What do you think is the most universally liked song in the world?

[her209]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaXTcR4dtE

Ohhhhh yeahhhhh!

 

[fire400]

1. Happy birthday

2. Merry christmas

3. Baby hit me one more time

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lHHQu4CIos

Amazing Grace

 

[Lonyo]

Bohemian Rhapsody.

And for whoever mentioned Coldplay, no way.

 

[her209]

Canon in D. It's awesome is why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wpPk8qk3uQ

Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY

 

[Wyndru]

Macarena

 

[dawp]

tubular bells

 

[fatpat268]

I don't know how it is outside the us, but I find it kind of humorous that people like MJ's music now that he's dead.

While the dude was alive, the average person I'd talk to would say they didn't like his music. Now you hear it all the time.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Happy Birthday to You

 

[IronWing]

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together,
Brighter than a lucky penny,
When you're near the rain cloud disappears, dear,
And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine.
My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
That's how this refrain goes, so come on, join in everybody!
Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way
When you're in love to stay.!

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

"Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HrSN7176XI

If you don't already know, then I can't explain why.

This.

 

[IronWing]

Friends in Low Places

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

I don't know how it is outside the us, but I find it kind of humorous that people like MJ's music now that he's dead.

While the dude was alive, the average person I'd talk to would say they didn't like his music. Now you hear it all the time.

Exactly what I was noticing... I never heard MJ get so much praise when he was alive

I never really liked his music, with the exception of Beat It or so, and Im not about to start liking it just because he died

 

[Woosta]

I don't know how it is outside the us, but I find it kind of humorous that people like MJ's music now that he's dead.

While the dude was alive, the average person I'd talk to would say they didn't like his music. Now you hear it all the time.

No way. Everyone liked his music while he was alive.

 

[nageov3t]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say "Let It Be"

 

[Perknose]

Nothing is more universal to the human experience than war.

Glory echoes down in our history books to the winners.

But at the family and personal level, we lose sons, brothers, husbands, best friends.

There is enough sadness and loss enough to go 'round for the winners and losers alike.

And there is no sadder song, imho, than Eric Bogle's And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

50,000 Aussies died at Gallipoli in WWI, before they withdrew in utter, bloody defeat.

This is the story of one, now legless, who "survived."

It is the story of how fleeting and fickle our remembrance for those young boys we sent to slaughter can be.

Loss is universal. It's just not popular.

They collected the wounded, the crippled, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind and the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And when the ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where me legs used to be
And thank Christ there was no one there waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity

And the Band played Waltzing Matilda
When they carried us down the gangway
Oh nobody cheered, they just stood there and stared
Then they turned all their faces away

Now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
I see my old comrades, how proudly they march
Renewing their dreams of past glories
I see the old men all tired, stiff and worn
Those weary old heroes of a forgotten war
And the young people ask "What are they marching for?"
And I ask myself the same question

And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
And the old men still answer the call
But year after year, their numbers get fewer
Someday, no one will march there at all

Complete lyrics.

 

[Perknose]

And because no heart can keep beating if it contain only sadness, I also nominate Bob Marley's simple, soaring Three Little Birds.

 

[Soundmanred]

Amazing Grace

 

[JulesMaximus]

Viva la Vida by Coldplay.

Barf...I hate Coldplay.

 

[her209]

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv-Fk1PwVeU

Harry Belafonte - Day O (The Banana Boat Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENdWUrrnuDk

 

[IronWing]

Leaving on a Jet Plane

 

[lxskllr]

I don't know how it is outside the us, but I find it kind of humorous that people like MJ's music now that he's dead.

While the dude was alive, the average person I'd talk to would say they didn't like his music. Now you hear it all the time.

I still don't like his music :^P Even Jackson 5 I'm not that crazy about. He was talented, but I didn't really care for his sound.

 

[lxskllr]

And there is no sadder song, imho, than Eric Bogle's And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

50,000 Aussies died at Gallipoli in WWI, before they withdrew in utter, bloody defeat.

The Pogues do that song really well. It's one of my favorites from them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM

 

[Perknose]

The Pogues do that song really well. It's one of my favorites from them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM

Yeah, they do. Eric Bogle wrote it, though.

 

[Kirby]

Yes but which one song did they have that stood out that crossed these boundaries?

Hey Jude.

I've heard it's the most well known song in the world after Happy Birthday. I've traveled a good bit and know many foreigners, and I've never met someone who didn't know it. It got a good amount of play time in karaoke bars in Japan and South Korea when I was there.