Wasn't that Bryan Adams song at number 1 for something like 16 weeks ? I know not everyone will like it but I wouldn't class it as a song he wrote thinking it would be a banger but turned out ****
Venga Boys - Boom, boom, boom, boom. I must be wrong though, because it has 227 million views on YouTube.
I don't think that either of these songs were meant to be taken particularly seriously. Good Old Fashioned Loverboy is very camp and silly, but the vocals are absolutely incredible.
For convenience, can't someone link this megathread to @Fonzie's 200 Best Songs megathread? I reckon most of them will be in both lists, especially the Oasis songs.
The 2 songs I hate above all others are Shout by Lulu and Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. About 6 years ago, we were walking down the Navy Pier in Chicago and Shout came on over the tannoy. Oh, how the kids larfed! “Wouldn’t it be funny if they played Walking on Sunshine next”, said child number two. Reader, they sodding did!!
Ronnie Moore's a VVanker is truly cringe worthy. Mull of Kintyre makes you want to find a very tall building to jump off if