Worst Song Ever

[parker]

There are some real stinkers on this list.... BTW, only hit singles were considered.

Not that I would defend "We Built this City," it is a bad song, but I don't think I'd choose it as #1. I'm not sure what I'd choose actually, but from just scanning their Top 50, I think I could narrow it down to twelve, in no particular order: (BTW, only hit singles were considered)

1. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus
2. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice
3. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
4. Barbie Girl ... Aqua
5. From a Distance ... Bette Midler
6. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts
7. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion
8. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors
9. Will 2K ... Will Smith
10. Rico Suave ... Gerardo
11. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf
12. Hangin' Tough ... New **** on the Block

Tough to choose from here... it comes down to Billy Ray's stupid dance vs. Celine's nose vs. Vanilla's Ice's overall gayness. Think I'll give it to Ice, by a hair. (j/k by the way, the "music" speaks loudly enough for these three that appearance makes no difference).

A couple more that should've been on this list IMO, the old, but ever annoying Mickey song by Toni Basil (why do they still play that damn song!), and that Everything I Do by Sting/Adams/Stewart (sorry, I know a few of you like that one, but I fucking **** it).

Cheers!

Here's the list Blender magazine put out:

Blender Magazine's list of the 50 Worst Songs Ever:

1. We Built This City ... Starship ... 1985

2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus ... 1992

3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung ... 1986

4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit ... 2000

5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice ... 1990

6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News ... 1984

7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin ... 1988

8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy ... 1985

9. American Life ... Madonna ... 2003

10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder ... 1982

11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken ... 2003

12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys ... 1988

13. ******* ***** ... Genesis ... 1983

14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler ... 1990

15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts ... 1995

16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes ... 1993

17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer ... 1994

18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago ... 1984

19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister ... 1985

20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie ... 1986

21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors ... 1992

22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith ... 2002

23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart ... 1984

24. Five for Fighting ... Superman ... 2000

25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff ***** featuring Faith Evans and 112 ... 1997

26. The End ... The Doors ... 1967

27. The Final Countdown ... Europe ... 1987

28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer ... 2001

29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something ... 1995

30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston ... 1986

31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies ... 1994

32. Will 2K ... Will Smith ... 1999
Starship's We Built This City landed at the top of Blender's "50 Worst Songs Ever" list.

33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua ... 1997

34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg ... 1979

35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M. ... 1991

36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal ... 1998

37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo ... 1991

38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex ... 1995

39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin ... 2000

40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd ... 1991

41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel ... 1989

42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel ... 1965

43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker ... 2000

44. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf ... 1993

45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti ... 2002

46. Hangin' Tough ... New **** on the Block ... 1989

47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams ... 1996

48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles ... 1968

49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred ... 1992

50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion ... 1998

 

[bootywatcher]

"We Built this City," it is a bad song.

Oh God, that IS a STUPID song. That would be my #1.

 

[parker]

I was just thinking about the Starship song... maybe I did speak too quickly!

Also, I said I hated "Everything I Do," which is a Bryan Adams song, I confused it with "All for Love" which he did with Sting and Rod Stewart. Easy mistake to make, since I **** them both. lol

 

[nobody]

There's something weird about this list, but I can't put my finger on it. Did they, like, only consider hit singles, or something?

4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit ... 2000

I don't like Limp Bizkit, or this song. But "Nookie" is much, much worse than "Rollin'"!

 

[James Bonk]

I guess it's more a case of which songs you can't get out of your head when you've heard them.

I will confess to genuinely liking some of those songs listed..
REM - Shiny happy people
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel ( uptown girl is far more irritating)
(erm , this board is anonymous...isn't it ??)

I used to like Bryan Adams , but once 'everything I do' came along that was that ( THANKS BRY'! ).

others for consideration...

chicken song - Spitting image
AGADOO - Black lace ( how did they miss that one ??)
Oh Superman - Laurie Anderson
I will always love you - Whitney Houston ( I will NEVER always love you for singing that tripe , pet )
Anything by chas and dave
Feed the world - Band Aid ( yes ,I know it was for a good cause but it was shite )

I could probably name loads more but I'm tired and my Guiness book of hit singles isn't close to hand....

 

[sonny forelli]

There are some real stinkers on this list.... BTW, only hit singles were considered.

