Glee Songs of Season 3

Episode 1: The Purple Piano Project

We Got The Beat (The Go-Gos cover), Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead (from The Wizard of Oz), It’s Not Unusual (Tom Jones cover), Anything Goes / Anything You Can Do (from Anything Goes / Annie Get Your Gun), You Can’t Stop the Beat (from Hairspray)

Episode 2: I Am Unicorn 

Somewhere (from West Side Story), I’m the Greatest Star (from Funny Girl), Something’s Coming (from West Side Story)

Episode 3: Asian F

Spotlight (Jennifer Hudson cover), Run the World (Girls) (Beyoncé cover), Cool (from West Side Story), It’s All Over (from Dreamgirls), Out Here on My Own (from Fame), Fix You (Coldplay cover)

Episode 4: Pot of Gold

Bein’ Green (Muppets Cover), Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (Katy Perry Cover), Waiting for a Girl Like You (Foreigner cover), Candyman (Christina Aguilera cover), Take Care of Yourself (Teddy Thompson cover)

Episode 5: The First Time

Tonight (from West Side Story), Uptown Girl (Billy Joel cover), A Boy Like That (from West Side Story) / I Have a Love (from West Side Story), America (from West Side Story), One Hand, One Heart (from West Side Story)

Episode 6: Mash Off

Hot for Teacher (Van Halen cover), Yoü and I/You and I (Lady Gaga/ Eddie Rabbit & Crystal Gale cover), Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way or Another (Pat Benatar/Blondie cover), You Make My Dreams Come True/I Can’t Go for That (Hall & Oates cover), Rumor Has It/Someone Like You (Adele cover)

Episode 7: I Kissed A Girl

Perfect (Pink cover), I’m The Only One (Melissa Etheridge cover), Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper cover), Jolene (Dolly Parton cover), I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry cover), Constant Craving (k.d. lang cover)

Episode 8:Hold On To Sixteen

Red Solo Cup (Toby Keith cover), Buenos Aires (from Evita), I Will Survive/Survivor (Gloria Gainor/Destiny’s Child cover), ABC (Jackson 5 cover), Control (Janet Jackson cover), Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson cover), We Are Young (fun. featuring Janelle Monae cover)

Episode 9: Extraordinary Merry Christmas

All I Want for Christmas Is You, Blue Christmas, River, Extraordinary Merry Christmas, Let It Snow, My Favorite Things, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Christmas Wrapping, Do They Know It’s Christmas

Episode 10: Yes/No

Moves Like Jagger  (Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera cover), Jumpin’ Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones cover),  We Found Love (Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris cover), Summer Nights (from Grease cover), Without You (David Guetta featuring Usher cover), The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack cover), Wedding Bell Blues (The 5th Dimension cover)

Episode 11: Michael (Michael Jackson Tribute) 

Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, Bad, Scream, Never Can Say Goodbye, Human Nature, Ben, Smooth Criminal, I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Black or White

Episode 12: The Spanish Teacher

La Cucaracha, Sexy and I Know It (LMFAO cover), Don’t Wanna Lose You (Gloria Estafan cover), Bamboleo (Gypsy Kings cover), Hero (Enrique Iglesias cover), La Isla Bonita
(From Evita), A Little Less Conversation (Elvis Presley)

Episode 13: Heart

Chapel of Love (The Dixie Cups cover), L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole cover), Let Me Love You (Mario cover), Stereo Hearts (Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine cover), Home (Michael Buble cover), I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston/Dolly Parton cover), You’re The Top (Cole Porter cover), Cherish (Madonna cover), Cherish (The Association cover), Love Shack (B-52’s cover)

Episode 14: On My Way

Cough Syrup (Young the Giant cover), Stand (Lenny Kravitz cover), Glad You Came (The Wanted cover), She Walks in Beauty (Madrigal Singers cover), Fly (Nicki Minaj cover), I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly cover), What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) (Kelly Clarkson cover), Here’s To Us (Halestorm cover)

