oh man, that song is fucking awesome.
so dark and fucked up.

The dozen installments of "Trapped in a Closet" by R. Kelly have to be right up there...even more so if you consider them all as part of one continuous song.

Also, that new Black Eyed Peas song "My Hump" or whatever it's called is absolutely terrible.

this question has come up a few times and I always answer -
"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel. wow.

As I've said before, Offspring's "Come Out and Play"
I will add to the list:

Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Anything Meatloaf ever did (but he didn't do that)

oooh, this reminded me of that song "hey man, you're an all star, something something, yeah"

forget the band though...but that song is horrendous too.

That's Smashmouth...Allstar.

shudders

Is that the same as that "Get a Job" song to the tune of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da? That is near the top of my list for worst song ever.

Nope. His intelligence aside, Dexter Holland has one of the most annoying voices ever. It's the one that has the little "You gotta keep 'em separated" bit in the chorus.

I don't know who plays it but the opening song for FRIENDS makes me cringe whenever I hear it.

that song has been haunting me for years.

i like johnny cash's cover of this so even though the eagles suck, i can't vote for this song.

i nominate barbara striesand and neil diamond you don't bring me flowers.

My answer hasn't changed in years:

Cheeseburger In Paradise

I knew I'd find some awesome songs perusing this thread.

I love Bat Out of Hell. I don't care.

I'm gonna guess he's thinking of Stan Ridgway, in which case he's wrong.

"I'll be there for yooooou...cause you're there for me tooooooo."


Hehe. That stinker is by The Rembrandts.

This is very interesting. While alot of these songs are ridiculously bad, a good deal of them I could enjoy while drunk ("We Built This City"? I'd tear that shit to pieces).

So, I had to think of a song that I couldn't even like while drunk. A song so bad that it would give me the shivers that someone would even attempt to pass it off as legitimate music.

And after careful consideration (of Ashlee Simpson's catalog and any third-rate Britney Spears clone produced in the past 7 years), the result was this:



I defy any of you to take one listen to that song and not want to throw what ever radio, mp3 or CD player that was spewing that nonsense into a fucking wall. Don't make me post the lyrics.

Concur on Macarena..it's not even a song. Horrible, and i LIKE a lot of the early 90s novelty hits (but not Who Let The Dogs Out, another one that's not even a real song)

How about...

Journey - Open Arms it's easy to make fun and they did sort of adopt a sick child (I saw Behind The Music) but, come on, that vocal on the chorus! [for me, this band falls into that category of what everybody was annoyingly into at your high school but they were also into REO Speedwagon and i kinda like High Infidelity so you can't just blame that factor. ]

Britney Speers - Lucky I'm not a Brit basher but there's just something clumsy about this musically to go along with he cliched lyrics. You think she's so lucky...but she's really not! Omigod! is it autobiographical? I take it this one wasn't a Max Martin song.

"Who's in the House?" by Carman

Missy Higgins - Scar. Splates will know what i'm talking about, if she hasn't yet 'penetrated' the US market...<shudder>.

Actually i dont think shes that big here. I know the name but not the song.

I kinda like a lot of truly awful songs. The amuse me on a certain level, especially those my less serious or novelty artists.

My pick for worst song ever has to be 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' - painful beyond belief.

lucky you.

Yeah, at least it's upbeat, not all shmaltzy & shit.