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Easy karaoke songs

Every song here is rated 1 or 2 for difficulty, and we show how many semitones it spans. So easy is a number you can check, not a promise.

Most easy karaoke lists are guesses. This one shows its working. Against every song is the range it spans in semitones, so you can see the difference between a song that lives inside seven notes and one that quietly asks for an octave and a half.

The rating covers four things. Range, obviously. How exposed the melody is, meaning whether a wrong note is naked or buried in a band. Breath demands, because long phrases undo more amateur singers than high notes do. And tempo, since fast lyrics are their own kind of hard even when the tune is simple.

One warning the songbook will not give you. A song can be easy for four minutes and then modulate up a tone for the last chorus, which is where it stops being easy. Where that happens we say so.

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# Song · What makes it easy Range low → high Difficulty Length
  1. 1 Sweet CarolineGroupTalk-sing Neil Diamond1969Popkey B126 bpm Spans about 11 semitones. The melody barely moves and the key sits low. The only part anyone is waiting for is the bit where they shout, not the bit where you sing. 3:24
  2. 2 WonderwallGroupTalk-sing Oasis1995Indiekey D87 bpm Spans about 12 semitones. Five notes, a shouted chorus, and a room that will sing it whether you do or not. The nearest thing to a guaranteed result. 4:19
  3. 3 Lean on MeTalk-sing Bill Withers1972Soulkey C75 bpm Spans about 11 semitones. A song built to be sung by a room rather than a person. It sits low, moves slowly and repeats until everyone has caught up. 4:19
  4. 4 Ring of FireTalk-sing Johnny Cash1963Country105 bpm Spans about 10 semitones. Ten semitones, sung low and flat by design. If you can talk, you can do this one. 2:36
  5. 5 Folsom Prison BluesTalk-sing Johnny Cash1955Countrykey C110 bpm Spans about 10 semitones. Spoken more than sung, in a range that suits people who insist they cannot sing at all. 2:51
  6. 6 VogueTalk-sing Madonna1990Pop Spans about 8 semitones. Almost entirely spoken. The famous section is a list of names, delivered deadpan. 4:51
  7. 7 Free Fallin'GroupTalk-sing Tom Petty1989Psychedelic Rockkey F84 bpm Spans about 10 semitones. Three chords, ten semitones and a chorus the room sings. Petty barely sang it himself. 4:16
  8. 8 I'm Too SexyTalk-sing Right Said Fred1991Pop128 bpm Spans about 7 semitones. Seven semitones, mostly spoken, and utterly ridiculous. It only fails if you look embarrassed. 2:44
  9. 9 Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver1971Countrykey A82 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Everybody knows it, nobody has strong feelings about it, and it sits in the middle of almost any voice. The safest song in the country section. 3:18
  10. 10 Mr. BrightsideGroupTalk-sing The Killers2004Indiekey C#148 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Barely a melody, entirely a shout, and the whole room does it with you. The words come fast but they never go high. 3:43
  11. 11 Piano ManGroupTalk-sing Billy Joel1973Rockkey C89 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Six minutes of storytelling with a chorus that is essentially a group hum. Long, but almost none of it is difficult. 5:39
  12. 12 Sweet Home AlabamaGroupTalk-sing Lynyrd Skynyrd1974Rockkey G98 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Three chords, a drawl and a chorus everyone shouts. The verses are close to spoken. 4:44
  13. 13 Friends in Low PlacesGroupTalk-sing Garth Brooks1990Countrykey A108 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. The best group song in country music. The verses are conversational and the chorus is designed for a bar to shout back at you. 4:20
  14. 14 Wagon WheelGroupTalk-sing Darius Rucker2013Countrykey A148 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Relentlessly cheerful and impossible to get wrong. The chorus repeats often enough that people who have never heard it join in by the second one. 4:58
  15. 15 Jolene Dolly Parton1973Countrykey C#m111 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Almost hypnotic. The melody circles the same few notes, and the name does most of the emotional work for you. 2:42
  16. 16 That Don't Impress Me Much Shania Twain1998Countrykey A#125 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Half of it is delivered as an eye-roll rather than a melody, and the joke does the work. 4:27
  17. 17 Neon Moon Brooks & Dunn1991Countrykey A103 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Slow, low and unhurried. The closest country gets to a song you can sing while thinking about something else. 4:21
  18. 18 Chicken FriedTalk-sing Zac Brown Band2008Countrykey F#86 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Warm, mid-tempo and built entirely around a list, which makes the words easy to hold on to. 3:40
  19. 19 Islands in the StreamDuet Kenny Rogers1983Countrykey G#102 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. The most reliably successful duet in the book. Both parts sit low, and the chorus puts you in unison, which hides everything. 4:09
  20. 20 Summer NightsDuet John Travolta1978Pop Spans about 14 semitones. A duet that is really a conversation, with a room shouting the responses between the lines. Almost impossible to ruin. 3:36
  21. 21 You're the One That I WantDuet John Travolta1978Rock Spans about 13 semitones. Fast, silly and entirely built on call and response. Neither singer holds anything for long. 2:49
  22. 22 Don't Go Breaking My HeartDuet Elton John1976Popkey F131 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. A back-and-forth that never leaves the middle of either voice, and a chorus that is more chant than melody. 4:35
  23. 23 PictureDuet Kid Rock2002Hard Rockkey G98 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. A conversational country duet in a low, easy range for both parts, and the phrasing is close to speech. 4:59
