You know that scene in The King’s Speech where we learn that all King Colin Firth needs to do to overcome his debilitating stutter is pop on a pair of headphones and let the music drown out the sound of his own voice? That’s basically me and singing. The Boomtown Rats, “I Don’t Like Mondays”

Own your Fredness, and those three and a half minutes will fly by. Fred Schneider’s range is about three notes. The stage is less frightening when you’re not on your own, and in this case the girl will carry the load. That’s why I recommend that guys who don’t think they can sing grab a girl who can for a duet-specifically “Love Shack” by The B-52’s. Not everyone has that traditional karaoke voice. We all weighed in for this week’s Playlist Project prompt… What’s your go-to karaoke song? All that matters is that it’s your moment to shine. You’ve mastered all the corresponding dance moves-whether they were created by the artist or by yourself isn’t important. You’ve memorized the lyrics and have every enunciation and pause down pat.

We’re talking about the song you know like the back of your hand. But everyone has their secret weapon song, the one that they pull out when the timing is just right. The shy and reluctant ones who require mass amounts of liquid courage, the overly enthusiastic ones who should probably bring it down a notch or two, the mind-blowingly talented ones who you had no idea could sing like that. Welcome to The Playlist Project, where we’ll be posing musical questions to Paste staff, interns and writers and then compiling their responses into a handy playlist before opening it up for discussion in our comments section.

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