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Congratulations to Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow on keeping the number one spot for this year!

Our survey this year had some interesting results. Our first survey completed 18 months prior was only done with 2 companies and a total of 30 bars and 1000 shows. We opened this one up to all companies submitting data from across the USA. We had results provided from Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, Florida, Nebraska and Arizona. Most of the companies outside our area do not update music weekly like we do and they do not have the selection of harder rock that we do.. This resulted in a more mainstream result in the survey and more traditional or classic music did better.

Much to the dismay of many Karaoke Jocks around the country, Picture by Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow maintains it's hold on the top spot. Most of us love the song, and both artists, but honestly we are getting tired of hearing it. It was sung at over 60% of all shows polled this year! Maybe if we are allowed to screen the singers and only allow it to be sung by singers we approve, we might handle hearing it nightly a bit better.

7 of our top 10 songs remained the same. Behind an internet youtube parody-fest, Bohemian Rhapsody crashed back into the top 10. The Fugees keep killing us softly with this song! And yes, people, Baby still got BACK!
Look out top 10, the Ladies, Gaga and Antebellum are knocking hard at the door to the top and will probably be there next year! Pink, the Black-Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, and Toby Keith all hit the list repeatedly and Carrie Underwood keeps notching hits. Lady GaGa, Lady Antebellum, Ke$ha, Toby Keith, Taylor Swift and Pink had multiple hits and all moved up greatly..

Florida and the heartlands of the USA made artists like John Mellencamp, George Strait, Jimmy Buffet, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bob Seger all do much better this time around. Harder rock groups like Metallica, Guns N Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, AC-DC and Pearl Jam, all moved down slightly to make room for more mainstream acts.


The top 500 songs in our survey account for over 50% of all songs sung at Karaoke shows.

Top 1000 songs - over 70% of all performed songs

Top 1500 Songs - 79% of all performed songs

Top 2500 Songs - 93% of all performed songs

I usually find lists like this to be pretty useless, but it looks like this list represents a big sample and actually nails it. I would say 90% of those songs in the top 200 are also in the top 200 at my bar.

The moral of the story is if you are just starting out, you want to start your library with these songs!

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C Mc
KJ, FL

Sorry for the long post, but below are the top 25 uk songs...

1 Waterloo Abba Benny Andersson & Bjoern Ulvaeus
2 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen Freddie Mercury
3 My Way Frank Sinatra Claude Francois & Jacques Revaux / Paul Anka
4 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor Frederick Perren & Dino Fekaris
5 Dancing Queen Abba Benny Andersson & Bjoern Ulvaeus
6 Angels Robbie Williams Robbie Williams & Guy Chambers
7 Like a Virgin Madonna Billy Steinberg & Kelly Thomas
8 It's Raining Men Weather Girls Paul Jabara & Paul Shaffer
9 Summer Nights Olivia Newton John & John Travolta Jim Jacobs & Casey Warren
10 I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue Mike Stock, Matt Aiten & Peter Waterman
11 Don't go Breaking My Heart Elton John & Kiki Dee Elton John & Bernie Taupin
12 Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Neil Diamond
13 American Pie Don McLean / Madonna Don McLean
14 Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack / Fugees Charles Fox & Norman Grimble
15 Hey Jude The Beatles John Lennon & Paul McCartney
16 Don't Stop Me Now Queen Freddie Mercury
17 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
18 Delilah Tom Jones Barry Mason & Les Reed
19 New York, New York Liza Minnelli/ Frank Sinatra Fred Ebb & John Kander
20 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler Jim Steinman
21 Livin’ La Vida Loca Ricky Martin Draco Rosa & Desmond Child
22 Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi Jon Bon Jovi
23 I'm a Believer Monkees John Stewart
24 Love Shack B-52s Catherine Pierson, Fred Scheider, J Strickland, Cynthia Wilson
25 River Deep Mountain High Ike and Tina Turner Phillip Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich

Edit to add: Source PRS for Music

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Looks to be pretty close representation to many. Although I think it would be different in our show, the Top 10 alone would be quite a bit different with I Need You Now - replacing Picture.

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I don't even see a one song on that list, that I sing.......yeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!

It seems to be fairly accurate based on what I've seen performed around here. In some cases that's because there's one or two people who do the same song(s) every time they perform. At one place I used to go to, a guy did "Sweet Caroline" every single night, or at least every night I was there. Actually, now that I think about it, it seems to be mostly bartenders who do that.

I've done over 200 songs, but I've never done any that were on the top 50 on the list. The highest one I've done was #53, "Under the Bridge." I've only done 3 out of their top 100. It picks up a little after that, but fewer than half my selections would make their top 500. I guess that's good, although I guess it would be fine if they were all in the top 500 too.

