# Favorite 80s song to sing in the shower **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527 "2005-12-14T02:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/21 "2005-12-14T15:49:33Z")
The Bangles’ version of Hazy Shade of Winter. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/22 "2005-12-14T16:51:41Z")
_Down On Skid Row_ (or was it just _Skid Row_?) from the 80s remake of _Little Shop of Horrors_. Lately, I’ve been singing _Oh Christmas Tree_, only doo-doot-doo-doo-ing instead of, y’know, words. ---
**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/23 "2005-12-14T17:05:23Z")
hmph. Lately, it’s been: _Slide it in_ - Whitesnake _Hunger strike_ - Temple of the Dog The screaming part in _Stairway to Heaven_ Or countless AC/DC songs (mostly just the choruses). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/24 "2005-12-14T17:40:47Z")
Heat of the Moment - Asia Drinking and Driving - Black Flag Are We Ourselves - The Fixx Too Fast For Love - Motley Crue Big Dumb Sex - Soundgarden Am I Evil - Diamond Head (made famous by Metallica) Where Eagles Dare - Misfits (That could have been anywhere from '77 to '83, but…screw it, I’m putting it 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/25 "2005-12-14T17:58:30Z")
“The Metro” by Berlin “If You Leave” by OMD ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/26 "2005-12-14T18:15:35Z")
It varies and is usually something by Duran Duran. Lately, it’s been _The Chauffeur_ by Duran Duran _U Got the Look_ by Prince _Red Skies_ by The Fixx ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/27 "2005-12-14T19:49:24Z")
_Candy_, by Iggy Pop, backed up by Kate Pierson _Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely_, Husker Du ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/28 "2005-12-14T22:09:46Z")
My SIL told me my brother sings Take On Me (by A-Ha). Susan ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/29 "2005-12-14T22:16:34Z")
“Don’t You Want Me Baby” by The Human League. Awww yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/30 "2005-12-14T22:20:47Z")
The other day, for no reason whatsoever that I could discern, I found myself belting out “Could’ve Been” by Tiffany. Yes, I am ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/31 "2005-12-14T22:30:55Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > HA! I actually remember that! In the car, with Paul and Tracy on the windshield (or was it Paul Loves Tracy? I remember Paul looking distinctly nervous 😉 ), some part where she’s watching old movies, looks like a woman or kid getting hit, near the beginning there was a slimy looking guy at a bowling alley… and at the end, her pushing a shopping cart in a store in her big fuzzy slippers. > > I don’t know why I was enamoured of the video, or why I remember so much of it today. I was probably only five or six when I saw it last. :eek: Did the actual music video have the same scenes as the opening and closing credits of her “Tracey Takes On…” series? because the old woman falling down is her Ruby Romaine character 80’s - i can’t think of any 70’s - even tougher to recall but 60’s? “ **One Less Bell To Answer** ” by the 5th Dimension ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/32 "2005-12-15T01:06:53Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Did the actual music video have the same scenes as the opening and closing credits of her “Tracey Takes On…” series? because the old woman falling down is her Ruby Romaine character I don’t know… I was pretty young. I’ve never seen any of Tracy Ullman’s shows (including The Tracy Ullman Show). My parents were avid fans of hers, though, as I remember, so I could ask my mother. They were quite excited when the Simpsons got their own show. _Or_, somoene else in this thread who’s seen both the video for “They Don’t Know” and one of her shows could answer the question better than I could, and you wouldn’t have to wait for my mum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/33 "2005-12-15T04:03:25Z")
_To Be With You_ - Mr Big?? (“I’m the one who wants to be with you, deep inside I know you feel it too (feel it toooo)”… aww, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/34 "2005-12-15T04:10:04Z")
Particular favorites of mine are Lovin Touchin Squeezin by Journey You Say He’s just a Friend by ?? Heavens On Fire by Kiss ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/35 "2005-12-15T09:28:40Z")
> [@BF](#): > > _Candy_, by Iggy Pop, backed up by Kate Pierson Very good! Will try it next shower. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/36 "2005-12-15T11:35:33Z")
_Bicycle Built For Two_ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/37 "2005-12-15T11:37:02Z")
Oh, wait. You mean the _nineteen_ eighties. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/38 "2005-12-15T15:12:59Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > You Say He’s just a Friend by ?? Biz Markie. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/39 "2005-12-15T15:20:22Z")
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benetar ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527/40 "2005-12-15T15:23:43Z")
Not from the '80s, but I was singing “How Lovely to be a Woman” from Bye Bye Birdie (Ann-Margret movie version) this morning while I was getting dressed. And of course it segued into “Gotta Lotta Living to Do”. Susan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-song-to-sing-in-the-shower/335527.md?page=3)