What are the WORST songs ever?

[battleknight24]

Two rules for this thread...

1. Pick a song that at some time in the past received regular commercial radio airplay...

2. Pick a song that today receives at least occasional radio airplay...



The only reason for these rules is to keep people from picking obscure songs from artists almost no one has heard of...


So my picks?

"Barbie Girl" by Aqua

"Dream Weaver" by ??? ... Okay, maybe not the worst ever, but the LAMEST ever?


Peace,

[Droopy]

1. "Young Folks" or something like that by Peter Bjorn and John

It's getting a lot of air time on satellite radio. I don't know about other markets.

"Dare" by Gorillaz who ironically made a great song called "Clint Eastwood."

"Muskrat Love" by Dion Warwick- I think that's her name anyway.

Nirvana made a lot of horrible, depressing songs. I have no idea why they are so loved.

"To Be Loved" by Papa Roach. Papa Roach needs a new lyricist.

"Better Than Me" by Hinder. At least I think that's the name of it. I actually cringe when I listen to that song.

"Animals" by Nickleback.

[Rhythm]

2. "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro, or ...

"Muskrat Love"... by ANYONE! Dionne Warwick, Captain & Tenille, i don't care...
No one could do that song and make it less heinous.

[Bjornsdotter]

33. Lol

...funny how much "Muskrat Love" is hated. I posted before I read all of the comments.

I broke up with a guy in high school because he loved that song. Looking back, I did the right thing.

Cheers

[MysticalChicken]

193. I like "Young Folks." And everything by the Gorillaz. And Nirvana.

Everything else you mentioned I agree with though.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Mr. Roboto

Made me want to Mr. Roboto my head into a bridge abutment, stopping the pain forever.

[Onceuponalife]

4. I second "Honey"

also "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks and "Ben " by Michael Jackson.

[terrya]

99. Don't forget "Watching Scottie Grow" by Bobby Goldsboro

It's a two-fer for puke inducing, sentimental tripe.

[bbernardini]

132. I thought of this song as soon as I saw this thread!

I know of a wedding where this song was used for the mother/son dance.

[BlueIris]

5. Nickleback's "Photograph." Right up there with Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio"

for sheer badness.

[racaulk]

74. Agreed!

Every time I heard that song begin with that gravelly voice singing "Look at this photograph...", I would immediately change the radio station. I can't stand that song! At least it has declined in popularity somewhat, so it's not in such heavy rotation.

[Initech]

84. I still don't get how they have fans.

Let alone enough to fill entire stadiums. Everyone I've ever talked to pretty much despises Nickelback, and rightfully so. :puke:

[BlueIris]

112. I keep meeting people who say, "I think there's potential there."

Which, alright, don't throw stuff at me...I can (kind of) see. Enough potential to make a couple of people (maybe) buy one album (used) and listen to the highlights a couple of times. Enough for them to sing in the car when no one's looking. But enough to make people fans? Who buy tickets to actual concerts? I don't get that.

Note to Nickleback fans: Don't flame me. Yes, I know they do good humanitarian work, and use their inexplicable popularity to promote good causes.

[benny05]

155. I like Mexican Radio

because of the video, admittedly. It was one of the early ones on MTV.

[krispos42]

6. "Lean on Me"

:puke:

God, I can't change the station fast enough.

[Dervill Crow]

18. All my kids sang that song in music class in elementary school..

Even worse, they learned how to play it on their little plastic recorders. That was soooo painful.

[krispos42]

58. Hopefully the school provided a suicide booth in the auditorium

And hopefully, it wasn't in a cluster of Porta-Potties... :-)

[blondeatlast]

38. Surely you don't mean by Bill Withers (the original)?

I love that one, but the covers have universally sucked acid backwash.

[krispos42]

59. I don't know, but when I hear it...

I want to gouge out my ears with an icepick. :scared:

[Dervill Crow]

60. I despised the song when Bill Withers sang it.

If memory serves, Bill Withers sang another one that made my skin crawl. I would Google to find out the title, but I don't want the ear worm.

[Montauk6]

96. No no no no, Blue, you might be confusing it with that obnoxious New Jack

version that came out in the late 80s/early 90s.

THAT I'll grant you but Still Bill's original 1972 classic still holds up as a timeless gem.

[Dervill Crow]

102. Maybe it's just because it was so overplayed.

I'll give the original Bill Withers version another listen and see if it sounds better. I haven't heard any other releases. Apparently that's a good thing!

[NewWaveChick1981]

7. Ugh. Agree with you about Dream Weaver...

:puke: For the ones that got a lot of airplay, the entire Air Supply catalog. :yoiks: All Out Of Love, eh? I'm all out of brain cells that would tolerate this drivel...:rofl:

[FloridaJudy]

8. Damned near anything by Tom Jones

But "She's a Lady" is particularly egregious.
"We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters. The Carpenters suck generally, but that's their worst ever
"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro. Again, the pick of a truly horrid litter.

