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The National High Five Day Soundtrack is one of the grandest traditions of all of National High Five Day. The songs are carefully selected over the course of the year, and played non-stop as the lemonade flows. To qualify, a song must bear well the pressure of repeated listenings, sound good very loud and encapsulate the all around JOY of the holiday. Though there have been some missteps over the years, we stand by these mixes as the truest way to feel the spirit of the holiday.

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National High Five Day 2K7

    Superman Theme - John Williams
    Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady
    Honky Tonk Woman - Humble Pie
    Bicentennial - Loudon Wainwright III
    Can’t Hardly Wait (The Tim Version) - The Replacements
    I Love NYC - Andrew WK
    Free Love on the Free Love Freeway - David Brent
    Heretics - Andrew Bird
    Proud Mary - Ike & Tina
    Fans - Kings of Leon
    It Makes No Difference - My Morning Jacket
    Stand By Me - Oasis
    A Pillar of Salt - The Thermals
    Lonesome Cowboy Bill - Velvet Underground
    Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
    Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
    Dance, Dance, Dance - Neil Young
    American Music - The Hold Steady

National High Five Day 2K6

    Sly & The Family Stone, Everyday People
    The Bo Dukes, All My Fives Are High
    Flaming Lips, Turn It On
    Wynn Walent, Paramedic
    The Replacements, Bastards Of Young
    Lou Reed, Andy’s Chest
    Pablo, Loser Crew
    Jamie Lidell, Multiply
    Jay Mankind, East Village Strollin’
    Bruce Springsteen, Badlands
    Bob Dylan, Tell Me, Momma
    David Shultz, Tones
    John Lennon, Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
    Paul Westerberg, Mr. Rabbit
    Yeah Someday, Give Me Five
    Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
    Andrew Bird, Fake Palindromes
    Bright Eyes, Road To Joy
    Wolf Parade, I’ll Believe In Anything
    Elvis Presley, If I Can Dream
    The Hold Steady, How a Resurrection Really Feels

National High Five Day 2005

    The Obvious Child, Paul Simon
    Common People, William Shatner
    Mahgeeta, My Morning Jacket
    Chicken Payback, The Bees
    Thursday, The Features
    No One Takes Your Freedom For Granted, DJ Earworm
    Lookout Joe, Neil Young
    Working On The Highway, Bruce Springsteen
    I’m Waiting For The Day, Beach Boys
    Golden Boy, The Mountain Goats
    Don’t Look Back In Anger, Oasis
    Space Captain, Joe Cocker,
    Bright Lights, Matchbox 20
    Reasons To Smile, Los Halos
    All These Things That I’ve Done, The Killers
    End Of The Line, Travelling Wilburys
    Ripple, Grateful Dead
    I Believe In A Thing Called Love, The Darkness

National High Five Day 2004

    Beach Boys, You’re Welcome
    Simon & Garfunkel, A Simple Desultory Philippic
    Led Zeppelin, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
    David Bowie, Fill Your Heart
    Bob Dylan, You Ain’t Goin Nowhere
    Neutral Milk Hotel, Ghost
    Neutral Milk Hotel, Untitled
    Bob Dylan, Forever Young (Rocked out version)
    Pixies, Debaser
    Beatles, For No One
    Kings of Leon, Joe’s Head
    Johnny Cash, As Long As The Grass Shall Grow
    Neil Diamond, Thank the lord for the nighttime
    Leonard Cohen, Memories
    Van Morrison, Caravan
    Joe Strummer, Silver and Gold
    Oasis, All Around the World
    Lou Reed, This Magic Moment
    Flogging Molly, If I Ever Leave This World Alive
    The Langley Schools Project, I’m Into Something Good
    Bagpipes, Auld Lang Syne
    The Clash, Washington Bullets

National High Five Day 2003

    Aaron Coplan, Rodeo
    Rolling Stones, Rip This Joint
    James Brown, I Got That Feeling
    Ray Charles, Let The Good Times Roll
    John Lennon, Instant Karma
    Talking Heads, Uh-oh Love Comes To Town
    Bob Dylan, If you gotta go, go now, or else you gotta stay all night
    George Harrison, What Is Love (Backing Track)
    Ramones, California Sun
    Sublime, We’re Only Gonna Die From Our Own Arrogance
    Bright Eyes, Make War
    Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
    Paul Simon, Late In The Evening
    Flaming Lips, Do You Realize
    Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
    Disney Robin Hood Soundtrack, Phony King of England
    Paul Simon, Armistice Day
    Johnny Cash, Bridge Over Troubled Water
    Ray Charles, The Night Time Is the Right Time
    White Stripes, Boll Weevil
    The Clash, White Man In Hammersmith Palais

National High Five Day 2002

    Mother and Child Reunion, Paul Simon
    Second Hand News, Fleetwood Mac
    Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash
    City on Down, O.A.R
    Lovely Rita, The Beatles
    Me and Julio Down By the School Yard, Paul Simon
    Maggie Mae, Rod Stewart
    Volcano, Jimmy Buffet
    Hey Hey What Can I Do, Hootie & the Blowfish
    Mr. Brown, Bob Marley
    Head Held High, Velvet Underground
    Pressure Drop, The Clash
    Country Pie, Bob Dylan
    Shine a Light, Rolling Stones
    Sweet Black Magic, Ryan Adams
    Sweet and Dandy, Toots & The Maytalls
    Scarlet Begonias, Sublime
    Kiss, Prince
    Obviously Five Believers, Bob Dylan
    You Got It, Roy Orbison
    Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues, The Eels
    Keep the Customer Satisfied, Simon & Garfunkel
    Hotel Yorba, White Stripes
    I Fought the Law, The Clash

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