"Gloria"...Laura Brannigan
"Flashdance"....Irene Cara
"Maniac"-Michael Sembello
"State Of Shock"-The Jacksons
ALL Michael Jackson 80's stuff....I have no love lost for him because of his indiscretions with young kids...
"Never Gonna Give You Up"-Rick Astley


These songs defined a decade IMO (especially Flashdance and Never gonna give you up). I would never hate an artist's songs just because of his actions outside the studio - if we did that, nobody would be listening to music.  ;D

These songs defined a decade IMO (especially Flashdance and Never gonna give you up). I would never hate an artist's songs just because of his actions outside the studio - if we did that, nobody would be listening to music.  ;D
When people buy his CD's they are inadvertently supporting him,even though what he did was horrible. I am a survivor of childhood abuse,that's why I feel strongly about MJ's disgusting antics!

You all are listing so many terrible songs, I don't know which one is the worst :D :o ;D

How could I possibly have been so silly as to have taken this long to think of the worst song of the 80's?! What was I thinking?! Well, without further ado...the worst song of the 80's (according to me) is...

SHADDUP YOUR FACE by Joe Dolce!!!!!!! Awful, terrible, horrid, EVIL song!!! >:( :P

Absolutely Vile

Remember this garbage:

'Space Invaders' by Uncle Vic

I won't blame the artist, I blame the damn producers and radio stations who actually spun that crap!

"Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels...I heard a story that Capitol Records(The Motels' label in the States)rejected the original stuff they created for that album..because they couldn't 'hear'(read-mass market IMO)it! So the Motels sold themselves short and recorded an album that was commercially palatable-FLUFF IMO. "All Four One" was cool...I think they should have left Capitol and signed with another label such as IRS!

Foreigner...'I wanna know what love is'...the song still gets played to death...

System Addict... don't know the name of the group or what heck it means....

System Addict... don't know the name of the group or what heck it means....


A great song from Five Star. I think they were talking about getting addicted to technology or something.

When people buy his CD's they are inadvertently supporting him,even though what he did was horrible. I am a survivor of childhood abuse,that's why I feel strongly about MJ's disgusting antics!


Has it finally been confirmed that Michael Jackson has been messing about with these kids, then?  ???

Has it finally been confirmed that Michael Jackson has been messing about with these kids, then?  ???



Yeah,I guess so. >:(




Howard

"Lady in Red" by Chris DeBurgh HAS to be the WORST song of all time :P

"Lady In Red" is a good candidate, but I believe the honor belongs to:
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Agree with Tony20Fan4Ever as for New Kids on the Block. They were extremely awful, but don't agree when he said "Foreigner - I want to know what love is" is a bad song. I love the lyrics. Despite love ballads aren't my cup of tea, this tune is fab.

My vote to the worst 80's song so far ('till I remember another even worse) goes to this one "Mexican Radio". Horrible!!

In my opinion, all 80's heavymetal songs are bad!!! YUCK!!! >:(

How about any thing from Milli Vanilli?  Or maybe they are just the worst group.  If you can call them that.

I really like Kenny Loggins, but Danger Zone (in my opinion) has to be the worst song.  The music is good, but you lose count on how many times he says "danger zone". 

Any song by the B-52s gets my vote.

Into the Night by Benny Mardones

Into the Night by Benny Mardones


Gag, I agree. I hate that song.  :P :P

Gag, I agree. I hate that song.  :P :P


I hate it too but my mom loves it. I call it "the child molester song" He's a grown man singing about being with a 16 year old ew.

The worst '80s song  IMO is...

...Tweet's "Birdie Song (The Birdie Dance)" (1981) followed by the aforementioned Joe Dolce's "Shaddap You Face" (1981) and Kylie Minogue's "I Should Be So Lucky" (1987).

While the worst song ever IMO is...

...Aqua's "Barbie Girl" (1997) followed by tones of similar other ones.

Kylie Minogue's "I Should Be So Lucky" (1987).


When I was a kid, we were camping and these people were blaring the radio at night and that song was on.  I said "yeah I should be so lucky to have to listen to this", my folks were all like "alright hush now".

"Don't Drive Drunk" Stevie Wonder

Runners Up:
"I Am A Real American" Hulk Hogan
"We Are The World" USA For Africa (unfortunately remade into "Where Is The Love" by Black Eyed Peas)
"Superbowl Shuffle"
"Rappin' Duke" (duh-ha duh-ha)
"Hooked On Classics"
"The Greatest Love Of All" Whitney Houston

Actually...I gotta admit I liked "The War Song" *hides*.  I thought the lyrics were supposed to be stupid to match war being stupid....

When I was a kid, we were camping and these people were blaring the radio at night and that song was on.  I said "yeah I should be so lucky to have to listen to this", my folks were all like "alright hush now".


;D

Very funny!

Top one, Wagonman!

My most hated song of the 80s is "Be Good Johnny" by Men at Work.  It never became a hit in America, but lucky for Canada, it reached the Top 20.  I don't hate it as much as I used to (I can tolerate it), but the repetitive "Be good" lyric get under my skin

It was the 3rd and final single from their 1982 "Business as Usual" album

Dear God, where to begin. 


Mr. Roboto by Styx.  It's a dump set to music.

Dear God, where to begin. 


Mr. Roboto by Styx.  It's a dump set to music.


nah, it's more like diahrrea.  What still baffles me is how Mr. Roboto hit the Top 5

Du' D Etre Bebe-Jordy


Howard


As bad as the song is, I believe it's more an 90's tune.

Islands In The Steam, the most overplayed 80's song of all time...

Boom Boom, Let's Go Back To My Room, by Paul Lekakis, is also bad too...  ::)

My most hated song of the 80s is "Be Good Johnny" by Men at Work.  It never became a hit in America, but lucky for Canada, it reached the Top 20.  I don't hate it as much as I used to (I can tolerate it), but the repetitive "Be good" lyric get under my skin

It was the 3rd and final single from their 1982 "Business as Usual" album
Well it's up there. Maybe "most overrated and overplayed song of the 80s" but not worst.

Although most other tracks on that album weren't too bad.

I'll have to go with both " Heart Attack" and " Let's get physical" Oliva Newton John as the worst songs of the 80's.
My sister was a big fan of hers, had the album and sang to it all the time.

The worst song of all time has got to be these two:

" You light up my life"

and

"Feelings"

Who sang Feelings anyway?
Fee e e e lings, woah woah Feelings... >:(

Who sang Feelings anyway?
Fee e e e lings, woah woah Feelings... >:(


Morris Albert, 1975

Morris Albert, 1975



Funny...I don't remember a follow up hit from him

Funny...I don't remember a follow up hit from him


He had another chart single with "Sweet Loving Man", but it barely scraped the charts  :-\\

"Come On Eileen" - Dexys Midnight Runners

Pleh.  :P

I hate this song so much my ex-wife used to help me with a scam to get out of playing it at the bar.  People would beg for this song and I'd tell them to go turn on the radio or give them the CD to listen to in their car.  When they'd start trying to tip me money to play it, my ex would be nearby and give me $20/$50/$100 to NOT play it.  ;D

To this day you'll only hear it maybe once a year on my show.

:-X

I'll have to go with both " Heart Attack" and " Let's get physical" Oliva Newton John as the worst songs of the 80's.
My sister was a big fan of hers, had the album and sang to it all the time.

The worst song of all time has got to be these two:

" You light up my life"

and

"Feelings"

Who sang Feelings anyway?
Fee e e e lings, woah woah Feelings... >:(


The last two songs, are the worse 70's songs of all time....

You Light Up My Life was sung by Debbie Boone, Pat Boone's daughter. 

My life is much more meaningless and empty for knowing this.  ;D

I dont think anyone mentioned "Walk Like An Egyptian" by the Bangles

Stupid concept, stupid lyrics, bad rythm, horrid guitar solo................

What were those girls thinking??????????

I dont think anyone mentioned "Walk Like An Egyptian" by the Bangles

Stupid concept, stupid lyrics, bad rythm, horrid guitar solo................

What were those girls thinking??????????


Bad yes, but I'm amazed at how many people really like that song.  :o

Pump Up The Volume - M.A.R.R.S

Push It - Salt 'n' Pepa


Although I suppose they're good to listen to if you're trying to give yourself a massive migraine.

