If you were on a game show and had to recite an entire song from memory to win money, what song would you choose?

“One Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall”

I was about to suggest “Five Bottles of Beer on the Wall” until I read the more detailed rules.

Without any prep, I could do “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” for 50K.

If I was scheduled to compete on a later date, I’d study the lyrics of “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” for 2 billion. ;)

King Of The Road by Roger Miller. I liked that song as a kid, and having played Mafia III I got to know it better.

“Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo, Figaro
Beelzebub Has A Devil Put Aside For Me
For Meheehee
For Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”

I could do “Livin on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi which is probably about 4 minutes long.

@jca2

Funny coincidence! I just listened to that song for the first time in 10–15 years, and I still remembered every lyric. That’s what prompted me to ask this question.

American Pie was the first song I thought of before reading you chose it too.

Barbara Ann would be an easy one, that came to mind also. Practically the entire song is the chorus.

I think I know all the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven for a billion dollars.

The Song That Doesn’t End for a gazillion dollars.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5iln6fkwJOU

@canidmajor They would give you a bazillion dollars just to stop singing that song!

“Whole of the Moon,” a song with long, involved lyrics.

Now, please give me my $1 billion.

I know all the words to “Life is a Rock but the Radio Rolled Me”. It was a neat trick in the 70s.
Here’s a cute video with the lyrics.

I’ll take that $500k in cash, please.

Tequilla

In A Gadda Da Vida is 17 minutes long, so $1 Billion qualified, but the lyrics are only 8 lines sung at the beginning and again at the end. A lot of air guitar in between.

“Garden in the Rain”.

They don’t make songs like that anymore. A melancholy song of magical moment long past but never forgotten.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8JHn_VS6Yo

Only the Good Die Young
by Billie Joel

And I could duet with @chyna on Stairway to Heaven.

“Happy Birthday To You”

Because I’m not paying taxes on anything over $50 k.

When I was a young teen, the NYC radio stations WPLJ and WNEW always did a Top 100 countdown every holiday weekend – Labor Day, Memorial Day, etc. The top #1 was always either Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven. Every. Single. Time. To the point where I was sick of Zeppelin, Who, Beatles, etc but I probably could do Stairway to Heaven and/or Free Bird.

Pink Floyd, One of These Days. It is 5:55 long and has one sentence in the whole song

“Empty bones” from the Nightmare before christmas.

My Wild Irish Rose.