Song Categories
(1) Essential
Top songs we want to use most of the time. Use all of these.
(2) Priority
Songs we are actively integrating into our set. Use as many as possible.
(3) Option
Songs we know and like that we move in and out of sets freely. Typically choosing a handful of songs from a larger group of options.
(4) Potential
Songs on our radar we’d like to prioritize, but not focusing on quite yet.
(5) Needs Work
Songs we kind of know, but which really need more work before we use them.
(6) Back Burner
Songs we know, but we don’t want to actively use. Include from time to time depending on the situation. Large collection of songs.
(7) Brainstorming
Songs that we may consider doing at some point, but which we are not committed to yet. Just a collection of general possibilities.
(8) Scrap Pile
Songs we used to do but no longer want to do at any point.
(1) Essential
5 SONGS: Serra 3 / Tommy 1 / Aubrey 1
Dreams
Jolene
Send My Love
The Chain
You and I
(2) Priority
20 SONGS:
Aubrey 10 / Serra 9 / Duet 6 / Tommy 3 / Luke 1
DANCE SONGS:
Call Me Maybe
Dancing Queen+
December 1963 (Oh What a Night)+
Die With a Smile+
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Good Luck Babe
Let’s Hear It For the Boy
Levitating
Perfect*
Raise Your Glass+
Walking on Sunshine
We are Family
OTHER SONGS:
Alone
Come Together+
Edge of Seventeen
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Ironic
Just Give Me a Reason+
Margaritaville
Rhiannon
(3) Option
13 SONGS: Serra 7 / Tommy 3 / Aubrey 3 / Aaron 3
A Thousand Miles
All of Me*
Barton Hollow+
Born to Be Blue
Easy On Me*
Fishin’ in the Dark
Hallelujah*
I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing
Proud Mary
Remedy*
Run Around
Shallow+
You Don’t Even Know Who I Am+
(4) Potential
24 SONGS:
Serra 10 / Aubrey 8 / Aaron 4 / Tommy 1 / Luke 1
December
Defying Gravity+
Everywhere
From the Jump+
Go Your Own Way
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Hook+
It’s The End of the World
Lose Control
Money For Nothing
One and Only
Shine
Still Into You
Waiting on the World to Change
Waterloo
DANCE SONGS:
At Last
Come on Eileen+
Don’t Start Now
Houdini
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
I Will Survive
Moon River
Party in the USA
Respect
(5) Needs Work
4 SONGS: Aaron 2 / Serra 1 / Tommy 1 / Aubrey 1
Free Fallin’
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)*
I Run To You+
You’re Still the One
(6) Back Burner
11 SONGS: Serra 4 / Tommy 3 / Aubrey 3 / Aaron 1
All I Ask*
Bless the Broken Road*
Foolish Games*
I’ll Be
I’m Not the Only One
It’s a Great Day to Be Alive
Make You Feel My Love*
Someone Like You*
Stay*
Stay With Me
You and Me*
(7) Brainstorm
TOMMY SONGS
(20 AV choices)
Ain’t No Sunshine
Bent
Blue on Black
Cherry Bomb
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)
Just the Two of Us
Listen to the Music
Long Cool Woman
Lovely Day
Neon Moon
New Kid in Town
One of These Nights
Simply Irresistible
The Look
The Long Run
The Power of Love
She’s Country
Something Like That
We Built This City
TOMMY SONGS
(9 other well-known)
American Woman
Black Water
Ohio
Old Man
Roll With It
Southern Man
Sunshine of Your Love
What You Won’t Do for Love
Who Can It Be Now?
