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

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

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

• The Crystals
• TLC
• Rihanna
• Fergie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Maroon 5
• Lifehouse
• Matchbox Twenty
• Beyonce

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

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

10. Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Shawn Mullins
• KT Tunstall
• Jason Mraz
• Train

16. Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave

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

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

• Janet Jackson
• TLC
• Taylor Dayne
• Aretha Franklin

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

• James Blunt
• Fuel
• Aerosmith
• Firehouse

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

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

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

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