If you are planning a karaoke party, make sure you have the 20 best English karaoke songs with lyrics in your playlist.
Today, in the 21st century we have all kinds of different technology for medicine, music, movie, engineering and other fields. The technology plays a huge role in the music industry development which is the main reason why it developed the most in the last 15 years. Today, there are even step by step tutorials about how to become a musician, unlike a few years back when you had to learn it the hard way, by practice and your own experience.
Your vocal capabilities don’t matter and how good or bad you sound either, it is very important just to sing every once in a while. Signing is giving an aerobic activity to your heart and lungs. While singing your brain is releasing ‘feel-good’ chemicals like endorphins, it is relaxing and it is allowing you to express yourself. Among other things, singing is building confidence and has a natural beauty treatment because when you sing, you are exercising your facial muscles.
Many pubs, clubs and private parties are organizing karaoke parties in order to give their guests a better time. However, it is not a problem at all to organize a karaoke party with your friends, family or boyfriend at home where you can relax and be yourself. The fun will be guaranteed. The best karaoke songs are changing from season to season, from year to year. If you want to see what are the 10 Most Popular Karaoke Songs of 2016, check our list, maybe it will remind you of the time you had at the karaoke party last year.
In order to create our list of 20 best English karaoke songs with lyrics, we used Lucky Voice Karaoke, Spinditty, Mental Floss and Thought Catalog as our sources. We took the highest ranked songs on our sources. The higher one song was listed on our sources, the higher spot it secured on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics as well. Now that you know for sure these are the best songs, let’s jump to our list and complete that playlist.
20. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
“All About That Bass” is recorded by Meghan Trainor for her debut EP and her studio album “Title”. Kevin Kadish produced the song and he also co-wrote it together with Meghan Trainor. The lyrics of the song is discussing the positive body image. “All About That Bass” resulted in a huge success and it found its place on the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart where it stayed for eight weeks. Meghan Trainor sold more than 11 million units worldwide which makes it the third best-selling song of 2014.
19. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
The American singer and songwriter, Taylor Swift recorded the song “Shake It Off” for her fifth album titled “1989” which was released back in 2014. The song “Shake It Off”, the number 19 on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics was written by Taylor Swift, Shellback, and Max Martin and it was produced by Shellback and Max Martin. This song became the second number one hit for Taylor Swift after it reached the first place on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart where it stayed for 50 weeks. The song “Shake It Off” also received many nominations for awards like Record of the Year and Best Solo Performance at Grammy Awards 2015.
18. Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Nicholas Williams, Mark Ronson, Lonnie Simmons, The Gap Band, Devon Gallaspy and Rudolph Taylor wrote the worldwide famous song “Uptown Funk”. Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker, and Mark Ronson produced the song. This song has been recording for several months because the artists have been using different locations for filming the music video. The song “Uptown Funk” spent 14 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart at the number one spot and even seven weeks in the UK Singles Chart. In 2015, this song was the second best-selling single and among best-selling singles of all time.
17. Happy – Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams did not only recorded the song “Happy”, the next song on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics, he also wrote it and produced it by himself. Pharrell Williams recorded this song for the Despicable Me 2 animated movie as the soundtrack. Also, this song is serving as the lead single for Pharrell Williams’ second album titled “Girl” which was released back in 2014. This neo-soul song was a total success worldwide and in the United States as well. On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, this song reached the number one spot as well as in other 23 countries.
16. Let It Go – Frozen
Disney is very popular for their animated movies, but for their songs as well. Every child today knows how to sing “Let It Go” from the animated movie Frozen, but many adults love it as well. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez wrote this song for the film Frozen. The song is performed by American actress Idina Menzel in her role, Queen Elsa. After the release of the movie, this song hit the number five spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and even won a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media back in 2015.
15. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Robert Hazard wrote and recorded the song “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, however, Cyndi Lauper’s cover is more famous in the world. Cyndi recorded the song back in 1983 as a lead-off single from her studio album titled “She’s So Unusual” which was released the same year. This song was Cyndi’s breakthrough hit which lead her to the number two spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Shortly after she released her cover, her version became a total success in the whole world. And now, let’s see what else we have on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics.
14. Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard
“Pour Some Sugar On Me” is written by Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Rick Savage, and it was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. The band Def Leppard recorded this song for their album titled “Hysteria” which was released back in 1987. In the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, “Pour Some Sugar On Me” reached number two and it was ranked second on VH1’s “100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s” back in 2006. This song is great for karaoke parties because it will allow you to travel back in time.
13. We Will Rock You – Queen
Brian May wrote the song “We Will Rock You”, the number 13 on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics, and he later recorded it with his band, Queen. This song was recorded by the band for their album titled “News Of The World” which was released in 1977. On the Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time”, “We Will Rock You” took the 330 place back in 2004. This song has been parodied, sampled, remixed and covered by many different artists, films and TV Shows around the world. Also, due to the simple rhythm, this song became a stadium anthem in the world at many sports events.
12. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
You probably know this song from the movie “Titanic”, but did you know that it was released back in 1997. “My Heart Will Go On” was written by Will Jennings, produced by Walter Afanasieff and Simon Franglen and it was composed by James Horner. Shortly after its release, this song became a total success and it reached the number one spot on every list in the world including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Ireland. Also, this song was one of the best-selling singles of all time. Back in 1998, “My Heart Will Go On” was the best-selling single of the year.