Episode 15: Big Brother

I’m Still Standing (Elton John), Hungry Like the Wolf/Rio (Duran Duran covers), Fighter (Christina Aguilera cover), Up Up Up (Givers cover), Somebody That I Used To Know (Goyte cover)

Episode 16: Saturday Night Glee-ver

You Should Be Dancing (Bee Gees cover), That’s the Way (I Like It) (KC and the Sunshine Band cover), Night Fever (Bee Gees cover), Disco Inferno (The Trammps cover), If I Can’t Have You (Yvonne Elliman cover), How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees cover), Boogie Shoes (KC and the Sunshine Band cover), More Than A Woman (Bee Gees cover), Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees cover)

Episode 17: Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston Tribute)

How Will I Know, I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), Saving All My Love For You, So Emotional, It’s Not Right But It’s Okay, I Have Nothing, My Love Is Your Love

Episode 18: Choke

The Music of the Night (from The Phantom of the Opera), School’s Out (Alice Cooper cover), Cell Block Tango (from Chicago), Not The Boy Next Door (from The Boy from Oz), Don’t Rain On My Parade (from Funny Girl), The Rain In Spain (from My Fair Lady), Shake It Out (Florence+Machine cover), Cry (Kelly Clarkson cover)

Episode 19: Prom-asaurus

Big Girls Don’t Cry (Fergie cover), Dinosaur (Ke$ha cover), Love You Like A Love Song (Selena Gomez cover), What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction cover), Take My Breath Away (Berlin cover)

Episode 20: Props

I Won’t Give Up (Jason Mraz cover), Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion cover), Always True to You In My Fashion (Cole Porter cover), Mean (Taylor Swift cover), Flashdance… What A Feeling (Irene Cara cover)

Episode 21: Nationals

The Edge of Glory (Lady Gaga cover), It’s All Coming Back To Me Now (Celine Dion cover), Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Meatloaf cover), Starships (Nicki Minaj cover), Pinball Wizard (The Who cover), Starlight Express (Starlight Express cover), Tongue Tied (Grouplove cover), We Are The Champions (Queen cover)

Episode 22: Goodbye

Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat (Guys and Dolls cover), Forever Young (Rod Stewart cover), Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (Beyonce cover), I’ll Remember (Madonna cover), You Get What You Give (New Radicals cover), In My Life (The Beatles cover), Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen cover), Roots Before Branches (Room for Two cover)

Song of the Day “Thriller/Heads Will Roll” Glee Cast

I usually don’t choose Glee songs to be the song of the day, but I love this mash up. It is one of my favorites from the show. I have included the originals and a bonus cover as well. So turn it up and enjoy.

Scene from Glee Thriller/Heads Will Roll Mash Up

Michael Jackson Original Thriller

*** Bonus Cover Imogen Heap Thriller Cover

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Heads Will Roll

Lyrics: (Thriller)

1st verse
It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,
You’re paralyzed
Chorus
’cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it’s thriller, thriller night
You’re fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

2nd verse
You hear the door slam and realize there’s nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the creature creepin’ up behind
You’re out of time

Chorus
’cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain’t no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
You know it’s thriller, thriller night
You’re fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight

Bridge
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There’s no escapin’ the jaws of the alien this time
(they’re open wide)
This is the end of your life

3rd verse
They’re out to get you, there’s demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and i to cuddle close together
All thru the night i’ll save you from the terror on the screen,
I’ll make you see
Chorus
That this is thriller, thriller night
’cause i can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight

(rap performed by vincent price)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y’awl’s neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse’s shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller

 

Lyrics: (Heads Will Roll)

Off with your head
Dance until you’re dead
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor

Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The river’s all wet
You’re all cold

Dripping with alchemy
Shiver stop shivering
The glitter’s all wet
You’re all chrome

The men cry out
The Girls cry out
The men cry out
Oh no

Off with your head
Dance until you’re dead
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor

Looking glass
Take the past
Shut your eyes
You realize

Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The glitter’s all wet
You’re all chrome
You’re all chrome

Off with your head
Dance until you’re dead
Off with your head
Dance until you’re dead
Off with your head
Dance until you’re dead

Song of the Day “We Are Young” Fun. ft. Janelle Monáe

I heard this song on Glee this week. I had no idea what the song was when it was performed, but  found myself singing it the rest of the week. I decided to seek out the original version and it is even more addictive than the Glee version.

