# What is truly the worst song you have ever heard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160 "2005-10-20T23:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/201 "2005-10-23T03:29:49Z")
> [@F. U. Shakespeare](#): > > However, according to James biographer Steve Calt: Well, I think I know what happened. I did a quick google of James and found that he died in 1959. Wikipedia says he died in 19_6_9, in which case he definitely lasted long enough to hear Cream play it. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/202 "2005-10-23T04:41:11Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > …and your point is? It must have been the spelling that threw you. The word was _real_. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/203 "2005-10-23T04:42:23Z")
Baby Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me by the inimitable Mac Davis. I was going to say Tiny Bubbles by Don Ho but thats just too good. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/204 "2005-10-23T04:43:33Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Donovan did not do this song. You’re thinking of [Oliver](http://www.classicbands.com/oliver.html). I stand corrected. Thanks. The lyric sheet I found didn’t list artist. The song is still a contender though. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/205 "2005-10-23T04:54:28Z")
Almost immediately after streaking entered the national consciousness (somewhere in the seventies), a song was released entitled “Streakin’”. It was sort of like primeval rap music for the brain-damaged. I can find no reference to it on Google, and that is a good thing. Ray Stevens’ song “The Streak” came out soon afterwards, and while moderately annoying in its own right, at least eclipsed the earlier song. I still own a 45 rpm release of “The Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Calley” and it is one of my most prized possessions. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/206 "2005-10-23T06:13:11Z")
If you’re looking for a decent singer that was forced to sing some horrific sh\*t, look no further than Elvis during his movie years. My favorite? “Dominic the Impotent Bull.” In 3/4 time no less. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/207 "2005-10-23T06:25:12Z")
> [@mojave66](#): > > If you’re looking for a decent singer that was forced to sing some horrific sh\*t, look no further than Elvis during his movie years. My favorite? “Dominic the Impotent Bull.” In 3/4 time no less. Are you putting us on? I would like to hear that! ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/208 "2005-10-23T06:41:04Z")
Speaking of guys who really should have known better, Gil Evans made an album of Jimi Hendrix tunes in the mid 70’s, most of which was inoffensive enough, but his version of “Angel” was just appallingly, appallingly bad. How such toxic goddafulness could come from the man who worked on “Porgy & Bess” with Miles is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/209 "2005-10-23T11:04:30Z")
Holy Religious Words, Batman!! :eek: Who woulda thunk to put Kyrie in a “rock” song?!? I like it better as carrion or Carry Anne–these references add a certain depth to the story line. 😃 And the singer’s articulative skills are somewhat lacking… I had forgotten all about Turn on Your Heartlight–too bad for me that you reminded me. Blech. Sorry about the cockroaches upthread–but all for a good cause! ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/210 "2005-10-23T14:16:13Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > While I haven’t actually heard their stuff, I’d like give an honorary nod to the work of Prussian Blue. [The UK version?](http://www.prussianblue.com/) or [the US version?](http://www.prussianblue.net/) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/211 "2005-10-23T14:57:32Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Holy Religious Words, Batman!! > Sorry about the cockroaches upthread–but all for a good cause! Thank you. I’m still not quite over the trauma, but at least it _was_ in the name of fighting ignorance! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/212 "2005-10-23T16:10:36Z")
> [@Dangerous Nan McGrew](#): > > I gotta come in here and back **Kyla** up on this one. That’s the song that came to my mind when I saw the thread title. > > It is indeed called “Summer Girls” and is by LFO. [Lyrics.](http://lyrical.nl/song/39550) > > You people will long for rainy cake after the likes of this: > Budding songwriters, remember: it doesn’t matter if your lyrics make sense, it only matters that they _rhyme_. IIRC, that song was inspired by Jennifer Love Hewitt, who, by the way, made some pretty god awful albums herself. Anyone remember her single, “How Do I Deal?” The only “Carrion” song I know is by Fiona Apple off of her first album, _Tidal_. I wouldn’t put it in the worst song catagory-exactly the opposite! It’s pretty good. Whenever people mention Gary Puckett (who should have his vocal cords forcibly removed with a rusty set of pliers, WITHOUT anesthesia), I always think of the dad on _Growing Pains_, because he LOVED Gary Puckett. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/213 "2005-10-23T16:15:28Z")
Hmmm, most of the truly awful stuff I had in mind has been mentioned already. I give another vote to “The Girl Is Mine” by McCartney and Jackson. Does anyone remember “Hey There Lonely Girl” by Eddie Holman? Most likely to be heard on those radio stations that do 70s lite rock. Sung in a nauseating man-falsetto: “Hey there lonely girl! Looonely girl! Something something something blue! Lonely girl! Looonely girl! Something something something new!” Augh! AND I turn off the radio. On the country stations you used to be able to hear a sickening trickle of audio glurge called “Butterfly Kisses” about the singer’s love for his daughter. It was pretty foul. On the other hand, I absolutely adore the “hooga chacka” version of “Hooked on a Feeling.” It’s one of my favorite remakes of all time, right up there with the Pet Shop Boys’ rendition of “Where the Streets Have No Name.” But that’s another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/214 "2005-10-23T18:03:07Z")
> [@Glassy](#): > > On the other hand, I absolutely adore the “hooga chacka” version of “Hooked on a Feeling.” It’s one of my favorite remakes of all time, right up there with the Pet Shop Boys’ rendition of “Where the Streets Have No Name.” But that’s another thread. I read somewhere that the rumor was that hook was a subliminal and it really said Who got sucked off? instead of hooga chaka. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/215 "2005-10-23T18:20:21Z")
What about “Sea Cruise?” I HATE that fucking song. That whole “ooooeeeeee…baby!” Ugh, it just churns my stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/216 "2005-10-23T18:21:35Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What about “Sea Cruise?” I HATE that fucking song. That whole “ooooeeeeee…baby!” > > Ugh, it just churns my stomach. And what does “I got to boogie woogie like a knife in the back” supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/217 "2005-10-23T19:27:11Z")
Seriously, has no-one else heard the Taco song? The song mentioned upthread with the woman screaming “I hate you so much right now!” is ‘Caught Out There’ by Kelis. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/218 "2005-10-23T20:00:58Z")
Wasn’t that rumor about the “Ooga Chaka” song from a book called _Subliminal Seduction_ ? I can’t remember the author’s name but later he went on to write a book about how that eeeeevil rock and roll music is destroying our children. Speaking of bad songs, destroyed children, generation gaps etc., has anyone yet mentioned “Once You Understand” by Think? It consists of a series of arguments between parents and their children and ends with a father receiving a phone call in which he is informed that he had better come down to the police station because his son has died of an OD. The father, who no doubt now realizes that he should have been more understanding, starts to cry and the song ends, leaving the listener wondering why the kid OD’d at the police station. Oh, and I’ll second or third Heart Light and also that one where Neil Diamond seems to believe that his furniture has come to life but is refusing to listen to him. (I thinks its called “I Am I Said”) Hey Neil, we’ve got medications now to treat that–talk to your shrink. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/219 "2005-10-23T21:13:24Z")
> [@Glassy](#): > > On the other hand, I absolutely adore the “hooga chacka” version of “Hooked on a Feeling.” I just heard this today on the sound system at Trader Joe’s. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/220 "2005-10-23T21:22:57Z")
Incidentally, the “ooga chaka ooga ooga” version of “Hooked on a Feeling” is by a group called [Blue Swede](http://www.coolforever.com/temp/blueswede_hookedonafeeling1.JPG). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160.md?page=12)