Show tunes: Wii Music licensed tracks revealed
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Oct 16th 2008 at 3:00PM }
While Nintendo has yet to release the complete track list for Wii Music, expected to feature some 50 tunes, Variety simply popped open the game manual and plucked out a list of credited, licensed music. (All 14 tracks are listed after the break.) It might not "rock," but hey, props to Nintendo for almost getting a Beatles song in the game -- John Lennon's ode to Yoko is close enough, right?
Licensed Wii Music:
- "Chariots of Fire" (theme) - Vangelis
- "Daydream Believer" - made famous by The Monkees
- "Every Breath You Take" - Sting
- "I'll be There" - made famous by The Jackson 5
- "I've Never Been to Me" - made famous by Charlene
- "Material Girl" - Madonna
- "Please Mr. Postman" - made famous by The Marvellettes
- "September" - Earth, Wind & Fire
- "Suriyaki"- Kyu Sakamoto*
- "The Loco-Motion" - made famous by Little Eva
- "Woman" - John Lennon
- "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - George Michael
- "Jingle Bell Rock" - made famous by by Bobby Helms
- "Do-Re-Mi" - Rogers and Hammerstein (from The Sound of Music)
*Trivia: The first and only song sung entirely in Japanese to top the Billboard pop charts in the US; doing so for three weeks in 1963.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 16th 2008 3:03PM
Huh...well last Thanksgiving I took Rock Band up to my grandparents and my grandpa was saying he would like to play it if they had older songs...Looks like it's wii music for him!
Ken Seang @ Oct 16th 2008 5:33PM
No don't buy wii music it will make nintendo think its the greatest thing ever!!!!
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 16th 2008 6:29PM
Don't worry, my grandpa still hasn't been able to get a wii. He does have a 360 though.
Morisato @ Oct 16th 2008 8:23PM
Coolest... Grandpa... EVAR!
Shagittarius @ Oct 16th 2008 3:04PM
"Chariots of Fire" (theme) - Vangelis
SOLD!
Jakka @ Oct 16th 2008 3:12PM
Awww...one of the songs that make everything EPIC! God I love those tunes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdHqdvb4qB4
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 16th 2008 3:05PM
It isn't as bad as many feared, that's for sure. Sure it isn't rock, but rock is, well, rock, and its very hard to make rock sound good with other instruments
This songs are more versatile, better suited for a game with a plethora of instruments to choose from.
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 16th 2008 3:08PM
Nah, I would rather be playing YYZ with a xylophone then these songs.
baby sea tuna @ Oct 16th 2008 3:48PM
I'd rather hum it while punching myself in the dick. I think that'd be more fun for me than playing Wii-music.
Neebs @ Oct 16th 2008 5:41PM
YYZ with a xylophone would be the most badass Youtube video EVER
time @ Oct 16th 2008 9:36PM
I would buy Wii Music if YYZ is in it. Just putting that out there.
Blank-Mage @ Oct 17th 2008 12:22AM
Hell, I'd RATHER play YYZ with a xylophone. That would be sweet.
Markez @ Oct 16th 2008 3:09PM
I think I just died a little inside.
Wait, wait, wait... DO RE MI from Sound of Music!? SOLD!
Esat Dedezade @ Oct 16th 2008 3:09PM
That picture....
Esat Dedezade @ Oct 16th 2008 3:10PM
What the hell... my profile pic has changed without me doing anything. Any one else having this problem? Also tells me I have made no previous posts, even though I has made hundreds!
Esat Dedezade @ Oct 16th 2008 3:12PM
What the HELL! Now its back to normal!!! I'm not crazy I tell you, I'm NOT!!!!
I have got to stop smoking lucky charms cereal...
Markez @ Oct 16th 2008 3:12PM
My pic seems to have been flip-flopping as well.
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 16th 2008 3:15PM
So its not just me then? phew!
I figured the system was just fucking with me
Jakka @ Oct 16th 2008 3:20PM
My other pic is back from the Naked Peach Brigade around the time MR.ESC went insane and persuaded me to change it for Bowser with Tits.Guess I'm prolly safe since whatever cache JQ has, it definitely doesn't hold month old pictures.
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 16th 2008 3:26PM
Markez and I both changed our avatars recently (my new one still isn't a week old yet), so it probably is a cache problem
OhJustSomeRandomGuy @ Oct 16th 2008 3:17PM
That list is epic fail. Epic Epic Fail, even.
I'm not going to evaluate it as how fun it is for older people, because I'm not an older person and I don't give a crap what they want to play.
This is going to be just as uncomfortable as fighting over the radio on long family road trips.
Monkeydog @ Oct 16th 2008 3:40PM
I'm 18 and I love the idea of a lot of these songs.
So...I don't even see where you're coming from.
D_Average @ Oct 16th 2008 5:12PM
"Wake Me UP"??
Nintendo has truly lost their mind.
Alzheimers @ Oct 16th 2008 3:20PM
That pic needs thoughtbubbles:
Guy on Left - "Ugh, do I look gay when I hold this thing like a ten dollar tranny holds a schlong?"
Lady in Green - "The mentally challenged children in my Bible studies class are going to TOTALLY dig this!"
Lady in Red - "Compared to the queer deep throating his wiimote over there, this guy's a hottie."
Guy in Blue - "Ooooh, Bob, that's it ... suck it...ooh yeah...you know you want to...grr...why is this chick staring at me like that?"
JohnMazz @ Oct 16th 2008 3:39PM
THIS!
