Worst song in pop history?

[My Opinion Matters]

"All-Star" by Smashmouth.

[sitzpinkler]

pretty much anything on KJ103 for the last 10 years or more

also anything on that ****ty hip-hop channel, I can't remember the name

hip-hop and rap has sucked *** since about the time Tupac was murdered

[sitzpinkler]

obligatory "hip-hop and rap has always sucked" post, 'cause I know it's coming :P

[Lott's Bandana]

"Mama's Got a Squeezebox"

The Who would agree with this statement.

[StoopTroup]

There are no bad "POP" songs...

That's why they're Pop Songs.

[My Opinion Matters]

"Mama's Got a Squeezebox"

The Who would agree with this statement.

You're dead to me.

[My Opinion Matters]

There are no bad "POP" songs...

That's why they're Pop Songs.

Fergie's career disagrees with you.

[Boomer.....]

Barbi Girl

[Lott's Bandana]

You're dead to me.


Hey, ask 'em yerself.

They wish they never made it. So do I.

[OhU1]

Wind Beneath my Wings.

[Hot Rod]

Two words: Rick Astley

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Barbi Girl

I second this

[King Crimson]

"All-Star" by Smashmouth.

I could agree with that.

[Dio]

Take On Me and Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone provoke me to the point of violence every time.

[bri]

"MMMBop"

Okay, not really. I'm just saying it before one of you pricks does. :D

[SoonerTroll]

Barbi Girl

I have to disagree, Aqua's Barbi Girl was almost just so fake and shallow that you have to appreciate it for what it was.

[SoonerTroll]

Barbi Girl

I have to disagree, Aqua's Barbi Girl was just so fake and shallow that you have to appreciate it for what it was.

[Pricetag]

Len - "Steal my Sunshine."

[starclassic tama]

oklahoma's very own hinder is giving everything in this thread a serious run for it's money

[SoonerTroll]

Len - "Steal my Sunshine."

I like this choice, although i think the video single handedly made vespa's cool for a moment...

[Pricetag]

oklahoma's very own hinder is giving everything in this thread a serious run for it's money
Yeah, they suck ***, but unfortunately, that's called "rock," isn't it?

This new rock is complete crap. There's the one band that did the cover of "Careless Whisper," for one. I've never liked Nickleback, but their new song "You look cuter with something in your mouth" or whatever has taken it to a new level. If you're over about 16 and you like that stuff, you have a problem.

[C&CDean]

If you're over 16 and even know about any of the crap mentioned in this thread (other than the craptastic squeeze box) you have a problem.

[AllAboutThe'O']

I like this choice, although i think the video single handedly made vespa's cool for a moment...

I like "Steal My Sunshine" and the video's OK, but the big drawback in the video is the male singer wearing the Yankee cap. Backwards, no less.

And I don't think, in the history of pop, there has been a song more sucky than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHN16DCAy1E

[soonermix]

zombie by the cranberries

[Taxman71]

Macarena or Achy Breaky Heart....hurt me just to type those.

[mikeelikee]

"Sugar Sugar", by the Archies. Bubble gum, anyone?

[NYC Poke]

"A E I O U and Sometimes Y" by EBN/OZN.

[Lott's Bandana]

"A E I O U and Sometimes Y" by EBN/OZN.

This.

Short list of finalists...

[SoonerTroll]

I like "Steal My Sunshine" and the video's OK, but the big drawback in the video is the male singer wearing the Yankee cap. Backwards, no less.

And I don't think, in the history of pop, there has been a song more sucky than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHN16DCAy1E

That's true, but the song was in Waynes World, which makes it a little less terrible.... maybe...

[SoonerTroll]

I vote for my humps

[Jello Biafra]

o yeh? well

my milkshake brings all the boys to tha yard...

[SouthFortySooner]

[stoner on the couch] uhhh, i don't know these people. [stoner on the couch]

[texas bandman]

"Amadeus" and most techno pop.

"Knock Three Times" by Tony Orlando and Dawn

"Disco Inferno"

"A Fifth of Beethoven" - I needed a fifth of something stronger to listen to that one.

[NYC Poke]

Oh, forgot about this one. "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson.


I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky bum, shicky bum
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky do, shicky do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

Can you believe that? And then he says:

"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"

Well...can you imagine?

My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly
And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy
So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan
Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man

Singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Get it any way you can
Right? Ha ha ha, so...

I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall
And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall
I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring
And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling

A-singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Just-a doin' my thing

Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!

http://www.lyricsdownload.com/meri-wilson-telephone-man-lyrics.html

[Condescending Sooner]

Anything by Macy Gray.

[TMcGee86]

"Second Chance" by Shinedown


I just saw Hayley's Comet she waved
Said "why you always running in place?
Even the man in the Moon disappears
somewhere in the Stratosphere"

My ears bleed when I hear this line. Gheyest. Song. EVAR!

[jthomasou78]

LFO Summer Girls worst lyrics evar

Yeah...I like it when the girls stop by.. In the summer
Do you remember, Do you remember?
...when we met..That summer??

[Chorus:]
New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

[Verse 1:]
Hip Hop Marmalade spic And span,
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see,
The great Larry Bird Jersey 33
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby
Something in your eyes went and drove me crazy
Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad,
Left one day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home,
Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone
Fell deep in love,but now we ain't speaking
Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Chorus:]
New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

[Verse 2:]
Cherry Pez,cold crush,rock star boogie
Used to hate school so I had to play hookie,
Always been hip to the B-boY Style
Known to act wild and make girls smile,
Love New Edition and the Candy Girl
Remind me of you because you rock my world
You come from Georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip hop and rock n roll
Dad took off when you were 4 years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better baby when you're near
You love fun dip and cherry Coke,
I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]
In the summertime girls got it going on,
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like,
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Verse 3]
Bugaloo shrimp and pogo sticks
My mind takes me back there oh so quick
Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpet
Think about that summer and I bug,cause I miss it
Like the color purple,macaroni and cheese,
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up but whats the use
I like Kevin Bacon,but I hate Footloose
Came in the door I said it before,I think I'm over you
but I'm really not sure
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]
In the summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summertime girls got it going on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Repeat Chorus]

[soonerinabilene]

"Bye Bye Bye" from one of the queer bands

[OhU1]

o yeh? well

my milkshake brings all the boys to tha yard...

I thought of this as well. So many bad songs so little time to type all of them.

Here's another: "Every Rose has its Thorn" by some bad 80's hair band trying to do something "sensitive".

[TMcGee86]

DOOD!

That band is Poison, and that song was written by Brett when he broke up with his stripper ex-gf.

Have some compasion man! That's real heart felt emotion there.

[Jacie]

People are probably more passionate about music they hate than music they like.

A couple of songs already mentioned (Barbi Girl and Sugar) are staples in my business (i.e. they are often requested).

Some of the songs I consider among the all time worst pop include:

In the Year 2525

Whiter Shade of Pale

Brandy

I guess "purists" will say that Brandy was the only pop song of those three, so okay, those other two are just bad songs, genre left open.

Therefore, I would also include most country music, any hip hop/rap song that cannot be played on the radio without significant editing, and most anything that came out in the 90's.

[Boarder]

Mambo #5

[royalfan5]

Brown Eyed Girl has been the keystone to my ongoing musical objection to Van Morrison.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

This would be nearly impossible to answer. The worst song in pop history is likely to be so bad, no one would record it. Hence, none of us would know of its existence.

[SoonerStormchaser]

Anything by DMB or by Supertramp.

[KsSooner]

Old school picks:

Seasons in the Sun
Disco Duck
Convoy

You have to remember the time, mid 70's. When a song became popular they would play it into the ground, I mean really into the ground!

[SoonerJack]

KsSooner brings up a good point.

I never heard Steal my Sunshine when it was on the radio so the first time I heard it I liked it, mainly for the piano chords. Didn't know it was a pop scourge.

[OhU1]

Old school picks:

Seasons in the Sun
Disco Duck
Convoy

"we had fun, we had seasons in the sun. But the wine and the song, like the seasons, all have gone." "Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die
when all the bird are singing in the sky, Now that the spring is in the air.
With the flowers ev'rywhere."

Disco Duck, Convoy, Afternoon Delight - awful awful awful. The 70's truly was the cultural nadir of the 20th century.

[NYC Poke]

Old school picks:
Seasons in the Sun
Disco Duck
Convoy


I think novelty songs probably shouldn't be included (which would include my suggestion of Telephone Man) because they're in sort of their own category. Is there really a debate over whether Disco Duck is worse than The Streak? They're both horrible.

Trivia: Convoy was done by an advertising guy. C.W. McCall was a character he created for a series of advertisements, I think for a hardware store. The guy who created it now inflicts us with that Mannheim Steamroller crap.

Oh, while we're in that era, I'll throw in a nomination for "Chevy Van."

[King Crimson]

the whole trucker "subculture" thing that was driven by and also drove CB radio sales was an interesting moment in 70's American culture. the "romantic" bandit, anti-authority culture that had access to unofficial, illicit even means of communication. it's like the samizdat literature in the former eastern bloc....secret, underground communications outside the official means of communication that organized social action....like speeding, or silent protests of Soviet Occupation in Poland or Czechoslovakia.

personally i really despise that jesus jones song about waking up from history and the soup dragons "free". and edie brickell, but she's been getting beat up on Family Guy a lot so maybe i'll leave her out.