  24. 24 Torn Natalie Imbruglia1997Popkey F96 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Conversational verses, a chorus that never climbs far, and a melody nearly everyone can already hum. 4:05
  25. 25 WannabeGroup Spice Girls1996Popkey B110 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Mostly rhythm, half of it spoken, and every person in the room over thirty knows every word. 3:58
  26. 26 Complicated Avril Lavigne2002Popkey F77 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Flat, slightly bored delivery is the correct interpretation, which suits an untrained voice perfectly. 4:05
  27. 27 Sk8er Boi Avril Lavigne2002Popkey C149 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Almost entirely shouted, fast, and funnier now than it was at the time. 3:24
  28. 28 Dreams Fleetwood Mac1977Rockkey C122 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Two chords and a melody that drifts. Almost nothing in it is hard, and the mood carries it. 4:18
  29. 29 Love Story Taylor Swift2008Countrykey D119 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Narrative, mid-tempo and forgiving, with a final key change that is gentle rather than punishing. 3:56
  30. 30 You Belong with Me Taylor Swift2008Countrykey F#130 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Conversational verses and a chorus you can shout. Nothing in it reaches for anything. 3:51
  31. 31 Shake It OffGroupTalk-sing Taylor Swift2014Pop Spans about 13 semitones. Half of it is spoken and the rest is a chant. Almost impossible to sing badly enough to matter. 3:39
  32. 32 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper1983Popkey C130 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Gentle, slow and comfortably in the middle of most voices. One of the kinder ballads in the book. 4:01
  33. 33 Material Girl Madonna1984Popkey C136 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Light, bright and slightly arch, and the delivery matters far more than the notes. 4:01
  34. 34 Summer of '69GroupTalk-sing Bryan Adams1984Rockkey D139 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Rasped rather than sung, at a pitch that suits ordinary voices, with a chorus the whole room shouts. 3:36
  35. 35 FaithTalk-sing George Michael1987Popkey B96 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Rhythmic, light and mostly delivered on the beat rather than on the note. 3:16
  36. 36 Your Song Elton John1970Popkey D#128 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Conversational, gentle and unhurried. The lyric is written the way someone actually speaks. 4:02
  37. 37 Hey JudeGroupTalk-sing The Beatles1968Rock & Rollkey F74 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Four minutes of song and three minutes of the room singing na-na-na without you. The best value in the book. 3:59
  38. 38 Let It Be The Beatles1970Rock & Rollkey C143 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Hymn-like and steady, with a melody almost everyone already knows without ever having learned it. 4:03
  39. 39 Imagine John Lennon1971Classic Rockkey C76 bpm Spans about 12 semitones. Slow, low and simple, but very exposed. The simplicity is the challenge rather than the relief. 3:08
  40. 40 Wish You Were HereTalk-sing Pink Floyd1975Progressive Rockkey G123 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Half-spoken, low and unhurried, and everyone in the room knows the guitar part well enough to fill the gaps. 5:35
  41. 41 Take It EasyGroupTalk-sing Eagles1972Rockkey G139 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. Loose, warm and mid-tempo, with harmonies on the record that cover the chorus for you. 3:32
  42. 42 American GirlTalk-sing Tom Petty1976Rockkey D115 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Rough, bright and simple, and the band does most of the driving. 3:35
  43. 43 Y.M.C.A.GroupTalk-sing Village People1978Popkey F#126 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Nobody is listening to your voice. They are watching four letters being spelled with arms. 4:48
  44. 44 I Love Rock 'N RollGroupTalk-sing Joan Jett & the Blackhearts1981Rockkey E94 bpm Spans about 12 semitones. Growled rather than sung, low and slow, with a chorus built for a room to shout. 2:55
  45. 45 Baby Got BackGroupTalk-sing Sir Mix-a-Lot1992Hip-Hop Spans about 8 semitones. Entirely spoken, and the room delivers the opening dialogue for you. Requires no singing whatsoever. 4:23
  46. 46 Ice Ice BabyGroupTalk-sing Vanilla Ice1990Hip-Hopkey Gm117 bpm Spans about 8 semitones. Spoken start to finish over a bassline everyone recognises in two notes. 4:31
  47. 47 Barbie GirlDuet Aqua1997Pop130 bpm Spans about 14 semitones. A novelty duet where both parts are deliberately silly voices, which removes any question of singing well. 3:20
  48. 48 Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)GroupTalk-sing Lou Bega1999Latin Popkey Fm87 bpm Spans about 10 semitones. A list of names over a horn riff. Barely sung, extremely fast, and the room shouts the names with you. 3:40
  49. 49 All StarGroupTalk-sing Smash Mouth1999Rockkey B104 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Every single person knows the first line, which means the room is with you before you have really begun. 3:20
  50. 50 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol2006Alternative Rockkey A104 bpm Spans about 13 semitones. Almost nothing happens for four minutes, which is exactly why it works. The melody circles the same few notes. 4:28
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Easy karaoke songs: your questions answered

What is the easiest karaoke song to sing?

Anything rated 1 here. As a rule the easiest karaoke songs span under an octave, sit in the middle of the voice, and repeat their chorus enough that you learn it as you go.

Are easy karaoke songs boring to watch?

Not if the room knows them. Ease and impact are independent. Several songs on this page are also on our best karaoke songs list.

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