Songs 1,400 – 1,351

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Chaplain Charles Joseph Watters (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on November 19, 1967, near Dak To Province, Republic of Vietnam. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Chaplain Watters distinguished himself during an assault in the vicinity of Dak To. Chaplain Watters was moving with one of the companies when it engaged a heavily armed enemy battalion. As the battle raged and the casualties mounted, Chaplain Watters, with complete disregard for his safety, rushed forward to the line of contact. Unarmed and completely exposed, he moved among, as well as in front of the advancing troops, giving aid to the wounded, assisting in their evacuation, giving words of encouragement, and administering the last rites to the dying. When a wounded paratrooper was standing in shock in front of the assaulting forces, Chaplain Watters ran forward, picked the man up on his shoulders and carried him to safety. As the troopers battled to the first enemy entrenchment, Chaplain Watters ran through the intense enemy fire to the front of the entrenchment to aid a fallen comrade. A short time later, the paratroopers pulled back in preparation for a second assault. Chaplain Watters exposed himself to both friendly and enemy fire between the two forces in order to recover two wounded soldiers. Later, when the battalion was forced to pull back into a perimeter, Chaplain Watters noticed that several wounded soldiers were lying outside the newly formed perimeter. Without hesitation and ignoring attempts to restrain him, Chaplain Watters left the perimeter three times in the face of small arms, automatic weapons, and mortar fire to carry and to assist the injured troopers to safety. Satisfied that all of the wounded were inside the perimeter, he began aiding the medics ... applying field bandages to open wounds, obtaining and serving food and water, giving spiritual and mental strength and comfort. During his ministering, he moved out to the perimeter from position to position redistributing food and water, and tending to the needs of his men. Chaplain Watters was giving aid to the wounded when he himself was mortally wounded. Chaplain Watters' unyielding perseverance and selfless devotion to his comrades was in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.

First Lieutenant Robert T. Waugh (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 11-14, 1944, near Tremensuoli, Italy. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy. In the course of an attack upon an enemy-held hill on 11 May, 1st Lt. Waugh personally reconnoitered a heavily mined area before entering it with his platoon. Directing his men to deliver fire on 6 bunkers guarding this hill, 1st Lt. Waugh advanced alone against them, reached the first bunker, threw phosphorus grenades into it and as the defenders emerged, killed them with a burst from his tommygun. He repeated this process on the 5 remaining bunkers, killing or capturing the occupants. On the morning of 14 May, 1st Lt. Waugh ordered his platoon to lay a base of fire on 2 enemy pillboxes located on a knoll which commanded the only trail up the hill. He then ran to the first pillbox, threw several grenades into it, drove the defenders into the open, and killed them. The second pillbox was next taken by this intrepid officer by similar methods. The fearless actions of 1st Lt. Waugh broke the Gustav Line at that point, neutralizing 6 bunkers and 2 pillboxes and he was personally responsible for the death of 30 of the enemy and the capture of 25 others. He was later killed in action in Itri, Italy, while leading his platoon in an attack.

First Lieutenant David C. Waybur (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on July 17, 1943, near Agrigento, Sicily. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict with the enemy. Commander of a reconnaissance platoon, 1st Lt. Waybur volunteered to lead a 3-vehicle patrol into enemy-held territory to locate an isolated Ranger unit. Proceeding under cover of darkness, over roads known to be heavily mined, and strongly defended by road blocks and machinegun positions, the patrol's progress was halted at a bridge which had been destroyed by enemy troops and was suddenly cut off from its supporting vehicles by 4 enemy tanks. Although hopelessly outnumbered and out-gunned, and himself and his men completely exposed, he quickly dispersed his vehicles and ordered his gunners to open fire with their .30 and .50 caliber machineguns. Then, with ammunition exhausted, 3 of his men hit and himself seriously wounded, he seized his .45 caliber Thompson submachinegun and standing in the bright moonlight directly in the line of fire, alone engaged the leading tank at 30 yards and succeeded in killing the crewmembers, causing the tank to run onto the bridge and crash into the stream bed. After dispatching 1 of the men for aid he rallied the rest to cover and withstood the continued fire of the tanks till the arrival of aid the following morning.


