In these hard economic times, many former home owners have now become renters. While there are many perks to living in an apartment – especially these days – apartment life isn’t always easy.  If you find yourself getting the apartment living blues, here is the perfect playlist for you. Be sure to crank these songs up loud so that your landlord and your neighbors can hear too.

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One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor
~Paul Simon

If you have neighbors living above you or below you, this song is for you.

Tell the Landlord
~Robert Cray

Time to ditch your lover? Well, move on out and don’t forget to tell the landlord.

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
~George Thorogood

If ever there were a need for this alcoholic concoction, this would be the occasion.

Dear Landlord
~Joe Cocker

Need some landlord forgiveness? Better be nice and maybe he will cut you some slack.

Get Out
~Sublime

Getting kicked out of your apartment? Well, better luck next time.

The Apartment Song
~Tom Petty

Miss living in your old apartment? Sometimes shacking up together is not all that it is cracked up to be.

Rent
~Pepper

“It’s expensive just to live”. Paying rent and bills can sometimes leave you broke. However, the surprising upbeat tune of this song will make you not really care.

The Old Apartment
~Barenaked Ladies

Reminiscing about the old days in your old apartment? Funny, so were the Barenaked Ladies when they wrote this song.

Tomorrow Can Pay the Rent
~The Spin Doctors

So what if rent is due? Go ahead and put it off another day. All that really matters is love.

Rent Man
~Black Uhuru

This ska song from Black Uhuru makes California landlords sound somewhat cool.

My Apartment
~Ironpearl

Wow. Just when you thought you had reason to get the apartment blues, this guy’s apartment will make you feel much better about yourself.

April Lentini writes for Apartment Guide in San Jose.