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"Mr. Roboto." Just that title conjures up images of '80s cheese like Brie left out too long in the sun.

hmmm...didn't you already have this thread before, just without the poll???

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

with this coming a close second:
Putting on the Ritz - Taco

hmmm...didn't you already have this thread before, just without the poll???


I think so.  Oh well.  ;D

I think so.  Oh well.  ;D


Thread whore  >:(  ;D

And: Be Good Johnny - Men @ Work

Very cheesy.

And: Be Good Johnny - Men @ Work

Very cheesy.


That song is so very cheesy.  I love Men at Work, but that song is not a very good song ;D

Putting on the Ritz - Taco

Umm.. I don't think any of the ones you listed are particularly cheesy... so I'd have to say other and pick:

Ebony And Ivory - Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney
Cherish - Kool & The Gang
I Miss You - Klymaxx
Crush On You - The Jets
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung

although I do like all of these...

The 80's were defined by cheesy music though I still love most of it. The cheesiest to me was anything by Huey Lewis and the News.  Take on Me by Aha  You Spin Me Round by Dead or Allive, Wake Me Up Before You GoGo by Wham and SledgeHammer by Peter Gabriel.  There's alot more of course like the ones mentioned on the previous posts. :\'(

I almost forgot about the cheesiest of them all... Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin! :P

And I don't like that one.

Other: "Agadoo" by Black Lace. :D :D

If Bruce Willis and Don Johnson could have semi-hits in the 80's, then that was CHEESE all the way!

Wait! Wait! I want to change my vote! I want to go with Survivor's Eye of the Tiger! That's the best Stadium Rock song of ALL TIME, and why it didnt make the cheese cut (cut the cheese?!?) is beyond me!

Thanks for not voting a Debbie Gibson song (yet)...  :)  :P  :-[  :D  ???  :-\\  ;D

The 80's were defined by cheesy music though I still love most of it. The cheesiest to me was anything by Huey Lewis and the News.  Take on Me by Aha  You Spin Me Round by Dead or Allive, Wake Me Up Before You GoGo by Wham and SledgeHammer by Peter Gabriel.  There's alot more of course like the ones mentioned on the previous posts. :\'(


>:(  MAN Take on Me kicked ass!!!  WHo could ever forget their video that was the coolest!!!  You Spin Me Round was a cool song too, maybe the video was cheesy with the singer frayling his finger in the air like some ******. ;D

I voted other, but the most cheesiest song award goes to:


Future's So Bright-Timbuk 3.

I know I'll be an outcast for saying this but I'm not afraid to admit it I like "Heaven" by Warrant :-[. But it cant be denied. As much as I may like that song it is the ultimate cheeseball of the 80's. "Mr. Roboto" was a close second but nothing can compare to the cheesieness of the quientessential "power ballad".

All that Meatloaf/Journey crap...

As far as overall cheesiness, probably "The Final Countdown" - people probably give this one a hard time not just 'cause it's keyboardy/lite hair metal, but it's also very "80s" in that futuristic/space travel sense. It's not even your typical girls/party anthem song.

I love it personally, but I'll even admit it's cheesy. I wouldn't want to be caught listening to it by anyone I didn't know. ;)

BTW, I basically like every song on there (especially anything arena rock - Open Arms, Heaven, I Wanna Know What Love is, etc) - even ones like "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Gloria" have their own pop cultural merit. Out of the new wave-ish songs, "Don't You Want Me Baby" has a great synth line. The singing is cheesy, but the music isn't.

Thanks for not voting a Debbie Gibson song (yet)...  :)  :P  :-[  :D  ???  :-\\  ;D


Unfortunately "Lost in Your Eyes" was in VH1's top 40 worst love songs which I can't inderstand because I love "Lost in Your Eyes".  There were alot of songs that made the list which i disagree.

As far as overall cheesiness, probably "The Final Countdown" - people probably give this one a hard time not just 'cause it's keyboardy/lite hair metal, but it's also very "80s" in that futuristic/space travel sense. It's not even your typical girls/party anthem song.

I love it personally, but I'll even admit it's cheesy. I wouldn't want to be caught listening to it by anyone I didn't know. ;)

BTW, I basically like every song on there (especially anything arena rock - Open Arms, Heaven, I Wanna Know What Love is, etc) - even ones like "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Gloria" have their own pop cultural merit. Out of the new wave-ish songs, "Don't You Want Me Baby" has a great synth line. The singing is cheesy, but the music isn't.


The only thing I will admit about Europe's music is that being from Sweden and not understanding the english language is that their lyrics didn't make sense.

Mr. Roboto - Styx

The only thing I will admit about Europe's music is that being from Sweden and not understanding the english language is that their lyrics didn't make sense.



Have you ever heard the beginning of Cherokee?

It sounds like they're saying; "Whiskers Pee's Alot."



But its something in Swedish.

In response to an above post, how can someone say "Take On Me" is the cheesiest song of the eighties?  It's a freaking classic!  :)

DITTO and AMEN!!!

I had to vote for "other", as I feel the cheesiest song of the decade was "Heart Don't Lie" by LaToya Jackson.

definitely anything by Journey...and whoever mentioned "crush on you" by the jets ..I dont think that's chessy, it's just catchy, and I like it. :)

Respect Yourself by Bruce Willis.

What about me - by Moving Pictures
I've never been to me - by Charlamagn (sp)?

ok, I'm going to get on my high horse here with this subject <sound of Chasey strapping right foot into horse stirrup>

I get fedup of tunes getting labelled with this 80's 'cheese' tag.  I don't know exactly when this label came from, most likely it came from one of these stupid 'I love the 80's' programmes, with guest 'stars' like Right Said Fred...

Today they are all at it: Radio 1 presenters, DJ's, Music critiques...'80's cheese this, 80's cheese that...'

FACT:  The 80's were no more cheesy than most 70's disco, 90's and 00's boyband acts.  So I personally object to my era being singled out for what appears to be more criticism than most, and songs being labelled as cheesy.

The 80's were NOT defined by cheesy music.  They were defined by a vastly different styles of popular music, from Pop to synth, from New Wave to Punk, from Electro to Rap.  Yes, there was cheese <Renee & Renato, Stock, Aiken and Waterman>  but no more than in any other decade.

It does a very colourful era a complete injustice to label it with such a tag, especially from pillocks who never actually grew up in the 80's.