It's Been VOTED "THE WORST SONG EVER" AND It ONLY Gets BIGGER Every YEAR! | Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the WORST SONG of the 80s?

[@christineml1476]

"We Built This City" Starship

[@RBS_]

....don't worry, be.......................................................................................... ; )

[@williambarry8015]

Warm Leatherette

[@Code.Name.V]

Yoko Ono - Kiss, Kiss, Kiss

[@donwarrington4916]

Valley Girl ...

[@Fregulus5]

Wang Chung's "Dance Hall Days" will always bring me back to the magical summer of 1984.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Great song!

[@MrJbassrw]

I’d say dance hall days definitely brings me back instantly the most, along with what’s love got to do with it. Still love em

[@eggsngritstn]

@@Fregulus5 This is the one I recall.

[@scottmcrae3355]

Great song!

[@mikebaturoni7797]

Same here... Dance Hall Days takes me back to 84 as well. A catchy fun little tune that deserves more retro airplay than it gets.

[@-phenom-]

To Live and Die in LA is a great movie, and Wang Chung did an amazing job on the soundtrack. It's so dark compared to the mainstream hits of Wang Chung that are so upbeat and fun, like Everybody Have Fun Tonight. Good interview, PoR!

[@ProfessorofRock]

So true!

[@dustybrand]

It was a pretty dark movie. Breakout roles for William Petersen(an Idahoan just like The Professor) as well as Willem Dafoe and John Turturro.

[@robertmorgan6534]

I love that movie and soundtrack and I cannot find it anywhere to stream. Any ideas?

[@johnbarney5787]

Took the words out of my mouth! EXCELLENT MOVIE AND SONG!! My favorite of their songs for sure!

[@mikebaturoni7797]

To Live and Die in LA is their best single imo. Great song.

[@christineml1476]

Worst song?! Pshaw! It's fun, danceable and pure 80s, definitely one of the best songs released.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Christine!

[@fs9553]

worst song but at the same I never ever heard of both the band and the song in question but then again I'm from Europe

[@davemckee4907]

Back in the 80s I had a scrappy tom cat that just appeared at my house and stayed,I named him Wang Chung.I loved their music.

[@thetitleisours1]

Always liked the music to Dance Hall Days. This video for this song was on all the time

[@megmcguigan3857]

I totally remember that video!

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

I still text friends at random every once in a while asking them if They will be Wang Chunging tonight

[@RBS_]

....hell, my Friends want me to STOP! ...ha-HAAAA!

[@Starsweeper-OG]

😆😆

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Proper English is Wanging Chung.

[@RBS_]

@ ....a dirty sod like me could go MANY ways, with that phrasin'! ...ha-HAA!

[@guyjperson]

@JW...-oj5iw came here to say the same. It seens only natural

[@duromusabc]

As a Chinese American myself I love Wang Chung ! So do millions of Chinese Americans who were teens like me in the 80s !

[@ProfessorofRock]

Awesome!

[@duromusabc]

@ TIME FOR CHINESE TAKE OUT TODAY ! Sweet n sour chicken , beef and broccoli 🥦, general Zhou chicken , Lo mein noodles, chicken and cashew nuts 🥜, shrimp in lobster sauce

[@cannonball666]

WTF? Nobody in the band was Chinese, just like Panda Express.

[@duromusabc]

@ lol 😂

[@duromusabc]

@ just like PF Chang’s- but the franchise certainly Wang Chung every night for dinner

[@brenturquhart7090]

I remember putting Wang Chung on my name tag at work. I worked part-time at an independent video store all through high school and college. The owner was never there and allowed us to do stuff like that. One of the guys had Fletch on his. We would change it around and if anyone pointed it out, they go some free rentals. I took two weeks before it was noticed. Unfortunately it was an old Jewish lady who wondered why I had an Asian last name. A co-worker, god I can’t remember his name, told her I was adopted by an Asian family. Of course he didn’t tell me this and it took a while to connect the dots on that one. Her and I had some really strange conversations, that when I figured it out, finally made sense. We never did correct her. Man those were good times. I was born in 1968, the best year to be born when it came to the eighties.

