# Songs you don't want to admit you enjoy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 10, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879 "2025-04-10T23:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/101 "2025-04-16T22:21:46Z")
Mine is kind of an obscure one at this point in history, but I still fucking groove to [“Like a Sunday In Salem” by Gene Cotton](https://youtu.be/ANTYbInzdoA?si=vVzyJYnnNQlcs3wR). I was 5 when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/102 "2025-04-16T23:39:52Z")
I was sure you’d rather rock down to… . ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/103 "2025-04-17T06:24:02Z")
With apologies to Joan Jett: _I hate myself for loving this song, got a good beat and just four minutes long, I love the music but the words are so wrong That’s why I hate myself for loving this song_ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/104 "2025-04-17T14:17:23Z")
Thank you, SunUp. That was good. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/105 "2025-04-17T15:48:36Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > While every other post in this thread, including my own, should lead to mild shock therapy for the posters, there’s nothing wrong with _I’m Not in Love._ That’s for sure! It was a breakthrough in recording technique and required a huge number of sessions to get it right. It got a lot of praise from critics and musicians. I have to nominate “[I Wanna Be A Cowboy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHCsbrc8xKA&ab_channel=OFFICIALBOYSDONTCRYandNICKRICHARDS)” by Boys Don’t Cry. Just goofy fun. Yippee yippee yie, yippy yie yo yo! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/106 "2025-04-17T16:09:23Z")
_[Theme from a Summer Place](https://youtu.be/tSsiS-v6_6M)_, Percy Faith Orchestra. But mainly I enjoy listening to it in the car while driving across a dry landscape. Reminds me of childhood family trips. Slightly more modern: _[Euro-Trash Girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Vun2LYnoY)_, Cracker. Track 69 on the _Kerosene Hat_ CD. It’s like they didn’t want to give it much PR. OTOH, it was released as a single and did kinda okay. Of course, there’s _[I Hate Everyone](https://youtu.be/IxYjbhovRaA)_, Get Set Go. A good tune to sing along with when you’re in a certain mood. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/107 "2025-04-17T20:20:04Z")
Love Theme From a Summer Place. I almost watched the movie once but chickened out at the last minute. I didn’t know the name of mine until a few years ago but it was on an exercise record my mom played every day so it’s been going through my head for almost 60 years. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7dDf_e6-rtQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Holiday for Strings") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dDf_e6-rtQ) And if you need something more mainstream pop, I guess there’s always This Guy’s in Love with You by the Tijuana Brass ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879/108 "2025-04-17T21:59:32Z")
Good pick. There was an answer song done to the same tune: _I Wanna Be a Cow_, with mooing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879.md?page=5)