# Terrible songs that never deserved to be hits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745 "2018-01-29T17:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/381 "2018-02-06T12:07:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Don’t be dissin’ Barry, man. And I’d be surprised if you’ve never encountered [You’re My First, My Last, My Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcd3XuQwDQQ). > > Get it together, baby. I love the groove in that song. And his voice?? Good lord. " Yewah mah fuhst, yewah mah last, yah mah ehvveythang!!! " Boy. If THAT doesn’t get your date all steamy under her pinafore I don’t know what WILL ! Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/382 "2018-02-06T14:29:52Z")
I don’t know why, but whenever “Working My Way Back To You, Babe” comes on the radio, I want to rip my ears off. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/383 "2018-02-06T16:47:16Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I don’t know why, but whenever “Working My Way Back To You, Babe” comes on the radio, I want to rip my ears off. Agreed - it’s like there’s this gaudy sheen of shellac over that number. Definitely one cheesy-sounding _“baaaaaaabe”._ Can’t remember if Andy Kim’s “Rock Me Slowly” has been mentioned. Just a _little_ bit Double Bubble for me. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/384 "2018-02-06T18:17:34Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBfIaFr2Jfg) I never really heard this before, but it’s like a car wreck. I can’t imagine a worse melody. Glenn Yarbrough - Baby the rain must fall ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/385 "2018-02-06T19:11:44Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I never really heard this before, but it's like a car wreck. I can't imagine a worse melody. > > Glenn Yarbrough - Baby the rain must fall Ah yes - I see it now - it all makes sense: The bah’ing sheep vibrato from [Glenn](https://youtu.be/GBfIaFr2Jfg?t=129) like, _totally_ provides the influential groundworks for this bah’ing sheep vibrato from [Christopher.](https://youtu.be/HDR9Xh0GPeQ?t=25) I gleaned much from that four-hour pre-song i-view. [quote=“california\_jobcase, post:367, topic:807745”] Does #26 qualify as a hit? Enjoy! (sarcasm) [/QUOTE] Well! Never heard this before! Oh yeah - those are quite the [_mind-expanding_ chorus vocals,](https://youtu.be/ONXQbbJJLuM?t=72) and you’ve been humbly thanked for sharing such a reprehensible atrocity. (wow - especially that crazy extra high yell in between the two _Ariel_s - holy shit, it scared me! Thank-you!) > [@BobLibDem](#): > > All I need is the air that I breathe… repeat endlessly. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I have no problem with this one. I think the verse, in particular, has a nice melody running through it. ---
**Author:** ![Thuringwethil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@Thuringwethil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thuringwethil)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/386 "2018-02-06T19:26:16Z")
“Watching Scotty Grow” by Bobby Goldsboro. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/387 "2018-02-06T19:30:18Z")
> [@Thuringwethil](#): > > I’m surprised no one has mentioned “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro. Whenever someone says they’re “surprised no one has mentioned…” it always turns out that someone has mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/388 "2018-02-06T21:34:55Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > There’s a few (but only a few) songs mentioned in this thread that I actually like. I’m only going to mention one of them here. I confess that I’m the only person in America who: > > _never got tired of the Macarena._ > > Feel free to throw things. 🙂 But this is still the best version: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bfJXqE76oTs/hqdefault.jpg "Animaniacs - Dot, The Macadamia Nut (With lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfJXqE76oTs) ---
**Author:** ![Egnu\_Cledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@Egnu\_Cledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Egnu_Cledge)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/389 "2018-02-08T08:21:46Z")
> [@Thuringwethil](#): > > “Watching Scotty Grow” by Bobby Goldsboro. Ah, but then we wouldn’t have the Dead Milkmen’s vastly superior [Watching Scotty Die](https://youtu.be/XNA5-La_6xY). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/390 "2018-02-08T18:09:12Z")
Ringo’s _No No_ song. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/391 "2018-02-08T19:10:47Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Ringo’s _No No_ song. \*No, no, no, no! I won’t listen no more I’m tired of throwing up on the floor.\* ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/392 "2018-02-08T20:37:11Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > Whenever someone says they’re “surprised no one has mentioned…” it always turns out that someone has mentioned. I’m surprised no one has mentioned wonky’s hypothesis until now. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/393 "2018-02-08T22:42:28Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Ringo’s _No No_ song. I like that one myself. Now, on to controversy: \*I Want to Hold Your Hand, She Loves You.\* Yes, they both show some signs of the genius to come. Yes, they were nessesary to propel the Beatles into fame. Without them, maybe no White Album. Yes they were products of their time. All true, but treacly sweet lryics and chords. Almost hurts the ear to listen to today. Do they get a pass? Or do they belong here? Or do you actually love them still? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/394 "2018-02-09T01:12:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I like that one myself. > > Now, on to controversy: > > \*I Want to Hold Your Hand, > > She Loves You.\* > > Yes, they both show some signs of the genius to come. Yes, they were nessesary to propel the Beatles into fame. Without them, maybe no White Album. > > Yes they were products of their time. > > All true, but treacly sweet lryics and chords. Almost hurts the ear to listen to today. > > Do they get a pass? Or do they belong here? > > Or do you actually love them still? I would say “Eight Days A Week” and “Love Me Do” are more treacly and twee than those ones. Regardless, I don’t think any of the four belong here, because, yes, I do love them still. 🙂 Almost hurts the ear? More than [this?](https://youtu.be/6xcwt9mSbYE?t=339)😛 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/395 "2018-02-09T01:25:39Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Ringo’s _No No_ song. I like the No No Song myself, but then, anything written by Hoyt Axton gets a pass from me. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/396 "2018-02-09T21:06:13Z")
More on Rockefeller Skank > [@pulykamell](#): > > The song is “Rockefeller Skank” by Fatboy Slim if it’s the one I’m thinking of. It also contains the lyric “Right about now, the funk soul brother.” The nteresting thing is he got no royalties for the song. There were four samples on it, and each artist received 25% royalties in order to clear the sample for use. I didn’t realise he got nothing out of it; but if you listen to the principle sample source (Sliced Tomatoes by the Just Brothers, easy enough to find on Youtube) you may be moved to ask yourself what of merit was actually added to it to create Rockerfeller Skank. On the other hand, Norman Cook used to be (maybe still is) shirt sponsor for a youth football team in Brighton, so hats off to him say I. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/397 "2018-02-09T22:46:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Now, on to controversy: > > \*I Want to Hold Your Hand As someone elsewhere pointed out in a similar discussion, this song was performed by men in their 20s, one of them married with a child. I had never thought of it that way, but now I do. :o ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/398 "2018-02-09T23:01:51Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > As someone elsewhere pointed out in a similar discussion, this song was performed by men in their 20s, one of them married with a child. I had never thought of it that way, but now I do. :o So people can only have an audience of their age or older? The market for teen age love songs has always been created by older teens and adults. And Dr. Seuss wasn’t a child. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/399 "2018-02-09T23:57:06Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’ve posted this before in similar threads but I’ll say it again. > _Sylvia’s Mother_ I LOVE that song. Maybe you had that confused with ‘[When you’re in love with a beautiful woman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7YmqBaH2jk)’? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-songs-that-never-deserved-to-be-hits/807745/400 "2018-02-10T00:48:42Z")
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