Tag Team Song

• Objective: Improvise a whole song while changing places with increasing frequency
• Instructions:
  • Three singers and accompanist needed, optional mic stand
  • Get any type of suggestion from the audience (location, object, emotion, event)
  • Accompanist starts playing some music
  • One of the three singers starts singing the song
  • When one of the other two singers feels inspired, they tag the main singer out
  • The one who tagged takes center stage (and the mic) and continues the song
  • As the song goes on, tags should be more frequent and physically exaggerated
  • Eventually the song ends with all singers singing the same last word
• Example:
  • Singer 1: “Someone tell me the location of the last date you went on.”
  • Audience: “The park”
  • Accompanist starts playing music and Singer 1 steps up to the mic
  • Singer 1: “I love the park, it’s where I go to…”
  • Singer 2 tags Singer 1 on the shoulder and they physically switch places
  • Singer 2: “… be with my favorite girl! When we…”
  • Singer 3 tags in
  • Singer 3: “frolic through that grass…”
  • This keeps happening more and more until the last word is sung.
  • All 3 Singers: “Todayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!” (or whatever the word is)
• Notes:
  • Make sure when you tag someone, you pick up EXACTLY where they left off; don’t repeat their word nor use a word that would be grammatically incorrect.
  • Allow the song to “go places” by exploring themes, emotions, and imagery.
  • As the song progresses, tags should generally happen more often.
  • It is also more entertaining if the later tags are more likely to happen mid-word or in the middle of a phrase, or during a long note.
  • Try to maintain a clear triangle shape as it will make things easier.
  • Wait to be tagged, do not look to be tagged, then leave immediately.
  • Really lean into physicality as the song progresses. Make your movements quicker, sharper, and goofier.
  • It is more impressive when rhyming occurs, but it’s not a requirement.
  • When ending the song, do it unambiguously. Step forward and hold your note.
• Video reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=427JUVFahTs
  • This team uses 3 people, but it can be played with 2, 3, or possibly 4 people