Oh, and "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes. I can't hit the mute button fast enough.

[Lyric]

86. You are SO fired

"Seven Nation Army" even mentioned in the same zip code as "Honey"? That's it lady, pack up your desk and go home! :rofl:

[jgraz]

9. "We Built This City"

:puke:

[Deja Q]

12. Oh come on, that one's too easy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxoqzhgKReY


:rofl:

Besides, it proves two things:

1. "Jefferson Airplane" could make anything and people would buy it.
2. The aftereffects of drug usage is what caused that song to be born. Brain damage.

[jgraz]

14. Easy because it's twue (It's twue! it's twue!)

Every time I hear that song I want to gouge out my eyes so I can stuff them in my ears.

[Dervill Crow]

23. lol - twue dat!!

"Gouge out my eyes so I can stuff them in my ears." I love that. May I use it?

[HuskerDU]

110. That has historically been my least favorite song.

Why drag the good name of Rock-n-roll through the muck of that terrible song? At least they didn't call themselves Jefferson Airplane when they recorded it.

[Hippo_Tron]

161. Why does that song get ragged on so much?

It's a catchy tune, not meant to be taken seriously.

[jgraz]

174. believe me, nobody takes it seriously

It's like an annoying commercial jingle -- it sucks ass, but it sticks in your head.

[Lyric]

10. "Spirit In The Sky" and

"Afternoon Delight"

[Onceuponalife]

27. Ha ha!!

Loved the news dudes singing that in "Anchorman".

[EstimatedProphet]

55. NO WAY

Spirit in the Sky is a classic. It shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as Afternoon Delight.

[truedelphi]

91. I've always AL:WAYS loved Afternoon Delight

I had this friend who was the original total Hottie to look at.

But he was an innocent - never even knew the girls were in the john busy pencilling "B... is such a BABE!" and thinking of him

One day he stopped by to visit and he was even more enthused about life than usual.

SO why are you so happy today? I ask

Jes heard this great song and the neat thing about it - it's about LUNCH!

I didn't have the heart to tell him...

[RebelOne]

70. I love both those songs. n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

136. Ding! Afternoon Delight was used as a torture implement in a film a while back.

Lock the adults in a room with the volume jammed up. Antics ensue.

Also, My Sharona. Was I the only person on the planet who didn't drink that kool aid?

Or that Whitney Houston song from Bodyguard... Not even knowing what was causing my pain one night in a bar, I eventually broke and shouted, "God on a stick, what the fck is this sht!?"

It's been years, and I suppose I'm feeling better now, but still. There oughta be a law. Or four.

[Deja Q]

11. "Macarena"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgl7st70jek

[yurbud]

21. that's way way up there.

[riverdale]

122. Ay!

Love that song. Never saw the video. A dance floor classic!

[Hippo_Tron]

164. In fairness to the song, it's kind of an anthem of the 90's

Along with "Smells like Teen Spirit". It serves its purpose to make people look back an laugh.

[gollygee]

13. I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore by REO Speedwagon

my other two least liked songs were already mentioned (We Built This City and Mr. Roboto)

[Deja Q]

15. The Final Countdown (Europe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASisLT5XHtg

YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dervill Crow]

22. Oh, my.

I didn't think there could be anything worse than the contemporary christian music I listened to in the 1980s. I was wrong.

GACK. :hurts:

[johnfunk]

24. Europe's version: Teh suck! But I like Laibach's cover...

... truly over the top.

[ghostsofgiants]

30. No way dude, that song rule.

(In a shitty, ironic way, sure, but nevertheless...)

[Rob H.]

44. I like how it was used in "Arrested Development"

It was the intro music to Gob's magic act, and it cracked me up every time it came on.

[Initech]

83. I need to start using that as my ring tone!

"Well, the Blue Man Group might need me and I *DO* deserve a fancy phone!"

"They didn't... and he doesn't."

:rofl:

[Montauk6]

98. OK... HypnoToad alienating the Detroit Piston fans (circa Bad Boy era)

; )

[Matsubara]

16. "Ring The Alarm" by Beyonce

The reggae remake of "Baby I love Your Way"

"Domino Dancing" by the Pet Shop Boys

"Yummy Yummy Yummy I got Love in My Tummy"

"Rock N'Roll Crazy Nights" by Loudness



"My Humps" by Fergie/Black-eyed Peas

"My Milkshake" by Kelis

"Git UR Freak On" by Missy Elliot

"Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani

"Ring The Alarm" by Beyonce




I actually find the last 4 much more annoying than the older ones. I don't understand why it is now that EXTREMELY repetitive, EXTREMELY non-melodic "songs" like these are so popular now. They drive me apeshit!

[bbernardini]

133. Isn't "Ring The Alarm" based on an old reggae tune?

I used to be in a band that played a song called "Ring The Alarm" back in the day.

[B3Nut]

187. Not Loudness!

Yeah, the lyrics are a bit lame, but the riff and groove kick ass!

