Women’s History Month At WERS

Discover WERS, Lists :: 03.05.2024

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HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH!

WERS had many exciting things in store to commemorate this special month…

On International Women's Day, our playlist was entirely Women!

And on the weekend of March 29th, we played for 75 Songs of Women’s Empowerment, picked by YOU! Across 75 years of WERS, we’re proud that many of our favorite artists have songs that uplift women and non-binary people.

Plus! Read on for some of our favorite articles and interviews with women musicians over the last year, and our new feature on Women and Non-Binary Producers!

Here's the 75 Songs of Women's Empowerment we played, chosen by WERS listeners (and ranked alphabetically)

4 Non Blondes — "What's Up?"
Adele — "Can I Get It"
Alanis Morissette — "You Outta Know"
Alice Phoebe Lou — "She"
Alicia Keys — "Girl On Fire"
Alicia Keys — "Superwoman"
Amy Winehouse — "Back to Black"
Aretha Franklin — "Respect"
Aretha Franklin — "Think"
Betty Wright — "I Am Woman"
Bikini Kill — "Rebel Girl"
Billie Eilish — "What Was I Made for?"
blondeshell — "salad"
boygenius — "Not Strong Enough"
Brandi Carlile — "Dreams"
Brittany Howard — "Tomorrow"
Caroline Rose — "Feel the way I want"
Mama Cass Elliot — "Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Cat Power (with Lana Del Rey) — "Woman"
Chaka Kahn & Rufus — "I'm Every Woman"
Clairo — "blouse"
Courtney Barnett — "Nameless Faceless"
Corrine Bailey Rae — "Put Your Records On"
Cyndi Lauper — "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
Diana Ross — "I’m Coming Out"
Donna Summer — "She Works Hard for the Money"
Fiona Apple — "Criminal"
Florence + the Machine — "King"
Gloria Gaynor — "I Will Survive"
Hole — "Celebrity Skin"
Holly Humberstone — "Paint My Bedroom Black"
Jade Bird — "Uh-huh"
Japanese Breakfast — "Savage Good Boy"
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts — "Bad Reputation"
Jenny Lewis — "Just One of the Guys"
Kacey Musgraves — "Follow Your Arrow"
Kate Bush — "This is Woman's Work"
Kate Bush — "Running Up That Hill"
Kim Wilde — "Kids in America"
Lake Street Dive — "Being a Woman"
Linda Ronstadt — "You’re No Good"
Lizzo — "About Damn Time"
Leslie Gore — "You Don't Own Me"
Lorde — "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)"
Lucy Dacus — "First Time"
MUNA — "Kind of Girl"
Maggie Rogers — "Don’t Forget Me"
Marina — "Man’s World"
Mark Ronson (with Amy Winehouse) — "Valerie"
Meredith Brooks — "B*tch"
Nancy Sinatra — "These Boots are Made for Walking"
Nina Simone — "Feeling Good"
No Doubt — Just a Girl"
Pat Benatar — "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
Santigold — "Disparate Youth"
Sara Bareilles — "Brave"
Shania Twain — "Man! I Feel Like a Woman"
Sharon Van Etten — "Mistakes"
Sheryl Crow — "All I Wanna Do"
Sinéad O’Connor — "The Emperor‘s New Clothes"
Slater-Kinney — "Modern Girl"
Soccer Mommy — "Your Dog"
Stevie Nicks — "Edge of 17"
Taylor Swift — "The Man"
The Highwomen — "Highwomen"
The Last Dinner Party — "Nothing Matters"
The Runaways — "Cherry Bomb"
The Waitresses — "I Know What Boys Like"
Tina Turner — "What's Love Got to Do With It"
Tina Turner — "The Best"
Tracy Chapman — "Give Me One Reason"
Weyes Blood — "Andromeda"
wet leg — "Angelica"
Wolf Alice — "Bros"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — "Burning"