Hardest Song to sing/Score in the World

                      Hardest songs to sing in the world.

When grading the hardest songs to sing in the world, it’s no lie or exaggerations you would find a lot of rock songs amongst, being that Rock, Classical and Jazz have quite a lot of vocal technicality in them.

In the world today we have heard amazing Vocalist that can wow the world with their vocals and make some songs extremely hard to score, exactly the way it was sang, note by note and on the same key, but Vocals and Genre are not the only win factor in a very hard song; sometimes we face the strong diversity and the following of a language unknown, but we would take a look at the hardest songs to sing in the world of all time, and why they are.

First of all let me explain the term ‘hard to sing’ to you. I believe I am speaking about how painful, dangerous or how much struggle it would take to score a particular song exactly the way it was sang. Sometimes the reasons for not being able to sing such songs exactly is due to extreme high note beyond your vocal range, extreme low notes also beyond your vocal range, language diversity and technique (adlibs, vocal fach, and strength or a way of singing).

One of the hardest songs the world is always willing to attempt to sing in recent times is the song by Mariah Carey – Emotions, due to its extreme high notes that only an act above the 6^th octave and with a whistle register can take. The amount of people with such gifts are few, but recently we have seen Ariana Grande, Adam Lopez and a few others score Mariah Carey’s song quite alright. And we seem aware of few Vocalists with a whistle register that could attempt such a high pitched song at their prime, like Mike Patton, who is known to have the widest Vocal range for a musician at the moment, spanning over 6 octaves.

Minnie Ripperton surely did give a very big shot on the song ‘Loving You’ – a 1975 hit. The song is noteworthy due to extreme high pitches that Ripperton reaches during the song, while she also phonates with her whistle register making continuous bird chirping sound. Not a lot of artist in the world right now can do that.

We have a whole lot of amazing legendary acts, like Dolly Parton, Axl Rose, Minnie Ripperton, Elvis Priesly, Mariah Carey, Mike Parton e.t.c, whose songs are sometimes given a tag of ‘hard to sing’, but who has truly sang the hardest song ever to sing? We are checking a whole lot of songs from all over the world, including acts like Ave Mariah, R Kelly, Mumbazo, Kennedy Tareotu, Michael Jackson, Ray charlse, Barenaked Ladies, The Cranberries and a whole lot more acts, both professional and even upcoming acts. Who has ever recorded the hardest song to score/sing?

10. Zombie – The Cranberries.

This Song has an angry grunge sound and aggressive lyrics with heavy rock performance.

  9. Elvis Priesly – Way down

A song recorded in October 1976, popularized for having the lowest note in a song sung by J.D summers when reciting/singing the words ‘Way on down’ at the end of each chorus. This song had the lowest note held before Tim Storms came on board, and this note made the song had to score/sing by other singers’ worldwide.

  8. Hysteria – Muse       

This song is known for its intricate bass line, which was voted the sixth best bass line of all time on MusicRadar.

  7. Mozart –  The Magic Flute

This is an opera in different Acts, which the first performance was at 1937 Salzburg Festival. This Opera performance has the roles of all the voice types which rely on the vocal range. So taking a role in this performance or song would mean you have to have a unique vocal range.

 

6. REM – it’s the End of the World as we know it (And I feel Fine)

This song has 2.49 words a second, quite remembered for his pace, but still far shy away from Eminem’s Rap God.

5. Oliver Neil – Baby girl

This is an African song by Oliver Neil, quite simple at first, but this song happens to have the highest note ever held in an African song, with the female backup singer hitting notes at the end of the 7^th octave.

  4. Eminem – Rap God

This song has the world record for the most words in a hit single. Rap God has 1,560 words into six minutes, three second of it. 15 seconds – 97 words, 6.5 words a second, too fast.

  3. Minnie Riperton – Loving you

Minnie Julia Riperton, born Nov 8^th 1947, died July 12, 1979 at age 31.

She had a coloratura Soprano, with 5 octaves and can sing the whistle register.

This song is note worthy for unusual high head voice pitches that Riperton reaches during the song, but let’s note the chirping songbirds that are heard throughout the song, all Ripperton’s voice. Very hard phonations. Can only be done by high whistle register singers.

  2. Mariah Carey – Emotions

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970)

This song challenged Carey’s vocal range and is her first song to require the execution of multiple whistle notes…that’s it, ‘Whistle notes’, and with Mariah Carey’s Vocal range spanning more than four octaves on the track to E7.

This song is unarguable one of the hardest songs to sing in the worlds, and can only be attempted by acts with whistle register at the 7^th octave level, such Acts are few.

1. Kennedy Tareotu - Better and Greater

Kennedy Tareotu, also known as the Ghost Act (born on 25, 1992 or 1993). This song is note worth for extreme low notes and extreme high note at the end of the song done by the same act. 

Kannedy Tareotu started this song with a note so low that nearly no woman would actually take it, cancelling all the women out of scoring this song. he then increased little by little until got to a whistle register just at the range of the 6th octave. this track spans over 6 octaves, from zero to the end of the 6th octave.

 

The problem of this song is nearly no one can take it exactly it is, except an act with an octave higher than 6 octaves, which are few. Adam lopez, tim storms, mike patton, axl rose might attempt this song, only men can. But who can sing it?

Adam lopez can’t take the low notes, it is below his range.

Tim storms can’t take the whistle register, it is above his range.

Axl rose – 5 octaves can’t take the low notes, it is below his range.

Mike Patton 6 octave vocal range might not still take few low notes on this song, as his vocal range starts from E1, but he would take the whistle note on this song. So who can take both the low notes and the whistle note on this song at the same time?

Talking about vocal ranges, Kennedy Tareotu has an 8 octaves span, and his known as the only Bass singer with a whistle register in Africa.