The "NOT by Barenaked Ladies" 30-Song Tribute Challenge

Day 1: A Song Referencing A Big Bang: The Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

Day 2: A Song Discussing A Week: The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

Day 3: A Song About Calling Or Answering: Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

Day 4: A Song Taking Place In An Old Apartment: Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks - The Apartment Song

Day 5: A Beach Boys Song (Bonus: By Brian Wilson!): Brian Wilson - God Only Knows

Day 6: A Song About A Wrong Man Being Convicted: Bob Dylan - Hurricane

Day 7: A Song About, By, Or Referencing Yoko Ono: Weird Al Yankovic - Achy Breaky Song

Day 8: A Song Set In Or Around The 9th Grade: Rush - Subdivisions

Day 9: A Song About Good Boys: The Manhattan Transfer - Boy From New York City

Day 10: A Song About Needing Sleep: The Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn

Day 11: A Song About Something Too Little, Too Late: Carole King - It's Too Late

Day 12: A Song About Being Pinched: Alison Moyet - Reassuring Pinches

Day 13: A Song Mentioning Someone Named Jane: Jefferson Starship - Jane

Day 14: A Song Taking Place On A Pirate Ship: Christopher Walken - Vengeance

Day 15: A Song About An Alternative Girlfriend: Police - Be My Girl/Sally

Day 16: A Song About The Virtues Of Alcohol: Robert Johnson - Malted Milk

Day 17: A Song With A Shakespeare Reference Of Some Sort: The Manhattan Transfer - Sing Joy Spring

Day 18: A Song About Postcards Or Travel: Lindsay Buckingham - Holiday Road

Day 19: A Song About The Contents Of A Shoe Box: Brie Larson - Shoebox

Day 20: A Song About Falling For The First Time: Lifehouse - First Time

Day 21: A Children's Song: Debbie Friedman - The Alef Bet Song

Day 22: A Song About Having A Million Dollars: Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)

Day 23: A Song Referencing Homes Or Furniture: Billy Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones - Rockin' Alone (On An Old Rocking Chair)

Day 24: A Song About Exotic Pets (Like A Llama, Or An Emu): Rolf Harris - Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport

Day 25: A Song About A K-Car, A Limo, Or Any Other Vehicle: John Travolta - Greased Lightnin'

Day 26: A Song About Mac & Cheese (Or Expensive Dijon Catsup): Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack

Day 27: A Song About (Fake Fur) Coats or (Green) Dresses: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Soundtrack - Joseph's Coat

Day 28: A Song About Some Art (A Picasso Or A Garfunkel): Harry Chapin - Flowers Are Red

Day 29: A Song About Monkeys: The J. Geils Band - Monkey Island

Day 30: A Canadian Artist, Eh?: Great Big Sea - Run, Runaway

The "NOT by Queen" 30-Song Tribute Challenge

Day 1: A Song About Accidentally Killing Somebody: The Cure - Killing An Arab

Day 2: A Song About Best Friends: Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being A Friend

Day 3: A Song About Finding Someone To Love: Adele - Make You Feel My Love

Day 4: A Song About Someone Who Is A Big Disgrace: Harry Belafonte & Nat King Cole - Shut Up Your Mouth

Day 5: A Song About Being A Champion: Santana - Winning

Day 6: A Song Referencing Bicycles: Kraftwerk - Tour de France

Day 7: A Song About Biting The Dust: Cowboy Junkies - Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer Park

Day 8: A Song Lamenting Being Under Pressure: Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop

Day 9: A Song Dealing With A Magic Of Some Kind: Jay & The Americans - This Magic Moment

Day 10: A Song About Being Gaga Over Radio: Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - Request Line

Day 11: A Song About Breaking Free: Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs

Day 12: A Song About Playing Games: Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

Day 13: A Song About Having A Big Butt: Spinal Tap - Big Bottom

Day 14: A Song Focusing On Perseverance: Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down

Day 15: A Song About Something Being Crazy: The Kinks - Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues

Day 16: A Song About Suicide Prevention: REM - Everybody Hurts

Day 17: A Song From A Superhero Movie Soundtrack: From Captain America: The First Avenger - Star-Spangled Man With A Plan

