Bryan Danielson Names The Song He Always Performs At Karaoke

Wrestling legend Bryan Danielson chatted with Kerrang ahead of his match with Swerve Strickland at Wembley Stadium. Danielson participated in the magazine’s “Song That Changed My Life” series, and he highlighted a variety of songs across all genres that are important to him.

Danielson also named “The song I sing at karaoke,” and it’s not what you would expect. His choice? “I Want It That Way” by The Backstreet Boys.

“I actually started loving karaoke when I was here in England to do Butlin’s tours,” Danielson said. “In 2003 I was here for six months and just did Butlin’s – we’d do Minehead, Bognor Regis, Skegness, six shows a week. But one of the older veteran wrestlers named PN News was very, very shy, and he said, ‘If you really wanna come out of your shell, you’ve gotta start doing karaoke.’ It’s about getting up, getting out of your comfort zone, and going up there.”

“I thought YMCA would be a great karaoke song, but then I came up with these rules, because you realise it’s not a great karaoke song. I think the songs have to be under three minutes and 15 seconds and that’s the problem with YMCA. People are into the idea of YMCA except the song is six minutes long, so when you’re five minutes in, nobody cares. Another rule is that you have to pick a song that people don’t expect you to sing. For example, if I go up there and sing some rock’n’roll it’s very expected, but a guy that looks like me who goes up and sings Backstreet Boys is different. That’s my sweet spot: late ’90s, early 2000s pop music.”

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