[@RobertL_0563]

I never realized how much I DIDN'T know about this fun 80s tune. I got Wang-Chunged!

[@Code.Name.V]

It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!

[@RobertL_0563]

​@@Code.Name.V😂

[@sws1776]

At least you didn't get Rick rolled.

[@deantoso5376]

Everybody Have Fun Tonight is a song that permeates many generations. I heard my 20 year old son tell some of his friends over a video game they were playing that they had to Wang Chung tonight. That woke me up.

[@rogerdeahl9629]

WANG CHUNG!! Everybody Have Fun Tonight. It's not a worst song at all. Love it........ it's catchy! And when the heads went fast, I just thought I was drunk.🤷 Thanks Professor. Happy Hump Day 🐪🐫 And were you Tom or Jerry?😂

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Happy hump day and I was neither Tom or Jerry lol

[@rogerdeahl9629]

​@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr 😂

[@ProfessorofRock]

TOM all the way!

[@DDKaraokeOutlaw]

I don't think it is either.

[@carlacook5181]

Wang Chung, Tubthumping and Wake Me up Before you Go Go were played nearly every day as I took my children to school, they just about drove me mad with Go Go, worst song definitely was Who Let the Dogs Out.

[@MarkPilipczuk]

This is a good reminder that I really need to Wang Chung tonight. Thank you!

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Lol. This song popped up in my head this morning and I started singing it. Now POR is making a video of it.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Awesome!

[@steveturner3999]

Great song, great video and a great interview. Thanks Professor! Everybody Wang Chung Tonight!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Steve!

[@Shifty-Eye]

My dad bought our 1st CD player and Mosaic as the 1st CD. He wanted to see the clarity of this new technology. Needless to say this CD got played a LOT and has burned itself into my childhood.

[@cherylreichardt]

I love this band! Love saying their name! Sounds cool just like their sound! Awesome Professor!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Cheryl!

[@bicyclist2]

I love this song, and Wang Chung. And Walk Like an Egyptian. This band helped make the 80's so great. I would always crank up the volume when ever I could, and sometimes lip sync in my room. Great memories. Thank you.

[@mistermattmoose]

very underrated. a coworker once told me she saw them open for the cars and wang chung really outplaeyed them. she said the cars were a real letdown.

[@jonhunt1419]

I saw the same duo in alpine valley, WI. Loved both bands but the cars never did a "show". Outside of technically perfectly played music, Rick Ocasic said "we're the cars" to open the show and that was it. They were great though, just different.

[@RobertL_0563]

7:57 Finally! I'd always thought the Peter Wolfe mentioned was Peter Wolfe from the J. Giels band. 😅

[@Code.Name.V]

I always thought the very same thing!

[@RBS_]

....same here! ...little did WE know! ...ha-HAAA!

[@mournblade1066]

Yep, played keyboards for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Two different guys!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Crazy!

[@ChemitoRodriguez]

My favorite Wang Chung song is "Let's Go" The sax riff gets me every time.

[@tedbecker4051]

I Wang Chunged once. Still in recovery 😁

[@williambarry8015]

🙏🙏

[@RBS_]

...they have meds for that, yknow! ...ha-HAAA!

[@user-mv5bu2kk8b]

You require medical insurance to do that stuff😅

[@user-mv5bu2kk8b]

​@@RBS_and special creams and ointments

[@tedbecker4051]

@@RBS_ - I had a bad reaction to the medication and ended up with a bad case of Cat Scratch Fever. 😜

[@RobertL_0563]

Happy hump day Professor and friends. Everybody Wang Chung!

[@Code.Name.V]

I only Wang Chung on the Dance Hall Days when I Live and Die in L.A.!

[@RobertL_0563]

​@Code.Name.V - 😂 stop stealing my lines 😂. Have a great day, Code.

[@FredGroenke55]

Happy hump day music junkies

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

​@@Code.Name.Vgood one 🤣

[@ProfessorofRock]

Happy Hump Day! Get us to FRIDAY!

[@allthatlightning]

My favorite musical bit of that song is the "On the edge of oblivion..." part. I blast that in my car. I wish they had a song developed with a melody built solely around that line.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love that part too!

[@VTCharley13]

It’s my favorite part too, it’s great.

[@mikebaturoni7797]

When it was originally out, in that part of the song, his voice sounded a lot like the the opening of The Out fields Your Love. To me it did, at least. In my head, the lyrics would be more like "On the edge of oblivion, Josie's on a vacation..."

[@vincereynolds6092]

Was a Wang Chung fan well before Mosaic came out and love this record! My favorite track is "The Eyes Of The Girl". Thanks for another great episode professor!

[@illegal_space_alien]

Out of curiosity... Since you are a big fan of theirs, have you heard Strictly Inc.? It was the collaboration between Jack Hues and Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks. I've heard from plenty of Genesis fans' opinions on it, but never from a Wang Chung fan.

[@vincereynolds6092]

@@illegal_space_alien Haven't heard of this, but will definitely look it up! Actually was a fan of Genesis, and Phil Collins prior to being exposed to Wang Chung. Was aware that Tony had a side project, but never checked into it. Thanks for letting me know about Jack's involvement in that!

[@vincereynolds6092]

@@illegal_space_alien UPDATE: Just googled Strictly Inc. and the song, "An Island In The Darkness" popped up. Beautiful song! Really love Tony's distinct style of playing. Thanks again for turning me on to this.

[@williambenner701]

This was a great interview! Thank you very much Professor!❤

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

Thank you Professor! Have a great day everyone! ✌🏼😊

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Have a marvelous day

[@Whisper_292]

You too!

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr 👍🏻😊

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

@@Whisper_292 👍🏻😊

[@Code.Name.V]

I wish you a wonderful Wednesday Yvette!

[@timmedlock996]

Brings back such nostalgia and good times! Enjoyed the interview and insight into Wang Chunging. Ha! My favorite by them is To Live and Die in LA.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same!

[@LearnAboutFlow]

To Live and Die in LA was a brilliant and fit the movie perfectly

We saw Wang Chung at Disney's EPCOT last year. They sounded really good. To Live and Die in LA is a great movie and that soundtrack is awesome. Also, like how their "Space Junk" song came in at the end of the first episode of the Walking Dead when Rick is in the tank. Such a great band and a great interview as always Professor. Thank you.

[@gregturner1947]

I remember that I thought that the song was silly at the time, but in hindsight it is always a mood lifter to hear it now. Definitely frames a time period when life seemed to be better. The video is just over the top cool, especially after hearing how low-tech the production effects were with manual cutting and splicing to get the stop motion!

[@keiths6998]

I saw Wang Chung at the Philadelphia Spectrum. They opened for the Cars and put on a great show. Tons of energy and they had the Spectrum rocking. The Cars got boos after they finished their one set and did not come out for an encore ... hey, it's Philly!!!

[@jasoncromwell4206]

If I had a chance to interview them I would have one question for them: "What in the world does Cool on Cries mean?" (growing up I always misheard it as Cool on Christ)

[@michaelbaucom4019]

The sitcom Cheers once used the song title in a joke-the character Frasier(the great Kelsey Grammer)mocking someone for a bad idea(paraphrase): Oh yes, that's great, everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung tonight--in Frasier's snooty and condescending tone/facial expression

[@KCCheez]

It’s included in the video

[@Whisper_292]

Hey, y'all! Everybody Wang Chung.

[@Code.Name.V]

Too late...I already did!

[@Whisper_292]

@@Code.Name.V Hey, you can always Wang Chung again.

[@RobertL_0563]

Good morning, Ms. Whisper 😊

[@peterd.9978]

​@@Whisper_292 You'll go blind if you Wang Chung too much!

[@RedemptionSong-q8f]

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight everybody Wang Chung Tonight.

