# 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:** 8
**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, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/141 "2008-02-02T00:49:46Z")
Unanswered: [QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] 54F12. Baby, come as you are . . . [/QUOTE] New: Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . You come home late from . . . Hello my love I heard . . . Maybe I Hang Around You . . . ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/142 "2008-02-02T00:54:46Z")
> [@](#): > > You come home late from . . . I _know_ this - it’s naggin at me. > [@](#): > > Hello my love I heard . . . I think the title is “Hello”, the artist Todd Rindgren? > [@](#): > > Maybe I Hang Around You . . . I Honestly Love You - Olivia Neutron Bomb ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/143 "2008-02-02T01:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Hello my love I heard . . Ack! No! How could I have gotten that so wrong! It’s **Strawberry Letter 23** (it just came up on my iPod) by the Brothers Johnson ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/144 "2008-02-02T01:05:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . . . . say, Sherry Darling? Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/145 "2008-02-02T01:13:54Z")
any14) …wanna get your thing on… any15)…bottom of a Crackerjack box… any16)…the rain and the snow… any17)…have a big fine car… ---
**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, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/146 "2008-02-02T01:31:08Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any15)…bottom of a Crackerjack box… [/QUOTE] Two Out of Three ain’t Bad, Meatloaf Hello my love I heard . . Ack! No! How could I have gotten that so wrong! It’s Strawberry Letter 23 (it just came up on my iPod) by the Brothers Johnson. Correct. Todd Rindgren (Rundgren?), indeed. 😉 ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/147 "2008-02-02T02:03:43Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Maybe I Hang Around You . . . I Honestly Love You - Olivia Neutron Bomb [/QUOTE] Right on, right on, right on. [QUOTE=anyrose] any16)…the rain and the snow… any17)…have a big fine car… [/QUOTE] _The Things We Do For Love_, 10 CC. _Mr. Big Stuff_, Jean Knight (had to look up the artists). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/148 "2008-02-02T02:48:29Z")
Okay - I could be wrong, but I believe these have yet to be answered: (if it wasn’t clear who posted the line, I attributed it to BigGirl) > [@](#): > > BG1. I went “wow”, he’s the > > BG2. I cried so many lonely > > BG9. It’s heaven in your arms > > BG10. I know your eyes in > > JB4: I rode my bicycle past > > JB5: The love between the two > > JB8: Heat of a summer night > > JB10: He was born…Summer day > > 54F5. Oh, it’s been such a, . . . > > BG11. I returned to my seat > > F1: All of her days have > > F2:People going, coming Traffic always > > LO2) “He was on his way…” > > 42D) “Danger in the shape of…” > > 42E) “Baby, baby, let’s get together…” > > RICO1: She was a Jewish girl… > > B13) . . . Willie wears the crown, he’s > > FB2: Evening, is a time of > > FB3: Last night, I turned out > > 5TC1 when you see what’s goin’. . . > > 5TC2 hole in my heart where > > 5TC4 . . . kiss, to make the tide > > SP01: “I remember to this day…” > > SP04: “How you doin’ out there?” > > any3) “…friends and my family inside…” > > SP03: “Well, I don’t know why…” > > 54F12. Baby, come as you are . . . > > any5) …remember then, remember high school. > > any6) “…what she had to do…” > > 5TC 6 . . .don’t let life get me . . . > > any8) someone else do some giving > > any9) I got news for you > > any11) tell me to my face > > any12) We’re really not to blame > > KOE2 I’m a wildwood flower waiting > > KOE3 you’ll never be in doubt > > 54F10) Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . > > 54F11) You come home late from . . . > > any14) …wanna get your thing on… If any of these have been answered, please say so. Here are some more: 😃 any15) some of you don’t understand any16) greet me or politely turn any17) nothing is really new under any18) to light up your smoke any19) a little money riding on ---
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/149 "2008-02-02T03:22:12Z")
54F7. You went to school to learn . . . I don’t think this one has been answered and it’s driving me crazy. any18) to light up your smoke and he’s quick with a joke or . . . Piano Man: Billy Joel ---
