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Top songs to sing during the haze

SINGAPORE — The haze has been a constant bugbear for years now, and many netizens have once again taken to the Internet to complain about the situation. But some have been a little more creative than others and come up with musical expressions to vent their frustration. Because, really, there’s only one thing to do in a situation like this: Sing.

SINGAPORE — The haze has been a constant bugbear for years now, and many netizens have once again taken to the Internet to complain about the situation. But some have been a little more creative than others and come up with musical expressions to vent their frustration. Because, really, there’s only one thing to do in a situation like this: Sing.

Here then, are our favourite songs about the haze.

I GOT A FEWLING. (https://youtu.be/KpyNtFN-tG0). This has to kick off our list. Parodying The Black Eyed Peas’ smash hit, I Gotta Feeling, one of Singapore’s funniest commentators, Mr Brown, launches into a hilarious sing-speak rant about the hazy days. It may have been recorded in 2010, but it still resonates till this very day. And with lyrics such as “I got a fewling that today I will kena sore eye” and “That today my hamster confirm die”, it’s still as funny as when we first heard it all those years ago.

ALL I EVER SEE IS HAZE (https://youtu.be/URel2lMS_a4). This 2013 parody track riffs The Everly Brothers 1958 hit, All I Have To Do Is Dream (complete with Phil and Don-style harmonies). Sample lyrics such as: “When I smell you, I feel so cham (Hokkien for troubled)/ when I breathe you, my health is harmed”. It’s hard not to smile at this kickback against the hazy situation.

LET IT GO (HAZE PARODY) https://youtu.be/ScWUaHpTbk4. Someone turned the lyrics to Disney’s biggest musical hit into a song about the haze. ‘Nuff said.

HAZE GETS IN MY EYES (https://youtu.be/v1akIPtumHE). A parody of yet another 1958 hit. This time, Singaporean musician Marcel Lee Pereira contributed this slightly more serious interpretation of The Platters’ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. It’s not as funny as Mr Brown’s song, but he does have a better voice.

H.A.Z.E. (https://youtu.be/phK_QDmm6h8). Even Nat King Cole is not spared. Alvin Oon takes on the evergreen 1965 love song, L-O-V-E, and turns it into a funny tip of the hat to the smog-filled season with lyrics such as “H is horrible air quality…” You get the picture.

IT’S SO HAZY (https://youtu.be/bMrKgUf1ByI). There must be something about 1958 to have so many people doing parodies of songs from that year. Here, Eugene Tan and his mates perform a rough ‘n’ ready rendition of Buddy Holly and The Crickets’ song, It’s So Easy.

INDONESIA HAZE PARODY SONG (https://youtu.be/zc_ngIuYjIY). Popular radio DJ Marcus Chin gets the laughs going with this Chinese version of The Nolans’ Sexy Music.

SINGAPORE’S MOST EPIC HAZE SONG (https://youtu.be/ZsbUvDx-JuE). Admittedly, this isn’t as epic as the title purports it to be, but it’s still quite funny to hear Britney Spears’ Crazy turned into a diatribe about the air pollution.

HAZE SO SUSAH (https://youtu.be/uHvhTNaXqhY). Some may cringe when they hear how the hit song Hey Soul Sister by American band Train has been parodied into musical lament about the hazy conditions. (But that’s only because they don’t have a sense of humour.)

HAZE 2015 (https://youtu.be/VzxDKqCJIHc). It must be said that if you’re looking for a quick laugh, you’re not going to get it with this one, which is actually a veritable rocker that sounds like it could come out of a musical about the haze. But as Brian Pereira — who wrote this song in 1994 (yes, there was haze all the way back when) — said: “It is still relevant today in Singapore. Some things never change.”

HAZE (https://youtu.be/I6DD9jZzzVs). Our northern neighbours weren’t spared the haze either, so the jocks from Hitz FM came up with this medley of tunes about how they felt about their smoggy situation.

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