What song would you choose for the school bell? help needed!!!

Why don't they have a bell?

anyway...something uplifting. maybe mr blue sky?

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown

I Feel Good - James Brown

With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles

Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson (mmmm...appropriate for schools? ?)

Oooh, gonna get my thinking cap on now for some more!! What a cool sounding school!

Oh my.... What fun I could have with that....

Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire

Alphaville - Forever Young

Glenn Miller - In The Mood

Madness - Our House

Smashing Pumpkins - Today

Green Day - Good Riddance/Time Of Your Life

(My more sensible suggestions)

Mr Brightside - The Killers
Revelry - Kings of Leon
Together - High School Musical
Wow - Kylie Minogue
So What - Pink

They're the first 5 songs I thought of, sorry about that ?

Just asked my OH and he suggested a 'beep' and they have to get to their next class before the next beep or they get beheaded...he's not really entering into the spirit of things.

Ooh how fab!

My thoughts would be

Mr Brightside - Killers

Destiny Calling - James

Design for life - Manic Street Preachers

Song for whoever - Beautiful South

Oh my goodness this is fun, some great suggestions already. How on earth am I going to choose one?!

Got to put the kids to bed but back shortly.

Ooooh I forgot about They might be giants Birdhouse in your soul its fab

Strange ides but I quite like it, anything would be better than the bell, siren, flashing lights combo we now have!

Don't know what age range you have, but I have used M people - proud, S club 7 - reach for the stars (not sure I could cope with that all week though!! although I have used it for SATs week before) can't think of any more at the minute.

Sorry just re-read and realised you said secondary, mine are probably more primary based.

i love that song ?

what about dont stop by fleetwood mac?

Wish they did this when I was at school!

I'd choose Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode. They'd all know the lyrics from The Saturdays but they would get to hear the song in its original glory.

How fab! We have a totally horrendous bell. I'm a music teacher and would love your system...

I'd suggest

• Build me up Buttercup- The Foundations
• Birdhouse in your soul- They Might Be Giants
• Swing swing- All American Rejects
• Afternooon Delight- Fromw the Anchorman soundtrack (You'd be pushing it...)
• Play that funky music- Wild Cherry

Gosh, I wish my school could do this! I might suggest it when I go back from Maternity leave.

Don't stop me now- Queen (or I suppose you could do the McFly cover)

Hey, you get off my cloud- Rolling Stones

Wake me up before you go go- Wham (think the jitterbug start would be great)

In the Air tonight- Genesis

Magic Moments- Perry Como (Only because I love singing this and then hearing people singing it hours later because it's become their earworm!!!)

I also agree with the Glenn Miller In the Mood (it's our doorbell chime and we love it in a cheesefest way!!)

Thanks so much for the suggestions. Me and H are having great fun discussing them and singing the tunes. A couple I need to look up as can't think of what they are ?

We moved into a new building a couple of years ago and it was decided that the school bell would be music. It usually works really well. Some music delays the students and they don't hurry to lessons. Some moves them off the corridors fast and they dance to the next lesson! I personally don't like this week's choice which is Hoobastank - Change Direction. Chosen by the Head. Some kids did not move well to the next lesson.It is really interesting how music to affect the entire school! Also you can start the week loving the music and then by the end of the week hate it and not like it ever again because it reminds you of school.

A few suggestions have been done already and both went down well including Valerie and Build me up Buttercup.

I like loads of suggestions including With a little Help from my Friends and Time of your life. Hmmm ....

All you need is love - The Beatles

Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Rae Cyrus (that'll teach them for liking his daughter)

Young Hearts (run free)

REM - shiny happy people

Pat & Mick - Let's all chant ?

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing or walk of life

You could maybe draw some inspiration from the musicals...

Defying Gravity - Wicked

Title song from Sound of Music

Title song from Phantom of the Opera

Any Dream Will Do - Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

Consider Yourself - Oliver

Not everyone's cup of tea, obviously, but I put them on in the car on the way to work and I do find a good musical wakes me up in the morning if I'm feeling particularly comatose.

I would choose something daft like wired for sound, the chicken song, star trekin, amarillo, babooshka...... Just to see everyone's faces ?

I don't Like mondays

Baggy Trousers

OR, ooh! Ooh! How about Greensleeves a la an ice cream van, that should cheer them up!