Worst Songs in Pop MusicTable of Contents | ||
World’s Worst Pop Music | ||
Bad music and all of the worst songs are subjective, we admit. Often, the songs on this are loved by many but hated even more by others. This section is devoted entirely to the worst songs of all time. Well, maybe not the all-time worst written songs or worst performances of all time. Perhaps “Really irritating songs that used to be popular songs” would be a better title. On the other hand, there are people reading the list below and saying to themselves ‘these are the greatest hits of all time!” These are songs that, admit it or not, we all knew and mostly liked when they first came out. These are songs that make us cringe when we hear them now in front of loved ones. How does one define a “bad song”? Sometimes they are just too ‘catchy’ or we have heard them far too many times for a single lifetime. You may love a particular ditty and the person next to you may give you a look of horror, disdain, and even a little pity when they realize that you are enjoying that sound coming out of the speakers. We’re not talking about music genres here. Parents/Adults have been whining about what the “kids” were listening to since the 1920’s. That nasty Charleston stuff that evolved into that Sinful Swinging, that enabled Elvis to gyrate, leading to Tina Turner showing some leg, Jim Morrison performing nude, Ozzie biting live bats, the Sex Pistols urinating on stage, James Brown singing about his “Sex Machine”, and Eminem flipping the world “the bird” at the 2000 Grammys. Don’t tell us “today’s music is terrible”. You sound like your mom talking about those long-haired, unkempt bad boys in “The Beatles”, or her mom harping about Elvis. Or those teachers who banned swing dancing at the school dances during World War II. Music marches in. People like Pat Boone tried to make R & B/rock-n-roll acceptable to the masses, yet, for all his pop music success, his greatest achievement was the fathering of his daughter, Debbie Boone, who went on to record one of the most successful bad songs of all time, “You Light Up My Life”, lasting 10 weeks at Billboard’s number one, and over 20 weeks in the Top 40 in 1977. She won the Grammy for the best new artist as well. She never charted again, which is just fine for those of us who heard it, on average, a hundred thousand times that (BTW – the 70s was the list filled the fastest, followed by the 2000s with the 90s close behind.) | ||
The 2000s – Worst Songs | ||
| 1. Popozao – Kevin Federline | ||
| 2. American Pie – Madonna | ||
| 3. Magic – B.o.B Featuring Rivers Cuomo | ||
| 4. All Day Long I Dream About Sex – JC Chasez | ||
| 5. Lonely – Akon | ||
| 6. Who Let The Dogs Out – Baha Men | ||
| 7. Butterfly – Crazytown | ||
| 8. I’m A Girl, Not Yet a Woman – Britney Spears | ||
| 9. My Humps – Black Eyed Peas | ||
| 10. I Played Chicken With A Train – Cowboy Troy | ||
| 11. Black and Yellow – Wiz Khalifa | ||
| 12. It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp – Djay f/ Shug (OSCAR WINNING SONG) | ||
| 13. Country Girl – DF Dub | ||
| 14. Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song | ||
| 15. Shut Up – Kelly Osbourne | ||
| 16. Ring The Alarm – Beyonce | ||
| 17. Starry Eyed Surprized – Oakenfold | ||
| 18. Laffy Taffy – D4L | ||
| 19. Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus | ||
| 20. A Little Less Conversation – Elvis vs JXL | ||
| 21. She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy – Kenny Chesney | ||
| 22. Sorry – Justin Guarini | ||
| 23. Friday – Rebecca Black | ||
| 24. Pimpin’ All Over The World – Ludacris Featuring Bobby Valentino | ||
| 25. Unfaithful – Rihanna | ||
| 26. Hey Ma – Cam’ron feat. Juelz Santana, Feekey Zekey and Toya | ||
| 27. Grillz – Nelly, featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp | ||
| 28. Beautiful Soul – Jessie McCartney | ||
| 29. Your Body Is a Wonderland – John Mayer | ||
| 30. Picture – Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow | ||
| 31. American Life – Madonna | ||
| 32. Float On – Modest Mouse | ||
| 33. She Bangs – Ricky Martin | ||
| 34. I’m Real – Jennifer Lopez | ||
| 35. You’re Beautiful – James Blunt | ||
| 36. I’m In Love With A Stripper – T. Pain with Mike Jones | ||
| 37. I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry | ||
| 38. Sorry 2004 – Ruben Studdard | ||
| 39. Catch My Disease – Ben Lee | ||
| 40. Black Suits Comin’ – Will Smith | ||
The Nineties’ – Worst Songs | ||
| 1. You Must Love Me – Madonna | ||
| 2. I Can’t Dance – Genesis | ||
