Songs that you would lose your street cred if you admit you like tapping or singing along to, songs that you secretly can't hear enough but would be embarrassed to request or play in public... Be brave and be honest.
Mine
1. Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up.
2. Bros- I owe you nothing
3. Jason Donovan- nothing can divide us.
4. Hannah Montana- always find your way back home.
5. Gareth Gates- stupid mistake
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please don't do it to yourself again
2. I'm Confessin' - Frank Ifield (Reminds me of my Mum)
3. Sealed with a Kiss - Brian Hyland
4. Johnny Remember Me - Johnny Layton (These pre-Beatles 60's pop nuggets remind me of my childhood, innocent times)
5. Maybe I know - Lesley Gore (Eat your heart out Germaine Greer)
2. Sideboard song - Chas & Dave
3. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
4. Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
5. Without You - Harry Nilsson
Aah June
Hunting high and low- Aha
Mr Blue Sky - ELO
Ugly duckling - Danny Kaye
Laughing gnome - David Bowie
Durham Town - Roger Whittaker
foreigner - i want to know what love is?
perry como - catch a falling star
cher - we all sleep alone
van halen - why can't this be love?
blowfly - that's what your pussy is for
My love of them probably stopped me contributing to the solo artist thread as I did not want to have loads of LOL's with my love of the likes of David Essex and Leo Sayer. They don't feature here but surprisingly David Bowie Charlton Life's favourite Solo artist features and underrated singer songwriter Albert Hammond sings one but co wrote three of them.
David Bowie - Laughing Gnome
Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding
Leapy Lee - Little Arrows
Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Boney M - Rasputin
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Haddaway - What is Love?
sugar sugar - the archies
that same old feeling - pickitywitch
na na na na hey hey goodbye - steam
summer the first time - bobby goldsborough ( is that how ya spell it ? )
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Holding out for a hero - Bonnie Tyler
Nothing gonna change my love for you - Glenn Madeiros
Glory of Love - Pete Cetera
Wham - Club Tropicana
Westlife - Flying Without Wings
Britney Spears - Toxic
5ive - Get On Up
And I make no apologies for them.
anyone who doesn't think this is a tune is mental.
Fancy Pants - Kenny
Yes Sir I Can Boogie - Baccara
Straight Up - Paula Abdul
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn
Jolene - Dolly Parton.
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers.
Crazy - Patsy Cline.
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake.
I feel dirty now.
I must also confess to buying Kajagoogoo's sole album. Are Level 42 still derided? Great rhythm section of Mark King and Boon Gould.
Is 'Wichita Lineman' a guilty pleasure? Too good for that, surely...
Gertcha - Chas & Dave
reminds me of New Years Eve at Nan & Grandad's
No Limits - 2 Unlimited
which reminds me of student club nights, when the DJ would introduce it as "and here's 'No Lyrics' by Too Untalented". It will always make me smile just because of that.
Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy
It's a long story involving one of my friends from university, copious amounts of alcohol, and a wedding DJ with excellent comic timing. As soon as the intro starts, I'm grinning and cringeing in equal measures.
Dreamer - Supertramp
it's the harmonies. On a good day I can reach the high notes, but I'd never try it in public.
Respectable - Mel & Kim
Yes it's Stock Aitken & Waterman, but it's bloody catchy anyway.
Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
Victims - Culture Club
Forbidden Colours - David Sylvian ang Ryuichi Sakamoto
Let's go Together - Change
Call me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepson
Stone in Love with you - The Stylistics
You to me are everything - The Real Thing
Dancing Queen - Abba
Don't stop Believin' - Journey
I think we're alone now - Tiffany
Also, Wichita Lineman has no guilty connotations for me. Got a great REM version somewhere.
True Colours - Cyndi Lauper
Me Old Bamboo (From Chitty Chtty Bang Bang) - Dick Van Dyke.
Waterloo - Abba
Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkel
Here are my first thoughts (there must be lots more!)
Kylie - Can't get you out of my head (A song she's clearly singing about me.....)
M People - Sight for sore eyes
Bananarama - I heard a rumour (In fact everything by Bananarama.)
Wham - Last Christmas
Turtles - Happy Together
(Has nobody picked The Wombling Song yet?)