Worst Song in the World?

Well said, because it sounds exactly like Phil Collins. Why can't REM fans can't accept the fact??

It's too easy a target but that band "The Cartoons" really really were the worst novelty band/bunch of tossers ever to walk the earth.

Indeed. Who let the dogs out?

On a purely musical/lyrical level obviously.

Anything by Oasis

I vote for "All Cried Out". Any & all versions.

The songs that I hate most are ones by artists I really like who do crappy songs that make me embarrasssed for them. Chuck Berry's "My Ding-A-Ling" is a real heartbreaker.

I can't possibly answer this without research, but for now I've gotta go with "Everybody Hurts" too... blech.

I love you more than all that's on the planet
Movin' talkin' walkin' breathing
You know it's true
Oh baby it's so funny
You almost don't believe it
As every voice is hanging from the silence
Lamps are hanging from the ceiling
Like a lady tied to her manners
I'm tied up to this feeling

"when i have to die, then i want to strangle myself in your black hair. when i have to die, then i want to suffocate between your sweet breats."

nothing is funnier than a german industrial group trying to write a love song.

the word "bland" has no meaning

"Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You" by Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack, on the other hand, is the smarmiest piece of shit ever written

The only songs that make me leave the room, though, are "What's Up" and "Don't Worry Be Happy."

Hero by Enrico Eglacias or whatever he's called, he sings like a man with a 1 inch penis.

The living years by Mike and the mechanics just makes me feel physically sick (and I'm not joking at all here) especially the line that goes "I thik I saw his spirit, later that same year, I@m sureI heard his echo in my baby's newborn tear"

I agree about American pie, total unmitigated nonsense from start to finish and I would even make a case for "Survivor" by Destinys child as it really is a desperately poor track but..

Raindrops keep fallin on my head? Born to be alive? The safety dance? come on......

For a really pissy eurodisco number, what about, Brother Louie by Modern talking, Saddle up by David Christie Break my stride by Matthew Wilder?

What about anything by the Outhere brothers?

Simply the best by Tina Turner?

The career of Puff Daddy is pretty much a total pile of waz too but I've got a soft spot for that Led Zeppelin thingie he did even though I've a feeling that on this board it probably ranks pretty high in the worst record stakes.

Shit, why am I getting so into this?

Kris.

Found this random Scient0logy recruitment pack sitting around somewhere at UCLA in 1990 or so and the tape that song was on was in said pack. I larfed and kept it for amusement. Last year I discovered the little Hubbard elves had made the contents of the tape available on line...

Grunt along with me now! "Thank you for listening..."

In New York freedom looks like too many choices
In New York I found a friend to drown out the other voices
Voices on the cell phone
Voices from home
Voices of the hard sell
Voices down the stairwell
In New York, just got a place in New York

In New York summers get hot, well into the hundreds
You can't walk around the block without a change of clothing
Hot as a hairdryer in your face
Hot as a handbag and a can of mace
In New York, I just got a place in New York
New York, New York

In New York you can forget, forget how to sit still
Tell yorself you will stay in
But it's down to Alphaville

New York, New York, New York
New York, New York, New York

The Irish have been coming here for years
Feel like they own the place
They got the airport, city hall, asphalt, dance floor, they even got the police

Irish, Italians, Jews and Hispanics
Religious nuts, political fanatics in the stew,
Living happily not like me and you
That's where I lost you... New York

New York, New York, New York
New York, New York, New York
New York

In New York I lost it all to you and your vices
Still I'm staying on to figure out my mid life crisis
I hit an iceberg in my life
You know I'm still afloat
You lose your balance, lose your wife
In the queue for the lifeboat

You got to put the women and children first
But you've got and unquenchable thirst for New York

New York, New York
New York, New York

In the stillness of the evening
When the sun has had its day
I heard your voice a-whispering
Come away now

New, New York
New, New York

Puff Daddy "Bad Boy for Life" has the same effect. cannot. fucking. stand.

"Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" is a very good choice for worst song ever, I think! Those horrible "history told in 9 minutes!" tunes like "American Pie" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" are stiff competition, though.

nooooo! you're so wrong!

