On more than one occasion, while out on the town, a certain song has come on and I have had to fight the overwhelming urge to throw my hands up in the air, shout the word ‘tuuuune’ and rush to the dance floor. Other times I have been at home alone and I have been forced to close the windows, pull down the blinds and lower the volume on the hi-fi lest the neighbours hear the true extent of my playlist.
I can not live this double life anymore. So here it is:
Twenty songs (in no particular order) that I am too embarrassed to admit I like and can sing all the words to. (Where specific dance moves are required – I can move with the best of them!)
Clicking on Listen next to each song opens up a 30 second clip in Windows Media Player (Thank you Amazon).
EDIT: Sorry, the Real Player song clips weren’t working so I had to delete them
- Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus (Listen)
- Coward of The County – Kenny Rogers (Listen)
- Let’s Hear It For The Boy– Denise Williams (Listen)
- King of Wishful Thinking – Go West (Listen)
- I Wonder Why – Curtis Stigers (Listen)
- The One and Only – Chesney Hawkes (Listen)
- C’est La Vie – B*Witched (Listen)
- S Club Party– S Club 7 (Listen)
- Y.M.C.A – Village People (Listen)
- I’m In The Mood – Nolans (Listen)
- If You Let Me Stay – Terence Trent D’arby (Listen)
- Roses Are Red – The Mac Band (Listen)
- To Be With You – Mr Big (Listen)
- Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex (Listen)
- The Motown Song – Rod Stewart (Listen)
- Karma Chameleon – Culture Club (Listen)
- I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys (Listen)
- I’m Your Man– Wham (Listen)
- Witch Doctor – Cartoons(Listen)
- Wake Me Up Before you Go Go- Wham (Listen)
Who knows, maybe my first podcast shall have me singing one of these songs…
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mshairi says
Out of your list, I think I know 9 songs. I will listen. However, I think that achy breaky stuff song is the worst song I have ever heard. It makes me want to pull out my ears
Cotton Eye Joe? Are you not too ashamed to have this song on your list?
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spicebear says
some of those songs are actually cool – i happen to love terrence trent d’arby and denise williams and most of them are nice. coward of the county is a favourite of mine. but achy, breaky heart? teehee …
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Guessaurus says
I would forgive you most of those songs, but S Club Party and C’est La Vie – Mshairi, could you please talk to your niece upesi upesi? That is just wrong… but then again if I had to air my ‘dirty linen’ of music in public, I would expect the same reaction…
Although I must admit if you go to any Christmas party at work, you would be the life and soul of it.
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nick says
oh wifey wifey wifey NO u shouldnt be embarassed…I SHOULD BE!
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Mich says
I agree with the above comments, some of this stuff is classic 80’s material but Achy Breaky Heart, etc must count as some of the greatest crimes ever committed against humanity.
Now if you want the really good stuff you need look no further than nineties Boy Bands the like Take That or Five… pure class :-).
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uaridi says
Mich – Take That??? Oh God, my ears hurt!!!
I confess MJY tthat there in there are two of my listening shame – Karma Karma Karma….. and King of Wishful thinking!!!! (Blush, blush, blush) Still don’t know what is wrong with Let’s hear it for the boy!!!
Happy listening
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The Hanyeé says
I pendad:
– Coward of The County (Sitting in a 504 pickup that belonged to the coolest uncle then coz it had a tape deck, and listening to this on loose Sato aftis as him and our zaks caught pints….)
– King of Wishful Thinking – Go West (Still like it…the video had a fake Pope doing a mad jig)
– The One and Only – Chesney Hawkes
– To Be With You – Mr Big
– The Motown Song – Rod Stewart
Wah! yenyewe, that felt like being in an CESA (Cheesy Embarrassing Songs Anonymous) session….now for the other 11 steps to recovery….
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kabinti says
absolutely loooove Denise Williams – trust me i can do the synthesizer intro acapella to a T (tutu-turururu-tututututututu ) i hope those are enough tu’s in there :o) inclusive of shoulder dance moves
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maitha says
nice list 4 (perfect denial tune ) and 5 are somewhere in my list of all time classics . though at the moment it appears they will be dislodged by audioslave
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Ms K says
First, that “tuuuuuune” thing knocked me out COLD! D.E.A.D
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Ms K says
My name is Ms K and I’m a fully paid up, card carrying memeber of CESA!!
Where did you come from
Where did you go
Where did you come from
Cotton eye Joe!!
What’s wrong with Karma Chameleon? And Let’s hear it for the boy? Ala PEOPLE!!!!
Auuuiiii I’m off to sit in the corner!!
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kipepeo says
ok, i started with achey breaky heart…what? this is going to be bad!!! But I actually like most of the other songs….backstreet boys!! B*witched!!! all good for a sing along!! but enyewe achey breaky heart…? maybe we should rethink that one mjy!!
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M says
Shamlessly I listen to almost all those songs at the highest volume my speakers can handle without breaking windows or confusing passing bats but Achy Breaky Heart and I Want It that way? Is bilaz!!!
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Nyakehu says
Yes Mama Junkyard there is nothing wrong with your music at least it is better than a spattering of Morissey, Arctic Monkeys, Heaven et al
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Mentalacrobatics says
Ha! You must have been the secret “guest dj” at our cheese nights back in the day at uni. you even got the order of the songs right! Rock on!