Worst songs of the 80s

corblimey

I want to burn a mix cd for an upcoming 80s party full of the really bad songs from the 80s, probably more the "so bad, it's quite good, but never play it again" variety. I have Johnny Logan around here somewhere, and I think I have the Reynolds Girls' I'd Rather Jack aswell. That sort of quality, really.

Can anyone tell me any more I should have?

Guy:Incognito

Stick in some Shakin Stevens.

beardedchicken

this should get you started.... (recently had an 80s party....don't ask!....)

A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran (So Far Away) -
Adam and the Ants Prince Charming -
A-ha Hunting high and low -
A-ha Take on me -
Air Supply All Out Of Love -
Alice Cooper Poison -
Alison Moyet Is This Love? -
Aneka Japanese Boy -
Bananarama CRUEL SUMMER -
Bananarama VENUS -
Baxter Robertson Feel the Night -
Belinda Carlisle HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH -
Black Wonderful Life -
Bluebells Young at heart -
Bon Jovi Living on a Prayer -
Bow Wow Wow I WANT CANDY -
Breath Hands to heaven -
Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart -
Bryan Adams Run To You -
Bryan Adams SUMMER OF '69 -
Cameo Word up -
Cheap Trick Mighty Wings -
Chicago Look Away -
Culture Club Do You Wanna Hurt Me -
Culture Club KARMA CHAMELEON -
Cutting Crew I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight -
Daryl Hall Maneater -
David Foster Just For A Moment -
David Lee Roth CALIFORNIA GIRLS -
Debbie Gibson Electric Youth -
Devo WHIP IT -
D. Ross L. Ritchie Endless Love' -.
Don Henley THE BOYS OF SUMMER -
Dr and the medics Spirit in the sky -
Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf -
Duran Duran Planet Earth -
Erasure - A little respect
Eurythmics Thorn In My Side -
Falko Amadeus -
Fame I Sing The Body Electric -
Foreigner I Want To Know What Love Is -
Foreigner Waiting For a Girl Like You -
Frank Stallone Far From Over -
Frankie G.T. Hollywood Two Tribes -
Glenn Frey The Heat Is On -
Hall & Oates Out of Touch -
Harold Faltermeyer AXEL F -
Harold Faltermeyer Top Gun Anthem -
Heart Alone -
Herbie Hancock Rockit -
Human League Don't You Want Me -
Human League Human -
Jacksons Can you feel it -
Jan Hammer Crockett's Theme -
Jennifer Warnes I've Had The Time Of My Life -
Joey Scarbury Believe it or not (i'm walking on air) -
John Farnham You're the voice -
Johnny Logan Hold me now -
Journey Don't Stop Believin -
Kenny Loggins Playing With The Boys -
Kim Carnes Bette Davis Eyes -
Kim Wilde Keep me hanging on
Kim Wilde Kids In America -
Kiss (?) I was made for lovin' you baby -
Larry Carlton Theme From Hill Street Blues -
Linda Martin Terminal 3 -
Lionel Richie Say You, Say Me -
Lipps Inc. Funkytown -
Matthew wilder Nothin gonna break my stride -
Milli Vanilli Girl You Know Its True -
Mr. Mister Kyrie -
Mr. Mister Broken Wings -
Nik Kershaw The Riddle -
Oingo Boingo Weird Science -
OMD If You Leave -
Pat Benatar WE BELONG -
Paula Abdul Straight Up -
Phil Collins SUSSUDIO,
Poison Every Rose Has Its Thorn -
Prince RASPBERRY BERET -
Quiet Riot Cum on Feel the Noize -
Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters -
Red box Lean on me -
REO Speedwagon CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING -
REO Speedwagon Keep On Loving You
Richard Marx Right Here Waiting -
Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up -
Rick James Super Freak, Pt. 1 -
Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl -
Robert Palmer Addicted To Love
Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible –
Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me -
Run DMC Walk This Way –
Scorpions Rock You Like a Hurricane -
Sister Sledge Frankie -
Soft Cell Tainted Love -
Spandau Ballet Gold -
Spandau Ballet True -
Spinners Could It Be I'm Falling In Love -
Squeeze Tempted -
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Sting Every Breath You Take -
Styx Renegade -
Sub Sub AIN'T NO LOVE (AIN'T NO USE) -
Sugarhill gang Rapper's delight -
Survivor Eye of the Tiger -
Survivor THE SEARCH IS OVER -
Swing Out Sister Breakout -
Talking Heads Road To Nowhere -
Terence Trent D'Arby Sign your name -
The Bangles Eternal Flame -
The Bangles Manic Monday -
The Bangles Walk like an Egyptian -
The Crystal Method Name of the Game -
The Crystal Method Starting Over -
The Flying Lizards Money -
The Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink -
The Romantics Talking in Your Sleep -
The Thompson Twins LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME -
The Vapors TURNING JAPANESE -
Thompson twins Hold me now -
Tina Turner We Don't Need Another Hero -
Toto Africa
UB40 Red Red Wine -
Wang Chung Dance Hall Days -
Wang Chung Fire in the Twilight (Breakfast Club soundtrack) -
Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go -
Whitesnake Here I Go Again -
Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) -
Will To Power Baby, I Love Your Way -
Yello Race -
Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart -
enough is enough – donna summer and barbra streisand
turn back time - cher
boys boys boys - ?

