# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/61 "2005-10-21T04:50:19Z")
> [@Lime Jello](#): > > However, the absolute WORST song is “Break my stride” by Matthew Wilder > > [http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/matthewwilder.htm](http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/matthewwilder.htm) > > (shudder) The horror. . . The HORROR! ! ! Well, the next time you hear that song, don’t stick around … you got to keep on MOVIN’!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/62 "2005-10-21T04:50:20Z")
Perhaps not the worst songs ever (and we’ve had some doozies) but that bloody “Doncha” song, as well as “Cater to You” (Destiny’s Child) are both up on my hate-list right now. ---
**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 21, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/63 "2005-10-21T04:51:50Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Muskrats don’t make squeaky noises when they screw, they shreak and make a bunch of noise. You oughta know ---
**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 21, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/64 "2005-10-21T04:55:58Z")
Some have popped into my mind. Pillow talk Anything by Motley Crue Happy Birthday Afternoon Delight ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/65 "2005-10-21T04:56:08Z")
**"Hurray for Santy Claus!!!"** by Milton DeLugg and His Little Eskimos. The played it at least THREE TIMES in the movie Santa Claus Conquers the Martians . (This movie was also the first starring role for Pia Zadora.) ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/66 "2005-10-21T05:15:18Z")
Without doubt, without question, it is _It’s Halloween_ by the Shaggs. Those girls had literally minutes of training on their instruments. And their voices sound like kindergarteners on about 12 quarts of Robitussin. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/67 "2005-10-21T06:58:19Z")
Either the “Barbie World” song or “Cotton-Eyed Joe” by Rednex. As if bad American folk music needed to be remade by stoned Euro trash. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/68 "2005-10-21T07:05:58Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Did it have a guy singing “Oh yeah” over and over again in a deep voice? That may have been Yello. That song was used in Ferris Bueller (amongst others). That’s the one (otherwise known as the “Duff Man song.”) It would seem as though Jan Hammer’s 1976 album “Oh yeah?” is unrelated. That’s what I get for downloading MP3s, I guess; more often than not the song title and/or artist information is wrong. :smack: I’ll second “[Diary of an Unborn Child](http://www.showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery_l/lilmarkie.html)” by Lil’ Markie as a song that’s so bad it ends up being funny. (Originally linked from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=263618).) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/69 "2005-10-21T07:26:22Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > I’d like to mention also\*\* Yummy Yummy Yummy (I’ve Got Love In My Tummy)\*\* by the 1910 Fruit Gum Co. I have nightmares where this song is the soundtrack. That was what Homer was singing along to when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon and Abe Simpson stood in front of the TV and saluted with tears in his eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/70 "2005-10-21T08:14:56Z")
Whoever mentioned “Playground of My Mind” gets my vote (serious shuddering – and I usually take a guilty pleasure in listening to that AM 70’s stuff). But let’s not end this contest just yet without considering the whiny drivel of Stevie Wonder’s “ **I Just Called to Say I Love You**.” If there was ever a reason a blind man deserved to get his ass kicked it was Stevie for this creating song (and I mean it from the bottom of my heart!). ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/71 "2005-10-21T09:34:25Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Whoever mentioned “Playground of My Mind” gets my vote (serious shuddering – and I usually take a guilty pleasure in listening to that AM 70’s stuff). > > But let’s not end this contest just yet without considering the whiny drivel of Stevie Wonder’s “ **I Just Called to Say I Love You**.” If there was ever a reason a blind man deserved to get his ass kicked it was Stevie for this creating song (and I mean it from the bottom of my heart!). Let’s just say little Stevie had a bad case of P.W. when writing this song ---
