# Top 5 worst pop/rock songs of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097 "2003-11-30T19:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/1 "2003-11-30T19:41:35Z")
Here’s where you get to help me choose the top 5 worst songs of all time. Here’s how it works. You post your top 5 worst songs. I’ll assign points - your number 1 song gets 5 points, your number 2 gets 4 points, and I’ll keep track on a webpage that I will post here in a little bit. Please limit this to the pop/rock genre. I know there is a general dislike for country music and new age here, so if a song in those genres (legit crossovers excepted) appears, I’ll simply leave it out of the voting and move your others up one notch. To kick this off, here’s MY top 5 worst songs of all time: [ul] [li]_Seasons In The Sun_ by Terry Jacks[/li][li]_Billy Don’t Be A Hero_ by Terry Jacks[/li][li]_Dust In The Wind_ by Kansas[/li][li]_Brand New Key_ by Melanie[/li][li]_Feelings_ by Morris Albert[/li][/ul] Your turn! Let’s have some fun with this one. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/2 "2003-11-30T19:46:27Z")
_The Gambler_ by Kenny Rogers – some people actually believe this muddle of crap expresses some sort of deep philosophy. _Neanderthal Man_ by Hotlegs – so bad that the group renamed themselves (as 10cc) before putting out another record. _Horse with No Name_ by America – third-rate Neil Young imitation with dumb lyrics. _Honey_ by Bobby Goldsboro – the ipecac of popular music. _Joy to the World_ by Three Dog Night – useless crap. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/3 "2003-11-30T19:47:39Z")
Oh duh… _Billy Don’t Be A Hero_ was by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. Yes, I knew that ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/4 "2003-11-30T20:01:27Z")
I don’t wanna miss a thing - Aerosmith Love Jones - Brighter Side of Darkness I hope you dance - LeAnnWomack Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue - Toby Keith Celebrity - Brad Paisley ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/5 "2003-11-30T20:18:28Z")
_Dust in the Wind_?? That’s a fine song. My vote is _Macarthur Park_ by Richard Harris ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/6 "2003-11-30T20:28:27Z")
OK, web site’s up - I’ll update it as I get the chance. [Worst 5 Songs of All Time - as voted by the SDMB](http://www.wayman.us/worst.html) And _Dust In The Wind_ makes my list because the lyrics are so damned depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/7 "2003-11-30T20:32:37Z")
I Honestly Love You - ONJ Lights - Foreigner You Don’t Bring Me Flowers - Streisand/Diamond Tell Laura I Love Her Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/8 "2003-11-30T20:50:54Z")
_We Built This City_ – Jefferson Starship (or “Starship”, or “Piece of Ship” or whatever the F they called themselves) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/9 "2003-11-30T20:53:12Z")
Come on, let’s try to keep this to lists of 5 songs, so we have a greater range of scores and chances for multiple scoring. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/10 "2003-11-30T21:21:47Z")
I can’t decide whether _“Honey”_, or _“Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”_ should top my list… [sub]::finds coin amongst pocket lint, flips it::[/sub] Okay…_“Honey”_ it is. Followed by _“Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”_ by Aerosmith. _“Seasons in the Sun”_ _“Brand New Key”_ I also feel compelled to add _“The Night Chicago Died”_, by Paper Lace. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![noddygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@noddygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noddygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/11 "2003-11-30T21:48:22Z")
I’ve Never Been To Me - Charlene Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) What’s Goin’ On - 4 Non Blondes Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle The Sign - Ace of Base Just the first ones that popped into my head, but good god, this list could go on forever. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/12 "2003-11-30T21:57:32Z")
“I Am I Said” by Neil Diamond “Shame on the Moon” by Bob Seager “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield “From a Distance” by Bette Middler “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/13 "2003-11-30T22:02:42Z")
_Lay, Lady, Lay_ _Horse With No Name_ _I Shot the Sheriff_ _Midnight at the Oasis_ _Muskrat Love_ I also want to speak to **RealityChuck** here. I like _Joy to the World_. Sure, it’s silly, but it’s fun to sing along to, has a good beat.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Xander\_Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ce73a5/32.png) [@Xander\_Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xander_Cane)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/14 "2003-11-30T22:06:57Z")
Avril Lavigne’s Skater Boi… I hate her and her third grade poetry soooo much! ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/15 "2003-11-30T22:10:28Z")
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett Feelings - Morris Albert We Built This City - Starship Disco Duck- Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots You Don’t Bring Me Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/16 "2003-11-30T22:14:09Z")
2 points each to sk8er boi and Achy, Breaky Heart. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/17 "2003-11-30T22:28:59Z")
Honey = bobby goldsboro Paper Roses = Marie Osmond Wildfire = ? Micjhael Mcdonald ? Billy don’t be a hero = Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods Short People = Randy Newman ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/18 "2003-11-30T22:29:47Z")
Another vote for “We Built this City”. It was a lame song to begin with, but putting the space in the middle where local DJ’s were supposed to do promos for their own stations… gack! “Feelings” whoa, whoa, whoa… ick. I’m surprised nobody has yet mentioned “Having My Baby” by Paul Anka and whoever that chick was. My God, I can’t believe that song even made the charts. I can’t believe anyone ever bought a single freaking copy. “Turn the Page”- Bob Seger. I have a special loathing for songs about how much I hate being a star and actually have to go out on the road and perform for the fans. “Escape (the Pina Colada Song).” OK, so you’re with a woman long enough that you’re tired of her, so you answer a personal ad with the intent of cheating on her… and you find out that this romantic stranger is the woman you’re tired of who has gotten bored with you and is trying to cheat on you… and, realizing that the two of you want to cheat on each other, you rekindle the relationship. Huh? Oh, and I like the bit where you had been together so long, but never knew that she like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Svinlesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Mr.Svinlesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Svinlesha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/19 "2003-11-30T22:30:33Z")
“Billy, Don’t be a Hero” (Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods) That has to be my number one most all time hated pop song. Literally anything by Barry Manilow; how about “I Write the Songs?” Ugh. “Feelings” God, what an awful song. “The Final Countdown” (Europe) “Muskrat Love” (that was by the Captain and Tennille, wasn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097/20 "2003-11-30T22:39:52Z")
I’ve Never Been to Me - Charlene (#3, 1982) Float On - The Floaters (#2, 1977) The Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers) - David Geddes (#18, 1975) In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) - Zager & Evans (#1, 1969) Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-worst-pop-rock-songs-of-all-time/216097.md?page=2)