Songs I Have Performed

When I get a big crowd:

Songs I like to sing (first tier):

Songs I like to sing (second tier):

Songs I sing with my buddy:

  • Stand By Me - Ben E. King
  • Lean on Me - Bill Withers
  • Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (background vocals)
  • Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
  • This Magic Moment - The Drifters
  • Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright
  • All the Small Things - Blink 182
  • What’s My Age Again - Blink 182
  • When You Were Young - The Killers
  • Mr. Brightside - The Killers
  • It’s Not Unusual - Tom Jones
  • Ain’t to Proud to Beg - The Temptations
  • Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
  • Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
  • Twist and Shout - The Beatles
  • I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops
  • What is Love - Haddaway
  • Your Love - The Outfield
  • Heat of the Moment - Asia
  • 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
  • Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
  • Amish Paradise - Weird Al
  • It’s All About the Pentiums - Wierd Al
  • My Girl - The Temptations
  • Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops
  • Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

Songs I sing with my other buddy:

  • All or Nothing - O-Town
  • Back at One - Brian McKnight
  • I’ll Make Love to You - Boyz II Men
  • I Swear - All-4-One
  • End of the Road - Boyz II Men
  • Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers
  • Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s
  • U Got It Bad - Usher
  • Killing Me Softly - The Fugees (Wyclef’s part)
  • You and Me - Lifehouse
  • It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boyz II Men
  • So Sick - Ne-Yo
  • Apologize - OneRepublic

Duet - Accompanied by a female:

  • Dilemma - Nelly
  • Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
  • 99 Problems - Jay-Z
  • Angel - Shaggy
  • Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • Peaches and Cream - 112
  • When The Lights Go Out - Five
  • I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
  • Do Ya Like - Childish Gambino (a capella duet)

When I’m in a relationship:

  • Sara Smile - Hall & Oates
  • Sara - Jefferson Starship

When it’s Valentine’s Day:

  • Lonely - Akon

Ensemble:

  • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
  • Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
  • Because of You - Kelly Clarkson
  • Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
  • We Are Young - Fun.
  • Happy Birthday

Just to mix it up:

  • The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim
  • Ace of Spades - Motorhead
  • Honest Mistake - The Bravery
  • Tootsee Roll - 69 Boyz
  • Every Morning - Sugar Ray
  • Where Do You Go - No Mercy
  • Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
  • Hello - Lionel Richie
  • Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money
  • Miami - Will Smith
  • Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
  • Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
  • Bump Bump Bump - B2K

Just to say I’ve sung it:

  • Somebody Told Me - The Killers
  • Thong Song - Sisqo
  • Hot in Herre - Nelly
  • Because I Got High - Afroman
  • That’s Amore - Dean Martin
  • It Wasn’t Me - Shaggy
  • Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
  • Ridin’ - Chamillionaire

One and done:

  • Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (duet)
  • Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter (duet)
  • Gonna Make You Sweat - C+C Music Factory
  • Kiss From a Rose - Seal
  • Love Lockdown - Kanye West
  • Unwell - Matchbox Twenty
  • Mr. Roger’s Theme Song
  • Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
  • P.I.M.P - 50 Cent
  • Beat It - Michael Jackson
  • Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
  • The Saga Begins - Weird Al
  • The Climb - Miley Cyrus
  • Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
  • The Banana Boat Song - Henry Belafonte
  • Losing My Religion - REM
  • The Reason - Hoobastank
  • I Want it That Way - BSB
  • The Alphabet Song
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Jingle Bells
  • Frosty the Snowman
  • Either an N’Sync or BSB song, not sure.  I was dragged on stage with a bunch of girls

When I feel like getting booed (true story):

  • Run This Town - Jay-Z (didn’t know the verses as well as I thought I did)

When the Knicks trade for Carmelo Anthony:

  • New York - Frank Sinatra

When offered a free drink from the bartender:

  • I’ll Make a Man Out of You - Mulan
When the bouncer requests you sing a song or risk not being allowed back:
  • Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins

End of the night throwaway song:

  • Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy
When a KJ finally has Childish Gambino:
  • Bonfire - Childish Gambino

Miscellaneous:

  • Get It On Tonight - Montell Jordan
  • Where the Party At - Jagged Edge
  • Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
  • Message in a Bottle - The Police
  • More Than a Feeling - Boston
  • Da Dip - Freak Nasty
  • Fly - Sugar Ray
  • Peaches - Presidents of the United States of America
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something (duet)
  • Party in The U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus