three mentioned above).
Original List:
1. Don’t Stand So Close to Me
2. Keep Your Hands to Yourself
3. Alone Again (Naturally)
4. In My Room
5. Don’t Touch Me There
6. Back Off Boogaloo
7. Fever
8. What’s Going On?
9. From a Distance
10. I’ve Got a Bad Case of Loving You
11. U Can’t Touch This
12. Walk on By
13. I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
14. Don’t Come Around Here No More
15. All by Myself
16. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
17. Homeward Bound
18. Too Close for Comfort
19. 30 Days in the Hole
20. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
From Friends:
Go Now
One is the Loneliest Number
Gimme Three Steps
I Get Around
Let’s Go Crazy
Alone
Nowhere to Go But Up
Stayin’ Alive
Toxic
So Far Away From Me
Beat It
Yesterday
Nowhere to Go
Road to Nowhere
Honesty
Make It Go Away
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Sick As a Dog
We’re Not Gonna Take It
Keep Yourself Alive
Kind of a Drag
Since You’ve Been Gone
With or Without You
Sometimes When We Touch
With A Little Help from My Friends
Livin’ on the Edge
Next to You, Next to Me
Under Pressure
Get Back
When Will I See You Again?
Message in a Bottle
How Long Has This Been Goin’ On
Waving Through a Window
Living Inside Myself
School’s Out
Alive
Behind Closed Doors
Party of One
Dancing With Myself
Don’t Fear the Reaper