# Name that cheesy '70 songs in 5 words **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730 "2008-01-31T17:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/121 "2008-02-01T20:58:16Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] > [@](#): > > 42L) “Give us any chance, we’ll…” it’s the theme from Laverne and Shirley, titled “We’re Gonna Do It” but I cannot find any reference to the artist(s) who recorded it [/QUOTE] Found it! It’s \*\*Making our Dreams Come True \*\* by Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox. Sung by Cyndi Grecco ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/122 "2008-02-01T20:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] Page 3 and still no correct answer. Or maybe y’all just don’t want to admit knowing [this](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/helen_reddy/angie_baby.html)? [/QUOTE] without checking the link - I know it’s Angie by Helen Reddy. I only just came in to the game at the botton of page two. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/123 "2008-02-01T21:01:28Z")
any4) “Dancing In The Streets” by Martha and The Vandellas (and Van Halen did it too, in fact in the '70s I believe) ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/124 "2008-02-01T21:05:22Z")
_15. She’s got style, she’s got…_ **Makin’ it**? By the “I’m a Pepper” guy? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/125 "2008-02-01T21:06:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] any4) “Dancing In The Streets” by Martha and The Vandellas (and Van Halen did it too, in fact in the '70s I believe) [/QUOTE] another good answer, but still not the one I had in mind ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/126 "2008-02-01T21:13:13Z")
Let me retract that guess - Upon further thought, the line in \*\*Makin’ It \*\* isn’t even that close. But dammit, I know that I know it! (back to the think tank) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/127 "2008-02-01T21:17:20Z")
> [@](#): > > CG15. She’s got style, she’s got… She’s A Lady by Tom Jones eta: sorry, about that \*\*Pashnish \*\* 😃 also eta: > [@](#): > > 5TC 6 . . .don’t let life get me . . . I Got The Music In Me - Kiki Dee ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/128 "2008-02-01T21:24:56Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any7) very nice, not very good any10) I can take any madness [/QUOTE] any7: Ready to Take a Chance Again, Barry Manilow any10: I Won’t Last a Day Without You, The Carpenters ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/129 "2008-02-01T21:25:59Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] any7: Ready to Take a Chance Again, Barry Manilow any10: I Won’t Last a Day Without You, The Carpenters [/QUOTE] yup and yup eta - there is a typo in any8): “someone else to some giving” should read “someone else \*\*\*do \*\* \* some giving” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/130 "2008-02-01T21:39:58Z")
CG1: Believe it or not, I’m… CG2: …like a wheel within a… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/131 "2008-02-01T21:49:19Z")
> [@](#): > > CG1: Believe it or not, I’m… Theme from Greatest American Hero “Believe It Or Not” by Joey Scarbury > [@](#): > > CG2: …like a wheel within a… Windmills of Your Mind by Dusty Springfield ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/132 "2008-02-01T22:38:59Z")
any11) tell me to my face any12) We’re really not to blame any13) grab a piece of somethin’ ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/133 "2008-02-01T23:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any13) grab a piece of somethin’ [/QUOTE] **Reelin’ In The Years** : Steely Dan fb4: “I heard he sang a…” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/134 "2008-02-01T23:24:55Z")
> [@](#): > > fb4: “I heard he sang a…” Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack oh, and [QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] Reelin’ In The Years : Steely Dan [/QUOTE] yes. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/135 "2008-02-01T23:42:44Z")
54F13 You Haven’t Done Nothin’, Stevie Wonder Gonna dance with my baby ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/136 "2008-02-01T23:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Windmills of Your Mind by Dusty Springfield [/QUOTE] I was thinking Jose Feliciano, but okay. CG3: …as you watched yourself gavotte… CG4: …in numbers too big to… CG5: …thought I’d see you again. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/137 "2008-02-02T00:17:09Z")
CG3: …as you watched yourself gavotte… You’re So Vain, Carly Simon CG5: …thought I’d see you again Sweet Baby James, James taylor KOE1 …time is all we lost KOE2 I’m a wildwood flower waiting KOE3 you’ll never be in doubt ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/138 "2008-02-02T00:19:43Z")
Hi everybody! It’s page 3 and it would be good if somebody could give us a rundown of unanswered. Usually that task would fall upon the OP but my son and husband are taking me out for my birthday (yeah, it was yesterday but yesterday wasn’t Friday) and I don’t have the time. It does take a while to do it. If not, I’ll do it tomorrow if the thread is still active. BTW, I’m going to an Argentinian BBQ place. GO MEAT!!! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/139 "2008-02-02T00:25:03Z")
[QUOTE=Suse] 54F13 You Haven’t Done Nothin’, Stevie Wonder [/QUOTE] Kee-Rect! [QUOTE=Chefguy] CG4: …in numbers too big to… [/QUOTE] _I Am Woman_, Helen Reddy. [QUOTE=Chefguy] CG5: …thought I’d see you again. [/QUOTE] _Fire and Rain_, James Taylor (if you meant “too” instead of “to”). ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/140 "2008-02-02T00:27:02Z")
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