1. Dance Yourself Dizzy, Liquid Gold (1980);
2. Wanted, The Dooleys (1979);
3. Chemistry, The Nolans (1981);
4. Feels Like I’m In Love, Kelly Marie (1980);
5. Juke Box Jive, The Rubettes (1975).

My apologies to the only reader of this blog for not posting for a while. I hope you find this selection of tunes worth waiting for.

Top of the tree (thanks to my local radio station) is this classic tune by Liquid Gold from February 1980. It has the hallmarks of a great cheesy tune, that of infectious hooks, a gear change near the end and simplistic lyrics. Apart from Feels Like I’m In Love, the rest are in gear change city.  Juke Box Jive is made up of truck driver gear changes to high heaven as is Wanted.

As for Chemistry, the gear change appears near the end like a typical Westlife song.  In terms of cheeses, the songs rank as follows:

• Seriously Strong Cheddar: ‘Dance Yourself Dizzy’;
• Anchor Extra Mature Cheddar: ‘Wanted’;
• Red Leicester: ‘Chemistry’;
• Dairylea: ‘Feels Like I’m In Love’;
• Kraft Cheese Singles: ‘Juke Box Jive’.

Shabba!

S.V., 10 November 2008