10 Best Musical Numbers In How I Met Your Mother
From Robin Sparkles to Barney's golden voice, here's our top 10 pics for best song in the show!
How I Met Your Mother ran for a good number of years and gave us just as many 'awww' moments as it did laughs. These comical sitcom characters have made their way into our hearts as we followed them through their ups and downs. Whether it be anger, sadness or excitement, we have watched the characters struggle with a bunch of emotions, to the point where they've felt like real people in spite of their larger-than-life antics.
However, in this article, we're talking about different highs and lows for the characters, and that's in the things they sing. After all, what could be more expressive or emotive that pouring your heart out in the form of song? For a show that doesn't count itself as a musical, How I Met Your Mother has its fair share of original tunes and, most of us watch with anticipation as we wait for our favourite musical number to appear.
To keep it fair, this list won't cover any arrangements the cast has done off-screen and will only focus on those we hear in the episodes.
So get your jam on as we count down our ten favourite musical numbers in How I Met Your Mother.
10. Sandcastles In The Sand
Towards the end of Season 3, having already learned about some of Robin’s life back in Canada – including her music career – we meet her ex-boyfriend Simon Tremblay. It is through his introduction that we learn of the second Robin Sparkles music video – one which Barney strives to find.
This ballad may lack some of the more upbeat and humorous nature of the show’s other music, but it is incredibly catchy none the less! The lyrics are overly dramatised and it is to great comedic effect as the song explores the inner-most feelings of a teenage girl as she tries to declare her young love.
This song encapsulates the sentiment of a ballad but without any of the substance, making it all the funnier, partially due to the blatant teenage angst associated with it and partially because Simon Tremblay isn’t a particularly likeable character.
This song might not be for some as it is a little too slow to be a top-notch jam, but it's incredibly well sang and the music production is of great quality. Perfect for any hopeless romantics out there who can laugh at this complete overkill of a love song.