Help me choose a Karoke song

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I’m going to sing karoke tonight.
First, I can’t sing on key or carry a tune.
But I make up for it in expression and enthusiasm, also it helps that the computerized system at the bar has some corrective power.

I like BIG songs. I was going to do MacArthur Park - the Richard Harris version- but it’s long and it would take a certain athleticism that I don’t have in me - plus there a two minute bridge that just screams for crazy dancing. I’m going to have to train for that one, I think. I don’t think I can sustain it.

My other favorites are Wedding Bell Blues, I Will Survive and character songs from musicals - I Feel Pretty, Dance 10 Looks 3, I’m Just a Girl Who Can’t Say No.

So, I’m taking requests, what song should I do?

And I apologize in advance if I don’t reply back right away, I’m just heading into a long meeting and won’t be checking back right away

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Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder

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“New York, New York” doesn’t take much of a voice and the audience usually enjoys it.

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ABBA has a bunch - Dancing Queen maybe?

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I don’t have a great singing voice, but they’re are some songs where a great voice isn’t necessary. I like to sing Takin’ Care of Business, Sharp Dressed Man, and Joe Walsh’s Life’s Been Good.

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Sweet Caroline- everyone always joins in and it requires no range

Midnight Train (Don’t Stop Believing) - this one does require range, but people tend to forgive it since most people don’t expect you to sing like Steve Perry

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“I Love Rock and Roll” seems like one that you could pretty much just shout with enthusiasm.

I tried to think of a “big” song and came up with “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”.

A couple of ideas for fun songs are “Love Shack”, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, and “Runaway Baby”.

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“Mother” - The Police

No singing required.

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Unless you’re Arnell Pineda. :smiley:

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My go-to is SECRET AGENT MAN – because you can weave around it playfully and there are parts you can’t really overdo, no matter how drunk you get.

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Choose an instrumental.

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Pick something everyone in the crowd will know. They will sing along with you and not hear you.

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American Pie.

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Judas Priest: Sinner. You’ll knock 'em dead with that one!

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You can’t go wrong with this classic American Standard.

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Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

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Drag a friend up and do Love Shack. Just talk really loud and strange, and you’ve nailed it.

Love Shack, BABY!

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If you want people to form letters above their heads, “YMCA”
If you want them to settle down and concentrate on finishing the song, “American Pie”
If you want them to dance, “Rock Around the Clock”, "Runaround Sue ", “Dancing with Myself”, or “Turning all the Night Time”

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“I Feel the Earth Move” by Carole King

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Total Eclipse of the Heart