8 Bang the Drum Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado

By no stretch of the imagination is

Bang the Drum a lyrical masterpiece. (Sample lyrics: “From the East / From the West / Each of us trying our best.”) And yet, the 2010 Winter Olympics anthem is a refreshingly upbeat addition to the Games’ often down-tempo catalog, fueled by a peppy drum solo and unabashedly cheesy chorus about dreaming big.