Michelle Corbett

’30-Day Song Challenge’

Japan and its tsunami”Â¦ the bombing of Libya… anarchist protesters storming the capital”Â¦

Man, it’s tough to know what to sit and ponder these days, which is why me and my socially-conscious and profoundly philosophical Facebook friends are all obsessing over the ’30-Day Song Challenge’ ”â a suitably ridiculous task which half-a-million people to date have felt the primitive and inexplicable urge to undertake.

The rules are genius in their simplicity. Each day you must forget all the work you should be doing, sit with your fingers poised over your keyboard and stare blankly into the abyss of YouTube’s ”Ësearch’ bar ”â awaiting divine inspiration.

When a suitably insane period of time has passed and you have settled on your answer to that day’s poser, you upload the relevant video clip to your Facebook profile. You then sit back and wait for your friends to ”Ëlike’ your status or, if you’ve experienced a particular stroke of genius, reply with something like: ”ËTuuuuunnnneeee!’

Finally, lay awake till stupid o’clock worrying if it was really wise to admit ”ËThe Birdie Song’ is your ”Ëguilty pleasure’. Repeat for a further 29 days and occasionally bully others to follow in your footsteps.

So if you too have far too much time on your hands then here are the rules in their full pointless glory. It’s the most fun you can have on Facebook (well, apart from stalking people obviously).

day 01 – your favourite song”Â¨

day 02 – your least favourite song”Â¨

day 03 – a song that makes you happy ”Â¨

day 04 – a song that makes you sad”Â¨

day 05 – a song that reminds you of someone”Â¨

day 06 – a song that reminds you of somewhere”Â¨

day 07 – a song that reminds you of a certain event

”Â¨day 08 – a song that you know all the words to”Â¨

day 09 – a song that you can dance to”Â¨

day 10 – a song that makes you fall asleep

”Â¨day 11 – a song from your favourite band ”Â¨

day 12 – a song from a band you hate ”Â¨

day 13 – a song that is a guilty pleasure ”Â¨

day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love

”Â¨day 15 – a song that describes you

”Â¨day 16 – a song that you used to love but now hate ”Â¨

day 17 – a song that you hear often on the radio”Â¨

day 18 – a song that you wish you heard on the radio

”Â¨day 19 – a song from your favourite album”Â¨

day 20 – a song that you listen to when you’re angry

”Â¨day 21 – a song that you listen to when you’re happy

”Â¨day 22 – a song that you listen to when you’re sad”Â¨

day 23 – a song that you want to play at your wedding

”Â¨day 24 – a song that you want to play at your funeral”Â¨

day 25 – a song that makes you laugh”Â¨

day 26 – a song that you can play on an instrument”Â¨

day 27 – a song that you wish you could play”Â¨

day 28 – a song that makes you feel guilty”Â¨

day 29 – a song from your childhood

”Â¨day 30 – your favourite song at this time last year