[@mattwilson5092]

Just a trivial point, because I actually love this song, BUT...the band Talk Talk had the song Talk Talk with the line "All you do to me is Talk Talk" (used as a verb) in 1982, well before Everybody Have Fun Tonight.

[@russdowns]

I had become aware of the band two years earlier through a friend. I really liked the song I Never Want To Love You In A Halfhearted Way, Hold Back The Tears, and Dancing. The sound was unique and Jack had this really cool voice. So when they started having commercial success I was quite happy for them!

[@tmr626]

PoR, I was glad that I bought Wang Chung's Greatest Hits CD because I found a great song that most people don't know about titled "Hypnotize Me." This song should've been a major hit.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I love that song!

[@letivon6589]

My favorite Wang Chung song!

[@SubtextMining]

As a kid I kind of dismissed this song, thinking it was too poppy. But recently I'v gotten way into it, I love it and the video, what a blast!! Thanks for covering it.

[@greylocke100]

I think their City of the angels from the To Live and Die in LA soundtrack is one of the top 10 best instrumentals ever.

[@rogertemple7193]

This is another 80's classic with Wang Chung and their MTV hit videos and great songs Wang Chung, Dance Hall Days and To Live and Die in L.A. as well as a great interview with the band members i saw the video on MTV and heard it on top 40 radio stations in the 80's here in Oklahoma and as always another awesome interview and episode Professor.🎶🎶📻🎶🎶

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love Dance Hall Days!

[@mattwilson5092]

Favorite underrated Wang Chung songs: Let's Go; Hypnotize Me; Wait; and At the Speed of Life. Then there are several off their 2021 album Tazer Up! that are noteworthy: City of Light; London Orbital; and Stargazing.

[@gregwasserman2635]

PoR had to show the clip of Susanna Hoffs' eyes in "Walk Like an Egyptian"! Lol! Everyone "knows" what I am talking about if saw the video back in the day. As for Wang Chung, everyone wondered exactly what was meant by everybody wang chunging tonight.

[@DC8091]

🤣🤣

[@ProfessorofRock]

YES! Love it.

[@RBS_]

...yeah, yeah, YEEEEEEEAH, I know whut'cha TALKIN' 'bout! ...ha-HAAA!

[@CH-vc2pw]

Saw Wang Chung, The Motels and Naked Eyes back in May… it was such an energetic and fun concert. Want Chung was a band that was in a way a band I was lucky to find as to I had bought The warmer side of cool (from a budget bin) which for me was just a purely great record with deep lyrics. It would send me on a path to acquire the bands other records. All of which I love… especially to live and die in LA! They have much deeper songs to find but the hits are great.

[@Nicole-zh7pl]

I remember they played Wang-Chung for the Pizza Hut party commercial at the beginning of The Land Before Time VHS. I always wanted to have a party at Pizza Hut after that. Lol.

[@Crosswyred8000]

There are 3 empty Pizza Hut restaurants where I live and I’m a bit sad when I drive by 🥺

[@MrCee71]

It’s funny how they list guys like Wang Chung, Cutting Crew, Kim Carnes, the Knack, Robbie Dupree etc. All as “One Hit Wonders” (Even VH-1’s One Hit Wonder Special Has Labelled Them as “One Hit Wonders”) When these guys had plenty of hits, so they’re not technically “one hit wonders” as their labelled as. It’s also funny that people think the Austrian producer Peter Wolf is the Peter Wolf from the J. Geils Band when it’s not, it’s some guy with the same name (I was watching a video a few years back from this girl talking about Red Rider’s “Lunatic Fringe” and she was like “Peter Wolf from the J. Geils Band is the one doing the spooky synth intro at the beginning” but it’s not, it’s the Austrian Producer, and a vlogger wrote the exact same thing on an album he posted of a Canadian rocker and I had to correct him. I use to make that mistake too back when I listened to Starship’s Greatest Hits a decade ago, and I saw his name on the writing credits and thought it was the Peter Wolf from the J. Geils Band, but it wasn’t) Also, I find it interesting that Michael McDonald is doing the background vocals on that Wang Chung record (I wish the album credits listed which track he’s on, I guess we have to use our ears to find his voice)

[@StarBitt97]

I LOVED these guys…In particular I liked Dance Hall Days but this one was always fun and my husband and I still will say to each other ‘What are we gonna do tonight?” “Oh I don’t know…we could Wang Chung tonight!’ Still funny…

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love it!

