Songs of the Day | Michael Dickens

Starting about seven years ago, every time I heard a song that I really liked that stuck with me for the rest of the day, I recorded it in my journal on a list of “Songs of the Day”.

This list shows how my musical tastes have shifted over the years. It isn’t entirely representative because there are plenty of songs I love that never made it onto this list.

Here’s the complete list up to the time of this writing. An asterisk means that I liked the song before it was Song of the Day, but I gained a new appreciation for it on that day. I have a corresponding Spotify playlist, although it only includes songs up to November 2015.

[2009-03-13] Bon Jovi – It’s My Life
[2009-03-14] Crossfade – Cold
[2009-03-15] Atreyu – Honor
[2009-03-25] Metallica – King Nothing
[2009-03-30] Nonpoint – Explain Yourself
[2009-04-05] Rhett and Link – Shamwow
[2009-04-11] Grand Theft Audio – We Luv U
[2009-04-12] Nightwish – Over the Hills and Far Away*
[2009-04-19] Hammerfall – The Templar Flame
[2009-04-26] Stone Sour – Orchids
[2009-04-27] Canobliss – Riot
[2009-05-18] Beethoven – 5th Symphony
[2009-05-22] Filter – In Dreams
[2009-05-24] Lonely Island – I’m on a Boat
[2009-05-30] Geto Boyz – Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
[2009-05-31] Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
[2009-06-06] Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way
[2009-06-07] Disturbed – Decadence*
[2009-06-08] Static X – Otsegoletric
[2009-06-15] Soggy Bottom Boys – Man of Constant Sorrow
[2009-06-17] Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
[2009-07-06] Godsmack – Re-Align Unplugged
[2009-07-?] Steve Jablonsky – Scorponok
[2009-07-31] Alter Bridge – Come to Life
[2009-08-04] Dry Kill Logic – Boneyard
[2009-08-07] Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band – A Fifth of Beethoven
[2009-08-09] Linkin Park – New Divide
[2009-08-13] Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
[2009-08-15] The Who – Pinball Wizard
[2009-09-28] Symphorce – Condemned
[2009-09-30] Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved*
[2009-10-11] Dreamland – Spread Your Wings
[2009-10-18] Carcass – Polarized
[2009-10-22] Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
[2009-10-23] Symphony of Science – We Are All Connected
[2009-11-07] Trust Company – Downfall*
[2009-11-26] Deadlock – Agony Applause
[2009-12-02] Owl City – Fireflies
[2009-12-12] In Flames – Trigger
[2009-12-13] Coldplay – Yellow
[2009-12-14] The Killers – When You Were Young
[2009-12-14] Oasis – Champagne Supernova
[2009-12-28] Shinedown – Breaking Inside
[2009-12-29] Hundred Reasons – Broken Hands
[2010-01-13] Guns ‘n’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
[2010-01-17] Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
[2010-01-20] American Speedway – Make Some Noise
[2010-01-22] Dream Evil – Invisible
[2010-01-24] Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Over the Rainbow
[2010-01-25] Soilwork – Weapon of Vanity