Eh @ Oct 16th 2008 3:20PM
Im getting flashbacks of DDR and trying beat the Britney Spears song just to unlock the other songs... augh.
Anni @ Oct 16th 2008 3:31PM
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Oooooh shit, son, this game just skyrocketed to rental status!
Mr Bunky @ Oct 16th 2008 3:36PM
The track list is ALMOST as exciting as the photo.
Jack of All Trades @ Oct 16th 2008 3:43PM
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is by WHAM, not George Michael. WTF? There's another guy, and he's getting a couple of cents out of it!
Shiaoran @ Oct 16th 2008 3:46PM
Yay! I can waggle my wiimote around while listening to George Michael!
baby sea tuna @ Oct 16th 2008 3:53PM
Nintendo: Bringing your rest stop fantasies to life since 2008!
grydah @ Oct 16th 2008 3:56PM
Oh snap! Sukiyaki? That brings me back to my childhood. :)
Duke @ Oct 16th 2008 3:58PM
Bad. It just looks bad.
Metal Geario 360 @ Oct 16th 2008 4:30PM
LOL Duke, after the pic, im sorry couldnt get any further. The pic illustrates "casual" at its best.
Include some 80's tracks from like say, Karate Kid and im sold! Damned punk blondes with theyre surfer-do's and cool Karate' Gi's!
*goes back to training, presses play on Boom Box*
"You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down!"
Titanium_Orchid @ Oct 16th 2008 4:42PM
@Duke
Seconded
Blazur @ Oct 16th 2008 4:11PM
If y'all think that photo is pathetic, just wait until you see a series of commercials - now with extra forced fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGB2PbK5DAg
What a joke...
Yourself @ Oct 16th 2008 4:20PM
I like how everyone acts like a good track list could've saved this game. It was dead in the water, guys. Were your expectations really for some kind of music selection other than this?
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 16th 2008 4:35PM
My expectations were worse, quite frankly. It's a pretty nice list
Of course, i'm of the opinion that there is no bad music except Country Music
Madster @ Oct 16th 2008 4:58PM
Dead in the water?
This is going to make a killing and y'alls know it.
And just like Wii Fit and sports et al, you won't get it. That you're not getting it doesn't mean it won't do well. It's not for the core crowd.
I'm pretty sure my folks will have a blast with this.
Yes, I used the word "y'alls". That's how serious I am.
Yourself @ Oct 16th 2008 8:18PM
Yup, my comment pretty much explicitly referred to the fact that just about everyone here has made up their minds on this game already. It's the gameplay that's been criticized, not the music itself.
Blank-Mage @ Oct 17th 2008 12:32AM
I don't know if this will be a smash hit alongside all the other Wii titles, it may just be the Guitar Hero/Rock Band may have already won. My parents love Rock Band, throwing a mediocre track list like that and what you KNOW are going to be embarrassingly exaggerated and simplified gameplay into a game won't win them back. My point being, don't be so quick to dismiss the casuals as mindless Wii fiends. You may be right, but I'm reserving judgment.
J @ Oct 16th 2008 4:23PM
Well, I know that I'll be re-inacting the opening scene from Lethal Weapon as the topless coke-head suicidal Amanda Hunsaker while "rocking out" to "Jingle Bell Rock".
Or, maybe I'll just actually kill anyone I see playing it... is that still illegal in this case?
Blazur @ Oct 16th 2008 4:27PM
I will make it legal.
Rootbeer @ Oct 16th 2008 4:32PM
I want to be excited about this title, I really do, but from all the previews I've seen so far it appears that the musical quality of performances in this game are going to be roughly equivalent to a Gravis Ultrasound with 512KB of wavetable memory installed.
Pantomiming making music isn't any fun if the result sounds like the demo tune from a cheezy Casio keyboard.
Neuromancer @ Oct 16th 2008 4:32PM
Personally I prefer Chariots of Fur:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4a0rEogx54
Cold, with two tees @ Oct 16th 2008 4:33PM
Um...do they know "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" is by Wham!, not George Michael the solo artist? Or can we assume it's a version wherein Andruw Ridgely (aka "the other guy") is not featured?
yomachaser @ Oct 16th 2008 4:39PM
I love the amount of wine this game brings out of the "murder simulator" kids.
A game/toy based purely on making and sharing silly music videos, it's like kryptonite to the raging e-penis!
When this game sells millions are you guys going to stage mass suicides? Cannot wait for this game to come out!
Questworld @ Oct 18th 2008 2:12AM
Indeed. And this probably coming from people who keep throwing themselves over and over again onto the defective Xbox36o and the like. Talk about a glutton for punishment. And no, that's not a stab at the 360, but if you're going to call those who may like this game "fanboys" and "retards," well... perhaps you'd like to think back on times you did whatever you wanted against those who told you you're stupid for doing so and leave those who like this game to their heart's content. Yeesh. It's like listening to those fashion "experts" ragging on how celebrities dress up.
J @ Oct 16th 2008 4:43PM
Definitions of black humor on the Web:
comedy mingled with horror or a sense of the macabre; extremely bitter, morbid, or shocking humor.
the interweaving of macabre or horrid events with humorous or farcical ones. The term arose to describe "Theater of the Absurd," playwrights such as Beckett, Ionesco, and Pinter. It was then applied to such writers as Nathanael West, Joseph Heller, and Vladimir Nabokov. ...
the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or volatile, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc
How big is your e-penis, anyway?
WorMzy @ Oct 16th 2008 4:46PM
Wow, what a load of shit. =/
There'd better be downloadable content for people with taste.