Fun. ft. Janelle Monáe

Glee version

Acousdtic version

Lyrics:

Girl give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover she’s waiting for me just across the bar
My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you’re trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I’m trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I’ll carry you home

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Now I know that I’m not
All that you got
I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friend are back
So let’s raise the toast
‘Cause I found someone to carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry home tonight (Nananananana)
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

The moon is on my side
I have no reason to run
So will someone come and carry me home tonight
The angels never arrived
But I can hear the choir
So will someone come and carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I’ll carry you home tonight

Song of the Day “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Cyndi Lauper

Lyrics:

I come home in the morning light,
My mother says “When you gonna live your life right?”
Oh,mother,dear,
We’re not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.

The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells “What you gonna do with your life?”
Oh,daddy,dear,
You know you’re still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That’s all they really want…..
Some fun….

When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun….

Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have

Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That’s all they really want…..
Some fun….

When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun…

Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have.

They just wanna,
They just wanna…..
They just wanna,
(Oh….)
They just wanna…..
(Girls just wanna have fun…)
Oh…

Girls just wanna have fu-un…
They just wanna,
They just wanna….
They just wanna,
They just wanna….
(Oh…)
They just wanna…
(They just wanna have fun…)
Girls just wanna have fu-un…

When the workin’,
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls…
Girls,
Just wanna have fu-un…

They just wanna,
They just wanna….
They just wanna,
They just wanna have fun…

Girls just wanna have fu-un..
They just wanna,
They just wanna….
They just wanna,
They just wanna….
(Have fun..)

They just wanna,
(Girls wanna have fun)
They just wanna….
Oh,girls…
(Wanna have fun….)
Girls just wanna have fu-un.

When the workin’,
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
Girls just wanna have fu-un.

They just wanna,
They just wanna….
(Oh,girls…)
They just wanna,
(Have fun….)
Oh,girls..
Girls just wanna have fu-un

They just wanna,
They just wanna…
When the working day is done…
(fades)

Song of the Day “Someone Like You” Adele

Lyrics:

I heard
That you’re settled down
That you
Found a girl
And your
Married now

I heard
That your dreams came true
I guess she gave you things
I didn’t give to you

Oh friend
Why you so shy
Ain’t like you to hold back
Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away I couldn’t fight it
I hoped you’d see my face and be reminded
That for me
It isn’t over

Nevermind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don’t forget me
I beg
I’ll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead
Yeah

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday
It was the time of our lives
We were born and bred
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise
Of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away I couldn’t fight it
I hoped you’d see my face and be reminded
That for me
It isn’t over

Nevermind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don’t forget me
I beg
I’ll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
And memories made
Who would have known
How bittersweet
This would taste

Nevermind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don’t forget me
I beg
I’ll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Nevermind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don’t forget me
I beg
I’ll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Song of the Day “Sing” My Chemical Romance

“Sing” My Chemical Romance

“Sing” Glee

Lyrics:

Sing it out
Boy, you got to see what tomorrow brings
Sing it out
Girl, you’ve got to be what tomorrow needs
For every time that they want to count you out
Use your voice every single time you open up your mouth

Sing it for the boys
Sing it for the girls
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart
Sing it till you’re nuts
Sing it out for the ones that’ll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf
Sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

Sing it out, boy they’re gonna sell what tomorrow means
Sing it out, girl before they gonna kill what tomorrow brings
You’ve got to make a choice
If the music drowns you out
And raise your voice
Every single time they try and shut your mouth