Not that I would defend "We Built this City," it is a bad song, but I don't think I'd choose it as #1. I'm not sure what I'd choose actually, but from just scanning their Top 50, I think I could narrow it down to twelve, in no particular order: (BTW, only hit singles were considered)

1. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus
2. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice
3. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
4. Barbie Girl ... Aqua
5. From a Distance ... Bette Midler
6. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts
7. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion
8. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors
9. Will 2K ... Will Smith
10. Rico Suave ... Gerardo
11. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf
12. Hangin' Tough ... New **** on the Block

Tough to choose from here... it comes down to Billy Ray's stupid dance vs. Celine's nose vs. Vanilla's Ice's overall gayness. Think I'll give it to Ice, by a hair. (j/k by the way, the "music" speaks loudly enough for these three that appearance makes no difference).

A couple more that should've been on this list IMO, the old, but ever annoying Mickey song by Toni Basil (why do they still play that damn song!), and that Everything I Do by Sting/Adams/Stewart (sorry, I know a few of you like that one, but I fucking **** it).

Cheers!

Here's the list Blender magazine put out:

Blender Magazine's list of the 50 Worst Songs Ever:

1. We Built This City ... Starship ... 1985

2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus ... 1992

3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung ... 1986

4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit ... 2000

5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice ... 1990

6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News ... 1984

7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin ... 1988

8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy ... 1985

9. American Life ... Madonna ... 2003

10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder ... 1982

11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken ... 2003

12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys ... 1988

13. ******* ***** ... Genesis ... 1983

14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler ... 1990

15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts ... 1995

16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes ... 1993

17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer ... 1994

18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago ... 1984

19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister ... 1985

20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie ... 1986

21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors ... 1992

22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith ... 2002

23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart ... 1984

24. Five for Fighting ... Superman ... 2000

25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff ***** featuring Faith Evans and 112 ... 1997

26. The End ... The Doors ... 1967

27. The Final Countdown ... Europe ... 1987

28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer ... 2001

29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something ... 1995

30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston ... 1986

31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies ... 1994

32. Will 2K ... Will Smith ... 1999
Starship's We Built This City landed at the top of Blender's "50 Worst Songs Ever" list.

33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua ... 1997

34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg ... 1979

35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M. ... 1991

36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal ... 1998

37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo ... 1991

38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex ... 1995

39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin ... 2000

40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd ... 1991

41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel ... 1989

42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel ... 1965

43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker ... 2000

44. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf ... 1993

45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti ... 2002

46. Hangin' Tough ... New **** on the Block ... 1989

47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams ... 1996

48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles ... 1968

49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred ... 1992

50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion ... 1998

they are all ****. fuck them all :thefinger

 

[Sutty]

I totally detest Two Princes by The Spin Doctors, i have to leave the room when it comes on. As for my other choices, well anything by Shaggy or Sean Paul, total ******* music.
How on earth did Broken Wings by Mister Mister get on the list, that's a great song!!!

 

[Inspector_XXX]

A lot of these songs aren't really bad per se, they're just overplayed. Anything sounds bad if it gets beaten into your skull enough times. I fucking hated U2 when Joshua Tree first came out, because the radio stations where I lived played them nonstop. It wasn't until years later when they weren't overplayed anymore that I really was able to listen to them and appreciate their music.

And I'm with Sutty... beats the fuck outta me what "Broken Wings" is doing on that list.

 

[member2686]

Mr. Mister ROCKED!!!!

I like(d) a lot of those tracks on their list. I think their list is just tongue-in-cheek elitism poking fun at where we are now and where we were then. I mean, why the HELL isn't there a Tiffany or T'pau track on there, or a Fat Boys song, Rick James, or maybe The Buggles, or Scritti Politti, or that one track, "Boom boom boom, let's go back to my room.." LOL Paul So-and-So...

I'd like to see the 500 worst songs list and the 500 BEST songs list. LOL

Rock on! :nanner:

 

[WC-Madman]

Okay, why the hell isn't the Macarena or that damn "Ketchup" song on the list? Those are some damn awful songs that make me absolutely cringe whenever i hear them. These lists are so biased aganst the 80's, and i really enjoy 80's music. Sure there was a lot of crap, but ther was also good stuff from the 80's. I bet the people who made the list actually enjoyed some of these songs when they were popular. How hypocritical. O well, just my opinion. Keep on rockin and rollin!!

