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28. My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 03:27 PM

Dec 2024

We Built This City from your list is a close second, possibly tied for first.

I Wanna Talk About Me by Toby Keith
It is actually worse than his "boot in your ass", 9/11 song.

"We talk about your guys of every shape and size
The ones that you despise and the ones you idolize
We talk about your heart, 'bout your brain and your smarts
And your medical charts and when you start"

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Top Ten Worst Songs Made Since 1950 [View all] AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 OP

After that Starship debacle the Jefferson Airplane reformed AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2024 #1

Everyone forgets the first Starship album "Blows Against the Empire" dwayneb Dec 2024 #83

Once Mickey Thomas joined they went downhill fast AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2024 #91

I had no idea Taupin wrote that. underpants Dec 16 #189

I didn't realize that either! AZSkiffyGeek Dec 16 #191

Steam room at the Y underpants Dec 16 #192

You can't have a list of worst songs without..... lastlib Dec 2024 #2

Agree, debm55 Dec 2024 #3

Danny's song is dumb, especially the paper cup line. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #4

Totally agree regarding Havin' My Baby. wnylib Dec 2024 #18

You're Havin' My Baby was the first song that came to mind when Mike 03 Dec 15 #148

Having My Baby LeftInTX Dec 16 #166

Absolutely agree about the first one! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #101

Yeah...I like Danny's Song. Anne Murray's version. It's about song about a little kid. LeftInTX Dec 16 #167

I just LOVED the Bee Gees! I loved disco! CTyankee Dec 16 #193

Two songs popped into my mind, unbidden sorcrow Dec 2024 #5

Afternoon Delight is terrible. Take a Letter Maria I completely forgot about. Knock Two Times is another I considered. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #8

Afternoon Delight was so bad that Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #135

It also got the group a tv show, which ran for a few weeks in 1977. Prof. Toru Tanaka Dec 15 #156

Afternoon Delight is an insipid song, but... LudwigPastorius Dec 16 #165

What? No "Muskrat Love"? Shipwack Dec 2024 #6

Captain and Tennille are in a class all by themselves, like the Bay City Rollers AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #9

Finally, someone named it! Sanity Claws Dec 2024 #51

Oh god, youre so right! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #104

You stole it The Madcap Dec 15 #152

This message was self-deleted by its author The Madcap Dec 15 #153

Awful! LeftInTX Dec 16 #168

This is all that remains. No video exists! LeftInTX Dec 16 #169

then there's Norman & James Hold the Ladder Steady(both by sue thompson) and msongs Dec 2024 #7

The Lion Sleeps Tonight Cartoonist Dec 2024 #10

I couldn't include a traditional african folksong, but the Tokens version does get tiresome quickly. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #11

I like the Weavers version! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #111

Pete Seeger is one of my idols. When my father had business in Beacon on time, I met him when I was seven in the AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #118

Oh, wow, what a great story! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #123

The parody anti-Trump version was way better jmowreader Dec 2024 #61

There's an interesting story about it. I'm a liitle vague on it but... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #69

Two that deserve honorable mention sarge43 Dec 2024 #12

Absolutely Macarthur Park NoRethugFriends Dec 2024 #27

Must admit I liked Macarthur Park dwayneb Dec 2024 #84

My husband saw Richard Harris in Camelot. Apparently there was some noise in the audience and he gave them a dirty look LeftInTX Dec 16 #171

Ghastly song. Paladin Dec 2024 #125

I was wondering when MacArthur Park would show up. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #29

I kind of like McArthur Park, however the description of you & your sis singing it in a parody style, then cracking up.. electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #70

MacArthur Park is brilliant! Freddie Dec 2024 #129

The lyrics are pretty awful... av8rdave Dec 15 #146

Richard Harris's last word were: "It was the food!!" LeftInTX Dec 16 #181

I like MacArthur Park so much that I recorded the opening notes and they are now my ringtone. But I know there's a large NBachers Dec 16 #184

Sarge43 named the first two worst songs that popped into my head 10 Turtle Day Dec 2024 #13

Look up Working My Way Back to You by the Four Seasons AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #17

I was just about to nokinate Ruby. ShazzieB Dec 2024 #105

Worst That Could Happen Freddie Dec 2024 #130

This one deserves at least an honorable mention True Dough Dec 2024 #14

Ballad of the Green Berets justaprogressive Dec 2024 #15

did you not read the first paragraph of my post? Any suggestions may be used in future lists if done politely. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #16

I am at a complete loss as to what this post is on about. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #31

I don't get it, either. ShazzieB Dec 2024 #112

Winnah! zanana1 Dec 2024 #23

Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield wnylib Dec 2024 #19

To be fair, in Young Girl, the girl did hide her age from the singer and at the end, he told her to get lost AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #25

Well, he claims in the song that she hid her age. wnylib Dec 2024 #47

the song is about an 11 year old? prodigitalson Dec 2024 #50

Song never said the girl's age, just that she's a young girl AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #59

