Most people have a repertoire of song lyrics in their head. This activity offers the fun of recalling them, the opportunity to belt them out without anxiety about singing "well", and the aspect of learning which songs "everyone" in the group knows and which are familiar to only you.
A more rapid back-and-forth way to do the game:
One team comes up with a word - they have to have at least one song in mind that includes that word - it has to be a "real" song, not one made up on the spot. Try a unique word that will make it difficult.
The other has a very short time to come up with one song using that word. If they can't, the first team sings their song with that word to prove it was legitimate.
Another option for any version of the game: everyone on the team joins in the singing - no solos necessary - and once a song is started, the other team too can join in with the singing. Belt it out!
The competition can be minimized by continuing with the back-and-forth without score-keeping.
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