The I'm just sayin… Top 1,453 Songs of All-Time

Rank Song Artist/Group

1400 Ode to My Car by: Adam Sandler

1399 Austin by: Blake Shelton

1398 Edge of a Broken Heart by: Bon Jovi

1397 Allison Road by: Gin Blossoms

1396 Sumter County Friday Night by: Lee Brice

1395 Lucky by: Britney Spears

1394 Lonely at the Top by: Bon Jovi

1393 Have A Nice Day by: Bon Jovi

1392 Young Country by: Hank Williams, Jr.

1391 Never Grow Up by: Taylor Swift

1390 Carrie by: Europe

1389 I'll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter) by: Zac Brown Band

1388 How Do U Want It by: 2pac

1387 How Am I Supposed to Live Without You by: Michael Bolton

1386 Good by: Better Than Ezra

1385 Girls Just Want to Have Fun by: Cyndi Lauper

1384 Giants by: Felling Giants

1383 Don't Trip by: The Game feat. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and will.i.am

1382 Country Nation by: Brad Paisley

1381 Comin' to Your City by: Big & Rich

1380 Can I Get A… by: Jay Z

1379 Blurred Lines by: Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell

1378 Better in Stereo by: Dove Cameron

1377 Beer With Jesus by: Thomas Rhett

1376 Be My Yoko Ono by: Barenaked Ladies

1375 Battleground by: Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators

1374 Automobile by: N.W.A.

1373 All My Friends Say by: Luke Bryan

1372 All I Do Is Win by: DJ Khaled feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross

1371 Ain't No Sunshine by: Bill Withers

1370 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by: Elton John

1369 Damned by: Bon Jovi

1368 Life's A Dance by: John Michael Montomery

1367 Bang a Drum by: Jon Bon Jovi

1366 Love Like Crazy by: Lee Brice

1365 Every Day by: Rascal Flatts

1364 Ooh La La by: Rod Stewart

1363 Fly Like An Eagle by: Steve Miller Band

1362 The Freshmen by: The Verve Pipe

1361 Love Will Keep Us Alive by: The Eagles

1360 Santeria by: Sublime

1359 Mean by: Taylor Swift

1358 Some Guys Have All the Love by: Little Texas

1357 Danger Zone by: Kenny Loggins

1356 Island Girl by: Elton John

1355 Can't Stop This Thing We Started by: Bryan Adams

1354 If Love Was a Plane by: Brad Paisley

1353 Dry County by: Bon Jovi

1352 Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer by: Billy Currington

1351 Why Don't We Get Drunk by: Jimmy Buffett

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Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

James C. Watson (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on July 12, 1870, at Wichita River, Texas. His citation reads:

Gallantry in action.

Private Josh Watson (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on June 4, 1869, near Picacho Mountain, Arizona. His citation reads:

Killed an Indian warrior and captured his arms.

Private Wilson Douglas Watson (US Marine Corps) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on February 26-27, 1945, on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as automatic rifleman serving with the 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 26 and 27 February 1945. With his squad abruptly halted by intense fire from enemy fortifications in the high rocky ridges and crags commanding the line of advance, Pvt. Watson boldly rushed 1 pillbox and fired into the embrasure with his weapon, keeping the enemy pinned down single-handedly until he was in a position to hurl in a grenade, and then running to the rear of the emplacement to destroy the retreating Japanese and enable his platoon to take its objective. Again pinned down at the foot of a small hill, he dauntlessly scaled the jagged incline under fierce mortar and machinegun barrages and, with his assistant BAR man, charged the crest of the hill, firing from his hip. Fighting furiously against Japanese troops attacking with grenades and knee mortars from the reverse slope, he stood fearlessly erect in his exposed position to cover the hostile entrenchments and held the hill under savage fire for 15 minutes, killing 60 Japanese before his ammunition was exhausted and his platoon was able to join him. His courageous initiative and valiant fighting spirit against devastating odds were directly responsible for the continued advance of his platoon, and his inspiring leadership throughout this bitterly fought action reflects the highest credit upon Pvt. Watson and the U.S. Naval Service.


What was known, years ago, as the I’m just sayin… Top 1,081 Songs of All Time countdown has grown into the I’m just sayin… Top 1,453 Songs of All Time countdown. There are a number of reasons the list grew… new songs have been written since the last countdown (and I didn’t want to drop any songs from the last list)… old songs that were somehow left off the last list have been added… and this list is open to all genres (though I’m sure some have still been left out). The main additions are genres like hip hop, religious and holiday music. The thing to remember is that this list more like a snapshot. This is the list now. If I did this countdown again next month, it would probably be different. Of course, that’s not to say this countdown should be discounted. It’s still the biggest and best thing going today.