[@JoeScottish]

I'm so old I remember when they came out in the UK they were called Huang Chung, but changed their name to Wang Chung as they assumed Americans wouldnt get it, but bizarelly i knew the song as I watched Casey Kasem's top 10 video show (showed bizarely in the UK at like 4am in the morning, I always recorded it), but it only got no 76 in the UK, I'm so happy that I'm one of the few UK people that know this classic

[@DavidAndrews-f5b]

A really cool interview

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching!

[@DavidAndrews-f5b]

@ProfessorofRock no problem I enjoyed listening to your show when I am at work

[@MedalionDS9]

I unironically jam to Everybody Have Fun Tonight... back in the mid 90's and still this song to this day gets me so happy

[@ProfessorofRock]

Cool!

[@DeanStrickson]

I remember buying a CD of ‘Mosiac’ in the early 90s at a Zia Records because I just had to hear ‘Let’s Go’ and the cashier there with a ring in her nostril just rolling her eyes at me.

[@sariahut1]

To Live and Die in LA and Dance Hall Days are such great songs. I never understood why they didn’t get more attention.

[@dranet47]

I saw them open for The Cars in 1984. They were fantastic! They were more dynamic and fun to watch. With as much as I love The Cars, I thought Wang Chung put on a much better show. I was 4th row on the side in the floor seats. From where I was sitting, I could see the band on the side of the stage during The Cars' performance. I waved to them and they waved back. Kind of cool of them.

[@cannonball666]

Everybody have fun tonight Everybody watch news tonight -Wang and Connie Chung

[@Nikki-l5p9y]

Wang Chung was my first concert. Well, actually, it was the cars, but Wang Chung opened for them, so technically the first band I saw. They had neon colored, lighted drumsticks, which at the time were relatively new. It was the first time I had ever seen them, and I thought it was soooo cool. It was great! A good way to start out. They both put on a good show. I think I still have my Cars concert tee. I don’t think I can add pictures to these comments, or I would take a pic of it for you.

[@marniebaker-winnick2296]

The album display changed after the intro at 1:08. That tripped me out.

[@transientresponse8078]

Any excuse to have Susanna Hoffs eyes twice in the first 3 mins.😊

[@42976675]

I was just looking up Wang Chung due to the LA fires. Theme song: To Live and Die in LA.

[@dustybrand]

Peter Wolf (the producer rather than the singer for J. Geils band) was one of those hidden game changers who helped define the sound of the '80s. The man who basically helped Wang Chung find their sound on this album also arranged "Night Shift" by The Commodores and "We Built This City" by Starship. He was the driving force behind Heart's self titled album from 1985 where they redefined their sound. Genius.

[@ProfessorofRock]

He sure did! Good call.

[@johnhamilton2588]

My wife and I were discussing '80's music yesterday, and we agreed that Everybody Have Fun Tonight, despite its detractors, was actually a fun song that we both enjoyed. Then ,lo and behold, comes today's video! Actually, while I do like this song, Dance Hall Days is easily my favorite from these guys.

[@mikebaturoni7797]

It really is such a fun song. I was a senior in high school when it dropped and it just felt like the epitome of a good time tune. It remains as one to this day.