The rest of your list though...no argument. Stinkfani and Furby are ANNOYING AS HELL....

A friend's recently-catastrophically-disintegrated band did a great version of Yummy Yummy Yummy...their schtick was obnoxious punk sendups of cheesy tunes like that. Funny stuff!

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[querelle]

17. Aqualung

Jethro Tull is usually a pretty good band, but Aqualung can drive me to commit unspeakable acts of violence. Another song that makes me crazy is Elvira by the Oak Ridge Boys. I could never figure out if Elvira was a woman or a horse.

:shrug:

Q

[yurbud]

20. in some parts of the country that "woman or horse" question is kind of moot

the primary difference being lipstick and lycra.

I don't know what they put on women though.

[Joe Fields]

69. you're joking, right? aqualung????

[yurbud]

19. "Centerfold" by whoever annoying tune and vapid lyrics

[Onceuponalife]

28. if you mean "Angel in the Centerfold"

that was J. Geils Band

[Lady President]

29. J. Giles Band

As bad as that song is (and it really is bad), it always reminds me of my college days. The myth behind the song is that it was written about a sister of Pi Beta Phi because the soritity's symbol was an angel. Hence, "angel is a centerfold". I doubt that it's true, but it reminds me of dozens of my drunk college friends hanging out and dancing. Ahhh, good times. :)

[1monster]

25. Wild Fire...

The music was really good. But the lyrics were incredibly bad...

[Jade Fox]

41. "There's been a hoot owl howling by my window....."

So this hoot owl was howling???

Sadly, I like that song despite it's lyrics. :blush:

[1monster]

51. The piano on it is terrific. The truth is, I listen to it when it is on the

radio for that...

[leftofthedial]

144. Jack Murphy

the piano player on that original track,

killed himself

no relation to Michael Murphey BTW

[no name no slogan]

145. Michael Martin Murphy (the performer) is a noted Repub

He now does folky/western-style roots music, and has pics of him with prominent Repubs on his web site.

I like the tune too-- but his politics eat burro poop.

[Lady President]

26. Everybody have fun tonight....

Everybody Wang Chung tonight! (Wow, is that bad?!?)

A song that is still played way too much is that John Mayer "Your body is a wonderland" debacle. That song is just plain creepy. If you want your kids to stay virgins, make them listen to that sappy emo voice talking about a "bubble gum tongue." :P No one would ever want to get naked after hearing that a few times.

[Montauk6]

101. On the B-side of the original 45

There was actually a very cool obviously Beatlesque arrangement of the song, kinda with a Sexy Sadie rhythm to it. Much better than the version that got all the airplay.

[Bjornsdotter]

31. Muskrat Love

...by The Captain and Tenille and "Lovin' You" by Minnie Ripperton.

Either song will make me :crazy:

Cheers

[yurbud]

48. that is a whole sub-genre of super sticky sweet love songs like Donnie & Marie's "Deep Purple Dream"

[DS1]

32. Tubthumping

[MassLiberal]

117. I love that song!

[DrDan]

34. Feelings

worst worst worst song ever

[Anaxamander]

35. Livin' la Vida Loca

God, I hated Ricky Martin. I think he's the sole reason I stopped listening to the radio.

[Onceuponalife]

36. Anything by Prussian Blue

I would post a video but I don't want tp pollute this forum with racist garbage. Most of you are probably already familiar with these little "Aryan princesses." :sarcasm:

[EstimatedProphet]

37. 1970's - "My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli

1980's - "Vacation" - The GoGos

1990's - "Achy Breaky Heart" - Billie Ray Cyrus

2000's - "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani

[Onceuponalife]

121. No way! The Go Gos rule!

[Hippo_Tron]

165. Billy Ray Cyrus is kind of a charicature of himself now

I take this to mean that either there's justice in the world, or the guy has a sense of a humor.

[blondeatlast]

39. This was very popular back in the day, but I never ever hear it amymore...

A really, really bad ABBA clone did (I kid not):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirpy_Chirpy_Cheep_Cheep

You simply have to hear it--words fail.

[yurbud]

49. that is pretty bad--looks like a band for kids though

[deucemagnet]

40. "Money" by Pink Floyd

makes me want to kick puppies. Annoying, repetitive and overplayed by every god-awful classic rock station for the past 30 years.

[Giant Robot]

63. That was the bathroom break when I saw them in concert

Oh they're playing "Money." Good I need to pee anyway.

[Alexander]

157. A lot of drummers can't even manage the beat on that one.

The highest-charting song ever in 7/4. And quite possibly the easiest to play.

[mikeiddy]

42. Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

Made me spit beer outa my nose once

[yurbud]

50. I liked that as a kid

[jobycom]

61. My best friend and I used to sing that song all the time. Then he died.

No lie, when we were eleven that song was very popular. This friend, Sidney, lived at a motel on the beach in Biloxi (his father was managing it), and I used to visit him there. The last time I saw him, we were singing that song on the swimming pool. He wanted me to stay another night, and I was homesick for some reason, and I didn't. Soon after, his father lost that job, and bought, believe it or not, a funeral parlor.