[2010-02-07] The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
[2010-02-12] Herbie Hancock – Chameleon
[2010-02-13] Duke Ellington – It Don’t Mean a Thing
[2010-02-16] Cat Stevens – If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
[2010-02-18] George Cohan – Over There
[2010-02-22] Blackalicious – Deception
[2010-02-23] The Killers – Human
[2010-02-27] Blackalicious – Make You Feel That Way
[2010-03-03] Jurassic Quark – CSIRO
[2010-03-06] Dry Kill Logic – Confidence vs. Consequences
[2010-03-06] The Offspring – Come Out and Play
[2010-03-06] Juno Reactor – Navras
[2010-03-08] Apocalyptica – In the Hall of the Mountain King
[2010-03-08] Lordi – Would You Love a Monsterman
[2010-03-08] Tchavolo Swing
[2010-03-14] Ok Go – This Too Shall Pass
[2010-03-15] Zonaria – Damnation Dressed in Flesh
[2010-03-27] Death Cab for Cutie – We Looked Like Giants
[2010-04-11] Flight of the Conchords – Hurt Feelings
[2010-04-25] Epica – Pirates of the Caribbean
[2010-04-30] Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
[2010-05-08] Hammerfall – Any Means Necessary
[2010-05-27] Spoon – The Way We Get By
[2010-06-06] ??? – Largo Al Factotum
[2010-06-11] LMFAO feat. Lil John – Shots
[2010-06-15] The Killers – Mr. Brightside
[2010-06-20] Erasure – Always
[2010-06-25] Coldplay – Viva la Vida
[2010-06-25] Two Towers Soundtrack – Uruk-Hai
[2010-07-03] Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
[2010-07-12] Flight of the Conchords – I Told You I Was Freaky
[2010-07-19] Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
[2010-07-20] AC/DC – Thunderstruck
[2010-07-22] Mulan Soundtrack – I’ll Make a Man out of You
[2010-07-22] The Lion King Soundtrack – Be Prepared
[2010-07-31] Nightwish – Wishmaster
[2010-08-05] Van Canto – Kings of Metal
[2010-08-07] Sirenia – Sundown
[2010-08-10] Grave Digger – Rheingold*
[2010-08-12] Van Canto – Speed of Light
[2010-08-17] Zonaria – At War with the Inferior
[2010-08-18] Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
[2010-08-19] Liquid Tension Experiment – Acid Rain
[2010-08-?] Zonaria – Humanity vs. Sanity
[2010-09-04] Zonaria – Armageddon Anthem
[2010-09-04] Escala – Palladio
[2010-09-25] Symphony of Science – Our Place in the Cosmos
[2010-10-01] Cluefinders 3rd Grade Soundtrack – Goo Song
[2010-10-02] Beastie Boys – Sabotage
[2010-10-09] Red Hot Chili Peppers/Vitamin String Quartet – Snow
[2010-10-10] Muse/Vitamin String Quartet – Knights of Cydonia*
[2010-10-18] Deadlock – Temple of Love
[2010-10-22] Luke [melodica], Sam Kanoff [guitar], Daniel Albert [bass] – Minor Swing
[2010-10-23] Lord Belial – Lord of Fevers and Plague
[2010-10-28] Rhett and Link – Epic Rap Battle
[2010-10-31] Zonaria – Praise the Eradication
[2010-11-07] Two Towers Soundtrack – Isengard Unleashed
[2010-11-21] Nightwish – Bye Bye Beautiful
[2010-11-28] Sufjan Stevens – For the Widows in Paradise
[2010-12-01] E. S. Posthumous – Unstoppable
[2010-12-17] Children of Bodom – Lake Bodom
[2010-12-13] In Flames – Take This Life
[2010-12-25] Annotations of an Autopsy – Before the Throne of Infection
