# Name your "guilty pleasure" song. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973 "2004-10-01T02:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/61 "2004-10-02T00:03:00Z")
How 'bout **Brandy** and **Jimmy loves Mary Anne** , both by _Looking Glass_? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/62 "2004-10-02T00:07:08Z")
I also have no guilt about the frog. That song was played as the Mother/Son Dance song and my middle boy’s wedding last October. I do feel a little guilty about MacArthur Park, but I was in seventh grade when it came out, which I consider to be a mitigating circumstance. ---
**Author:** ![The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_world_s_most_deadliest)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/63 "2004-10-02T01:30:22Z")
I wish I could claim this one on youth, overall bad taste or extenuating circumstances, but I can’t. _“Backstreet’s back, all right!”_ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/64 "2004-10-02T01:54:45Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > You mean the song that makes me bawl like a little girl? > > This may require some background: when I was in fourth grade in California, we had the absolute coolest teacher ever. Her name was Patti Sauers, and her classes were positively the most fun I ever had when I was in school. Possibly because she bribed us with candy, of course, but we EARNED that candy with good grades. > > She died over Easter weekend while we were in her class. She was a big Muppet fan and dressed as Miss Piggy for Halloween. Her funeral was…uplifting, really, and very beautiful. The whole class went, and in lieu of, say, a hymn or something, we all sang Rainbow Connection and released balloons into the sky. > > To this day that song makes me tear up. Just _thinking_ about it makes me tear up now. Oh, man, that makes me tear up and I don’t even KNOW you. And there’s no shame in liking “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.” That song rocks and that album’s one of best rock albums ever. That aside, here’s my contribution. I just put on the “Zoolander” soundtrack and heard a song I hadn’t listened to in years, and didn’t think much of then. Now I like it. Are you ready? Wham. “Wake Me Up Before You Go” A 43-year-old father of three, humming “jitterbug!” I’m so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/65 "2004-10-02T03:45:24Z")
WRT **aesiron** ’s “APC = Tool” comment, he knows it’s not true (I hope). He’s just fucking with me because he knows I hate it. Like I said, dirty bitch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/66 "2004-10-02T03:53:08Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > WRT **aesiron** ’s “APC = Tool” comment, he knows it’s not true (I hope). He’s just fucking with me because he knows I hate it. Like I said, dirty bitch. 😃 😃 Stand down, **Bruce** , stand down. Move to DEFCON 4, pending **aesiron** ’s reply. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/67 "2004-10-02T03:53:39Z")
> [@rostfrei](#): > > One song that I truly love that I’m embarassed to admit to my friends is “sailing” by Christopher Cross. I think it’s brilliant. I sing at the top of my lungs whenever I hear it on the radio, which sadly, is rare. I do have the track on CD and get it out every now and then to listen and sing. > > Yours? That song reminds me of painting my apartment whatever year that was popular. It must have played a zillion times. I hate it. : ) My guilty pleasure is Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart by Elton John & Chaka Kahn. Or is it Undercover Angel? Who was that guy? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/68 "2004-10-02T04:36:41Z")
In the House of Stone and Light, by Martin Page. During the summer it was popular, I figured out that the local radio station played it ever hour at 13 after. I tuned in ever hour to listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/69 "2004-10-02T15:08:11Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > My guilty pleasure is Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart by Elton John & Chaka Kahn. Or is it Undercover Angel? Who was that guy? Isn’t “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart” Elton John and KiKi Dee? And **Qadgop** , I mentioned Brandy by Looking Glass in my earlier post. Between that and “If You Could Read My Mind” by Gordon Lightfoot and “Windy” by the Association, you have three of the biggest songs of my kid-hood; I thought they were the coolest… ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/70 "2004-10-02T15:13:27Z")
2 Legit 2 Quit by MC Hammer And anything on my ABBA Gold album. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/71 "2004-10-02T15:47:17Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > Or is it Undercover Angel? Who was that guy? Alan O’Day. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/72 "2004-10-02T18:52:26Z")
“Hella Good” by No Doubt ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/73 "2004-10-02T19:50:32Z")
I’m a guy with a strange prediliction towards “girl empowerment”-type songs. You know that truck commercial where the guy in the back seat sings along to Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” to the extreme discomfort of his buddies? Yeah. Kinda like that. That said, my current fave is “Redneck Woman” by Gretchen Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/74 "2004-10-02T20:13:05Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > “Downtown” and “Don’t Sleep In The Subway” - both by Petula Clark. > and also, > “Take On Me” - A-ha. Yep… both those Petula Clarks, but _not_ the A-Ha (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I’ll add Carry On Wayward Son - **Kansas** Planet Earth - **Duran Duran** ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/75 "2004-10-02T20:28:12Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > 😃 Stand down, **Bruce** , stand down. Move to DEFCON 4, pending **aesiron** ’s reply. [Click](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4568181&postcount=7). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/76 "2004-10-02T21:15:49Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > And **Qadgop** , I mentioned Brandy by Looking Glass in my earlier post. Between that and “If You Could Read My Mind” by Gordon Lightfoot and “Windy” by the Association, you have three of the biggest songs of my kid-hood; I thought they were the coolest… S\*\*T! I think I can still remember all the lyrics to both of those! \*And Windy has Stor-meeee eyes! That flash at the **sound** of lies! And Windy has **Wings** to fly! \* I’ll refrain from singing any old Mister Lightfoot for the nonce tho. Sadly, I can also recall a lot of Gilbert O’Sullivan lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/77 "2004-10-03T01:50:36Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > [Click](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4568181&postcount=7). Me: “How the hell did I miss that thread?” But then I realized you started it on my 21st and I wasn’t able to post until about four days later. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/78 "2004-10-03T05:27:45Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > I’m a guy with a strange prediliction towards “girl empowerment”-type songs. You know that truck commercial where the guy in the back seat sings along to Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” to the extreme discomfort of his buddies? Yeah. Kinda like that. > > That said, my current fave is “Redneck Woman” by Gretchen Wilson. Don’t forget the all-time classic, Helen Reddy’s _I am Woman_. 🆒 A totally awesome song. That said, I find it funny that most of the stuff I listen to (especially all the seventies stuff) is getting listed on this thread. There’s nothing wrong with 10cc or Alan O’Day or Andrew Gold (_Oh, What a Lonely Boy_), they’re all fine songs about love and life and love. Naw, the all-time guiltiest pleasure is my bizarro obsession with Charlene’s _Never Been To Me_, a song that makes my Air Supply appreciation seem manly. One of the schmatziest melodies and corniest orchestrations ever is perfectly meshed with the some of the most moralistic lyrics found outside traditional Christian radio, with a dash of luridness (“I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the Sun”) added to thrill the housewives. It is such a guilty pleasure that I don’t even let my wife know that I’m aware this song exists… and I let this woman know about my _Pilot of the Airwaves_ kick! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![widdleytinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@widdleytinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdleytinks)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/79 "2004-10-03T05:38:49Z")
Karma Chameleon (Culture Club) Sugar Sugar (The Archies) Dream (The Everly Brothers) I Feel Like a Woman (Shania Twain) Roll the car windows up and let me sing! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973/80 "2004-10-03T14:53:34Z")
Songs on my “Guilty Pleasures” c.d.: “Sister Christian” by Night Ranger “Beth” by KISS “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot “Hazard” by Richard Marx “Mama Mia” by ABBA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-guilty-pleasure-song/266973.md?page=5)