Your first favorite song?
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Heard “Boogie Oogie Oogie” by Taste of Honey while driving this morning and remembered how much I loved it as a child. Definitely one of my first favorite songs, alongside “Do You Think I’m Sexy” by Rod Stewart and “Abracadabra” by Steve Miller.
What was your first favorite song?
Betacucktard@reddit
As a wee one I loved "Golden Slumbers" by the Beatles.
It was like Sir Paul was singing me a lullaby!
I also loved marching around to Colonel Bogey's March, otherwise known as "that song from Bridge Over The River Kwai" to some people.
Oh, and "Fee Fie Fo Fum" from Mickey and the Beanstalk!
My parents had eclectic musical tastes.
Oh right! "Down on the Corner" by CCR!
LaLa762@reddit
Long, Cool Woman in a Black Dress.
sallyshooter222@reddit
Seasons in the Sun…I know, it’s strange. I remember asking my mom if he was really going to die and she said ‘it sounds like it, doesn’t it?”
SuckerEMC@reddit
Mom kept it real 🤣
TheRahwayBean@reddit
I was an adult before learning Terry Jacks was not dying when this song was released (he was still alive in the 80s/90s). I'll be Googling in a sec... Mine was from that same Era. Billy, Don't be a Hero
youlikespiders@reddit
Islands in the Stream, That is what we are Quickly followed by anything by Bon Jovi or Poison.
Heretogetthingsdone@reddit
Add it up, the Violent Femmes...
Heretogetthingsdone@reddit
I was a late bloomer lol
Fit-Smile2707@reddit
Crocodile Rock when I was about 5
Ted_Denslow@reddit
"Caught Up in You" - 38 Special
fry-something@reddit
I love that song, still.
Ted_Denslow@reddit
Me too! Because it fuckin rules.
rosycoma@reddit
Tied: I feel love - Donna Summer and Knock on Wood - Amii Stewart
IndependentShelter92@reddit
I'm old, Delta Dawn was mine.
SuckerEMC@reddit
Lord have mercy, haven’t thought about that song in forever. And didn’t miss it, TBH, but I can remember every word!! 🤦♀️
fry-something@reddit
Loved that song. That may have been my first favorite come to think of it. That and “Wildfire.” Which I still totally love.
TripThruTimeandSpace@reddit
Oh God it was Da Doo Run Run by Shawn Cassidy. I bought the 45 and a life sized poster of him with my allowance when I was 7. 🙄
amelie_789@reddit
I was a bit older, probably 11 and my best friend and I were I obsessed. She had the 8-track and we listened together and wrote letters to him.
My childhood dream came true when I got to serve him at a cafe many years later. 😂
PunkFlamingo69@reddit
I had some pants from Target with his face and name ironed on the sides.
I was 10. 😂😂
SuckerEMC@reddit
Wow- that’s truly impressive- were they sold like that or did you order the patches from “Teen” or “Dynamite” magazines??
PunkFlamingo69@reddit
I did love those magazines though. Did anyone else cut out pics of their favorite singers and put them in a spiral notebook?? 😆
GardenBunnyBaseball@reddit
I cut out every magazine picture of Matt Dillon I could find & taped them ALL to the back of my bedroom door. It was completely covered. I was obsessed with Outsiders-era Matt Dillon 😍
PunkFlamingo69@reddit
They came that way. Found these similar ones online 😂
Visual_Lingonberry53@reddit
I had his poster on my wall. I was ten
LogicalBetazoid@reddit
Shaun Cassidy. For when you’re ready to leave Donny Osmond behind, but not quite ready for Andy Gibb.
gchance1@reddit
What's hard to believe is he's on tour right now.
TripThruTimeandSpace@reddit
He will probably tour forever.
gchance1@reddit
Truthfully this is the first I've ever seen him touring since the 70s. He was so involved in tv for the longest time, I thought he completely left music behind.
TripThruTimeandSpace@reddit
He started touring again in 2019. 😊
honeybee_jam@reddit
So sweet! That was likely mine as well - I had the album and can still picture that cover perfectly. I redeemed myself by later on making my first musical purchase with my own money - a 45 of Joan Jett’s I Love Rock n Roll. ❤️🔥
goldimom@reddit
Yes, I loved him too, and I was probably about that same age.
Woody_Roger@reddit
Are you my little sister?
Prestigious_Rain_842@reddit
I had a poster too.
JSBT89@reddit
Yes!! I had a poster of his face and the 45. LOVED HIM!!
fry-something@reddit
Uhhhh…Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb. That officially beats all other “embarrassing” songs because, yeah.
(The most adorable Gibb family member of all)
Prestigious_Rain_842@reddit
My first? OMG this is embarrassing. "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
fry-something@reddit
Why is that embarrassing?? I still to this day love ABBA!
smittykins66@reddit
You want embarrassing? “Seasons In The Sun.”
(In my defense, I was seven.)
Daks_Miss@reddit
I loved that song! I was probably around that age too lol.
Cultural-Owl7329@reddit
Still love this song.
Visual_Lingonberry53@reddit
I was five! I loved that song when I was a kid. Loved it
Prestigious_Rain_842@reddit
I was about the same age for Dancing Queen. :)
9inez@reddit
I liked that song too. Had the 45 single. As kids it eventually evolved to alternative lyrics about streaking and cops with guns.
But, my god! Side B “Put the Bone In” is one of the worst songs ever written.
It’s out there on YouTube for your enjoyment and displeasure.
labontefan69@reddit
That was my brother’s first fave, too! He used to play it over and over and over.
ahutapoo@reddit
I traded Love Rollercoaster for that 45.
SuckerEMC@reddit
LOVE ROLLERCOASTER YAAAASSS!!
gchance1@reddit
Why would that be embarrassing? ABBA is one of the biggest selling bands of all time, and unlike now, the music was recorded by the best musicians in the world. Top notch vocals and playing, never be ashamed of your musical tastes.
Prestigious_Rain_842@reddit
Disco went through some serious disrespect for a long time.
gchance1@reddit
It did, but it never truly went away. The funniest thing about it is that it went through disrespect simultaneously during the rise of synthpop and synth based pop like Madonna. It all had roots in disco.
plantyjen@reddit
That’s not embarrassing! ABBA was great! That one was a favorite to roller skate to — my sister used to take me to the rink every Saturday in the mid 70s.
BrashPop@reddit
Not embarrassing at all, that song is FUN.
InternationalAd9230@reddit
It's a great song!
Ilovemytowm@reddit
Right??? Abba is pure magnificence! 🌻❤️
subibrat85@reddit
Saturday in the park-Chicago
Uncle_DirtNap@reddit
Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo, maybe? Otherwise Rock Box.
NoKatyDidnt@reddit
These Dreams by Heart
Alltheprettydresses@reddit
Stomp- The Brothers Johnson
No-Brush-1251@reddit
Love will keep us together by Captain and Tennille. My sisters would let me play the 45 over and over and over on their new record player.
Aggravating-Job8373@reddit
99 Luftballons
Royal-Nobody-1362@reddit
Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy when I was very, very young. I would say my first “mature” pick was Steppin Out by Joe Jackson, in junior high
debcon14@reddit
Delta Dawn was my very very young favorite too!