It is about an adult man's strong attraction to and desure for wnylib Dec 2024 #72

that's really gross prodigitalson Dec 2024 #73

Saw Gary Puckett in concert last year Freddie Dec 2024 #131

Considering lyrics of rap and hip hop, Puckett is tame. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #138

you could make a whole list of statutory rape songs prodigitalson Dec 2024 #30

"Turn Around Look At Me" by the Vogues Ritabert Dec 2024 #37

Every Breath You Take - Police prodigitalson Dec 2024 #49

Great song. highplainsdem Dec 2024 #62

It's ok. I got tired of hearing it. prodigitalson Dec 2024 #71

That song was deliberately meant to be creepy. ShazzieB Dec 2024 #113

If we're going to bring The Police into it, I want Mike 03 Dec 15 #150

is there a connection to the Bowles novel Sheltering Sky? prodigitalson Dec 15 #164

She's Sexy and 17 Coventina Dec 2024 #92

that one depends on the jurisdiction prodigitalson Dec 2024 #99

Stray Cats: Polybius Dec 16 #180

I hated that Jessie's Girl song. So annoying, don't know why it was a chart topper. It was sooo lame... LeftInTX Dec 16 #170

I loved that song as a kid Polybius Dec 16 #179

Thank Heaven For Little Girls Polybius Dec 16 #182

"You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone Submariner Dec 2024 #20

Might not qualify under Rule A, because it only charted around 38 or so... malthaussen Dec 2024 #21

Holy crap, I've never heard of this one. 3catwoman3 Dec 2024 #48

I was going to mention this one if no one else did. Worst song ever! FuzzyRabbit Dec 2024 #52

This is the worst recent one (NSFW) Mosby Dec 2024 #22

How is it that there are this many comments and not one has mentioned Danascot Dec 2024 #24

Again, all of these are awesome when I do another list like this. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #26

I love it. malthaussen Dec 2024 #63

My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas prodigitalson Dec 2024 #28

Country Rap is what it is if you take out the letter OUNTRY. Just like Chinese Rap if you take out the HINESE AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #41

You mean you don't like the line "my lovely lady lumps?" AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #42

The ealier they are found the more treatable they are prodigitalson Dec 2024 #43

I personally don't like songs that make female singers sound like vapid airheads. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #44

Indeed it does, and somehow its even worse prodigitalson Dec 2024 #45

Add Billy Joel's "For The Longest Time" to this list. lastlib Dec 2024 #32

"Piano Man" is a much worse song... appmanga Dec 2024 #106

He said in Howard Stern he was shocked it became a hit underpants Dec 16 #188

I ADORE "For The Longest Time"! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #114

I went to a Billy Joel show in the mid 80s... av8rdave Dec 15 #147

That Honey song was so awful, even Sequoia Dec 2024 #33

Yep "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro was seriously cringeworthy dwayneb Dec 2024 #75

doesn't meet any of the criteria but my friend accused me of trying to kill him The Wandering Harper Dec 2024 #34

Lee Greenwood's God bless the USA tikka Dec 2024 #35

I was surprised it took 35 post to mention it. jimfields33 Dec 15 #157

What about "Short People?" Jrsygrl96 Dec 2024 #36

Short People was deliberately sarcastic and directed spooky3 Dec 2024 #81

Yes! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #115

Glad to hear that! I met Randy Newman when I volunteered spooky3 Dec 2024 #120

"Escape (the Pina Colada song)" Ritabert Dec 2024 #38

oh God yes AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #39

Ah Jesus Yes! Mike 03 Dec 15 #149

My friend was the sax player Henry203 Dec 15 #160

The music was good. It was the lyrics that were annoying. Ritabert Dec 15 #161

I hate that song... LeftInTX Dec 16 #172

Yup that gets a rec NBachers Dec 16 #185

Anything from the "Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas" album bif Dec 2024 #40

I like the Chipmunks...Great Armenian music! LeftInTX Dec 16 #173

Honeycomb CanonRay Dec 2024 #46

Are you thinking of the song boonecreek Dec 2024 #55

Yes! I guess I just remembered that stupid line. CanonRay Dec 2024 #56

The first time I heard it boonecreek Dec 2024 #57

Honeycomb was by Jimmy Rodgers LogDog75 Dec 2024 #68

Disco Duck. Kung Fu Fighting. megahertz Dec 2024 #53

Feelings by Morris Albert LookoutMtnWriter Dec 2024 #54

crimson and clover and Saturday in the park lynintenn Dec 2024 #58

Crimson and Clover I love for the complex musical riffs using a Mogg. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #60

