Worst hits of all time

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Definitely Charlene: I’ve never been to me

Sometimes I’ve been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I’d be bitter from the sweet
I’ve spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
Hey lady…
I’ve been to paradise, (I’ve been to paradise)
But I’ve never been to me

Well that says it all.

Runner up would be Bryan Adams: To really love a woman
Absolutely hate this song. The cheezy lyrics and the three-four time…

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[quote=“Sunday Silence”]Definitely Charlene: I’ve never been to me

Sometimes I’ve been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I’d be bitter from the sweet
I’ve spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
Hey lady…
I’ve been to paradise, (I’ve been to paradise)
But I’ve never been to me

Well that says it all.
[/quote]

Oh, no, my vote goes to:

I’ve been undressed by kings, and I’ve seen some things
That a woman ain’t supposed to see…

The mind boggles :slight_smile:

23

I was almost physically sick there for a moment. Please everyone no more!

24

[quote=“Alleycat”][quote=“patterson”]

nothing’s gonna change my love for you- glen medieros

[/quote]

I was almost physically sick there for a moment. Please everyone no more![/quote]

I totally forgot about that one. There was another stinker Medieros did with Bobby Brown.

25

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty’s too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

26

A damned fine tune with damned silly lyrics is Donna Summer’s version of MacArthur Park.

Well suited to Martha Stewart’s current situation, perhaps?

[quote]Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love’s hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

[break]

There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You’ll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I’ll be thinking of you
And wondering why

[break]

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh no!![/quote]

27

Another Brick in the Wall—Never understood this song at all

YMCA

Billy Don’t Be a Hero (Kind of giving away my age with this one )

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[quote=“Sunday Silence”]Definitely Charlene: I’ve never been to me

Sometimes I’ve been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I’d be bitter from the sweet
I’ve spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
Hey lady…
I’ve been to paradise, (I’ve been to paradise)
But I’ve never been to me

Well that says it all.[/quote]

:noway: Homophobia!

This is a gay classic! :notworthy: :rainbow:

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[quote]b Having My Baby[/b]

Words and Music By Paul Anka

[PAUL]
Havin’ my baby
What a lovely way of sayin’
How much you love me
Havin’ my baby
What a lovely way of sayin’
What you’re thinkin’ of me
I can see it, face is glowin’
I can see in your eyes
I’m happy you know it

[BOTH]
That you’re havin’ my baby

[PAUL]
You’re the woman I love
And I love what it’s doin’ to ya

[BOTH]
Havin’ my baby

[PAUL]
You’re a woman in love
And I love what’s goin’ through ya

[PAUL]
The need inside you
I see it showin’
Whoa, the seed inside ya
Baby, do you feel it growin’
Are you happy you know it
That you’re

[BOTH]
Havin’ my baby

[ODIA]
I’m a woman in love
And I love what it’s doin’ to me

BOTH
Havin’ my baby

[ODIA]
I’m a woman in love
And I love what’s goin’ through me

[PAUL]
Didn’t have to keep it
Wouldn’t put ya through it
You could have swept it from you life
But you wouldn’t do it
No, you wouldn’t do it

[BOTH]
And you’re havin’ my baby

[ODIA]
I’m a woman in love
And I love what it’s doin’ to me

[BOTH]
Havin’ my baby

[ODIA]
I’m a woman in love
And I love what’s goin’ through me

[PAUL]
Havin’ my baby (havin’ my baby)
What a lovely way of sayin’
How much you love me

[PAUL]
Havin’ my baby
(havin’ my baby)

[ODIA]
I’m a woman in love
And I love what’s goin’ through me
[/quote]

Damn! That still makes me cringe… its like finger nails dragging slowly across a chalk board… :stinkyface:

30

Urgh. You all deserve to be dragged outside and shot. Don’t you realise what listing the worst songs in history does to a person?! It’s like having 15 radios all tuned to ICRT, simultaneously playing in your head.

Sick.

All of you, sick.

“Hey Jude” and “American Pie” are the two so far that would I would rather stick pins into my knees than listen to.

“The Ketchup Song” and the “Macarena” are pretty bad, but a bit too obvious. The truly awful song needs to be popular for at least longer than 15 years or so. When you hear it, the first thought after “Oh shit” must be, “Are people still listening to this? Why?!”

For true aural terror, just flick through the English songs at your local KTV, preferably not a Cashbox, V-Mix, or Holiday. Those are the songs that should never have been written.

31

Billy Idol…the one where every mouth-breather in the bar has to shout out “Hey Mutha Fucka, get laid, get fucked”. In all my 15+ years behind the wood, that was my signal for a smoke break out back on the loading dock, if you know what I green.

Anything Disco. It died for a reason people. 4 years ago I met a 15 year old that listened to the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever the way I was inhaling Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zep and Floyd at his age. I mean only and constantly. Wore the clothes…my keee-rist I was glad to get outta Canada.

