Worst song in an 80s movie?

[fishwax]

"I've Had the Time of My Life," from Dirty Dancing is the first that pops to mind. (Well, actually "She's like the wind," by Patrick Swayze came to mind first, but I think the other is worse.)

What say you?

[Blue_Tires]

1. just about the entire 'Scarface' soundtrack

not counting the opening credits theme music

[amitten]

10. No. Shit. That soundtrack all but ruins the movie for me. n/t

[ET Awful]

20. Rush rush got the llello

LMAO

:evilgrin:

[fishwax]

12. damn good point

:puke:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. Soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever

(Unless that was in the Seventies).

[begin_within]

4. It was released in 1977

[asthmaticeog]

3. Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark, "If You Leave"

From "Pretty In Pink," IIRC. What wretchedly vomitous saccharine crap.

That, and the entire soundtracks to "Footloose" and "Dirty Dancing."

[fishwax]

28. ah, footloose

everybody cut everybody cut :puke:

as I said elsewhere in this thread, kenny loggins had a knack for adding crappy songs to 80s soundtracks :)

[begin_within]

5. "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun

[henslee]

7. It's great in Spanish... very over the top & I dont understand Spanish

But you are rught, this is the worst song.

[billyskank]

18. Seconded

x(

[fishwax]

27. i think danger zone from that film might be as bad

ah, kenny loggins ... he had a lot of bad songs in 80s movies :)

[henslee]

6. Eye of the Tiger is pretty sheitzen... Rocky 3

[fishwax]

29. i think that's got just enough kitcsh value to salvage it

but that's just me :)

[henslee]

39. I have to admit, there was a tinge of doubt as I posted it but couldn't

put my finger on it. This song was probably played a lot in early aerobics classes.

[Hissyspit]

8. "She's Like the Wind... Through My Trees" ?????

WTF? I think you hit the nail on the head with that one, definitively answering your own question.

[fishwax]

13. oh wow, it's actually worse than I thought

I always thought that line was "she's like the wind/through my dreams," which, while certainly not good, at least resists the metaphor. But you're right, it's tree :puke:

Another gem: "She leads me through moonlight/only to burn me with the sun"

[judaspriestess]

9. Come on Eileen

God I hate that song, wasn't it in wedding crashers? I just heard it in some movie

[SaveElmer]

30. Dexy's Midnight Runners...that version?

Man I loved that song!!!

[xmas74]

41. I love that song too!

I remember dancing to it all the time.

[elshiva]

45. I love that song!

[tuvor]

11. "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starshit.

From Mannequin.

[gollygee]

17. My vote goes here

Unless REO Speedwagon - my other loathed 80s band - had a song in a movie, then there might be a tie.

[Mad_Dem_X]

33. Bingo!

I loathe that song to this day.

[Left Is Write]

14. No, no, you were right the second time.

"She's Like The Wind" is MUCH WORSE than "I've Had The Time Of My Life."

[Magrittes Pipe]

15. Yes.

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

16. "Maniac" from "Flashdance"

God, what a horrible song. Of course, it perfectly fits the movie....

[SaveElmer]

31. Ditto on that...gawd awful!!!..nt

[vikegirl]

19. "Let's Do It for Our Country"

Grease 2. Yes, "it" is what you think. Ugh. I can't believe I liked that movie as a wee lass.

[Divameow77]

21. That was a least kind of funny though

I can't believe I liked that movie either, especially "I want a cooooool rider"

[vikegirl]

23. Actually, I liked the "Reproduction" song

That was hilarious! :rofl:

[HughBeaumont]

24. Louis St Louis went from the penthouse to the outhouse with that toss.

EVERY song in Grease 2 sucks elephantitis balls. HORRIBLE movie with a script pulled out of a landfill with tongs.

[fishwax]

25. hehe I feel fortunate to not have seen it

:scared:

[elshiva]

46. I've got to see Grease 2 again. It so awful.

[pointblank]

22. Dream Warrior by Dokken

It was in one of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, I think the 2nd or 3rd.

Anyway, I like some Dokken, but that song is shit IMO

[PassingFair]

26. St. Elmo's Fire

:puke:

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. Hey! Shouldn't you be working??? Or something??

:eyes:

[Cats Against Frist]

32. Cry Little Sister (Theme From The Lost Boys) - Gerard McMann

I've always hated that song.

[Crazy Dave]

35. "Take My Breathe Away" from the movie "Top Gun"

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[no name no slogan]

36. "Don't You Forget About Me" -- Breakfast Club

as done by Simple Minds. It's quite sad that Simple Minds became known for this piece of tripe, because the rest of their stuff sounds nothing like it and is actually quite good-- at least, until they did this song. :puke:

[fishwax]

37. i agree with you about simple minds

but I don't hate that song, and the scene in the film is such a touchstone of 80s youth that i've got to give it credit :)

[donheld]

42. I love that "tripe"

each to their own.

[Richard Steele]

47. I agree- first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the OP.

And that also kinda sums up the entire 80s culture...

A serious, insightful, POWERFUL character-driven DRAMA,
remembered forever with a formulaic, corporate-issue POP song.

And you are quite correct to note how SAD it is that
TearsForFears will be forever remembered for that piece of work.

[XemaSab]

38. "Power of love"

From "Back to the Future"

[Chichiri]

40. I second (or third or fourth) "Take My Breath Away."

:puke:

[donheld]

43. I disagree with most of what you all say are "bad songs"

Dirty Dancing had some great songs including ones mentioned here. Kenny Loggins has always done great.

[rucky]

44. "Pretty In Pink" n/t