Songs to use in shows

[JackDee]

One of my favorite go to threads in past forums was the song thread. They're always a good source for song ideas for pyromusicals or songs to play in the background.

These are songs I used in the past

House of the rising sun - The Animals

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

All of the lights - Kanye West

Counting Stars - One Republic

 

[tradami]

Good idea. I'll post a whole list once I get back to my computer. I think I've got like 50+

 

[tradami]

Some of these may not be the best for firework and are just ones I liked but the majority I felt were contenders.


94 SONGS

1. • 
     Magic Carpet Ride
     Steppenwolf•The Second
     4:31
   • Hold On Loosely
     38 Special•20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection: Best of 38 Special
     4:39
   • Centuries
     Fall Out Boy•American Beauty/American Psycho
     3:48
   • Let It Go - From "Frozen"/Soundtrack Version
     Idina Menzel•Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe Edition)
     3:43
   • She's so High
     Tal Bachman•Tal Bachman
     3:44
   • Crazy Train
     Ozzy Osbourne•The Ozzman Cometh
     4:49
   • Hall of Fame
     The Script, will.i.am•#3
     3:22
   • The Star Spangled Banner
     Madison Rising•American Hero
     3:58
   • It's My Life
     Bon Jovi•Crush
     3:44
   • Different Colors
     WALK THE MOON•TALKING IS HARD
     3:42
   • Here Comes the Sun
     The New Beatles•Long Live the Beatles
     3:07
   • Don't Stop Believin'
     Journey•The Essential Journey
     4:08
   • Counting Stars
     OneRepublic•Native
     4:17
   • Seeing Stars
     BØRNS•Seeing Stars
     3:09
   • Beautiful Now
     Zedd, Jon Bellion•True Colors
     3:38
   • Lean On
     Major Lazer, MØ, DJ Snake•Peace Is The Mission
     2:56
   • Pompeii
     Bastille•Bad Blood
     3:34
   • Carry on Wayward Son
     Kansas•Leftoverture
     5:23
   • Strangers Like Me - From "Tarzan"/Soundtrack Version
     Phil Collins•Tarzan (Banda Sonora Original)
     3:00
   • Jungle
     X Ambassadors, Jamie N Commons•VHS
     3:09
   • Renegades
     X Ambassadors•VHS
     3:15
   • Firework
     Katy Perry•Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
     3:47
   • Dark Horse
     Katy Perry, Juicy J•PRISM (Deluxe)
     3:35
   • TiK ToK
     Kesha•Animal (Expanded Edition)
     3:19
   • We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
     fun., Janelle Monáe•Some Nights (Spotify Exclusive)
     4:10
   • Some Nights
     EXPLICITfun.•Some Nights (Spotify Exclusive)
     4:37
   • Harlem Shake
     Baauer•Harlem Shake
     3:16
   • Timber
     Pitbull, Kesha•Global Warming: Meltdown (Deluxe Version)
     3:24
   • Radioactive
     Imagine Dragons•Night Visions
     3:06
   • Light My Fire
     The Doors•The Doors
     7:09
   • Let It Be - Remastered 2009
     The Beatles•Let It Be (Remastered)
     4:03
   • Hot Blooded
     Foreigner•Double Vision [Expanded]
     4:28
   • Cum on Feel the Noize
     Quiet Riot•Quiet Riot - Greatest Hits
     4:47
   • Enter Sandman
     Metallica•Metallica
     5:31
   • Jessie's Girl
     Rick Springfield•Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology
     3:15

 

[tradami]

• China Grove
  The Doobie Brothers•The Captain And Me
  3:15
  

• Angel in Blue Jeans
  Train•Bulletproof Picasso
  3:25
  

• God Bless The U.S.A.
  Lee Greenwood•American Patriot
  3:11
  

• You Shook Me All Night Long
  AC/DC•Who Made Who
  3:30
  

• Panama - 2015 Remaster
  Van Halen•1984 (Remastered)
  3:30
  

• Pour Some Sugar On Me (2012)
  Def Leppard•Pour Some Sugar On Me (2012)
  4:21
  

• No One Like You
  Scorpions•Blackout
  3:57
  

• Fortunate Son
  Creedence Clearwater Revival•Willy And The Poor Boys (40th Anniversary Edition)
  2:20
  

• Bring Me To Life
  Evanescence•Fallen
  3:55
  

• More Than a Feeling
  Boston•Boston
  4:45
  

• Won't Get Fooled Again - Remix
  The Who•Who's Next
  8:33
  

• Paranoid - 2012 Remaster
  Black Sabbath•Paranoid (Remastered Edition)
  2:48
  

• Sweet Emotion
  Aerosmith•Toys In The Attic
  4:34
  

• Down On The Corner
  Creedence Clearwater Revival•Willy And The Poor Boys (40th Anniversary Edition)
  2:46
  

