The Best Karaoke Songs, Ranked
Rank the best karaoke songs head-to-head, Don't Stop Believin' vs Bohemian Rhapsody and more, then see which crowd-pleaser the community picks. Early results (n = 17): too few finished brackets to call a leader yet. Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Ain't No Mountain High EnoughMarvin Gaye
Hey Ya!OutKast
Tap a poster to make your pick. Crowd numbers appear after you choose.
Rank all 32: the song sorter, about 121 picks for your full order, 1 to 32. All 32: a bracket, 31 picks, with tied places.
Karaoke Songs: early results
Early results (n = 17). Win rate across 423 head-to-head picks from 17 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Karaoke song | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42–9 | 82.4% | 6 | 51 | ||
| 2 | 24–10 | 70.6% | 2 | 34 | ||
| 3 | 23–14 | 62.2% | 1 | 37 | ||
| 4 | 21–14 | 60% | 1 | 35 | ||
| 5 | 20–14 | 58.8% | 1 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 19–17 | 52.8% | 0 | 36 | ||
| 7 | 17–16 | 51.5% | 0 | 33 | ||
| 8 | 15–16 | 48.4% | 0 | 31 |
Karaoke Songs: an early tier list
Early results (n = 17) Too few finished brackets to call yet; the tiers settle as more people play. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Dancing Queen
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Don't Stop Believin'
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Mr. Brightside
- Livin' on a Prayer
- Bye Bye Bye
- Piano Man
- Sweet Caroline
- Don't Stop Me Now
- I Want It That Way
- Shake It Off
- + 2 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Uptown Funk
- Total Eclipse of the Heart
- I Gotta Feeling
- Since U Been Gone
- Hallelujah
- Wonderwall
- Take On Me
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- + 8 more
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- Summer Nights
- Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
- Build Me Up Buttercup
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
How the Karaoke Songs bracket works
This karaoke song ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Bohemian Rhapsody or Don't Stop Believin'? Livin' on a Prayer or Sweet Caroline? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Nobody can hold 32 songs in their head at once, but everybody can answer "this one" — so the order you end up with is one you will actually stand behind.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 songs. The draw changes every day and New draw reshuffles it whenever you like, so the same song can meet a different opponent in round one and finish somewhere else entirely. You can also play it at 8 or 32 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Believin', Livin' on a Prayer and Sweet Caroline. Updated
- Bohemian RhapsodyQueenListen on Apple Music
- Don't Stop Believin'JourneyListen on Apple Music
- Livin' on a PrayerBon JoviListen on Apple Music
- Sweet CarolineNeil DiamondListen on Apple Music
- Mr. BrightsideThe KillersListen on Apple Music
- Dancing QueenABBAListen on Apple Music
- I Want It That WayBackstreet BoysListen on Apple Music
- Total Eclipse of the HeartBonnie TylerListen on Apple Music
- Take Me Home, Country RoadsJohn DenverListen on Apple Music
- Don't Stop Me NowQueenListen on Apple Music
- Build Me Up ButtercupThe FoundationsListen on Apple Music
- Since U Been GoneKelly ClarksonListen on Apple Music
- Summer NightsGreaseListen on Apple Music
- Bye Bye Bye*NSYNCListen on Apple Music
- ...Baby One More TimeBritney SpearsListen on Apple Music
- WannabeSpice GirlsListen on Apple Music
- Somebody to LoveQueenListen on Apple Music
- Hotel CaliforniaEaglesListen on Apple Music
- AfricaTotoListen on Apple Music
- Shake It OffTaylor SwiftListen on Apple Music
- Man! I Feel Like a Woman!Shania TwainListen on Apple Music
- RespectAretha FranklinListen on Apple Music
- Uptown FunkBruno MarsListen on Apple Music
- I Gotta FeelingBlack Eyed PeasListen on Apple Music
- Hey Ya!OutKastListen on Apple Music
- Ain't No Mountain High EnoughMarvin GayeListen on Apple Music
- HallelujahLeonard CohenListen on Apple Music
- Piano ManBilly JoelListen on Apple Music
- WonderwallOasisListen on Apple Music
- Under PressureQueen & David BowieListen on Apple Music
- Love ShackThe B-52'sListen on Apple Music
- Take On Mea-haListen on Apple Music
Tier list instead?
Load all 32 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own karaoke song bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Go with the one you would rather hear right now — instant reaction beats a considered take.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 songs make the field.
- Undo exists for a reason: an early-round mistake propagates all the way to the final, and there is no shame in taking it back.
Questions people ask
How many songs are in the Karaoke Songs bracket?
The pool holds 32 songs. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which songs are included?
Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Believin', Livin' on a Prayer, Sweet Caroline, Mr. Brightside, Dancing Queen, I Want It That Way, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Don't Stop Me Now, Build Me Up Buttercup and Since U Been Gone, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Karaoke Songs bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. It works the same on a phone as on a desktop, no login is involved, and progress saves as you go.
How does this compare to a drag-and-drop tier list maker?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other song grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two songs that never met. If you would rather place the songs into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these songs?
Every completed bracket feeds the Karaoke Songs community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own karaoke songs bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own songs, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.