Psy tops new-year karaoke charts

Karaoke fans rejected the traditional sentiments of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on New Year’s Eve and saw in 2013 ‘Gangnam Style’, according to a poll.

Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 - 00:00

Boko Harabe

K-Pop rapper Psy’s worldwide hit topped a chart to find the most sung song in the UK on Dec 31.

It accounted for 23% of the 100,000 songs sung on Monday on Karaoke firm Lucky Voice’s online service.

It pushed the traditional favourite, based on a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, off the top spot for the first time since 2005.

Other popular choices included Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ and ‘Call Me Maybe’ by Carly Rae Jepsen.

The firm’s boss Nick Thistleton said: “‘Auld Lang Syne’ has always, without fail, been the people’s choice to celebrate the start of the new year.

“Since we started recording the UK karaoke charts, no song has come close to taking the number one spot, yet since we added ‘Gangnam Style’ to our catalogue of over 8,000 songs at the end of last year, we have seen it quickly become an established karaoke favourite.”

New Year’s Eve idols

The Top 10 New Year’s Eve songs:

1. ‘Gangnam Style’, Psy (23%)

2. ‘Auld Lang Syne’, Robert Burns (4.5%)

3. ‘Someone Like You’, Adele (4.3%)

4. ‘Call Me Maybe’, Carly Rae Jepsen (3.7%)

5. ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’, Taylor Swift, pictured right, (3.5%)

6. ‘What Makes You Beautiful’, One Direction (3%)

7. ‘Last Christmas’, Wham (2.6%)

8. ‘Candy’, Robbie Williams (2.3%)

9. ‘Sweet Caroline’, Neil Diamond (2%)

10. ‘Troublemaker’, Olly Murs (1.5%)