11. Summer Nights – Grace
We are continuing our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics with “Summer Nights” that was written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. This song is very popular from the musical “Grease”. The most popular version of this song is sung by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. They recorded this song for the big-screen adaptation and released it as a single. During the summer of 1978, this song became a huge hit not only in the United States but in the United Kingdom as well. In the 1990s, they re-released the song as a part of a megamix which features a few songs from the movie version.
10. Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
“Torn” also found its place on our list of 20 best English karaoke songs with lyrics. It was originally written by Scott Cutle, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley and it was produced by Phil Thornalley himself. The Danish singer Lis Sorensen recorded the first version of the song, but four years later, in 1997, Natalie Imbruglia recorded her version. Shortly after Natalie Imbruglia released her version of the song, it reached the number one spot in many countries including Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, and Canada. After Natalie’s version, many artists have covered the song as well.
9. The Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston
“The Greatest Love of All” is written by Linda Creed and it was composed by Michael Masser. The very first version of this song was recorded by an American singer George Benson back in 1977. Eight years later, Whitney Houston recorded her version of the song for her debut album titled “Whitney Houston”. Shortly after Whitney Houston released her version of the song, it became a huge hit in Australia, Canada and in the United States as well among other countries. This song became Whitney’s third huge hit worldwide after her song “I Will Always Love You”.
8. The Rose – Bette Midler
The lyrics for the song “The Rose” wrote Amanda McBroom while Paula A. Rothchild produced the song. This is a classic pop song recorded by Bette Midler as the soundtrack for the movie The Rose which was released back in 1979. However, as Amanda McBroom said, the song wasn’t originally written for the movie. She wrote the song one or two years before and she used to sing it in clubs. This song resulted with total success reaching among the top ten positions in many countries. On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, this song reached the number 3 position.
7. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
The American rock band, Journey recorded the song “Don’t Stop Believin’” for their seventh album titled “Escape” which was released back in 1981. The song was written by Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, and Neal Schon and it was produced by Kevin Elson and Mike “Clay” Stone. Shortly after its release, the song “Don’t Stop Believin’” reached the number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Mike DeGagne said, the song “Don’t Stop Believin’” is a perfect rock song and also an anthem with one of the best keyboard riffs in rock.
6. I Love Rock n’ Roll – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
The song “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” was written by Alan Merrill of The Arrows back in 1975 and he also recorded the very first version of the song. Today, the most popular version of this song by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. The first version by Joan Jett and Steve Jones and Paul Cook from Sex Pistols was released on vinyl in 1979, but in 1981, Joan Jett re-recorded it with her band, The Blackhearts. Shortly after the release of the re-recorded version, this song became a number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it stayed there for seven weeks.
5. Like a Prayer – Madonna
Back in 1988, Madonna wrote the song “Like a Prayer” together with Patrick Leonard and they both produced it together. Madonna recorded the song for her studio album titled the same, “Like a Prayer” which was released on March 3, 1989. Madonna believed that she needed to focus more on the adult audience when she released this song. The lyrics of this song are singing about a young girl which is in love with God, who is also the one and only male figure in her life. The song “Like a Prayer” reached the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and it became Madonna’s seventh number-one single.
4. Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
The American alternative rock band called Kings of Leon released the single “Sex On Fire”, the number 4 on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics for their fourth album titled “Only by the Night”. It is written by Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill and it was produced by Jacquire King and Angelo Petraglia. Shortly after its release, this song hit the number one spot in Australia, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Back in 2009, “Sex On Fire” became the Britain’s second most-downloaded digital single ever. In 2012, the band sold more than 1.2 copies of the album.
3. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
The American singer Michael Jackson recorded his song “Billie Jean” that ranks third on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics for his sixth solo album titled Thriller which was released back in 1982. The song was written by Michael Jackson, and it was produced by Michael Jackson along with Quincy Jones. Even though there are many theories about what could the lyrics mean, Michael Jackson stated that the lyrics are about groupies he had encountered. In 1983, this song was one of the best-selling singles in the whole world and it reached the top chart in many countries. On the Rolling Stones’ list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, “Billie Jean” took the 58th place.
2. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
At second place on our list of best English karaoke songs with lyrics we have the “Bohemian Rhapsody” that is one of the most famous Queen’s songs. The song was written by the singer of the band, Freddie Mercury and it was produced by Roy Thomas Baker. The song was written and recorded for their album titled “A Night at the Opera” which was released back in 1975. After it was released as a single, this song became a commercial success reaching the top in many lists. “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the third best-selling single of all time in the United Kingdom.
1. Say It Ain’t So – Weezer
Weezer is an American rock band who recorded the song “Say It Ain’t So” for their album “Weezer” which was released back in 1994. This song was written by their frontman, Rivers Cuomo. The lyrics of the song have a deep meaning from Rivers Cuomo’s high school days. Cuomo believed his parents’ marriage ended because his father became an alcoholic and he feared that his mother’s next marriage will have the same destiny as her marriage with his father. On the list of “The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time”, the Rolling Stone ranked the song “Say It Ain’t So” as the number 72.
This was our list of 20 best English karaoke songs with lyrics. We hope we managed to show you what are the best songs and help you complete your list for the karaoke party.