**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, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/150 "2008-02-02T03:46:24Z")
any19) a little money riding on …the Maple Leafs - Raised on Robbery, Joni Mitchell any11) tell me to my face - Tell Me to My Face, Dan Fogelberg 🙂 any8) someone else do some giving - Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show? KOE4 spend the day your way KOE5 looked like a picket fence KOE6 crawl across the floor ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/151 "2008-02-02T03:57:46Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] any18) to light up your smoke and he’s quick with a joke or . . . Piano Man: Billy Joel [/QUOTE] yes [QUOTE=koeeoaddi] any19) a little money riding on …the Maple Leafs - Raised on Robbery, Joni Mitchell any11) tell me to my face - Tell Me to My Face, Dan Fogelberg 🙂 [/QUOTE] yes and yes [QUOTE= koeeoaddi] any8) someone else do some giving - Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show? [/QUOTE] it does have a title. do you know the title? I have to give your new ones some thought ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/152 "2008-02-02T04:05:35Z")
JB10 “He was born…Summer day” Lonely Boy, Andrew Gold? 5TC4: “kiss, to make the tide” Moonlight Feels Right, Starbuck KOE6: “crawl across the floor” Can’t Fight this Feeling, REO Speedwagon? (but I think that’s an 80s song) S1 Gonna dance with my baby S2…Though I won’t stop you S3 There’s too many windows ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/153 "2008-02-02T04:07:22Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] yes yes and yes it does have a title. do you know the title? [/QUOTE] _Love is All Around_ but I have no idea about the artist ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/154 "2008-02-02T04:13:35Z")
[QUOTE=Suse] _Love is All Around_ but I have no idea about the artist [/QUOTE] okay - and which season were my lyrics from? 🙂 eta: > [@](#): > > KOE4: spend the day your way Roundabout - Yes ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/155 "2008-02-02T04:19:38Z")
if > [@](#): > > BG1) I went “wow”, he’s the is He’s the Greatest Dancer, by Sister Sledge, the lyrics are really “oh, what? wow!” (which could sound like "I went ‘wow’) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/156 "2008-02-02T04:25:15Z")
JB10: He was born…[on a] Summer day [1965] Lonely Boy Andrew Gold which always reminded me of SP1 …he went down to dinner… SP2 I kept on looking for… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/157 "2008-02-02T04:52:17Z")
Cleaning up some that **anyrose** collected (and ignoring Andrew Gold, because it’s been stated a few times)… F1: All of her days have – John Denver, “Fly Away” JB4: I rode my bicycle past – Melanie, “Brand New Key” JB8: Heat of a summer night – Paper Lace, “The Night Chicago Died” 54F12. Baby, come as you are . . . – I want to say “You Don’t Have To Be A Star” by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., but I dunno… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/158 "2008-02-02T04:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > BG11. I returned to my seat - Disco Duck - by Rick Dees > [@](#): > > 42D) “Danger in the shape of…” - Hot Child In The City by Pat Benetar > [@](#): > > 42E) “Baby, baby, let’s get together…” -Get Down Tonight by KC and the Sunshine Band > [@](#): > > FB3: Last night, I turned out - I Woke Up In Love This Morning - by the Partridge Family > [@](#): > > S2…Though I won’t stop you - Break Away - Art Garfunkle > [@](#): > > S3 There’s too many windows - Heart Hotels by Dan Fogelberg ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730/159 "2008-02-02T04:56:53Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] 54F12. Baby, come as you are . . . – I want to say “You Don’t Have To Be A Star” by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., but I dunno… [/QUOTE] Yeah, I thought so, too. But when I checked the lyrics for that song, that line wasn’t in there. Allowing fir that being the correct answer, we are left with: > [@](#): > > BG2. I cried so many lonely > BG9. It’s heaven in your arms > BG10. I know your eyes in > > JB5: The love between the two > > 54F5. Oh, it’s been such a, . . . > 54F10) Hey, hey, hey. What ya . . . > 54F11) You come home late from . . . > > F2) People going, coming Traffic always > > LO2) “He was on his way…” > > RICO1: She was a Jewish girl… > > B13) . . . Willie wears the crown, he’s > > FB2) Evening, is a time of > > 5TC1) when you see what’s goin’. . . > 5TC2) hole in my heart where > > SP04: “How you doin’ out there?” > SP03) “Well, I don’t know why…” > > any3) “…friends and my family inside…” > any5) …remember then, remember high school. > any6) “…what she had to do…” > any9) I got news for you > any12) We’re really not to blame > any14) …wanna get your thing on… > any15) some of you don’t understand > any16) greet me or politely turn > any17) nothing is really new under > > KOE2) I’m a wildwood flower waiting > KOE3) you’ll never be in doubt > KOE5) looked like a picket fence > > S1) Gonna dance with my baby > > SP1) he went down to dinner > SP2) I kept on looking for ---
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> [@](#): > > RICO1: She was a Jewish girl… > > B13) . . . Willie wears the crown, he’s I thought I got [those](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9429591&postcount=79)? _Ariel_, Dean Friedman, and _Little Willy_, Sweet CMC +fnord! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-cheesy-70-songs-in-5-words/435730.md?page=9)