The Ukulele Alphabet: Best Song Ever by One Direction
Letter O, Week 1
“Best Song Ever” by One Direction
My BFF cat lady Lauren once gifted me a mug that says “Best Cat Mom Ever” and it does the very crucial job of making me laugh every time I take it in or out of the glassware cabinet.
It also does a second, unintentional job: of putting “Best Song Ever” into my head as an earworm every time I look at the mug graphic. Which is a great thing to happen at 5:30 am on the regular.
See? Now it’s in your head too. I dare you to look at this mug and NOT start singing “the best cat mom ev-eeeerrrr!”
THANK YOU, LAUREN.
There’s a third job going on here: to experiment with how certain songs translate to the ukulele.
I was pleasantly surprised to hear how well the highly produced, electronics-heavy songs from reputation came through as acoustic versions in the Surprise Songs project (and in Eras Tour videos, duh), so I wanted to throw in a few unexpected bangers and out-of-left-field choices on this project.
We already saw a success (I hope!!) with “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” — maybe not a banger in your opinion, but definitely something that challenged me when switching from piano to ukulele.
There are a few more iiiinteresting choices to come, so stay tuned.
Listen to the original version of “Best Song Ever”:
What’s the Ukulele Alphabet?
Read all about my 2025 ukulele performance project (and its rules) here.
I want to A-B-SEEEE some more!
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