You guessed it. One morning my mother got an early call, and told me Sidney had been hit by a car. His funeral was the first at his father's new funeral home. I couldn't hear that song for a decade without crying, and even after that I got moody.

Katrina finally wiped out the motel, too.

Meh. Life.

[Bjornsdotter]

89. That's gotta be

...the most depressing story ever about a song. It's one thing to just hate a song, but a memory like that associated with it.....:hug:

[Rob H.]

43. "You Light Up my Life" by Debby Boone

I fucking HATE that sappy piece of shit.

[Initech]

45. Any Celine Dion song

:puke:

[yurbud]

53. she is just odd. like a character from TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL

but not a good touch.

I'll always remember the time she showed up at the oscars or something wearing a suit backwards:

[Arugula Latte]

93. I always think: "Groped and Fondled by an Angel"

But, hey, that's just my sicko mind at work...

[Turbineguy]

46. Anything by

1910 Fruitgum Company.

KC and the Sunshine Band.

[1monster]

57. ya mean like this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx2FUEBdCxE

:evilgrin:

[On the Road]

85. OMG, the 1910 Fruitgum Company!

I can hear them now:

"Yummy, yummy, yummy, I've got love in my tummy..."

To avoid listening to that, I would even suffer repeat performances of Sgt Barry Sadler singing:

"Fighting soliders from the sky,
Fearless men who jump and die,
Men who mean just what they say,
These are men of the Green Beret."

[lfairban]

167. Saw them live . . .

. . . at a local bar.

Something I'll never forget.

[Wapsie B]

47. Damn near anything that got major airplay in the 80's.

:puke:

Many mentioned above.

[Hand]

52. You're all wrong. (Sigh)

The absolute WORST SONG EVER is... "These Boots are Made for Walkin'". Nancy Sinatra, 1966. :puke:

A lot of good music came out that year, but this wasn't part of it.

Glad to have permanently and definitively settled this. :rofl:

[yurbud]

54. that's kind of campy fun

[yurbud]

56. It's a tie between the catalogs of David Soul and Patrick Swayze (Hutch and a dancing caveman)

[jobycom]

62. What? You forget about Don Johnson?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY_dpw2htUE

(Yeah, that's Dweezle.)

[CottonBear]

66. OK. I admit it: I had the David Soul Album AND several Captain and Tennielle albums.

:hide:

What the hell was I thinking? I also had albums by Kiss, The Eagles, Pat Benatar and
Barry Manilow. :eyes:

[Zavulon]

64. 1.) We Like to Party, Vengaboys, 2.) Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Paul McCartney

These are possibly the worst two songs ever written. God, I hate both of them.

[Giant Robot]

65. Six words for you:

Eddie Murphy.

Party All The Time.

[underpants]

68. That's not fair

Eddie did that song on a bet with some MTV producers. The story goes that they were interviewing him and he got to talking about the lame/weak acts that MTV puts on and makes into stars. They said he was crazy you can't manufacture stars so Eddie made a bet with them. If he cut a record within a week or so AND made a video they had to put it into the rotation. They did and it got way up on the charts. Eddie was just illustrating a point.

[Giant Robot]

72. If that is true

Then why did he release a follow up album? To further the joke?

I'm not saying its a bogus story, but, I mean, c'mon. Party All The Time and a follow up album?

[underpants]

73. I am sure he didn't mind all the money

It helps one to party all the time

[Strawman]

67. "Animals" - Nickleback

I can appreciate alot of the cheesy 70's stuff. For example, I know "Billy Don't Be a Hero" is bad, but at least there's something silly and entertaining there.

"Animals" is just awful and has no redeeming cheesy virtue to counterbalance that.

[fizzgig]

71. nickelback as a whole

their music makes me want to smash the radio, it's so godsawful

[Divameow77]

75. The Joker

by Steve Miller Band... I frickin HATE that song!

[KamaAina]

76. "I've Never Been to Me" by "Charlene".

I wouldn't use my last name, either, if I'd put out such a truly dreadful piece of dreck!

[MassLiberal]

118. yeah, that's a bad one

[Esra Star]

128. You win! There are multiple barf moments in that gem. nt

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

77. What about the horribly bad,

"The night Chicago died?" That's pretty freakin'bad........ :shrug:

[AzDar]

78. Dear God...'(She's) Having My Baby' by Paul Anka....

"I'm a woman in love and I love what it's doin' to me.."
:puke:
I haven't heard the song in years, and it still evokes the same response as when I was 9 or 10...

[AndreaCG]

195. Yep, that's my nominee.

I always disliked "My Sharona" too.

And Joss Stone makes me go to change the dial. Especially her big hit.