 

[WC-Madman]

Well, from that list, there are some songs that i actually enjoy. Here they are.
3. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
8. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors
16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes ... 1993
18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago ... 1984
19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister ... 1985
23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart ... 1984
35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M. ... 1991
42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel ... 1965
(the fact that "The Sound of Silence" is on the list is an absolute travesty. This song is great, the lyrics, the poignancy, emotion, and effort put into this song should be enough to have it removed from the list. Sometimes i just don't understand what people are thinking. This song is on the list, yet i don't see one damn boy band or teenie bopper pop bullshit song on the list. Fuckin bullshit in my humble opinion. I guess people are blinded by the image of this type of music and don't even realize the music is crap! Pathetic!!)
Keep on rockin and rollin!!

 

[member2686]

Yeah..why aren't ANY of the CRAP boy bands on this list? Like there are ANY GOOD boy bands... lol 'N SUCK and Backdoor Boys need to be on the list.... :hatsoff:

 

[Inspector_XXX]

42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel ... 1965
(the fact that "The Sound of Silence" is on the list is an absolute travesty. This song is great, the lyrics, the poignancy, emotion, and effort put into this song should be enough to have it removed from the list. Sometimes i just don't understand what people are thinking. This song is on the list, yet i don't see one damn boy band or teenie bopper pop bullshit song on the list. Fuckin bullshit in my humble opinion. I guess people are blinded by the image of this type of music and don't even realize the music is crap! Pathetic!!)

Holy ****, I didn't even see that the first time. The fact that they put "Sounds of Silence" up there pretty much invalidates the whole list. Proof that these people are grade-A idiots.

 

[Hung Lo]

49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred ... 1992

NO fucking way!!! This song rules! :nanner:

 

[chino_8]

Worst song ever? Well I don't know. Sure must be from Scooter or other pop techno fagets...

 

[Sutty]

Okay, why the hell isn't the Macarena or that damn "Ketchup" song on the list? Those are some damn awful songs that make me absolutely cringe whenever i hear them. These lists are so biased aganst the 80's, and i really enjoy 80's music. Sure there was a lot of crap, but ther was also good stuff from the 80's. I bet the people who made the list actually enjoyed some of these songs when they were popular. How hypocritical. O well, just my opinion. Keep on rockin and rollin!!

They weren't allowed to include novelty records on the list, that's why there's a lot of **** not included.
Then why is Barbie Girl by Aqua on the list? Yes i was thinking exactly the same thing

 

[Jacksson_77]

"Sunglasses At Night" and "The Sound Of Silence" among the worst songs? They would not be on my list, I like them. Don't know all the songs from the Blender list, but I think I'd choose Meat Loaf's "I'll Do Anything For Love" as no. 1 worst song.

:hatsoff: Jackson

 

[parker]

I **** all-time lists, but I posted this list since it gave me the idea for the thread. Also, I thought it might help to jog some people's past memories (as it did for me). The only song on that list I do like is "Sounds of Silence".... even the couple from bands I like such as REM and the Beatles are bad songs IMO.

I agree there's a lot more out there... kinda why I asked for some input.

Macarena... OMG... what a terrible song!

Whitney Houston singing... I Will Always hold this irritatingly high pitched note.

Band Aid.... funny as it may sound I liked this song, despite George Micheal and Boy George. It was "We are the World" that sucked. And what about Boy George and Culture Club? Death to them all, I say! lol

I can't believe I forgot to mention one of my all-time adversaries, CHER.... just the word sends chills down my spine!

And from my "I'd like to cause you bodily harm" file: Rick Astley, esp. "Never Gonna Give You Up."

I'd also love to meet Tom Jones just so I could tell him he's not half as cool as he thinks he is. Sorry, getting bit off topic, but it's still true.

Also off topic... as much as I hated Meatloaf's song, that woman in his video was incredible! .... so much so that I actually sat thru that 10 min song of pretentious drivel. P.S. I realize every Meatloaf song is 10 min of pretentious drivel... I refer to "I'll Do Anything..."

 

[Jacksson_77]

...And from my "I'd like to cause you bodily harm" file: Rick Astley, esp. "Never Gonna Give You Up."...

Btw.: If you have a Kylie Minogue single record (I'm talkin' about vinyl, if some of the younger ones out there still know what that is ) and play it at 33 rpm, the voice sounds exactly like Rick Astley! Weird...

:hatsoff: Jackson

 

[VonRik]

Btw.: If you have a Kylie Minogue single record (I'm talkin' about vinyl, if some of the younger ones out there still know what that is ) and play it at 33 rpm, the voice sounds exactly like Rick Astley! Weird...

:hatsoff: Jackson

That what we need Rick Astley covering "Can't get you outta my head!" That would be funny... or scary... I'm not really sure which!