[2010-12-30] Mercenary – World Hate Center
[2011-01-09] Mercenary – Firesoul
[2011-01-16] Antonin Dvorak – New World Symphony
[2011-01-16] Dragonforce – Through the Fire and Flames*
[2011-01-27] Charlie Daniels – The Devil Went Down to Georgia
[2011-02-04] Muse – Uprising
[2011-02-12] Necronomicon – The Silver Key
[2011-02-16] Scar Symmetry – 2012 – Demise of the 5th Sun
[2011-02-19] Rhapsody of Fire – Silent Dream
[2011-03-07] EconStories – Fear the Boom and Bust
[2011-03-08] Adriano Celentano – Prisencolenensinainciusol
[2011-03-20] Van Canto – Rebellion
[2011-03-23] Blackalicious – The Craft
[2011-04-15] Simon & Garfunkel – Sound of Silence
[2011-04-16] Dark Fortress – Baphomet
[2011-04-21] Backstreet Boys – Larger than Life
[2011-05-10] EconStories – Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round 2
[2011-05-14] Dream Evil – Let Me Out*
[2011-06-02] Zonaria – Pandemic Assault
[2011-06-06] Rammstein – Rosenrot*
[2011-06-26] Nightwish – Whoever Brings the Night
[2011-06-27] Liquid Tension Experiment – Biaxident
[2011-07-05] Grand Theft Audio – Stoopid Ass
[2011-07-21] Weird Al – Hardware Store*
[2011-08-02] David Garrett – The 5th
[2011-08-05] Lordi – Hardrock Hallelujah
[2011-08-17] Bang Camaro – Night Lies
[2011-08-20] Liquid Tension Experiment – Another Dimension
[2011-08-24] dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip – Get Better
[2011-08-25] dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip – The Beat That My Heart Skipped
[2011-09-09] Nightwish – End of All Hope
[2011-11-04] Skrillex – Cinema
[2011-11-06] Ip Man 2 – Track 10. Win-Lose
[2011-12-07] Stone Sour – Hell and Consequences*
[2011-12-13] Deliverance Soundtrack – Dueling Banjos*
[2011-12-23] America – Horse with No Name
[2012-01-11] Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
[2012-01-20] Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle – La Marsellaise
[2012-01-29] Within Temptation – Hand of Sorrow
[2012-02-05] E Nomine – Mitternacht
[2012-02-26] The Hunchback of Notre Dame Soundtrack – Hellfire
[2012-03-12] Dream Theater – Stream of Consciousness
[2012-03-30] David Heroy (Slaid Cleaves cover) – Breakfast in Hell
[2012-03-31] Dissection – Black Dragon
[2012-04-14] Mercenary – Loneliness
[2012-04-14] Zonaria – Ravage the Breed*
[2012-04-20] Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
[2012-04-29] Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin’ Out My Backdoor
[2012-05-05] Aladdin Soundtrack – Prince Ali
[2012-05-13] La Caution – The a la Menthe
[2012-05-27] Soilwork – Stalemate
[2012-05-28] Zonaria – Slaughter Is Passion*
[2012-05-31] Weird Al – The Saga Begins*
[2012-06-20] Rhett and Link – Rub Some Bacon on It
[2012-06-20] Rhett and Link – Thoughtful Guy Rap
[2012-06-22] Weird Al – Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota*
[2012-07-01] Hammerfall – Natural High
[2012-07-01] Hammerfall – Titan
[2012-07-01] Hammerfall – Howlin’ with the Pack
[2012-07-04] Enter the Haggis – To the Quick
[2012-07-13] Moonspell – Axis Mundi
