Jingle All The Way

OK, here we go: A Michael Jackson favorite, as done by a punk band: Smooth Criminal The B-52's, the geniuses behind such wonders as Rock Lobster, bring you: Love Shack I forget whose version this is, but you know it: Moon River The Ultimate Love Song: The Book Of Love You know this if you've seen Arrested Development or Anchorman: Afternoon Delight The Barenaked Ladies; geniuses; Canadian: Alcohol, One Week, If I Had A Million Dollars This was actually one of the songs that follows Pachelbel's progression: Hook Brendan Benson, one of the guys in the Raconteurs, has a solo career that's taking off: Me Just Purely A great song that you probably remember: Summer In The City The same song, but by the porn groove band Butthole Surfers (it's a legitimate genre): Summer In The City A Carl Douglas one-hit-wonder: Kung Fu Fighting If you like bluegrass at all, you'll have this song. If not, it's a great introduction (it gets a lot better after the first minute): Dueling Banjos This song needs no introduction: Earth Angel A Beach Boys perennial favorite: I Get Around You're not a hippie unless you can sing this song: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In A Chumbawumba song ("I get knocked down, but I get up again"): Tubthumping A vastly underrated Gorillaz song. Everyone knows "Feel Good Inc.", but that song is awful compared to: Clint Eastwood Corky and the Juice Pigs. No one knows them but me: Gay Eskimo That one song that everyone sings at ballgames ("na-na, na-na-na-na, hey hey hey, goodbye"): Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Another one-hit-wonder by Eiffel 65: I'm Blue And another one-hit-wonder (Listen children, to a story that was written long ago): One Tin Soldier From the comedy A Cappella group "Da Vinci's Notebook", I present: Enormous Penis To those who can sing the entire thing, I salute you: Modern Major General An 80's classic: You Spin Me Right Round LISTEN TO THIS SONG: The General, The General (Live) If you live in the UK, or somewhere with stolen UK television like I have, you might have seen this song in a Boots commercial: Here Come The Girls Another one-hit-wonder, more recent this time (The Numa Numa song): Dragostea Din Tei For many of you, this will be the only contact you have with Monty Python. And that's a crying shame: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life Not really a one-hit-wonder, but it might as well have been: YMCA The OK Go song that first spurred them to worldwide fame (the song that they did on treadmills): Here It Goes Again The ultimate dance song; and my ringtone, I might add: The Final Countdown If you listened to much music when you were a child in the early 90's, you might remember this. If not, well, it's never too late to have a happy childhood: Bananaphone A magical song that makes everything go faster (You'll know it): Yakety Sax Another Da Vinci's Notebook. That one guy has the worst Irish accent. It almost ruins the song. Almost: Another Irish Drinking Song This might say that it's by "Boot To The Head", but that's the name of the album. It's by The Frantics, and it's a great love song: You Scare The Shit Out Of Me If I had to choose the best songs off this list, I'd say go for Alcohol, Hook, I Get Around, You Spin Me Right Round, The General (both versions are good), Dragostea Din Tei, and The Final Countdown. Happy Holidays! P.S.: That's all for now, but I'm thinking of putting some more in later, so stay tuned. (Some of these songs aren't permanent. Get 'em quick and drop me a line in the comments if any of the links are down. I'll try and find another one for ya.)