[@MrCee71]

It's also interesting that the catchphrase came by accident cause of Jack Hues ad-libbing in the studio and Peter Wolf told him to keep it in and it ended up becoming a catchphrase for TV. Almost 10 years ago (just before your interview was posted and I remember watching this interview when it was up a few years back) My brother and I were watching a Disney TV movie and the dad in the film went "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" and we were like "Isn't that from the song" And then we thought "Oh, Maybe it's a word that Chinese people use" But thanks to this video, I later found out it is from this song and it became a catchphrase for pop culture. (And I remember a few years before we watched that Disney Movie, when we saw Alvin & the Chipmunks on TV, apparently that exact channel Teletoon Retro, cause it's a Canadian channel from here, anyway, When we heard the Alvin & the Chipmunks, cover, we've noticed they sang the line as "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" and my brother and I were getting confused at that thinking "why are they saying Wang Chung tonight when they're not Wang Chung" 😄 Again, before I knew about it being a catchphrase)

[@mollykehr2335]

I never particularly liked this song till I saw your first video on it - now I really like it.

[@RBS_]

...while Prof. haves 'fun tonight' ....I can ask, ....***HEY, WHAT'S ON YOUR SHELF, PROF.!?*** (cont.) Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce - The River Michael Jackson - Dangerous (...I'M sooooo mad I didn't get a vinyl copy!) Motels - All Four One B-52's - Mesopotamia Herb Alpert & the Tiuana Brass - SRO Frank Sinatra - I have NO idea which one that is, I don't have much of his 'early' stuff......

[@ConleySmooge]

I just assumed "Wang Chung" meant "have fun" in Mandarin or Cantonese. Thanks for setting the record straight

[@CowGirlKat8691]

Fun songs will always be popular & this one will always make you smile! Happy hump day everyone! 🤠

[@RobertL_0563]

@CowGirlKat8691 - Too true to bring a smile 😃. Have a great day CowGirlKat!

[@KevinHochstatter]

I'm going to be Humpty Humpin'!

[@mbgrafix]

Wang Chung...very catchy and quintessential 80s song and video. Adam, have you ever covered 70s two-hit wonder David Geddes whose two hit songs, RUN JOEY RUN, and THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON made his music a unique genre/style all his own?

[@ProfessorofRock]

No but I'll look into it!

[@mbgrafix]

@@ProfessorofRock I look forward to it. Are you at all familiar with the two songs?

[@michaelrochester48]

I just met them last year at a concert near Syracuse and they were great. And they sounded just like they did in the 80s.

[@bendarker25]

It's good to hear new 80s songs I haven't heard before.

[@richbabula3230]

Great song. Saw them live in the mid 2010's and they were great. You should do a video on the song "Living years" by mike and the mechanics. Thats another classic.

[@doloresbriseno2567]

Love Everybody Have Fun Tonight! Such a fun song. 2nd worst song is Walk Like An Egyptian. The worst is We Built This City.

[@Wendy-f8j]

Every band should be able to slip their name into their biggest song. Wang Chung did it brilliantly!

[@1rhpsfan]

"I love this song!" - Tori Fredricking ("Take Me Home Tonight")

[@robertoliver1692]

I still have an early album of theirs when they spelled the name of their group Huang Chung.

[@ProfessorofRock]

That's right!

[@randyhimburg7915]

Love that song! Another favorite from Mosaic is "Let's go". Great memories.

[@aletheab8630]

Like you, I distinctly remember watching the Cheers episode with Frazier. ❤

[@ProfessorofRock]

Cool!

[@guntherdawg]

Everybody can wang chung tonight, but I'm still going to wan wan (わんわん)!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Rock on Gunther!

[@007cantos]

Oh the good ol days, I was one of the School DJ's, played this song a lot. I had a car so the school would give me time off from class and give me money to go music shopping, and to pick up equipment for trhe dances. good times

[@DaveKraft1]

No discussion of "worst hit ever" should ever take place without the participants first hearing "Paralyzed" by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Period. Exclamation point!

[@PowerTree-007]

In the movie To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout says she's" walking like an Egyptian."

[@flavellinator]

If you can make the name of your band a verb that everybody sings, I call it a win!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Agreed!

