There’s a number of empowering female ballads on our list, and far less performed by men. Fortunately, Bob Segar is here to show that he is man enough to sing about his feelings. My father and I used to drive around listening to his Bob Segar tape on repeat, and I always thought this song described him as well as any song could. During the ‘90s this song became most strongly associated with Chevy’s line of delightfully manly trucks, so much so that it is easy to forget that there is a real song under there and not just a product jingle. So, take a listen, you may be surprised at just how inspiring the song actually is! It is hard to find a man’s song that captures what it is like to stand up for yourself, but we men have to psych ourselves up too.

-S. Russ