Numbers-wise it’s only a handful more than the time I sang 45 songs in the month of May 2014 alone, but I sang a lot of good stuff in 2015.
It started with a pair of songs at the first Karaoke Underground party in San Francisco, and grew and grew from there. Highlights (besides the KU stuff) included “96 Tears” which was surprisingly awesomely fun to do even though it’s real simple, “Diane Young” because the baby-baby-babys are so fun, “Surf Wax” because the audience loooooved it so hard, “Honey Bunny” because I mean c’mon GIRLS, MAN, and “Police on My Back” because it was my final song of 2015, on New Year’s Eve in Shibuya and it was awesome.
The point of this list and this post is to encourage everyone to do more karaoke! I got into somewhat late in life, like when I was 28 or something, and I hope to help others avoid this pitfall. Karaoke is killer and it will improve your life, I promise. Here’s the full list:
- Christina – Oblivians
- I’m Not An Animal – The Blind Shake
- Brandy You’re A Fine Girl - Looking Glass
- Conquest - The White Stripes
- I Don’t Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant
- Go West - Pet Shop Boys
- Victim of Love - Erasure
- Motherless Children - Eric Clapton
- Back to the Shack - Weezer
- Seasons - Future Islands
- Fall Back Down - Rancid
- Girl U Want - Devo
- Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - Angels, The
- 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
- You Might Think - The Cars
- What Do All the People Know - The Monroes
- Diane Young - Vampire Weekend
- Don’t You Want Me - The Human League
- Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
- Surf Wax America - Weezer
- What Ever Happened? - The Strokes
- Army - Ben Folds
- Annie Waits - Ben Folds Five
- Veronica - Elvis Costello
- You’re My Best Friend - Queen
- More Than A Woman - The Beegees
- Rivers of Babylon - Boney M.
- Next to Me - Emeli Sonde
- Take Me to Church - Hozier
- Dance the Night Away - The Mavericks
- End of the Line - The Traveling Wilburys
- Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe
- She’s Got You - Patsy Cline
- Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
- Rasputin - Boney M.
- Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
- Someday - The Strokes
- Oh Yoko - John Lennon
- Getting By - The Rentals
- Honey Bunny - Girls
- Rich Girls - The Virgins
- Myth Takes - !!!
- Blank Generation - Richard Hell
- Marquee Moon - Television
- Someday - The Strokes
- Undercover of the Night - The Rolling Stones
- Living for the City - The Dirtbombs
- Don’t Pass Me By - The Beatles
- Shoop - Salt ‘n Pepa
- Take Me Back to Your House - Basement Jaxx
- Relax, Take It Easy - MIKA
- Police on My Back - The Clash
I particularly recommend, if you’re looking to do karaoke in San Francisco, doing karaoke at DJ Purple’s world-famous “Dance Karaoke” party, every Thursday at Slate Bar in the Mission 
