15 Audition-Friendly Pop Songs for Basses

Looking for new material to expand your vocal chops with? Or does your casting call specifically request non-musical theatre pop songs? With more pop musicals entering the scene, it’s becoming increasingly common to keep a prepared pop song in your back pocket. And because of that, we’ve put together a list of amazing pop songs for basses, broken down by tempo.


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Ballad Pop Songs for Basses

Alexandra Leaving” – Leonard Cohen

Forever Now” – Michael Bublé

Forgetting” – David Gray

The Ship Song” – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Trying My Best” – Anson Seabra


Midtempo Pop Songs for Basses

A Thousand Kisses Deep” – Leonard Cohen

Fake Empire” – The National

Light as the Breeze” – Leonard Cohen

On Being Frank” – Ben Folds Five

Saving the Best for Last” – Marc Cohn


Uptempo Pop Songs for Basses

Canyon Moon” – Harry Styles

Please Forgive Me” – David Gray

Silver Thunderbird” – Marc Cohn

The Carny” – Nick Cave

This Town” – Niall Horan


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Which of these bass pop songs is your favorite?

And what are you working on at the moment? We would love to hear all about it in the comments below! In the meantime, you can check out our database of best audition songs for specific musicals.


Stacy Karyn, author of Pop Songs for Basses.
Author: Stacy Karyn

Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She has a TESOL drama certificate, a BA in theatre, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.


 

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