Before we start the countdown, let’s take a minute to talk about music. Music is, perhaps, the best of the arts. Good music is hard to beat. It can make you do things, bring back memories and change your mood. I was talking about music the other day to my children. The kids bless their hearts, don’t fully understand good music. I blame myself, so I did something about it. It came up when I was driving them somewhere and they wanted to listen to a Justin Bieber song. I was told he is great and the song is great. I don’t remember what song they wanted, because I blacked out with rage for just a minute. When I regained my composer I realized I had to do something. I thought about pulling over and making them all get out and walk back home, but decided there’s probably a law against doing something like that (at least until Trump makes America great again). I decided to let them hear good music. I also let them know that it’s ok for them to like Justin Bieber… I don’t… but it’s ok. As long as they realize/understand what truly good music sounds like, it’s ok for them to like other types of music. We all have our musical guilty pleasures. For my buddy Danny (yes, that Danny) it’s Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls. My friend Cory loves Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. I once saw Jeremy slap a guy in the mouth for talking bad about We Built This City by Starship. Even I like MmmBop by Hanson… so I get it and I pass no judgement on the music other people like… as long as they understand what good music is. So, I played them Free Bird (the live version, of course) and made them sit in the car and listen to it until it was over. Their three little minds were blown…

Friends, we’ve got a lot of songs to get through and only one month to get through it… so let’s get going. This is simply going to be a list with no commentary from me (until, maybe, we get close to the end). Enjoy…


The I'm just sayin… Top 1,453 Songs of All-Time

Rank Song Artist/Group

1453 Your Favorite Song Not On The List by: Various

1452 Things You Don't Say to Your Wife by: Tim Hawkins

1451 If I Had a Hammer by: Peter, Paul and Mary

1450 Graduation (Friends Forever) by: Vitamin C

1449 Fire and Rain by: James Taylor

1448 Famous In a Small Town by: Miranda Lambert

1447 Express Yourself by: N.W.A.

1446 Cupid Shuffle by: Cupid

1445 Call Me Maybe by: Carly Rae Jepsen

1444 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain by: Willie Nelson

1443 Be Our Guest by: Mitchell Hope, Spencer Lee, Kala Balch and Marco Marinangeli

1442 American Flag on the Moon by: Brad Paisley

1441 All of Me by: John Legend

1440 Alcohol by: Barenaked Ladies

1439 Against the Wind by: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

1438 …Baby One More Time by: Britney Spears

1437 Everything I Own by: Vanessa Hudgens

1436 Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad by: Def Leppard

1435 Whiskey River by: Willie Nelson

1434 Didn't We Almost Have It All by: Whitney Houston

1433 We Are The World by: USA for Africa

1432 Fast Car by: Tracy Chapman

1431 Make This Day by: Zac Brown Band

1430 Still of the Night by: Whitesnake

1429 Ala-Freakin-Bama by: Trace Adkins

1428 I'm Alright by: Jo Dee Messina

1427 Four On The Floor by: Lee Brice

1426 Lightning Crashes by: Live

1425 Letter To My Penis by: Rodney Carrington

1424 Every Morning by: Sugar Ray

1423 Hell, I Can Do That by: Trace Adkins

1422 I'd Rather Miss You by: Little Texas

1421 Drinkin' Bone by: Tracy Byrd

1420 Cold Hearted by: Zac Brown Band

1419 Some Guys Have All the Luck by: Rod Stewart

1418 Closer To Fine by: Indigo Girls

1417 Take It on the Run by: REO Speedwagon

1416 Oops!... I Did It Again by: Britney Spears

1415 Sacrifice by: Elton John

1414 What the Hell Happened to Me? by: Adam Sandler

1413 Meet in the Middle by: Diamond Rio

1412 Last Man Standing by: Bon Jovi

1411 She Ain't Worth It by: Glenn Medeiros with Bobby Brown

1410 More Than Words by: Extreme

1409 Iris by: Goo Goo Dolls

1408 Keep Me In Mind by: Zac Brown Band

1407 Last Cigarette by: Bon Jovi

1406 The Whiskey Ain't Workin' by: Travis Tritt with Marty Stuart

1405 Heaven by: Warrant

1404 When It's Love by: Van Halen

1403 We're Not Gonna Take It by: Twisted Sister

1402 Flashdance… What a Feeling by: Diana DeWitt and Giorgio Moroder

1401 King of the Mountain by: Bon Jovi