TOMMY SONGS
(27 other less-familiar)
Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)
All I Want Is a Life
(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid
Blue Ain’t Your Color
Cinnamon Girl
Fly Away
Good Times Roll
Hillbilly Deluxe
High on a Mountain Top
I’ll Be Around
It’s Not Over (‘Til It’s Over)
Jeopardy
Mama Don’t Get Dressed Up for Nothing
New Sensation
Next Girl
Pirate Flag
Setting the World on Fire
She and I
Somewhere with You
Speed
Summertime
Suspicions
Talking in Your Sleep
Those Shoes
We’ll Burn That Bridge
Young
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
ROCK SONGS (37)
All I Want
Barracuda
Beast of Burden
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Call Me
Come Together
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crazy On You
Cryin’
Dirty Work
Don’t Stop
Hanging By A Moment
Heart of Glass
Heartbreaker
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Hold the Line
Hotel California
Inside Out
Iris
Island in the Sun
Jessie’s Girl
Let It Be
Magic Man
More Than a Feeling
Mr. Brightside
Name
One Headlight
One Way or Another
Rockin With the Rhythm of the Rain
Shadows of the Night
Silver Springs
Summer of 69
Take It Easy
Wonderwall
Yellow
You’re the Inspiration
Your Song
POP SONGS (44)
A Moment Like This
A Thousand Years
And So It Goes
Bleeding Love
Born This Way
Criminals
Fallin’
Give Me One Reason
Hey Stephen
High Hopes
Home
Hopelessly Devoted To You
How Deep Is Your Love
How Does a Moment Last Forever
I Gotta Feelin’
If I Ain’t Got You
Just Dance
Just Give Me a Reason
Like I’m Gonna Lose You
Lover
Lucky
Made You Look
One Last Time
Photograph
Raise Your Glass
Rolling in the Deep
Royals
Rumour Has It
Set Fire to the Rain
Sledgehammer
Some Nights
Someone You Loved
Stitches
Superstition
Take Me To Church
Talking To the Moon
Thinking Out Loud
This Will Be An Everlasting Love
Too Much Heaven
Too Sweet
Try Everything
Water Under the Bridge
We Belong
You Make Me Feel
COUNTRY SONGS (18)
Before He Cheats
Carolina-O
Fire Away
I Can’t Make You Love Me
I Know Where I’m Goin’
If I Didn’t Love You
In Another’s Eyes
Man I Feel Like a Woman
Poison and Wine
Rockin With the Rhythm of the Rain
Rodeo
Seven Bridges Road
Slow Burn
Swept Away
The River
The Thunder Rolls
When You Say Nothing At All
Whenever You Come Around
(8) Scrap Pile
Because of You
Complicated
Dust in the Wind*
Firework
Gravity*
How Do I Live
Shameless
The Dance*
Whiskey Lullaby
Lead Vocal Ratios
40% Serra
30% Aubrey
20% Tommy
10% Aaron/Luke
We need 25-30 songs ready to go (2 hours).
Serra: 10-12 songs
Aubrey: 8-9 songs
Tommy: 5-6 songs
Aaron/Luke: 2-3 songs
We still need several new Aubrey songs and a couple more Serra songs.
Style Ratios
50% Rock
25% Pop
25% Country/OTHER
We need 25-30 songs ready to go (2 hours).
Rock: 12-15 songs
Pop: 6-8 songs
Country/Other: 6-8 songs
If we like these ratios, we need some more pop music.
Era Ratios
40% 1970s-1980s
30% 1990s-2000s
30% 2010s-2024
We need 25-30 songs ready to go (2 hours).
1970s-1980s: 9-12 songs
1990s-2000s: 8-9 songs
2010s-2024: 8-9 songs
Our balance is pretty good right now. Let’s keep it as even as possible.
Energy Ratios
60% High
30% Medium
10% Low (Ballads)
We need 25-30 songs ready to go (2 hours).
High: 15-18 songs
Medium: 8-9 songs
Low/Ballads: 2-3 songs
We need more high energy songs. We have too many ballads.
Familiarity Ratios
15% Universal
45% Well-known
30% Recognizable
10% Less Familiar
We need 25-30 songs ready to go (2 hours).
Universal: 3-5 songs
Well-Known: 11-14 songs
Recognizable: 10-12 songs
Less Familiar: 2-3 songs
I think we could use more well-known and universal music.