Can you work out the world's most popular karaoke songs in this tricky brainteaser?
We've all been there. Our night has taken us to a bar where someone is in the corner of the pub on a microphone absolutely butchering a classic song.
We're convinced we can do a far better job and, whether we're actually bold enough to take to the stage that night, it leads to a question of what song you'd pick for a karaoke session.
The Japanese musical sensation, which literally means 'empty orchestra', is a hugely popular pastime. From pubs having monthly karaoke nights to purpose-built karaoke booths, there are opportunities to sing your heart out everywhere you go.
And if you don't feel like singing in front of a crowd, at-home karaoke is a rising trend, with many YouTube channels offering up hundreds of classic songs for you to try out from the safety of your living room.
According to YouGov's latest stats, 37 per cent of Brits enjoy grabbing the mic for a karaoke session and there are more than 8,400 monthly searches for 'best karaoke songs' as people try and find some inspiration.
And Betboo 's new research has uncovered the most popular karaoke tracks in the world after analysing the popularity of hundreds of songs from one of YouTube's top channels, Sing King.
These figures were cross-referenced against Billboard, Time Out, and Lucky Voice's ultimate karaoke song lists. But rather than just give you the results of the online gambling site's research, we're going to make you work for it.
The brainteaser below has 10 images, each one representing one of the most popular tracks from the analysis. All you have to do is work out the track behind the picture. Sound simple enough? Well, read on and see how you get on.
How are you getting on? Some of them are definitely easier than others.
While you'll be able to crack a few of them by simply looking at the image, others might take a bit more thought
Still struggling to get all 10? We're about to reveal the answers, so don't scroll any further if you're determined to get them all yourself.
Rank
Song
Number Of Features In Top Karaoke Song Lists
YouTube Views
Number Of Features In Top Karaoke Song Lists Score
YouTube Views Score
Total Average Score
1
Let It Go
2
118,000,000
75
100.00
87.5
2
Bohemian Rhapsody
3
45,000,000
100
67.44
83.7
3
I Want It That Way
3
26,000,000
100
58.97
79.5
4
Shallow
2
69,000,000
75
78.14
76.6
5
I Will Survive
3
12,000,000
100
52.72
76.3
6
Dancing Queen
2
36,000,000
75
63.43
69.2
7
My Way
2
24,000,000
75
58.07
66.5
8
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
2
11,000,000
75
52.27
63.6
9
Sweet Caroline
2
8,700,000
75
51.25
63.1
10
Call Me Maybe
2
8,400,000
75
51.12
63.0
The analysis found that Let It Go from Disney's classic 2013 film Frozen took top spot with a score of 87.5. It had far and away more YouTube views for the karaoke version than any of the other tracks on the list, while it also featured on two of the three best karaoke song lists.
Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, thought by many to be the greatest song of all time, came a close second with 83.7. A bold choice for any amateur karaoke fan to try and match Freddie Mercury's vocal range, but the track's popularity shone through.
The fact that it was released 50 years ago, first featuring on the album A Night At The Opera in 1975, but is still a hot favourite just shows how timeless the song really is.
It featured on all three of the best karaoke lists, as did number three on this list: I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys. The 1999 pop hit was nominated for three Grammy Awards and is one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, scoring 79.5 on this list.
In fourth place, and potentially one of the trickier images to decipher, is another song from a feature film. Shallow, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's duet from the 2018 movie A Star Is Born, has 69 million YouTube views, the second-highest on this list. The ballad, which scored 76.6, won numerous awards, including the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Jumping back 40 years from Shallow, in fifth place is I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, which was just behind with 76.3. Another timeless classic, the 1978 track features on all three of the best karaoke song lists which is unsurprising given the track's cultural significance and ranking in Billboard's 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time.
Completing the rest of the top ten rankings were ABBA's legendary Dancing Queen (69.2); Frank Sinatra's My Way (66.5); I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston (63.6); Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond (63.1) and Carly Rae Jepson's pop bop Call Me Maybe (63).
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