[2012-07-14] Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills*
[2012-07-15] Soilwork – Mercury Shadow
[2012-07-21] Joe Satriani – Just Like Lightnin’
[2012-07-26] Hammerfall – 666 The Enemy Within
[2012-08-03] Impending Doom – More than Conquerors
[2012-08-05] Annotations of an Autopsy – Deities
[2012-08-09] Hammerfall – Life Is Now
[2012-08-10] Zonaria – Gunpoint Salvation
[2012-08-11] Toto – Africa
[2012-08-22] Kampfar – Vansinn
[2012-09-06] Jon Lajoie – Fuck Everything
[2012-09-25] The Eagles – Seven Bridges Road
[2012-10-14] Anagnorisis – Overton Trees*
[2012-10-15] AC/DC – Shoot to Thrill*
[2012-10-17] Epica – Mother of Light
[2012-10-21] Fleshgod Apocalypse – The Violation
[2012-11-02] Nero – Doomsday
[2012-11-25] Hypocrisy – War-Path
[2012-11-26] Masterplan – Crimson Rider
[2012-11-29] Hypocrisy – Fearless
[2012-12-13] The Hobbit – Misty Mountains
[2012-12-14] Dream Evil – Back from the Dead*
[2012-12-17] Dissection – Dark Mother Divine
[2013-01-01] Dream Theater – Panic Attack
[2013-01-01] Dream Theater – As I Am
[2013-01-21] Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer*
[2013-02-08] Power Quest – Never Again
[2013-02-10] Soilwork – Late for the Kill, Early for the Slaughter
[2013-02-16] The Piano Guys – Michael Meets Mozart
[2013-03-11] The Sugar Hill Gang – Rapper’s Delight*
[2013-03-26] Helloween – Mr. Torture*
[2013-04-02] Dreamland – Eye for an Eye
[2013-04-21] Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark
[2013-04-30] Blind Guardian – The Soulforged
[2013-04-30] Blind Guardian – Mirror, Mirror
[2013-05-12] Rainbow/Hammerfall – Man on the Silver Mountain
[2013-05-13] Helloween/Hammerfall – I Want Out
[2013-05-24] Amon Amarth – Guardians of Asgaard
[2013-06-06] Dissection – Reinkaos [Album]
[2013-06-06] Dissection – God of Forbidden Light
[2013-06-06] Dissection – Xepe-I-Set
[2013-06-06] Dissection – Maha Kali
[2013-06-19] Stratovarius – Eagleheart
[2013-06-22] Heavenly – Spill Blood on Fire
[2013-06-22] Heavenly – The Power and Fury
[2013-06-26] Iron Savior – Heavy Metal Powered Man*
[2013-06-26] Dream Evil – Heavy Metal Jesus*
[2013-07-01] Lamb of God – Redneck
[2013-07-09] Sabaton – Primo Victoria [Album]
[2013-07-09] Sabaton – Primo Victoria
[2013-07-09] Sabaton – Into the Fire
[2013-07-09] Sabaton – Metal Machine
[2013-07-18] Macklemore – Thrift Shop*
[2013-07-25] Sabaton – Ghost Division
[2013-07-26] Lazy Town feat. Lil Jon – Cooking by the Book
[2013-07-28] Sabaton – Panzerkampf
[2013-08-10] Metallica – Wherever I May Roam*
[2013-08-12] Metallica/Van Canto – Master of Puppets*
[2013-08-17] Wintersun – Sons of Winter and Stars
[2013-08-17] Leningrad – Fish
[2013-08-25] Lordi – Devil Is a Loser
[2013-09-05] Avantasia – Another Angel Down
[2013-09-15] Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
[2013-10-14] Fleshgod Apocalypse – Thru Our Scars
[2013-10-21] Silent Force – We Must Use the Power
[2013-11-02] Frank Sinatra – Fly Me to the Moon
[2013-11-30] Fleshgod Apocalypse – Kingborn
[2013-12-16] Fleshgod Apocalypse – Labyrinth [Album]
[2013-12-19] Jag Panzer – The Mission (1943)
