What is your favourite "cheesy" song?
By CanadaGal
@CanadaGal (4304)
Canada
June 19, 2008 10:21am CST
I'm in the process of burning some audio cd's, and have decided to make one with ultimately cheesy music. You know the songs I'm talking about... they are songs that pretty much everyone knows, and a lot of us actually LIKE them, but overall, they are really cheesy.
What is your favourite cheesy song? Are there any others you could recommend I add to my cd?
Here are some examples of what I have so far:
"I will survive" - Gloria Gaynor
"Who let the dogs out" - Baha Men
"Canadian Idiot" - Weird Al
"It's not unusual" - Tom Jones
"I'm too sexy" - Right Said Fred
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
19 Jun 08
Tiny Tim singing Tip Toe Through The Tulips! ROFL
First time I saw him on Johnny Carson with his long rippling hair and tiny ukelele I about fell out of the bed! I have never ever forgotton it!
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
20 Jun 08
Definitely cheesy... and likely ranked #1 for the most annoying song ever! lmao!
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
20 Jun 08
LOL sid, are we old and corny or what! ROFL
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@Serenity333 (7)
•
19 Jun 08
"Numa Numa" and "Can't Touch That". Happy and funny.. :P
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
19 Jun 08
Oh wow, you asked for it! I found a great website (www.onehitwondercentral.com), where the songs are grouped into decades! Of course I went to the 80s first (incredibly cheesy songs!) and here's what I found (only songs I know made the cut):
The Vapors: Turning Japanese
Lipps, Inc: Funkytown
Devo: Whip It
Bow Wow Wow: I Want Candy
Toni Basil: Mickey
Waitresses: I Know What Boys Like (not truly a one-hit wonder, but maybe for the 80s!)
Wall of Voodoo: Mexican Radio
Thomas Dolby: She Blinded Me With Science
Kajagoogoo: Too Shy
Jump in the Saddle Band: Curly Shuffle
Dexy's Midnight Runners: Come on Eileen
Elmo & Patsy: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (my dad's personal favorite!)
Shannon: Let the Music Play
Nena: 99 Luftballoons
Jack Wagner: All I Need
Mary Jane Girls: In My House (I really think they were the precursor to the Pussycat Dolls)
Georgia Satellites: Keep Your Hands to Yourself
Timbuk 3: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Patrick Swayze and Wendy Fraser: She's Like the Wind
Buster Poindexter: Hot, Hot, Hot
Midnight Oil: Beds are Burning
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: It Takes Two
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians: What I Am
Any more I'm missing here? Now I've got to have my 80s music fix!
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
19 Jun 08
You are having WAY too much fun with this... I LOVE IT!!! 
That's a great list.. I'll have to add some of them, b/c I love some of them oh-so-much (like Oh mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind hey mickey.).
That's a great list.. I'll have to add some of them, b/c I love some of them oh-so-much (like Oh mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind hey mickey.).2 people like this
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
19 Jun 08
"turning japanese" reminded me of another great one... "Kung Fu Fighting". :D
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
19 Jun 08
Wow, cheesey music...I gotta think for a second here, since there are so many songs to choose from! I'm also going to try to get the correct titles (I'm so anal about these things!), so here goes (and they're not all cheesy!):
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
You Are Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (but I like Van Halen's version too!)
Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen (you'd have to be a Jersey Girl to appreciate it!)
American Pie - Don Maclean (admit it, you've sung it)
There's tons more...I just want to thank you for filling my head up with these songs! There's plenty more, but I've got a 100 or so discussions to respond to yet! I can't wait to see everyone else's responses.
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
19 Jun 08
Oh my gawd! I can just hear it in my head! I found a great site with 80s song titles...there were so many! Your choice is pushing everything else outta my head...and now I'm thinking of 867-5309 by Tommy Tutone (I think that's who did it!)--my best friend's name is Jenny and of course that was her ring tone for a while!
Time to exit and rip my eyes off (or listen to some good hard Metallica!)
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@tessah (6617)
• United States
19 Jun 08
rawr! the Numa Numa Dance song!! this is a link to the video that started the cult sensation.. but the original version is by a band named 0Zone called Dragostea din tei. absolutely impssible to sing in romanian without spitting all over yerself!
enjoy!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/206373
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@hockeygal4ever (10021)
• United States
20 Jun 08
There's something about that stupid "Don't Worry Be Happy" song that makes you hum along and join in when he sings the main verse! LOL
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
Yeah...I remember when they were bringing him on Sesame Street to sing to the little kids! My daughter used to love that song...and then she got some musical taste!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
20 Jun 08
I AM having too much fun..how about Eddie Murphy's Party All the Time? I keep hearing the refrain bouncing around my head...yikes!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
I couldn't resist...I had to see if this was the song I was thinking of when you typed the title and band name...Boom Boom Acka Lacka Boom! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeNbJQ6naJs
I'm so evil, aren't I?
