Worst Song Ever?

[SweetZombieJesus]

I have a feeling including "Courtesy Of The Red White And Blue" unfairly skews the results, but then again, I do fucking hate that song.

[DealsGapRider]

1. Anything by Cake

[thom1102]

80. <Gasp>

Bite your tongue!

[goobergunch]

2. I voted for "Courtesy of the RW and B"...

but you left out "God Bless the USA".

I still wouldn't change my vote, but it will make it more interesting.

[SweetZombieJesus]

3. I figured one jingoisitc song was enough

I wanted to represent a broader spectrum of horrible songs than just dumbshit freeper country.

[SweetZombieJesus]

I figured one jingoisitc song was enough

I wanted to represent a broader spectrum of horrible songs than just dumbshit freeper country.

[trogdor]

45. Have You Forgotten?

Beats "God Bless the USA" any day. GBtUSA can at least be used generically, in Chevy truck ads, or whatever; HYF was written specifically to silence critics of the war in Iraq. It (HYF) wasn't even that well written.

[dudeness]

4. I hated american pie..don mclane

:)

[DemPopulist]

25. Me too

And that's a sacrilege with some people! }(

[Breezy du Nord]

33. Yes! And you will burn in hell!

j/k. :P

[Sick of Bullshit]

73. I guess you just had to be there to appreciate it!

American Pie rocks!

"Have You Forgotten?" sucks! (as does nearly any contemporary country song!)

[wyldwolf]

5. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Shitty Peppers...

[mitchum]

8. ...take me to the pwace I wuvvv...

Good call. He sounds like freaking Elmer Fudd

[liberalmuse]

6. If you were around in the '70's...

You'd remember 'Feelings'. OMG, did that song get old, fast!

[bunk76]

7. Carl Douglas...

"Kung fu fighting" was pretty damn awful. :puke:

[Chovexani]

9. Any of P. Diddy's knockoff songs

Every song he samples turns to shit, no matter how good it was. See: Kashmir, Every Breath You Take, etc. :puke:

[Zuni]

50. Kashmir

was one of the worst things I ever heard!!!!

[BlueJazz]

10. Freeturd (Freebird)

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[MissMillie]

39. This one ranks high (on the worst song list) as far as I'm concerned (n/t)

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[Kat45]

11. I've never heard the Toby Keith song. I hope it stays that way.

:-)

[sangha]

12. A song about leaving a cake out in the rain

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[DBoon]

16. McArthur Park!

I forget who did it, and I was just a kid at the time, but I definitely remember it. What a stinker.

[dudeness]

18. was done by Richard Harris

british star of stage and screen..famous for the lead role in a "man called horse"..also i believe that song was somehow tied to a story about LSD..now that stretched my memory muscles..:)

[CanuckAmok]

37. SCTV had "Richard Harris" doing MacArthur Park--it was HILARIOUS! n/t

[DemOverseas]

61. AGREE

100%...This was the worst GD song I have ever had the displeasure to hear.:puke:

[ikojo]

13. Hey now Nelly is a local

boy! I like some of his stuff...

But the ABSOLUTE worse song ever put on vinyl has got to be


SUGAR SUGAR by the CARTOON band the Archies...this song was so bad that the Monkees turned it down when Don Kirshner offered it to them.

[DBoon]

17. SUGAR SUGAR

no stop! you are giving me nightmares! please!

Proof there was some really bad music in the '60's

[Blue_Chill]

14. "She blinded me with science"

I don't know if that the name of that song but I can't stand it.

[playahata1]

43. That is indeed the name of the song.

They are now using it in a hair-conditioner commercial -- OH, THE HUMANITY!

[King Bush II]

15. anything by springsteen

he stinks and i don't like him. he can't sing, never could, and never will.