Thompson Twins: Revolution

[Sooner04]

Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy"

Brown Eyed Girl has been the keystone to my ongoing musical objection to Van Morrison.
I used to be the same way out of complete hatred for that song. That being said, I "discovered" some of Van's other stuff a couple of years ago and it's REALLY good. I opened up to the remainder of his catalog and there's some incredible stuff in there. Moondance is an all-timer.

[King Crimson]

astral weeks, band and the street choir.

[royalfan5]

I think novelty songs probably shouldn't be included (which would include my suggestion of Telephone Man) because they're in sort of their own category. Is there really a debate over whether Disco Duck is worse than The Streak? They're both horrible.

Trivia: Convoy was done by an advertising guy. C.W. McCall was a character he created for a series of advertisements, I think for a hardware store. The guy who created it now inflicts us with that Mannheim Steamroller crap.

Oh, while we're in that era, I'll throw in a nomination for "Chevy Van."

C.W. McCall was the pitchman for Old Home Bread. Bill Fries is the dudes real name. Until 311, he had probably the most radio play of any act out of Nebraska.

[SoonerJack]

the whole trucker "subculture" thing that was driven by and also drove CB radio sales was an interesting moment in 70's American culture.

Which was driven by the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit change.

My cousin and I were like 12 when that song came out and for us it just didn't get any better than that. Good times.

[King Crimson]

Which was driven by the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit change.



that's true. i forgot about that.

[Lott's Bandana]

Golldarn double-nickel was sssllllllooooooooooooow.

[mdklatt]

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I don't think this is the original version, but if this song hasn't been mentioned already this thread is FAIL.

[JohnnyMack]

I thought of this as well. So many bad songs so little time to type all of them.

Here's another: "Every Rose has its Thorn" by some bad 80's hair band trying to do something "sensitive".

I don't neg people often, but you certainly deserve it after this asinine post.

[mdklatt]

I don't think this is the original version, but if this song hasn't been mentioned already this thread is FAIL.


3w1TzLR2tYc

Here's the version I was thinking of, and OMFG somebody did a remake of it only 15 years later? Isn't there some kind of reverse statute of limitations on remakes? Especially ****ty remakes of especially ****ty songs?

[JohnnyMack]

Anything by DMB or by Supertramp.

:rolleyes:

DMB isn't pop you dillhole.

[JohnnyMack]

O5AyHbrCYb0

Game. Set. Match.

[mdklatt]

Here's the version I was thinking of, and OMFG somebody did a remake of it only 15 years later? Isn't there some kind of reverse statute of limitations on remakes? Especially ****ty remakes of especially ****ty songs?

3w1TzLR2tYc

Well **** me sideways. The 1992 POS is itself a remake of the original (???) by KC & the Sunshine Band.

Any one version of this auditory punch to the sack is surely worthy of the Bottom 3, but the fact that there are at least three different versions ends all debate. This is the Worst. Pop Song. In History. Thread over.

[Lott's Bandana]

So my iMac does something that my PC doesn't...it can play two YouTubes at the same time.

I played both versions of MDK's
auditory punch to the sack synchronized.

My dog got up and left the room.

"Ewwww, this milk has gone bad. Here, taste it."

[mdklatt]

I played both versions of MDK's synchronized.


No, there are three versions. And suck is multiplicative not additive, so that's not just suck x 3 but suck cubed.

[Lott's Bandana]

"No really. TASTE it!"

[OUAlumni1990]

Anything by Michael Jackson

[silverwheels]

:rolleyes:

DMB isn't pop you dillhole.

Yeah, it's crap.

[OklaPony]

Wow... lots of bad tunes listed on this thread, certainly many prime time candidates for the worst ever list. Here's my contribution to the thread:

Ugly Kid Joe - "I Hate Everything About You"

[Sooner98]

1. "Dream Weaver". Ugh.

2. "All That She Wants Is Another Baby" by Ace of Base makes me want to vomit violently.

3. The reggae remake of Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Way" is bad...breathtakingly bad.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Old school picks:

Seasons in the Sun
Disco Duck
Convoy

You have to remember the time, mid 70's. When a song became popular they would play it into the ground, I mean really into the ground!This board member KNOWS bad music!(although I can stand Seasons in the Sun)

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I haven't read the whole thread, but, if Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop" hasn't been mentioned, it certainly should have been.(It makes blood pressure go giddyup)

[Crucifax Autumn]

No Milli Vanilli? WTH????

How can you fake it lip synching to professional studio musicians and still suck so bad?