# What song should everyone sing along to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692 "2007-08-07T01:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/1 "2007-08-07T01:45:46Z")
Inspired by the [Best bar songs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=431601) thread, what are the songs that you must sing along to? I think I have the #1 with [Drift Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p57xeqgE1oE) Can anyone top that? SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/2 "2007-08-07T01:51:38Z")
**Good-Bye, Earl** ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/3 "2007-08-07T02:05:46Z")
At first, I was afraid… ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/4 "2007-08-07T02:07:32Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] At first, I was afraid… [/QUOTE] …I was petrified… SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/5 "2007-08-07T02:09:10Z")
A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/6 "2007-08-07T02:23:16Z")
There’s something wrong with anyone who doesn’t sing “Take me out to the ballgame” when at a ball game. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/7 "2007-08-07T02:41:26Z")
We don’t need no water, let the motherfu – what? ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/8 "2007-08-07T03:41:04Z")
_It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday…_ ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/9 "2007-08-07T04:18:23Z")
Rock ‘n’ Roll Pt 2!! ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/10 "2007-08-07T04:21:54Z")
Early in the morning…Rising to the street… ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/11 "2007-08-07T04:26:11Z")
[QUOTE=pool] Early in the morning…Rising to the street… [/QUOTE] 🙂 I don’t cry, when my dog runs away, I don’t get angry at the bills I have to pay… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/12 "2007-08-07T04:37:27Z")
Well I woke up Sunday morning, with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt . . . ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/13 "2007-08-07T05:57:44Z")
Seconded “take me out to the ballgame” especially if you’re watching the Cubs. “Happy Birthday” is another one that you might end up in hell for not-singing. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/14 "2007-08-07T05:57:57Z")
“Summer Nights” from the Grease soundtrack. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. Well, maybe you just have to bang your head to the part where you have to bang your head. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/15 "2007-08-07T06:34:27Z")
Jerusalem ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/16 "2007-08-07T06:49:32Z")
Here comes Johnny… …and it’s off to the rodeo… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/17 "2007-08-07T07:52:44Z")
God Save The Queen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/18 "2007-08-07T09:13:41Z")
There is a house in New Orleans… I met her in a in bar in old Soho … Actually, this is a timely thread for me, as I am putting together a folder of _Drinking with Friends_ songs to play on the guitar. Most of the above are on the list already, but I am looking for lots more ideas. Si ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/19 "2007-08-07T12:00:58Z")
Busted flat in New Orleans and heading for the trains Luck, be a lady tonight ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692/20 "2007-08-07T12:12:56Z")
**"Paradise by the Dashboard Light"** Every bar or party or wedding I’ve been to where that song is played, everyone starts singing when it comes on. I never thought it could be a regional thing until my husband said his co-worker went to a wedding in Northern New York (where I grew up) and told him to ask me if it’s normal for everyone to break into song, “like it’s a musical”. My response was, “What? It’s not normal in Albany?” 😕 A couple more: "Summer Lovin’ " from Grease “New York, New York” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-should-everyone-sing-along-to/414692.md?page=2)