50 Best Songs With High Pitched Vocals
High Note Anthems that Hit You in the Chest
There’s a weird kind of charge that hits when a voice cuts through a track and shoots up into that wild high register. It’s not clean or smooth all the time. Sometimes it quivers. Sometimes it wails. It’s the sound of a feeling trying to claw its way out. And when it breaks through, even if the words are half unintelligible, your brain still goes oh—this means something. These aren’t songs that aim for technical perfection. They lean all the way into the pitch until it becomes its own kind of punctuation, a breathless underline at the edge of a lyric that already hurt.
Nobody’s coasting through these songs with a full tank of chill. These are cracked-open vocal takes that sound like they were recorded in a single go with the mic too close and the room too small. And that’s kind of the point. There’s power in someone choosing not to smooth it out. A falsetto squeak, a piercing run, a voice barely holding onto the note before it slips away. You can hear the difference between trying to sound high and trying to feel high. It’s big swings, no safety net. Even pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all end up hitting the same nerve when the vocals take that leap.
Some of these tracks explode in the first chorus, others creep up before cracking open like glass under heat. You don’t always see it coming. That’s what makes it hit harder. It’s like a secret engine buried under the melody, and when it kicks in, the whole thing lifts off a few inches. These are the songs that make you freeze mid-step or skip the replay button and let them roll again. Here are the best songs with high pitched vocals that hit like a gut punch.
Top 10 High Vocal Range Songs
1. 'Emotions'—Mariah Carey
2. 'I Will Always Love You'—Whitney Houston
3. 'Chandelier'—Sia
4. 'Dream On'—Aerosmith
5. 'Bohemian Rhapsody'—Queen
6. 'The Great Gig in the Sky'—Pink Floyd
7. 'Lovin' You'—Minnie Riperton
8. 'Take On Me'—a-ha
9. 'Listen'—Beyoncé
10. 'Open Arms'—Journey
High Note Vocal Performances #11—20
11. 'Rolling in the Deep'—Adele
12. 'Titanium'—David Guetta featuring Sia
13. 'I'll Never Love Again'—Lady Gaga
14. 'Run'—Leona Lewis
15. 'The Power of Love'—Celine Dion
16. 'Vision of Love'—Mariah Carey
17. 'Never Enough'—Loren Allred (from The Greatest Showman)
18. 'Skyscraper'—Demi Lovato
19. 'Halo'—Beyoncé
20. 'Queen of the Night Aria'—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (from The Magic Flute)
Songs With Impressive High Vocals #21—30
21. 'Nessun Dorma'—Giacomo Puccini (from Turandot)
22. 'Gethsemane'—Ian Gillan (from Jesus Christ Superstar)
23. 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love'—The Darkness
24. 'Show Must Go On'—Queen
25. 'Cry Me a River'—Justin Timberlake
26. 'Hallelujah'—Leonard Cohen
27. 'Since U Been Gone'—Kelly Clarkson
28. 'Stay With Me'—Sam Smith
29. 'All by Myself'—Celine Dion
30. 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'—Bonnie Tyler
Songs Featuring High Register Vocals #31—40
31. 'Wuthering Heights'—Kate Bush
32. 'Hello'—Adele
33. 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going'—Jennifer Holliday
34. 'The Voice Within'—Christina Aguilera
35. 'God Bless the Child'—Whitney Houston
36. 'Love on Top'—Beyoncé
37. 'Someone Like You'—Adele
38. 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)'—Phil Collins
39. 'Kiss'—Prince
40. 'Earth Song'—Michael Jackson
High Vocal Performance Songs #41—50
41. 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'—Simon & Garfunkel
42. 'Purple Rain'—Prince
43. 'Don't Stop Believin''—Journey
44. 'Listen to Your Heart'—Roxette
45. 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'—Mariah Carey
46. 'Alone'—Heart
47. 'I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing'—Aerosmith
48. 'Great Balls of Fire'—Jerry Lee Lewis
49. 'Tiny Dancer'—Elton John
50. 'Child in Time'—Deep Purple
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