# Worst song ever recored **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177 "2003-06-25T00:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Johnny\_B.Goode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Johnny\_B.Goode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_B.Goode)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/61 "2003-06-26T00:40:31Z")
I utterly detest songs like “Wake me up before you go go” and “Agadoo” but to really be the worst song ever recorded, you have to match the standard bearer: Yoko Ono. Anything this women recorded solo or with Sean would be instant contenders to the crown. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/62 "2003-06-26T00:40:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mikeargo \* > \*\*You mean we’ve all forgotten “Brand New Key” by Melanie ? \*\* I had until now :mad: How about “High Hopes”? That one even had Bing Crosby. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/63 "2003-06-26T00:52:41Z")
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: “Break My Stride” by Matthew Wilder. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/64 "2003-06-26T01:42:28Z")
Judging by some of the postings, 1974 was quite a “treasure trove” of bad music “Having My Baby”, “Night Chicago Died”, etc. So, here’s another 1974 stinker: “Billy Don’t Be A Hero” - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods * * * And I am amazed that no one has posted this one yet “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree” - Tony Orlando & Dawn (1972 ??) ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/65 "2003-06-26T01:56:19Z")
Undercover Angel-AlanO’day …SAY WHAAAT! SAY OO OO OO WEEE! ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/66 "2003-06-26T01:58:10Z")
Justin Timberlake’s new stuff, the solo stuff, not the nsync stuff, not that it was much better mind, but hey least that was just boy band stuff, the justin thing tho, omg I hate his music, maybe I just really hate the fact that whenever hes on the telly now hes tryin to be really cool and trying to get people to call him Jay T or whatever, Jesus that guy really wrecks my head! Look even my typings gone to pot…shall be quiet now… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/67 "2003-06-26T03:53:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jellen92 \* > **"Butterfly Kisses" - can’t remember the artist…** Hey, I’ll have you know that you can find that tune on _The Best of Bob Carlisle: Butterfly Kisses & Other Stories_. Pick up a copy today wherever your (least) favorite albums are sold! And no need to make a special “clear out now, we gotta get some sleep” mix tape for those parties that drag on too long. Just score a copy of [Yesterday’s Heroes: '70s Teen Idols](http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,189229-,00.html) and have it in reserve. From Bobby Sherman’s “Easy Come, Easy Go” to the DeFranco Family’s rendition of “Heartbeat (It’s a Love Beat)” and Shaun Cassidy’s “That’s Rock & Roll”, this collection of 18 dreck-laced tunes will have guests of any age headed for the nearest means of egress from your domicile. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/68 "2003-06-26T04:09:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jellen92 \* > **"Butterfly Kisses" - can’t remember the artist…** Hey, I’ll have you know that you can find that tune on _The Best of Bob Carlisle: Butterfly Kisses & Other Stories_. Pick up a copy today wherever your (least) favorite albums are sold! And no need to make a special “clear out now, we gotta get some sleep” mix tape for those parties that drag on too long. Just score a copy of [Yesterday’s Heroes: '70s Teen Idols](http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,189229-,00.html) and have it in reserve. From Bobby Sherman’s “Easy Come, Easy Go” to the DeFranco Family’s rendition of “Heartbeat (It’s a Love Beat)” and Shaun Cassidy’s “That’s Rock & Roll”, this collection of 18 dreck-laced tunes will have guests of any age headed for the nearest means of egress from your domicile. ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/69 "2003-06-26T04:11:50Z")
_My Pal Foot Foot_ by [The Shaggs](http://www.shaggs.com/), anyone? Not just crap music, but geniunely pain-inducing noise. People need to really put some effort into sounding this bad. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/70 "2003-06-26T04:41:56Z")
I will third “I Will Always Love You.” I said on a previous thread that Whitney Houston’s vocal gymnastics sounded like a coyote. Well, now I want to apologize. To the coyotes. I’d rather listen to coyotes yapping and yowling all night than listen to ten seconds of that song. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/71 "2003-06-26T05:47:33Z")
> [@](#): > > this annoying song that went “See my BRA, underneath ma shirt…” