# The worst song of all time is....... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123 "2001-11-08T03:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank\_O.Pinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Frank\_O.Pinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_O.Pinion)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/1 "2001-11-08T03:47:20Z")
What is the worst song of all time? In all fairness, let’s exclude choices based on dislike of a style of music(“Country music sucks. All country.” or “Rap sucks. All rap.”), songs that are meant to be bad, like novelty songs, or based on overplay of a song on the radio. I’m talking about a combination of stupid/horrible lyrics, a bad tune, bad music, and/or bad singing. My choice is Toby Kieth’s newest song “I Wanna Talk About Me”. It’s so bad! It’s a kind of rap-sounding country song. If that’s not bad enough, the guy whines on and on about how he wants to talk about himself. I’m not kidding. That’s what it’s about. It’s just indescribable how truly awful it is. It’s like they actually sat around one night and said “Let’s write the worst song we can come up with, and see if they play it.” Now, your choice is? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/2 "2001-11-08T03:52:26Z")
For lyrical content alone, it must be the horrendously vapid _Good Morning Starshine_. Good morning, starshine, the earth says “Hello” You twinkle above us, we twinkle below Good morning, starshine, you lead us along My love and me as we sing our early morning singing song Gliddy, glup, gloopy Nibby nabby noopy La, la, la, lo, lo Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba Le, le, lo, lo Tooby ooby walla Nooby abba nabba Early morning singing song Singing a song, humming a song, singing a song Loving a song, laughing a song, sing the song Sing the song, song the sing Song, song, song, si-ing, sing, sing, si-ing, song Sing the song, song the sing Song, song, song, si-ing, sing, sing, si-ing, song A song that no diabetic should listen to. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/3 "2001-11-08T03:54:43Z")
I like the “Hey” song, but not many lyrics there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/4 "2001-11-08T03:55:18Z")
4 Non Blondes “What’s Going On” sets my teeth on edge, right before I vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/5 "2001-11-08T03:58:11Z")
_Stairway to Heaven_ by Led Zepplin. Zappa does a much bette version. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/6 "2001-11-08T04:06:17Z")
That new song by the former Puff Daddy, “Diddy” You know how the military has used loud music to coerce enemies into giving up? This is the song they should use. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/7 "2001-11-08T04:07:01Z")
I have it on good authority that MacArthur Park is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![jabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/8 "2001-11-08T04:34:26Z")
“Pour Some Sugar On Me” by Def Leppard is the worst song ever. ‘Good Morning Starshine’ is a great song to sing along to 🙂 peace, JB ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Maximino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mighty\_Maximino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Maximino)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/9 "2001-11-08T04:41:06Z")
“Galveston” by Glen Campbell is pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![Leonora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@Leonora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonora)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/10 "2001-11-08T04:41:07Z")
I laugh sooooooo hard at that song “Let’s Talk about Me” by Toby Keith. It’s fun to listen to my kids sing. Love it and how he’s gone from a great love ballad to “let’s talk about me.” lol I can’t stand the song “Goodbye Earl” by the Dixie Chicks though. Like everything else they did, but not that. ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/11 "2001-11-08T04:52:13Z")
**Teen Angel** as performed by Mark Dinning, or anybody else. The only reason why this strunz was allowed anywhere near a recording studio is because one of his relatives had a brief affair with one of the MacGuire Sisters (or something like that). AND,AND,AND **Last Kiss** , as performed by Pearl Jam (originally recorded by J.Frank Wilson, IIRC). Not only does the song suck, but it is a sad epitaph for a band that, unfortunately, started to believe its own bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/12 "2001-11-08T05:16:42Z")
“Bad Medicine”, Bon Jovi “Your love is like bad medicine, bad medicine, it’s what I need…” Oooh, can I write some lyrics too? “Your song is like bad hamburgers, bad hamburgers, gonna make me spew…” (and I second “Pour some sugar on me”. Actually, I think most hair metal songs could qualify for this category.) ---
**Author:** ![Rmat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rmat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rmat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/13 "2001-11-08T05:24:48Z")
Two-way tie: The **Cracklin’ Rosie** song by Neil Diamond and \*\* Honey \*\* by Whatzhisname (“See the tree how big it’s grown . . . .”) ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/14 "2001-11-08T05:24:57Z")
‘seasons in the sun’, terry jacks. ‘sometimes when we touch’, dan hill. ‘the last song i’ll ever write for you’, edward bear. the terriblest trio that e’er were trilled. ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/15 "2001-11-08T05:31:15Z")
Listen to [The Annoying Music Show](http://www.wbez.org/schedule/ams/ams.htm) on NPR and you’ll soon realize there are way too many candidates. Or it’s just so bad that it’s great and I’m too dense to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/16 "2001-11-08T05:32:31Z")
\*\*MacArthur’s 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! \*\* And to think it made #2 in 1968 What were we thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/17 "2001-11-08T05:33:54Z")
rmat, thats the immortal one, bobby goldsboro. definitely top 5 all time worst. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/18 "2001-11-08T07:06:19Z")
Some songs are so bad that you run when they come on. **Holy Diver** By R.J. Dio is so bad that I listen. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/19 "2001-11-08T07:13:37Z")
Boom, boom, boom, let’s go back to my room Where we can do it all night And you can make me feel right Uuuuugggghhhh, does that bring back shudders for anyone else ? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123/20 "2001-11-08T08:33:43Z")
_ **SPANISH GUITAR BY WHITNEY HOUSTON** _ Yeeeeeeccccchhhh!!! Petooie! ICK! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-song-of-all-time-is/92123.md?page=2)