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I'm surprised that some Sinatra songs like That Old Feeling and I've Got You Under My Skin ranked that high. I weeded out the one's I've sung, attempted, or massacreed:


1 Crow, Sheryl & Kid Rock Picture 1
2 Diamond, Neil Sweet Caroline 8
3 Duets-Travolta, John & Newton-John, Olivia Summer Nights 3
4 Brooks, Garth Friends In Low Places 6
8 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 24
11 Sublime Santeria 7
14 Joel, Billy Piano Man 42
15 Bon Jovi Wanted Dead Or Alive 12
16 B 52's Love Shack 9
19 Buffett, Jimmy Margaritaville 28
26 Seger, Bob Turn The Page 71
34 Morrison, Van Brown Eyed Girl 110
35 Skynyrd, Lynyrd Sweet Home Alabama 51
51 Sinatra, Frank New York, New York 27
62 Cohn, Marc Walking In Memphis 157
64 Temptations My Girl 67
65 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 60
70 Cash, Johnny Folsom Prison Blues 21
89 Green, Al Let's Stay Together 890
91 Beatles In My Life NR*
94 Montgomery, John Michael Sold 121
95 Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 54
100 Aerosmith Dream On 262
102 Stray Cats Stray Cat Strut 307
107 Sinatra, Frank My Way 97
116 Eagles Desperado 40
117 Williams, Hank Jr. Family Tradition 480
124 Mclean, Don American Pie 340
129 Darin, Bobby Mack The Knife 132
141 Joel, Billy Just The Way You Are 365
144 Metallica Whiskey In A Jar 229
150 Clapton, Eric Tears In Heaven 690
154 John, Elton Bennie & The Jets 512
158 Strait, George All My Ex live in Texas 483
171 Commodores Easy 74
173 Coe, David Allan You Never Even Called Me By My Name 417
188 Mellencamp, John Hurt So Good 347
189 Seger, Bob Old Time Rock & Roll 674
204 Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) 431
219 Three Dog Night Never Been To Spain 603
229 Joel, Billy It's Still Rock & Roll To Me 211
235 Eagles Take It Easy 470
236 Ingram, James Just Once 705
239 Eagles Lyin' Eyes 660
241 Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen The Rain 167
284 Sinatra, Frank I've Got You Under My Skin 194
294 Presley, Elvis Suspicious Minds 163
299 Sinatra, Frank That Old Feeling NR*
300 Joel, Billy Big Shot NR*
335 Eagles Hotel California 49
355 Kansas Dust In The Wind 619
357 Marley, Bob No Woman, No Cry NR*
365 Manilow, Barry Copacabana 367
370 Steelers Wheel Stuck In The Middle With You 401
387 Survivor Eye of the Tiger 946
388 Train Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) 178
389 Creedence Clearwater Revival Lookin' Out My Back Door 281
392 America Sister Golden Hair NR*
397 Redding, Otis Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay NR*
418 Brooks & Dunn Boot Scootin' Boogie 598
427 Seger, Bob We've Got Tonight NR*
440 Joel, Billy Longest Time NR*
452 Wonder, Stevie Superstition 402
455 Astley, Rick Never Gonna Give You Up NR*
458 Captain & Tenille Love Will Keep Us Together 911
461 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising 296
464 Doors Light My Fire NR*
465 Eagles Witchy Woman NR*
469 Human League Don't You Want Me 842
476 Miller, Roger King Of The Road 560
496 Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Three Steps 464
498 Browne, Jackson Running On Empty 889
502 Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling 317

On my regular shows, I probably only average 1-2 songs from the top 50 combined per 3 hour show (50 songs).

Excellent thread!

I appreciate the list - thanks.

I was a bit surprised not to see

Jessie's Girl
(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles
Runaround Sue

Not me, haven't heard any of those in years personally.

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Wow, Runaround Sue is a great song. I sing it in my shows and it never fails to get the crowd going and on the dance floor. Same with Who Put the Bomp, Johnny Be Goode, Surfin' Safari and Only The Good Die Young. Love those oldies!

Hey I got "Jessie's Girl" literally. Her exhusband was named Jesse.

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Lonnie, if I ever have the good fortune to make it out to one of your shows, I'll definitely change that.

Look forward to it

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I'm really surprised that "You Gave Me A Mountain" is the top Elvis Presley song in the list. None of my favorite Elvis songs are even in the list.

There are lots of songs in that list that I don't recognize at all. Apparently, I'm very quickly getting very old.

With a small % of exceptions, this lists seems to follow the following formula:

Long Lasting Top 40 Radio Airplay + Low to mid tempo + Limited vocal dynamic range = KARAOKE HIT!

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C Mc
KJ, FL

Odd,,, I have the same singer sing all three of those songs at one of my shows. How ironic is that?

Great list of the 2010 Survey for Top 500 Karaoke Songs All Time. Thanks

I think it depends on the patrons that come to the show. I have both the young 11 - 18 and the adults/seniors (18 – 70 yrs old).

The young ones tops Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber.
16 – 25: Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Taio Cruz, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Lady Antebellum, Jason Mraz
26 – 35: Michael Buble’, Brooks & Dunn, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flatts
35 on up: Classic Rock, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Humperdinck, Cline

The most popular songs performed at my show (night after night): Taylor Swift “Love Story”, Michael Buble’ “Sway”, Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”, Diamond “Sweet Caroline”, Sinatra “New York, NY”, Patsy Cline "Crazy”, Celine Dion "Because You Loved Me"

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To be fortunate enough to derive an income from a source as fulfilling as karaoke music has got to be as close to heaven as we can get here on earth!

I still get a good reaction out of all those when I do them, Mr. Scott so it doesn't shock me.