[Cheswick2.0]

19. I have it on good authority that "Billy Don't be a Hero" is the worst song

EVER!!!!!! x(

[Richardo]

51. I *am* that authority...and you are CORRECT, ma'am...

A close tie with "Seasons in the Sun" and "The Night Chicago Died"

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhh! x(

[DODI]

86. Also in the "tie" "Run Joey Run"

[Astarho]

20. That godawful "Turning Japanese" song

I hate that song! It gets in you head and won't leave!

[JitterbugPerfume]

21. Walk Like an Egyptian

what the hell was THAT all about?

[ProfessorGAC]

56. Arrrrgggghhhhh!

That song is a powerpop classic! Quirky, multirhythmic and funny lyrics. I think that song is cool.
The Professor

[mac56]

64. With you all the way, Prof!

Great song.

[NightTrain]

22. Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus"

One of the most hideous cacophonies ever to hit #1 in the U.S.

[SmileyBoy]

23. In the late-80's, some teen pop star named Martika sang a horrible tune:

It goes "Step by step, heart to heart, left right left, we allll falllll doooowwwwnnn... Like tooooy soldiers......"

It was a god-awful, HORRIBLE, gut-wrenching, nauseating, disgrace-to-the-industry song. I will go to my fucking grave with the belief that it was the worst song ever.

[WillParkinson]

81. It was Toy Soldiers...

And I liked the song.

[KamaAina]

24. "Seasons in the Sun". The immortal Terry Jacks.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

Bonus: Lyrics* by none other than Rod McKuen, apparently sent back to him in a rejection letter from a second-rate greeting card outfit.

[Iverson]

70. Havin' My Baby, by Paul Anka

That's right down there with the one you mentioned.
:puke: :hurts: :thumbsdown: :cry:

[Breezy du Nord]

26. Britney Spears songs

They all suck!

[NightTrain]

27. Has anyone mentioned...

...Lee Greenwad's unctuous "God Bless The U.S.A?"

My drill instructors in Navy Boot Camp used to blare that fucking thing on their boom box whenever they made us do endless push-ups. As if that weren't reason enough to hate the song, now I get to hear the piece of shit revived whenever a Republican president decides to bomb the fuck out of yet another country filled with brown people!

Fuck you, Lee!!! :nuke:

[PittPoliSci]

28. i vote for this song every time.

McArthur's Park.

[disgruntella]

29. here's why i had to vote for cher

I have that @%&!&@! song running through my head for the rest of the night now!!! YOU MANIACS! DAMN YOU!

Truthfully I haven't heard several of the other songs. Believe it or not I live in Montana and have NEVER heard that Toby Keith song, not even by accident (sheltered life I guess)

[DemNoir]

30. The Pina Colada Song

Need I say more?

[carpetbagger]

31. Muskrat Love

BTW, I think Eric Carmen is way overrated is a bad artist. I don't really think he's any worse than a mediocre combination of 70's pop rock with a feint towards art rock and a feint towards death pop.

If you want to go after slobbering lyrics, Terry Jacks and Gilbert O'Sullivan leave you in the dust. The Raspberries' stuff merely is an example of a band running on 3/4 of potential. At their best, they sound like McCartney from the same era, and that's not too bad.

Know-nothing country is merely that. Being as the national country scene is so horrendous, it does no particular violence that a bad rock song does. If y'all want to come to Texas, we have a good country scene, with Willie, and also with Wes Clark's cousin.

[Mz Pip]

32. Damn, beat me to it!

Mac Arthur Park would be my second choice.

"MacArthur Park is melting in the rain, all that sweet green icing flowing down!
Someone left the cake out in the rain.
I don't think that I can take it
Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
oh noooooooooooooooooo."

MzPip
:dem:

[carpetbagger]

34. It's number two because it's a cool song to sing to drunk.

The same can't be said about #1

[SnohoDem]

60. As much as that song sucks,

Willis wrote some great stuff. I saw him in Houston in '73 or '74 - about the time Willie started letting his hair get long.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

35. I hate all those songs

Whoo, tough one.