| 3. Rico Suave – Gerardo | ||
| 4. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus | ||
| 5. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice | ||
| 6. 2 Legit 2 Quit – M.C. Hammer | ||
| 7. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston | ||
| 8. Informer – Snow | ||
| 9. Life – Des’ree | ||
| 10. U Can’t Touch This – M.C. Hammer | ||
| 11. Cantaloop – US3 | ||
| 12. Champagne Supernova – Oasis | ||
| 13. All For Love – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting | ||
| 14. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion (Totally controversial as a bad song) | ||
| 15. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams | ||
| 16. This Kiss – Faith Hill | ||
| 17. Let Her Cry – Hootie and the Blowfish | ||
| 18. I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred | ||
| 19. Peaches – The Presidents of the United States | ||
| 20. The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You – Bryan Adams | ||
| 21. Good Stuff – B-52s | ||
| 22. I Finally Found Someone – Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand | ||
| 23. Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz | ||
| 24. One Of Us – Joan Osborne | ||
| 25. Higher – Creed | ||
| 26. Lump – Presidents of the United States of America | ||
| 27. Are You Jimmy Ray? – Jimmy Ray | ||
| 28. Believe – Cher | ||
| 29. Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough – Patty Smyth and Don Henley | ||
| 30. Roam – B-52s | ||
| 31. Shiny Happy People – R.E.M. | ||
| 32. Play That Funky Music – Vanilla Ice | ||
| 33. Faith – Limp Bizkit | ||
| 34. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette | ||
| 35. Can I Touch You… There? – Michael Bolton | ||
| 36. One Headlight – The Wallflowers | ||
| 37. If I Was Your Mother – Bon Jovi | ||
| 38. Barbie Girl – Aqua | ||
| 39. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven – Phil Collins | ||
| 40. Macarena – Los Del Rio | ||
The Eighties’ – Worst Songs | ||
| 1. Morning Train (9 to 5) – Sheena Easton | ||
| 2. The Girl Is Mine – Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney | ||
| 3. To All the Girls I Loved Before – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson | ||
| 4. The Final Countdown – Europe | ||
| 5. Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley | ||
| 6. Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder | ||
| 7. We Built This City – Starship | ||
| 8. Lady In Red – Chris DeBurgh | ||
| 9. Rock Me Amadeus – Falco | ||
| 10. Hip To Be Square – Huey Lewis and the News | ||
| 11. Wild Wild West – Escape Club | ||
| 12. The Twist (Yo, Twist!) – Fat Boys featuring Chubby Checker | ||
| 13. Mickey – Toni Basil | ||
| 14. Groovy Kind of Love – Phil Collins | ||
| 15. We Didn’t Start The Fire – Billy Joel | ||
| 16. Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car – Billy Ocean | ||
| 17. We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off – Jermaine Stewart | ||
| 18. Hangin’ Tough – New Kids on the Block | ||
| 19. Puttin On The Ritz – Taco | ||
| 20. Goonies R Good Enough – Cyndi Lauper | ||
| 21. Safety Dance – Men Without Hats | ||
| 22. The One That You Love – Air Supply | ||
| 23. Harlem Shuffle – Rolling Stones | ||
| 24. Maneater – Hall and Oates | ||
| 25. Bad – Michael Jackson | ||
| 26. The Warrior – Scandal | ||
| 27. Word Up – Cameo | ||
| 28. Don’t Worry Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin | ||
| 29. Invisible Touch – Genesis | ||
| 30. My Prerogative – Bobby Brown | ||
| 31. Who’s That Girl – Madonna | ||
| 32. Good Thing – Fine Young Cannibals | ||
| 33. Medley – Stars on 45 | ||
| 34. Woman In Love – Barbra Streisand | ||
| 35. Sussudio – Phil Collins | ||
| 36. Let Me Tickle Your Fancy – Jermaine Jackson & Devo | ||
| 37. Venus – Bananarama | ||
| 38. Two Hearst – Phil Collins | ||
| 39. I Like To Rock – April Wine | ||
| 40. The Look – Roxette | ||
The Seventies’ – Worst Songs | ||
| 1. I’ve Never Been To Me – Charlene | ||
| 2. Seasons In The Sun – Terry Jacks | ||
| 3. Tusk – Fleetwood Mac | ||
| 4. Feelings – Morris Albert | ||
| 5. Don’t Give Up On Us – David Soul | ||
| 6. Let Her In – John Travolta | ||
| 7. MacArthur Park – Donna Summer | ||
| 8. You Light Up My Life – Debbie Boone (OSCAR WINNING SONG) | ||
| 9. Boogie Oogie Oogie – A Taste of Honey | ||
| 10. Lovin’ You – Minnie Riperton | ||
| 11. Midnight At The Oasis – Maria Muldaur | ||
| 12. I Am… I Said – Neil Diamond | ||
| 13. Sometimes When We Touch – Dan Hill | ||
| 14. Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band | ||
| 15. Oh Babe, What Would You Say? – Hurricane Smith | ||
| 16. Shannon – Henry Gross | ||
| 17. (You’re) Having My Baby – Paul Anka | ||
| 18. A Horse With No Name – America | ||
| 19. Silly Love Songs – Wings | ||
| 20. Disco Duck – Rick Dees | ||
| 21. I Write The Songs – Barry Manilow | ||
| 22. Muskrat Love – Captain and Tennille | ||
| 23. Ma Belle Amie – The Tee Set | ||
| 24. Run Joey Run – David Geddes | ||
| 25. Brand New Key – Melanie | ||
| 26. Do Ya Think I’m Sexy – Rod Stewart | ||
| 27. Have You Never Been Mellow? – Olivia Newton-John | ||
| 28. Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast – Wayne Newton | ||
| 29. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Frank Sinatra | ||
| 30. Ode To Billie Joe – Bobbi Gentry | ||
| 31. The Logical Song – Supertramp | ||
| 32. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan | ||
| 33. Billy, Don’t Be a Hero – Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods | ||
| 34. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes | ||
| 35. I Am Woman – Helen Reddy | ||
| 36. Do That To Me One More Time – Captain and Tennille | ||
| 37. O-o-h Child – The 5 Stairsteps | ||
| 38. Wildfire – Michael Murphy | ||
| 39. Mama Can’t Buy You Love – Elton John | ||
| 40. Playground In My Mind – Clint Holmes | ||
The 60s’ – Worst Songs | ||
| 1. MacArthur Park – Richard Harris | ||
| 2. I Dig Rock and Roll Music – Peter, Paul and Mary | ||
| 3. Yummy Yummy Yummy – Ohio Express | ||
| 4. Palisades Park – Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon | ||
| 5. The Tra La La Song – The Banana Splits | ||
| 6. Ringo – Lorne Greene | ||
| 7. I’m Henry VII I Am – Herman’s Hermits | ||
| 8. 98.6 – Keith | ||
| 9. Honey – Bobby Goldsboro | ||
| 10. Tiptoe Through The Tulips – Tiny Tim | ||
| 11. Winchester Cathedral – New Vaudeville Band | ||
| 12. Surfin Bird – The Trashman | ||
| 13. Jingle Jangle – The Archies | ||
| 14. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini – Bryan Hyland | ||
| 15. Cherish – The Association | ||
| 16. Inna-Gadda-Da-Vita – Iron Butterfly | ||
| 17. Somethin’ Stupid – Frank and Nancy Sinatra | ||
| 18. Tell Laura I Love Her – Ray Peterson | ||
| 19. Take a Letter Maria – R.B. Greaves | ||
| 20. Do The Freddie – Freddie and the Dreamers | ||
| 21. Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon – Neil Diamond | ||
| 22. Please Mr. Custer – Larry Verne | ||
| 23. In The Year 2525 – (Exordium and Terminus) – Zager and Evans | ||
| 24. Feeling Groovy – Simon and Garfunkle | ||
| 25. The Name Game – Shirley Ellis | ||
| 26. Revolution 9 – The Beatles | ||
| 27. Do The Clam – Elvis Presley | ||
| 28. Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) – John Fred and His Playboy Band | ||
| 29. Young Girl – Gary Puckett | ||
| 30. Dizzy – Tommy Roe | ||
| 31. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie | ||
| 32. Dominique – The Singing Nun | ||
| 33. Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann | ||
| 34. Lady Willpower – Gary Puckett | ||
| 35. Teen Angel – Mark Dinning | ||
| 36. Ringo – Lorne Green | ||
| 37. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby Stills and Nash | ||
| 38. Wives and Lovers – Jack Jones | ||
| 39. Don’t Pass Me By – The Beatles | ||
| 40. The Happening – The Supremes | ||
The 50s’ – Worst Songs | ||
| 1. The Chipmonk Song – David Seville | ||
| 2. The Happy Organ – Dave “Baby” Cortez | ||
| 3. Doggie In The Window – Patti Page | ||
| 4. Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) – Perry Como | ||
| 5. Venus – Frankie Avalon | ||
| 6. Beep Beep – The Playmates | ||
| 7. I Wish I Were In Love Again – Frank Sinatra | ||
| 8. Dance With Me, Henry – Georgia Gibbs | ||
| 9. Lonely Boy – Paul Anka | ||
| 10. Teen-Age Crush – Tommy Sands | ||
| 11. Young Love – Tab Hunter | ||
| 12. Banana Boat Song – Steve Lawrence | ||
| 13. Rock and Roll Waltz – Kay Starr | ||
| 14. Aba Daba Honeymoon – Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter | ||
| 15. Teen-Age Crush – Tommy Sands | ||
| 16. Charlie Brown – The Coasters | ||
| 17. The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton | ||
| 18. Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) – Connie Stevens with Edd Byrnes | ||
| 19. Why – Frankie Avalon | ||
| 20. Tutti Frutti – Pat Boone | ||
| 21. Western Movies – The Olympics | ||
| 22. Sugartime – The McGuire Sisters | ||
| 23. Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat – Paul Evans | ||
| 24. Come On-A My House – Rosemary Clooney | ||
| 25. Butterfly – Andy Williams | ||