[MAGICBULLET]

79. Wow some people are naming some pretty good songs as bad ones

however, I got "Hungry Eyes" like Eric Carmen, my wedding song will be "She's Like the Wind" by Patrick Swayze, or maybe "You're the Inspiration" by Chicago. I hope the band does a cover of B.T.O.'s "Takin' Care Of Business" during the dance party along with "Do You Believe In Love" by Cher. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston will be the dance between father and bride (isn't that so sweet?) and Oh! we will definitely make a special request to the band to do their special 12 min. version of "Hotel California" by the Eagles

[MassLiberal]

119. thank you for mentioning

Hotel California. It's all one note. I hate it.

[HughBeaumont]

80. Mouth and McNeil's "How Do You Do" (1972)

Horrible beyond words. The Dutch musical equivalent of The Bugaloos. Sounds like a duet between Juice Newton and a Viking muppet, with the dumbest chorus this side of "The Name Game", another sucko but popular product of our parent's era.

[Throd]

81. D'yer Maker by Led Zeppelin

[WritingIsMyReligion]

88. No way--there are SO many worse songs than that!

:D

[Throd]

109. OK, worst song by a band I love.

It is truly a shitty song, made shittier by the fact that they were such a great band.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

82. Can't we all agree on MacArthur Park?

Oh noooo?

[Bjornsdotter]

90. MacArthur Park

....sucks and it sucks more each day.

cheers

[triguy46]

178. Oh CRAP, its raining, the cake, THE CAKE!!!!!!

[Montauk6]

104. NOOOO!!!!

It's got one of the coolest bridges in pop music!

In fact, that section (shout out to ol' skool Detroiters) was used as the theme music for a Detroit talk show called "The Lou Gordon Program" from the 60s/70s (remember UHF? REMEMBER LOCAL TV, KIDS???), now this guy was a true hard-hitting, tough-as-nails liberal during a turbulent time in the city's (as well as the nation's) history!

Anyway, that tune always stuck with me, and then I learned later that it was from Richard Harris's MacArthur Park. So, I'm a big nostalgic softie, what can I say?

[Faygo Kid]

108. And I'll never have that recipe again, oh NOOOO!!!!

Hate those wet cakes. Would have liked to party with Richard Harris back then, though.

[Montauk6]

116. Faygokid, you one of them Detroiters too???

One thing that IS hilarious about Richard's performance is that it's pretty obvious that there was no way in hell he was gonna hit that high note in that last oh NOOOO!!! so they hauled in the female choir.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

139. I'm a Detroiter

Appeared on the Sagebrush Shorty Show and was a regular viewer of Milky the Clown and Captain Jolly with Poopdeck Paul. :)

[Faygo Kid]

140. Of course, I'm a Detroiter, too. Seen this photo?

Loved 'em all, and Robin Seymour, and Soupy, and Rita Bell, and even crotchety Bill Kennedy.

And these guys: Poopdeck Paul, Milky, Captain Jolly, Jingles, Johnny Ginger, Bozo.



And check this out: http://www.detroitkidshow.com/

What a great time and great place to be a kid. We were lucky indeed.

[susanna]

143. Bozo rulez! n/t

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

173. Hey!

Thanks for the link and the photo! Grew up on the West side, graduated from Henry Ford. Much appreciated! :)

[Faygo Kid]

183. East Detroit High School 1969

Gratiot rules. Telegraph drools.

http://www.keener13.com/spots/Spots%20Detroit%20Dragway%2064.mp3

And for you West Siders:

http://www.keener13.com/spots/Spots%20Gene%20Merolis%2067.mp3

[Montauk6]

175. WHEW!!! Don't feel so old anymore, LOL!!!

The earliest I go back is Oopsy the Clown and Bozo. Of course, I'd cheat and use the aerial antenna to pick up Patches and Pockets on WTOL-TV (11)

But you also probably experienced Soupy Sales and Johnny Ginger, right? Also, Bill Kennedy when he was on Channel 9?

[hfojvt]

87. my top five

"Don't worry, be happy", "Little bit of Mambo", "Achy Breaky Heart"

"Friends in Low Places"
"Man, I feel like a woman"

Is it fair to use Country Music for this contest?

[Arugula Latte]

94. Whaaa? No one has mentioned "I've Never Been to Me"

x(

[hfojvt]

100. you must have this person on ignore

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6622880&mesg_id=6626175

either that, or you've never been to post #76 :P

[Arugula Latte]

106. Oh, jeez. Where is my brain ...

That's what I get for skimming quickly... :crazy:

[gollygee]

92. Muskrat Love by Captain and Tenille

LOL

[triguy46]

179. Exquistly bad.

[Mojambo]

95. Milkshake by Kelis

Talk about lowering the bar...

[Montauk6]

97. Nahh... gotta part company on The Weave!

True, it conjure images of feathered hair and glitter lip gloss and huge butterfly bow ties worn by dorky seniors with braces, but that bassline and jingly synth still kills.

[Crabby Appleton]

103. Here's the 2nd workst song ever

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE

[Montauk6]

105. OK, it looks like you guys need a little help, allow me please?

Runners-Up

Obscene Phone Caller - Rockwell (who didn't have Michael Jackson watching his back on this turgid followup single to "Who's Watching Me?")