(edit) you should also be thinking in terms of bad power ballads and big hair stadium rock. we're talking about lots of obvious key changes, cheesy guitar solos, bands with single-word names like Foreigner, Survivor, Journey, Heart, Chicago... etc. (i also feel that Jefferson Starship and REO Speedwagon deserve a mention, although they don't quite conform to the single-word name convention) This is not the music of subtle, heartfelt emotion, this is the musical equivalent of bludgeoning your true love to death with a lump hammer for deserting you. Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler are also good bets for this kind of thing. i have another list of songs somewhere around here, i'll stick them up if i find them! enjoy the 80s cheese! (edit)

Pigman II

Anything that came out of the StockAitkenandWhateverthe3rdGuysNameWas ****e-factory.

Ruu_Old

anything MC Hammer or Vanilla Ice put out! *shakes head*:mad:

Devon

Toto'a "Africa" is an all time classic. I'll not have a bad word said against it.

Boys Boys Boys was done by Sabrina and was just a vehicle for her silicone-enhanced chest...

trishh

You forgot "99 Red Balloons", don't know who used sing it but I HATE it.

Hagar

That was Nena. Philistine.
I have it on mp3 in English and the original German. PMs accepted

That aside, this could be a very long thread. 80's music was crap^^crap.

nlgbbbblth

Hagar wrote:

That was Nena. Philistine.
I have it on mp3 in English and the original German. PMs accepted

.

I have it on vinyl - both versions.
The follow up single, Just A Dream, which made No 84 in the charts was far better.

Hagar

PM and link requested

Sarsfield

The Only Way is Up - Yazz

Brings back horrible memories of working in a kippy pub in London one summer. It was on the jukebox and played all day every day.

Ruu_Old

ya forgot Adam Ant-Goody Two Shoes in the above list!

Crucifix

The best bad 80s song is "She blinded me with Science" by Thomas Dolby.

monkeyfudge

Fergal Sharkey - A Good Heart is pretty horrible...

The did a good amount of rubbish too... this is very difficult... I love pretty much all 80s music...

FatherTed

Kachagoogoo, remember those guys? Plus all Howard Jones stuff.

telecinesk

The chicken song, from "Spitting Image". Anyone remember that.? Horrible.

RainyDay

"Oh I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky"

dSTAR

The 'Birdy Song' or 'Shuttupa ya face'

fade2black

beardedchicken wrote:

this should get you started.... (recently had an 80s party....don't ask!....)