SaltyBlackBroad@reddit
"Sugar Sugar" by the Archies. I was three.
hlckkg@reddit
50 ways to leave your lover by Paul Simon. Listened to it in my moms giant green 70s chevy caprice on the am radio
KP-RNMSN@reddit
Eddie Rabbitt “I love a rainy night”
OHMAMG@reddit
Can't pick just one. There are three that stand out because I was so obsessed with them that my Mom actually bought me the tapes for each artist...
Laura Branigan, Gloria
Joan Jett, I Love Rock-n-Roll
Toto, Africa
Wish I still had those tapes.
winter7@reddit
Gary Newman - Cars
Busy_Raisin_1102@reddit
Dreamin by Blondie
jujioux@reddit
“Le Freak” by Chic. My dad’s best friend and his wife had the best disco record collection, and they would let me play them every time we visited. I also really loved “On The Radio” by Donna Summer.
b33lz3bubba@reddit
Rapper's Delight. 6th grade.
Immortal_maizewalker@reddit
“My Ding-a-Ling”, by Chuck Berry. My little kid self begged my parents to play it, and I just thought it was the funniest thing.
PleaseJustLetsNot@reddit
"Girls just want to have fuuuuuuunnnn"
Quirky_Commission_56@reddit
The Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel. And I still have my dad’s copy on vinyl.
Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit
https://i.redd.it/4qmn0iv1rd5f1.gif
Save all your kisses for me
lassobsgkinglost@reddit
Margaritaville!
JoeDeLaGhetto@reddit
Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
Careless_Ocelot_4485@reddit
“I Will Survive” Gloria Gaynor
My sisters and I would use the finial off of the top of our four poster beds as a microphone and lip-sync to this song with lots of dramatic hand and face gestures. Good times!
VA1255BB@reddit
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head. The guy who would come play music (on an autoharp?) for my kindergarten class used to get a lot of requests from me for that.
NoLawAtAllInDeadwood@reddit
"Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder. Bought the 45 in a record store downtown with my allowance - first 45 I ever bought!
MsMameDennis@reddit
Me, too! I remember singing along to "Sir Duke" with my parents, in our big blue station wagon. I was maybe 5 or 6. I asked if Sir Duke was a real person, and Mom and Dad told me about him — and about Basie, Miller, Satchmo and Ella. I also loved the whistle sound in the song. Core memory.
thai-stik-admin@reddit
The piña colada song by Rupert Holmes. I was 6-7ish and liked the beat and the rests in the music.
Mental_Ad1948@reddit
Hanky Panky - Tommy James and The Shondells
SnowcatTish@reddit
I was probably the only kindergartner who could sing Love Child by Diana Ross & the Supremes verbatim.
My 3 baby boomer sisters exposed me to amazing music from the day I was born.
Evilelfqueen@reddit
"Air that I Breathe" by The Hollies.
GardenBunnyBaseball@reddit
My mom’s favorite song
labontefan69@reddit
Great song!
TumbleweedAdept8862@reddit
Fire and Do you think I’m Sexy? I distinctly remember those two!
Tight_Comparison_557@reddit
Tainted Love- Soft Cell
Recent_Candidate_280@reddit
Meatloaf The whole album "Bat out of Hell", just..the whole damn thing....
mslego@reddit
"Moonshadow" by Cat Stevens was one... Also "Popcorn" by Hot Butter? 😜
DeeRexBox@reddit
The first 2 songs I really remember enjoying we're Kokomo by the beach boys and I Cant Dance by Genesis. Also remember Thriller, but I always thought it was a movie and not a music video.
Recent_Candidate_280@reddit
Sammy John's Chevy Van
incredible_turkey@reddit
Kermit the Frog - Rainbow Connection
23port@reddit
I still have this album framed and on my wall at my shop. I listened to the whole soundtrack over and over as a kid
incredible_turkey@reddit
I finally learned how to play it on guitar a few years ago.
SolomonGrumpy@reddit
The lovers, the dreamers and me!
auntiechrist74@reddit
First song? Batman theme song… Da na na na na na na na na na BATMAN!
First album somewhat embarrassing, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, vinyl…
No_Material_7516@reddit
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough
360inMotion@reddit
Not into country at all and I haven’t heard it in years, but “Elvira” by The Oak Ridge Boys. The goofiness made me smile so hard when I was little that I’d get embarrassed and hide my face, lol.
I also sang along loudly to “Hopelessly Devoted to You” from Grease when I was 2-3 years old.
Cultural-Owl7329@reddit
That was the first music I purchased.....on 8 track. 😂
360inMotion@reddit
Ah, the good old 8 tracks! Back in the early 2000s I decided to play some of the 8 tracks my parents had. I placed one in the stereo and … nothing happened. I pulled it back out to check and the magnetic tape inside was disintegrating. 😱
Cultural-Owl7329@reddit
That's heartbreaking.
360inMotion@reddit
Yeah, it seems everything has a limited life span, although I wasn’t expecting that at all.
LawGram@reddit
Oh my gosh, I totally forgot about Elvira.
360inMotion@reddit
I’m listening to it for old time’s sake today. 😅
perfectascats@reddit
YES! Somewhere in my parents' house is a tape of 3yr old me singing "Giddy up badoobump badoobumpa mao mao" in a ridiculously low voice
360inMotion@reddit
Lol! I don’t think I ever sang along with that one, and just thinking about it now still makes me want to hide my face for some weird reason. 😆
Mike6PackIPA@reddit
Giddyup, ba-oom, bapa-oom, bapa-mowmow.
GMP_ArchViz@reddit
Grease was the first album I ever bought. 1978 I think.
360inMotion@reddit
That’s the year it was released! :) My family had an LP record set with a sleeve that unfolded with pictures inside which sort of felt like a yearbook.
That was my very first movie, which was at a drive-in theater. I was 2 and a half, and had to stand up in the front seat between my parents in order to see over the dash, lol.
GMP_ArchViz@reddit
Yep, it was a double album with a lot of photos. I was 11 at the time, and had already been collecting 45s (which I still have). My parents asked me to give them the album so they could look at it, making sure it was kid-friendly.
360inMotion@reddit
That’s right! :)
I’m pretty sure my mom bought the album for herself and maybe my dad as well, as they loved the 50s covers as well as the original songs.
I haven’t watched the movie in forever but I’m pretty sure I still know every word. I need to revisit, I think!
Significant_Mess_79@reddit
My first album too! 🤩
trullaDE@reddit
Unfortunately the one with my name, came out four years after I was born.
It haunted me throughout my life - people teasing me and starting singing - but thank god, it finally gets rarer and rarer.
Warm_Difficulty_5511@reddit
Mine was The Doo Run Run by Shaun Cassidy 😁❤️✌️
Public-Requirement99@reddit
Wildfire
Marvel-Anne@reddit
That song made me SO SAD.
Daks_Miss@reddit
Same! Tears
Equivalent_Tea8061@reddit
Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
I haven’t thought of that song in so long. Listening now. Thank you!
SuckerEMC@reddit
This is the first song I can remember hearing- and it WAS raining- and I was a tiny girl in the car with my dad driving in the dark in the hills of our town with all the lights down below twinkling. Wow- thanks for the memories!!