Puttin on the Ritz - Taco (actually the only way I can stomach this obnoxious old ditty is when Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle perform it in "Young Frankenstein")

I Wanna Be Rich - Calloway

I Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops (I do too whenever I hear this oldies-station cliche)

Barefootin' - Robert Parker (ooooh, what I wouldn't GIVE for a box of tacks)

Backfield In Motion - Mel & Tim (look, let's be honest, unless you're Michael Henderson playing around with the homoerotic undertones--listen again closely to "Wide Receiver," football as romantic metaphor just doesn't work, I'm sorry)

and NOW, the ALL-TIME WORST, MOST ANNOYING SONG IN HISTORY!!!!

In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) - Zager & Evans (not only further proof that sci-fi and rock make ridiculous bedfellows but apparently this was a misprint as it SHOULD'VE been called "(Excruciating and Interminable)!"

[hfojvt]

111. you seem to be old, Father William

Either that or young :crazy:

'In the year 2525' is from the mid 1970s isn't it? Or is it the 1960s? And you think that is worse than the dreck produced in the 1990s? You never even hear it unless you are on an oldies station.

Was the Rockwell song even played outside of Dr. Demento?

Barefootin' ??? I only know a song by that name done by Brownsville Station in the early 1970s or so. Was there a remake, or original?

Speaking of remakes the Pearl Jam remake of 'Where oh where can my baby be' has to be one of the worst that was ever given too much airtime, although I doubt if it is still being played.

I have never heard of either "I wanna be rich" or "Calloway" unless she is the DUer who wrote the OP-ed. Of course, I had never heard of Patty Duke either, until I learned on DU that she was one of the Dukes of Hazzard.

[Montauk6]

115. 2525 worse than anything in the 90s? ABSO-FILKIN'-LUTELY!

And yes it's from the 60s, but why? And since when did 80s/90s become ancient music? What is this the Radio Disney Room??? :+

[Bjornsdotter]

146. Yep

....that's a bad one, guaranteed to make me switch stations quickly.

Cheers

[HughBeaumont]

168. "2525" sounds like two Burl Ives clones with head colds doing Moody Blues throwaway karaoke.

So there.

That goddamned song inspired a nightmare of mine that's stuck with me for 16 years.

[Montauk6]

176. Ward! You've nailed it with that description!!!

[Faygo Kid]

107. "Lovin You" - Minnie Riperton; "Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lace

Special props for the aforementioned "Honey" and "Muskrat Love;" also anything by The Screamers - Whitney Houston et al - who don't know how to sing a song, just how to show off their pipes (pretty much all American Idol contestants, from what I can tell). Bubble gum, including "Yummmy Yummy Yummy." Pretty much anything by Celine Dion, Yanni and Kenny G. Most rap (hey, I grew up in and with Motown). I will stick with the Good Stuff, thank you very much.

[nytemare]

113. "My Humps" and "Tainted Love"

Any time I hear our local "mix" station, where they play music from the 80's-presnt, I hear frigging "Tainted Love". How many songs have been out since 1980 that they could play other than that song? How often does it really have to play that I just happen to hear it every time I hear that station, which may be at my hairstylist once a month and a half, and in the car with my mom once a week.

[Matsubara]

152. Thank you for mentioning Tainted Love.

I don't know if it's technically such a BAD song, but it is definitely one of the all-time most overrated and overplayed songs EVER.


It amazes me that they continue to play it - how many thousands of times do you need to hear "I cannot stand the way you TEASE" before you finally say "Okay, I get it, that's enough I don't ever need to hear that again as long as I live."


Some songs get fairly constant airplay but even after many years are still great - "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood is one of them - it never seems to get old to me.

"Tainted Love" is definitely NOT one of those.

[Steven_S]

114. Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees

and any other song in their inventory, for that matter.

[helderheid]

120. This was popular in the Netherlands when I lived there. Worst. Song. EVER.

Kelis - I hate you so much right now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnm51FJHUd4

Yo, this song, yo
This song is for all the women out there
That have been lied to by their men
And I know y'all been lied to over and over again
This is for y'all
Yo, maybe you didn't break the way you should have broke, yo
But I break, know what I am saying, this is how it goes y'all, damn

Last year, Valentine’s day, you would spoil me, say
"Babe, I love you, love you babe I swear"
Held you when you were sick even’ (sucked your dick)
The whole time I think to myself, this isn’t fair

What is this I see (No)
You don’t come home to me (Oh, no)
When you don’t come home to me (Man)
Can’t deal, can’t bear

You keep tellin’ me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I found her red coat
And your (bitch) caught out there

I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ahh...

I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ahh...

So sick of your games, I’ll set your truck to flames
And watch it blow up, blow up, tell me (How you gonna see her now)
So far from sincere {I love you}, fabrications in my ear
Drive me so far up the wall, I come slidin’ down

What is this I see (I don’t believe this)
You don’t come home to me
When you don’t come home to me
I can’t deal, can’t bear (I won’t)

You keep tellin’ me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I hope you’re happy
Since you’re caught out there

< I hate you so much right now lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com >
Yeah, you’ve been caught
Yo’, come on
Come on

I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ahh...

