It's official. Waterloo, the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest winner by Abba, the Swedish pop group, tops the list of 25 most popular karaoke songs in Britain.
The list was compiled by PRS for Music, formerly the Performing Right Society, a licensing organization which monitors music use to collect royalties for songwriters.
Another Abba hit, Dancing Queen, is the fifth most popular karaoke song, reports the Telegraph.
The only other artists with two entries in the top 25 is the band Queen, with Bohemian Rhapsody, at number two, and Don’t Stop Me Now, at number 16.
Here are my own favourites from the top 25, followed by the full list.
The Beatles, of course, my all-time-favourites, singing Hey Jude surrounded by fans on the David Frost Show in 1968. The music begins after the first minute.
Next up: The Rolling Stones, Don MacLean, the Monkees, Neil Diamond, and — yes — Abba at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest!
The Rolling Stones performing (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
Don MacLean singing American Pie.
The Monkees singing I'm A Believer.
Neil Diamond singing Sweet Caroline.
Abba singing Dancing Queen. I really started loving their music after seeing Mama Mia! Meryl Streep was just great.
Abba singing Waterloo at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.
Nine of the top 25 are from the 1970s, with seven each from the 1960s and 1980s. Not one has been released since 2000 and only two – Angels, by Robbie Williams, and Livin’ La Vida Loca, by Ricky Martin – are from the 1990s.
The top 25:
- Waterloo, performed by Abba, written by Benny Andersson & Bjoern Ulvaeus
- Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen, Freddie Mercury
- My Way, Frank Sinatra, Claude Francois & Jacques Revaux / Paul Anka
- I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor, Frederick Perren & Dino Fekaris
- Dancing Queen, Abba, Benny Andersson & Bjoern Ulvaeus
- Angels, Robbie Williams, Robbie Williams & Guy Chambers
- Like a Virgin, Madonna, Billy Steinberg & Kelly Thomas
- It’s Raining Men, Weather Girls, Paul Jabara & Paul Shaffer
- Summer Nights, Olivia Newton John & John Travolta, Jim Jacobs & Casey Warren
- I Should Be So Lucky, Kylie Minogue, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken & Peter Waterman
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John & Kiki Dee, Elton John & Bernie Taupin
- Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond, Neil Diamond
- American Pie, Don MacLean, Don MacLean
- Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack, Charles Fox & Norman Grimble
- Hey Jude, The Beatles, John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- Don’t Stop Me Now, Queen, Freddie Mercury
- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
- Delilah, Tom Jones, Barry Mason & Les Reed
- New York, New York, Liza Minnelli/ Frank Sinatra, Fred Ebb & John Kander
- Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler, Jim Steinman
- Livin’ La Vida Loca, Ricky Martin, Draco Rosa & Desmond Child
- Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi
- I’m a Believer, Monkees, John Stewart
- Love Shack, B-52s, Catherine Pierson, Fred Schneider, J Strickland, Cynthia Wilson
- River Deep Mountain High, Ike and Tina Turner, Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
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