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NRaleighLiberal

(60,021 posts)
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:40 PM Nov 2012

Ok - beware of earworms! Vote for the worst song on this list! All "Hits"!

Man, I grew up with most of these....I picked my view of the worst 10 from this incredible, awful list

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2012/05/worst-songs-of-all-time.html

Pick the worst...and don't get angry at me if you start humming some of these as you try to get to sleep tonight!


5 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
1 (20%)
Billy Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
0 (0%)
Wildfire - Michael Murphy
0 (0%)
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
1 (20%)
Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary McGregor
0 (0%)
Claire- Gilbert O'Sullivan
0 (0%)
Alone Again Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan
0 (0%)
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
1 (20%)
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
1 (20%)
Chick A Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
1 (20%)
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Ok - beware of earworms! Vote for the worst song on this list! All "Hits"! (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 OP
Hardest. Poll. Ever. OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #1
the competition just to make the list was fierce rurallib Nov 2012 #41
Oh hell. I had forgotten Chick-a-Boom existed. nolabear Nov 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Nov 2012 #35
Now I know who was responsible for "Puppy Love". Quantess Nov 2012 #3
you forgot "you light up my life"...I can't vote because that IS the worst song ever MrsBrady Nov 2012 #4
yes, I pondered that. I could have used 20 poll slots! So many bad songs thru the years! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #5
No "worst song ever" list is complete without Muskrat Love susanr516 Nov 2012 #6
Although Toni Tennille sang it so well. "Nibblin on bacon, chewin on cheese".... Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #23
So many bad songs, and only one vote! Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #7
This poll is worthless without Heartbeat by Don Johnson. n/t cynatnite Nov 2012 #8
Build Me Up Buttercup, or anything by Neil Diamond. Scuba Nov 2012 #9
I don't think I've heard of any of them... Xyzse Nov 2012 #10
You're Having My Baby n/t sarge43 Nov 2012 #11
wow, how could I have passed that "gem" by! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #14
What, no MACARENA ?!?!?!? Myrina Nov 2012 #12
"You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone. sadbear Nov 2012 #13
"Amazed" by Lone Star. Aristus Nov 2012 #15
Useless poll w/o "Afternoon Delight" pink-o Nov 2012 #16
Thanks....I needed that! Agreed - AD is a horror! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #25
She ran calling wiiiilllllldfiiiire!! TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #17
She was a houseplant apparently. Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #19
Yeah, that never did make sense, did it? TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #22
Daddy was a cop on the eastside of Chicago. Back in the USA, Back in the bad old days. Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #18
God! Just Looking At Those Song Titles..... Paladin Nov 2012 #20
To nominate one not on the list: "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"-- TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #21
Kiki Dee or something like that? With Elton John? NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #26
Yes. Elton John decided to start throwing away his career TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #33
I don't know if it counts as an earworm, but "Undercover Angel" is gag worthy. Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #24
Yup - that qualifies. So does Brandy (you're a fine girl...what a good wife you would be...) NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #27
But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea...do do do do dodo do Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #28
OK - you did it NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #29
oh boy.... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #30
I had completely forgotten about that monstrosity until you bought it up. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #40
You forgot "I Don't Like Spiders and Snakes" geardaddy Nov 2012 #31
Bye, By Miss American Pie geardaddy Nov 2012 #32
No no no no no Bake Nov 2012 #37
I picked "The Night Chicago Died" mockmonkey Nov 2012 #34
Some real stinkers there. But you missed one. Bake Nov 2012 #36
Paper Lace did the first version of Billy Don't Be a Hero NoGOPZone Nov 2012 #38
Where is "You're Having My Baby"? GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #39
Feelings felix_numinous Nov 2012 #42
Someone forgot this little gem: "I'm Sorry Suzanne" liberaltrucker Nov 2012 #43
I actually like most of these, LOL. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #44
They're all retch-inducing. It was very hard to choose one. yardwork Nov 2012 #45

Response to nolabear (Reply #2)

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
3. Now I know who was responsible for "Puppy Love".
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:34 AM
Nov 2012

I remember complaining about that one, as a kid. Yikes, Donny Osmond.

