Contempoary Music That Your Kids Like - Reccomendations To Help Pad Out a Playlist

Kintarō Hattori

Hey Folks,

When in the car with my four year old I've been playing various contemporary music to help pass the time. For example every 2nd weekend we go to see the grandparents from Dublin to Kildare and having some music to singalong to certainly helps pass the time. I think it's healthy to foster an interest in regular music which is why I'm looking for suggestions for songs I can try with her to help fill out the playlist.

We All Stand Together - The Frog Chorus & Paul McCarthey - This is HUGELY popular

Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti - Often asks for this to be played a second time as we go crazy with the last part singing together

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

We Will Rock You - Queen

Jump in the Line - Harry Belafonte - Oddly popular

No Limits - 2 Unlimited

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

Any and all suggestions would be welcome as I'm sure there's loads of older tunes which would go down well, which I simply can't remember.

Big Bag of Chips

I've a 7 year old (and 14 year old) . These are the favourites:

Blue - Eifell 65 is always a hit.

ABBA

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

We will rock you - Queen

Fight Song - Rachel Platten

Burn - Ellie Goulding

Shawn Mendes

Lewis Capaldi

Shake it off - Taylor Swift

And you never learned to dance - Johnny McEvoy (!!) it's the accordion music the start!

Piano Man - Billy Joel

All Star - Smash Mouth

(I'll add more as I think of them!)

Little by little - Oasis

Livin' on a prayer - Bon Jovi

Disney Musicals, always a hit!

shesty

7 and 5 year old.

ABBA

Shotgun - George Ezra

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (random!)

Big Queen fans - Under Pressure, Don't Stop me Now, among other

Disney -most Disney things

The Greatest Showman soundtrack -A Million Dreams, This is Me, From Now On

Trolls - Can't Stop the Feeling

Taylor Swift - Shake it Off

Elton John - I'm Still Standing, Crocodile rock and similar (they are used in the movies "Sing" and "Gnomeo and Juliet")

Bonnie Tyler -Holding out for a Hero

It's Raining Men (both of these are in "Shrek")

....that's all I can think of for now!

Big Bag of Chips

Frank Sinatra - Mack the Knife, New York New York, My Way

The Dubliners - Weila Waila, Rocky Road to Dublin, All for me Grog

The Wolfe Tones - Janey Mack I'm nearly 40

The Foundations - Build me up Buttercup

Sister Sledge - Frankie

The Beatles - I wanna hold your hand, She loves you, Here comes the Sun + many more!

Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up (a huge internet hit the past couple of years!!!)

Aha - Take on Me

The Saw Doctors - I useta lover

The Carpenters - Top of the World,

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite

Joe Dolan - Good Looking Woman

All very varied, as you can see - but ones that have always been a hit on car journeys! I have a 25 year old step daughter and a 7 year old daughter, and most of the above have been firm favourites spanning 20 years!

shesty

Actually mine love Aha too😆

Big Bag of Chips

And 9-5 is a favourite in our car too 😂

Big Bag of Chips

The Proclaimers - I'm gonna be (500 miles), King of the Road

Niel Diamond - Sweet Caroline

The Buggles - Video killed the radio star

Human League - Don't you want me baby

El Gato De Negocios

Current hits with our pair

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Cathy Davey - Little Red

Elvis - Viva Las Vegas

Feels Like Summer - Tim Wheeler

Willie the Pimp - Frank Zappa

Halloween (the 1978 movie) - Main Theme

Back to the Future - Main theme

Matthew & Son - Cat Stevens

Fairies Wear Boots - Black Sabbath

Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie

Moon Shadow - Cat Stevens

Long Tailed Winter Bird - Paul McCartney

An electic mix!

Milly33

I love that our two like listening to music, started if from belly time really any songs they reacted too in the tummy went on a playlist for them.Ones we have

The Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

Mambo Italian0 is a big hit

Phanthom of the Opera

Diamonds in the Sun from Curious George

Mocking Bird Hill Doris Day

The Venga Bus haha

Whos that Knocking On My Door

Down by the River

Alices Restaurant the full long live version always goes down well with us on long car journeys.

Kintarō Hattori

Thanks for the suggestions folks, lot's of great tunes to add. I've also added the following to what's now call the 'Car Playlist':

Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line

Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat

The Nutcracker March

Enya - Remember Your Smile (her favourite song apparently)

Little Richard - Tutti Fruitti

Mahna Mahna from the Muppet Show

Kintarō Hattori

Chubby Checker and 'Twist Again' is hugely popular at the moment. She was making spells last night to 'make you twist like Chubby Checker'.

gucci

Some random ones that my 4 year old likes (and have been very popular over last few years)

Cornershop - Brimful of Asha

Manu Chao - Bongo Bong

Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime

The Selector - On My Radio

Paul Simon- Me and Julio, Call me Al

Stevie Wonder - Dont you worry 'bout a thing, Superstation (Pretty much all of the "Sing" movie soundtrack)

Pixies - Gigantic, Tonys Song

and all the Beatles songs he can stomach!