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
20 Jun 08
Not only is that one cheesy, it's just plain awful!
A more fun cheesy song I was reminded of earlier is "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was not Was. lol.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
20 Jun 08
Ya, I made one of those for my brother for his 50th birthday to remind him of all the stuff we used to listen and thought was cool. Tiptoe thru the tulips...tiny tim. The brady bunch theme song, I wanna hold your hand, beatles...sugar sugar..the archies......Chickaboom...daddy dewdrop, I don't eat animal, melanie. The list is endless. I'm henry the 8th...hermits hermits. Need more? We used to listen to and memorize the corniest songs and then would sing them....probably just to be annoying. I got you babe...sonny & cher.
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
20 Jun 08
Those are some good ones. :) Another fun one that most people know and loves is the Everly Brothers' "You've lost that loving feeling". I've added "Sugar Sugar" to the cd list.
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
19 Jun 08
I would have to say, I love Bootie Call or Because I got High by the Afromen. Those are a couple of my top faves but I have a cheesy list a mile long. LOL
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
19 Jun 08
Ah yes... Because I got high is a new fav funny one for me. I hadn't heard of it until a few months ago thanks to another thread I had going on favourite "high" tunes.
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@novataylor (6570)
• United States
19 Jun 08
How about The Safety Dance by Men at Work? It's Raining Men by the Weather Girls. Did anyone mention Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer? And although I consider nothing done by him to be cheesy, how about Wild World by my favorite, my Cat Stevens?
I'll see what else I can come up with....
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
19 Jun 08
I remember being in sixth grade, MTV is so new they're playing MUSIC VIDEOS! and that song being on the radio! I need the Weather Girls to come and sing about raining men here by me! But I digress...so here's another one..
I'm Fat by Weird Al Yankovick (not that I'm Bad by MJ isn't cheesy itself!).
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
19 Jun 08
"Safety Dance" is by Men without Hats (canadian group, eh?), and Men at Work did "Down Under". I'm an 80's music geek... so be careful. lol.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
The opening scene...comes in, talking ghetto and then you see him leaving...there's nothing like a big man on a little moped, is there? I was laughing so hard, I just couldn't even listen to the rest of the video!
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@mscott (1923)
• United States
20 Jun 08
Milli Vanilli had a few I liked. MC Hammer Can't Touch This was another. I am older so I guess pick just about anything top 40 from the eighties and there you have it. The eighties and maybe early nineties were the glory days of music!
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Jun 08
We can't count Milli Vanilli...they were lipsynching! But thanks for putting Can't Touch This into my head...I've got to get back to YouTube and find something better to repeat endless before sleep! You evil, evil person! 
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@Emma30587 (402)
•
19 Jun 08
how about whitney houston - i wanna dance with somebody!
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
20 Jun 08
That Solid Gold clip was hilarious. I loved watching that show in the mid 80's. lol. I wonder what all of the Solid Gold dancers look like now? 20+ years later? bwhahaha.
@SueRod (238)
• United States
19 Jun 08
The ones you mentioned are better than the only one I can think of. I always kind of liked the theme from "The Love Boat." I know, it's a little weird, but I don't think of a few of the ones you mentioned as cheesy. But, that's just my opinion. Good luck.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
19 Jun 08
Well if she can submit The Love Boat theme, then I've got a few that I'd like to submit (and some are actually based from real songs!)
Friends theme (actual song)
M*A*S*H theme (actual song)
Miami Vice theme (I think this may have been an actual song)
Will those do you good?
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
19 Jun 08
OH Oh Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun.... Paul Anka Having my baby.... Melody I got a brand new key....Clint Holmes Playground in my mind.... rottfflmao Great cheesy songs... If you don't knows these right off the bat I will find you the links... Heck they are great!!!!! LMAO
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
19 Jun 08
Oh my gosh...I had a screensaver...but instead of the Macarena, it was the Macaroni! It made for some interesting conversations when my computer defaulted to that and I had to answer the phone!
I know what songs we should be looking for now..One Hit Wonders! I think Time Life came out with an entire series of them. OOOOhhhh, this'll be fun!
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
20 Jun 08
The gilligan's island theme song is actually a favourite of mine. lol. I love old tv show theme songs... I used to own a bunch of "Televisions Greatest Hits" cds. I'm such a geek. lol.
@paid2write (5201)
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20 Jun 08
Yes I have an ultimate cheesy song and that is What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. It reminds me of when I was young and first heard it and it always makes me feel good about life. I can relate to the words and I think it is a great celebration of life. My mother hated it because she could not stand Louis Armstrong's voice, but I always loved the sound of it. He sounds like someone who knows how to live and he sounds as if he really means the words he sings. Ohhhh yeaaahh....
