THE TOP 5: Macy Gray

Macy Gray will be lighting up the District with a Howard Theatre show on Sunday, November 22. To get primed for her imminent arrival, here's our career-spanning list of top five tunes we hope to hear:
#1. “Why Didn’t You Call Me” – Kicking off Macy’s 1999 debut album On How Life Is, this one cops the funky, gang’s-all-here vibe of “What’s Goin’ On.” Show-opener, anyone?
#2. “Stoned” – Pitter-pattering drums, acoustic guitar, and cello provide the insistent, muted background to this folky lament from 2014’s The Way.
#3. “Relating to a Psychopath” – We reached all the way back to 2001’s the id for this head-boppin’, Latin jazz-tinged confection. Here’s hoping Macy does the same.
#4. “Ghetto Love” – This slice of retro-soul is driven by a dynamite sample: James Brown’s indelible “It's a Man's Man's Man's World.”
#5. “I Try” – We tried to get creative and pick something else, but Macy’s breakthrough, Grammy-winning pop ballad is simply undeniable. Odds are somewhere in the certain-to-very-certain range that she’ll close out the show with this one.
Catch Macy in town this coming Sunday at the Howard Theatre! Tickets are available now through Ticketmaster.