Featured BUG Jam Videos 20 December 2024 2024 - December BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on December 18, 2024, at Red Bird Live - a full house of enthusiastic ukers! We're in Ottawa Ontario Canada - join us to strum, sing, and be merry! It's FUN! And you don't need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 1 November 2024 IMPORTANT NEWS! You will now always have a seat at BUG! How? Beginning with our jam on March 20, 2024, all folks must have a ticket to be admitted to our BUG Jams at Red Bird. Please share this news with anyone you know who comes to BUG!
Featured BUG Jam 01/25 1 November 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! January 15, 2025 Happy New Year! Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Songs 30 June 2024 Suddenly Last Summer "Suddenly Last Summer" is a new wave song written by Martha Davis and recorded by her new wave band The Motels, released as the lead single from their fourth album, Little Robbers (1983).
Songs 21 April 2020 Don't Let Us Get Sick American singer-songwriter, Warren Zevon, included “Don’t Let Us Get Sick” on his 2000 album, Life’ll Kill Ya.
Songs 6 July 2018 Cruel Summer "Cruel Summer" is a song by the English group Bananarama. The song was a top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1983, and the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.
Songs 15 April 2017 Echo Beach "Echo Beach" is a song written by Mark Gane recorded by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1979.
Songs 1 June 2016 Only The Lonely "Only the Lonely" is a song written by Martha Davis and recorded by the American new wave band The Motels, of which she was a member. It was released in 1982 as the first single from their third studio album All Four One.
Songs 9 January 2016 Don't You Forget About Me "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a 1985 song performed by the Scottish band Simple Minds.
Songs 31 December 2015 Down Under "Down Under" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Men at Work, originally released in 1980 as the B-side to their first local single titled "Keypunch Operator" that was released before the band signed with Columbia Records
Songs 31 December 2015 Don't You Want Me "Don't You Want Me" is a 1981 single by British synthpop group the Human League (credited on the cover as The Human League 100).
Songs 31 December 2015 Take On Me "Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha, first released in 1984, and is considered to be the band's signature song.
Songs 31 December 2015 Mad World "Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith. It was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982.
Songs 27 December 2015 Faith "Faith" is a song written and performed by George Michael, from his 1987 Faith album.
Songs 5 October 2015 Tainted Love “Tainted Love”, originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1965 and again by Soft Cell in 1981.
Songs 8 January 2015 Safety Dance, The "The Safety Dance" is a song written and recorded by Canadian new wave band Men Without Hats.
Songs 7 November 2014 Karma Chameleon "Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers. The first recorded use of the phrase "karma chameleon" was sung by Toots and the Maytals at the end of the song "In The Dark" on their album "Funky Kingston."