Karaoke Song List: Search 500 Songs by Decade, Genre & Range

A karaoke song list you can actually search

This is every song from every one of our karaoke song guides, 500 of them, in one table. Each one is a song we'd actually put on a slip, picked because it works in a room full of people, and each has a short write-up on why. Tap any song to jump to that write-up.

Looking for our favorites rather than everything? That's what the best karaoke songs guide is for: a shorter list of songs that work almost anywhere. This page is the whole catalog, built for searching and filtering.

How to pick a karaoke song

The best karaoke song isn't the one you love most. It's the one you know cold, that sits in your voice, and that the room wants to hear. A few quick rules:

• Pick something you can sing without the screen. If you'd stumble on the verses in the car, you'll stumble on stage.
• Mind the range. Songs with a narrow range are forgiving. Take the vocal range test and the Fits my range filter shows only songs that sit in your voice, or ask the KJ to change the key.
• Start easy. Your first song of the night should be a warm-up, not a showstopper.
• Read the room. A packed Friday bar wants sing-alongs. A quiet Tuesday crowd will sit through a ballad.

Songs for bad singers, the shortest songs and the hardest ones

Can't really sing? Set Difficulty to Easy and you'll get 177 songs that are mostly talk-singing, small ranges and choruses the crowd carries for you. Our easy karaoke songs guide goes deeper on why each one works.

Want to get on and off fast? Tick Under 3 minutes for 110 short songs, or sort by Shortest first. The shortest one here is Sally's Song by Catherine O'Hara at 1:47.

Up for a challenge? Set Difficulty to Hard for the 96 songs that need real range, breath control or speed. Most of them are crowd favorites for exactly that reason, so the room is on your side if you go for it.

Bringing a friend? Duets & group songs shows 75 songs built for two or more voices. Duets show who sings what (M/F, M/M or F/F) next to the song.

Where the ranges and ratings come from

Every vocal range on this list comes from published sheet music, and 208 of the songs have one so far. Where we couldn't find a source we left the range blank instead of guessing, so a dash means "unknown", not "easy". Men's ranges are shown where they're actually sung, an octave below how sheet music writes them.

Difficulty is our own call, on the same scale across every guide: Easy songs sit in a small range and forgive a shaky voice, Medium songs need a little control, and Hard songs need range, power or speed. Lengths are the original recording, so the karaoke track can run a few seconds different.

Can't decide even with filters? Let the random karaoke song generator pick for you. It spins from these same songs, with the same filters.