Lyric Game followup - [34 / 40]

Almost all the tracks have been identified. Here's a bit more lyric for the one's that haven't been, and notes on who's identified tracks so far.

The first set is a traditional lyric game. I'm looking for the title and the artist. Note: in some cases, the artist I am looking for is not the original performer of the song.

1. Mr Sandman - Blind Guardian [kest, mangosteen for the artist]
     bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
       bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
   
2. Lollipop - Mika [shaix]
     Hey, what's the big idea?
       Yo, Mika
   
3. They want you
     And your mind
       No, they don't care
         Who they have left behind
   
4. She Will Always Be A Broken Girl - She Wants Revenge [shaix]
     She buys a new dress for the party
       She always looks good in red
   
5. - Orbital [artist by jeffpaulsen, still need a title]
   Let everyone go to his private shelter
     Empty the streets
       There to find the city of the dead
         Let the blessing of the Bomb Almighty and the fellowship of the Holy Fallout descend on us all, this day and forever more.
   
6. Let Joy And Innocence Prevail - Grace Jones [wrenn]
     I tell you of a girl, her husband was a soldier
       Gone to war in some strange country far away
   
7. Daniel - Bat For Lashes [wrenn]
     Daniel, when I first saw you
       I knew that you had a flame in your heart
   
8. Crazy - Alanis Morissette [wrenn]
     In a church by the face
       He talks about the people going under
   
9. Come drink my wine drink my wine
     If all that has passed your innocent lips is juice and tea and water
       Baby, here's a friendly tip
         Come taste my wine
   
10. That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings [wrenn]
      Four letter word just to get me along
      It's a difficulty and I'm biting on my tongue and uh
    
11. Whenever I look back
      On the best days of my life
        I think I saw them all on T.V.
          I am so homesick now for
    
12. Human - The Killers [wrenn]
      I did my best to notice
        When the call came down the line
    
13. Just Give 'Em Whiskey - Colourbox [ljfwolffe]
      The lusty, decadent delights of Imperial Pompeii
        Notify ground crews
          Sex makes your skin glow, your eyes sparkle
            Do you fight?
    
14. Sleep Isabella - Abney Park [plymouth]
      Sleep, Child, Sleep. Sleep, Child, Sleep.
        The daylight is waiting
    
15. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa [michiexile and shaix]
      Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh
        Caught in a bad romance
    
16. Angel - Massive Attack [hydrolagus]
      You are my angel
        Come from way above
          To bring me love
            Her eyes
    

The second list. Still looking for someone to identify the connecting theme, for each song we're looking for the title and the performing artist. You've identified all but three of them so far.

1. A New England - Billy Bragg [wrenn]
     I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
       I'll be twenty-two soon, but I won't be for long
   
2. Jack & Diane - John Cougar Mellencamp [wrenn]
     Little ditty about Jack and Diane
       Two American kids growin' up in the heartland
   
3. Rock This Town - Stray Cats [wrenn]
     Well my baby and me went out late Saturday night
       I had my hair piled high and my baby just looks so right
   
4. Well, since you told me
     Yes, I'm out-a control
       We're gonna rock this town
         Gonna watch it rattle and roll
   
5. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals [jeffpaulsen]
     I can't stop
       The way I feel
         Things you do
           Don't seem real
   
6. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
     Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
       Now I love you
         But I gotta stay true
   
7. I Only Wanna Be With You - [noirrosaleen, still looking for an artist]
     I don't know what it is that makes me love you so
       I only know I never want to let you go
         'Cause you started something, can't you see
           That ever since we met you've had a hold on me
   
8. Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant [ragani]
     With the heartbreak open
       So much you can't hide
         Put on a little makeup, makeup
           Make sure they get your good side, good side
   
9. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman [missionista]
     You've been around for such a long time now
       Oh maybe I could leave you but I don't know how
         And why should I be lonely every night
           When I can be with you, oh yes, you make it right
   
10. My Boyfriend's Back - [noirrosaleen]
      He been away, you hung around
        Botherin' me every night
    
11. You Just Keep Me Hanging On - [michiexile, still looking for the cover artist]
      Set me free, why don't cha babe
        Get out my life, why don't cha babe
    
12. Wonderful World - Sam Cooke [michiexile]
      Don't know much about history
        Don't know much biology
    
13. You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins [ljfwolffe, polyrhythmic, trom]
      I need love, love
        Ooh, ease my mind
          And I need to find time
            Someone to call mine
    
14. SOS - [michiexile, still looking for the cover artist]
      Where are those happy days?
        They seem so hard to find.
    
15. When you're young and so and love as we
      And bewildered by the world we see
        Why do people hurt us so
          Only those in love would know
    
16. There Are Worse Things I Could Do - Stockard Channing [trom]
      There are worse things I could do,
        than go with a boy or two
          Even though the neighborhood
            thinks I'm trashy, and no good
    
17. Needles & Pins - The Ramones [jeffpaulsen]
      I saw her today, I saw her face
        It was a face I loved, and I knew
          I had to run away
            And get down on my knees and pray
    
18. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam [noirrosaleen]
    Oh, where oh where can my baby be?
      The Lord took her away from me
    
19. Downtown - Petula Clark [kest, michiexile, vvvexation got the artist]
      When you're alone and life is making you lonely
        You can always go - Downtown
    
20. American Pie - Madonna [michiexile, noirrosaleen got the artist]
    A long, long time ago
      I can still remember how that music used to
    
21. Long, Cool Woman (in a Black Dress) - The Hollies [jeffpaulsen, trom]
      Saturday night I was downtown
        Working for the FBI
          Sitting in a nest of bad men
            Whisky bottles piled high
    
22. Fun, Fun, Fun - The Beach Boys [memegarden]
      Well, she got her daddy's car
        And she cruised through the hamburger stand, now
          Seems she forgot all about the library
            Like she told her old man, now
    
23. Skateaway - Dire Straits [joedecker]
      I seen a girl on a one-way corridor
        Stealing down a wrong-way street
          For all the world like an urban toreador
            She had wheels on her feet
    
24. Wake Up, Little Susie - [kest, still looking for the artist]
      Wake up, little Susie, wake up
        Wake up, little Susie, wake up
    

Bonus round: One more track
The Bottom Line - Big Audio Dynamite [hydrolagus]
  The horses are on the stretch
    There's a new dance that's going around