STEP BACK!  I have the champion, and to prove it, I come armed with a sound clip ...

"What Can You Get A Wookie For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb)" by the Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choire and Chorale.  In December of 1980, it reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Enjoy all of it's suckyness :D

Click to listen

Last time I said:
Baltimora: Tarzan Boy
I have changed my mind--
It's definitely:
Buckner & Garcia: Pac-Man Fever.

I actually like the opening synth riff to "Tarzan Boy."  "Pac-Man Fever" is ear poison through and through.

In the running:
Bon Jovi: Livin' On a Prayer
Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero
Eddie Murphy: Party All the Time
Eddie Murphy: How Could it Be?
Sylvia: Nobody
Poison: Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Def Leppard: Pour Some Sugar on Me
U.S.A. for Africa: We Are the World
Sheena Easton: Morning Train
Sheena Easton: Strut
The Pointer Sisters: New Attitude  (was that even the Pointer Sisters?)

Now, the worst song EVER just happened to be a hit in the '80s:
Charlene: I've Never Been to Me
So technically it's the worst '80s song too, but it's got more of a '70s feel because it was written (by the Satan) in the '70s!




The worst song of all time has got to be these two:

" You light up my life"

and

"Feelings"

Who sang Feelings anyway?
Fee e e e lings, woah woah Feelings... >:(

Great contenders, but "I've Never Been to Me" still wins by a nose!
Dig--somebody decided to use Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" as an introduction to ASL.  They translated the whole song into sign language and sent the instructional package around to all the schools.  We had to learn it in the 6th grade.  Our teacher thought it would be a swell idea for the class to learn "You Light Up My Life" in ASL and then perform it for some deaf children, which didn't end up doing.  Nonetheless, I had to hear that song twice a week for an entire semester!  It would have been impertinent for me to protest to Miss Drouin that we were doing a great disservice 'coz one of the few advantages of being deaf was never having to hear "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone!
:P



Boom Boom, Let's Go Back To My Room, by Paul Lekakis, is also bad too...  ::)

But Boom Boom was one of those songs that was so bad it was funny!


"Come On Eileen" - Dexys Midnight Runners


I did, when I had a girlfriend named Eileen!
:-X
Actually, It was an interesting blend of Celtic folk and rock, but it had a limited shelf life.  After the first 500 times hearing it, it gets stale.  Then it's just annoying.


nah, it's more like diahrrea.  What still baffles me is how Mr. Roboto hit the Top 5

I did like the chord progressions and the robotic voice, and it did fit the technophobic backlash in the early '80s, exemplified by movies such as "Blade Runner."  And the refrain uses the Japanese phrase for "thank you very much," "Domo Arigato."  Of course it was cheesy as f**k, we're talking about Styx...but at least it wasn't like "Come Sail Away," and "Babe."  And the rock-opera stage show for the "Kilroy Was Here" tour was straight outta "Spinal Tap"!
:P


Pump Up The Volume - M.A.R.R.S

Push It - Salt 'n' Pepa


Although I suppose they're good to listen to if you're trying to give yourself a massive migraine.


Horrid, both of them.  However, we didn't have to hear any more from M/A/R/R/S.  Salt 'n' Pepa nauseated me, they were so gross, and we had to put up with them again in the early '90s  "Oooh baby baby-bu-baby baby!"  Yeah, that's profound.  Then there was the abominable, "Let's talk about sex bay-be, let's talk about you an' me, let's talk about all the good things and the bad things...that may-be!  Let's talk about sex!"
Uhhh....how about let's get tested for HIV and then go study for our GEDs, how about it girls?
::)

The funny thing about M/A/R/R/S is it was a collaboration between A.R. Kane and Colourbox, neither of which were very good, but both of which had some modestly good stuff out on the 4AD label.  Maybe the group should get back together and support Eminem on his next tour.  Call it the "Eminem--M/A/R/R/S" tour!

What does \"I\'ve Never Been to Me\" mean?

Da Da Da by Trio. Mini Casio Organ crap. http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/pukeface.gif

It's a tie between Eddie Murphy's Party All The Time and Sheena Easton's Morning Train :D

The Pointer Sisters: New Attitude  (was that even the Pointer Sisters?)




No, it was Patti LaBelle.