I started a joke
Which started the whole world cryin’

Ya! Good one Buddy!

how about:

If you want my body
And you think I’m sexy
Come on sugar let me kno-ow…

It’s killin ya isn’t it…my fingers are freaking frying on the keyboard right now…how long can you hum

[i]Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin’ how funky strong is your fighter
It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin’ how funky strong is your fighter
It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it[/i]

without cringing???

And in a reversal of a great theatrical tradition, I leave you wanting less:

[i]I met him on a monday and my heart stood still

Da doo ron ron ron

Da doo ron ron

Somebody told me that his name was bill

Da doo ron ron ron

Da doo ron ron

Yeah, my heart stood still

Yeah, his name was bill

And when he walked me home

Da doo ron ron ron

Da doo ron ron

Yeah, he looked so fine

Yeah, i’ll make him mine

And when he walked me home

Da doo ron ron ron

Da doo ron ron

Yeah da doo ron ron

Da doo ron ron ron

Da doo ron ron

Yeah da doo ron ron

Da doo ron ron ron

Da doo ron ron[/i]

:smiling_imp: :smiling_imp: :smiling_imp: :smiling_imp:

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In case anyone is curious, here are the Top 10 of the original list:

  1. We Built This City
    Starship
    1985

  2. Achy Breaky Heart
    Billy Ray Cyrus
    1992

  3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight
    Wang Chung
    1986

  4. Rollin’
    Limpbizkit
    2000

  5. Ice Ice Baby
    Vanilla Ice
    1990

  6. The Heart of Rock & Roll
    Huey Lewis & The News
    1984

  7. Don’t Worry, Be Happy
    Bobby McFerrin
    1988

  8. Party All the Time
    Eddie Murphy
    1985

  9. American Life
    Madonna
    2003

  10. Ebony and Ivory
    Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder
    1982

The magazine said it restricted its ranking to songs that were hits, and excluded novelty songs that were intentionally cheesy (like Macarena or Who Let The Dogs Out).

33

My vote goes to “We Built This City”. :noway:

34

This is really tricky. I mean a lot of songs are so bad that they have their own certain charm and actually get better with age. Quite a few of the songs you guys have mentioned fit into this category.

Look at that top ten for example:

Everybody have fun tonight - everybody wang chung tonight. Come ona bit of Wang Chung never hurt anybody.

(My girl wants to) Party all the Time - what a great old classic.

Ice Ice Baby - definitely classic, so bad it’s good, cheese.

Yep, these picks bought to you by the former-DJ who brought you the weekly show ‘Fromage - it’s French for cheese’.

We Built this City definitely deserves a high rank though. That song just screams “classic tired old 60s boomer rock”.

And Stu, just don’t diss disco to my face OK (btw Saturday Night Fever is NOT disco). Same goes to you ImaniOu re Cindy Lauper (criticise her dress sense, but not her music OK). :wink:

Brian

35

Party all the time was made as a deliberate spoof. I saw it on ‘pop-up video’ one time.
Starship was god awful. But I believe it was a top ten hit in the uk.
Billy Ray was definitely a number one hit, as was Bobby Mc F’s effort, Rollin, and Ice Ice Baby. Seems crap and popular are not mutually exclusive.

36

This song has got to the the worst fucking song ever. I kid you not. I remembered it late last nite and now I can’t get it to stop running though my head. ARGHHHHHHH!!!

“Hooked On A Feeling” by Blue Swede

allbutforgottenoldies.net/blue-swede.html

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[quote=“blueface666”]This song has got to the the worst fucking song ever. I kid you not. I remembered it late last night and now I can’t get it to stop running though my head. ARGHHHHHHH!!!

“Hooked On A Feeling” by Blue Swede

allbutforgottenoldies.net/blue-swede.html

[/quote]

LMAO

"OOOOGA CHACKA OOOOGA CHACKA OOOOGA CHACKA "

Still lmao…

38

[quote]Knock Three Times
( Tony Orlando and Dawn )

Hey girl what ya doin’ down there
Dancin’ alone every night while I live right above you?
I can hear your music playin’
I can feel your body swayin’
One floor below me you don’t even know me
I love you

Oh, my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh, my sweetness
Means you’ll meet me in the hallway
Mmm, twice on the pipe means you ain’t gonna show

If you look out your window tonight
Pull in the string with the note that’s attached to my heart
Read how many times I saw you
How in my silence I adored you
And only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart

Oh, my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh, my sweetness
Means you’ll meet me in the hallway
Twice on the pipe means you ain’t gonna show

[break]

Read how many times I saw you
How in my silence I adored you
And only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart

Oh, my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh, my sweetness
Means you’ll meet me in the hallway
Mmm, twice on the pipe means you ain’t gonna show

[/quote]

Also… any song by Foreigner, Journey, Kansas, Rush or Styx. Suck-ass bands. All we are is dust in the wiiiii iiiiind :unamused:

39

Normally I’d agree to all except Styx…they have a special spot in my teenage heart. :blush:

But Rush did have one stellar song.

And the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
The Oaks are much too greedy
They grab up all the light

40

God, anything by the talentless Debbie Harry.