- This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do
in my entire life. - This is not fair!
- Oh, that brings back so many memories.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, you're doing a Try Not to Sing Challenge.
- Yes! Those are my favorite. I always lose.
- I was actually talking to someone today.
I was like, "I really wanna do a Try Not to Sing Challenge."
My dreams come true, guys.
- (FBE) This time, there's a twist.
- Okay. I'm listening.
- (FBE) As we just entered 2018, we thought we'd take a look
at some of the songs that might be nostalgic for you.
- (gasps) Oh gosh. - So either from 2008...
Yeah, it's a decade old, huh?
- (FBE) All these songs are celebrating
their 10-year anniversary this year,
since they were all released in 2008.
- Ah, man. I'm gonna start coming up with lyrics
that I haven't sung in years. - My elementary school years.
I feel like I was probably just listening
to whatever my parents were listening to.
- Oh my gosh. This is gonna be my childhood album.
- (FBE) So as always, there's no singing
or dancing or moving to the beat, no lip syncing, and the goal
is not to sing. - I'm stressed.
- (FBE) If you do sing, you're not gonna be X'd out.
You're always brought back for the next song.
- I can come back? Okay. [Bleep] it.
I'm taking a few Ls. Let's do it.
- My god! I'm so excited. Let's go!
- ♪ This was never the way... ♪ - Oh, [bleep].
- Ahh. This is 10 years old?
- Oh my god. I was just listening to this in the car.
- Okay, see I can win this, 'cause I'm not a big fan
of Katy Perry.
- I don't care about it enough to sing along to it.
- I know when I was little, you felt so bad singing this song.
(chuckles) I don't know why.
- ♪ I kissed a girl and I liked it ♪
- This is already the hardest thing.
- I'm trying not to tap my feet. This is so hard.
- ♪ I kissed a girl and I...♪
- Okay, [bleep].
- ♪ The taste of her cherry chapstick ♪
(laughs) Oh, no. Dude, I [bleep] lost already.
- Ugh. (breathes rapidly)
- All right, I think I'll pass this round,
'cause I don't know any of the lyrics
other than, you know, the chorus.
- My little gay ass. I'm like, "Oh, this is my anthem."
- (sings along) ♪ I liked it ♪ Yeah.
Ah, [bleep]! (snaps) Yeah.
♪ I liked-- ♪ It's just good, man.
- Okay. That was fine.
- Oh, that brings back so many memories.
- That was pretty hard. I really, really liked that song
before I was out and when I was in middle school.
- I [bleep] love that song.
I love [bleep] first-- first-- first song!
Man, it can't get harder than that.
- ♪ We were both young... ♪ - (gasps) Noo!
- Okay, Taylor Swift, I can handle.
- Oh, this is easy. (snickers) Sorry.
- I don't even know this song, so I'm good.
- I miss this Taylor Swift.
- This is the Taylor Swift we want back!
- ♪ That you were Romeo... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ You were throwing pebbles ♪
♪ And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet" ♪
I lost. - Oh my god.
Oh my god, I almost sang right there.
- ♪ ...crying on the staircase, begging you please don't go ♪
- The chorus, dawg. - ♪ And I said ♪
♪ Romeo, save me... ♪ - I remember I made
a music video to this song when I was in eighth grade.
- ♪ ...to do is run ♪ ♪ You'll be the prince and... ♪
- But it's so catchy. How do you not dance?
- (sings along) ♪ It's a love story ♪
♪ Baby, just say yes ♪ - I'm confident
in my ability to win this challenge. (laughs)
- I've never been a huge fan of country music,
so I didn't really hook onto Taylor Swift.
- It was definitely easier to not sing along to it,
but I wanted to be tapping or doing something to dance.
- These songs are songs that were good in 2008
and are still good today.
These songs just have a special place in my heart.
- Oh! The [bleep].
- ♪ Like a lollipop ♪ This was my ringtone.
- ♪ Like a lollipop ♪ - Close. Y'all got me close.
- Ugh. I was listening to this song at work the other day.
This song is my jam.
- I don't even know who that is to be honest.
Is that Lil-- what? Lil' Wayne?
- Ohh. I don't even care. I'll dance a little bit to it.
- Do people still rent the Hummer limos?
Is that still a thing?
- (chuckles) I cannot sing, but I wanna dance.
- ♪ Shawty want a thug ♪ - I'm fine, I'm fine.
This is manageable.
- ♪ Bodies in the club ♪ - This reminds me
of my eighth grade dance.
- I think at one point this was probably
my Myspace profile song for sure.
- Restraining myself from dancing hurts. (laughs)
It just has a really good beat. You just wanna groove to it.
- These are making me feel really old
that they're 10 years old.
- ♪ I got a pocket... ♪ - Ohh! (laughs)
- I love this song.
- Oh, I need to dance to this one. (laughs) I'm already dancing to it.
- Easy A is what this song reminds me of every time.
- I must resist. Resist.
- Oh god. This song annoys me, honestly.
- ♪ Take me away ♪ - Oh, that's hard.