It's definitely:
Buckner & Garcia: Pac-Man Fever.



LOL I had that 8-Track... I think I was about 9 and I loved it at the time.

Of course, it isn't your typical oldies radio staple, so I never heard it again until the recent days of downloading free music.  I got so excited when I downloaded it, until I listened to it and wondered why I ever liked it so much. ::)

I've Never Been to Me by Charlene, now that is bad....  ;D

I'll see you and raise an On The Wings of Love by Jeffrey Osborne.  ::)

I could list atleast 200+ really bad songs.  You've no idea what charts beyond the Top 40.  There's some real crappy songs out there and I have them all  :-[  ;D

Any Zappacosta?  ;D

Any Zappacosta?  ;D


Only in Canada ;D

Zappacosta is nothing compared to some of the crap that charted in America.  lol

I forgot to mention another horrible one...

Cuts Both Ways - Gloria Estefan

I'm surprised nobody said "Lets Hear It For The Boy" by Deniece Wlliiams. That song is so corny and it defines what 80's cheese is. I remember hearing that song when I was little and that song has aged very poorly in my opininion. Just the lyrics were just so bad. The production was standard for its time though. My mom was singing that song a few years ago and I said stop singing it its the worse song.

"I Ran So Far Away" by the Flock Of Seagulls that sounds really dated but I don;t think its the worst song. I remember listening to that song when i was rediscovering the 80's after I graduated High School in the late 90's. I don;t think I'll be listening to Flock of Seagulls any time soon though. My Dad was joking about their band name "The Flock Of Seagulls" one time.

Last time I said:
Baltimora: Tarzan Boy
I have changed my mind--
It's definitely:
Buckner & Garcia: Pac-Man Fever.

I actually like the opening synth riff to "Tarzan Boy."  "Pac-Man Fever" is ear poison through and through.

In the running:
Bon Jovi: Livin' On a Prayer
Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero
Eddie Murphy: Party All the Time
Eddie Murphy: How Could it Be?
Sylvia: Nobody
Poison: Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Def Leppard: Pour Some Sugar on Me
U.S.A. for Africa: We Are the World
Sheena Easton: Morning Train
Sheena Easton: Strut
The Pointer Sisters: New Attitude  (was that even the Pointer Sisters?)

"Poor Some Sugar On Me" is an ok song. "Every Rose Has Its thorn" was a great song. I'm one of those people that detests hair metal because I was teen in the 90's and I liked Alternative Rock from the early to mid 90's too. I agree with you on "Morning Train" that song has aged very poorly. No "New Attitude" was by Patti Labelle not the Pointer Sisters.

Eddie Murphy-Yeah some actors were singers or at least tried to be in the 80's. Don Johnson had a hit in the 80's. Jack Wagner was another actor/singer. "All I need" by Jack Wagner doesn;t very good now though. It sounded good in 1984 I bet and I do remember that song when I was little.

"Gloria"...Laura Brannigan
"Flashdance"....Irene Cara
"Maniac"-Michael Sembello
"State Of Shock"-The Jacksons
ALL Michael Jackson 80's stuff....I have no love lost for him because of his indiscretions with young kids...
"Never Gonna Give You Up"-Rick Astley
Hey I like Falashdance(What A Feeling) when I'm in the mood for it. I also remember that song too when I was younger because my mom played that song in her car.

"Maniac" by Michael Sambello has aged very poorly. Sometimes I do like "Gloria" by Laura Branigan(R.I.P.) I like some Rick Astley too sometimes when I'm in the mood for it.

With the exception of "Subdivisions", I'd say the collected works of Rush.  I can't really stand Geddy Lee's voice.  I often take heat for not liking Rush because I am, a Canadian and I can't stand one of Canada's most beloved bands.  I might not like the music of Rush, but my wood chipper loves it ;D

"Morning Train" is a HORRIBLE SONG!!! Sheena Easton can't even sing.  The lyrics are horrible... But I used to love that song when i was about 3. I remember dancing to it and I knew all the words LOL

I've Never Been to Me by Charlene, now that is bad....  ;D

I'll see you and raise an On The Wings of Love by Jeffrey Osborne.  ::)


"Get out of my Dreams (Get Into My Car)--that's a flush.  You bet it is!
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Sorry, man, couldn't find the cover art.  Oh well, you'll just have to settle for:
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"Morning Train" is a HORRIBLE SONG!!! Sheena Easton can't even sing.  The lyrics are horrible... But I used to love that song when i was about 3. I remember dancing to it and I knew all the words LOL

And now you summer at Fire Island!

Sheena was just a dumb Scottish bint.  When she hooked up with Prince, he said they could only talk business in bed!  That's just how Prince treated his "ladies."

And now you summer at Fire Island!


;D  how DARE YOU??  and how did you know??

"Get out of my Dreams (Get Into My Car)--that's a flush.  You bet it is!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/14/pottytrain3.gif

Sorry, man, couldn't find the cover art.  Oh well, you'll just have to settle for:
http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/drf600/f668/f66860l1y2q.jpg


That tune seems to be enjoying something of a resurgence recently.  Not only is it on rotation on my local radio station, I was surprised to hear it was pool music during my recent trip to Tenerife!

Personally I've always loved the tune, one of Billy's best!  8)

Ups, almost forgot....my nomination:

Robin Beck 'The Very First Time' - always loathed it!

That tune seems to be enjoying something of a resurgence recently.  Not only is it on rotation on my local radio station, I was surprised to hear it was pool music during my recent trip to Tenerife!

Personally I've always loved the tune, one of Billy's best!  8)
I always liked that song too. I actually heard that song for the first time in 1996.

With the exception of "Subdivisions", I'd say the collected works of Rush.  I can't really stand Geddy Lee's voice.  I often take heat for not liking Rush because I am, a Canadian and I can't stand one of Canada's most beloved bands.  I might not like the music of Rush, but my wood chipper loves it ;D
You hate Rush as much as I do? That makes two of us.  :P

I think that Gloria by Laura Branigan is one of the most underrated songs of the eighties.

She has such a powerful voice to deliver such a song, and she looked so sexy in her video clip :)

RIP Gloria.


The worst I cant really say because the 80's are so synonomous with really bad records.

I could probably single out a top 20, maybe even scrape together a top 50 of great 80's tracks.


One song that bugged me was tell her about it by Billy Joel.

I wasnt keen on taking advice from a guy that had just broken up with a supermodel.

Either way, I didnt like the lyrics,or the advice in his lyrics, because it made it sound like he understood women when he had no clue.

Teena Marie, she's overrated and not much of a singer since she sounds like a turkey  :P

Heard one of her songs on the radio, titled "Square Biz", that sounds more like "Sponge Bob Muzak"

Teena Marie, she's overrated and not much of a singer since she sounds like a turkey  :P

Heard one of her songs on the radio, titled "Square Biz", that sounds more like "Sponge Bob Muzak"
Teena Marie. "Still In Love" by her was one of my favorite songs of 2004 back a few years ago. Ooh La La was good too and that was from 1987. "Fire and Desire" with her and Rick James is classic.

"In My House" by The Mary Jane Girls

I think that Gloria by Laura Branigan is one of the most underrated songs of the eighties.


Have to disagree totally!

'Gloria' is totally overplayed on the radio, and is beginning to get a little annoying.  I guess because of the 'Flashdance' resurgence it's cemented it's place on the airwaves.

'Self Control' on the other hand is a vastly superior single, yet not played anywhere near as much.  >:(

"Heartbeat" by Don Johnson, now that's a bad song!  ;D

And this is a bad song too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EzzPKCfhnM

And this is a bad song too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EzzPKCfhnM


It's a fitting song tithe that's for sure ;D

Islands In The Strem by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton is another bad song.  ;D

that fricking song by Yoko Ono......my ears are still hurting as I remember rushing to the tv to turn MTV off when she came on.... :\'(Oh it was so horrible

that fricking song by Yoko Ono......my ears are still hurting as I remember rushing to the tv to turn MTV off when she came on.... :\'(Oh it was so horrible


"Walking on Thin Ice"?

that fricking song by Yoko Ono......my ears are still hurting as I remember rushing to the tv to turn MTV off when she came on.... :\'(Oh it was so horrible


I find any song by Yoko Ono, to be pretty bad.  ;D

"Balls to the Wall" Accept  :P

Wow......

Now that's a crappy song!