1. Cause being free is a state of mind/ We'll one day leave this all behind

• Alicia Keys 
• Lenny Kravitz 
• Color Me Badd 
• Amber 

2. He doesn't hang diamonds round my neck/ and all he's got is an unemployment check

• The Crystals 
• Fergie 
• TLC 
• Rihanna 

3. And the sharks try to cut a big piece out of life

• Midnight Oil 
• Joe Walsh 
• The Scorpions 
• AC/DC 

4. Picture yourself in the living room / your pipe and slippers set out for you

• Nick Lowe 
• Band of Horses 
• Elvis Costello 
• Spoon 

5. A little piece of money / and plenty of love / will keep everything together

• Van Morrison 
• The O'Jays 
• The Isley Brothers 
• James Brown 

6. It's a shame how you can't get me off the brain

• Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 
• Bonnie Raitt 
• Amy Winehouse 
• Tori Amos 

7. You've been bitten by love/and stung by rejection

• J. Geils Band 
• Heart 
• Pat Benatar 
• Great White 

8. I answer questions never maybe / and I'm not kind if you betray me

• Beyonce 
• Maroon 5 
• Matchbox Twenty 
• Lifehouse 

9. They gave me the whole wide world/ wrapped up in one little girl

• Elvis Presley 
• Roy Orbison 
• The Crests 
• Dion & The Belmonts 

10. Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind

• Crosby, Stills & Nash 
• Electric Light Orchestra 
• Five Man Electrical Band 
• Simon and Garfunkel 

11. One situation that I just can't win, yeah / He's got me, oh why can't I get him

• The Flirtations 
• The Chiffons 
• The Jelly Beans 
• Brenda Lee 

12. And when I wash my hair, the dust clouds disappear

• Nelly Furtado 
• Lucinda Williams 
• Toni Childs 
• Letters To Cleo 

13. Playing my guitar/and building castles in the sun

• The Wallflowers 
• Barenaked Ladies 
• Jimi Hendrix 
• The Doobie Brothers 

14. Words that came to life/inside your little melodrama

• Billy Idol 
• Diana Ross 
• Rick Springfield 
• Carly Simon 

15. And everything around her is a silver pool of light

• Jason Mraz 
• KT Tunstall 
• Shawn Mullins 
• Train 

16. Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave

• The Dandy Warhols 
• My Chemical Romance 
• Crowded House 
• The Smiths 

17. You think you're smooth and/you can pick and choose/when the time is right

• Taylor Dayne 
• Aretha Franklin 
• Janet Jackson 
• TLC 

18. I hear her playing that same old song / She puts me off and puts me on

• James Blunt 
• Firehouse 
• Aerosmith 
• Fuel 

19. Jody's gone to the rodeo, and you know / some good old boys are ready to ride

• Dave Edmunds 
• Clint Black 
• Thin Lizzy 
• John Michael Montgomery 

20. Each time we make romance, I'll be thankful for a second chance

• The Moments 
• The Supremes 
• The Four Tops 
• Chris Montez