Songs to Sing

At the Second Exam in Perception in the Fall Term, 2009, this question appeared:

Do you know a song well enough to sing it from beginning to end? Which song?

Here are the answers:

a composition of “the Rhodora” (On being asked, whence is the flower…)

Across the Universe, by the Beatles

almost any Justin Timberlake song

Alphabet Song

Always a Bridesmaid from I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

Amazing Grace (2)

Baby One More Time, by Britney Spears (2)

Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen

Case of You, by Joni Mitchell

Deh, vieni, non tardar, by Mozart (from Le Nozze de Figaro) (2)

Diamonds + Rust, by Joan Baez

Don’t Stop Believing (and other embarrassing rock ballads from before I was born)

Dove sono i bei momenti, by Mozart (from Le Nozze de Figaro)

Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles

Galileo by the Indigo Girls

Ghost of Corporate Future, by Regina Spektor

Give me a Song of Time, by Jay Chou

Happy Birthday (8)

Hot in Herre, by Nelly

House of the Rising Sun

I Know What I Know, by Paul Simon

I Want You/She’s So Heavy, by the Beatles

I Will Always Love You, by Whitney Houston (or, Dolly Parton)

I’m Still a Guy, by Brad Paisley

Jingle Bells

Joy to the World

Mary had a little lamb

most of the Beatles’ songs

Nobody’s Home, by Avril Lavigne

Nothing, by Negative Approach

One Week, by the Barenaked Ladies

Row, row, row your boat (2)

Seasons of Love, from Rent

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Star Spangled Banner

Star Spankled (sic) Banner

Such Great Heights, by the Postal Service

Summer Nights, from Grease

The ABC Song

The Alphabet Song

The Little Mermaid Song

The Motions, by Matthew West

Think, by Aretha Franklin

Tonight, from West Side Story (both parts of the duet)

Trapped in the Closet, by R. Kelly

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (2)

Viva La Vida, by Coldplay

We are the Dinosaur

Where is the Love, by the Black Eyed Peas