Equivalent_Tea8061@reddit
I remember being in a car, very small, looking up and hearing “just like the guys whose feet are too big for his bed” and thinking the bed was way up in the branches of my grandparents’ oak tree. No idea why I thought that.
ahutapoo@reddit
I loved Afternoon Delight. I was 10 when it came out, no idea what it was about I just dug the vocals and music.
Daks_Miss@reddit
Lmao I was 8, and I’d belt out the song at the top of my lungs every time it came on. Thinking on it, I’m shocked my mother didn’t tell me to sthu. 🤣
SuckerEMC@reddit
Omg, first heard this while jumping on trampoline at summer camp. Also had no idea what was going on in the lyrics but cannot hear it without being right back at camp.
kdbpfr@reddit
Joy to the World - 3 Dog Night
LawGram@reddit
I spent 20 years singing, “Olive was a boy”. I can’t even remember what the correct lyric is now I think it was something like all the girls and boys.
Thedobby22@reddit
About 10 years ago I was putting together a playlist of Christmas songs for the family. I put the "Joy to the World" by 3 Dog Night on the list, because, you know, it's "Joy to the World." Didn't realize my mistake until it came up during a shuffle. Everyone cracked up, sang along, and loved it. It remains on the Christmas playlist and is considered a Christmas song in my family (which means it can only be played from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas day).
Marvel-Anne@reddit
I was a Brownie back in the 70s, and at one point, our troop leader was leading us in Christmas songs. When she proposed "Joy to the World", you can imagine what happened. The grooviest kids started with "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" and the rest of us started with "Joy to the world". I was not groovy.
Visual_Lingonberry53@reddit
I loved that song I still sing it. I went to a concert of theirs, one time at the fair in a tent, too many drunk people and vomit
plantyjen@reddit
Every kid loved a guy singing about a bullfrog named Jeremiah!
kdbpfr@reddit
Or a “Boo-Frog” if you were 3 🤣
plantyjen@reddit
Aww! 🥹 I was at the ripe old age of four when that song came out, so I may have sang “boo-frog” too! At the top of my lungs!
9inez@reddit
Oh yeah. That was worth recording while singing it in the bathtub.
LawGram@reddit
Way back when it was My Eyes Adored You by Frankie Valli.
AaronBurrIsInnocent@reddit
Rock the Boat. The Hues Corporation or A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash
Jakester42@reddit
Another One Buys A Datsun.
lokilady1@reddit
Looking Out My Backdoor. By CCR
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
"Longhaired Redneck" by David Allan Coe.
Reign_n_blud@reddit
“Never Surrender” by Corey Hart. Don’t know why but it just was
XxThrowaway987xX@reddit
That song brings back some sweet memories for me.
Significant_Mess_79@reddit
Loved that song😎
XxThrowaway987xX@reddit
My mother said I loved anything by the Monkees. But the first song I remember obsessing over was “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon.
coldfinger-trh@reddit
Sadly it was Disco Duck for me.
NotaMillenialatAll@reddit
Chiquitita, Abba, I was obsessed with that song
Chicarivera@reddit
I used to bop near my parents' stereo in my diapers while they played Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel. Still love it.
Dost_is_a_word@reddit
My sister was 12? When she actually listened to it, I was named after a ummmm sl*t.
Ilovemytowm@reddit
The song is just happy... Crazy song but it's still a happy song. I got up to wash my face someone's taken my place... I belted those lyrics out as a little kid not really sure what I was belting out.
SuckerEMC@reddit
Correct! That song is loaded! 🤣
Dost_is_a_word@reddit
Bicycle Race - Queen, a family friend took my older sister to Queen concert when I was 9, she then hogged the record player for the next 5 years.
Annoyed256@reddit
“Horse with No Name” by America
Barbarossa7070@reddit
Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog
Just2Breathe@reddit
We sang that in elementary school choir class! And You’ve Got a Friend.
labontefan69@reddit
Was a good friend of mine
Just2Breathe@reddit
Maybe “You’re the one that I want” from the Grease soundtrack.
asslesschappie@reddit
Rubber Duckie Disco. I had it on a 45.
Vegetable-Feature-85@reddit
Bennie and the Jets by Elton John and Brand New Key by Melanie.
Sandpiper_crescent@reddit
She's a Bad Mama Jama!
Romaine2k@reddit
Song sung blue by Neil diamond was my first favorite, followed by Free to be you and me
Cbane000@reddit
Anarchy in the UK - I was obsessed with the song when I was like 6 and my older sister played the Sex Pistols non-stop!
Nonee123@reddit
Looking at all the comments and hopping back and forth to Spotify to play the songs and relive the memories 🥹 Insane how far we've come from trying to catch our favorite songs on 8 track/cassette (and being so mad when the DJ talked over the end!) and having pretty much any song in the history of music at our fingertips. Wild.
DaftMinge@reddit
I recorded countless songs off of the radio. I would even hold my Boombox up to the television speaker to record songs playing on MTV since bands like The Jam and early The Clash were never played on the radio here in the US.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
I know, I keep listening to songs people mention. Very happy memories, experienced very differently now.
wild-hectare@reddit
The Cars debut album...triggered my true love of music
orthonym@reddit
One of the earliest songs I remember loving was You Can Do Magic by America.
jdresche@reddit
Some of my earliest 45s
Rhinestone Cowboy
I Shot the Sheriff
Delta Dawn
Stomp
No-Instance9648@reddit
Saturday in the park by Chicago
labontefan69@reddit
We’re going to see them in late July. The horns get me every time!
La_Mano_Cornuta@reddit
Jukebox Hero - Foreigner 4 was my first cassette purchase as an 11 year old kid, I remember not even having a proper stereo but playing it on just a plain tape recorder. The boombox came later.
DaftMinge@reddit
My older brother had the 45 of this and would play it on repeat for literally hours. To this day, whenever I hear it I feel like I'm being audibly tortured by him.
Equivalent-Room-7689@reddit
You Can Do Magic by America. I still remember sitting in the backseat of my Mom's car and hearing it the first time.
labontefan69@reddit
They were my very first concert!
Avivi11@reddit
Ooo, I absolutely love this song. It's so great that my 16 year old daughter has added it to her playlist!
labontefan69@reddit
How Much I Feel by Ambrosia. I was a sappy kid 😂
Skeptikell1@reddit
S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. night!
SuckerEMC@reddit
Is that the Bay City Rollers??
DaftMinge@reddit
Yes. I was looking for this song on here.
thenoisesabove@reddit
The earliest faves I can recall were I Don’t Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats, Chiquitita by ABBA, and (inexplicably) Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell.
Cultural-Owl7329@reddit
All these are on my play list.
DaftMinge@reddit
Same!
Mysterious-Dealer649@reddit
I was an extremely sappy little kid especially for a boy which made me a real sucker for a lot of that early 70s pop folk music like Jim Croce and the Carpenters and that song wildfire would destroy me 😂
hulks_brother@reddit
"You're the One That I Want" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
I was 3 maybe 4 years old and listened to that single over and over on my "Welcome Back, Kotter" record player.
