Rock · Tenor · C3–C5
Rock songs a tenor can sing in the original key.
38 of the 83 Rock songs in the catalogue fit a tenor as written — every note between C3 and C5.
The widest of them is Hit the Lights by Selena Gomez & the Scene, 21 semitones from D3 to B4; the narrowest is You Should Hear How She Talks About You by Melissa Manchester, at 11 semitones.
Of the 83, 12 go below C3 and 34 climb above C5; 1 does both.
Every Rock song that fits C3–C5
The best-known songs come first, and the easier ones first inside that. Rows whose chart position nobody matched sit at the end.
| Song | Artist | Year | Range | Original key | Difficulty | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Brightside | The Killers | 2004 | A3–A4 | D major | 1 | Rock |
| Wonderwall | Oasis | 1995 | E3–F#4 | F# Minor | 1 | Rock |
| Zombie | The Cranberries | 1994 | E3–A4 | E Minor | 2 | Rock |
| At Seventeen | Janis Ian | 1975 | G3–A4 | — | 1 | Rock |
| Purple Rain | Prince | 1984 | F3–A4 | Bb major | 1 | Rock |
| Save Your Tears | the Weeknd | 2020 | G3–A4 | — | 1 | Rock |
| Adam's Song | Blink-182 | 2000 | G3–G4 | — | 1 | Rock |
| Complete Mess | 5 Seconds of Summer | 2022 | F#3–A4 | — | 1 | Rock |
| Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) | Glass Tiger | 1986 | E3–G4 | A major | 1 | Rock |
| Fast Times | Sabrina Carpenter | 2022 | G3–A4 | D major | 1 | Rock |
| Perfume | Britney Spears | 2013 | G3–A#4 | E flat major | 1 | Rock |
| Plush | Stone Temple Pilots | 1993 | E3–G4 | G major | 1 | Rock |
| Sing for Absolution | Muse | 2004 | G3–A4 | D minor | 1 | Rock |
| Stand Back | Stevie Nicks | 1983 | A3–B4 | B minor | 1 | Rock |
| Trouble | Coldplay | 2000 | F#3–A4 | G major | 1 | Rock |
| When You're Gone | Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C | 1998 | G3–A4 | — | 1 | Rock |
| You and Me | Dave Matthews Band | 2009 | D3–F#4 | G major | 1 | Rock |
| You Should Hear How She Talks About You | Melissa Manchester | 1982 | C4–B4 | A minor | 1 | Rock |
| Believer | Imagine Dragons | 2017 | G#3–C5 | B flat minor | 2 | Rock |
| Everything I Wanted | Billie Eilish | 2019 | E3–B4 | A major | 2 | Rock |
| Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy | Queen | 1976 | D3–A#4 | — | 2 | Rock |
| Honky Cat | Elton John | 1972 | E3–A#4 | G major | 2 | Rock |
| Rocket Man | Elton John | 1972 | F3–A#4 | Bb major | 2 | Rock |
| Spread Your Wings | Queen | 1977 | F#3–B4 | D major | 2 | Rock |
| Time After Time | Cyndi Lauper | 1984 | G3–C5 | C major | 2 | Rock |
| Believe | Staind | 2008 | D3–G4 | D major | 2 | Rock |
| Do That to Me One More Time | Captain & Tennille | 1979 | E3–B4 | C major | 2 | Rock |
| Hit the Lights | Selena Gomez & the Scene | 2012 | D3–B4 | G major | 2 | Rock |
| How's It Going to Be | Third Eye Blind | 1997 | C3–A4 | F major | 2 | Rock |
| Jumper | Third Eye Blind | 1998 | C3–A4 | C major | 2 | Rock |
| Map of the Problematique | Muse | 2007 | A#3–C5 | C minor | 2 | Rock |
| Tiny Dancer | Elton John | 1971 | F3–C5 | C major | 3 | Rock |
| You're My Best Friend | Queen | 1975 | G3–C5 | C major | 3 | Rock |
| Back In the U.S.S.R. | The Beatles | 1968 | C#3–E4 | A Major | 1 | Rock |
| Paint It Black | The Rolling Stones | 1966 | E3–F4 | F Minor | 1 | Rock |
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps | The Beatles | 1968 | E3–G#4 | A Minor | 1 | Rock |
| Handbags and Gladrags | Rod Stewart | 1969 | F3–A#4 | Bb Major | 2 | Rock |
| Oh, Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison | 1964 | E3–B4 | A Major | 2 | Rock |
What this list is
The catalogue holds 430 songs with a sourced lowest and highest note, and 83 of those are Rock. A song is on this page only if both of its notes already sit inside C3–C5 — nothing has been moved to another key.
A voice type is a convention for classifying a trained voice by timbre and where it sits, not a test result on its own.
No song here is marked safe or risky. Those labels are read off notes held for two seconds, and this page has not heard you sing.