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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 20
guilty pleasure songs
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for this list we're looking at all the
cheesy bops we love to love if we missed
any of your favorite ones to scream in
the shower let us know in the comments
below
number 20. it's raining men the weather
girls if you ask the weather girls it's
not raining cats and dogs it's raining
men you better leave those umbrellas at
home it's reigning men is one of the
signature songs of the 1980s and was a
number one dance hit heard in discos
nationwide spawning many a cover
throughout the years
with its funky groove and hilarious
conceit it's easy to forget that this
guilty pleasure is a pretty sexually
liberated bop as well the entire song
revolves around the weather girl's
excitement at the prospect of drowning
themselves in men of all types hey we
support a woman who knows what she wants
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number 19 how you remind me nickelback
in recent years it's become a trendy
move to pretend that we all thought
nickelback was bad back in the day but
in the year of our lord 2022 we don't
know why people still feel the need to
pretend like they weren't rocking out to
the likes of rockstar hero and of course
how you remind me play this song at any
party and from that very first line you
will have everyone singing along
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the hard rock instrumentation and the
scratchy vocals make it unbelievably fun
to sing along to and if we're being
honest we're tired of pretending not to
like it for society's sake just as for
nickelback
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number 18 every time we touch cascada if
one genre screams guilty pleasure it's
gotta be techno i still feel your touch
in my dream
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in the mid-2000s this german dance group
took the world by storm with every time
we touch an unapologetic fist bumping
rager of a song the combination of the
quieter yearning passion of the verses
with the bumping base of the choruses
made this an immediate dancehall classic
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even if you weren't a fan of the genre
you couldn't get away from it cascada
didn't have a ton of other hits
following this one but still remains one
of the most successful dance artists of
all time and this song will endure
forever
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number 17 call me maybe carly rae jepsen
throughout her career carly rae jepsen
has solidified herself as the queen of
earworms from hits like i really like
you to run away with me but nothing has
quite hit the earworm status of her very
first hit call me maybe your stare was
holding ripped jeans skin was showing
hot night wind was blowing where you
think you're going baby as soon as this
bubble gum dance pop tune hit the charts
it snuck its way into all of our heads
and our playlists until the end of time
call me maybe is the definition of
catchy combining a little echo of disco
strings with a flawless hook to create a
legitimately perfect pop song carly rae
has continued to create perfect pop
songs but we will always be fond of this
one
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number 16. roland air raid vehicle limp
biscuit sometimes guilty pleasure songs
are secretly really good but sometimes
they are just that guilty roland by limp
bizkit is a pretty ridiculous song when
it gets down to it
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the music video features zoolander actor
ben stiller and steven dorff mistaking
lead singer fred durst for a valet and
tossing him the keys to stillers bentley
durst of course takes advantage whipping
the car around the city and getting into
trouble with his friends the video is
nuts the song is ridiculous but if we're
being honest it's still quite a banger
and we would not turn it off at a party
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what makes you beautiful one direction
what do you get when you combine five
cute boys an iconic opening lick and a
fan base of teens a guilty pleasure
sensation one direction sprang onto the
scene in 2011 with what makes you
beautiful a catchy pop tune that's bound
to make anyone blush now some people
might be embarrassed to admit they like
the song with its undeniably tween
schoolyard crush sensibilities but why
deny yourself the chance to have fun
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what makes you beautiful is an
effervescently fresh pop song with
staying power and one direction would go
on to give us many many more of the same
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that's what makes you beautiful
number 14. sexy and i know it lmfao
sometimes all you need is something to
play at a party a party rock anthem one
might say
girls be looking like danny fly
i picked two to be walking down the
street and i knew the freak yeah well we
love that song that's not the lmfao song
that made our list that honor goes to
sexy and i know it this song is nothing
but laughs all the way through with its
funny lyrics and zany beats but it's
also definitely a bit of a confidence
booster
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in fact we think everyone should feel as
confident walking into a room as the
lmfao guys do if you got passion in your
pants don't be afraid to show it you're
sexy and you know it i'm sexy and i know
it
number 13 girlfriend avril lavigne of
course we've gotta have the pop punk
princess herself on this list avril
lavigne ruled the 2000s with mainstays
like complicated and my happy ending but
it wasn't until 2007 that she solidified
her place in the pop punk hall of fame
girlfriend is an explosion of joy that
you can't help but jump up and down to
combining hot guitar licks killer vocals
and in-your-face lyrics together into an
undeniable banger the premise of the
song is cheeky and fun and a little bit
of a departure from avril's earlier more
serious work but we love how much fun
she's having here and cannot wait to
blast this until the end of time
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number 12 we built this city starship
let's head back to guilty pleasure
heaven for a bit the 1980s starships we
built this city has made its way onto
many lists particularly worst of lists
such as one 2011 one from rolling stone
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but to those people we say have you no
soul do you not know how to have fun
we built the city may not be the best
song in the world but it certainly has
passion and heart and a soaring 1980s
chorus that was built to belt
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if you can hear this song and not sing
along you are a stronger person than we
are
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11 blue dabba d eiffel 65 you might know
this one as i'm blue if i were green i
would die but unfortunately those are
not actually the words to this 90s one
hit wonder
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comes from the mind of italian music
group eiffel 65 and honestly after
listening to this song and watching this
music video we really wonder what's
going on inside their heads
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but despite the weirdness of this track
we cannot help but admit that it has a
little something going for it the beat
is strong and you can't help but nod
your head along making up the words as
you go
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number 10 a thousand miles vanessa
carlton name a more recognizable opening
lick we'll wait
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vanessa carlton's a thousand miles came
out in 2001 and as a society we never
looked back making my way downtown
walking fast faces
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from parodies in movies like white
chicks to playing at many a college
party this song was ubiquitous when this
song comes on you don't just sing along
to the words although the words are
great you also have to sing along with
that piano riff at the top of your lungs
hey we don't make the rules but that's
definitely a rule to date this is still
vanessa carlton's biggest hit in the
united states and one we will always
love
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number nine i'm too sexy right said fred
sometimes a little confidence with a
little goofiness mixed in is all it
takes in 1991 british group right said
fred released this hilarious tune as a
way to make fun of guys who take their
looks too seriously
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apparently the idea came to brothers
fred and richard fairbrass when they
were running a gym in london and would
notice how narcissistic and looks
obsessed all the guys who came in were
in one day richard jokingly took his
shirt off and said i'm too sexy for my
shirt and history was made this song is
effortlessly hilarious and ends abruptly
and perfectly with the line
number eight mickey tony basil mice
excluded this might be the only song
ever written about someone named mickey
but if this is the only one we get it's
pretty good tony basil's 1981 hit is a
new wave masterpiece combining synths
and rock guitar with hilarious
cheerleader chants and a whole lot of
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fun but mickey isn't only a guilty
pleasure it also started a bit of a
craze with numerous covers and parodies
including one from weird al and serves
as the basic inspiration for run dmc's
massive hit it's tricky so you see if we
didn't have mickey we might not have
that song sounds like we should be
thanking tony basil more than we do
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number 7. barbie girl aqua a guilty
pleasure so guilty it spawned an entire
lawsuit
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the dance group aqua released barbie
girl in 1997 and a worldwide sensation
was born the song became a phenomenon
with its sugary little hooks and
undeniably catchy melodies so catchy in
fact that six months after the song came
out mattel the maker of barbie dolls
sued aqua's record label claiming the
song turned barbie into a sex symbol the
case was eventually thrown out and aqua
never quite achieved the same success
with any other song but their legacy as
the group that made life in plastic
fantastic lives on
well bobby we're just getting started
number six wannabe spice girls in the
1990s it was a spice world and we were
all just living in it the british girl
group became mega stars basically
overnight and started their short but
bright career with a banger wannabe
wannabe is a pop anthem an ode to female
friendship and an overt homage to the
chicks before you know mentality the
song is filled with fun r b licks and
dance beats creating a fun smart and
empowering combo add in that amazing rap
in the middle and you've got yourself a
hit it certainly does make you want to
slam your body down and wind it all
around
number five take on me aha when you're
parodied on family guy you know you've
made it if we had to choose one song
that defined the 1980s it would have to
be this one
not only will the opening notes of take
on me fill a dance floor in an instant
but the soaring high notes of the chorus
are more than able to get everyone
singing along
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with synthesizers and drums leading the
way this aha record topped the billboard
hot 100 in 1985 and subsequently wormed
its way into our hearts if you look up
the definition of euphoria in the
dictionary it will probably show you a
video of morton harkett wailing his way
out of that chorus
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number four funky town lip sync when
it's time to party and get the crowd
hype it's time to bring out funky town
this 1979 disco hit took the world by
storm and became a must play at any and
all dance parties in the song the singer
pleads for a place that will keep me
moving keep me grooving with some energy
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in a fun meta turn of events the song
itself ends up being just that place we
love all the covers of this song but the
bright and cheery effect of the original
elevates it to new heights and keeps us
singing along all these years later
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number three i want it that way
backstreet boys ah the age-old question
am i your fire your one desire you may
not know the answer but there's no
denying that i want it that way is a
smashing good guilty pleasure jam
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written by swedish pop royalty max
martin and andreas carlson we pretty
much knew from the jump that the song
would be in our lives forever the melody
and the lyrics are so infectious and
delightful it's no wonder i want it that
way became the group's signature hito
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even if you're not a boy band fanatic
there's just something about this hit
that's undeniable
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number two all-star smash mouth this
guilty pleasure became such a mainstay
of the 2000s that it ear wormed its way
not only into our heads but also into a
plethora of movies somebody once told me
the world is gonna roll me i ain't the
sharpest tool in the shed
from shrek to mystery men hollywood was
scrambling for this tune arguably no
song has had a greater pop cultural
impact than smash mouth's all star
without it we may never have learned to
make the loser sign on our foreheads and
we may never have learned that only
shooting stars break the mold on a more
serious note this song is relentlessly
entertaining offering equal parts
glittery fun in rock and roll
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number one what is love hataway with
that synth those glorious vocals and its
unrelenting pounding bass what is love
is one of the guiltiest guilty pleasures
of all time
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this song burst onto the scene in 1993
giving 90s kids a little taste of the
1980s while still sounding like
something fresh and new i don't know
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not only does what is love sound good it
also serves as a release for our
emotions with passionate lyrics and
pining melodies that sound like
heartbreak incarnate if heartbreak could
dance that is it's definitely one of the
most recognizable songs in the world and
it has our hearts from its very first
note
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