SolomonGrumpy@reddit
I got CHILLS, they're multiplying...
hulks_brother@reddit
Solomon Grundy was my favorite villian in Justice League. And Grumpy is my favorite dwarf.
SolomonGrumpy@reddit
Who doesn't love an angry dwarf?
nerfherded@reddit
Batman theme by The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale (aka the Sun Ra Arkestra)
https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/track/batman-theme
tragedyann1214@reddit
This is probably more of a 'situational' favorite in that I listened to it ad nauseum because I had the 45. I'd drag my little blue suitcase/turntable thing into the living room and crank up Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue and belt it out at top volume while jumping on the couch.
Exact_Reputation_500@reddit
Physical by Olivia Newton John
run_squid_run@reddit
Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Dustinisgood@reddit
Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones. My dad had a blue pickup truck with an 8-track player and we would blast this album and drive around.
grunkatze@reddit
I'm old-ish Gen X ('70), but I remember my mom telling me to sit still, while she put those pink foam curlers you could sleep in, in my wet hair. I was bopping along to the first song I remember calling my favorite - "Saturday Night" by The Bay City Rollers. 🤘🤪
HuckleberryDizzy2364@reddit
CCR cover of Proud Mary. my mom still likes to belt it out!
NoBot-RussiaBad@reddit
Do you mean the Tina Turner cover?
HuckleberryDizzy2364@reddit
wow you're right, I thought it was older than both of them.
SuckerEMC@reddit
Prefer Tina’s, RIP. What a badass.
Dry-Exchange2030@reddit
As a little kid, it was Love’s Theme by the Love Unlimited Orchestra. Then My Mistake by Diana Ross and Marvin Gay.
Professional-Sir7115@reddit
Green River - CCR
Adorableviolet@reddit
My first 45 was Brandy by Looking Glass. I think I was 3 and I had this cool old record player. I heard it the other day in a store and was singing along.
Newphone_New_Account@reddit
Magic-Olivia Neutron Bomb
HuckleCatt1@reddit
Toto's Africa. The harmonies on the chorus - especially the last one - are just amazing.
kingtermite@reddit
This was maybe my all-time favorite 80s song. Because of this song, Toto was my first concert.
HuckleCatt1@reddit
Agreed, it's great! Cool, also, that Toto was your first concert.
kingtermite@reddit
With John Parr as opener.
Natural_King2704@reddit
Have you heard the Weezer version with Weird Al?
razzadig@reddit
Love it! I was totally snookered
Natural_King2704@reddit
I hate to say it..but I like it better than the original
AnfreloSt-Da@reddit
Yep, this one. I was 11. First time I started avidly listening to the radio and following top 40.
Yep215@reddit
Banger
Mysterious-Ruby@reddit
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. She's So Unusual was my first cassette. I think I was 7 when it came out.
Steve Perry's Oh Sherry was a close second.
Felon_musk1939@reddit
Definitely The Monster Mash. Then it was Clapton's I Shot the Sheriff. I was 6 and had just caught on to male falsetto singing. I thought it was the coolest thing. I also thought that the line "I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot the deputy" was supposed to be funny. Kinda like: "yeah, I totaled your car but the puke in the backseat was not mine". Hilarious 😂
Spare_Database3485@reddit
"Let 'em in" by Wings really stuck with me as a kid.
Gnatlet2point0@reddit
I have a VIVID memory of Liza Minelli singing Copacabana on the Muppet Show and I LOVED that song, it seemed SOOOOOO romantic and tragic!
EggSpecial5748@reddit
Mrs. Robinson. I somehow had that cassette as a kid, maybe 8-10 years old and I would rewind and replay that song for hours. I still love it!
IndependentShelter92@reddit
I used to sing it for my daddy when I was 4 or 5.
Klutzy_Yam_343@reddit
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer. I used to lip sync it into a hair brush. That song single-handedly got me into music. I insisted that my mom buy me a fisher price record player so I could play the 45 over and over.
SoCalTHC13@reddit
1981 at 5 years old, my first favorite songs were “She’s So Cold” and “Start Me Up” by The Rolling Stones. The next year Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock & Roll” became my favorite.
DeepRoot@reddit
My father has a photograph of me jamming to "Boogie Fever" w/ headphones on at 3 years old, so I guess that one.
SuckerEMC@reddit
Excellent song!!
DeepRoot@reddit
Thanx! It looks like most of our first exposures were to disco... no complaints from me. :-D
Skelastomybag@reddit
I Feel Love by Donna Summer ALWAYS got me in a chipper mood. Loved that song.
Entire-Detail7967@reddit
You’re the Inspiration by Chicago (Peter Cetera) when I was only 5 yrs old 🥹
0bfu5cator@reddit
“Rubber Band Man” - The Spinners. Wore that 45 OUT
1Chicken2@reddit
Elvira-Oak Ridge Boys In my defense I was 3 years old and grew up in a super rural area of PA 🤣
MyAvarice4@reddit
Outside of The Beach Boys, we were not allowed to listen to much secular music. So anything Beach Boys. We were allowed some “oldies” radio, so “Great Balls of Fire”, “Brown Eyed Girl”, “Crimson and Clover” and all of those.
dofrogsbite@reddit
The kinks-come dancing
Avivi11@reddit
Down Under by Men at Work (I was 7 and absolutely loved it. Still do!)
MyriVerse2@reddit
Beatles - A Day in the Life
And it still is...
Visual_Lingonberry53@reddit
You can never, ever go wrong with the beatles
InternationalAd9230@reddit
Love Will Keep Us Together, by Captain and Tenille.
Visual_Lingonberry53@reddit
I loved that song and their variety show
SuckerEMC@reddit
My first album, tho my first single was Parliament’s “Flashlight”!! I still like to mix it up!
CoolJeweledMoon@reddit
This was mine too! It was the first song I learned all the words to, & I still belt it out if it comes on in the car! 😅
I have one other one, & it was Silly Love Songs by Wings. I remember I had my Granddaddy buy me the 45 at the 7-11! It's funny to now think of quick shops stocking 45 records...
Visual_Lingonberry53@reddit
Terry Jack Seasons in the Sun. 1974
MartyredMermaid@reddit
“Angel is a Centerfold” by J Geils Band.
citou@reddit
I loved that and Freeze Frame. I recorded those two from the radio along with Joan Jett's I Love Rock n Roll. Listened to that tape many, many times.
Bird_Watcher1234@reddit
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
BrashPop@reddit
We couldn’t play that song in my house because it just made me cry instantly as a kid.
Bird_Watcher1234@reddit
Awww (((hugs)))
BrashPop@reddit
Thank you, I was a very… dramatic child.
Bird_Watcher1234@reddit
I’m 48 and I’m still a dramatic child lol. That song and that movie are like comfort food to me though because me and my dad would watch it and sing along a lot, as well as The Sound of Music, Heidi, Annie and several, Disney movies. They are happy memories for me of happy times. Now play Cowgirl Don’t Cry and I melt in a puddle of tears. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) also kick starts the water works, my dad’s best friend played it on his guitar at my dad’s funeral.
gogozrx@reddit
Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
AnonOnKeys@reddit
The one that leaped immediately to mind was: "Rich Girl" by Hall & Oates.
As a youngster who played piano, my mind was absolutely blown by the Wurlitzer, which I had no idea what it was back then.
