’30-Day Song Challenge’ – a musical game

Michelle Corbett

’30-Day Song Challenge’

Japan and its tsunami”¦ the bombing of Libya… anarchist protesters storming the capital”¦

Man, it’s tough to know what to sit and ponder these days, which is why me and my socially-conscious and profoundly philosophical Facebook friends are all obsessing over the ’30-Day Song Challenge’ ”“ a suitably ridiculous task which half-a-million people to date have felt the primitive and inexplicable urge to undertake.

The rules are genius in their simplicity. Each day you must forget all the work you should be doing, sit with your fingers poised over your keyboard and stare blankly into the abyss of YouTube’s ”Ëœsearch’ bar ”“ awaiting divine inspiration.

When a suitably insane period of time has passed and you have settled on your answer to that day’s poser, you upload the relevant video clip to your Facebook profile. You then sit back and wait for your friends to ”Ëœlike’ your status or, if you’ve experienced a particular stroke of genius, reply with something like: ”ËœTuuuuunnnneeee!’

Finally, lay awake till stupid o’clock worrying if it was really wise to admit ”ËœThe Birdie Song’ is your ”Ëœguilty pleasure’. Repeat for a further 29 days and occasionally bully others to follow in your footsteps.

So if you too have far too much time on your hands then here are the rules in their full pointless glory. It’s the most fun you can have on Facebook (well, apart from stalking people obviously).

day 01 Рyour favourite songӬ
day 02 Рyour least favourite songӬ
day 03 Рa song that makes you happy Ӭ
day 04 Рa song that makes you sadӬ
day 05 Рa song that reminds you of someoneӬ
day 06 Рa song that reminds you of somewhereӬ
day 07 – a song that reminds you of a certain event
Ӭday 08 Рa song that you know all the words toӬ
day 09 Рa song that you can dance toӬ
day 10 – a song that makes you fall asleep
Ӭday 11 Рa song from your favourite band Ӭ
day 12 Рa song from a band you hate Ӭ
day 13 Рa song that is a guilty pleasure Ӭ
day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love
Ӭday 15 Рa song that describes you
Ӭday 16 Рa song that you used to love but now hate Ӭ
day 17 Рa song that you hear often on the radioӬ
day 18 – a song that you wish you heard on the radio
Ӭday 19 Рa song from your favourite albumӬ
day 20 – a song that you listen to when you’re angry
”¨day 21 – a song that you listen to when you’re happy
”¨day 22 – a song that you listen to when you’re sad”¨
day 23 – a song that you want to play at your wedding
Ӭday 24 Рa song that you want to play at your funeralӬ
day 25 Рa song that makes you laughӬ
day 26 Рa song that you can play on an instrumentӬ
day 27 Рa song that you wish you could playӬ
day 28 Рa song that makes you feel guiltyӬ
day 29 – a song from your childhood
Ӭday 30 Рyour favourite song at this time last year