AZLD4Candidate............. Upthevibe Dec 2024 #64

"Billy" was awful! But here's a disco hit I loved: spooky3 Dec 2024 #88

YOUR having MY Baby - Paul Anka BOSSHOG Dec 2024 #65

American Pie Emile Dec 2024 #66

Many of the songs mentioned I actually like LogDog75 Dec 2024 #67

For sure everyone has different tastes dwayneb Dec 2024 #85

"All of Me" by John Legend skypilot Dec 2024 #74

All 10 are swift songs. Groundhawg Dec 2024 #76

Katy Perry too. All sounds the same. Same beat, melody, lyric tempo, and all written by a six year old boy AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #97

You 100% nailed number 1 Bristlecone Dec 2024 #77

In the spirit of the season - "Last Christmas" by WHAM! dwayneb Dec 2024 #78

Bollywood likes to copy our music..LOL Dil Mera Churaya Kyun (Song is not about Christmas) LeftInTX Dec 16 #174

"She was only sixteen" sung by Dr Hook an Klarkashton Dec 2024 #79

Hey, Ringo Starr is no pervert! 😉 ShazzieB Dec 2024 #109

Wives and Lovers Jack Jones 1963 Amanita Pantherina Dec 2024 #80

Ugh nt spooky3 Dec 2024 #87

A rare mistake by Burt Bacharach and Hal David Freddie Dec 2024 #133

No one hated "Seasons in The Sun" as much as I did? spooky3 Dec 2024 #82

For sure I hated that song a lot in 1974 dwayneb Dec 2024 #86

Rock version of a Spanish Civil War song. I tend to give things like this a pass. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #95

This may not fit your standards, as it is a spoken word record... GReedDiamond Dec 2024 #89

This was just as terrible as the "I was there" one the right wing put out after 9/11 AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #96

Aw I like Barbie Girl FullySupportDems Dec 2024 #90

I agree! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #107

Thank you! I thought it was just me lol FullySupportDems Dec 2024 #121

I like it too. LeftInTX Dec 16 #175

Let's Hear It For The Boy EuterpeThelo Dec 2024 #93

Paper Roses, Ebony and Ivory, She's Sixteen (She's Beautiful and She's Mine) Midnight Writer Dec 2024 #94

Johnny Preston "Running Bear" Doc_Technical Dec 2024 #98

Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight radical noodle Dec 2024 #100

More, More, More BeyondGeography Dec 2024 #102

Nothing like a divisive music post. Basso8vb Dec 2024 #103

You're absolutely right. ShazzieB Dec 2024 #116

Hungry Like the Wolf, and Your Body is Wonderland consider_this Dec 2024 #108

90% of the music from the 50's and 60's. Elessar Zappa Dec 2024 #110

I finally thought of one that nobody's mentioned yet! ShazzieB Dec 2024 #117

Pearl Jam did a cover of this butt-awful song. Dulcinea Dec 15 #142

Yes, I mentioned that in my post. 😁 ShazzieB Dec 15 #144

I'd rather listen to "We Built This City" ten times in a row ... dawg Dec 2024 #119

From my favorite artist - title track from Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970) JoseBalow Dec 2024 #122

Oh come on...Chris De Burgh's "Lady in Red"? jmowreader Dec 2024 #124

Nooo, now I got Achy Breaky Heart stuck in my head! Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #126

All disco music, every bit of it---with one glorious exception: Paladin Dec 2024 #127

Kokomo happybird Dec 2024 #128

Anything by the BeeGees and Andy Gibb. Oh I forgot whatever doc03 Dec 2024 #132

So the burning question is... Freddie Dec 2024 #134

I just remembered boonecreek Dec 2024 #136

Afternoon Delight Aviation Pro Dec 2024 #137

Damn you! happybird Dec 2024 #139

Timothy by The Buoys, from 1970 Ziggysmom Dec 2024 #140

I don't know. I consider that a novelty song since it was on a Dr. Demento compilation. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2024 #141

Sweet Caroline. Dulcinea Dec 15 #143

100 percent yes. It's a gross song. jimfields33 Dec 15 #158

It is one of the required Party Band songs Old Crank Dec 16 #177

Easy list! av8rdave Dec 15 #145

Here are a couple more ...gen X perspective JT45242 Dec 15 #151

The absence of Disco Duck invalidates the entire list Clash City Rocker Dec 15 #154

Convoy The Madcap Dec 15 #155

The Name Game by Shirley Ellis. Paper Roses Dec 15 #159

Some that I haven't seen listed Trellastic Dec 15 #162

Anything by Donny Osmond! LeftInTX Dec 16 #176

While several of you have committed blasphemy, Conjuay Dec 15 #163

... Polybius Dec 16 #178

Bad music threads are fun. LeftInTX Dec 16 #183

Tracey Ullman's performance of Bobby's Girl is sensational: NBachers Dec 16 #186

Run Joey Run (1975) David Geddes takes the cake for cheese. LeftInTX Dec 16 #187

"Dancing in the Streets" and "Beast of Burden" regardless of the artist underpants Dec 16 #190