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Did your graduating classes in schools ever have class songs? Mine for 8th grade was that "Don't You Forget About Me Song". I wager Green Day's "Time of Your Lives" was popular for this.

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Monday, 29 August 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

I was hoping this thread was going to be about songs along the lines of "Working Class Hero"

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

Wait, did any school really use "Time of your Lives"??? It's supposed to be ironic! (Dontcha think?)

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

In 8th grade it was The Greatest Love of All because the children really are the future. In high school, there was a vote, and Turn, Turn, Turn won. Then some people started a petition against it and we got stuck with Let the River Run. Retards.

― kaygee (kaygee), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

Ha! Hurting OTM. That's what I thought too. "Fortunate Son"?

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

REM - It's the End of the World As We Know It

A little strange considering I graduated a full decade after Document. In any event, solid choice by whomever was doing the choosing. God knows it could have been much, much worse.

― BrianVance, Monday, 29 August 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Wait, did any school really use "Time of your Lives"?

Yes.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

Smashing Pumpkins "Today"
Blue Rodeo "Hasn't Hit Me Yet"

are the only two examples I know of firsthand.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 29 August 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Grade school graduation: Boyz II Men - "It's So Hard to Say Good-Bye"

High school: didn't have a song at the graduation ceremony, but there was a class video thingee that was soundtracked to Springsteen's "Blood Brothers" (uh, it was an all guy's school...)

― PB, Monday, 29 August 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

my high school used time of our lives.. a few times

― astroblaster (astroblaster), Monday, 29 August 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

BOY2MEN OTM

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Monday, 29 August 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

yeah, my HS used Good Riddance for the class before me, my class was "I Will Remember You" by Sarah McLaughlin...

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 29 August 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Vitamin C - "Graduation" umm yeah

― Dj Mattiepoo, Monday, 29 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Don't Look Back in Anger

― artemis J. Nuffinogger, Tuesday, 30 August 2005 07:14 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

we used "Here I go again" by whitesnake

― Lisa Dang, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

eve 6- heres to the night

― kristi, Saturday, 24 September 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

"Today"! I love how people never bother to listen past the first line, a la "The One I Love." Doesn't Corgan proceed to wail about gouging his eyes out?

I only have one year of American high school under my belt and didn't even bother graduating (since I'd graduated with better grades in Latvia), but I recall the class song being 10,000 Maniacs' "These Are [The?] Days."

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

when i argue i see shapes - idlewild

― hub, Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

I'm currently in my final year at High School and was looking for songs to play at our Graduation, we have a list put up with suggestions from various students... Some idiot put Strawberry Kisses by Nikki Webster (Must find them and kill them). Anyway my mates and I came up with Oasis - Wonderwall. And for an ironic song we came up with REM - Losing My Religion (We're a catholic school but we're all very reform). When I saw Whalesound had REM - It's The End Of The Wall I thought Losing My Religion would be hitting the nail on the head. I'll be writing it up on the list tomorrow.

― Ryan Smith, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:29 (twenty years ago)

Yah.............My class wants to use photograph by NickelBack. If you don't know what the song is about then i will tell you. It is about a high school dropout wanting to go back. Hmmm. Yah.

― Mayonaka Raven, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)

"1999" was pretty popular in 1999.

― petesmith (plsmith), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 13:06 (twenty years ago)

YES HE WAS VERY POPULAR DURING 1999

― MARVIN PHILANDER, Thursday, 6 October 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

We had Nirvana's "School"!
NO RECESS!

― Old School (sexyDancer), Thursday, 6 October 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

"Good Riddance" was three classes before ours. "I Will Remember You" was two. Some Ataris song ("In this Diary" or something) was a year before us. We got "Our Lives" by the Calling.

― ajlee, Thursday, 6 October 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

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