Songs to blast on a long journey

I love a good sing-a-long in the car, especially when I'm by myself on the M1 pretending I'm in some sort of broadway musical (anyone else?). Blasting out my 'guilty pleasure' songs it the safety of my car is a great way to end the day and is a great way to pass the time on my way to visit my friends who live a hundred million miles away (slight exaggeration but you get my point). As I live out my pop star dreams I thought I'd give you some of my go-to sing song songs that I shout to passing pedestrians on the way home from work:

*Disclaimer - I'm probably the worst person to talk about music as I only really like whatever's in the charts and songs from musicals. You've been warned*

#SELFIE: This takes me right back to first or second year at uni where my mission in life was to learn all the words to this and perform at pre drinks (which I did - many times). If you like feeling a sense of accomplishment when you finish a very wordy song, but don't want to be judged by singing cringe-y lyrics, stick this one on in your car. All the fun and no judgment.

Man's Not Hot: Same as above, I always think that passers by must think 'what is that girl doing' when I'm sat at a set of traffic lights trying to perfect my 'scraaaaap' or whatever it is. Also one of my favourites to go all out on with friends on a drive (that and pretty much any song by Little Mix).

The Sound: I'm all about The 1975 and this song gets me in the mood to go out. Another song that does the same is Biebs What Do You Mean. Stick those on on the way down to to friend reunion and I'm ready and raring to go.

The Entire Greatest Showman Soundtrack: Yeah, I'm in on the hype, but only when it comes to the soundtrack (I'm too lazy to go to the cinema to go and see the film). I mean, it's pretty great and such an addictive soundtrack to have on repeat. If you have somehow managed to avoid this completely and love a good musical then this will be right up your street. My favourites (if I'm forced to narrow it down) are The Greatest Show, Rewrite the Stars and the Other Side.

Top 5 Christmas Songs

It’s finally got to that time of year where it’s acceptable to listen to and sing christmas songs (mass cheer) and it’s great! I think that they really get you in the mood for the festive season and there’s nothing better than baking a batch of mince pies whilst rocking out to some Michael Buble. In light of this fact I thought it would be good if I gave a run down of my favourite christmas songs. They’re a mixture of classic pop tracks and traditional hymns (because I’m cool like that) so let’s get started. 

O come all ye faithful- This is definitely my favourite christmas hymn from back in the day. i like how when you sing it, no matter how badly, you still feel like a choir singer. It’s also not depressing, which is a big tick, and I used to love the different harmony parts. When I used to go to church and it got to the “O come let us adore him” it’s as if everyone just knew when they had to join in and there’s be parts where it was just women and the men would join in, amazing!

I believe- I have no idea who sings this song and I think that most of it is a bit depressing but this one makes the list for just one part of the song. When it gets to the part where it says “or touch a leaf, or see the sky” I love it! iI don’t know but I just think it’s really weird to sing a christmas song and mention a leaf. It’s a bit of a stupid reason to like a song but that’s life.

Jingle bells- One word, classic. This has to be the best one that you sing at school because it’s so happy and it just gets everyone in the mood for christmas! I do also like Rudolph the red nose reindeer but this one just pips in to the post for the jolly factor. 

Jingle Bells (Michael Buble)- The jollyness and 'old style' of the song makes it feel so festive and I don't think that anyone could feel sad when they listen to that song. The doowops make me feel so happy and festive, CHRISTMAS!

Driving home for Christmas- This song reminds me of the Gavin and Stacey christmas special and that alone puts a smile on my face. I also like the 'clickable' nature of this song and that you can sway along and that you don't have to concentrate. It's a good christmas day background song.