Most requested songs that bands get

[moxham123]

This is a list of the most requested songs that bands get. They are in no particular order. Most bands do not like to play most of these songs because they have been played so often for so long.

Feel free to add to the list.

How many of these songs have you played? How many do you never want to play again?

1. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
3. Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
4. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
5. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
6. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
7. Love Shack - B-52s
8. Mony, Mony - Tommy James and the Shondells or Billy Idol
9. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
10. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
11. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
12. American Pie - Don McLean
13. I'm a Believer - The Monkees or Smash Mouth
14. Some Kind of Wonderful – Soul Brothers Six or Grand Funk Railroad
15. Johnnie B. Goode - Chuck Berry
16. What I Like About You – The Romantics
17. Takin’ Care of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO)
18. Locomotion – Little Eva or Grand Funk Railroad
19. Bang On The Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren
20. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival or Ike & Tina Turner
21. Maggie Mae - Rod Stewart
22. Good Lovin' – The Young Rascals
23. Low Rider - War
24. The Twist – Chubby Checker
25. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
26. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
27. Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
28. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
29. Rock and Roll All Night - Kiss
30. Louie, Louie – The Kingsmen
31. Wolly Bully - Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs
32. Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band
33. California Girls - Beach Boys or David Lee Roth
34. Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver
35. Gimme Some Lovin' – The Spencer Davis Group
36. I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
37. Purple Haze – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
38. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
39. Wipe Out – The Surfaris
40. The Electric Boogie (the Electric Slide dance song) – Marcia Griffiths
41. The Macarena – Los del Rio
42. Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
43. Ring Of Fire – Johnny Cash
44. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
45. House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals version
46. Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
47. Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers version
48. The Chicken or Bird Dance – Werner Thomas
49. Walk The Line – Johnny Cash
50. Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry
51. Mustang Sally – Sir Mack Rice or Wilson Pickett
52. Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
53. Evil Ways - Santana
54. New York, New York – Frank Sinatra version
55. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
56. Who Let The Dogs Out – The Baha Men
57. Rock & Roll Part 2 – Gary Glitter
58. We Will Rock You - Queen
59. Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
60. Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
61. 867-5309, Jenny – Tommy Tutone
62. My Sharona – The Knack
63. Hanky Panky – Tommy James & The Shondells version
64. Y.M.C.A. – The Village People
65. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
66. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
67. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
68. Enter Sandman - Metallica
69. Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy - Big & Rich
70. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
71. Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers Band

[bassist_25]

7. Love Shack - B-52s
9. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
12. American Pie - Don McLean
13. I'm a Believer - The Monkees or Smash Mouth
14. Some Kind of Wonderful – Soul Brothers Six or Grand Funk Railroad
18. Locomotion – Little Eva or Grand Funk Railroad
19. Bang On The Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren
21. Maggie Mae - Rod Stewart
22. Good Lovin' – The Young Rascals
23. Low Rider - War
26. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
27. Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
31. Wolly Bully - Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs
32. Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band
33. California Girls - Beach Boys or David Lee Roth
34. Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver
38. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
40. The Electric Boogie (the Electric Slide dance song) – Marcia Griffiths
41. The Macarena – Los del Rio
48. The Chicken or Bird Dance – Werner Thomas
49. Walk The Line – Johnny Cash
54. New York, New York – Frank Sinatra version
56. Who Let The Dogs Out – The Baha Men
57. Rock & Roll Part 2 – Gary Glitter
65. Hanky Panky – Tommy James & The Shondells version
64. Y.M.C.A. – The Village People
69. Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy - Big & Rich
70. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
71. Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers Band

Wow, with the exception of these songs right here, I've had to play every other song on the list in one situation or another. Keep in mind that I'm a young buck compared to some of the veterans here. I've always wanted to do Low Rider, though.

Edit: I'll add another for you. Being in a modern rock band, and seeing other modern rock cover bands, I've come to the conclusion that My Own Worst Enemy by Lit has become pretty much a standard for this genre of music. Also, Blister in the Sun seems to be a standard too. Luckily, it's about the only Violent Femmes song that I can stand. That dude's vocals make me want to stab my ears with a fork.