Sing it for the boys
Sing it for the girls
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart
Sing it till you’re nuts
Sing it out for the ones that’ll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf
Sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

Cleaned up, corporation progress
Dying in the process
Children that can talk about it, live it on
The weird race
People moving sideways
Sell it till your last days
Buy yourself a motivation, generation
Nothing, nothing but a dead scene
But a type of white dream
I am not the singer that you wanted
But a dancer
I refuse to answer
Talk about the passer
Ruling for the ones that want to get away

Keep running!

Sing it for the boys
Sing it for the girls
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart
Sing it till you’re nuts
Sing it out for the ones that’ll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf
Sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

We’ve got to see what tomorrow brings
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world
Girl you got to be what tomorrow needs
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

Song of the Day “Fat Bottom Girls” Queen

“Fat Bottom Girls” Queen

“Fat Bottom Girls” Glee

Lyrics:

Are you gonna take me home tonight
Ah down beside that red firelight
Are you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls
You make the rockin’ world go round

Hey i was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad
But i knew life before i left my nursery
Left alone with big fat fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me
Hey hey!

I’ve been singing with my band
Across the wire across the land
I seen ev’ry blue eyed floozy on the way
But their beauty and their style
Went kind of smooth after a while
Take me to them dirty ladies every time

Oh won’t you take me home tonight?
Oh down beside your red firelight
Oh and you give it all you got
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round

Hey listen here
Now your mortgages and homes
I got stiffness in the bones
Ain’t no beauty queens in this locality (i tell you)
Oh but i still get my pleasure
Still got my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you gonna make a big man out of me
Now get this

Oh you gonna take me home tonight (please)
Oh down beside your red firelight
Oh you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
Get on your bikes and ride

Oooh yeah them fat bottomed girls
Fat bottomed girls
Yeah yeah yeah
Fat bottomed girls
Yes yes

Song of the Day “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen

Queen

The Muppets

Glee version

Lyrics:

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see,
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I’m easy come, easy go, Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to me, to me.

Mama just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead.
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away.
Mama, ooh, Didn’t mean to make you cry,
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.

Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine, body’s aching all the time.
Goodbye, ev’rybody, I’ve got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
Mama, ooh, I don’t want to die,
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all.

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango.
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright’ning me.
(Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo, Galileo figaro
Magnifico. I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me.
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go.
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let me go.) Will not let you go.
(Let me go.) Will not let you go. (Let me go.) Ah.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
(Oh mama mia, mama mia.) Mama mia, let me go.
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye.
So you think you can love me and leave me to die.
Oh, baby, can’t do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.

Nothing really matters, Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.

Any way the wind blows.

Song of the Day “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” Black Kids

I have loved this song since I first heard it so long ago. It is a great electro pop song that is super fun. I was very surprised when Glee covered the song for the prom episode, but it worked. I also discovered a great cover by Kate Nash. So turn it up and enjoy.

“I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” Black Kids

“I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” Glee

“I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” Kate Nash

Lyrics:

You are the girl that I’ve been dreaming
of ever since I was a little girl.

You are the girl that I’ve been dreaming
of ever since I was a little girl.One!
I’m biting my tongue.
Two!
He’s kissin’ on you.
Three!
Oh, why can’t you see?
One! Two! Three! Four!The word’s on the streets and it’s on the news:
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance with you.
He’s got two left feet and he bites my moves.
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance! dance! dance! dance!
The second I do, I know we’re gonna be through.
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance with you.
He don’t suspect a thing. I wish he’d get a clue.
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance! dance! dance! dance!

One!
You’re biting my tongue.
Two!
I’m kissin’ on you.
Three!
Is he better than me?