• Brown Eyed Girl
  Van Morrison•Blowin' Your Mind!
  3:03
  

• Dust in the Wind
  Kansas•Point Of Know Return
  3:26
  

• You Really Got Me - Mono Mix
  The Kinks•Kinks
  2:14
  

• (Don't Fear) The Reaper
  Blue Öyster Cult•Agents Of Fortune
  5:08
  

• Walk This Way
  Aerosmith•Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
  3:31
  

• Welcome To The Jungle
  Guns N' Roses•Appetite For Destruction
  4:33
  

• Born To Be Wild - Single Version
  Steppenwolf•Steppenwolf
  3:32
  

• Baba O'Riley
  The Who•Who's Next
  5:00
  

• Paradise City
  Guns N' Roses•Appetite For Destruction
  6:45
  

• Me, Myself & I
  EXPLICITG-Eazy, Bebe Rexha•When It'sDark Out
  4:11
  

• Spirit in the Sky
  Norman Greenbaum•Music From The Motion Picture Michael
  3:59
  

• Dream On
  Aerosmith•Aerosmith
  4:26
  

• Gimme Shelter
  The Rolling Stones•Let It Bleed
  4:30
  

• What Is Love
  Haddaway•The Album
  4:29
  

• American Pie
  Don McLean•The Best Of Don McLean
  8:35
  

• Throne
  Bring Me The Horizon•That's The Spirit
  3:11
  

• 'Till I Collapse
  EXPLICITEminem, Nate Dogg•The Eminem Show
  4:57
  

• Verge
  Owl City, Aloe Blacc•Mobile Orchestra
  3:33
  

• Sleepyhead - Adrian Brignoli Remix
  Adrian Brignoli•Sleepyhead (Adrian Brignoli Remix)
  2:59
  

• The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin)
  Mike Perry, SHY Martin•The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin)
  3:03
  

• Hallelujah
  Panic! At The Disco•Death Of A Bachelor
  3:00
  

• We Own The Night - The Chainsmokers Edit
  The Wanted, The Chainsmokers•We Own The Night (The Remixes)
  3:48
  

• Believer
  Imagine Dragons•Evolve
  3:24
  

• There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
  Shawn Mendes•Illuminate (Deluxe)
  3:19
  

• Light It Up - Remix
  Major Lazer, Nyla, Fuse ODG•Peace Is The Mission (Extended)
  2:46
  

• Cheerleader - Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit
  OMI, Felix Jaehn•Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit)
  3:01
  

• I Gotta Feeling
  The Black Eyed Peas•THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES)
  4:49
  

• Right Here Waiting
  Richard Marx•Repeat Offender
  4:24
  

• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Mono Version
  The Rolling Stones•Out Of Our Heads
  3:42
  

• Cecilia And The Satellite
  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness•Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
  3:43
  

• Say You Won't Let Go
  James Arthur•Say You Won't Let Go
  3:31
  

• Hold Me Up
  Conrad Sewell•All I Know
  3:27
  

• Crazy For You
  EXPLICITHedley•Wild Life
  3:37
  

• Until You Were Gone
  The Chainsmokers, Tritonal, Emily Warren•Until You Were Gone
  3:35
  

• Just Like Fire (From the Original Motion Picture "Alice Through The Looking Glass")
  P!nk•Just Like Fire (From the Original Motion Picture "Alice Through The Looking Glass")
  3:35
  

• Hot Air Balloon
  EXPLICITSonReal•The Name
  3:36
  

• Beat Of My Drum
  POWERS•Legendary
  3:26
  

• What Makes You Beautiful
  One Direction•Up All Night
  3:18
  

• Never Be the Same
  Camila Cabello•Camila
  3:46
  

• Whatever It Takes
  Imagine Dragons•Evolve
  3:21
  

• Counting Stars
  OneRepublic•Native
  4:17
  

• Cinderella
  Steven Curtis Chapman•This Moment (Cinderella Edition)
  4:25
  

• Drink Up
  Train•a girl a bottle a boat
  3:30
  

• Fight Song
  Rachel Platten•Wildfire
  3:24
  

• Brown Eyed Girl
  Van Morrison•Blowin' Your Mind!
  3:03

 

[Shocker757]

-My Songs know what you did in the Dark
Fallout Boy

-Ladies and Gentleman
Saliva

-Good Feeling
Flo Rida

-The Greatest Show
The Greatest Showman soundtrack

 

[cjohn2son]

If you can script and shoot a show to E.S. Posthumus' UNSTOPPABLE, you are my idol!

 

[tradami]

If you can script and shoot a show to E.S. Posthumus' UNSTOPPABLE, you are my idol!