I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ahh...

(She’s so) raunchy, so vulgar, not me, why the hell her
Look, she dresses (Look at her) a mess, what do you see (I don’t know)
It’s not all about cash (Hell, no), not how much you flash
How I dress is a reflection of me

What is this I see
You don’t come home to me (Uh-uh)
When you don’t come home to me
Can’t deal, can’t bear (Told you I won’t)

You keep tellin’ me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I got somethin’ for y’all
Since you’re caught out there

I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ahh...

I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ahh...

I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
I hate you so much right now
Ahh...

[Common Sense Party]

125. That got lots of airplay in the Netherlands?

It's atrocious. That chorus is like a dentist's drill sans Novocaine.

[helderheid]

135. Tell me about it. My husband used to TORTURE me by singing that chorus.

[Onceuponalife]

123. "Boys Are Back in Town"

Most overplayed most annoying song ever.

"I'm Still Standing" Elton John
"Like a Rolling Stone" also overplayed to death. I love just about every other Dylan song but I always hit skip when LARS comes on.
"Rico Suave"
"We Built This City"
"Alone Again Naturally"
"If You Remember Me" weepy song from "The Champ" remake
"Don't Cry Out Loud"
"Sexy Eyes"
"Queen of Hearts"
"Upside Down" by Diana Ross. Completely vapid.

[Danger Mouse]

147. I like Alone Again Naturally!

The lyrics make me :cry:

[Jed Dilligan]

124. "Africa" by Toto

Anything by Toby Keith

"Let the Eagle Soar" by John Ashcroft doesn't quite meet the "commercial airplay" requirement.

[argyl]

126. "Reach Out of the Darkness" by Friend and Lover. Really insipid and

painful to listen to.

Loved Robert Parker's "Barefootin'" though. Pete Townshend did a pretty decent remake.

[dEMOK]

127. I love "Dream Weaver!"..

Sometimes a song represents a seminal event in a person's life.

[Eurobabe]

129. Momma's Got a Squeezebox

God, I hate that f'ing song. To this day!!

There's your earworm...

[raccoon]

130. "At This Moment" by Billy Vera and the Beaters.

Maudlin lyrics, lame tune, passable vocalist.

[jakefrep]

131. "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood

I can't believe nobody's mentioned that one.

[yy4me]

134. The Name Game: The most stupid song I can remember!

THE NAME GAME: Shirley Ellis The name game! Shirley! Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley! ...


lyricsplayground.com

Words to all the oldies here.

Spell check had fun on this one!

[Rob H.]

137. Forgot about "I Will Always Love You"

(Hat tip to MAGICBULLET, who mentioned it upthread.) I hate that song, not least for its lyrics but also because imo Whitney Houston is a completely overrated singer. I'm guessing no one ever told her that LOUD doesn't equal good.

[Treclo]

138. kittens, you forgot

Endless Love. ugh- it makes me want to vomit.

From the hit list today- I'd agree that Nickelback bites the big one; don't need to whittle it down to just one of their songs.

Of course, there is really no accounting for taste in music or hairstyles. It's all subjective.

[gollygee]

141. Boogie in your Butt by Eddie Murphy

that was bad.

He had another bad one called Party All The Time or something.

[Montauk6]

181. Yeah, but at least Boogie was comedy and Party had Rick James at the helm

Try listening to Wudzupwitu? or Put Your Mouth On Me. HORRID!!! Man shouldn't be allowed near a recording studio after those!

[susanna]

142. MY DH would be annoyed if I didn't list mine...

since I tell him about it all the time, mostly because it seems chain restaurants all have it on their music tracks: "Sister Golden Hair" and, well, pretty much anything by America.

Agree with the other poster citing Aqualung, too. Aaargh.

[Danger Mouse]

148. I win: 'Take the Money and Run' by Steve Miller...the local 'classic rock' station

plays it INCESSANTLY. I don't know why, it's one of the most godawful songs I've ever heard. Fuck you, Steve Miller, all of your songs SUCK.
Here's some other shitty songs:
'Satisfaction' by the Rolling Stones. Blows. Donkeys.
Anything by Elton John EXCEPT 'Love Lies Bleeding' 'Levon' and 'Empty Garden'
and more recent abominations:
'My Humps' Black Eyed Peas. Everyone involved with this song should be executed for crimes against humanity.
'Animals' Nickelback. Everyone involved with this song should be shot into the sun for crimes against the universe.
Every vile thing that ever came out of Toby Keith's foul stinkhole.
Aerosmith should be euthanized and all of their music forever destroyed before they infect any other unfortunate people with their foulness.
The 'music' of (S)Creed...I blame those fuckers for Nickelback being spawned into existence. Although I like Pearl Jam, it's their fault we were subjected to (S)creed and Nickelback.
There's much more, but those are the worst offenders that come to mind at the moment

[Bjornsdotter]

149. The Ewok Song

...and for those who can't quite place it http://youtube.com/watch?v=M5XG1nSlxuI

:crazy:

[Hippo_Tron]

163. That got changed up in the updated versions...

Probably for the better.

