Second the motion on "Annie's Song" (three One two three One, One) and "You Light up my Life". (And what was a nice Christian girl like Ms. Boone doing singing "It can't be wrong if it feels so right"?)

On the other hand, some of these candidates are ones I learned in childhood and still have good feelings about, such as "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "Today". Also on the other hand, I don't see much saccharine about "Born in the U.S.A." Though Bruce did try to have it both ways--some people sing along with the chorus and some listen to the verses.

We've left the whole Streisand vein unmined. What about "People who Need People"? And for sheer absurdity, what about the surf-music songs about cars? But the winner of the Saccharine Sweepstakes has to be "Sugar Sugar".