# Worst songs of the 70s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 7, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924 "2021-11-07T04:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/161 "2021-11-10T22:20:43Z")
> [@bmoak1](#): > > For your listening pleasure…it’s The George Baker Selection! 😲 Goddamn! Look at the size of that guy’s fucking head! > [@Chefguy](#): > > My friends, I give you **Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep** I, too, found this kind of cute. What’s wrong with me? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/162 "2021-11-10T22:55:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My friends, I give you **Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep** , by Middle of the Road. And I say to your Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, **How Do You Do**. Note to the drummer: you have a whole set. No need to use just the bass drum. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0ULWNNrE6b8/hqdefault.jpg "How do you do - Mouth and MacNeal with Lyrics Rare Version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULWNNrE6b8) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/163 "2021-11-10T23:43:35Z")
And then there is always Meri Wilson’s “Telephone Man”. I’m biased because my dad worked for the telephone company, and my parents owned a copy and played it often. So, I think it has its charm, but I know its really bad. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MahswYBewb0/maxresdefault.jpg "Meri Wilson - Telephone Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahswYBewb0) ETA: oof, yeah, that’s a novelty song, isn’t it? I’ll let my crime stand as a warning to others. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/164 "2021-11-11T00:07:52Z")
When I was a little kid on a long road trip with my dad I heard this song on the radio and afterward became convinced I actually dreamt it because the radio would never play such an absurd song. When I told my dad about it later he explained that it was real and it indeed played on that trip. ---
**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 11, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/165 "2021-11-11T00:13:23Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > I’m Not In Love is probably my least favorite 10CC song - not that I’m any kind of huge fan of the band or deeply into their discography, but I don’t have any particular distaste for their other oft-played hits It’s too bad that they’re identified by many in the U.S. for their dreary Top 40 hits\* of the mid to late '70s.\* They did some good stuff prior to that, including “Wall Street Shuffle” and my personal favorite, “Rubber Bullets”, which is about as far as you can get from “I’m Not In Love” (classic dubbed Top of the Pops rendition here, which unfortunately fades out before the screaming crescendo ending): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-tqSIpr0T0w/maxresdefault.jpg "10cc - Rubber Bullets (TOTP 1973)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tqSIpr0T0w) \*I see that “People In Love”, another example of soft pop dreck, topped out at #40 in the U.S., ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/166 "2021-11-11T00:15:24Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I’ll have to think on it You know, the 70s were when disco happened… > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > And that is without getting into the disco genre… > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Because the Richard Harris version is awesome. Donna’s, well, “disco sucks”. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > The twin forces working towards destruction of rock n’ roll in the 1970s were the grotesquely sappy pop hits previously mentioned, and disco/funkaholism, OK boomers. Nothing screams "we’re old here’ more than knee jerk “disco sucks” attitudes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/167 "2021-11-11T00:15:37Z")
Not sure if “Careless Whisper” is a 70s song. Probably isn’t. But sounds like one, and not in a good way. ---
**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 11, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/168 "2021-11-11T00:19:57Z")
You are hereby sentenced to 100 consecutive hours of the Hues Corporation’s “greatest hits”, starting with _So I’d like to know where, you got the notion_ _Said I’d like to know where, you got the notion_ _To rock the boat, don’t rock the boat baby_ _Rock the boat, don’t tip the boat over_ _Rock the boat, don’t rock the boat baby, rock the boat_ ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/169 "2021-11-11T00:24:27Z")
Mid-80s. I remember it from high school. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/170 "2021-11-11T00:39:11Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > OK boomers. Nothing screams "we’re old here’ more than knee jerk “disco sucks” attitudes. Yeah, and my parents were exaggerating when they said they had it tough during the Great Depression. ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/171 "2021-11-11T01:00:39Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > And I say to your Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, **How Do You Do**. Note to the drummer: you have a whole set. No need to use just the bass drum. - You are very, very _wrong._ ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/172 "2021-11-11T01:19:06Z")
Speaking of **10cc** , here’s a muddled stew of wtf by spinoff group **Godley & Creme**. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RJre-YHmLaI/maxresdefault.jpg "Godley & Creme - An Englishman In New York") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJre-YHmLaI) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/173 "2021-11-11T02:01:20Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Nothing screams "we’re old here’ more than knee jerk “disco sucks” attitudes. Nothing “knee jerk” about it. I’ve considered the subject for 45 years, and I have come to the well-researched, well-thought out conclusion that disco not only sucked in the 70s, but still sucks. But hey, get your white shirt and sanabelt slacks on and head on down to Studio 54. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/174 "2021-11-11T02:02:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My friends, I give you **Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep** , by Middle of the Road. Warning: mental bleach required, Damn you! _::shakes fist::_ ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/175 "2021-11-11T03:42:29Z")
“I’d Really Love To See You Tonight” has to be the best example of '70s AM radio soft-rock dreck that I can possibly think of, and the matching mullet-and-mustache combo the two singers are showing off on the cover art, plus the longing look the one on the right is giving the other one, just reeks of regrettable decisions. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1eaTWifA2b8/maxresdefault.jpg "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eaTWifA2b8) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/176 "2021-11-11T04:48:40Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But hey, get your white shirt and sanabelt slacks on and head on down to Studio 54. That may have worked in our home towns and out boroughs but it took more than that to get in the door at '54 (which is part of the origin story for Chic’s “Le Freak”) 😁 As we’ve seen here, there was plenty to be embarassed about in all the other styles. And for all that people may say, IMO MacArthur Park’s disco treatment at least was light fun. Richard Harris’ will be leaving people baffled forever. ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/177 "2021-11-11T05:07:17Z")
If you ever want to demonstrate the difference between a groove and just repeating things, this is the perfect example for the negative side of the ledger 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/178 "2021-11-11T07:51:00Z")
So you diss the four of us and get us all to answer. Well played! Yeah, punks get old too. And mellow… ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/179 "2021-11-11T14:13:28Z")
Was disco any worse than other pop music trends? Dance music is just fluffy; there is a lot more objectionable stuff out there, imo. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/180 "2021-11-11T15:34:56Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Was disco any worse than other pop music trends? Well, not worse than rap IMO. But I think I lost that argument 40 years and 500 billion records ago. 🙂 This old man has Stayin’ Alive in his itunes collection. Ha ha ha HA! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924.md?page=10)