# Give me some really catchy and/or hooky up-tempo songs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295 "2008-05-06T14:58:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/21 "2008-05-07T01:57:13Z")
You’ve pretty much described my favourite kind of music. Here are some Aussie suggestions you probably won’t have heard, all of them fun, head-bouncing indie-rock style: [Catch My Disease](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwwCJcwR9QQ) by Ben Lee [The Familiar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_494IakSiY) by Faker [You Look So Good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLRqhzNRdnA) by Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set [Vision Bell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3AZo1ie2Ks) by Dappled Cities [This Heart Attack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWaHdIIMRqc) by Faker ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/22 "2008-05-07T02:23:06Z")
That’s When I Reach For My Revolver, Moby version (since it’s the only one I know) ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/23 "2008-05-07T04:32:19Z")
anything by the [Fratellis](http://youtube.com/watch?v=pKQK8rYZNHY) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/24 "2008-05-07T13:35:27Z")
Bunch more in [this previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448913&highlight=upbeat+songs). ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/25 "2008-05-07T14:45:35Z")
[I Don’t Feel Like Dancing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZ1tygRaVw) by the Scissor Sisters. The song’s great, but the YouTube video is a little…odd. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/26 "2008-05-07T15:08:53Z")
Spoon - Don’t you evah [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nPdP1jBfxzo/maxresdefault.jpg "Keepon dancing to Spoon's "Don't You Evah"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdP1jBfxzo) Neat little video too. I like the little robot. ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/27 "2008-05-07T15:38:06Z")
[QUOTE=The Lovely Margo Lane] [“That’s When the Ceremony Starts”](http://www.amazon.com/Mississauga-Goddam-Hidden-Cameras/dp/B00049QMG8) by the Hidden Cameras. I love peppy with orchestration. [/QUOTE] Im old friends with the dummer of this band! yay friends! ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/28 "2008-05-07T16:43:58Z")
No list of “head-boppers” is complete without _It’s the End of the World As We Know It_ by **R.E.M.** _Sheena is a Punk Rocker_ – **Ramones** _The Middle_ – **Jimmy Eat World** _Wango Tango_ – **Ted Nugent** _19th Nervous Breakdown_ – **Rolling Stones** _Ca Plane Pour Moi_ – **Plastic Bertrand** _Lump_ – **Presidents of the United States of America** _Crawlin’ From the Wreckage_ – **Rockpile** _Rough Boys_ – **Pete Townshend** ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/29 "2008-05-07T16:58:13Z")
Mint Royale – [Blue Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBt_AoYjGg0) (song kicks in at 0:30) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/30 "2008-05-07T16:59:10Z")
I like hooky songs, but the uptempo-est one that’s still really catchy is “Float On” by Modest Mouse. It does have the best hook in music in the last 10 years, so that counts for something. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/31 "2008-05-07T17:48:43Z")
Just in case you didn’t hear it enough in the 90’s I’ll nominate _Semi-Charmed Life_ by **Third Eye Blind**. And _One Week_ by **The Barenaked Ladies** for a little Canadian flavor. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/32 "2008-05-07T23:49:41Z")
“I Only Wanna Be With You” Hootie and the Blowfish 'Mary Mac" Carbonleaf ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/33 "2008-05-08T00:51:42Z")
_“867-5309/Jenny”_–Tommy Tutone _“A Million Miles Away”_–The Plimsouls ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/34 "2008-05-08T02:03:18Z")
**Here it Goes Again** or **Do What You Want** by OK Go **27 Jennifers** by Mike Doughty (preferably the early version) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/35 "2008-05-08T16:48:50Z")
**500 Miles** (Proclaimers) is pretty catchy and hooky. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/36 "2008-05-08T19:08:18Z")
Man, I am waaaay too old for this thread… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/37 "2008-05-08T19:11:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Man, I am waaaay too old for this thread… [/QUOTE] OK, how about “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” or “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/38 "2008-05-08T19:19:15Z")
\*The Glow-Worm \* by the Mills Brothers. “When you gotta glow, you gotta glow.” ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/39 "2008-05-08T20:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Man, I am waaaay too old for this thread… [/QUOTE] [Day Tripper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2UYRoti-tY), [Paperback Writer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXOsi6gPvDs&feature=related), The Beatles Anyway, I knew I could count on you guys – I’ve got a 30 GB iPod with 23.4 free GBs, so every little bit helps. Tons of good stuff so far. I sure hope I’m not the only one getting any benefit from this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295/40 "2008-05-08T20:41:10Z")
Yeah, thanks to TheMerchandise for suggesting MIKA. I wasn’t wild about Grace Kelly, but I love Lollipop! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-really-catchy-and-or-hooky-up-tempo-songs/448295.md?page=1)