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What is the worst song pop song of the 80s?

Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
4 (11.4%)
Kiss - Lick It Up
4 (11.4%)
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
4 (11.4%)
Prince - Kiss
2 (5.7%)
Starship - We Built This City
6 (17.1%)
Toni Basil - Mickey
8 (22.9%)
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot
1 (2.9%)
Warrant - Cherry Pie
3 (8.6%)
Phil Collins - Sussudio
2 (5.7%)
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
1 (2.9%)

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Voting closed: August 03, 2023, 08:31:17 PM

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The worst pop song of the 80s
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:31:17 PM »
Vote and discuss. :coolio

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2017, 08:37:16 PM »
I vote Kev's new avatar.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2017, 08:40:09 PM »
Don't Worry Be Happy.

Though at the 80s dance club I used to go to, Mickie was an automatic piss break song for me. Along with Rock Lobster.

Which, upon reflection, is the worst song ever.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2017, 08:51:31 PM »
Milli Vanilli. No doubt.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2017, 08:52:38 PM »
Milli Vanilli. No doubt.

Pretty sure you had someone type that for you.
























Get it? :neverusethis:
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2017, 09:10:50 PM »
I think he did Tim - it reads perfectly.   :lol
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2017, 09:11:38 PM »
Brent, you know it's true.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2017, 09:28:31 PM »
I vote Kev's new avatar.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2017, 10:45:10 PM »
Come on, Kev. Mickey doesn't deserve to be in this list.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2017, 04:22:03 AM »
Mickey.  Fucking awful song.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2017, 04:24:10 AM »
I think he did Tim - it reads perfectly.   :lol

Can't even get credit when I type it correctly.  :lol
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2017, 04:31:04 AM »
From this list, Sussudio. But surely there's way worse than the options here?

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2017, 04:34:25 AM »
From this list, Sussudio. But surely there's way worse than the options here?

You Spin Me Round -- Dead Or Alive.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2017, 04:35:48 AM »
Video Killed the Radio Star springs to mind.  What a load of tripe.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2017, 05:26:21 AM »
There is no "worst" anything. We all set different parameters on these things, so there can never be a level playing field. So threads like this are a futile undertaking.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2017, 05:58:45 AM »
True, but I go with the one I like the least among these. And that's deffinitely Mickey. Some of these songs are fine.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2017, 06:03:24 AM »
There is no "worst" anything. We all set different parameters on these things, so there can never be a level playing field. So threads like this are a futile undertaking.

Roe my brotha.  Let loose.  Have some fun.  Our voting will go down in history as a big, fat nothing. :lol
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2017, 06:06:50 AM »
From this list, Sussudio. But surely there's way worse than the options here?

You Spin Me Round -- Dead Or Alive.

On Alice Cooper's Brutal Planet tour, the opening band (I don't remember who they were) did a metal version of this and it was awesome!
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2017, 06:38:42 AM »
There is no "worst" anything. We all set different parameters on these things, so there can never be a level playing field. So threads like this are a futile undertaking.

Me thinks you are taking this light-hearted thread/poll waaaaaaaaay too seriously. :P  :biggrin:

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2017, 07:34:14 AM »
I will never get people's hate for Sussudio. I mean, it's not a stellar song by any means, it's just mediocre.

And regarding Mickey, horrible song indeed, but it blows my mind that Toni Basil was 38 when she shot the video to Mickey. She was in better shape than most 25-year olds these days.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2017, 07:44:32 AM »
I will never get people's hate for Sussudio. I mean, it's not a stellar song by any means, it's just mediocre.

And regarding Mickey, horrible song indeed, but it blows my mind that Toni Basil was 38 when she shot the video to Mickey. She was in better shape than most 25-year olds these days.

She was the choreographer for the L.A. Lakers' cheerleaders as well as the 80's onslaught of music videos.  Great way to stay in shape.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2017, 07:48:25 AM »
curious how you picked the songs.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2017, 08:32:18 AM »
curious how you picked the songs.

I was looking to create as much chatter and controversy as was possible.  :coolio

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2017, 07:10:11 AM »
I agree that there’s gotta be worse songs than these, but of this list I went with Starship.

My gut reaction was Cherry Pie, because although it has a cool guitar riff, I despise that song. But it’s technically from the 90s.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2017, 07:14:24 AM »
From that list, We Built This City.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #25 on: October 23, 2017, 11:22:32 AM »
Mickey.  It is a truly, madly, deeply annoying song.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2017, 12:58:08 PM »
Kiss and Phil Collins, and no Dexy's Midnight Douchebags?  Or Corey Hart's lame-o "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" ("So I can... So I can..."  Mofo, please.)

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2017, 01:24:23 PM »
Kiss and Phil Collins, and no Dexy's Midnight Douchebags?  Or Corey Hart's lame-o "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" ("So I can... So I can..."  Mofo, please.)

I boycott!

Them's fighting words! Come On Eileen is one of my all time favorite 80's Pop songs.

I looked at the list and asked myself which song would feel like torture listening to. I went with Don't Worry Be Happy. All of the other songs I either like or at least listenable.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2017, 01:33:14 PM »
I always thought the title of that song should be "Come On, Eileen".  It's a request.

"Come On Eileen" sounds like something one might do, under certain circumstances.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2017, 01:34:42 PM »
I vote that any body who voted for Cherry Pie gets banned.

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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2017, 01:52:58 PM »
Kiss and Phil Collins, and no Dexy's Midnight Douchebags?  Or Corey Hart's lame-o "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" ("So I can... So I can..."  Mofo, please.)

I boycott!

Them's fighting words! Come On Eileen is one of my all time favorite 80's Pop songs.

I looked at the list and asked myself which song would feel like torture listening to. I went with Don't Worry Be Happy. All of the other songs I either like or at least listenable.

Well, I know the feeling: I not only like "Lick It Up", but I LOVE that song.  My daughter and I joke about the depth of the lyrics all the time, but in the end we both end up just rocking out to it.    Sussudio isn't my favorite song ever, but it's clearly the worst song on what is otherwise an amazing album, one of his best.   


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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #31 on: October 24, 2017, 05:52:35 PM »
I saw on some other site that Hangin' Tough by The Backstreet Boys was voted the worst song of the 80s. You know, that song is a shitshow indeed.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #32 on: October 24, 2017, 06:03:38 PM »
I saw on some other site that Hangin' Tough by The Backstreet Boys was voted the worst song of the 80s. You know, that song is a shitshow indeed.

Not that I would know :neverusethis: but wasn't that NKOTB?
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #33 on: October 24, 2017, 06:07:12 PM »
'We Built This City' popped into my head right when I saw the thread title. There aren't that many songs that actually make me feel awful, but this is one of them. The worst anthem I've ever heard.
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Re: The worst pop song of the 80s
« Reply #34 on: October 24, 2017, 06:20:45 PM »
Corey Hart's lame-o "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" ("So I can... So I can..."  Mofo, please.)

I boycott!

That song is badass.  Also has Andy Barnett on leads who played with FM and with Adrian Smith on his solo ASAP project and The Entire Population of Hackney band.
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