Dominator did this I believe. I'll have to see if I can find the video.. it was pretty epic. I think it was at a racetrack in maybe 2014?

 

[TNTwister]

Have fun here>>> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6G2FtzHxSkdGiZ6lblRMOw-CtYcfCxv

 

[DexTee]

I absolutely NEED to use this version in a pyromusical … I may not use the entire song, but I feel it is done so well with strong transitions, and would be killer with some pyro to go along with it!
Sultans Of Swing covered by Leo Moracchioli featuring MarySpender) -->

 

[Crispy Pyro]

Here are the songs I used in my shows starting with 2014. I edit each song down for time using Audacity or Adobe Audition, with most running somewhere between 1:30 and 2:30 each. I haven't repeated a song yet, but one of these days I'm going to do a greatest hits show. Some of these I really want to see again (some with the same choreography, others with new).

Show videos are here

2014​	O Fortuna
	Live while we're young	One Direction
	Superman Theme
	Pirates of the Caribbean Theme
	What a wonderful world	Louis Armstrong
	My Songs Know what you did in the dark	Fall Out Boy
	Firework	Katy Perry
	America	Neil Diamond
	Unstoppable	ES Posthumous
2015​	Battle Without Honor or Humanity	Tomoyasu Hotei
	Good Feeling	Flo Rida
	Uptown Funk	Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars
	Live & Let Die	Paul McCartney
	Great Balls of Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis
	Over the Rainbow	Israel Kamakawiwoole
	Flight of the Dreamers	Future World Music
	Dynamite	Taio Cruz
	ROCK in the USA	John Mellencamp
	Roar	Katy Perry
	Dethroned	X-Ray Dog
2016​	Hello	Martin Solveig
	When Love Takes Over	David Duetta
	The Bomb	Bucketheads
	Beethoven Scherzo	David Garrett
	Runaway	Galantis
	Ain't that a Kick in the Head	Dean Martin
	Don't Stop the Party	Pitbull
	Louder than Words	Les Frictions
2017​	Handclap	Fitz and the Tantrums
	Can't Fight the Feeling	Justin Timberlake
	Welcome to your Life	Grouplove
	I Feel Good	James Brown
	4th of July	Annie Bosko
	Believer	Imagine Dragons
	None shall Live	Two Steps from Hell
2018​	Get Ready for This	2 Unlimited
	Good Time	Owl City
	Feels like Summer	Weezer
	YMCA	Village People
	Sky full of Stars	Coldplay
	America the Beautiful	Ray Charles
	Happy	Pharrell Williams
	Exosuit	Really Slow Music

 

[mguerramd]

"Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf would be awesome. You've got a lyric in there you could really exploit: "Fire all of your guns at once and explode in to space" Think about that...
And of course "Light My Fire" by the Doors, you could go nuts with gas mines. "Try to set the night on fire!"

 

[TNTwister]

Darude....Sandstorm


KEK

 

[sigep683]

One of my favorite go to threads in past forums was the song thread. They're always a good source for song ideas for pyromusicals or songs to play in the background.

These are songs I used in the past

House of the rising sun - The Animals

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

All of the lights - Kanye West

Counting Stars - One Republic

John-
Have you heard the Five Finger Death Punch version of House of the Rising Sun? A great rendition in my opinion!

 

[sigep683]

Boom - POD
Click Click Boom - Saliva
Ladies and Gentlemen - Saliva
When Legends Rise - Godsmack
Monsters - Shinedown
Happy - Pharrell
Total Eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler
Sounds of Madness - Shinedown
Diamond Eyes - Shinedown
Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold (A7X)
Be Legendary - Pop Evil

 

[Dale]

I would love to see a show scripted to Metallica"ONE"🖒✌

 

[Jeff D]

I would love to see a show scripted to Metallica"ONE"🖒✌

hehehe Just go to one of there larger concerts for this one. Laser lightshow, smoke, gunshots AND if in a place that isn't afeared of pyro, an actual finale!

 

[KoolPop]

 

[Jeff D]

Excellent song and video. Sooo many possibilities!!!!

 

[meckman]

I think I’m going to go with this lineup this year.

 

[PaintChipsAreYummy]

Lots of great songs!

Random find. Was clicking around on Amazon and ran across an album Audiomachine by Magnus. I haven't listened to every track and frankly the "music" is just strung together derivatives of movie themes. But...every track I have listened to or clicked around in sounds like it was written for a backyard firework show. Lots of sweeping chords building to crescendo, false endings, quiet passage in the middle of the song for no reason, etc.

I used the song We Believe performed by Newsboys 2 years ago. I just shoot backyard for family. 2 of my wife's aunts cried (happy tears) during the song. Proudest moment in my fireworks "career".