The only fruitcake I’ll eat is from the Collins Street Bakery in Texas. I get the blonde (?) version which is only pineapple, cherries and lots and LOTS of pecans. If it’s got that nasty candied citron crap I’ll never touch it.
I’m not big on raisins in cake either.
Ha - well, be warned then, lest you’re tempted: a proper traditional fruitcake east of the pond is essentially a load of raisins held together with a relatively minimal amount of cake. What you’ve just described would not be a fruitcake over here - sure, it’s a cake with fruit in it, but…well, that’s not the point. Fruitcake is a name, not just a description.
Maybe he forgot some: Paul Simon: 10 Fascinating Pre–Simon and Garfunkel Songs
There should be s distinction between truly bad and played to death.
There have been numerous songs listed here that I (and Mr. Celtic Knot) really like. We Built This City, Silly Love Songs, and Hold On are just a few.
Sometimes When We Touch, by Dan Hill.
This is the worst song ever written. And it did go to number 1, although not in the US, in Canada.
I don’t recall seeing “Black Water” by the Doobies in previous posts. I have heard it reviled and if Billboard Top 100 is the yardstick it fits the OP. I don’t rank it among the best of the Doobies’ work but I don’t get the hate. Black Water - YouTube
I hated that song in 1985. I have utterly detested it from the moment I first heard it.
Please release me, let me go.
The nauseating and sad feelings coming out are better represented in a scene from the Claymation Easter (1992)
Shark-Swallowed Bunnies - YouTube (skip to 1:11 for the song)
Sounds wonderful to me. There are good, similar fruitcakes available over here, but most people think of something like this. Which I love, but many people find repellent.
I can’t profess to have any love for “We Built this City,” but I don’t hate it either. I was in 4th grade when it was released and it reminds me of then. But to my ears it doesn’t sound any worse than a lot of other popular songs from the era. On the other hand I don’t get the hate for Nickleback either.
I’ve always loved that song.
My go-to choices Seasons in the Sun and Billy Don’t new Hero have already been mentioned.
I can’t believe we’re over 170 posts in and no one’s mentioned my #3 choice,Afternoon Delight…
I think that one is slightly redeemed by its subversive sub-text.
I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred at a single mention in 173 posts isn’t getting nearly as much hate as it deserves in this thread.
One of my favorite scenes in Arrested Development is when Michael and his niece Maeby do it as a karaoke and don’t realize what it’s actually about until it’s too late.
Ointment! Someone please pass the ointment to Mr. Pud! 
This belongs in a different class of awful. They are beautiful songs with absolutely horrific lyrics. Another is the haunting Alison Krause tune “Now That I Found You.”
This is the first one listed here that shocked me. The mere suggestion that it might be bad sent me reeling to youtube to listen again. Nope, still wonderful. LOL!
I guess it falls in the category of great memories for me though. My high school friends and I used to harmonize to that and we would just repeat the last bit way too long because we didn’t want it to end.
I’d heard there were terrible misapprehensions in some quarters as to what should go on Yorkshire Puddings: sugar, syrup etc. And now ointment! It’s gravy on Yorkshires.
Post #139. I listed it among the 70s cheeze that is my guilty pleasure. It’s a great song.
Jeeze, that’s the second time in this thread someone’s said “I can’t believe no one’s mentioned…” a song I already posted. It’s cuz of the fruitcake thing, isn’t it?
I’ve been pondering this thread for a while now and I have settled on the latter for topic winner. 5 weeks at number one. Used as the closing song in a terrible John Wayne film.
It’s a great catchy pop song. What’s not to like?
I hate to tell ya, but it’s something else. 
