With one notable exception, these are songs with “give” or “gimme” in the title — and given how ferociously Chrissie Hynde demands “Give it to me,” I wasn’t about to leave off “Brass in Pocket.” And yes, Rick Astley is rolled into the mix. Artwork from a mid-20th-century ad for “NoMend” hosiery.

Track listing for 111143-2:

1. The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
2. Supertramp: Give a Little Bit
3. Abba: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
4. Spencer Davis Group: Gimme Some Lovin’
5. George Benson: Give Me the Night
6. Crazy Elephant: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’
7. Jessica James and the Outlaws: Give Her Up (Baby)
8. The All-American Rejects: Gives You Hell
9. Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give You Up
10. Spanky and Our Gang: Give a Damn
11. James Brown: I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing
12. The Chairmen of the Board: Give Me Just a Little More Time
13. Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush: Don’t Give Up
14. 1910 Fruitgum Co.: Indian Giver
15. Jerry Butler: Never Give You Up
16. Brenton Wood: Gimme Little Sign
17. Parliament: (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) Give Up the Funk
18. Pretenders: Brass in Pocket (I’m Special)
19. The J. Geils Band: Give It to Me

We’ve updated to WordPress 2.8. The last few upgrades have turned up no serious anomalies, which motivated me to do the update without actually backing up the database, which proves, I suppose, that I’m a few fries short of a Happy Meal.