Catswinetravel@reddit
Stray Cat Strut by The Stray Cats. Seven year old me really, really loved cats. It was the first record I ever bought with my allowance money.
HokieNerd@reddit
Probably Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street. I'm not really sure how this came about, but I'm guessing that I was reading a certain book, Grover and the Museum of Everything, when I first heard that song on the radio. The next time I heard it, I went and grabbed the book and started reading it. That association is still strong in my mind, so whenever it comes on, the book pops up in my head.
Weird how the brain works, huh?
Reddit____user___@reddit
That’s a brilliant song.
Reminds me of my old man painting and decorating and ‘helping’ him.
big-shirtless-ron@reddit
Ballad of the Alamo by Marty Robbins. I wore out the cassette I listened to it so much.
Brave-Sale-4704@reddit
Beth by Kiss
When I was in 1st grade I lived in a townhouse complex. All of us kids hung out together. My friend’s brother was SO into Kiss. That was the first Rock Band I listened to and saw taped performances 💖
PGHNeil@reddit
I was born in 1969 and became musically aware around 1978 when Grease hit theaters. My answer is Don't Bring Me Down by ELO, released in 1979.
Since then, with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy I've come to love Mr. Blue Sky and have loved other songs like Telephone Line, Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Sweet Talkin' Woman, Turn to Stone, and Livin' Thing. I actually got to see Jeff Lynne's ELO for their final tour this past winter and I was smiling from ear to ear the whole time. It was like I was a kid again.
djpringles@reddit
Rock and Roll is King, I still remember my mom getting so tired of me singing wamalamabamalama over and over.
poodlezilla@reddit
Quiche Lorraine by the B-52’s
SuckerEMC@reddit
Love that but I’m way older than you!! ALLLLLL the B-52s songs! Can’t ❤️ this enough.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
Wow!
WV2LV@reddit
Band on the Run- Paul McCartney and Wings
tireworld@reddit
For me it was Copacabana. I must have listened to it a million times on my old Winnie the Pooh record player. The 1st thing I bought with my own money was KISS love gun on 8 track. I got in trouble in kindergarten for singing Love Gun.
SuckerEMC@reddit
🤣🤣🤣 Damn my mother wore that Barry Manilow cassette OUT.
XeroEmpire@reddit
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
frumpy-frog@reddit
Another One Bites the Dust for me. My aunt had it on vinyl and I thought she was the coolest person in the world!
TheGrauWolf@reddit
Same for me. I'm t was the first song I remember learning. I can still remember early elementary school years... First, maybe second grade, bouncing around the school yard singing "and another one gone, another one gone, another bites the dust"
frumpy-frog@reddit
*dust-ah
Ok-Sport-2558@reddit
Same for me. First song that I learned all the lyrics to.
frumpy-frog@reddit
Yes! And Nazareth's Hair of the Dog.
XeroEmpire@reddit
I almost said that one, but I seem to remember hearing the other one first. I could be wrong, after all I am getting older!
frumpy-frog@reddit
I feel that.
snark_maiden@reddit
My 20M kid is a bit of an old soul, and this is one of his favourite songs as well!
Square-Section-8418@reddit
Take a Chance on Me- ABBA
Take a chance Take a chance Take a chooka chance chance
Record Day at music class in grade 3. Classmate brought that in and changed my life…
SuckerEMC@reddit
Yesssssss!
itsareverseharem@reddit
"baby elephant walk" from the Lawrence Welk Show 😂😂😂womp womp👀👀👀
SuckerEMC@reddit
😱😜 Listen- that show is SOMETHING ELSE!! A couple years ago I was going thru a terrible divorce and I was flipping through the channels on Sat PM and it was ON!! I was spellbound. Had to sit through it as a child at the grandparents’ house during summer stays. I truly felt like I was on some wacky acid trip (I mean two years ago, not as a child). A cultural phenomenon.
itsareverseharem@reddit
Thank you Lord someone else gets it. 🤣🤣🤣
Alternative-Pin5760@reddit
Jack and Diane
Reddit____user___@reddit
Let your love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
Feisty-Biscotti460@reddit
Material Girl, by Madonna. I remember the video and she looked sooooo glamorous.
Tifstr2@reddit
Da doo ron ron - Shaun Cassidy
MrMilo443@reddit
I believe it was Popeye the Sailor Man. Toot toot! Pop song? I grew up listening to my mom’s Beatles records on the stereo, listening to them with headphones on. Yellow Submarine was probably my favorite.
AbovetheTrees13@reddit
I remember hearing Against The Wind as a child and thinking it was the best thing ever. Also Dirty Laundry.
Eastern_Habit_5503@reddit
I think it was the Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band single (circa 1977).
clownfacedbozo@reddit
Fame by David Bowie. Bought the 45 at Montgomery Ward for a buck, I believe.
kingtermite@reddit
Not sure about the first….some early favorites I remember are:
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
ELO - Evil Woman
Captain and Tenille - Love Will Keep Us Together
TheresaB112@reddit
Songs from the Grease soundtrack.
Reality25bites@reddit
“Every little thing she does is magic” by The Police.
Far_Winner5508@reddit
I still have Message In A Bottle on a 45 RPM.
The first record I bought with my own money.
JellyfishLiving2719@reddit
Modern Love by David Bowie, taped it from the radio in my dual cassette jam box, listened to it over and over and learned to sing it
Far_Winner5508@reddit
Downtown by- Petullah Clark? I remember riding in back seat in the '60s and having that come on the radio. First music I really remember.
I also remember crawling to our console stereo system and pulling out The Soft Parade for my dad to play. I really loved that album. I still have that one but I scratched it all to hell in the '70s, on my little blue portable record player.
In the early/mid '70s I remember really like I Am A Rock by Simon & Grafunkle and Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks.
I was a weird moody kid.
the_town_bike@reddit
YMCA by Village People, l became obsessed with them in 1980ish when I was 6-7.
Yep215@reddit
“Dizzy” by Tommy Roe. My dad was a big fan and that was my favorite record when I was little. Still love it.
SuckerEMC@reddit
Literally just discovered Tommy Roe LAST YEAR when some indie radio station highlighted him. Of course I had heard “Dizzy” but had no idea who the artist was - and he was SOOOO prolific!! 🤯
smithfolsom@reddit
50 ways to leave your lover by Paul Simon stands out. I was about 5 when that came out.
thenoisesabove@reddit
Oh yes, this was a huge one for me too! And my dad’s name is “Stan” so it stuck out even more.
smithfolsom@reddit
Love it -make a new plan Stan !
SolomonGrumpy@reddit
Don't need to be coy, Roy...
abouttothunder@reddit
This was mine too!
_TallOldOne_@reddit
London Calling - The Clash
I never listened to music much until I was 12ish. Didn’t like a damn thing I heard.
tftf055@reddit
Jive Talkin’ - Bee Gees
SuckerEMC@reddit
Still love it!
Splatapotomus@reddit
St. Elmo’s Fire theme song.
tsullivan815@reddit
Crimson & Clover, Tommy James & The Shondells
Time_Meeting_2648@reddit
Hells Bells - Accadacca (ACDC)
SuckerEMC@reddit
🫡🤟
poreworm@reddit
Break My Stride — Matthew Wilder (1983)
I would call the radio station repeatedly, requesting this song each night, disguising my voice each time…the best an elementary school kid could. Then I’d hide my clock radio under my pillow on low volume—waiting.