[@MyName-pl7zn]

I can't think of another song that actually adds a new word to the dictionary but there are probably some. Wang Chung were definitely not one hit wonders their music was in constant rotation on MTV. Dancehall Days is still my favorite. Great interviews, it's funny how much of their music was deeper but their iconic hit was a fun party hit.

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

I like Dance Hall Days to Wang Chung not so much

[@samcostanza]

My fave was Billy Crystal on SNL, as a vampire (I think): "Everybody, have FUN tonight! Everybody Wang Chung tonight!"

[@brion-l1b]

If Happy to be Stuck with You from Huey Lewis isn’t on that worst 10 list, there needs to be a congressional investigation.

[@donwarrington4916]

Dance Hall Days was their best song imo ...

[@trickshottim]

Hey Hey we're the Monkees and people say we "monkey" around uses their name as a verb. The theme from The Monkees was never released in the USA or UK as a single but was a hit from an album.

[@geoffstrickler]

“Everybody Have Fun Tonight” and “Dance Hall Days” and just plain fun songs. That makes them great, regardless of any lyrical depth. I love great, thoughtful lyrics, but sometimes you just need a fun song that everyone can get into and enjoy. Lyrically, Dance Hall Days is a better song, but it doesn’t have the same fun and energy as Everybody Have Fun Tonight.

[@geraldwaldrop5131]

My favorite was To live and die in L.A.

[@ProfessorofRock]

So many people love that one!

[@Code.Name.V]

That album was a masterpiece!👍

[@rogerdeahl9629]

​@@ProfessorofRock I do also!

[@avnrulz]

Great movie too.

[@tonytorre9432]

That song is still on heavy rotation on 80's radio stations. So they are still getting royalty payments.

[@trinapatterson8872]

This one of the funnest songs of the 80s. So glad I grew up the 80s

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

What Professor tells us about the songs origins (one member showed it to another and got an immediate negative reaction) is instantly contradicted when the band actually explains what happened around 4:02. Come on, Proffesor!

[@nonocollao1344]

watching from philuppines

[@flavellinator]

Fire in the Twilight is one of my hidden gem songs from that era... Breakfast Club escape!

[@AbandonedMaine]

I did some music programming at a small college station in Maine back in the 1990's. The sheer amount of mediocre music that comes through a two bit place like that if you hustle enough companies puts this song into perspective. It's far from bad.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen. The worst song ever is being created every day! ha ha

[@danielmarquis5258]

I always thought Wang Chung was cool, but yes, that video for Everybody Have Fun Tonight has A LOT going on for lack of better words. There is a live version for Dance Hall Days that kicks ass from 1984. Frontman Jack Hues is wearing a pink shirt and the drummer is doing fancy work on his kit at the very beginning.

[@toddh4491]

I had no idea they were Brits. Creative and interesting band and my favorite is "To Live and Die in L.A."

[@ProfessorofRock]

Good guys!

[@RBS_]

.....I was SOOOOOOOOO mad "Live and D-ie..." bombed in '85! ....but I still know how to 'wang chung', sooooooo.....ha-HAA!

[@morghenmurdochlundgren8640]

Are you kidding me...I'm Wang Chunging it tonight,and everyone's gonna have fun!

[@DM-kl4em]

I don't care what any critic says about this song, or any synth pop song from the 80s. Yes, they may be a bit cheesy, but it's a charming level of cheesy-ness that has made them stand the test of time. It's physically impossible for most people to hear them and not smile. There is a reason why this song is popular 40 years later, while so many modern hit songs are forgotten within a year or two.

[@bradley-eblesisor]

I hated sooo much music in the 80's. From Van Hagar to Starship, my rock&roll expectations were dashed at every turn. I hate dance music. I found it impossible to hate this song, despite every effort I could muster. Iconic representation of the eighties, imop.

[@philkane4390]

Great story, thanks Adam.

[@traywilson]

They were supposed to be in an 80s concert at a casino an hour south of me last fall ( Mulvane, ks) and the show was indefinitely postponed. Wah wah. 😔

[@ProfessorofRock]

Sorry!