Top 100 Piano Bar/Dueling Piano Songs

100 Must-Play Piano Bar & Dueling Piano Songs

Whether you’re running the show at a piano bar, working a dueling piano gig, or just curating the ultimate sing-along setlist, this list has you covered. From classic rock to pop, country to soul, these songs are guaranteed crowd-pleasers. We’ve gathered 100 of the best piano bar and dueling piano songs that keep the audience engaged, singing, and dancing all night long.

The Ultimate Piano Bar Song List

1. Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
2. Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
3. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
4. Piano Man – Billy Joel
5. Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
6. Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
7. I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett
8. Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
9. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
10. Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
11. Mr. Brightside – The Killers
12. Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard
13. Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
14. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
15. Bennie and the Jets – Elton John
16. Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
17. Crocodile Rock – Elton John
18. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
19. American Pie – Don McLean
20. Rocket Man – Elton John
21. Tiny Dancer – Elton John
22. Take It Easy – Eagles
23. Walkin’ in Memphis – Marc Cohn
24. Mustang Sally – Mack Rice
25. Hotel California – Eagles
26. Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
27. Old Time Rock and Roll – Bob Seger
28. What I Got – Sublime
29. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
30. New York, New York – Frank Sinatra
31. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
32. Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
33. Proud Mary – CCR
34. My Girl – The Temptations
35. Hey Jude – Beatles
36. Family Tradition – Hank Jr.
37. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
38. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
39. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – Aretha Franklin
40. Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
41. Yesterday – Beatles
42. Unchained MelodyMelodyA succession of pitches perceived by the mind as a unity. The “horizontal” aspect of music.The Savvy Take: The melody is the King. Everything else (chords, rhythm, bass) exists to serve the King. If the accompaniment is drowning out the melody, you are committing treason.View in glossary → – Righteous Brothers
43. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
44. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
45. What’s Up? – 4 Non Blondes
46. Footloose – Kenny Loggins
47. Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
48. My Favorite Things – Sound of Music
49. Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John
50. You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy Newman
51. Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
52. I Love This Bar – Toby Keith
53. Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band
54. People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
55. Life Is a Highway – Rascal Flatts
56. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
57. Amazed – Lonestar
58. Springsteen – Eric Church
59. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
60. Your Song – Elton John
61. Vienna – Billy Joel
62. New York State of Mind – Billy Joel
63. Saturday in the Park – Chicago
64. Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
65. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
66. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
67. Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan
68. Desperado – Eagles
69. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
70. Maggie May – Rod Stewart
71. Let It Be – Beatles
72. Easy – Commodores
73. You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
74. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
75. The Weight – The Band
76. Layla – Eric Clapton
77. Hard to Handle – Otis Redding
78. What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
79. You Make Me Feel (Like a NaturalNaturalA symbol used to cancel a previous accidental (sharp or flat), restoring a note to its original pitch.The Savvy Take: Think of the Natural sign as the “Reset Button.” It clears the cache for that measure. Remember, the bar line automatically acts as a natural sign for accidentals from the previous measure, but composers often add “courtesy naturals” just to be safe. Thank them for it.View in glossary → Woman) – Aretha Franklin
80. Have You Ever Seen the Rain – CCR
81. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
82. I Feel the Earth Move – Carole King
83. In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
84. A Horse with No Name – America
85. Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman
86. Can’t You See – Marshall Tucker Band
87. I Try – Macy Gray
88. Man on the Moon – R.E.M.
89. Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
90. Suzie Q – CCR
91. Neon Moon – Brooks & Dunn
92. Drift Away – Uncle Kracker
93. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
94. Black Magic Woman – Santana
95. The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby
96. Time of the Season – The Zombies
97. Piano & I – Alicia Keys
98. Valerie – Amy Winehouse
99. Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
100. September – Earth, Wind & Fire

Artists with Multiple Appearances

Elton John

• Bennie and the Jets
• Crocodile Rock
• Rocket Man
• Tiny Dancer
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight
• Your Song
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Billy Joel

• Piano Man
• Vienna
• New York State of Mind

Beatles

• Hey Jude
• Yesterday
• Let It Be

CCR

• Proud Mary
• Have You Ever Seen the Rain
• Suzie Q

Stevie Wonder

• Sir Duke
• Superstition
• You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Frank Sinatra

• New York, New York
• Fly Me to the Moon