According to the CDC, you should wash your hands for 20 seconds, which equates to singing “Happy Birthday” twice. 

But what if you perform the song at vivace, when you really should be taking it at adagio or andante? That defeats the point of a 20-second marker. 

Here are five 20-second song snippets to change up your handwashing routine, with a Pittsburgh twist. 

 

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (“Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” Theme Song)” – Fred Rogers

It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood,

A beautiful day for a neighbor.

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

It’s a neighborly day in this beauty wood,

A neighborly day for a beauty,

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you!

I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.

So let’s make the most of this beautiful day,

Since we’re together we might as well say,

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

Won’t you be my neighbor?

Won’t you please,

Won’t you please?

Bonus points if you finish out the song with the final line

 

“Black and Yellow”- Wiz Khalifa

Uh huh, you know what it is

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Yeah uh huh, you know what it is

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Yeah, uh huh, you know what it is (what it is)

Everything I do, I do it big

Yeah, uh huh, screamin’ that’s nothin’

What I pulled off the lot, that’s stuntin’

Reppin’ my town when you see me you know everything

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

Black and yellow

 

“Sweet Caroline”-Neil Diamond

Where it began, I can’t begin to knowing

But then I know it’s growing strong

Was in the spring

And spring became the summer

Who’d have believed you’d come along

Hands, touching hands

Reaching out, touching me, touching you

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good

I’ve been inclined

To believe they never would

But now I

Look at the night

 

“Party on Fifth Ave.”-Mac Miller

There’s a party on Fifth Ave. (There’s a party on Fifth Ave.)

Hit me if you tryna go (hit me if you tryna go)

I can be there in like twenty, I’ma honk it and come runnin’

‘Cause we gotta hit the road (yeah, we gotta hit the road)

Make you sure you got a clean shirt, clean pants, new shoes (new shoes)

We’re just about there you choose (you choose)

But there’s a party on Fifth Ave. tonight

And that’s what I’m tryin’ to do

 

“Genie In A Bottle” – Christina Aguilera

If you wanna be with me

Baby, there’s a price to pay

I’m a genie in a bottle

You gotta rub me the right way

If you wanna be with me

I can make your wish come true

You gotta make a big impression (oh yeah)

Gotta like what you do

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