# The Most Schmaltzy Songs You Ever Heard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830 "2008-12-27T07:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/61 "2008-12-31T21:54:35Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > My Way is pretty damn schmaltzy if anyone but Frank sings it. [Even her?](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZKDqDA5pf0) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/62 "2008-12-31T22:11:31Z")
I just thought of another one. “Tammy” _huurkk_ ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/63 "2008-12-31T23:13:42Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Of course ALL songs you think are schmultzy count. > > French songs count double because there are not good French songs besides “Dominique.” And that was Belgium French 😃 Pistols. At dawn. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/64 "2009-01-01T00:59:10Z")
I don’t think novelty songs count as schmaltz. I think schmaltz needs to be limited to serious songs. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/65 "2009-01-01T16:13:54Z")
“Happy New Year” by Abba. It doesn’t help that I’ve been hearing it 20 times a day since before Christmas. For some reason, it’s fantastically popular in Viet Nam. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/66 "2009-01-01T16:18:48Z")
\*Candle in the Wind. The one Elton sang at Dianas funeral. ::vomits copiously::\* OP by chowder Oh come on–Elton’s _Your Song_ is much more schmaltzy than _Candle_. I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you’re in the world… ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/67 "2009-01-01T18:00:13Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > \*Candle in the Wind. > > The one Elton sang at Dianas funeral. > > ::vomits copiously::\* OP by chowder > > Oh come on–Elton’s _Your Song_ is much more schmaltzy than _Candle_. > > I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind > That I put down in words > How wonderful life is while you’re in the world… I reckon it’s a tie ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/68 "2009-01-02T04:56:08Z")
[One Man in My Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L960Cr06iZs) by The Human League. That song came up on Pandora for me, and I just couldn’t take it (plus I instantly thought of this thread). Objectively, it’s not that bad of a song, but GAH! Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Aquila\_Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Aquila\_Be](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquila_Be)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/69 "2009-01-02T08:45:20Z")
Noel Harrison did a version of a Charles Aznavour song “Une enfant” in 1967 called “A young girl of 16”. “… He needed fresh new meat to carve and left her heart, soul and mind to starve…” That’s enough for a teaser: [Youtube - A young girl](http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=YK2wfs33trk). The complete French lyrics and the not completely accurate English lyrics are available [at this link](http://www.boudewijndegroot.nl/bdgnh.htm) so if you want you can gather your friends and family around and have a community sing along. Just a thought.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/70 "2009-01-02T09:00:08Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > My Way is pretty damn schmaltzy if anyone but Frank sings it. Except Sid. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/71 "2009-01-02T09:03:42Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Hee - I read the second one as being by Eric Cartman. Kind of changes things totally. I don’t think he does schmaltz. > > . But he would do it well. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830/72 "2009-01-02T10:28:22Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > [One Man in My Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L960Cr06iZs) by The Human League. > > That song came up on Pandora for me, and I just couldn’t take it (plus I instantly thought of this thread). Objectively, it’s not that bad of a song, but GAH! I just wanted to add that the video for that song could be a coffee commercial. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-schmaltzy-songs-you-ever-heard/478830.md?page=3)