Funny party songs to hype up your year-end and New Year gatherings [2025]
Feeling troubled because you’ve been asked to provide entertainment for the year-end or New Year party? That’s a common dilemma around the holiday season.
It’s especially hard to turn down when the request comes from your boss or a senior colleague, isn’t it? For you, we recommend entertainment that uses music, like dance or karaoke.
Music often transcends generations, so it’s a safer bet that’s less likely to fall flat.
On top of that, choosing a comic song or trying an impression or a distinctive costume is sure to be a hit! In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of perfect songs for this kind of performance.
Find the one that suits you best and get some laughs!
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Funny crowd-pleasing songs for year-end and New Year parties [2025] (21–30)
HikomaroGroup Soul
Group Tamashii’s aptly titled song “Hikomaro” is an ode to talent and gourmet reporter Hikomaro.
It’s included on their 2015 album “20 People,” and the music video even features Hikomaro himself.
The lyrics compile many of his famous lines from food reports, making it packed with comedic flair.
It’s the perfect track for a party where food is being served.
We also recommend turning your own food on the table into a parody by doing Hikomaro-style tasting reports and singing them as alternate lyrics! It’s sure to liven up any fun meal—so sing along and give those food reports your all.
Kumamoto Surprise!Kumamon
Especially recommended for those living in Kyushu! This is the song that often plays when Kumamon, the now nationwide beloved yuru-chara, makes an appearance.
If you do a full-body black Kumamon cosplay, laughter is guaranteed! The choreography is simple, so the key is how sharply and energetically you dance.
Fun, crowd-pleasing novelty songs for year-end and New Year parties [2025] (31–40)
Being human is niceManga Nihon Mukashibanashi
A nationally beloved song that just about anyone could sing all the way through.
The more innocently you dance along like in the video, the more laughs you’ll get.
You could even make a movie that recreates the footage! Since it’s an anime ending theme, it also works well as an exit song after other party acts.
OjapamenDowntown
It’s a lively song performed by Downtown and the other regular members of the show “Downtown no Gotsu Ee Kanji.” It’s a cover of “Ojebame Iyagi” by the Korean idol group Fire Truck.
Although it sounds like Korean, the lyrics were transcribed into katakana by Yuichi Kimura, a writer for the show, based on how he heard them, which makes it amusing in part because the meaning doesn’t always come through.
Now that K-pop is popular and people have more opportunities to hear Korean, the oddness of the lyrics might be even more fun to appreciate.
Adult BlueAtarashii Gakkou no Leaders
Otona Blue, which has been blowing up since 2023, was actually a song released by ATARASHII GAKKO! in 2020.
It started trending on TikTok around the end of 2022 after the head-shaking dance in the chorus drew attention.
Many of you have probably seen this dance on TikTok or YouTube.
Including the other choreography, the quirky moves throughout the whole song really stand out, so performing it on a school festival stage is sure to hype up the crowd! Just note that the dance is surprisingly challenging, so take your time practicing.
A-I-UuWith Mother / With Mom (commonly known as “With Mother” or “With Mom”; also the title of a Japanese children’s TV show, often rendered in English as “With Mother” or “With Mom”)
If your group is mostly young people, this is the one! “A-I-U,” the song that men and women around their 30s can’t help but move to, was performed at the end of every episode of NHK’s Okaasan to Issho.
More people might remember it when they hear the melody rather than the title.
Center the ‘big brother’ singer role, and let’s all become kids again and dance!
DansharismUchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai
This is a song by Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai, a band that champions everyday-life loud rock.
It was released digitally on December 20, 2024, with the music video dropping the same day.
Perfect for the year-end cleaning season, the track centers on the theme of decluttering.
The lyrics humorously and relatably capture the struggle of trying to sort out unwanted items but getting stuck because of memories and lingering attachments.
Crank up this explosive tune and get yourself hyped!