I find Damien Rice nigh on unbearable. It's those awful falsetto leaps and the overbearing sense of him desperately trying to emote. Ghastly.

Anything by The Others.

But from popular music it's a two way tie between:

*Yellow by Coldplay and Californication by the RHCP. The two worst songs ever recorded in history ever.

Dumbest sentiment ever.

Anything by LFO (the late-Nineties pop group) or Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life".

You are so madly mistaken my friend.

Anyway, why hasn't anyone mentioned "Everything I do, I do it for you"? Which I thought was generally acknowledged to be the worst song in the world.

I mean, I understand it's supposed to be about a very painful and awful experience, but c'mon!

My personal Most Hated: Getcher Freak On by Missy Elliot.

"What's Up" by 4 non Blondes seems like something most people can agree on and I'll second that.

I stick to my Shania Twain track but I also agree that "What's Up" is the most serious contender so far.

But wait, I just remembered about Spin Doctors' "Two Princess".

Mariah Carey's cover of "Without You"

Roxette -"Joyride" (for the line "Hello, YOU FOOL! I love you. Let's take a joyride". I mean, WTF?)

Is fucking ace.

Worst song is Ronan Keatings Rollercoaster "You almost got us punched in a fight"

Have you ever really loved a woman features Paco De Lucia. He's even in the video. I remember thinking no one told poor Paco how much Bryan Adams sucks.

As terrible as both of those songs are, they will never approximate the soul-rending repulsiveness of the worst song in history. The worst song in history is either "Open Arms" by Journey or "Separate Ways" by Journey. Dear god in heaven do I hate Journey.

No, it is a horrid song. Not as bad as Rock DJ. Now that truly is the worst song ever - the terrible rapping (I don't care if it's tongue in cheek), the obnoxious chorus...gaah! Reminds me of horrible nights in the crap student union nightclub.

No wait, I've got it...Search For The Hero - M People. A load of MOR gloop with insulting self help bullshit lyrics. That noxious saxophone weaving in and out of Heather Small's adenoidal bleatings. Became even more odious when used in that ghastly car advert which referenced Schindler's List.

Can't believe somebody has picked a song as sweet as Raindrops. Poxy fule!

Roxette is rubbish, but rather fun nonetheless, especially for their odd English-as-second-language lyrics.

R. Kelly - sex in the kitchen (soooo fucking funny, can't believe this isn't a parody)

any radio rock w/ throaty Abe Lincoln vocal style (Creed, Nickelback, etc.)

in defense of Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray fame: that guy completely shut out Dave Navarro & Dave Mustaine in RocknRoll Jeopardy. plus he's kinda funny on "Extra". btw i'm pretty sure Dave Navarro played guitar on the 4 non blondes record, which only adds to his pedigree of "biggest douchebag in rock"

Song most likely to accompany my future killing spree. Or at least cause it...

Argh, argh, argh, the WORST SONG IN THE WORLD... I have no idea but it actually drove me out of the Tai Buffet where I was having lunch.

Annoying bratty girl vocals (could be Avril?) going on about "I'm gonna start a fight..."

Sing that one more time and the fight will be between your vocal chords and my breadknife, alright?

Music doesn't usually make me this violent.

^P!nk.

That's "So What" Pink there, most likely.

xpost!

Oh my god, I had no idea that was what she sounded like. It's really truly vile.

Anyway:

This thread! The usual suspects (EvryHutz, srchHero, yrButfl)

My nom is, fwiw, "I wouldn't believe yr radio", for no other reason than when the intro starts "1/2/3/4" over an acoustic, I so want to hear "john the baptist knows the score" into "God gave us life" HMHB, but no.

I love the song, personally, but I don't think I'd want it as background while eating lunch.

Seems, after all these years, I still haven't found time for posting even one pet hate o'mine on this thread. Well it's never too late, I suppose.

"Spread Your wings"/ Queen - wadda load of udiluted crap.

So many of the choices adove are merely mediocre pop and radio rock. For true wretchedness, I give you: Butterfly Kisses!

