My Favorite Walk The Moon Songs (And Why)

One of my favorite bands ever is Walk The Moon. I probably started listening to them the past January and I just fell in love. I went to their concert on March 27 and fell in love with them even more. They are so energetic and by watching them perform you can tell they love it and really want to be there (even if it's in the middle of nowhere and far away from where they are from). I feel like not many bands give off the same vibe. They just truly love what they are doing. After they played their opening two songs, the lead singer (Nicholas Petricca) said that phones were great but he thought that everyone would have more fun without them. I think this is so true and as a result of him saying that, almost nobody had their phones out and my concert is one of the only concerts that you cannot find any videos on YouTube on. (I would also post pictures of the concert in this post, but I don't have any because I didn't use my phone!) During the whole concert, they were all about optimism and love for their new fans and their old. I just found the whole thing a wonderful experience. Anyway, I think they are very deserving to be the first post of the series that talks about my favorite songs from a band and why. These are different to the the top tens (ten best ____ songs) because my favorite songs are not necessarily ones that are the best written, recorded, etc.

*Note: These are in no particular order, I'm just writing them as they come to my brain. In other words, that means that number 1 is necessarily my favorite out of them all. Again, this was so HARD. They have 29 songs and I have listed 13 of them. And it took me like an hour to narrow it down to that.

My Favorite Walk The Moon Songs (And Why):

1. Shut Up And Dance (Talking Is Hard; 2014): This song is their biggest song to this day and it's what really put them on the map. Whenever this song comes on I have to dance. I'm playing it as I am typing this and I keep messing up because I'm also dancing. This song makes me smile and it's just so upbeat and fun. 

2. Up 2 U (Talking Is Hard; 2014): This song is a party song. I can honestly tell you that I jam to this song at least once a week. The drop of this song during the concert was one of the best times of the night. Like Shut Up and Dance, I find it hard NOT to dance to this song.

3. Portugal (Talking Is Hard; 2014): I think this song may be my all time favorite one. The lyrics to this song are for sure my favorite. This song carries a lot of great memories with it, which I think is one of the reasons why I love it so much. (Like I said in my first post, music is about the memories and how it makes you feel.)

4. Work This Body (Talking Is Hard; 2014): This song is another one of their more famous songs. BUT IT IS SO GOOD. Again, it makes it impossible to not dance. I'll be jamming along to this song and then realize that half the song is in French and I just making noises. This one also has pretty good lyrics. (I just looked up the French and it's something like What would you do? Fuck, I do not know for any of you wondering.)

5. Quesadilla (Walk The Moon; 2012): This one isn't my favorite lyrics wise, but it makes me happy! Also, like why the hell is it called quesadilla. I would very much like to know. I feel like this song is a little more laid back than some of the others that I'm mentioning and I feel like it's a good representation to this side of them.

6. Tightrope (Walk The Moon; 2012): I have to be honest, this song wasn't originally going to be on the list, but then I caught myself jamming to it and decided that it needed to be. This song is just fun to sing along to. That's basically all I have to say.

7. Shiver Shiver (Walk The Moon; 2012): This song is like my drug. Every time it comes on. I start laughing (Shoutout to Lilly and Sugar Cereal) and dancing because I can't help myself. I realize I've said that about basically every song on this list, but it's true. And, I think that's part of the reason I love them so much.

8. Down In The Dumps (Talking Is Hard; 2014): The beginning of this song isn't my favorite, and, to be honest, the song itself isn't my most favorite. However, I put it in here for the message. (And because the song is good too; it's just not my favorite). Just remember: Don't let anyone bring you back down in the dumps!

9. Anna Sun (Walk The Moon; 2012): I have very few words to say about this song because it doesn't really need an explanation to why it is in this list.

10. Sidekick (Talking Is Hard; 2014): This song is so great. It's not super toned down, but it is compared to Shut Up and Dance and Work This Body. This song just makes me smile and dance, just like every other song on this list. I literally should just copy and paste every reason...

11. Avalanche (Talking Is Hard; 2014): This song is probably the most fun to sign along to (yes, even more fun then Tightrope). Just dance, because sometimes you only get one chance. ;)

12. anywayican (Tightrope EP; 2013): This song is a little slower, however, not by much. This song is fun to sing along to (Maybe not as much as avalanche, but it's up there.) Plus, the lyrics are pretty awesome too. Fun story: I didn't realize that the name of the song was any way I can just all put together in one word until I started writing this post. I don't know what I thought it was before, but I just didn't get that.

13. Jenny (Walk The Moon; 2012): So, you know how in the note I said that I was just writing these in the order they came into my mind? I lied, kinda. This song was one of the first I thought of, but I purposely saved it for last. This song is probably tied for first place in my favorites with Portugal. I find this song so easy to dance and sing along to, and I find the lyrics of this song so clever and funny that it makes me love it even more. I saved this one of last because I figured when you close this post it will be the last thing in your mind. And, if you are going to listen to one song off of this list, this should be the one.

-Laur

"Take me with you / 'Cause even on your own / You are not alone." -Portugal, Walk The Moon