Kevin Bacon songs include the likes of ‘Here it is Christmas time’ and ‘10 years in Mexico’ among others. Bacon started his journey as a musician in 1995.
Born on July 8, 1958, he is a renowned actor and musician. Although, he is known to the world as an actor first and foremost.
Bacon had an interest in music since he was a young child. Kevin was the youngest of six children to his parents, and his elder siblings were musicians.
Growing up admiring his siblings, his interest in becoming a songwriter peaked in the 90s. A friend of Bacon’s from Philly suggested he and his brother perform together.
Decades later, the sibling duo is still going strong. The Bacon Brothers have 6,658 followers on Spotify and 13,966 monthly listeners.
Here is a list of the top 5 songs from Kevin Bacon based on Spotify and Youtube stats.
1. Guilty Of The Crime
The first song on the list is ‘Guilty of the crime‘. This song is a collaboration between the Bacon brothers and the Bellamy brothers.
Bellamy brothers are an American country music group consisting of two brothers, David Milton Bellamy, and Home Howard Bellamy. The Bellamy brothers are friends with Kevin and his brother.
Hence, the four decided to partner for the amazing Guilty of the crime, which was released in 1997. The song was part of the Bellamy brother’s album Over the line.
But since Kevin specifically and his brother are so significant in this gem of a song, it deserves a place on this list. It is the most liked song of the Bacons brothers on their official Spotify account with 457,405 likes.
The song also has 164,976 views on their Youtube channel which has 10.5k subscribers.
2. Philadelphia Chickens
Coming in at number two is the song Philadelphia Chickens. Unlike the other tracks in this list, Philadelphia Chicken is completely different than anything else.
It is a song made for children and is classified under the Children’s music genre. Philadelphia Chickens is one of the tracks within the compilation album of the same name which was released in 2002 by Sandra Boynton and Michael Ford.
With a length of 3:21, the song lists as the second most popular song by the Bacon brothers on their official Spotify account with 301,605 likes.
Philadelphia Chicken also has managed to amass over 518k views on Sandra Boynton official videos Youtube channel. The song is sung in a swing music style. The swing music style is a type of jazz music that originated in the states back in the 1920s.
3. She-Zee-Zee (Easy On My Eyes)
We have a song from two years ago on number three of our list of the best Kevin Bacon songs.
Written by Kevin himself, the song was released in 2020 under the album The way we love. Classified as a rock song, it has 145,081 likes on the Bacon brothers’ Spotify account.
She-Zee-Zee also has amassed over 90k views on their Youtube channel. With a length of 4:03, the song was released as a single. Kevin and his brother released the song during the pandemic, which he thought was the perfect time for people to hear it.
Although Kevin had written the song months before the chaos kicked in and many had to remain isolated, he believed that the song was timely for a situation the world was then two years prior.
4. Snoozers
At number four we have yet another track from the 2002 Philadelphia Chickens album, Snoozers.
Unlike their other track in the album, this one is sung as a folk song. As previously stated, the whole Philadelphia Chickens album is kids-centric and the songs are made for the kids.
Hence, this new entrant on our list is no different. Catered to children, Snoozers is a song that talks about a kid’s perspective on snoozing and how they feel about it.
The song has 142,746 likes on Spotify whereas, the song has amassed 57k views on Kevin and his brother’s official Youtube channel.
5. 10 Years In Mexico
Concluding the article about the songs from the legend Kevin Bacon 10 years in Mexico sits comfortably at number five on the list.
Initially, the song was released in 1999 but Kevin and his brother Michael released the fifth entrant on our list in 2011 as part of the “Philadelphia Road – The Best of” album claiming it to be one of their best songs.
This is yet another song written by the legendary Kevin Bacon and it is one of their best-performing songs out of them all.
A 4-minute and 26-second track, 10 years in Mexico has 35,548 likes on their Spotify account. The song has been uploaded several times to the Bacon brother’s youtube channel, garnering more than 35.4k views on the platform.
Kevin Bacon Sang In The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special
Lastly, an honorable mention goes to the Christmas track from Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special, which was released during Christmas time in 2022.
The song, “Here It Is Christmastime,” sung by Kevin gave him his first ever entry into the billboard charts as a solo artist. The song did extremely well as it debuted at the number seven spot on the Holiday Digital song sales and the number ten spot on the Rock Digital sales.
The GOTG holiday special was a successful project for Marvel and the fans loved it. Kevin Bacon’s song and singing were one of the reasons for the project’s success as evidenced by the song’s debut at number 27 on the all-genre digital song sales chart.