A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran (So Far Away) -
Adam and the Ants Prince Charming -
A-ha Hunting high and low -
A-ha Take on me -
Air Supply All Out Of Love -
Alice Cooper Poison -
Alison Moyet Is This Love? -
Aneka Japanese Boy -
Bananarama CRUEL SUMMER -
Bananarama VENUS -
Baxter Robertson Feel the Night -
Belinda Carlisle HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH -
Black Wonderful Life -
Bluebells Young at heart -
Bon Jovi Living on a Prayer -
Bow Wow Wow I WANT CANDY -
Breath Hands to heaven -
Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart -
Bryan Adams Run To You -
Bryan Adams SUMMER OF '69 -
Cameo Word up -
Cheap Trick Mighty Wings -
Chicago Look Away -
Culture Club Do You Wanna Hurt Me -
Culture Club KARMA CHAMELEON -
Cutting Crew I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight -
Daryl Hall Maneater -
David Foster Just For A Moment -
David Lee Roth CALIFORNIA GIRLS -
Debbie Gibson Electric Youth -
Devo WHIP IT -
D. Ross L. Ritchie Endless Love' -.
Don Henley THE BOYS OF SUMMER -
Dr and the medics Spirit in the sky -
Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf -
Duran Duran Planet Earth -
Erasure - A little respect
Eurythmics Thorn In My Side -
Falko Amadeus -
Fame I Sing The Body Electric -
Foreigner I Want To Know What Love Is -
Foreigner Waiting For a Girl Like You -
Frank Stallone Far From Over -
Frankie G.T. Hollywood Two Tribes -
Glenn Frey The Heat Is On -
Hall & Oates Out of Touch -
Harold Faltermeyer AXEL F -
Harold Faltermeyer Top Gun Anthem -
Heart Alone -
Herbie Hancock Rockit -
Human League Don't You Want Me -
Human League Human -
Jacksons Can you feel it -
Jan Hammer Crockett's Theme -
Jennifer Warnes I've Had The Time Of My Life -
Joey Scarbury Believe it or not (i'm walking on air) -
John Farnham You're the voice -
Johnny Logan Hold me now -
Journey Don't Stop Believin -
Kenny Loggins Playing With The Boys -
Kim Carnes Bette Davis Eyes -
Kim Wilde Keep me hanging on
Kim Wilde Kids In America -
Kiss (?) I was made for lovin' you baby -
Larry Carlton Theme From Hill Street Blues -
Linda Martin Terminal 3 -
Lionel Richie Say You, Say Me -
Lipps Inc. Funkytown -
Matthew wilder Nothin gonna break my stride -
Milli Vanilli Girl You Know Its True -
Mr. Mister Kyrie -
Mr. Mister Broken Wings -
Nik Kershaw The Riddle -
Oingo Boingo Weird Science -
OMD If You Leave -
Pat Benatar WE BELONG -
Paula Abdul Straight Up -
Phil Collins SUSSUDIO,
Poison Every Rose Has Its Thorn -
Prince RASPBERRY BERET -
Quiet Riot Cum on Feel the Noize -
Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters -
Red box Lean on me -
REO Speedwagon CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING -
REO Speedwagon Keep On Loving You
Richard Marx Right Here Waiting -
Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up -
Rick James Super Freak, Pt. 1 -
Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl -
Robert Palmer Addicted To Love
Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible –
Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me -
Run DMC Walk This Way –
Scorpions Rock You Like a Hurricane -
Sister Sledge Frankie -
Soft Cell Tainted Love -
Spandau Ballet Gold -
Spandau Ballet True -
Spinners Could It Be I'm Falling In Love -
Squeeze Tempted -
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Sting Every Breath You Take -
Styx Renegade -
Sub Sub AIN'T NO LOVE (AIN'T NO USE) -
Sugarhill gang Rapper's delight -
Survivor Eye of the Tiger -
Survivor THE SEARCH IS OVER -
Swing Out Sister Breakout -
Talking Heads Road To Nowhere -
Terence Trent D'Arby Sign your name -
The Bangles Eternal Flame -
The Bangles Manic Monday -
The Bangles Walk like an Egyptian -
The Crystal Method Name of the Game -
The Crystal Method Starting Over -
The Flying Lizards Money -
The Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink -
The Romantics Talking in Your Sleep -
The Thompson Twins LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME -
The Vapors TURNING JAPANESE -
Thompson twins Hold me now -
Tina Turner We Don't Need Another Hero -
Toto Africa
UB40 Red Red Wine -
Wang Chung Dance Hall Days -
Wang Chung Fire in the Twilight (Breakfast Club soundtrack) -
Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go -
Whitesnake Here I Go Again -
Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) -
Will To Power Baby, I Love Your Way -
Yello Race -
Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart -
enough is enough – donna summer and barbra streisand
turn back time - cher
boys boys boys - ?

(edit) you should also be thinking in terms of bad power ballads and big hair stadium rock. we're talking about lots of obvious key changes, cheesy guitar solos, bands with single-word names like Foreigner, Survivor, Journey, Heart, Chicago... etc. (i also feel that Jefferson Starship and REO Speedwagon deserve a mention, although they don't quite conform to the single-word name convention) This is not the music of subtle, heartfelt emotion, this is the musical equivalent of bludgeoning your true love to death with a lump hammer for deserting you. Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler are also good bets for this kind of thing. i have another list of songs somewhere around here, i'll stick them up if i find them! enjoy the 80s cheese! (edit)

Can I turn your attention sir, to the title of this thread. I have highlighted some inaccuracies in your selections....

grumpytrousers

Building a Bridge to your heart...by Wax, I think...
Labour of Love by Hue and Cry
It's Over - Level 42
Kayleigh - Marillion
Love and Pride - King (that div who used be on VH1 all the time)
Joyride - Roxette

fade2black

Ah you people haven't a clue!!!!!!!

Hagar

beardedchicken wrote:

this should get you started.... (recently had an 80s party....don't ask!....)

A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran (So Far Away) -

.............................
etc etc

enjoy the 80s cheese! (edit)

Great Playlist, Any MP3s?

Nightwish

some of these have probably been mentioned before but anyway...
Joey Scarbury - Believe it or not
Modern Talking - You're my Heart, You're My Soul
Modern Talking - Louie, Louie
Cameo - Word Up
Opus - Life is Life
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
The Divinals - Touch Myself
Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth
Billy Joel - We Didnt Start the Fire
Yazz - The Only Way Is Up
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Toto - Rosanna
Europe - The Final Countdown
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Starship - We Built This City (On Rock and Roll) -apparently voted the worst song of all time
Survivor - Eye of The Tiger

Angus MacGyver

the most overlooked song of the 80's
PHD - I Won't Let You Down

grumpytrousers

Ooooh - Jim Diamond before I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I Should Have Known Better...

Good song, alright....

Have we mentioned Abracadabra by the Steve Millar Band

jupiterjack

no bad songs from the 80s they were all classics..

Fuzzy Clam

jupiterjack wrote: »

no bad songs from the 80s they were all classics..

Jupiter, the thread is 7 years old !
Can you just start a new thread if something interests you.