# What was your high school class song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048 "2003-02-28T02:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/1 "2003-02-28T02:26:16Z")
I’m a senior in high school right now, preparing to graduate in May. We are going to be picking our class song soon. The unfortunate front-runner was _Young_ by **Kenny Chesney** , just proving that our town really is as hick as it gets. That idea was shot down by the administration (thank God) for references to beer and cutting class. I was just wondering what you dopers thought of your class song at the time and what you think of it now. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/2 "2003-02-28T02:41:04Z")
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper. And FWIW, I graduated in 1998. ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/3 "2003-02-28T02:58:24Z")
“Color My World.” I kid you not. Class of '73. ('Scuse me; gotta sign off. Time for my Geritol.) ---
**Author:** ![B.Pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@B.Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Pants)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/4 "2003-02-28T03:02:52Z")
Mine was _I Hope You Dance_, by Leeann Womack. Sounds like maybe we come from the same hick town, Amazingrace. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/5 "2003-02-28T03:07:00Z")
Class song? Do you mean like the theme song to the prom? That, I am somewhat embarrassed to admit, was “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys. I was class of '89; I think the prom was the only school function I ever attended. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/6 "2003-02-28T03:31:42Z")
“That’s What Friends Are For” - Dionne Warwick & Friends Class of '86 ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/7 "2003-02-28T03:33:16Z")
Eck, graduated 1997. The song was “Alice, who the fuck is Alice” by Smokey (I think). Yeah, it was a strange year… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/8 "2003-02-28T04:09:06Z")
Yeah, I’m not sure what you mean by Class Song. Homecoming Theme: Cat Scratch Fever: Ted Nugent (I don’t think the adminstration ever once listened to the words to this) Senior Song (for end of year party): Yesterday : The Beatles Prom Theme: errr… I don’t remember. Just goes to show how important I thought that event was, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/9 "2003-02-28T04:12:30Z")
Class of '91 “Wonderful Tonight,” Eric Crapton hrh ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/10 "2003-02-28T04:13:58Z")
Senior Song: “We’ll Always Be Together” from Grease. (Or whatever that song is called.) And no, I didn’t graduate shortly after Grease was orignally released. 😛 * * * \<\< Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue. \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/11 "2003-02-28T04:29:55Z")
Steve Winwood “While You See a Chance” ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/12 "2003-02-28T04:57:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hrhomer \* > \*\*Class of '91 > > “Wonderful Tonight,” Eric Crapton > > hrh \*\* Class of '00, same song. Things don’t change much, do they? ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/13 "2003-02-28T05:12:06Z")
ASL Class of '80 “Baba O’Riley”, The Who ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/14 "2003-02-28T05:59:54Z")
I’m graduating this year to Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” I wanted the Beatles’ “In My Life,” but oh well. Both have George Harrison, so I guess I kind of got what I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/15 "2003-02-28T06:03:15Z")
Our senior song was “I Will Remember You” by Sarah McLachlan. It was a craptastic year for us all…considering IWRY beat out “The River” by Garth Brooks AND “Forever Young” by that dude. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/16 "2003-02-28T06:42:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \* > \*\*Our senior song was “I Will Remember You” by Sarah McLachlan. > > It was a craptastic year for us all…considering IWRY beat out “The River” by Garth Brooks AND “Forever Young” by that dude. > > IDBB \*\* “that dude” was Alphaville. 🙂 Ours was “Never Say Goodbye” from Bon Jovi. Graduated in 1988. (my submission in the voting was “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” by the Animals, but it didn’t even make it to the ballot.) ---
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/17 "2003-02-28T06:56:43Z")
Mine was “1979” by the Smashing Pumpkins. I graduated in 1997. I felt a little left out…I was the only person in the class who graduated in 1980 (everyone else was born in 1979). ---
**Author:** ![peterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@peterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peterW)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/18 "2003-02-28T12:14:39Z")
errrrr… wasn’t “that dude” Rod Stewart, or am I missing an inside joke or something. Coincidently “Forever Young” was our high school song for 1989. I get nauseous just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/19 "2003-02-28T12:28:55Z")
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau Class of 87 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/20 "2003-02-28T12:58:41Z")
I’m Alright - Kenny Loggins Class of '81 Yuck! Scuttlebutt around the school was that Highway to Hell by AC/DC actually won, but that the powers that be didn’t want that to be our class song… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048.md?page=2)