Top 25 karaoke songs revealed
By ANISunday, December 6, 2009
LONDON - The most popular karaoke tunes that Britons love to sing have been revealed for the first time.
PRS for Music, formerly the Performing Right Society, compiled the list of the 25 most popular from an analysis of its data going back to the early 1990s, when the karaoke craze hit the UK.opping the index was Waterloo, the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest winner by Abba, followed by Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, reports The Telegraph.
My Way by Frank Sinatra, Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux / Paul Anka Came in third trailed by Gloria Gaynor, Frederick Perren and Dino Fekaris’s I Will Survive.
Wrapping up the top five was Dancing Queen by Abba, Benny Andersson and Bjoern Ulvaeus.
Nick Thistleton, from Lucky Voice, a chain of karaoke bars co-founded by Martha Lane Fox, said: “People always seem to gravitate towards the same 20 or so songs. The choices are possibly made to disguise a lack of ability, but whether you can sing well or not is not really relevant to karaoke.
“The songs that endure are those with strong melodies and lyrics that are reasonably easy.”
The top 25:
Waterloo, performed by Abba, written by Benny Andersson and Bjoern
Ulvaeus
Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen, Freddie Mercury
My Way, Frank Sinatra, Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux / Paul nka
I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor, Frederick Perren and Dino Fekaris
Dancing Queen, Abba, Benny Andersson and Bjoern Ulvaeus
Angels, Robbie Williams, Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers
Like a Virgin, Madonna, Billy Steinberg and Kelly Thomas
It’s Raining Men, Weather Girls, Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer
Summer Nights, Olivia Newton John and John Travolta, Jim Jacobs and
Casey Warren
I Should Be So Lucky, Kylie Minogue, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and
Peter Waterman
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee, Elton John and
Bernie Taupin
Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond, Neil Diamond
American Pie, Don MacLean, Don MacLean
Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack, Charles Fox and Norman Grimble
Hey Jude, The Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Don’t Stop Me Now, Queen, Freddie Mercury
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger and
Keith Richards
Delilah, Tom Jones, Barry Mason and Les Reed
New York, New York, Liza Minnelli/ Frank Sinatra, Fred Ebb and John
Kander
Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler, Jim Steinman
Livin’ La Vida Loca, Ricky Martin, Draco Rosa and Desmond Child
Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi
I’m a Believer, Monkees, John Stewart
Love Shack, B-52s, Catherine Pierson, Fred Schneider, J
Strickland, Cynthia Wilson
River Deep Mountain High, Ike and Tina Turner, Phil Spector, Jeff
Barry, Ellie Greenwich (ANI)
