Songs To Wash Your Hands To That Are Better Than "Happy Birthday"

While the world is going mad worrying about the Coronavirus, it's also going mad because its people keep singing "Happy Birthday" to themselves over and over.

According to health officials, one of the best things you can do to prevent the spread of the disease is thoroughly and properly wash your hands. To do this, the CDC recommends washing one's hands for 20 seconds, or roughly the amount of time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. Naturally, this has led to people wishing their hands happy birthday multiple times a day, and frankly, no one should have to think about "Happy Birthday" that much.

Some industrious Twitter users have provided the public a service by offering a list of choruses one can sing instead of "happy birthday" that'll hit that 20-second timer. The most viral thread was posted by Jen Monnier, who gained over 120,000 retweets with her thread.

You're supposed to wash your hands for 20 sec, which is the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice. But I'm tired of singing Happy Birthday and you probably are too, so I've done the very important public service of compiling other songs with roughly 20 sec choruses to sing:

— Jen Monnier (@JenMonnier) March 2, 2020

5. Africa (Toto)https://t.co/M2GV8Px5rT

— Jen Monnier (@JenMonnier) March 2, 2020

2. Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)https://t.co/2WZENLjTeR

— Jen Monnier (@JenMonnier) March 2, 2020

4. Jolene (Dolly Parton)https://t.co/GTl8UOwpf4

— Jen Monnier (@JenMonnier) March 2, 2020

Others jumped on the trend:

If you’re looking for a song to wash your hand to that is roughly 20 seconds long remember you can literally pick any verse of this. https://t.co/q5OJiqZOAZ

— Harry Baker (@harrybakerpoet) March 4, 2020

#Covid #corona hand wash song. 20 seconds. https://t.co/D3U2WIA0fu

— Olaf Karthaus (@HokkaidoOlaf) March 4, 2020

Naturally, as with any Twitter meme, there's a K-pop variation.

Parts of K-Pop songs to wash your hands to that are approximately 20+ seconds long. pic.twitter.com/IDRzGJGcfi

— On This Day in K-Pop (wash your hands) (@onthisdaykpop) March 3, 2020