# Most hilariously bad song ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891 "2009-01-18T21:12:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/141 "2009-01-22T21:48:01Z")
For me the reigning champion is, and I can almost not fathom it ever being upended, **[Dear Mr. Jesus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0PVV5wrz2I)** It has everything for hysterically bad unintentional camp: the child’s wavering voice, the out-of-nowhere electric guitar cut-in, the way overly earnest message, and the first time I heard it’s penultimate lines… \*But please don’t tell my daddy… but my mommy hits me too…\* I thought I was going to choke to death. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/142 "2009-01-22T22:28:52Z")
May I present [_Teddy Bear_ by Red Sovine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4BV14OZzQ) (not to be confused with the Elvis song of the same name). It’s supposed to be the touching story of a big-hearted truck driver helping to make a little boy’s dream come true… but instead it’s just, well, creepy. And, yes, unintentionally hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/143 "2009-01-22T23:17:30Z")
> [@SSG\_Schwartz](#): > > I can’t remember if Murray Head’s hit [One night in Bangkok](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgmoEHnUpjk) > is supposed to be funny or not, but it cracks me up every time I see it. > > Best line: > \*One town is very like another when your head’s down over your pieces brother. \* The musical _Chess_ is really dated when you look at footage from the original stage production (it’s really cheesy), but what’s so funny about that line? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/144 "2009-01-22T23:38:22Z")
“The Final Countdown” by Europe. It’s been overused in recent years since Arrested Development showed the world how pompous and ridiculous it is, but it’s really a piece of work. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/145 "2009-01-22T23:53:39Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Not that it’s all that horrible a song\*, but it’s a notorious producer of near-fatal earworms, as bad as **I Never Promised You A Rose Garden**. Burn in Hell! Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/146 "2009-01-23T00:05:53Z")
> [@Leah\_M](#): > > My submission? > > [Barbie Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_Girl) by Aqua. It’s a wikipedia link, since I’m at work and can’t youtube at the moment. Hey!\* Although they have a [good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buXJlBd3Mf8) [many](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfHwtAe7PiM) [songs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vRJhO8JyvA) that are much better, that’s just a hilarious song. Valete, Vox Imperatoris \*owner of both Aqua albums ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/147 "2009-01-23T00:23:54Z")
[http://whiskeyclone.net/ghost/songinfo.php?songID=662](http://whiskeyclone.net/ghost/songinfo.php?songID=662) I’m so glad. It was the worst song ever. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/148 "2009-01-23T00:46:07Z")
Ok hate me if you must, but - [The Birdie Song](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qeswZaReE0I) [Agadoo](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=POv-3yIPSWc) [There’s No-One Quite Like Grandma](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rsXJcIODLtQ) [Its Orrible Being In Love](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KCdhMN1ZCO8) And a really, really special mention for - [Gang Bang](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5grN83P-jC4) And finally, one I had hoped to never hear again, ever - [Orville](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=16bgO2kX3XI) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/149 "2009-01-23T01:08:15Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Wesley is missed ☹ > > “I’m sorry that I got fat. I’m SORRY that I got fat. I’m sorry THAT I got fat! I will slim down.” He’s very missed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/150 "2009-01-23T02:02:35Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Anything by Yoko Ono. You win the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/151 "2009-01-23T03:53:35Z")
re: “Barbie Girl” by Aqua: > [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > Hey!\* Although they have a [good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buXJlBd3Mf8) [many](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfHwtAe7PiM) [songs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vRJhO8JyvA) that are much better, that’s just a hilarious song. You forgot [this Aqua song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Guqhnz4N38) I love the way she pronounces the word “violets” as “wiolets” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/152 "2009-01-23T04:59:26Z")
“One Night in Bangkok” has been mentioned here, but there is actually an even more hilariously bad song, known only locally I think, but it’s partly in English and partly in Thai. I THINK the title is “Tom, Tom, Where You Go Tonight?” At least that’s the main refrain. The singer has a nasty, gravelly voice, and the song goes something like: “Tom, Tom, where you go tonight? I love Thai girls, I love Patpong.” Quite a catchy tune, too. Patpong is the most famous of our several red-light areas, and it’s about Tom, a farang (Westerner) who goes there. This song was wildly popular here in the late 1980s, and especially at that time whenever a song was popular, it _stayed_ popular for months on end. Every single farang back then who was walking down the street, including myself, could be sure of suddenly hearing some witty Thai, upon seeing him, call out: “Tom, Tom, where you go tonight?” Followed by peals of raucous laughter as the Thai collapsed in mirth over his own cleverness. This went on for-fucking-ever. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/153 "2009-01-23T05:53:06Z")
> [@Yumblie](#): > > I’d have to say [The Most Unwanted Music](http://www.diacenter.org/km/musiccd.html), but it’s _intentionally_ bad. It’s a song that was designed to be as unlikeable as possible according to survey data. > > You can listen to it [here](http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/a-scientific-at.html), but prepare yourself for 20 minutes of hilarious torture. I came in to name this song. Although it really doesn’t fit the criteria, there is a 50-50 chance you will actually cry with laughter listening to it. It’s on my iPod, and I get requests for it from co-workers. I am normally not so dictatorial, but I must insist that you pause from what you are doing and listen to this song. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/154 "2009-01-23T07:32:48Z")
And in the NSFW category, we have [this offering](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvTLvkiAbI&feature=related) from Gunther. Guaranteed to give me a bad case of the giggles whenever I try to listen to it! I repeat, this video is definitely NSFW!! (I once forgot to include this little warning with a link–not going to make that mistake again!) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/155 "2009-01-23T15:08:48Z")
> [@Leah\_M](#): > > My submission? > > [Barbie Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_Girl) by Aqua. It’s a wikipedia link, since I’m at work and can’t youtube at the moment. It’s social satire, so one could argue that it is supposed to be funny. But it’s not “funny but the artist has no idea that we would think it funny” funny. It’s a critique of shallow people. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/156 "2009-01-23T15:27:25Z")
Vanilla: [No Way No way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKX1EY6dkIY) I win. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/157 "2009-01-23T15:59:29Z")
Could be [Kung Fu Fighting](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TId2NDiuu2s) but then [Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7258896287489458266)spoken by Kirk, I mean William Shatner. No wait worse yet was … [The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPh12Q7cpeE) sung by Spock, I mean Leonard Nimoy. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/158 "2009-01-23T16:10:18Z")
I don’t know how successful they are, but everything I’ve heard from **Fall Out Boy** is hilariously bad. Exhibit A, a video where an attempt is made to figure out what the hell they’re saying in the song: [http://www.funlol.com/8159/Fall\_Out\_Boy\_Song!.html](http://www.funlol.com/8159/Fall_Out_Boy_Song!.html) (slighty NSFW in a cartoony way) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/159 "2009-01-23T17:05:06Z")
I don’t know how popular it ever became, but me and my wife were watching _Scarface_ the other dayy when they do this montage and the song _Take it to the Limit_ is playing. It struck both of us as being incredibly corny and hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891/160 "2009-01-23T17:07:17Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > I don’t know how successful they are, but everything I’ve heard from **Fall Out Boy** is hilariously bad. Exhibit A, a video where an attempt is made to figure out what the hell they’re saying in the song: > > [http://www.funlol.com/8159/Fall\_Out\_Boy\_Song!.html](http://www.funlol.com/8159/Fall_Out_Boy_Song!.html) (slighty NSFW in a cartoony way) I have a confession to make. Though I can’t stand Fall Out Boy’s music, Pete Wentz makes me hot. Damn emo boys… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilariously-bad-song-ever/481891.md?page=9)