Day 18: A Song About Body Language: Dazz Band - Let It Whip

Day 19: A Song About A Hard Life: Jon Butcher Axis - Life Takes A Life

Day 20: A Song About Wanting It All: Veruca Salt (from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) - I Want It All

Day 21: A Song About The Show Going On: Elton John - I'm Still Standing

Day 22: A Song By A Quartet: The Monkees - I'm A Believer

Day 23: A Song About AIDS: Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia

Day 24: A Sing-Along Song (Head Banging In A Car: Optional!): Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

Day 25: A Song From An Opera: Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd - "Kill The Wabbit!"

Day 26: A Song About Living Forever: Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street

Day 27: A Song About Having One Vision: Bon Jovi - It's My Life

Day 28: A Song That Tells A Story: Harry Chapin - WOLD

Day 29: A Song By A Live Aid Performer: Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

Day 30: A Cover Of A Queen Song: Weird Al Yankovic - Bohemian Polka

The "NOT a Steven Spielberg Movie" 30-Song Tribute Challenge

Day 1: "We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat" - A Song About Sharks: Jimmy Buffett - Fins

Day 2: A Song About Phoning Home: The Jags - Back Of My Hand (I Got Your Number)

Day 3: A Song About Food (Mashed Potatoes Or Otherwise): Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - The Wonderful Soup Stone

Day 4: A Song About Fighting Nazis & Other Bad People: Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off

Day 5: A Song About Archeology: C.W. McCall - Comin’ Back For More

Day 6: A Song Focusing On Religious Artifacts: The Call - The Walls Came Down

Day 7: A Song About (Or By) Someone Named Peter, Wendy, or Hook: Wendy & Lisa - Waterfall

Day 8: A Song That Mentions The Color Purple: Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater

Day 9: A Song About The Holocaust: Rush - Red Sector A

Day 10: A Song Referencing Dinosaurs: Johnny Cash - The Dinosaur Song

Day 11: A Song Describing An Adventure: Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Day 12: A Song Whose Lyrics Are From A Child's Point Of View: Harry Chapin - Flowers Are Red

Day 13: (Why'd It Have To Be) A Song About Snakes (Bonus: Asps!): Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Buy My Snake Oil

Day 14: A Song About Con Artists: Morris Day & The Time - Donald Trump (Black Version)

Day 15: A Song About Some Kind Of Close Encounter: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic - Mothership Connection

Day 16: A Dystopian / Big Brother Themed Song: Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

Day 17: A Song About The News Industry: Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers

Day 18: A Song Set In A Courtroom: Pink Floyd - The Trial

Day 19: A Song Referencing The Olympics: Vangelis - Theme From “Chariots of Fire”

Day 20: A Song About Terrorism: Marillion - Grendel

Day 21: A Song About A Giant: Tori Amos - Giant’s Rolling Pin

Day 22: A Song About Airports: Cassadee Pope - Kisses At Airports

Day 23: A Song About Artificial Intelligence: Kraftwerk - The Robots

Day 24: A Song That Mentions Flying (Or Non-Flying) Bicycles: The Smiths - This Charming Man

Day 25: A Song By Blues Singers (Possibly Even Brothers): John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, and The Rolling Stones - Boogie Chillen

Day 26: A Song About Slavery: Bruce Springsteen - O Mary Don’t You Weep

Day 27: A Song That Has A Year As Its Title: Prince - 1999

Day 28: A Song About A Fractured Family: The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Day 29: A Song About Supernatural Events: The Highwaymen - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Day 30: A John Williams Song From A Non-Spielberg Movie: John Williams - Suite from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

The "Not Motown" 30-Song Tribute Challenge

Day 1: A Song About Needing Someone's Loving: The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

Day 2: A Song About Being Together Someday: Dire Straits - So Far Away

Day 3: A Song About Deadbeat Dads: Jane's Addiction - Had A Dad

Day 4: A Song About Hearing Rumors Through The Grapevine: Timex Social Club - Rumours