MrsBrady

(4,187 posts)
4. you forgot "you light up my life"...I can't vote because that IS the worst song ever
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:39 AM
Nov 2012

I do like Wildfire, though.

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
23. Although Toni Tennille sang it so well. "Nibblin on bacon, chewin on cheese"....
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:27 PM
Nov 2012

..."Sam says to Susie honey would you please be my Mrs"

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
7. So many bad songs, and only one vote!
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:56 AM
Nov 2012

And no list is complete without some Paul Anka, Neil Sadaka, Barry Manilow and Beach Boys songs, as well as just about any rap or disco song.

My current vote for a mainstream song goes to "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys

However, some anonymous rap song I heard in a store the other day with the lyrics, "I'm gonna kill you, bitch" has got to rank as one of the very worst songs ever written in the history of the world.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
10. I don't think I've heard of any of them...
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:01 AM
Nov 2012

However, I was travelling through Texas and this song that went "Monta Mami" over and over again, ticked the heck out of me.

That was the worst thing I've heard by far... Which was close to as bad as "I want to f--k you in the a-s"... Which just repeats itself over and over also... Which was highlighted in a commercial at one point, with a foreign family listening and jamming to it, without knowing what it was saying.

Yeah, I hear the craziest things sometimes.

Aristus

(66,462 posts)
15. "Amazed" by Lone Star.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:51 AM
Nov 2012

I tell you, the urge to find something tall to jump off of is never stronger than when I have to hear that awful, awful song, and its awful, awful singer.

I find it amusing that country music is supposed to be this macho, red-blooded-male American music, but most C&W singers sound like adenoidal eunuchs.

pink-o

(4,056 posts)
16. Useless poll w/o "Afternoon Delight"
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:07 PM
Nov 2012

Their "harmonies" sound like someone is squeezing 5 cats at once. And final irony: nothing could put one in a less sexual mood than listening to that song!

My African American friends had Marvin Gaye. We got the Starlight Vocal Band. How could white people ever think they were better in any way????

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
17. She ran calling wiiiilllllldfiiiire!!
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:19 PM
Nov 2012

That was my favorite song for a while when I was a little girl--lost and sad horse...

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
18. Daddy was a cop on the eastside of Chicago. Back in the USA, Back in the bad old days.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:19 PM
Nov 2012

In the heat of a summer's night, in the land of the dollar biiiiiiilllll......

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
21. To nominate one not on the list: "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"--
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:25 PM
Nov 2012

woohoo, nobody knows it, nobody kno-whoas it...right from the start, I gave you my heart, OHHHHH, I gave you my heart...

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
24. I don't know if it counts as an earworm, but "Undercover Angel" is gag worthy.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:31 PM
Nov 2012

I said what? she said oo-oo-oo wee
I said alright? she said, love me, love me love me

Undercover angel, midnight fantasy
I've never had a dream that made sweet love to me
Undercover angel, answer to my prayer
You made me know that there's a love for me
Out there, somewhere
Yeah somewhere

Bake

(21,977 posts)
37. No no no no no
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:08 PM
Nov 2012

Don McLean was asked in an interview what "American Pie" means ...

He said, "It means I never have to work a day in my life ever again."



The piano riff on the turnaround before the chorus is worth keeping the song.



Bake

mockmonkey

(2,830 posts)
34. I picked "The Night Chicago Died"
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:05 PM
Nov 2012

but I really think the most wretched excuse for a song is............"THE CHRISTMAS SHOES"

NoGOPZone

(2,971 posts)
38. Paper Lace did the first version of Billy Don't Be a Hero
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:22 PM
Nov 2012

so they get my vote for two consecutive megasuck songs

liberaltrucker

(9,130 posts)
43. Someone forgot this little gem: "I'm Sorry Suzanne"
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:19 PM
Nov 2012


CSB: When this "song" was released, I had just broken up
with my then girlfriend. I was devastated! Guess her name?



/yes, I'm a Farker
//sue me (pun intended)

Rhiannon12866

(206,044 posts)
44. I actually like most of these, LOL.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:11 PM
Nov 2012

If I had to vote for the worst and most agonizing earworm of a song, ever, it would have to be the one from several years back, "Condoleezza Will Lead Us." I hesitate to even bring it up...


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