Patrick Swayze - She's Like the Wind

vs

Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

vs

eating my own toenails whole

This is too easy, Red red wine with UB40.

"When I'm an All-Star Date Rapist" by 3 Super Sublime Sugar Rays Down

Could that "I want to start a fight" be Kelis? I only heard this yesterday but it had some similar chorus.

"here we go round the mulberry bush" by Traffic.

i always hated Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc. Bad white reggae, cheapens the style with its racist cartoon jamaicans

Cotton Eyed Joe by Rednex. C'mon, people.

a message to you rudi - the specials. every time. proved. by science.

I have never read anything so wrong and insane.

The answer is quite possibly something by Richard Ashcroft and his cunty face.

Thurston Moore's cover of The Beach Boys' "Here Today" that you can find on the Smiling Pets album.

I LOVE Born to Be Alive.

We Are the World

― PappaWheelie, Monday, April 25, 2005 5:41 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I meant to write WTF under that.

Yeah, still hate the fucker.

I read the whole thread and counted 49 quibbleables, including 4 that I love to pieces.
(Anyone else?)

Worst song = "Rock Me Amadeus"

SAVED BY ZERO

900 answers and nobody's got it right yet? For shame.

"My Humps," duh, ftw.

That Des'ree song whose lyrics are something like "I was sad/ It was bad/ Now I'm glad/ Oh, life."

Joan Osborne also a top contender.

Des'ree is a contendah, fer sure. Seriously:

LIFE

Chorus:
Life, oh life, oh life, oh life,
doo, doot doot dooo.
Life, oh life, oh life, oh life,
doo, doot dooo

I'm afraid of the dark,
'specially when I'm in a park
And there's no-one else around,

Ooh, I get the shivers
I don't want to see a ghost,
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast
And watch the evening news
(Repeat Chorus)

I'm a superstitious girl,
I'm the worst in the world
Never walk under ladders,
I keep a rabbit's tail

I'll take you up on a dare,
Anytime, anywhere
Name the place, I'll be there,
Bungee jumping, I don't care!
(Repeat Chorus)

life, doo, doot dooo
doo, doot dooo

So after all is said and done
I know I'm not the only one
Life indeed can be fun, if you really want to

Sometimes living out your dreams,
Ain't as easy as it seems
You wanna fly around the world,
In a beautiful balloon
(Repeat Chorus)

I"d rather have a fucking piece of fucking toast.

"midnight at the oasis," maria muldaur

O_o o_O O_o o_O
*head explodes*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOCYpR5W-FI

Heard it like twice in 2001 on an Area: One festival sampler. The chorus was so bad it's crept into my head regularly in the intervening years. Dialed it up on youtube and the verses are like a thousand times worse. If a time portal opened up, 11/22/63 style, I'd travel back to this morning and tell myself not to click on that youtube.

The original post on this thread is funny... "What's Up" is the song that immediately springs to mind when anyone says "worst ever", but the other two (Minnie and Patrick H) are gems. In fact, I just went to Spotify to play the original 1979 mix of the latter to find it greyed out. I've played it too often.

Des'Ree for me, just incredibly bad and like a blueprint for shitness in music.

xp yeah I don't know what "what's up" is but anyone who even dislikes those songs is certifiable imo, never mind thinking them the worst songs in the world

oh wait lol it's that song isn't it

I would like to renominate/cosign/etc Midnight At the Oasis as the worst song in the world

the sound of her voice is SO HORRIBLE. it's like the audio version of a forced smile. it makes me want to smash things.

and the lyrics are the WORST

I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly

Anything by Oasis

― Baxter Wingnut, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

wow such accuracy. either this or how am i supposed to live without you by michael bolton

listening to it nor for the first time: sounds harmless to me
xpost

what about i believe i can fly or how i am supposed to live without you?

Bad of course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejN9OWyhP4

on a good album too

Jesus, "Fome" feels like it's 10 minutes long.

I listened to "Shiny Happy People" today because of that AV Club hate article. I had never heard the song before today, it was actually far less grating than I thought it would be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qw60U71gDQ

sorry i rescind that in favor of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhDJ0P