‘Shut Up’, The Black Eyed Peas ( SingStar Pop)īreathe in, breathe out: this performance requires a lot. Nothing screams early ’00s quite as much as this song - except a gaggle of ’00s tweens screaming it into a SingStar mic. ‘Sk8er Boi’, Avril Lavigne ( SingStar Pop) There’s nothing quite like watching Player 1 try to sustain those opening Zulu chants underneath almost the whole song. ‘The Circle Of Life’, The Lion King OST ( SingStar Singalong With Disney) The only question is: was this choice more popular with 12-year-olds wearing their dad’s aviators, or sales executives ready to sing the shit out of this at their work Christmas party? Whether you loved it or thought it was a blatant rip off of both Iggy Pop and The White Stripes, you knew the words. Jet’s chart-soaring and Hottest 100 winning hit is prime SingStar material. ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl?’, Jet ( SingStar Rocks!) This ad, for reasons unknown, is ingrained in our minds. The song even featured in a TV commercial for the game, where too less-than-stellar singers give the song a crack before one of them takes their performance a little too far. Best to check the mic after it’s likely there was a bit of spray from stressing some of those sharp sibilants.īritish pop star Jameila had a platinum hit in Australia with her 2003 single ‘Superstar’, making it prime SingStar fodder. While we’re on the topic of accents, there’s nothing quite like putting on your best Higgins impersonation and belting out ‘Scar’. Tom DeLonge’s classic Cali-bro accent is ripe for mimicry, and while Fountains Of Wayne’s Criss Collingwood’s voice is much more middle-of-the-road pop-rock, that ‘mom’ brings it out - as does the fact the song’s video is basically a American teen film of itself. It’s impossible to not sing along with an affected voice, either. These songs, as far as SingStar goes, capture the same brattish ’00s energy. ‘What’s My Age Again?’, Blink-182/ ‘Stacy’s Mom’, Fountains Of Wayne ( SingStar Pop) To be fair, the chorus is fun to scream - if you really went for it, you’d have a hoarse voice for a few days. Like anyone who picks Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ or The Smiths’ ‘This Charming Man’, selecting Nirvana screams ‘I love and know music’. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, Nirvana ( SingStar Legends) Depending on who you were with, the performance was either high-energy and pitchy from all the jumping around, or incredibly awkward, as you stood there still, waiting for the chorus to come back. This Euro-club 2007 hit is peak SingStar: a song without particularly impressive vocals and with long dance breaks. ‘Everytime We Touch’, Cascada ( SingStar Pop Hits) Save it for the emotional, party-ending ballad, lest you bring the mood down and bore everyone.Ī Smooth.FM favourite to this day, the song’s sappiness has the broad appeal perfect for the sort of inter-generational SingStar session the game’s ads imagined. Whether it should have been a staple SingStar track is up for debate, but there’s no question it was. ‘How To Save A Life’, The Fray ( SingStar Hottest Hits) You shatter, and it takes years to pick up the pieces. When you realise, a decade later, after another open mic night where no talent execs seek you out, it all clicks. You have no idea that you get a perfect score because Ashlee Simpson’s famously shaky voice barely shifts pitch the entire song. When people come over to play, you grab the mic when shuffle lands on ‘Pieces Of Me’, ready to win. You always get a perfect score when you do this one. ‘Pieces Of Me’, Ashlee Simpson ( SingStar Pop) They’re eating Cheezels and wiping the orange dust on their board shorts and one-pieces. You arrive an hour late after pretending to have a stomach cramp at home, and when you arrive, everyone’s done swimming. It’s Madison’s pool party, but your best friend is on a family vacation to Noosa so you’re a little nervous about going without them. ‘Get The Party Started’, P!nk ( SingStar 1) We’ve also made a Spotify playlist to get you in the mood for your next SingStar party. With that in mind, we’ve picked 15 of the most iconic SingStar songs - the ones we remember the best, and feel irrevocably attached, for better or worse, to SingStar.
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