The word’s on the streets and it’s on the news:
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance with you.
He’s got two left feet and he bites my moves.
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance! dance! dance! dance!
The second I do, I know we’re gonna be through.
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance with you.
He don’t suspect a thing. I wish he’d get a clue.
I’m not gonna teach him how to dance! dance! dance! dance!

Glee Best Songs of Season 2

One of my favorite sites Covermesongs.com have recapped Season 2 and picked their 10 favorite songs of the Season. Some I agree with, and some I don’t but here are their choices:

10. Singin’ in the Rain/Umbrella (Gene Kelly/Rihanna cover)
Glee loves their mash-ups, and usually I do too. Though earlier this year I ranked “Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind” above this one, I’ve come to appreciate this pairing a little more, thanks in no small part to the gigantic musical disparity between these two songs originally. That Glee can make them coexist at all means it’s worth noting.

9. Hot Patootie (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Plot-wise, the Rocky Horror episode was a mess. Musically, there were some items of interest to be discovered. By far my favorite was this Meatloaf cover with lead vocals from John Stamos, who will forever be Uncle Jesse to me. For anyone who grew up watching Full House (I’m sorry), it surely was great fun to see the Rippers frontman cut loose here.

8. Landslide (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Gwyneth Paltrow provided Glee with its marquee guest star this season. I found a few of her performances outright terrible (see below) but I really enjoyed this one, which brought some sensitivity to the Santana/Brittany story and proved that Gwyneth really can sing like a human being.

7. Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Speaking of guest stars and Fleetwood Mac, how great was this duet between Will (Matthew Morrison) and April (Kristin Chenoweth)? Their voices just work so well together.

6. Hey Soul Sister (Train cover)
The Dalton Academy Warblers, McKinley’s a cappella rivals, had to be presented somewhere on this list. I waffled between “Soul Sister” and their rendition of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know,” but in the end I think the cleverness of this arrangement (courtesy of real-life a cappella group Tufts Beelzebubs) wins out.

5. Sing! (from A Chorus Line)
Originally my favorite song from the first half of the season, “Sing!” for me captures the thematic essence of Glee – it doesn’t matter how bad you sound, just rock out! Of course the entire cast is made up of accomplished singers touched up with Auto-Tune…except for Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.). “Sing!” is the only thing approaching a lead vocal Shum, Jr.’s ever gotten, which makes it all the more enjoyable.

4. Don’t You Want Me (The Human League cover)
Glee does something pretty remarkable with this cover of a derided (unjustly, I think) ’80s song — they make it sound new. Between the club-style synthesizers and the sharp voices of Rachel (Lea Michele) and Blaine (Darren Criss), you’d swear this song was written this year.

3. I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles cover)
When Glee needs to sell a sensitive number they turn to Kurt (Chris Colfer), and brother, it didn’t get much more sentimental than this sparse Beatles cover. “Grilled Cheesus” struck me as one of the most genuinely emotional episodes of the season, and it all hinges on this performance.

2. Never Going Back Again (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Why do I love this song so much? I don’t know, but man, Artie (Kevin McHale) kills it. I literally cannot think of a way this song could be better; it’s lovingly crafted and exquisitely delivered, not to mention that it’s featured in a fantastic segment.

1. Rolling in the Deep (Adele cover)
Though I’ve seen some pretty serious hate for it, I think Glee struck gold with this cover. The formula’s simple. Take a mega-popular song. Let your show’s biggest talent (Lea Michele) go nuts on it and bring in a fan-favorite guest star (Jonathan Groff) to compliment her abilities. That would’ve been enough to make viewers flip out, but then the show turned it a cappella seemingly for no real reason. I love that they’re willing to experiment like this, and I think the results speak for themselves. An instant classic, if Glee produces such things.

