Grab your friends and family and warm up those vocal chords! It’s time to transform your next get-together into a memory-making musical affair with "Lips: Number One Hits." Combined with the original "Lips" game, "Lips: Number One Hits" sets the stage for the ultimate singing party with a new collection of global chart-topping songs to satisfy even the choosiest of performers. So regardless if your preferred stage is an amphitheatre, or just your living room, everyone will love the latest from Xbox 360’s exclusive singing franchise.
Lips: Number One Hits features popular tracks spanning diverse genres and generations that have graced the No. 1 position on major global charts.
Complete Tracklist:
Artist
Song Title
Song Fun Fact
Country
2Pac feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
California Love
This song earned 2Pac a posthumous Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance, Duo or Group, in 1997.
U.S.
Akon
Don’t Matter
Akon made music history by simultaneously holding the #1 and #2 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart twice, in 2007 with this song.
U.S.
Aqua
Barbie Girl
A breakthrough international hit, this song featured the band’s lead singers as the toy couple Barbie and Ken in the music video.
Denmark
Atomic Kitten
The Tide is High (Get the Feeling)
This song, originally performed by The Paragons in 1967, was also covered by Blondie, among many others.
U.K.
Beck
Loser
His first breakout hit, this song was an example of Beck’s practice of making up ridiculous songs, just to see if the audience was listening.
U.S.
Black Eyed Peas
Don't Phunk With My Heart
Influenced by Indian music, this song sampled the Bollywood cult hit film "Don," a movie about a man posing as the leader of a gang of international smugglers.
U.S.
Blondie
Heart of Glass
This hit song is ranked #255 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Times.
U.S.
Bob Sinclar
Love Generation
This song was featured during the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament hosted in Germany when Italy defeated France.
France
Bobby McFerrin
Don't Worry, Be Happy
This song was the artist’s only #1 single, back in 1988.
U.S.
Colbie Caillat
Bubbly
This song was posted on the artist’s MySpace profile, which was the top unsigned artist profile in her genre for four months.
U.S.
Coldplay
Viva la Vida
The band’s first #1 U.S. and trans-Atlantic single, from their fourth album.
U.K.
Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
The group's biggest hit and only U.S. #1 back in 1984.
U.K.
Cutting Crew
(I Just) Died in Your Arms
This smash hit reached #1 in 1986 and helped to give Virgin Records its first U.S. number one record.
U.K.
DJ Ötzi
Hey Baby
A remake of a 1962 song by Bruce Channel, the 2002 DJ Ötzi version soared from #45 to #1 on the U.K. charts.
Austria
Extreme
More Than Words
This tender acoustic ballad ironically was the metal band’s most successful single.
U.S.
Fergie
Big Girls Don’t Cry
This single from The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie is #89 on Billboard's Hot 100 list of All-Time Top Songs.
U.S.
Fine Young Cannibals
She Drives Me Crazy
This single was a worldwide #1 hit for the band and was most recently covered by the legendary singer/actress Dolly Parton.
U.K.
James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado
Broken Strings
From the British sensation’s sophomore album, this is his most successful single to date.
U.K.
Jason Mraz
I’m Yours
While this artist’s music has appeared on the charts since 2003, this single is his first chart-topping hit.
U.S.
Kanye West
Heartless
This is the first single in "pop art" music, a new genre which West describes as making pop music in an "artistic" way.
U.S.
Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis
Just Dance
The debut song of this very theatrical pop singer became an international smash hit, in the U.S., Europe and beyond.
U.S.
Lily Allen
The Fear
From her second album, this song is the artist’s social commentary about the dark side of celebrity and consumer culture.
U.K.
LL Cool J
Around The Way Girl
This ballad was the highest chart-rising single of the rapper/actor's biggest selling album.
U.S.
Mariah Carey
Touch My Body
This song was Carey's 18th #1, which pushed her into second place behind the Beatles as the artist with the most chart-topping singles.
U.S.
Marvin Gaye
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
A landmark song in pop music, it’s #80 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
U.S.
MC Hammer
U Can't Touch This
The artist is currently a sensation on the small screen, by starring in his own reality show called Hammertime.
U.S.
Nickelback
How You Remind Me
This hit single earned the Canadian band four Grammy nominations and four JUNO awards.
Canada
Pet Shop Boys
Always on My Mind
The Daily Telegraph’s music critics ranked the band's cover of this Brenda Lee song as #2 of the all-time best cover songs.
U.K.
Plain White T's
Hey There Delilah
This song was written as an ode to a girl named Delilah that the band’s singer met only once by chance in NYC.
U.S.
Rihanna
Disturbia
The artist’s longest lasting hit on the U.S. Hot 100 chart.
Barbados
Robbie Williams
Millennium
A former member of the boy band Take That, this single was Williams’ first solo chart-topper in the U.K. and became his first single to be released in the U.S.
U.K.
Roxette
The Look
The words to this 1998 hit single were originally written for singing practice as guide lyrics.
Sweden
Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman
This song was inspired by Orbison’s wife as she "walked down the street" to the store; he actually finished writing the entire song by the time she returned.
U.S.
Scissor Sisters
I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
This song was written with the legendary artist Elton John and features his piano playing in the melody.
U.S.
Sugababes
Push the Button
This song was the girl group’s fourth #1 single in the U.K. and topped the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles.
U.K.
Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
This successful single was written and recorded in two weeks, becoming the band’s first Billboard Hot 100 #1 and peaking at #2 on the U.K. Top 40 chart.
U.K.
The Beach Boys
I Get Around
This song became the first top 10 hit in the U.S. and U.K. for the harmonizing group.
U.S.
The Cardigans
Lovefool
This love song was a smashing success on both sides of the Pacific, topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and hitting #2 on the U.K. singles chart. It was also featured in the movie, Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Sweden
Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
Apologize
This is currently the most legally downloaded song in the U.S.
U.S.
Tokio Hotel
Ready, Set, Go!
This is the German band’s English version of "Übers Ende der Welt" which was a number one hit in Germany.
Germany
In addition to the songs available on disc, "Lips" fans will be able customize their "Number One Hits" set list with a theme pack of their choice containing five additional songs, available to download for free on Xbox LIVE. This summer, singers can help decide what themes will be available for "Lips: Number One Hits" by voting for their favorite themes at xbox.com/lips.
Combined with the power of the motion-sensitive LED wireless microphones, which are compatible with the top third-party music games releasing this fall, "Lips: Number One Hits" should let even the shiest closet singers grab a mic and strut their stuff with friends and family.
Lips: Number One Hits and the original Lips game combine to create the ultimate singing party, with more songs to keep the fun rocking all night long. But for singers with an insatiable appetite for variety, both the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the in-game Get Music Store feature a vast library of tunes that can be downloaded for both titles. New tracks of all genres and artist-specific songs packs are added regularly each week, so personal catalogs can keep growing and growing. "Lips," combined with the power of Xbox LIVE, makes Xbox 360 the best destination for music game fans.
Lips: Number One Hits is scheduled to launch on Xbox 360 Oct. 2009.
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