[CanuckAmok]

36. I voted "Nickelback" because I hate 'em, and because...

...it's fun to bash the "Hometown Heroes".

However, if you had listed anything by the Tragically Hip, or Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" or "Wonderful Tonight", I would have voted differently.

"Did you caaaall my naaaame, wheeen you fell out that wiiindow?"

[StaggerLee]

38. Born to be Alive

That song sucks eternal.

Oh the humanity-

[soleft]

40. Anything by Michael Bolton

[Japhy_Ryder]

44. Michael Bolton is a no talent ass clown

mmmmm....yeah.....

[Kolesar]

58. That's copyrighted!

I saw and heard a Michael Bolton commercial. The guy has a voice like a dustbuster, all air and no soul. yuk

[arwalden]

41. Lee Greenwood's POS "Proud To Be An American"

What overdone, overhyped garbage.

1) He can't sing.
2) It sounds arrogant.
3) It's not true anymore.

[ArkDem]

42. Cold Turkey - Yoko Ono

One, two, three, four!

The temp’rature’s risin’, fever is high,
Can’t see no future, can’t see no sky.

My feet are so heavy, so is my head,
I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead.

Cold turkey has got me on the run.

My body is aching, goose pimple bone.
Can’t see nobody, leave me alone.

Eyes are wide open, so is my head,
There’ s one thing I’m sure of,
I’m in at the deep freeze.

Cold turkey has got me on the run.

Aaahh -

Thirty-six hours rollin’ in pain,
Prayin’ to someone, free me again.

Oh, I’ll be a good boy, make, make me well,
I’ll give you anything, get me out of this hell.

Well, cold turkey has got me on the run.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh.

[zekeson]

46. Nice Poll, but how did you narrow it down to One Journey song?

They all sound the friggin same and are like fingernails on a blackboard.

[MissMillie]

47. Of those listed in the Poll....

the Worst one I've ever heard is Nelly.

But "other" has to be my choice, because there are so many others that are considerably worse than Nelly, such as:

Any song by Lynard Skynard
Any song by Bob Seger
Copacabana by Barry Manilow
In My Room by the Beach Boys
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? by Elton John
Achy Breaky Heart by (I forget his name)
Lucky by Britney Spears
Fancy by Reba McEntire

[dawg]

76. Miss Millie, I usually back your music opinions 100% but ....

SKYNYRD FRIKKIN' RULES!!!

Or at least they did while Ronnie was still alive!

[kmla]

48. I'm kinda partial to "Abracabra" by the Steve Miller Band

It has the unusual notoriety, IMO, of bing not only the worst song ever recorded, but also the worst music video as well!

Gag-reflex testing material.:puke:

Honorable mention: "Gloria" by Laura Branigan. That song is hideous on many different levels....

[rucky]

65. That's the Poet Lariat of Texas You're Talking About...

...As if that tells you anything about Texas you didn't already know.

[kmla]

67. Really?

I didn't know Laura Branigan was from Texas....

<KMLA ducks, dodges the vase thrown at his head>

[catpower2000]

49. American Pie and Margaritaville...

BTW, I LOVE "Hot in Herre".

Cat

[dawg]

77. Me too!

Can't nobody stop the juice, so baby tell me what's the use?

[noonwitch]

52. Feelings

I always hated that song.

[Redbear]

53. I've Never Been To Me by Charlene

Absolute worst ever.

I remember seeing Phyllis Schaphly speak about how it wasn't being played on some radio stations because of liberal censorship.Uh Phyllis, maybe they dont play it, because it really really sucks!

[Dogmudgeon]

79. Fetal Charlene

"Never Been to Me" was initially released in the early 1970s. It was kind of nice, a slow song, kind of folksy, sentimental, a little sexist but it didn't push it.

In 1980, Charlene dropped her last name and the song was re-done as an overproduced, overwrought anti-abortion anthem. It made me viscerally ill to listen to it, even before the "heart rendering" speech about being pregnant.