Still love that song.
Roland__Of__Gilead@reddit
Katmandu by Bob Seger. My mom would play her records and I would play with my Star Wars toys when grandma was out. Bob doesn't know that he provided the soundtrack for untold Death Star and Hoth battles.
DidAnyoneFeedTheDog@reddit
Da Do Ron Ron by Shaun Cassidy. I was quite young.
JonasSkywalker@reddit
S A T U R D A Y Night!
Loved the Bay City Rollers when I was 6!
whereugoincityboy@reddit
Pleasant Valley Sunday! I had a little blue suitcase record player and listened to that and Return to Sender over and over and over again.
AyeHaightEweAwl@reddit
Rubber Band Man by The Spinners
QuellishQuellish@reddit
Taste of honey was one of my favorite 8tracks. That and The Brothers’ Johnson, Rubber Band Man is so good.
dazylynn@reddit
Rubberband Man was The Spinners. We actually saw them about 3 years ago at a local theater. It was them and Little Anthony and the Imperials. We were there for Little Anthony, as we had seen them before and they are AMAZING. BUT... the Spinners were excellent too and had everyone up dancing!
QuellishQuellish@reddit
Whoa, that’s a Mandela effect for me, I’d have sworn it was the Bros.
SuckerEMC@reddit
Johnson Bros did “Stomp” (which is excellent) and their ephemeral cover of “Strawberry Letter 23” (I wore that single OUT). Much respect to that band. I still have the Spinners “Rubberband Man” on heavy rotation and canNOT hear it without being transported to the skating rink holding hands with my camp boyfriend… 🥹
wynntay@reddit
My Steve Miller song is Take the Money and Run. The clapping part was my favorite part as a kid.
sophiapetrillo422@reddit
Control - Janet Jackson
nothathappened@reddit
Africa, by Toto
Arkhus9753@reddit
“Seasons in the Sun” by Terry Jacks
gobogorilla@reddit
Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Cords 1963
_HOBI_@reddit
Joan Jett I love Rock-n-Roll
thenewjerk@reddit
I think Silly Little Love Songs
SuckerEMC@reddit
My parents were SCANDALIZED by the lyrics to “Do ya think I’m sexy” and couldn’t change the station fast enough! Of course, as in so many of these comments, we were too young to really understand WHAT these artists were singing about.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
I made up a dance to this song when I was a little girl. I thought it was very “sexy” but of course I didn’t know what that meant. It’s pretty distressing to think about that!
Simple-Purpose-899@reddit
As a '77 kid the earlier I remember was probably something from Michael Jackson.
calamari_kid@reddit
Charlie on the M.T.A. by the Kingston Trio. Sang it over and over again with my dad.
Overall-Put9016@reddit
Sang it loud and joyfully too
PGHxplant@reddit
"Our House" by Madness. Fun song for a kid.
BrashPop@reddit
Loved it - we had it on record and used to blast it on the living room speakers on Saturdays while we cleaned the house.
SuckerEMC@reddit
Great idea! Missed the opportunity to do that while my kids were young, but I think at 58 it might motivate ME!!
WhoLetsMeAdult@reddit
Anthem for my home then and now!
wickedlyzenful@reddit
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress by the Hollies
apollemis1014@reddit
Probably Elvira, The Oak Ridge Boys. I think that's where my attraction to deep voices developed 😂
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
Holy shit! Completely forgot about this one. Great choice
LinksMemeowski@reddit
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
geetarboy33@reddit
My first 45 was Seasons in the Sun. I was six.
RimmerA69@reddit
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
spiritual1fpl@reddit
Hmm. I was in college when that came out.
dazylynn@reddit
Yep...😅
RimmerA69@reddit
Yeah. I skipped right over the word first.
dazylynn@reddit
whew I thought we had a Gen-interloper!
Overall-Put9016@reddit
Teenager in Love - Dion
owlincoup@reddit
Billie Jean
firstfloor27@reddit
Money For Nothing.
SnooCalculations4631@reddit
Elvira by the Oak Ridge Boys I'd get the giggles the way the guy with the deep voice sang umpoppa-umpopppa-umpoppamowwow
SubmarineWand@reddit
Abracadabra was my first favorite song!
hazelquarrier_couch@reddit
Rhinestone Cowboy by Glenn Campbell and Down in the Boondocks by Billy Joe Royal were early favorites.
TheAngelsCharlie@reddit
One of my earliest memories is sitting on my aunt’s dresser while she and my mom were changing my baby sister, and Crimson and Clover (Tommy James and the Shondells) playing on the radio. Apparently, I bugged her and mom so much about playing it again that my aunt went out and bought the album (or maybe single) and played it for me all the time. It stayed my favorite song until I saw The Yellow Submarine and heard Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
PoisonMind@reddit
The song I have the earliest memory of liking is One Night In Bangkok. I was probably about 4 years old.
sfredette@reddit
Tijuana Taxi by Herb Alpert. Still the happiest song in the world.
https://youtu.be/lbbsFzPObLk?si=XhtIfbic9RlM6k68
AngryOldGenXer@reddit
Just When I Needed You Most by Randy VanWarmer.
I was a kid, like six, seven years old and would randomly sing this song. My grandfather had a super 8 and unfortunately, there was footage of me sitting on a swing singing it.
DirtyBoots_1990@reddit
Violent Femmes, it was either Blister in the Sun or Add it Up.
It would have been Fleetwood Mac song if the song we first heard didn’t have the sound sex mid-song. That was too much for me as a preteen.
midnightbizou@reddit
Good Times Roll, by The Cars.
cometshoney@reddit
Band on the Run by Paul McCartney and Wings.
abouttothunder@reddit
This is it! Thought it was 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, but this one came out earlier.
womenblazingtrails@reddit
Oh good one!!
Velvet_Samurai@reddit
"You give love a bad name" - Bon Jovi
Roosevelt2000@reddit
Baby's Got her Blue Jeans on by Mel McDaniel
jlhinthecountry@reddit
Boston -More Than a Feeling. First album I ever bought. I’d fall asleep to it every night.
GMP_ArchViz@reddit
Not one single bad song on that album
SomethingaboutAugust@reddit
John Anderson “Swingin’” I grew up in the country with a porch swing and my three year old self thought this was the ish. Got a cassette recording somewhere around here of me singing it.
GlitteringAd5985@reddit
8 days a week. The Beats.
Possible_Excuse4144@reddit
"I Love a Rainy Night", 1980 Eddie Rabbit. I was obsessed with it. It and Billie Jean were my first 45's.
Mike6PackIPA@reddit
Come Sail Away - Styx
9inez@reddit
Oh boy. My sisters made me stop playing the whole Grand Illusion album.
Their complaining could possibly be credited with creating a pivot point that led to Sabbath and Iron Maiden, The Clash, The Stooges and greater annoyance
snark_maiden@reddit
Da Doo Ron Ron by Shaun Cassidy 😄
Freepi@reddit
Crocodile Rock, Elton John
SmansalSmadams@reddit
My older sisters tell me I used to dance around to Donavan’s Mellow Yellow. But my first songs that I remember liking as a kid was Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles.
crssufferer@reddit
“Sunshine on my Shoulders “, by John Denver.
CrouchingGinger@reddit
Muskrat Love. In my defense I was a toddler.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
Hahaha
Specialist-Luck-2494@reddit
I remember listening to, and singing it over and over at a slumber party.😂
HanaGirl69@reddit
I was looking for this!
Breakfastclub1991@reddit
Elvis, you ain’t nothing but a hound dog crying all the time
HawthorneMama@reddit
Lost in Love - Air Supply 🫣 So many responders had better taste 🌟
Curious_Coconut_4005@reddit
Welcome to the Jungle by GnR.
1986 I was an Army brat living in Germany when the album was released there (US release was in 1987). I was in the 7th grade at the local American high school (7-12 grades in the same building). After school, my twin brother and I would hustle over to the youth center to play fooseball and rock out to the whole GnR album.
SleepEatRunRepeat@reddit
Brandy (you’re a fine girl) or Momma’s don’t let your babies to be cowboys. My parents had very different tastes in music.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
Brandy! I was almost named for that song. A good one.
OpeningFuture6799@reddit
I hate to admit this, but the first 45 I ever bought was Disco Duck by Rick Dees. I was only 9 at the time. In my defense, it did reach number 1 on the Billboard charts.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
Haha!
gchance1@reddit
I had many, but the first that comes to mind is "Yesterday's Heroes" by the Bay City Rollers.
HavocNMayhem@reddit
Serpentine Fire Earth Wind and Fire
Still love that song to this day.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
Excellent choice
akajudge@reddit
the first era-appropriate songs I remember loving were Seasons in the Sun and Take a Chance on Me
Tndnr82@reddit
Eye of the Tiger. It was on the radio on the way to the ice rink the first time my stepdad, then just my mom's bf, took me. I was so excited to learn to skate. I was already a huge hockey fan. The song was just in the right place at the right time.
Miserable_Smoke_6719@reddit (OP)
I love it!
Missy_Lynn@reddit
September - Earth, Wind, and Fire
I sang that shit at the top of my lungs when I was little
Shoehorse13@reddit
I remember being exposed to Kiss and Funkadelic around the same time. So either Detroit Rock City or Sir Nose D Voidoffunk.
erino3120@reddit
I wanna new drug Huey Lewis and the news 😆
leocohenq@reddit
Turning Japanese
hemppy420@reddit
Beat it was my first favorite song I can remember.
My dad always claimed I could sing "touch me" by the doors before I could really even talk.
morri72@reddit
Rhinestone Cowboy. I liked it so much my mom got me the 45 to play on my little record player.
RazzleP@reddit
"Marlena" by the Bay City Rollers - the 45 B-Side (remember those, kids? :) to Saturday Night.
PlummetComics@reddit
The Sweet - Little Willy
My 3-4 year old brain COULD NOT GET ENOUGH of this song. I still have the scratched to oblivion 45.
Glam power pop is a helluva drug
Mediocre-Life-4784@reddit
I was thinking either Rhinestone Cowboy or (cough) Afternoon Delight (cough). Looked it up and Rhinestone Cowboy came out first so I'll go with that!
JadedChef1137@reddit
Sarah - Jefferson Starship
LASER_Dude_PEW@reddit
Mine was either the "ABC" song or "Rhinestone Cowboy"🤠
9inez@reddit
Horse with No Name
Prestigious-Box-6492@reddit
Band on the run
ramongoroth@reddit
Band on the Run - Wings. I had it on a 45 record and played it a lot as a kid
TheVioletEmpire@reddit
I believe it was The Year of the Cat by Al Stewart.
Chrisgodzilla80@reddit
The devil went down to Georgia for me. Played that and the Wall by Pink Floyd on my parents vinyl when I got home from school as a youngin
SlidersAfterMidnight@reddit
Summer of 69
chrispd01@reddit
… “and it was ‘70 too “
RunningInCali@reddit
Our Lips Are Sealed-- GoGos
sharkycharming@reddit
"Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles and "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" from the Original Broadway Cast Recording (not the movie) of The Sound of Music were my two favorite songs when I was a very young child.
Whovian73@reddit
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
hopkins_ghost@reddit
Big tune
NewDrive7639@reddit
Still on my playlist!
Federal-Ruin2276@reddit
Puff The Magic Dragon
flyfishingguy@reddit
Puff the Magic Dragon. My dad was a big fan of Peter, Paul and Mary and had a reel to reel player with a live recording of theirs, along with Kingston Trio and Herb Alpert.
I also loved Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu which I recently heard again after almost 50 years and I still remembered quite a few words!
PureOrange7049@reddit
“More than a Feeling” by Boston. It’s still my favourite.
OldKingMouse@reddit
Buckner & Garcia - Pac Man Fever
And I'm not ashamed to admit that.
coffeemug73@reddit
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
redbird1325@reddit
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
WhoLetsMeAdult@reddit
Jeremiah was a bullfrog when i was little little. Hotel California was the first song I remember wanting to hear repeatedly. Later still was Boys of Summer.
Was I meant to live in California with a surfer boy named Jeremiah? Brb... gonna go pack a bag.
BuffyTheMoronSlayer@reddit
Boogie Oogie Oogie by Taste of Honey.
OperaBunny@reddit
Rich Girl by Hall & Oates, and "Your the One That I want" from the Grease Soundtrack. So back then I knew I liked blue-eyed soul and Broadway.
Imaginary-List-4945@reddit
Gypsys Tramps and Thieves by Cher. 4- or 5-year old me was a Cher superfan. I had the doll of her too.
Captain-Pig-Card@reddit
Kung Fu Fighting!
Captain-Pig-Card@reddit
When it came up on Bandle not too long ago, it was my guess when my wife said “1974”. Got it on 0 🎶 😂
dazylynn@reddit
I still have that 45....
HuckleCatt1@reddit
Those cats were fast as lightning...
Ancient-Sink5239@reddit
I have early memories of Hey Mickey and Little Red Corvette. I Love Rock and Roll was the first rock song I remember loving and popping up from the hump/center console where I was riding in my grandma’s giant sedan and saying “turn up the radio, I love this song!” All of my records were Disney stories/soundtracks so at home I was listening to Zip a dee doo dah, the Fox and the Hound and Song of the South. 🙃
Mondschatten78@reddit
The Gambler, thanks to aunts/uncles leaving records at my grandparents' when they moved out.
forgeblast@reddit
Madness, our house.
darynf@reddit
I remember loving I get around by The Beach Boys
ReadingCat88@reddit
Delta Dawn by Tanya Tucker. All the neighborhood girls (6-10 year olds) would put on performances of this show daily until we moved on to Killing Him Softly.
TXFlyer71@reddit
MacArthur park Donna Summer version. It has played like clockwork every on my school bus rides home one year.
womenblazingtrails@reddit
Oh nice!!!
ShadowsPrincess53@reddit
ABC, and I want you back by The Jackson 5. Hands down.