- (sings along) ♪ Take me away ♪ - (sings along) ♪ A secret place ♪
(laughs) No! (sings along) ♪ A sweet escape ♪
- ♪ Take me away ♪ ♪ Take me away ♪
- I lost this one.
- These music videos are so lame. (chuckles)
- Where did all these other people come from?
- Damn, that chorus is just such a... oh, stop.
- (sings along) ♪ Pocketful of sunshine ♪
♪ I've got a love and I know that it's all mine ♪
♪ Oh, ooh, whoa-oh ♪ (laughs)
How do you not sing to that?
- Oh, that was tough. That song's so good.
- It almost got me at "Take me away,"
and I was like, "I know that part!"
And I was like, "Wait! I'm not supposed to sing."
- I haven't heard that one for ages.
That's why I had to dance to it a little bit.
- That chorus just soars, and it's like, "Oh,
I need to sing along with that right now."
But I managed. - I'm actually winning something,
so this is exciting. I know that-- I feel like there's gonna be one
that's gonna be break me, 'cause I feel it inside.
- ♪ She does it like this... ♪
- Oh my god!!
- Ah, no!
- (sucks in breath) Ahhh!
- ♪ ...like this when you touch it like that ♪
- (laughs) - ♪ Move it like this when you... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Move it like that, come on ♪
- See, this one I was never that big into.
- Ugh. Did I already lose?
- ♪ ...like this, when you move it like that ♪
- Are you bobbing your head? - (laughs) Yes. Damn it!
- But I still wanna dance to it. You wanna shake to it.
- Ohh. I was a little emo boy. This one's perfect.
- (sings along) ♪ Shake, shake it ♪ Oh, [bleep] you.
This is not fair!
- I'm not shaking anything.
- ♪ Shake, shake, shake it ♪ - I am a rock.
- That's from 2008 too? Yeah, look at how they're dressed.
- Damn, this looks like 2008. Out of all the ones
that you've shown me, that's the most 2008-looking one.
- It got me, dude. That's such a good song.
- That was pretty easy, 'cause I didn't know--
I've never heard the rest of the song other than "Shake it."
- It's literally saying "Shake it," so you need to shake it.
That was so hard.
- ♪ What's going on... ♪ - Oh, Lady Gaga.
I remember this era. - I did not realize
that Lady Gaga was around for 10 years.
- Okay. I'm already out, so I feel like
I can just go for it, 'cause this is my jam.
- I wanna head bop to it. It's that-- two light bops.
- ♪ I can't remember, but... ♪ - Oh, I tapped.
- You can do this, Brittany.
Can you? Can you really?
You can't do this. (sings along) ♪ Just dance ♪
♪ Gonna be okay ♪ - ♪ Gonna be okay ♪
- I already tapped my foot.
- I really feel the need to move with the song right now.
- This is the beginning of an artist
that I didn't realize I would appreciate so much.
And now, it's like, oh my gosh.
I'm so proud of her. - What a queen.
- I kinda lost on that one. I was tapping my foot for sure.
- This is a bop. This is a literal bop.
- This was obviously a song you played
at the middle school dances. - These are 10 years old?
Ugh, that means I'm at least older than that.
It's such a bad feeling. (chuckles) Make it stop.
- ♪ All the single ladies ♪ ♪ All the single ladies ♪
♪ All the single ladies ♪ ♪ All the single ladies ♪
- Ah, no!
I love this song! - This is 10 years old already?
- (sings along) ♪ Now put your hands up ♪
- ♪ If you like it then you should've
put a ring on it ♪ - I really wanna sing along
right now. (chuckles) - This is the hardest thing
I've ever had to do in my entire life.
- (sings along) ♪ If you like it then you should've
put a ring on it ♪ ♪ Don't be mad once you see... ♪
-♪ ...that he want it ♪ - Yes, Beyonce.
I don't mind listening to this.
This is Beyonce. That's fine.
- I'm gonna put my hand right here so I know
I'm not moving, you know?
- ♪ If you like it, then you should've
put a ring on it ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ - I don't even care. It's Beyonce.
What the hell.
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ - I don't--
I can't do the dance. I'm gonna stop.
I'm butchering it. - Oh!
That was so good. - Okay, I did it.
I can breathe now. - Oh my gosh!
I'm sweating. That was so hard.
Is it over? YES!
I did it. Oh my gosh. That was the hardest one to do ever.
- You guys almost got me with that "Single Ladies."
Woo, that was close.
- I would've loved to have won this challenge,
but I'm not even mad, 'cause it's Beyonce.
- When I'm at home, I watch the Try Not to Sings
and [bleep] like that, and I'm like, "Damn, this is easy!"
I'm sitting here, and I'm like, "Oh, [bleep].
This is so hard." - 10 years from now,
if I have a few kids and stuff,
they'll randomly dust off an old iPod,
play Cardi Bi, you know, that song will come on,
and I'll hear it, and a single teardrop will fall,
and he's gonna be like, "What the [bleep]?
This is what Dad listened to?"
I'm gonna be like, "You don't understand, man.
The Migos were the [bleep], bro."
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