# The Cheesiest Song of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415 "2012-11-18T15:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/1 "2012-11-18T15:38:31Z")
Use your own definition of “cheesy.” I nominate [Glen Campbell’s Rhinestone Cowboy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U). ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/2 "2012-11-18T15:47:22Z")
Hm. Maybe _[Total Eclipse of the Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpC81-SJcvo)_ by Bonnie Tyler? ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/3 "2012-11-18T16:18:18Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV\_7a0FQs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV_7a0FQs) Captain & Tennille - Muskrat Love ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/4 "2012-11-18T16:29:25Z")
Afternoon Delight ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/5 "2012-11-18T16:35:03Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Hm. Maybe _[Total Eclipse of the Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpC81-SJcvo)_ by Bonnie Tyler? The [literal video](http://vimeo.com/27206452) makes up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/6 "2012-11-18T16:36:05Z")
“She’s Having My Baby” - Paul Anka. In college radio days we’d play an excerpt from this song with sound effects of a woman screaming in the background. Immature but fun. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 18, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/7 "2012-11-18T16:37:10Z")
Too many to choose a definitive one, but [Never Been to Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn7d7gZj_qc), by Charlene is pretty damn cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/8 "2012-11-18T17:44:33Z")
Allow me to nominate [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xnyHG96vY8) amazing piece of stinky cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/9 "2012-11-18T18:10:11Z")
I’ll do my part by nominating [Young Girl,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0ZJHVH17I) the pederast’s lament. Dedicated to Traci Lords. I’m sure someone else will be along to nominate “Wildfire” and “Timothy.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/10 "2012-11-18T19:08:11Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x78vEaND8yA/hqdefault.jpg "Austin Roberts-Rocky") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x78vEaND8yA) “Rocky,” my standard recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/11 "2012-11-18T19:09:06Z")
I am staggered by how many of these songs I _own_–all but two! I, however, nominate Bobby Goldsboro’s _Honey_, which I don’t own. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/12 "2012-11-18T19:15:43Z")
_[Blind Man In The Bleachers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Limkwef_WMU&feature=related)_-David Geddes ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/13 "2012-11-18T19:22:37Z")
I’ll throw out [In the Year 2525](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic) as a contender. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/14 "2012-11-18T19:26:13Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I’ll throw out [In the Year 2525](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic) as a contender. **Argent Towers** is going to hunt you down. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dataguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/15 "2012-11-18T19:35:36Z")
Islands in the Stream Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton If you pay attention to the words, they sound like a bunch of random song titles strung together. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/16 "2012-11-18T19:39:02Z")
I vacillate between thinking [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)the cheesiest song, or the greatest piece of music ever created in Western Civilization. Perhaps it’s both. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/17 "2012-11-18T19:41:20Z")
Patches ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/18 "2012-11-18T19:44:06Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2FyjKQvWKw8/hqdefault.jpg "Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FyjKQvWKw8) Butterfly Kisses. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/19 "2012-11-18T20:04:12Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I am staggered by how many of these songs I _own_–all but two! > > I, however, nominate Bobby Goldsboro’s _Honey_, which I don’t own. I have a cover of that, and a cover of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” by the same group. Just a bit more tolerable than the originals. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415/20 "2012-11-18T20:20:43Z")
[The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A) Oh, stop it with the “How DARE you?!” looks. Examine your feelings, you know it to be true. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheesiest-song-of-all-time/641415.md?page=2)