Woody_Roger@reddit
Probably the Underdog theme song, to be honest.
ahutapoo@reddit
Oh where oh where has my underwear gone... I've always bastardize songs.
womenblazingtrails@reddit
To Sir With Love. Still is but now there are many covers of it and I love them all
plantyjen@reddit
According to my family, my first favorite was the Batman theme. Before I could even walk, I’d pull myself up with the arm of the couch and bounce to it.
The first favorite I remember is Crocodile Rock by Elton John.
rink_raptor@reddit
ELO playing from my Dad’s new 1976 Chevy Nova - Eeevil Womann Still get me going to this day.
wraithsonic@reddit
Four year old me loved KISS “Plaster Caster.” No, I had no idea what the song meant, and my mother blames my uncle. LOL
travelinmatt76@reddit
I remember my dad had a Queen tape in his van, and we would listen to Another Bites the Dust. Also it was the theme song for my favorite wrestler, Junkyard Dog
BrashPop@reddit
Growing up in Canada with farm parents, I loved a lot of country music as a kid. King Of The Road by Roger Miller was pretty much always playing at our house. But American Pie also made the list, that’s burned into my brain. And Patio Lanterns by Kim Mitchell.
Xo-Mo@reddit
Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? We got some work to do now Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? We need some help from you now
speakofit@reddit
Yummy Yummy Yummy (I got love in my tummy) I would play the 45 and jump on the bed while singing this fun song!
https://youtu.be/SdFvc0JO21Y
Significant_Mess_79@reddit
Shame by Evelyn " Champagne" King 🤩
slcesspee@reddit
My dad was a Beatles fan. Octopus’s Garden.
Or ah Shaddap You Face by Joe Dolce
Weird_Tea2539@reddit
My mom is Italian and Shaddap Your Face might be her favorite song of all time (next to Respect by Aretha Franklin).
BrashPop@reddit
Oh man, my brother and I used to sing along to Shaddap You Face constantly. It was peak comedy for kids.
Impossible-Nail-940@reddit
Aussie much?
DiamondContent2011@reddit
Right Back Where We Started From by Maxine Nightingale.
Br00klynBelle@reddit
Boogie Oogie Oogie was the first 45 that I ever bought with my own money when I was little!
But my earliest memory of a song that I loved involves a tie-
Loving You by Minnie Ripperton, and Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack.
Honorable mention goes to Have You Ever Been Mellow, by Olivia Newton John.
Weird_Tea2539@reddit
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
My young self thought he was singing, 'I got to eat my boobie'. Family still uses that lyric today.
bobopolis5000@reddit
I Love Trash by Oscar the Grouch
Moody_GenX@reddit
Celebration by Kool and the Gang and Abracadabra by Steve Miller
TheOne7477@reddit
Panama - Van Halen
GenXist@reddit
I wish it was something cool that's aged well (like Stairway to Heaven or something from a Queen's News of the World), but... I was a KISS fan. Christine Sixteen (and then, pretty much everything else from the Love Gun album) was my first, self selected jam.
Tolann@reddit
Elvira by the Oak Ridge Boys Giddy up, um-poppa-um-poppa, mow, mow Giddy up, um-poppa-um-poppa, mow, mow High-ho silver, away!
I was maybe 3 or 4
shinyshannon@reddit
The Tide is High by Blondie.
Last_Inevitable8311@reddit
Because my dad always played me his music my first favorite was Buddy Holly’s “Maybe Baby.”
Mountain-Art6254@reddit
Here’s an interesting one- my first favorite song was “Four Wheel Drive” by BTO. I was 4 years old and played this song constantly, bouncing all around the room and resetting the needle when it jumped off the record…..
Alternative_Fun5097@reddit
Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John. Still love that song to this day.
Grobbekee@reddit
Meisjes met rode haren.
dazylynn@reddit
The first 45 I owned was Ben by Michael Jackson. My neighbor picked it up for me at JC Penney and it was less than $1. The first album I owned was Donny Osmond, something purple.... but I quickly moved on to Tony DeFranco and the DeFranco Family, Shawn Cassidy, Andy Gibb....
GMP_ArchViz@reddit
First song I ever heard on the radio was American Pie. But in grade school, our music teacher taught us Seasons in the Sun, which I loved. My parents played guitar and piano at home, and had the sheet music for One Tin Soldier, and I also loved that as a kid.
Add_8_Years@reddit
I remember being devastated when my dog chewed up my 45 of Bohemian Rhapsody. This must’ve been in 1975 or 76. I would’ve been 3 or 4.
hermitzen@reddit
I'm old, so my first favorite hit song was "In The Year 2525" by Zager and Evans. I was in Kindergarten, with dark tastes even then.
FallingShawn@reddit
Metallica Fade to Black
Still is a favorite amongst many favorites.
frumpy-frog@reddit
Exquisite taste, internet stranger!
archedhighbrow@reddit
"Out in the Country" by Three Dog Night
Prestigious_Rain_842@reddit
Great song! Thanks for reminding me of it!
archedhighbrow@reddit
For sure!
Helpful_Librarian_87@reddit
A Boy Name Sue. Seemingly, I was bopping to it before I was 2
GenXist@reddit
Written by Shel Silverstein. The concentration of all that talent in one dude is fundamentally unfair.
phillysleuther@reddit
“Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen.
frumpy-frog@reddit
YES.
atlguy35@reddit
"God Only Knows" The Beach Boys
Lemmon_Scented@reddit
Frankenstein, by The Edgar Winter Group. When I was a kid back in the 70s, I’d go to the Rec Hall at camp and play it on the jukebox and play pinball.
OneBiscuitHound@reddit
Boogie Oogie Oogie is still one of my favorite songs, but my first was Here Comes the Sun.
emax55@reddit
From listening to records with my dad when I was a kid, my first favourite song was A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles.
Impossible-Nail-940@reddit
When I was about 3 or 4 it was “Movie Star”. Singing along to that song is actually one of my first memories. Tragic!
Infinite_Weather_695@reddit
My favorite disco song
Educational_Bench290@reddit
I don't know but now I am singing 'you are no exception to the rule....'
SuspiciousMeat6696@reddit
Boogie Oogie Oogie still grooves.
That bass solo.
I have only 1 issue with that song. It's too short.
Green-Eyed-BabyGirl@reddit
I loved everything Pat Benatar. Crimes of Passion is the first tape I remember thinking of as mine. I would put that on and sing along and dance and give my own “concert.” I’d have a hard time narrowing it down to one song…but Out-A-Touch was always an awesome finale…so much drama.
TealTemptress@reddit
Crocodile Rock-Elton John, I was born in ‘74.
StoneyG214@reddit
Bringin’ On the Heartbreak - Def Leppard
Goliardojojo@reddit
Blockbuster by The Sweet
utkalum@reddit
Down Under by Men At Work
melanybee@reddit
Greased Lightning and Summer Lovin
Swimming-Compote-168@reddit
I use to love it when my mom played “Good morning, Good morning” by the Beatles. She had it on eight track and I would ask her to play the animal song.
ElGrandeRojo67@reddit
Spill the Wine
lurkinghigh@reddit
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
casade7gatos@reddit
Possibly Donny Osmond’s version of “Go Away, Little Girl.”
OldBanjoFrog@reddit
Thriller