Ask Lemmy

Depends on the setting.

Nobody seems into it? Kiss from a rose- seal.

Need to set the bar? The Widow- Mars Volta

Classic crowd? Plush- Stone temple pilots

Easiest for my voice: There's a reason these tables are numbered- Panic at the Disco

People are worried to be embarassed? Brand new key- Melanie

And on the occasion I want to make everyone laugh and impress them: It's all coming back to me- Celine Dion.

I'm a large, traditionally masculine guy. It's a lot more fun to subvert expectations.

Edit: forgot one. If I'm attempting to impress girls: Mon amant de saint-jean- Patrick Bruel

Tequila.

I don’t like singing in public.

Poor Unfortunate Souls from the Little Mermaid. Pat Carroll's key is perfect for dudes and this song is great to ham up. I also go with Let's Dance by David Bowie and Rock Lobster by the B52s when my wife is there to duet

Bohemian rhapsody - Queen

The Distance by Cake. I can't sing so this works every time.

Tenacious D - Kickapoo

Green Onions.

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

Napoleon XIV — "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"

Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. Idc if I’m a man in his late 20’s I’m putting my heart and soul into it

Enjoy the silence by Depeche Mode

Use Me by Bill Withers

Feels like the first time - Foreigner

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

Fits my range almost perfectly. It's my dad's favourite of mine that I do too.

Other common go-tos for me are:

Give a Little Respect - Erasure Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus Fake Blood - Heart Attack Man Lithonia - Childish Gambino

Never been to "actual" karaoke. However, I played Rockband games for about ten years, off and on. That's karaoke with a score system. And you can also play guitar or drums, but I suck at that? Singing though? That, I can do.

The Final Countdown (Europe). This one's so fun to sing. It feels like it goes to some 80s movie, but I don't recall one that features it.

What's My Age Again? (blink-182). I went into these games not caring for pop punk and emo, but hands down, they're the most fun to sing by far!

Headphones On (Miranda Cosgrove/iCarly). See above, but pop rock. According to You (Orianthi) is even more fun to sing, but unless the guitarist is warmed up, he'll have it in for you for the rest of the night if you pick this one early! Headphones On is a great warmup though.

Enter Sandman (Metallica). This one's upper mid tier for everyone, but everyone loves to play it. Easily the most fun Metallica song to sing. The Black Album was basically their pop record. It's a legit hard rock/radio metal album (and, not for nothing, but Nothing Else Matters was highly rated by Sir Elton John of all people) but it's a pop record. It was engineered to go viral and it did. And most of the songs are a blast to sing.

I wish Rockband was still around so we'd get the KPop Demon Hunter songs. I'd sing the shit outta What it Sounds Like or How it's Done. I wouldn't object to any song from that soundtrack being picked. You can fake it through the few Korean lines (and hope they're written out phonetically rather than the symbols). I stood and sang for all the songs in the Sing-Along version in theaters (twice!) and I feel like though I said the Korean words as written, they didn't come out right.

Hey Jealousy by the Gin Blossoms

I wish I could ever have as good of a go-to karaoke song as that skinny white dude who got overcome by the spirit of Shaggy

Say It Ain't So by Weezer is a good one to get the entire bar singing along. Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind is good to get people try to sing along and then they realize they don't actually know the words and wait did he just say crystal meth??

Kiss From A Rose.

Creep by Radiohead

Not seeing any of the following:

Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

Country Roads - John Denver

Forever and Ever - Randy Travis

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Usually I go for something the crowd can get into, that I can also use to show off. Usually something by Queen.

My favorite go-to though, that I sing just for me, is One More Minute by Weird Al Yankovic.

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

4'33" by John Cage

Preferably with me as far from the stage as possible. In fact, I'm staying home. Enjoy.

“All I want for Christmas is You,” but only from March to August.

Edit: Except for the 4th of July, which is a twelve minute version of the National Anthem.

Burma shave by tom waits

Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky.

If you really want one that gets everyone in the room singing:

I Want It That Way by The Backstreet Boys

Brandy by Looking Glass

Don't do karaoke often, but I've done Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo more than once.

Next time I might try Das Model by Kraftwerk, or I wanna be your dog by Iggy Pop. My singing voice is not great, but I might pull that off.

I have several, depends on the crowd.

Careless Whisper -George Michael, This Love -Maroon 5, Drops of Jupiter - Train, Someone Like You -Adele

On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd.

Biz Markie - Just a friend

Easy by the Commadores

Under the bridge- Chili peppers

Jeremy - Pearl Jam

I will survive - Cake

Fly me to the moon - Frank Sinatra

Erasure - Respect

The Cure - Friday I'm in Love.

Say It Ain't So - Weezer
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own/Beautiful Day/Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
Patio Lanterns - Kim Mitchell
Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
Anything from Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs when I can get away with it.
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrisette (and it's a mistake every time)

Big on my maybe list:
Earache My Eye - Cheech and Chong. Aka as a straight cis guy, the only thing that would get me to perform in drag (preferably good drag, with help from people who know what they're doing)

Puppy Love/Put Your Head on My Shoulder - Paul Anka (been on a Paul Anka kick recently, and one of the karaoke spots I like is really close to where the restaurant his parents ran eons ago was)

I'm a Gun - Lorne Green (similar reasons as Paul Anka)

The Tubes - Talk to ya Later

Baka Mitai and Love in Kamurocho.

C.W. McCall - Convoy (the song the movie was based on).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKQUm13Bqo