Now some of these choices I totally agree with, (such as “Rolling In The Deep”, “Do You Want Me”, “Landslide”, “Singing In The Rain/Umbrella”) but others just don’t get my vote for the “best” of the season. In a season where we saw Glee tackle indie songs, original songs, Britney, and Lady Gaga there are so many other great choices and vocals that I enjoyed so much better. I am judging these on the vocal performances and how many times I actually listened to the Glee version of the song. Some of these songs I didn’t like the original (“Friday” I’m talking about you) and the Glee version made me actually tolerate the song, and some were my favorite songs that the Glee cast fell flat on their versions (“Kiss” and “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”). So after many listens and much deliberation here are my top 10 songs from Glee Season 2.

10. Singin’ in the Rain/Umbrella (Gene Kelly/Rihanna cover) 

I love Singin’ in the Rain more than words can say and I really loved the whole episode with Mr. Shue singing songs from the movie, but I was a little wary about this mashup. In general I love the Glee mashups, but there have been some that the songs are just too far away from each other to make it work, and I thought this was one of them. And then I heard the song and have not stopped playing it since. It really works and ties these two complete opposites together. That in itself cements this songs place in the top ten for me.

9. Songbird (Fleetwood Mac Cover) 

I had never heard this song before Glee, because I have never really been a big Fleetwood Mac fan. The instant I heard this song I fell in love with it. From the meaning of it on the show to how lovely and full of meaning Naya Rivera’s voice sounds and even the arrangement. This song really earned it’s place in the top ten without any autotune or gimmicks or guest stars and for that I will always love it more.

8. Thriller/Heads Will Roll (Michael Jackson/Yeah Yeah Yeahs C0ver) 

This was for the big showstopping after Superbowl episode. I really like this mashup because of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs inserted into such an iconic song. This is one of the rare Glee moments where the whole package plays such a large part of the song itself. The whole dance number really makes the song something special, well that and the fantastic vocals.

7. Teenage Dream (Katy Perry Cover) 

The Warblers deserved to be recognized for their contributions to Season 2 and to me this is one of their greatest performances. The vocal arrangement on this song is to die for and the way Darren Criss took ownership of the performance and made me like a song that I normally would have ignored.

6. I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance (Black Kids Cover) 

I might be biased about this song, because I have loved it since I first heard it over 2 years ago, but I also loved everything about the Glee version. First the song was perfect to play at prom, second the vocals make this one that I want to turn up and listen to over and over again.

5. Landslide (Fleetwood Mac Cover) 

Again with the Fleetwood Mac, but this version is so beautiful. I really enjoyed the way that all three voices melted together to make an already good song great. This song brought back Gwyneth, but it didn’t matter Santana and Britney really brought something special to the song. It also showed the raw talent of all three ladies.

4. Never Going Back Again (Fleetwood Mac Cover) 

At first I couldn’t make up my mind about this song. It’s another Fleetwood Mac song that I had never heard, and it is about Artie and Britney breaking up, but even so the more that I listened to this song the more I loved it. The range and talent of Kevin McHale really shined through on this song and he really made me like a song that I would have never paid attention to.

3. Valerie ( Amy Winehouse Cover) 

What can I say about this song but Naya Rivera is a beast. She really rocks this song and takes it to a different level. I liked this song from the first time I heard it in the regionals episode, and this should be rock solid proof why Naya got her record deal.

2. Don’t You Want Me (The Human League Cover)

This song has been a personal favorite for a few decades now, but what really propelled it to the top is the duo that perform it. I really loved the way that Lea Michele and Darren Criss play off of each other and make this song a lot more playful and energetic than some.

1. Rolling In The Deep (Adele Cover) 

Glee really hit it out of the park with this cover. They played every card to a tee and created something special. First we have the super popular song of the moment, second giving Lea Michele free rein on the vocals, third a fan favorite guest and finally throw in an original arrangement. All of these combine to make a truly wonderful song.

Honorable Mentions: 

I Feel Pretty/Unpretty (West Side Story/TLC Cover)

When I Get You Alone (Thicke Cover)

Fat Bottom Girls (Queen Cover)

Sing! (My Chemical Romance Cover)

Loser Like Me (Original)

Light Up The World (Original)