[ChoralScholar]

150. Simply Havin' A Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

We just hear it at Christmas, but that's regular enough for me. It's also enough to make me want to remove my eardrums with a screwdriver.

[PittPoliSci]

153. that song could make gandhi want to kill.

that's how terrible it is.

[Onceuponalife]

154. "Ding Dong! Ding Dong!"

Compare that to Lennon's "Happy Christmas War is Over".

[jmowreader]

151. J'Lo's "My Love Don't Cost A Thing"

[benny05]

156. Jeez, a non baby boomer crowd tonight

It's going to be tough to get my selection in if this is the case because they won't know it.

[susanna]

190. Hell, try it anyway.

I did! I feel better for it. ;-)

[Alexander]

158. "Hotel California"

:puke:

Overplayed garbage about the dangers of doing too much cocaine.

Okay Eagles, I'll be sure never to do cocaine, to make sure I am not like you in any way. Your song is that awful.

[Hippo_Tron]

162. Overplayed yes, but there are definitely worse songs

[Alexander]

166. It's only so bad because I've had to hear it 900,000 times.

The first time, I think I remember having only a mild dislike for the song.

[Alexander]

159. "What I Got" by Sublime deserves a special mention.

For reasons that should be obvious to anyone with a working pair of ears and a copy of the Beatles' "Lady Madonna".

[HughBeaumont]

170. I never . . . and HUGH MEANS NEVER . . . understood the Sublime worship.

It's rather unremarkable beach bum weed beatoff. I wasn't aware there's a market for that sort of thing, but apparently there is.

[Alexander]

182. Me either.

They were three fat white guys from Long Beach trying to sound like a reggae band. And their most famous song was really by the Beatles.

I think Sublime is the fallback band for a lot of people who don't appreciate/understand musical talent.

[Fox Mulder]

160. "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

:puke:

[Tyler Durden]

169. "Freebird." followed by "Band on the Run"

"Freebird"
Silly lyrics, the most insipid and repetitious guitar solos in the history of rock.

"Band on the Run"
No comment needed.

[ET Awful]

171. Barbie Girl was gonna be my choice, but you listed it already

Let's also throw 'Honey' by Bobby Goldsboro :puke:

[gollygee]

172. Peaches by The Presidents of the United States

I like Lump and Cleveland Rocks, but GOD HOW I HATE that song Peaches.

[MysticalChicken]

191. Nooooo...

..."Peaches" is one of my all-time favorite songs! I'll never get sick of it.

(I'm not sure what psychologically drives one person to adore a song and the other to hate it. I mean, the song sounds the same, technically speaking, to both people. It's the way you perceive the song that's different.)

[triguy46]

177. Horse with No Name.

[susanna]

189. My earlier post, #142

is finally considered. America (the band) = sh*t music.

Maybe that's harsh, but wow...I personally just think they suck in every way. :-)

[triguy46]

180. Killing me softly.

[Faygo Kid]

184. Are you kiddin' me? Canoe trip, 1973, with the opposite gender.

Let me put it this way: I have nothing but the fondest memories for that song, and how it advanced my - um, appreciation of life. Thank you so much, Roberta Flack.

If I have to be killed, softly or otherwise, let it be like that.

[triguy46]

186. I worked in a bar with a jukebox from 1971 to 1974...

It was OK the first 500 times I heard it. In fact, I have a physical reaction to any song put out during those years. Aversion therapy.

[Merrick]

185. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

I literally almost stabbed myself to death every day of my twelth year because of the clinical depression this song, and the diabolical album it was on put me in. Wish I was kidding. May Jon Bon Jovi die and rot in hell.

[B3Nut]

188. Yup, that totally blows chunks.

I have to suck it up and play it at most gigs though. The hell is compounded by the fact that our singer really can't hit the high notes after the modulation at the end (she strains awfully), and the result sounds like someone stepping on a puppy. Why that damned tune keeps worming itself back onto the setlist I'll never know....but what do I know, I just work here. :/

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[MysticalChicken]

192. I hate these two.

1. At the risk of sounding blasphemous: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel. I love everything else I've heard by them--especially "Cecilia"--but I've hated BOTW since I was six.

2. "Sexyback" by Justin Timberlake. Dear god, I still feel like going into a murderous rampage if I hear more than two seconds of it.

[MysticalChicken]

194. oh and...

"Dream Weaver"? Is that the one that goes "oo-oo-oooh, dream weaver, I believe you can get me through the night" or something like that? Yeah, I hate that one too. I'm sorry that I know at least partial lyrics, but I remember hearing it on the lame-ass "soft rock" station my mom used to listen to when I was a kid.