Post a guilty pleasure song without any explanation.

Petula Clark

Junior and his All Stars

The Montanas

Helen Shapiro

Wham!

One of my favorite videos ever.

I find this so oddly moving, despite its sadness--it's very cathartic for me watch this.

Ba ba ba

Eargasm

Freeway of Love

I love this song so much.

She Bangs!!

This

Bella Notte

I recognize how cheesy and "bad" this is but I can't help loving it. Shout out to Datalounge for bringing it to my attention; I never heard it back in the 80s and only discovered it after a poster here brought it up.

Let loving start, let loving start…

Won't you take me to...

Love

Not ashamed

You know you like it a little bit...

the best version of this one

Love STP

90s sweet and catchy tune

How can anyone feel guilty for liking "Be My Baby" or "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," two of the greatest songs in pop music history?

Jesus someone thinks Hold Me Now is a guilty pleasure? It’s a masterpiece.

An actual guilty pleasure:

Not ashamed to say perfect pop song.

Voila

The Royal Guardsmen

Snoopy’s Christmas

Oooooh I miss my Japanese boy

This one.

Severine Un banc, un arbre, une rue,

The song that will get dancing AND singing along.

^Get ME dancing AND singing.

You don't know by Helen Shapiro

Where's my block of wood...

Bliss.

Only feel guilty when I'm around millennials who've never heard of it

TayTay's "Lover"

This cover of Toxic.

BOBBY!

EYDIE!

Cotton Eye Joe.

Love having sex to this song.

Weezer

Rosemary Clooney

R34 Go play them on the NYC subway sometime...

I Regret It

Not ashamed

Not ashamed

Patti Smith - Rock n Roll n-word

I reflexively and dramatically throw my hands in the air and start gyrating my pelvis.

I almost picked "Naughty Girls Need Love Too"

Yma Sumac - Gopher Mambo

The Captain and Tennille

Celine is almost cute here.

R60: I had a 12-inch dance mix of that song. Here's my pick, this got played a lot.

It Must Be Him

Holding Out For a Hero

Sophie B Hawkins

Likes

Mark King

Erykah

It's Your Move - Diana Ross

Ms. Ross was channeling Josephine Baker on this one....

Still remember the first time I heard this.

"Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups

Bonus: totally spazzed out back up "dancers"

Christopher Cross, "Sailing"

Emmet Spiceland - Báidín Fheidhlimí

Morrissey - Subway Train/Everyday Is Like Sunday

Their best song.

Yep.

Brownstone "If You Love Me'

Once again Datalounge loses the plot. At Wikipedia, "guilty pleasure" is defined as follows:

[Quote] A guilty pleasure is something, such as a film, a television program, a piece of music, or an activity, that one enjoys despite understanding that it is not generally held in high regard, or is seen as unusual or weird.

The songs identified by Erykah Badu, Lady A, Celine Dion, Brownstone and ONJ are rendered with too much artistry and musicality to be "guilty pleasures."

Yay! all my responses, per r85 definition, are guilty pleasures.

All others are just shit. 🙄 and/or masterpieces.

whatever, nevermind. Also, maybe shut up.

Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool

Sooner or Later

Rush Rush - Paula Abdul

18 and Life - Skid Row

Classix Nouveaux

Toni

Hair metal, the guiltiest of guilty pleasures.

Orgasmic.

r85 Seek help

Hey Mickey!

JJ Fad - Supersonic

R98, I see your JJ Fad and raise you.

I never get tired of this one

no idea why

Alexander Rybeck

Innocuously enjoyable

R103 Covered in 1968 in Ireland by Dickie Rock

Double Trouble!!

BG!

Dizzy

I prefer this dizzy -

Preferably while driving:

Warm nuts, sir?

The Dog Song

Rock On!

Yeah I know, but I like it anyway

R118 I do too.

Because Ryan Phillippe is uber hot

What a great opening for a song (& it's done by a female drummer to boot) =

Admit it, you liked it too

So many Monkees songs… I just picked one out of a hat.

Cher covers Merle Haggard

Rebbie Jackson's "Centipede"

Looking for a City - Bill & Gloria Gaither. I watch this every so often because it reminds me of being at my grandmother's in rural North Carolina.

Donna Lewis

Fantasy Island by Tight Fit

Love this song.

Jeane Mason

Charlene - never gets old

Dan Hill - I had forgotten about this song, it was really good

Because who doesn’t love a chance to go back in time - The Buggles

another level's horrible cover of freak me

Viigilante Shit.

Because there’s always room for ABBA

I love Michelle Visage

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

From that classic disaster movie - The Poseidon Adventure. I think it won an Academy Award too.

Heavy D and the Boyz

R111, this one is an even guiltier pleasure for me.

The unbeatable Charley Pride's version of Kaw-Liga

Sad, gone way too soon

Lansbury's Mame

Gold medal Paula -

Silver medal Paula -

Bronze medal Paula -

I dance around the house to this:

FUCK! This thread is so good I'm bookmarking this mothefucker

R48 BTW, I wouldn't go see her in concert BUT "1989" and "Lover" are good pop records.

....

The Dells

Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga

Numbers by Three Hits

Stacey Q - We Connect

Martika - More Than You Know

r162 glad it was a hit!

Liza

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Nothing better than a guilty pleasure

Dek Shannon

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Wild Flower by Skylark. Circa 1975, and David Foster was in that group.

Apologize

Big GAY Heart

Tom Baxter and Better

Rock n Roll Nigger - Patti Smith

Taco

Cameo

State of Independence

I always love me a little bit of Tracy

Yup

Always a catchy tune - love to do karaoke in the car to it

Billy Squier

I know this isn't the original, but I love this version by Cher...

r195 that's a great song, not a guilty pleasure.

Chee r198

I love this song it always makes me laugh! My mother loved it too.

I am ashamed

Speaking of Cher….

Kylie + Christmas + Gays = Gay Heaven

I’m not ashamed of liking the musician and it’s a good song but the domestic violence adjacent lyrics are bizarre

This.

Taking me back in time

Icing on the cake

A lot of you are posting legit good music.

Fish Heads

It’s a song from my youth so it makes me nostalgic

Yeah, I know it’s Meatloaf, and it’s 7:41 long, but hey, I still rock out to it in the car at elementary school afternoon pickup. It drives the uptight conservative Moms berserk. And they stay the fuck away from me, way the hell away.

Thank you, r125! "Centipede" is a great guilty pleasure because:

(1) It's written by Michael Jackson, so the lyrics are nonsense and (2) Most of the vocals are by Martha Wash, not Rebbie Jackson

^^ ^ And on that tip, a song MJ wrote for Donna Summer (a songwriter) but she laughed so hard he had to give it to LaToya. A perfect guilty pleasure.

Danni Minogue "Jump To The Beat"

This is on everyones worst song list but it's one of my secret favorites.

Excellent driving song...but for my ears only.

I don't know if this one is a legitimate guilty pleasure but it's on my cardio playlist and I can only admit that on an anonymous discussion board.

Aldo Nova "Fantasy"

We are Siamese, if You Please

Fields Of Gold

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

T’Pau - T’ Wow

I’m on the fence - what say you DL?

Too Much Time on My Hands by Styx

Queen for Queens

Congratulations

"Love Is In the Air" by John Paul Young

Gushy mushy, but I love the crescendos, and I want to go do some ballroom dancing... lol.

I'm posting this public version done in Brisbane, because I'd probably be out there singing with the 7000.

Love the song, drummer is awesome and a naked hottie near the end.

The 2nd version of this tune by The Go-Go's but the first one released =

Love that testosterone tear into that drum kit. Great looking guy, incredibly talented and this great Kelly Clarkson song. Eye candy on fire!

Honey Bobby Goldsboro

Big hair - Big sound - Big awesomeness

This classic

perfect

I'm gonna blow you a kiss in the wind by Boyce and Hart

Also featured twice on Bewitched.

So Emotional - Whitney

Red Light Special by TLC

I honestly do love this song and always find myself singing it

The music isnt great but her voice is so beautiful here

The original I'm a Honky Tonk man johnny Horton

North to Alaska by Johnny Horton is another guilty pleasure

Cool for the Summer

Cueca Solo

Brenda K Starr

Debbie Reynolds Tammy

It' s just the way she sings it and the orchestration

Pat and Mick (whoever they were). Though this does make me sad that happier times seem like they are long gone here in the 21st century.

Gloria Gaynor I will survive

Una Paloma Blanca by the eorge Baker Selection

Thhe title of the son translates to The Whate Dove

Toto' s Africa , the original song and all its remixes

R249 reminded me of one of my faves

I came across this late 80s tune recently =

Another song that doesn't sound like all of their others =

Big Rock Candy Mountain

The musician is great but this song is cheesy

Always loved the opening to this song

I love this thread OP.

R11 Great fucking song! A guilty pleasure of mine too.

I mean R12. Had a few sippypoos. But anything Nancy Sinatra did is fun to me too.

Aloha Yvonne - your song still rocks all these years later

R261 Anything Todd Rundgren is a pleasure. No guilt on my end. I love his music. Brilliantly ahead of yet still of its time.

Yup, of course

Loved this one and still do

Save Tonight- Eagle Eye Cherry

Firework =

Some Quarterflash...

The sequel =

Can others on here find the "Post a song that's an earworm for you" thread on this site?

Contact The Fact- The Sound ('81)

Silent Air - The Sound

The earworm thread -

BuI love hearing it but I disagree with the premise

Dietrich

Here’s a charming number about spousal abuse and denial!

James Last

Simply Sarah...

I don't care much for her voice or her song choices but this one is halfway decent -

Stand Or Fall - The Fixx

Lost Planes - The Fixx

R291, why is that a "guilty pleasure"? That song is great!

I would never admit in public to loving this song, but I absolutely love this song:

Always Enough - S. Hoffs

[quote] Jesus someone thinks Hold Me Now is a guilty pleasure? It’s a masterpiece.

r35 Meh, it was part of the pop bastardization of New Wave. I concur it's a good song. But we should feel guilty for liking it.

Nah, we shouldn't. It's a damn good song, no matter what.

"Endless Love." It's beautiful and heartfelt, and I won't apologize for loving it.

Mercedes Boy

Sonic Superslide =

Kissing Asphalt =

From Now On...

The Touch...

Put this shit on repeat and dance your ass off to the heavenly intonations of Miss LaToya Jackson!

If You Run =

One Sweet Dream =

LET ME SEE THAT THONG!!

I hate this song so much but it always sticks in my head. Sorry, I had to explain it.

The late Stevie Woods. More popular overseas. I first heard him on the radio when I was stationed in Japan. He was pretty popular there…the album was typical 80’s pop/soul attempting to cross over. My friends ragged on me for listening to him. But the album was not bad…

I un-ironically love this song

Sister - Icehouse

Can't Help Myself - Icehouse

Just discovered this today =

& now this one =

What a wild (& weird) remix =

& finally even this lesser "Talk Show" hit has a remix to dance to =

Bubble gum POP

T Swift

R318 Poor Melissa forgot to lip synch the right words at the 2:10 mark.

Turn Around in Tokyo...

Love Is Just A Mystery...

r317 Nothing guilty about The Go-Go's "Turn To You". It's a great rocker which holds its own.

R324 You're right but I was referring to that particular remix as a GP.

When I'm feeling sentimental

No explanation is necessary or possible.

Have been listening to this for 2 days

So cringe it's good.

This flawless bitch:

I had to leave my condo to come to this Well, I'm back but this time I'm with my man And these women are puttin' their hands all over his Yamamoto Kanzai sweater that I bought And I'm much, much unhappy about that I'd hate to come down to their level and become a BW A basic woman but if they don't stop, it's gonna get scandalous

Oram Juice Jones

Real World - Heartland

Don't Cast Your Shadow - Heartland

Daydream Believer - Monkees

Anything by the (IMO) underrated Grass Roots.

I know many of you don't like him, but I do.

Groovin’ With Mr. Bloe

6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps

I swear some of you don't understand the concept of a "guilty pleasure"...

Since when is IceHouse a "guilty pleasure"??

This cheesy song gets stuck in my head, and I've never even been to Mill Valley:

I think videos take away from the song. They're so dumb.

He growed up super HOT.

I am ashamed

Expose

Rock the Casbah!

The Grass Roots

Little River Band feat. John Farnham-

Playing to Win.

Ebeneezer Goode

49ers (featuring Aretha Franklin) Touch Me

"Take Me for a Ride" - Steps

I've loved this song since it first came out

Speaking of coldplay, I love love love this song AND this video.

Unironically. Unashamedly.

This one will never surpass the original but it's a nice sweet feminine version -

Both Sides Now -

Fool For Love was a GP for me back in the 80s -

"World Without You" was a bit corny even for the 80s but I still liked it -

Gotta Get To You -

Dancing In The City -

Jeanette...

Double Dutch Bus!!!

Sunset People

A serenade to...

Love Will Live - Zeno

Heart On the Wing - Zeno

You Sexy Thing

Der Kommissar

Turning Japanese

Shoo....

Love Don't Live...

Going Down To Liverpool - Katrina & The Waves

Do You Want Crying? - Katrina & The Waves

Anything Box - Living in Oblivion

Owl City - When Can I See You Again?

Neil Diamond I Am I Said

I Would Have Loved You Anyway

The Cars - Just What I Needed

R381 Such a good song.

RIP Eddie and Ronnie

R382 Musicologist, Rick Beato, explains what makes the song so great.

r371 r372 Wow, I've never heard Dale Bozzio's version of Der Kommissar or Turning Japanese. Big Missing Persons fan here.

No explanation. Just the setting. This song blasting in the backroom of an adult bookstore on Santa Monica Boulevard. They had stalls you could lock from the inside.

This one too.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Over the Rainbow

Company B

R385 I didn't even know she/they covered this song (a cover itself by Cyndi L.) until recently =

Take On Me - a-ha (1984 version)

Such a good song:

r389 Company B. That's a great song. The video with the white witch wigs is like WTF?

Guilty as charged.

Does Your Love Lie Open? - Stabilizers

A Place To Hide -Stabilizers

Trumper Dayne was #2 (& still is in another way)

R392. Yes, it is & this is my first time hearing it.

Glad you posted it & I finally got the time to listen to it!

The "Sometimes" remix...

The "Sexuality" remix...

Big Scary Animal - Belinda Carlisle

Windows Of The World - BC

You asked for it OP

I didn't even know this album from 2014 existed until recently =

This seems like a LGBT friendly tune from a decade ago =

Remake Me & You - Diana Vickers

Jumping Into Rivers - Diana Vickers

Dance of the Little Swans

It takes me back to junior high

Oops

Outkast - Hey Ya

Fly Me to the Moon

Sabotage, Beastie Boys

Basketball Jones ~ Cheech & Chong

jackie deshannon girl don't come

Taio Cruz- Dynamite

Dead or Alive - "Brand New Lover"

Heather Small - Proud.

Sax by Fleur East.

Lookit the outfits!

r415 Thank you. I love Sandy Shaw. She's so much better than Marianne Faithful.

R415 I seem to never get enough of that song. Agree about Marianne Faithful.

I mean R421. I put my own number.

Elle King - Ex's & Oh's

Fun song and even funnier video ...

Spice Girls

R424 Some of the guys in that video are hot!

Too bad Elle King's dad is that MAGA twat Rob Schneider.

I dance like a faggot to this song when no one's around:

Tab Hunter singing "Young Love" - live on the "Perry Como Show," 1957.

So cute and nervous. His voice cracks a couple times. And at the end it's like he can't believe he just did that.

h, and that one backup singer on the lower, far right looks sweet on Tab.

This.

R428 Oh, my gosh. He was adorable.

Not guilty.

Diving For Pearls...

Never gonna dance again...

^ That was a nice performance of an often-heard tune. Thanks for posting that.

Danger Zone - Tane Cain

My Time To Fly - Tane Cain

[quote] [R428] Oh, my gosh. He was adorable.

And doable

Some Kay on the way -

Kay #2 -

A VERY guilty version

Some Lorrie Morgan =

Han DISCO

DL trans haters should just ignore this title

Is this guilty enough OP?

Janis Ian everyone

A fun punk cover -

The Crystals - "Then He Kissed Me"

The Jack Nitzsche arrangement is wonderful, especially the orchestral bridge that starts at 1:50 .

Ahh - young love.

^ SO not guilty. ^

Neither is this:

"Perfume" (The Dreaming Mix) - Britney Spears

Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats

No guilt attaches to "Girl, Don't Come," r415. Nor any other Sandie Shaw song. I had one or two of her albums in the mid-'60s.

Stowaway...

Talk about a unique tune...

I always liked this.

And this. I actually liked all their stuff. I saw them in person at a car show. I forgot to put this on the concerts I’ve been to thread.

Although it’s probably the worst video ever made^^

Samantha Fox

Buffalo Grass - Todd L.

The Surf Talks - Todd Rundgren

A Bonnie cover...

Ravishing...

Just Like Jesse James

This song is before my time BUT I was at a dive bar one night where some guy kept playing Cher's greatest hits. She's got some joints.

"Too Much Heaven"

And I thought Maurice Gibb was hot.

Because in 1975 it made this Kansas 15 year old gay boy very, very happy.

I have always liked this song, even though nobody really knows what he's talking about.

MacArthur Park. Love this live version.

MacArthur Park has something to do with a bad acid trip.

Well, I guess that explains the melt-down over a wet cake.

The guiltiest of guilty pleasures

Straight Up remix '90 =

Forever Your Girl remix '90 =

A New Bohemia = Pet Shop Boys

New London Boy = Pet Shop Boys

The Schlager Hit Parade = Pet Shop Boys

Shed Seven - "Dolphin"

Those young lads from York 30 years ago.

I enjoyed their latest CD so much I just finished listening 2 their '19 CD =

Happy People...

& finally...

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Elou Elou Elou Elou Ve Ee

Garbage - "Stupid Girl"

Belle and Sebastian "Blues are Still Blue"

The Pipettes - Your Kisses are Wasted On Me