"Muskrat Love" was also a decent song before the Captain and Tenille put their own dubious stamp on it.

I always did like "Seasons in the Sun", but the original, "Le Moribond," is much better, even if you are able to understand French.

--bkl

[T_i_B]

54. Wannabe by the spice girls

no song quite matches that for shite.

Mind you, I'm quite happy to nominate anything by Craig David as well.

[dawg]

78. Tell us what you think ....

what you really really think!

[SnohoDem]

55. Anything by Whitney Houston,

but especially, "I Will Always Love You".

The Celine Dion song is damn close, though.

On edit: How could I have forgotten "Dear Mr. Jesus", that nauseating child abuse song that came out about the same time as "Luka".

[LSdemocrat]

57. Who will save your soul by Jewel

When I hear that song, I wish I had a gun so that I could shoot every speaker in sight.

[mvd]

59. I voted for Toby's song

But I'm just too lazy to think of all the songs right now.

[redeye]

62. Anything by the A-Teens

Especially their homage to destruction of Mamma Mia.

[ButterflyBlood]

63. Limp Bizkit - Rollin

n/t

[bmbmd]

66. How about "Daddy don't you walk so fast"?

by the redoubtable Wayne Newton...

[last_texas_dem]

68. Toby Keith, Daryl Worley, Clint Black...

At the moment, all three of these "artist"s' jingoistic songs would be up there as the worst for me. Worley's is possibly the worst, since it uses 9-11 to argue for fighting Iraq, but Toby Keith comes across to me as a such a loathsome individual that I think he might have to get the edge.

In terms of other songs mentioned on the poll and thread, I really like Journey, the Raspberries/Eric Carmen, and BOTH "The Night Chicago Died" AND "Billy- Don't be a Hero", FWIW. I'm no authority on good taste, but just sticking up for some of my, in my opinion, unjustifiably maligned favorites. :-)

[BurtWorm]

69. That "Higher" piece of crap by Creed

[AlabamaYankee]

71. "From A Distance"

sung by Bette Midler, I think, and some others.

Popular with the Fundie Praise crowd, but it's bad theology as well as being incredibly sappy.

Followed closely by "Tallahatchee Bridge".

[FlaGranny]

72. Anything written after 1970.

Just JOKING.

[Section_43]

74. "I'm Proud to be an 'Murcan"

by Lee Greenwood

and then

anything ever recorded by F'in Jimmy Buffet:puke:

[dawg]

75. We had joy, we had fun, we had ...

Seasons in the Sun. :puke:

[FloridaJudy]

82. Ballad of the Green Berets

Number one right-wing stinkeroo of all time. First runner-up has to be "Okie from Misquoekee".

As a personal quirk, I find "Midnight on the Oasis", "Brandy" and "She's a Lady" more than usually annoying.

[maveric]

83. In the Ghetto, by Elvis

That song is racist and an insult to any african american.

"Cuz if theres one thing that she dont need its another hungry mouth to feed...In The Ghetto"

"He buys a gun he steals a car, he tries to run, but he dont get far.... In The Ghetto"

[Capn Sunshine]

84. Kick

Because no good deed goes unpunished on Saturday night

[Coffee Coyote]

85. further evidence we're not a gene splice

Kiss's "Destroyer" album is a highlight of my 70's rock youth. Produced by none other than the mighty Bob Ezrin. Their first two "Alive" albums are worth their weight in cheese. :-)

[mlawson]

87. ALL songs by The Eagles, and

there was some ghastly shit thing the local radio here (gag!!!) was playing last winter, by some pathetic "band" caled "Stone Sour". I do not know the name, but it was te most bleak, depressing crap I have ever heard!!!

[Maccagirl]

88. A Horse With No Name

gets my vote.

[salmonhorse]

89. Whoop, there it is ~

[jos]

90. You Babe

by Styx. The hands down winner.:puke: