# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/61 "2004-01-27T03:29:47Z")
**Illegal Smile** - John Prine Although not the _official_ song, everyone was singing it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![LucysLogic101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LucysLogic101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucysLogic101)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/62 "2004-01-27T03:36:30Z")
we didn’t have a class song. senior prom was “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” (no one was happy about that decision - just goes to further illustrate the heirarchy that was Dance Committee). we had an alma mater for the entire senior high school that was sung at each graduation (as well as assembly…oy). i refused to sing it. i can’t recall why, though. (our mascot was the Knight) \*As knights who in the olden times would pledge their loyalty to keep their honor shining and ever true to be we enter here at North Penn High with hearts resolved to dare our noble aim(?) to bring to fame our alma mater fair. \* some student back in the 80s wrote it, i think. not too shabby. there’s a few other verses, but we only ever sung that one. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/63 "2004-01-27T04:09:52Z")
Mine was _1999_ by _Prince and the New Power Generation_ . I leave it to you guys to guess what year I graduated. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/64 "2004-01-27T05:44:36Z")
> [@](#): > > How about Amish Paradise by Weird Al Yankovich? HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHA! I would’ve preferred “Yoda” or “Pretty Fly For a Rabbi” though. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/65 "2004-01-27T06:03:27Z")
Graduated 1980, our class song was The Famous Final Scene by Bob Seger. The guys in the class who voted it in didn’t realize we’d have to _sing_ it. Luckily, I had mono and felt too lousy to appreciate how truly awful it sounded. I still can’t stand that song. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/66 "2004-01-27T10:57:11Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > …back until whenever it was first performed. That song is originally from 1977 ([cite](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A88q4g4jttvjz)) and happens to be one of my favorites. Ah, it’s times like these I _almost_ wish I had gone to high school. However, passing my HS equivalency at the age of 16 was mighty sweet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/67 "2004-01-27T13:07:49Z")
Class of '89 Our song was _Never Say Goodbye_ by Bon Jovi. We had to fight for it because the administration didn’t like the line about how _You lost more then that it my backseat, baby_. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/68 "2004-01-27T13:21:20Z")
Class of 1976, and I believe no one cared enough to have a class song. It’ll be 30 years since my graduation fairly soon and we have had _no_ reunions of any type. Not that I’m suggesting I want one… ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/69 "2004-01-27T14:18:56Z")
Class of 1991. ‘Love Song,’ by Tesla. On the one hand, I’m so very ashamed. On the other hand, at least I don’t have to worry about ever hearing on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/70 "2004-01-27T15:57:48Z")
'98 Also **Glory Days**. Kinda funny if you actually listen to the words, but anything by the Boss is fine with me. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/71 "2004-01-27T22:14:51Z")
Class of '01. Tradition dictates that each graduating class from our school has to appoint a mascot and a song to go along with it. Our mascot was the Quantum Sheep (get it? GET IT? :rolleyes: ) and our song was “Baa Baa Baa”, sung to the melody of “Bye Bye Bye”, by the Backstreet Boys or 'N Sync or whatever. Unfortunately, I don’t have the lyrics anywhere, though I wish I did. ---
**Author:** ![CairaJade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@CairaJade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairaJade)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/72 "2004-01-29T03:28:51Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Mine too, same year. Florida, by chance? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/73 "2004-01-29T03:48:28Z")
“Stairway to Heaven.” Of course, I graduated in 1989. Really, truly. I myself, since we seemed to have a classic rock theme going, nominated “The Wall” by Pink Floyd. We almost got enough votes to win… ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/74 "2004-01-29T04:35:41Z")
Being a punkass teenager, I nominated Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2, and actually convinced most of the students in the classrom I was in when voting took place to vote for it as well. Unfortunately, our “official” class song was “I Believe I Can Fly” by R. Kelly. Some of the senior members of the student govt. apparently didn’t like that, though, and had it changed at the last moment to the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight.” Not bad. I like that song. I graduated in '97. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/75 "2004-01-29T17:06:10Z")
Geez, I feel old. We all had “Official” songs, full of bad rhymes and schmaltzy lyrics ("Hail, Wauwatosa/ Ever-loyal subjects we…). :rolleyes: But I know the Upper Nyack High School song by heart, because Dan Mahoney used to wake up the entire sophmore class at our frat house at 2 am with “Let’s sing!” He wouldn’t let us go back to sleep until we all sang a verse “with sincerity”. ---
**Author:** ![barrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@barrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barrum)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/76 "2004-01-29T23:53:32Z")
Forever Young by Alphaville They played this at our class slide show presentation as the last song and there wasn’t a dry eye in the auditorium. 1989 I think that the ninnies-that-be officially named the Rod Stewart song for the yearbook though. ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/77 "2004-01-30T02:20:34Z")
Back in the day we didn’t vote on an official class song, but the one that moved us was “American Pie” by Don McLean. Made us feel old and wise, I guess. Now we **are** old and wise. Our unoffifial motto was “Beer, pot, sex, and booze! That’s the Class of '72!” Yep, time for the Geritol. ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048/78 "2004-01-30T02:22:28Z")
We’re so old we can’t even spot goofs when we preview. Time to get a new prescription for the bifocals. That’s “unofficial.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-song/158048.md?page=3)