Marryoke - the best wedding karaoke songs

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marryoke - the best wedding karaoke songs

It might be your idea of hell, but for some, a good old singalong – a marryoke – is a brilliant way of involving guests, having a laugh and enjoying a bit of a boogie while your friends and family make a fool out of themselves for fun. Here card marketplace Thortful has revealed that searches for ‘wedding songs karaoke’ is up 40% and offer up the best 20 marryoke songs for your wedding celebrations…

Taking the top spot for wedding songs for your guests to sing is the absolute belt-it-out classic that is Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams. Given that it has remained a popular song after pretty much four decades, we’d say the score is well-deserved.

Just behind in second place is the perfect wedding song that any 90’s kid could sing in their sleep – the girl power megahit Wannabe by the Spice Girls.

And the top 20 wedding karaoke songs are:

Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
Wannabe – Spice Girls
Mr Brightside – The Killers
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepson
Angels – Robbie Williams

Valerie featuring Amy Winehouse – Mark Ronson
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Dakota – Stereophonics

11. Africa – TOTO
12. I Want it That Way – Backstreet Boys
13. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé
14. Let It Go – From ‘Frozen’/Soundtrack Version – Idina Menzel
15. What’s Up? – 4 Non Blondes
16. Don’t Stop Me Now – Remastered 2011 – Queen
17. Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus
18. Sorry – Justin Bieber
19. Daydream Believer – The Monkees
20. We Built This City – Starship

Drag Queen Divina De Campo’s Top Tips for a Successful Wedding Song Marryoke:

Don’t be nervous – you’re not there to be a West-End-Wendy!
“Remember that everyone in the room wants you to do well, and you’re all there to just have a good time! You’re not there to be a West-End-Wendy.”

Remember – WWADQD?
“What would a Drag Queen do? She’d put her shoulders back, tip her head up, and GO for it! The more you use your body language, the more you’ll relax into it. Plenty of girls on Drag Race can’t sing for toffee, and they put on a great show!”

Body language
“Put your hands in the air, stamp your feet, and jump around while you are signing! The crowd will love that you’re having the best time, which’ll make them have a great time too. Have fun with it!”

Make the audience love you by loving them first
“While you’re performing, listen to what the crowd are doing and respond. If they sing some backing vocals for you, point the mic out to them and get them involved! Make the audience love you by loving them first.”

ALWAYS pick a song you like, and know well
“Even if the lyrics are on a screen with you, you’ll feel more confident picking a song you love and know well. You’ll be able to perform better if you know what words are coming next!”

Commenting, Becky Daniels, Senior Brand Manager at Thortful, says: “Even if you’re not the world’s greatest singer, wedding karaoke has long since been a popular party choice for weddings, hen dos, stag dos, and more. It’s a chance for all generations to come together and enjoy their favourite songs from times gone by.”

Sources: 1 & 2: Searches for the UK taken from Keyword.io tool – 23/05/23. 3: Data pulled from Playlist Miner based on the phrase ‘Karaoke UK’ for the top 20 UK Karaoke songs.

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