[2014-01-08] Blind Guardian – Fly
[2014-01-10] Blind Guardian – And Then There Was Silence
[2014-01-24] Blind Guardian – Battlefield
[2014-02-07] Blind Guardian – Age of False Innocence
[2014-02-14] Manowar – Fight Until We Die*
[2014-02-27] Van Canto – Badaboom
[2014-03-07] Van Canto feat. Hansi Kürsch – Take to the Sky
[2014-03-18] Vivaldi – SUMMER Concerto No.2 in g, Op. 8 - Presto
[2014-03-30] Van Canto – To Sing a Metal Song
[2014-04-12] Blind Guardian – The Bard’s Song: In the Forest
[2014-04-14] Blind Guardian – Welcome to Dying (Live)
[2014-04-16] Amon Amarth – Pursuit of Vikings*
[2014-04-17] Blind Guardian – Punishment Divine*
[2014-05-06] Impending Doom – Murderer*
[2014-05-21] Blind Guardian – A Voice in the Dark
[2014-05-30] Heavenly – Liberty*
[2014-06-01] Dream Theater – The Dance of Eternity
[2014-06-03] Dream Theater – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (Album)
[2014-06-06] Sabaton – Primo Victoria (D-Day Reprise)
[2014-06-07] Van Canto – To the Mountains
[2014-06-20] Epica – Burn to a Cinder
[2014-07-?] Shade Empire – Ruins
[2014-07-?] Sirenia – Perils of the Deep Blue [Album]
[2014-08-?] Epic Rap Battles of History – Bill Nye vs. Sir Isaac Newton
[2014-08-?] Epic Rap Battles of History – Artists vs. Ninja Turtles
[2014-08-?] Hour of Penance – Paradogma [Album]
[2014-08-29] Blind Guardian – Valhalla (2011 Remix)*
[2014-09-06] Blue Swede – Hooked on a Feeling
[2014-09-08] Moonspell – Versus
[2014-09-09] Wolf – At the Graveyard
[2014-09-17] Linked Horizon – Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen (Attack on Titan theme)
[2014-09-17] Lil Dicky – White Dude
[2014-10-15 Wed] Peter Denahy — Sort Of Dunno Nothin’
[2014-10-18 Sat] Blind Guardian — Wheel of Time*
[2014-10-28 Tue] CCR — Fortunate Son
[2014-11-01 Sat] Frankie Laine — Rawhide*
[2014-11-04 Tue] Stam1na — Valtiaan uudet vaateet
[2014-11-10 Mon] Lorde/Randy Marsh — Push
[2014-11-18 Tue] Dream Evil [Band]
[2014-11-23 Sun] Cavalera Conspiracy — Inflikted
[2014-12-18 Thu] Ludacris — Get Back
[2014-12-30 Tue] Masterplan — I’m Not Afraid
[2015-01-06 Tue] Weird Al — Polka Face
[2015-01-14 Wed] Alpa Chino — I Love Tha Pussy
[2015-01-15 Thu] Raubtier — Sveriges Elit
[2015-01-17 Sat] Iron Maiden — The Trooper
[2015-01-20 Tue] Nightwish — Dead to the World*
[2015-01-20 Tue] Amaranthe — Amaranthe [Album]
[2015-01-20 Tue] Amaranthe — Automatic
[2015-01-22 Thu] Nightwish — I Want My Tears Back*
[2015-01-25 Sun] Kaleida — Think
[2015-01-25 Sun] John Wick Soundtrack — LED Spirals & Shots Fired
[2015-01-26 Mon] Tripp and Tyler – Bowlin’
[2015-02-05 Thu] Watsky — Whoa Whoa Whoa
[2015-02-10 Tue] Weird Al — First World Problems
[2015-02-11 Wed] Philip Glass — Koyaanisqatsi
[2015-02-13 Fri] Epic Rap Battles of History — Steven Spielberg vs. Alfred Hitchcock
[2015-02-14 Sat] Hammerfall — No Sacrifice, No Victory*
[2015-02-25 Wed] Boney M — Rasputin
[2015-03-09 Mon] N.W.A — Fuck Tha Police
[2015-03-17 Tue] Rammstein — Ich Will
[2015-03-27] Kanye West — Black Skinheads
[2015-04-11 Sat] Civilization 4 Soundtrack — The People Are the Heroes Now
[2015-04-15 Wed] Thomas Jack — Booka Shake
[2015-04-23 Thu] Accept — Fast as a Shark
[2015-04-30 Thu] Stealers Wheel — Stuck in the Middle with You
[2015-05-01 Fri] Hammerfall — Hammerfall*
[2015-05-01 Fri] Hammerfall — Legacy of Kings*
[2015-05-02 Sat] Kamelot — March of Mephisto*
[2015-05-11 Mon] Eminem — Rap God
[2015-05-12 Tue] Placeboing — Breaking Bad Remix (Seasons 3-5)
[2015-05-21 Thu] Muppets — Mahna Mahna
[2015-06-02 Tue] Blind Guardian — Curse of Feanor
[2015-06-02 Tue] Lamb of God — Ghost Walking
[2015-06-17 Wed] Dimmu Borgir — Gateways*
[2015-06-26 Fri] Lonely Island — Spring Break Anthem
[2015-06-27 Sat] Heavenly — Dark Memories*
[2015-06-29 Mon] Epica — Unleashed
[2015-06-30 Tue] Epica — Another Me “In Lack’ech”
[2015-07-10 Fri] R.E.M. — Losing My Religion*
[2015-07-14 Tue] Arsis — The Face of My Innocence
[2015-07-17 Fri] 50 Cent — Just A Lil Bit*
[2015-08-04 Tue] Dubba Jonny — UKF Dubstep Tutorial
[2015-08-10 Mon] Jay-Z — 99 Problems
[2015-08-14 Fri] Daddy Yankee — Gasolina
[2015-08-21 Fri] Hammerfall — Trailblazers
[2015-08-21 Fri] Hammerfall — Crimson Thunder
[2015-08-24 Mon] Hammerfall — At the End of the Rainbow
[2015-08-24 Mon] Hammerfall — Stronger Than All
[2015-08-25 Tue] Sepultura — Ratamahatta
[2015-08-31 Mon] Bad Meets Evil — Fast Lane
[2015-09-15 Tue] Metallica — Enter Sandman
[2015-09-26 Sat] Kink — Cloud Generator
[2015-09-28 Mon] Sabaton — The Price of a Mile
[2015-10-03 Sat] Nicholas Fraser — Why The Fuck You Lyin’
[2015-10-06 Tue] In Flames — Cloud Connected*
[2015-10-12 Mon] Jay-Z — Dirt Off Your Shoulder
[2015-10-13 Tue] Eminem — ‘Till I Collapse
[2015-10-13 Tue] Eminem — I’m Not Afraid
[2015-10-27 Tue] DMX — X Gon’ Give It To Ya*
[2015-10-28 Wed] Rick and Morty — Get Schwifty
[2015-11-09 Mon] Sepultura – Refuse/Resist
[2015-11-09 Mon] Soilwork — Distance*
[2015-11-12 Thu] Hypocrisy — Roswell 47
[2015-11-19 Thu] Snake Wind — Come on Feel the Noise
[2015-11-30 Mon] Blind Guardian — Wait for an Answer*
[2015-12-04 Fri] Behemoth — At The Left Hand Ov God
[2015-12-07 Mon] Sabaton — To Hell and Back
[2015-12-11 Fri] Soilwork — Blind Eye Halo*
[2015-12-21 Mon] Django Unchained — Soundtrack [Album]
[2016-01-12 Tue] Don Ellis — Whiplash
[2016-01-13 Wed] George Kollias — Shall Rise/Shall Be Dead
[2016-02-09 Tue] Blind Guardian — Traveler in Time (2011)*
[2016-02-11 Thu] Epica — The Essence of Silence
[2016-02-20 Sat] Hammerfall — Restless Soul
[2016-02-26 Fri] Ice Cube — The Nigga Ya Love to Hate
[2016-02-27 Sat] Eazy-E — Boyz-n-the-Hood
[2016-03-07 Mon] Sirenia — Seven Keys and Nine Doors*
[2016-03-09 Wed] Helloween — If I Could Fly
[2016-03-13 Sun] Terror — Feel the Pain
[2016-04-02 Sat] Blind Guardian — Ride Into Obsession*
[2016-04-04 Mon] Terror — You’re Caught
[2016-04-06 Wed] Run-D.M.C. — It’s Tricky
[2016-04-09 Sat] Korn — Politics
[2016-04-10 Sun] Satyricon — K.I.N.G.
[2016-04-25 Mon] Bell Biv DeVoe — Poison
[2016-04-29 Fri] Epica — Monopoly on Truth
[2016-05-04 Wed] Jay-Z & Kanye West — Niggas in Paris