Hey everybody. My friend is organizing a casual video game tournament for our group of friends and their girlfriends. It's a lot of Wii games, we don't take the games very seriously, and it's usually just an excuse for everybody to spend a weekend together at somebody's place. This will be the 3rd time we've done this. The event is styled after the Olympics, in that each person has to (poorly) craft a flag, and have a national anthem, both of which are proudly displayed and played, respectively, at the awards ceremony for each game when the tournament concludes (my friend has a shoddily made podium and tin foil medals and so on).

The past two times, I went with Journey's Any Way You Want It, mostly because that song is just triumphant as fuck. It's worth noting that I end up winning at least a third of the games, if the past two events are any indication, so people will have to listen to a 30-second clip of my anthem probably 4-6 times within the span of half an hour. My goal this time is to pick something that is amusing/goofy/epic the first time, then gradually more obnoxious as you have to keep hearing it and seeing me revel in my terrible song choice.

Here are the candidates I've come up with so far (keep in mind I only get the first 30-45 seconds, so they have to count).

Music that is straight-up obnoxious:

• Nyan Cat
• Dubstep remixes (it's hard to find ones that have good heavy drops in the first 30-45 seconds, but I'm partial to this X-Files one. Definitely open to suggestions)

Music with a catchy hook that will get stuck in people's heads for hours (extra points if the song has terrible lyrics):

• Kanye West - Power
• OutKast - Hey Ya!
• Jason Derulo ft. Mann - Hit Me with a Text

Music that is loud and dumb in the best possible way:

• The Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
• The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
• Whatever you think the loudest Sleigh Bells song is in the first 30-45 seconds. Infinity Guitars? Open to suggestions.

Music that will allow me to subject people to my terrible white boy dance moves:

• Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
• James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
• Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
• Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven

Do you have a favourite among the possibilities? Or do you have an even better song idea? Let me know in the comments.

I have to email my friend the song I'm going to use, so if he vetoes all of my dumb suggestions and all else fails, I can always use Lucca's Theme, or either of these rippin' Mega Man X tracks.