**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 21, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/72 "2005-10-21T09:57:49Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > There was this song, I think it was big in '98 or '99, and it was called Blue > > … > > I can’t remember the group, but it was a horrible, horrible song. It was Eiffel 65. They were a one hit wonder here in Britain with that song. Some of the better known songs than the ones in my OP that I think deserve to be on this list: _Texas featuring Kardinal Offishall - Carnival Girl_ This was actually a hit; I couldn’t believe how bad it was. It’s a lift-music cover of ‘Caravan Of Love’ (not exactly a pinnacle of musical brilliance itself), but with “Caravan” changed to “Carnival”. And it’s got rapping on it that would have sounded dated 10 years previous. _Fast Food Rockers - Fast Food Song_ You know that daft chant about “Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut”? They actually made a pop song out of it! And it got to number two in the charts! _Hampenburg - Duck Toy_ A Danish dance song with noises from a squeaky duck toy in it. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/73 "2005-10-21T10:17:14Z")
To anyone who might get this abomination of a song stuck in their heads, my apology in advance: **Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head** ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/74 "2005-10-21T10:22:52Z")
Worst. Song. Evar. Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum), by the Cheeky Girls. Ooh boys cheeky girls Ooh girls cheeky boys Ooh boys cheeky girls Ooh girls cheeky boys Ooh boys cheeky girls Ooh girls cheeky boys Ooh boys cheeky girls Ooh girls cheeky boys I never ever ask where do you go I never ever ask what do you do I never ever ask what’s in your mind I never ever ask if you’ll be mine Come and smile don’t be shy Touch my bum this is life. Oooooh We are the cheeky girls We are the cheeky girls You are the cheeky boys You are the cheeky boys We are the cheeky girls We are the cheeky girls You are the cheeky boys You are the cheeky boys Hhmm cheeky cheeky (laughter) Cheekycheekycheeky Wash. Rinse. Repeat. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/75 "2005-10-21T10:41:41Z")
Many years ago there was a board on AOL called Worst Songs Ever. Most of the songs listed here were mentioned there, along with _Piggies_ by the Beatles _In A Gadda Da Vida_ by ???. I have to admit, l **ike** Toby Keith’s \* Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (the Angry American)\*, then again I like Toby. 😉 My nomination for the worst song I’ve ever heard is a piece of crap called _Over and Over_. Nelly rapping over a piece sung by Tim McGraw. :smack: Dear God, Faith Hill should have talked him out of it. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/76 "2005-10-21T12:42:20Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Some very worthy candidates so far (whoever first mentioned _Honey_, damn you to hell). But what of the song that spawned a group that formed the basis of the whole karaoke thing? _ **And won the Eurovision song contest with it!** _ I refer of course to _Waterloo_ by **Abba**. I’m so confident of victory here that I won’t even mention the dreck that followed Ring Ring, Mama Mia, Fernando, Money Money Money from the prolific pens of Bjorn and Benny. Some early ABBA is bad. I’m one of their biggest fans, and even I admit it. Throw in the disco era, and it is painful. But that is nothing compared to Debby Boone’s cover of Chiquitita, a song that was retched to begin with. It was the B-side of “You Light Up My Life,” which means it sold millions of copies, and B&B got massive royalties from it. The combination of ABBA’s song and Boone’s voice is unimaginable. ---
**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 21, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/77 "2005-10-21T13:08:47Z")
> [@Carm6773](#): > > _In A Gadda Da Vida_ by ???. Iron Butterfly ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/78 "2005-10-21T13:16:07Z")
I don’t have time to go through all the posts, but I’ll give you my short list of things I’ve actually heard on the radio that are just gawd-awful: Satin Sheets Behind Closed Doors Achy-Breaky Heart I know it is unfair to pick on country, because it is actually easier to write something really annoying in that style (for your consideration: Sally G) However some of the worst stuff I’ve ever heard were selections from Dr. Demento’s Audio Torture Chamber – one was a group of children screaming (actually it makes a good case for demonic possession). But nearly every artists has produced at least one screaming stinker – some however make it their life’s work (for your consideration: Sid Viscious). ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/79 "2005-10-21T13:29:59Z")
Surely it has to be anything on the Crazy Frog album, or maybe Mr Blobby. Hell let’s just say any novelty drivel for kids. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160/80 "2005-10-21T13:52:10Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Nice try, but none of you chumps have even come close yet. The worst song ever is, in fact, [We Built This Starbucks on Heart and Soul](http://thestrangerlovelab.com/audio/jefferson_starbucks.mp3). > > Sorry for ending your contest so soon. When I started reading this thread, the worst song I had ever heard was the overproduced orchestral disco version of the “I Love Lucy” theme song that had no lyrics except for a chorus of people singing the phrase “Disco Lucy” over and over again. But before I had a chance to post that, I downloaded the song from **Cisco’s** link. Much worse. _We Built This Starbucks_ is bad in ways I’ve never been exposed to before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-truly-the-worst-song-you-have-ever-heard/327160.md?page=5)