ˈsing-along, n. and a.
Also sing-a-long and as one word.
[f. the vbl. phr. to sing along: see sing v.1 1 e.]
A. n.
1. A song or recording to which one can sing along in accompaniment (esp. a light popular song with an easy rhythm).
| 1959 Time 17 Aug. 60/3 The nation's mature citizens are merely striking back at rock'n'roll, buying the sing⁓alongs. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 23/1 A Gay Nineties room with sing-alongs, familiar tunes of that era. 1971 Ink 31 July 16/2 Those ringing certainties which made ‘Woodstock’ and ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ into such cosy sing-alongs. 1981 J. Wainwright Urge for Justice i. xii. 84 He could tickle the old ivories..could hammer out a singalong with the best. |
2. A sing-song to the accompaniment of a song-leader or tune.
| 1973 B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xxii. 256 There would be a sing-along, or the manager maybe would just pull a lucky number from a hat. 1975 Daily Mail 9 June 18/1 Someone in the next room's having a sing-along! 1979 Guardian 27 June 11/8 The insulting..notion that working-class audiences want only a beery community sing-along on their night out. |
B. adj. Of a song, recording, etc.: to which one can sing along in accompaniment. Of or characterized by this unsophisticated but cheerful style.
| 1959 [see sing v.1 1 e]. 1967 Melody Maker 1 Apr. 9 How can the Beatles' best..single yet be ousted by so many sing-along melodies and slush-ridden lyrics? 1974 Financ. Times 24 Apr. 2/3 Happy music in singalong style. 1977 P. Hill Liars ii. 9 A group of relatives were following the words of a sing-along record. |