Tacky Songs Unlimited!

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Come on then...name 'em! Name the tackiest songs you know of! I'll start off: Never Say Never Again - James Bond.

 

[Clare Newsome]

[quote user="Hughes123"]Come on then...name 'em!

Name the tackiest songs you know of!

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My entire iTunes library?

I've got some real corkers in my cheese selection - including ALL the Bond themes, and plenty of Elvis movie soundtrack gems (Rock-a-Hula, anyone?)

But the tackiest? Tough call. Probably a tie between The Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft and Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express (how can you not love a song whose lyrics start with: "Yummy yummy yummy i've got love in my tummy..."?)

 

[VoodooDoctor]

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Polka Dot Bikini - featuring Timmy Mallet

 

[Charlie Jefferson]

[quote user="Clare Newsome"]The Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft[/quote]

. . .yes, but Karen's velvety voice redeems all, and in this post-midnight moment it becomes a quintessentially, lost soul communicating universal, sad truths incognito via the medium of sickly song. At least, until I hear, Jumbalya.

 

[Simon Lucas]

[quote user="Clare Newsome"]My entire iTunes library?

[/quote]

It's true, I've seen it.

Songs don't come tackier, or more dubious, than Ringo's 'You're Sixteen'.

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="Clare Newsome"]The Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft [/quote]

Not the far better original Klaatu version? Tch tch.

 

[Drummerdave]

Im So Straight I'm a Weirdo by Rick Wakeman

 

[Anonymous]

'Barbie Girl' - Aqua
'Especially For You' -ÿKylie and Jason
'Give a Little Love' - Bay City Rollers

And, with the benefit of hindsight: 'Doing Alright With The Boys' - Gary Glitter
OK, so the last one is more painfully ironic than plain tacky.

 

[Thaiman]

Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love

Glenn Mederios - nothing gonna change my love for you

 

[fatboyslimfast]

Ok, you've done it. You made me open my 7" collection.

Right, where shall I start?

I wanna be a winner - brown sauce b/w Swap Shop Theme

Star Trekkin' - The Firm

Cliff and the young ones - livin' doll

Zambezi - the pirahnas

The Chicken Song - spitting image

(ahem) I'd rather Jack - the reynolds girls (ok, it was a bet at a car boot sale, but still there...)

Have I disgraced myself yet?

 

[Anonymous]

the doop song by doop, they couldnt even think off an original name

 

[John Duncan]

Ah but some of these are not tacky, they're just 'novelty'. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship. "Sev Yor Lov" by Ren‚ and Renata. Anything by Mika. "Angelo" by Brotherhood of Man (the first single I ever bought with my own money).