The song, “Come a Little Closer” became a massive hit, topping multiple charts and seeing widespread radio play. With it, they began leaning more into the alt rock/alternative genres. It wasn’t until 2013, with their third album, “Melophobia,” that they began establishing their own sound. Their next album, “Thank You Happy Birthday,” came in 2011, also with heavy punk rock influences.

Most famously, the album featured “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” arguably the song they are most known for. Let her go was a huge smash when it came out in 2012, and has since become a staple of bar gigs the world over, and it’s easy to see why – the song is easy to play, sounds great, and can be a huge singalong moment in the right atmosphere.Have you ever listened to one or two songs by an artist and then never visited anything else of theirs until years later, only to realize you really like their music? That’s Cage the Elephant for me.Ĭage the Elephant formed in 2006, though they did not release an album until 2008, with “Cage the Elephant.” At its core, the album was alt rock, however it had heavy punk rock influences, especially with the intro song, “In One Ear,” a middle finger to critics. This is a great song to start a set with as it doesn’t come out too hard, but is well known enough to get people’s attention and to get them singing along to themselves – warming them up to getting a boogie going! The song really shines if you have two guitars, and especially if there’s a male and female voice. Guitar wise the whole song uses a simple chord progression that’s very comfortable in the hands to play, but in typical Neil fashion, the voicings are effective and sound incredible. The song has a really infectious verse melody that almost rivals that of the chorus, performed by singer Liam Gallagher and is something the audience will feel compelled to join in on. It was even named the second greatest song of all time by Q magazine. With it going quintuple platinum and topping the charts the world over. One of the best selling singles of all time not just by Oasis, but in the world. You knew it was coming, probably the number 1 most covered song of all time to the point where it’d feel odd if you saw an acoustic performance at a pub finish and this song hadn’t been played. Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk.The Chainsmokers – Something Just Like This.Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day.

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