# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/41 "2003-03-01T01:51:57Z")
Oh, God. I don’t remember. I think it was “We are the Champions” or something corny like that.(class of 1978) I know that my brothers class voted in “Sex” by Berlin and the administration insisted thay take the song that came in second (I don’t know what song that was though). ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/42 "2003-03-01T05:06:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rib Eye \* > \*\*Convict, though “TBOT” is perhaps the most cliched of Styx class songs, their anthems of youthful optimism were and are IMHO the best choices for class songs. Personally I wanted “Haven’t We Been Here Before” but the list could go on, “Don’t Let It End,” “Angry Young Man”… \*\* I don’t remember voting for a class song. It was like the Magical Class Song Fairy came around one day, waved her wand and we had our class song. My choice would have been “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” by Metallica: > [@](#): > > Build my fear of what’s out there > And cannot breathe the open air > Whisper things into my brain > Assuring me that I’m insane That’s how many of us felt about our restrictive, backwards Catholic high school. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/43 "2003-03-01T05:32:34Z")
Jeez, where are the rest of the geezers? Ours was _ahem_ **Born Free** by Andy Willimas Class of **1967** Sigh. Thanks for forcing me to remember that. Just for that, I’m going to start a “What was your class motto?” thread ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/44 "2003-03-06T00:24:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\*Hmmmm…Of course, there’s also a song of the same name by some guy named, uh, “Dylan Bob” or something like that…😃 \*\* Luckily I qualified my statement by putting the weasel phrase “at least”… I admit, I’m not up on my Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/45 "2003-03-06T00:51:24Z")
For some reason I remember all the senior songs from my high school days. Freshman (1995): Smashing Pumpkins, “Today”. A good song. Sophomore (1996): Supposed to be Oasis, “Champagne Supernova” but nixed by the administration due to the “while we were getting high” line. Replaced by some forgettable Whitney Huston crap that everyone hated. Junior (1997): Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, “One Sweet Day”. The less said about that, the better. Senior (1998): Green Day “Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)”. Pretty much sums up how I felt about the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/46 "2003-03-06T00:58:15Z")
Oh and the theme for our senior prom (which I didn’t go to) was “Titanic.” It’s been five years and that thought still makes me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/47 "2003-03-06T01:04:03Z")
The song that won was “School’s Out For Summer” by Alice Cooper. The song that I voted for (and was an actual nomination) was “Brass Monkey” by The Beastie Boys. Odd class. 1995. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/48 "2003-03-06T01:42:46Z")
I’ve got you all beat. “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks. The principal refused to have it played at graduation. That of course did not stop someone from offering their approximation of the Rebel Yell as I recieved my diploma. I really didn’t fit in at my high school. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/49 "2003-03-06T02:17:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by petcat \* > \*\*“Baba O’Riley”, The Who \*\* Ha! That would rule! Mine was “Don’t You Forget About Me.” And I graduated in 1996. I didn’t go to the prom, I don’t know why I even remember this. Ah, brain, thank you for keeping useless knowledge safe. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/50 "2003-03-06T02:19:39Z")
Me: > [@](#): > > Mine was “Don’t You Forget About Me.” And I graduated in 1996. I didn’t go to the prom, I don’t know why I even remember this. Ah, brain, thank you for keeping useless knowledge safe. Now that I think about it, this is pretty ironic, actually. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/51 "2003-03-06T02:32:39Z")
How about **Amish Paradise** by Weird Al Yankovich? That’s what I get for graduating from school in south-central PA in 1996. Still, it beats the hell out of a corny Whitney Houston song or something. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/52 "2003-03-06T05:05:17Z")
Graduation - May the Music Never End Homecoming - I’ll Be Prom - Breathe I wasn’t crazy about any of the songs, but when the choir sang MtMNE at graduation, a lot of us started tearing up. Sniff. Sniff. Class of 2000. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/53 "2003-03-06T05:40:32Z")
Our class song, in 1978, was **Dust in the Wind** , by Kansas. _Just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind…_ Just the thing for a bunch of fresh-faced youths ready to take on life’s challenges, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/54 "2004-01-26T03:45:50Z")
Class of 1994 - “Life is a Highway” by Tom Cochrane. I can’t remember what the other songs on the ballot were, but I know I didn’t want that one and preferred another. But I’m sure none of my nominees ever had a chance. It was usually a song from the past year. We also had an official “mascot”. Usually a cartoon character, which would be painted onto a wooden plaque and hung in the cafeteria for posterity. Ours was the Tasmanian Devil of Looney Tunes fame. I liked that. Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/55 "2004-01-26T06:56:58Z")
Class of '03. Our high school burned down the summer of senior year, so we went to school in trailers–it’s like this whole big thing. Anyway, our class song was _No Such Thing_ by John Mayer. You know, “I want to run through the halls of my high school…” Makes me cry every time I hear it, but then I’m a sap. Our prom song was…well. I don’t remember the name, but it was the song from _Casper_, when human!Casper dances with Christina Ricci. No, I’m not joking, and yes, we did vote on it. My friends and I pushed desperately for Green Day’s _Time of Your Life_, but to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/56 "2004-01-26T12:43:21Z")
We had no official “theme” but at the last assembly we had as seniors the closing song played was _The Long and Winding Road_. Yeah, I’m old, I graduated in 1973. As a previous poster who graduated the same year said, I have to go take my Geritol now. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/57 "2004-01-26T13:42:49Z")
Class of '75 here. We didn’t have an official class song, but the one that was used for our summing it all up slide presentation was “We Will Never Pass This Way Again”. We play it at every reunion, so that probably makes it official. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/58 "2004-01-26T18:34:47Z")
> [@Hometownboy](#): > > Jeez, where are the rest of the geezers? > > Ours was _ahem_ > > **Born Free** > > by Andy Willimas > > Class of **1967** > > Sigh. > > Thanks for forcing me to remember that. > Just for that, I’m going to start a “What was your class motto?” thread Another old fart checking in. Ours was **Moon River** , by the aforementioned and ubiquitous Andy Williams. Class of ::urk:: 1965. ---
**Author:** ![Astra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@Astra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astra)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/59 "2004-01-27T01:39:08Z")
“Remember Me This Way” I so hate that song. Hearing it over and over again did nothing to improve my opinion of it, either. I lobbied hard for anything and everything else, from Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life” to “I Hope You Dance.” Just so I wouldn’t have to hear that thing ever again (it had already been used by several previous classes). I lost. Class of 2001. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/60 "2004-01-27T02:50:38Z")
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