INTRODUCTION
Karaoke is a time to let your hair down and let your inner star come out.
We’ve all been there, after a few drinks you’re pretty confident that if Simon Cowell was in the room, you’d get a record deal. That’s the beauty of Karaoke you can let loose and sing anything you want right? Well, hold on there, maybe not anything.
Here we are going to look at the ten worst Karaoke song choices you can make and why.
TOP TEN WORST KARAOKE SONGS
10. Du Hast - Rammstein
If you are then a great choice! If not, then this might go down like the Hindenburg. The song whilst upbeat is very repetitive yet unlikely to get people singing along – being in German and all. Might be one to keep to your shower set.
9. Loving You – Minnie Riperton
It’s actually a really tough song and whilst nobody is expecting you to be a professional at Karaoke, they really don’t want their ears violated by someone who sounds like a fox mating.
I would love to be proved wrong on this one, so if anyone has a video of this song being nailed at Karaoke then please do send it over!
8. Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
Aside from the melancholy tone, this song does trick people into thinking they know the words but when they get up there, they don’t, and they can’t keep up with the lyrics on screen.
We then have a bumbling mess, and this is when momentum will be lost and people will go for a fag or to the toilet because they aren’t engaged with what you are doing.
7. The Reason – Hooberstank
Similar to Hey there Delila, this will definitely bring the mood down, but also despite being a slow song there are some pretty strong notes here which if no executed right will not hit the mark here.
6. I Believe I Can Fly – R Kelly
Aside from the challenging vocal range of this song R Kelly is a bad dude who has done some terrible things that we need not go into, so this could be seen by some as very bad taste.
If someone doesn’t share your dark sense of humor, then this could massively change the mood of the night. This is one that should probably stay trapped in the closet of time.
5. Tequila – The Champs
Also, consider that this song is mostly instrumental so whilst everyone is waiting for that one word they know is coming all they have to do is look at you standing there awkwardly waiting for that ‘punchline’ – cringey eh?!
Let’s keep the Tequila at the bar where it belongs.
4. I’m The Leader Of The Gang – Garry Glitter
You and your friends might have memes you share between you around dark humor that you find hilarious, but you wouldn’t share publicly, and you need to think of Karaoke exactly the same – know your audience.
Some people might get offended by a Gary Glitter track and you don’t want to ruin anyone’s fun. With this, we would probably steer clear of Lost Prophets and Rolf Harris as well.
3. Mad World – Gary Jules
This song is so depressing! Think what sort of scenes in films, this song is used for, they aren’t happy ones, are they!
If Sharon has just done an entertaining (yet ironic) version of ‘Like a Virgin’ that has got the crowd going then this is going to bring everyone right back down again.
2. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
1. Wonderwall – Oasis
On any given night your KJ will have had at least 5 requests for this. Everyone has heard it and nobody except the Gallagher brothers can pull this off to the level it deserves. So just leave it yeah?
CONCLUSION
So there you have it, the mistakes to avoid so you can preserve the mood of the room and not make yourself look like a total idiot to a room full of people with camera phones to record the evidence.
When at Karaoke remember to be like Indiana Jones and choose wisely.
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