Featured BUG Jams & Events 23 December 2024 IMPORTANT NEWS! You will now always have a seat at BUG! How? Beginning with our jam on March 20, 2024, all folks must have a ticket to be admitted to our BUG Jams at Red Bird. Please share this news with anyone you know who comes to BUG!
Featured BUG Jam 01/25 23 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! January 15, 2025 Happy New Year! Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 23 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! February 19, 2025 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam Videos 20 December 2024 2024 - December BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on December 18, 2024, at Red Bird Live - a full house of enthusiastic ukers! We're in Ottawa Ontario Canada - join us to strum, sing, and be merry! It's FUN! And you don't need to be any good.
Songs 10 January 2016 River, The "The River" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by the E Street Band, in 1979. It was not released until 1981.
Songs 9 January 2016 Don't You Forget About Me "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a 1985 song performed by the Scottish band Simple Minds.
Songs 6 January 2016 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was written by Robert Hazard, who only recorded a demo of it in 1979. Robert Hazard wrote this song from a male point of view. Cyndi Lauper changed the lyrics with Hazard's approval.
Songs 4 January 2016 Footloose "Footloose" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was released in January 1984 as the first of two singles by Loggins from the 1984 film of the same name (the other one being "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)").
Songs 31 December 2015 Down Under "Down Under" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Men at Work, originally released in 1980 as the B-side to their first local single titled "Keypunch Operator" that was released before the band signed with Columbia Records
Songs 31 December 2015 Take On Me "Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha, first released in 1984, and is considered to be the band's signature song.
Songs 31 December 2015 Final Countdown, The "The Final Countdown" is a song by Swedish rock band Europe, released in 1986.
Songs 31 December 2015 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a song written and performed by Scottish duo The Proclaimers (Charlie and Craig Reid), and first released as the lead single from their 1988 album Sunshine on Leith.
Songs 31 December 2015 Mad World "Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith. It was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982.
Songs 31 December 2015 99 Red Balloons "99 Luftballons" (German Neunundneunzig Luftballons, "99 air balloons") is an anti-war protest song by the German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album.
Songs 31 December 2015 Sweet Child O' Mine "Sweet Child O' Mine" is a song by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987).
Songs 31 December 2015 Walking On Sunshine "Walking on Sunshine" is a song written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina and the Waves' 1983 eponymous debut full-length album.
Songs 31 December 2015 Don't Stop Believin' "Don't Stop Believin'" is a song by the American rock band Journey, originally released as a single from their seventh studio album Escape (1981).
Songs 31 December 2015 Physical "Physical" is a song recorded by British-born Australian recording artist Olivia Newton-John and released in September 1981.
Songs 31 December 2015 Like A Prayer "Like a Prayer" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 1989 fourth studio album of the same name. Sire Records released it as the album's lead single on March 3, 1989.
Songs 31 December 2015 Every Breath You Take "Every Breath You Take" is a song by English rock band The Police from their 1983 album Synchronicity.
Songs 31 December 2015 9 To 5 "9 to 5" is a song written and originally performed by American country music singer Dolly Parton for the 1980 comedy film of the same name.
Songs 28 December 2015 I Want To Know What Love Is "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the lead single from their album, Agent Provocateur.
Songs 28 December 2015 It's Still Rock And Roll To Me "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 song performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album Glass Houses. The song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from July 19 through August 1, 1980.
Songs 28 December 2015 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is a song by British new wave music duo Eurythmics. It is the title track of their album of the same name (1983) and was released as the fourth and final single from the album in early 1983.
Songs 27 December 2015 Faith "Faith" is a song written and performed by George Michael, from his 1987 Faith album.
Songs 27 December 2015 Time After Time "Time After Time" is the second single by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983), with Rob Hyman contributing backing vocals.
Songs 27 December 2015 Bette Davis Eyes Bette Davis Eyes is a song written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, and made popular by American singer Kim Carnes.
Songs 27 March 2015 Here Comes The Rain Again "Here Comes the Rain Again" is a 1983 song by British duo Eurythmics and the opening track from their third studio album Touch.