[caminosky]

The song we get asked to play the most these days has got to be Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry. I swear we could play that song for an hour strait and people would want to hear it again.

[rreihart]

I think this list is a bunch of crap, because I haven't yet been to a show and not heard someone yell "Slayer". Yet, I don't see them on the list.

[ToonaRockGuy]

Russ nailed it on the head. Any show you go to, any band, any style/genre, you're guaranteed 2 requests: Freebird, and any song from Slayer.

[moxham123]

In addition to many of the songs on the list, my current band gets requests for:

Any ZZ Top
Any Slayer
Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites

[mjb]

name a slayer song that i might recognize, i've never listened to them and don't know any of their stuff. sorry slayer fans. i've heard of them, but never heard any of their stuff. i don't think anyway!!!am i missing something good?

[metalchurch]

Slayer is some good stuff.

[metalchurch]

When I get my band up and about and I hear someone yell Slayer!!, I'll immediately rip into Angel of Death or War Ensemble. That'll shut 'em up

[Sapo]

Where did you get my setlist?!

[byndrsn]

First - Where did this list come from??

and

Second - I've never had a request for Slayer (that I remember)

[moxham123]

I found this list on a pop culture website in the music section and it was compiled by musicians and people who go listen to bands. I must say it includes most of the songs we get requests for. Keep in mind that this is not a local or regional list of requests.

[Banned]

There are 2 requests that I mostly ask:

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed by the Allman Brothers...luckily for me, 2 great local bands play it, Felix and the Hurricanes and Flame Sky.

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis played by Flame Sky.

[lonewolf]

you can add anything by Neil Young.

When you get that request, its time to play Sweet Home Alabama.

[rreihart]

name a slayer song that i might recognize, i've never listened to them and don't know any of their stuff. sorry slayer fans. i've heard of them, but never heard any of their stuff. i don't think anyway!!!am i missing something good?

You're only missing something if you love a band that wrote the book on early thrash metal.

I guess their more popular songs are;

War Ensemble
Dead Skin Mask
South of Heaven
Mandatory Suicide
Stain of Mind
Dittohead
Hell Awaits
Seasons in the abyss

I know they've had videos for most of those songs, anyway.

[SpellboundByMetal]

Slayer kicks ass.

[mjb]

thanks russ, that explains why i wouldn't know who thry are. i'm not hip. i think i was thinking of slaughter. oh well, same thing!!















JUuuuuuuuuuuuuuust kiddin'

[VENTGtr]

Dang, that's an awful list.

Used to get calls for AC/DC and Ozzy but, for the most part, those days are
over....mercifully.

I agree with Paul "Own Worst Enemy" and God-awful "Blister In the Sun"
are almost the new "standards".

We did "Low Rider" for a little while, and it's a cool tune and fun to play.
We just never actually practiced it (Big surprise there. Practice?) so it
never came together in a way we liked, so we nixed it.

[xero380]

caminosky
Post Posted: Thursday Apr 19, 2007 Post subject:
The song we get asked to play the most these days has got to be Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry. I swear we could play that song for an hour strait and people would want to hear it again.

...too many requests for this that I actually hate the song now.

[nightcrawler_steve]

slayer sucks ass

[Baceman Spiff]

slayer sucks ass

Yes but you like it!

[moxham123]

I will add the other Lynyrd Skynyrd tune that won't go away - Gimme Three Steps

[nightcrawler_steve]

slayer sucks ass

Yes but you like it!

.....about as much as I like a root canal. Ooooops offended the metal pagers

[old Skool]

"Jerry was a Race Car Driver" by Primus. I swear if one more person requests that...

[moxham123]

Dang, that's an awful list.

We did "Low Rider" for a little while, and it's a cool tune and fun to play.
We just never actually practiced it (Big surprise there. Practice?) so it
never came together in a way we liked, so we nixed it.

Did you ever hear Gary Hoey's instrumental version of Low Rider? It is really cool.