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The American Idol 2012 Top 4 hopefuls have hundreds of songs to choose from for their “California Dreamin” Theme “Songs I wish I had written. Nigel Lythgoe twitted these are also “songs that inspire.”
Here are more “Song Suggestions” for each of the Top 4 American Idol contenders:
For Hollie Cavanagh
“California Dreamin”
- “I Gotta Feeling” – by the Black Eyed Peas
- “Let’s Go Away for a While” – by the Beach Boys
- “Sweet Child o’ Mine – by Guns N’ Roses
“Songs I wish I had written”
- “Blue Bayou”
- “Fernando”
- “Turn Around Bright Eyes”
For Jessica Sanchez
“California Dreamin”
- “Dani California” – by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “California Girls” – by The Beach Boys
- “Light My Fire” – by the Doors
“Songs I wish I had written”
- “Skyscraper”
- “Dream on”
- “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Top 4 American Idol 2012 Finalists
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For Joshua Ledet
“California Dreamin”
- “Act Naturally” – by Buck Owens
- “Wouldn’t It Be Nice?” – by the Beach Boys
- “If Tomorrow Never Comes” – by The Controllers
“Songs I wish I had written”
- “My Way”
- “Unchained Melody”
- “Impossible Dream”
For Phillip Phillips
“California Dreamin”
- “Nuthin’ But a G Thang” – by the Beach Boys
- “Shotgun Blues”- by Guns N’ Roses
- Surfin’ USA – by the Beach Boys
“Songs I wish I had written”
- “You’ve got a Friend”
- “Fire and Rain”
- “Don’t Fall In Love with a Dreamer”
Here are the Top 4 Final Songs for “California Dreamin” theme.