Day 5: A Song About The Brokenhearted: Jackson Browne - In The Shape Of A Heart

Day 6: A Song By A Group Comprised Of Siblings: The Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Day 7: A Song About Balls Of Confusion: Cracker - Teen Angst

Day 8: A Song About Doing Something In The Name Of Love: 10cc - The Things We Do For Love

Day 9: A Song About Jazz Royalty: Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean A Thing

Day 10: A Song About My Girl or My Guy: Traveling Wilburys - She's My Baby

Day 11: A Song About Reaching Out For Someone: Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

Day 12: A Song About A Runaway Imagination: Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow

Day 13: A Song About Getting It On: Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime ... oui non plus 

Day 14: A Song About Brick Houses: Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman

Day 15: A Song Asking About Something Going On: Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

Day 16: A Song About Not Being Too Proud To Beg: KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go

Day 17: A Song About Postmen (Or Postwomen): The Box Tops - The Letter

Day 18: A Song About Wanting Money: Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Feel Lucky

Day 19: A Song About Shopping Around: Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

Day 20: An Anti-War (What Is It Good For?) Song: Bob Dylan - Masters Of War

Day 21: A Song About Superstitions: Doris Day - The Superstition Song

Day 22: A Song About Dancing In The Streets: The Tractors - Baby Likes To Rock It

Day 23: A Song About Higher Ground: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Day 24: A Song About Getting A Witness: Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful

Day 25: A Song By A Girl Group: The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me

Day 26: A Song About Clowns: Judy Garland - Be A Clown / Once In A Lifetime

Day 27: A Song Asking If Someone Loves You: Chaim Topol & Norma Crane (from Fiddler on the Roof) - Do You Love Me?

Day 28: A Song About Hurrying Love: Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile

Day 29: A Song About Wanting Someone Back: Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U

Day 30: A Motown Song Covered By Another Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

The "NOT by Weird Al Yankovic" 30-Song Tribute Challenge

Day 1: A Song About Food: Ben Folds Five - She Don't Like Jelly

Day 2: A Song About The Medical Profession: Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You

Day 3: A Song Based On A Headline News Story: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio

Day 4: A Song About A Tourist Attraction: The New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral

Day 5: A Song About Dinosaurs: Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur

Day 6: A Song About (Or From) A 1960s TV Show: Little Roger & The Goosebumps - Stairway to Gilligan's Island

Day 7: A Song About Superheroes: Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues

Day 8: A Song About Crimes (Words or Otherwise): The Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run

Day 9: A Song About Nuclear War: The Fixx - Red Skies

Day 10: A Song About The Internet: Britney Spears - E-mail My Heart

Day 11: A Song About Daring To Be Stupid: Garbage - Stupid Girl

Day 12: A Song About Bad Relationships: PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me

Day 13: A Song About Stalking: The Nylons - Silhouettes

Day 14: A Song About The "Good Old Days": Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

Day 15: A Song Featuring An Accordion: Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble

Day 16: A Song About A Place With A Ridiculously Long Name: The Four Lads - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Day 17: A Song About Pentiums And Computers: Prince & The Revolution - Computer Blue

Day 18: A Song That Includes Celebrity Name Drops: Phil Ochs - Love Me, I'm A Liberal

Day 19: A Song About A Vocation (Plumbing, HVAC, etc.): Styx - Blue Collar Man

Day 20: A Song About Horror Films: Deep Purple - Why Didn't Rosemary?

Day 21: A Original Of A Song "Weird Al" Has Parodied: The Knack - My Sharona

Day 22: A Polka!: Frank Yankovic - The Pennsylvania Polka

Day 23: A Song About Being Trapped In A Late-Night Situation: Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night

Day 24: A Song About The Television Industry: Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

Day 25: A Song About Shopping: The Clash - Love In The Supermarket

Day 26: A Parody Song By Another Artist: The Rutles - Get Up And Go

Day 27: A Song About Being Nerdy: Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

Day 28: A Movie Song By An Artist Who Was Also A Lead In That Film: Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love

Day 29: A Song About A Paradise Of Some Sort: Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise

Day 30: A Song That Takes Place A Long, Long Time Ago (In A Galaxy Far Away): Nerf Herder - I'm The Droid (You're Looking For)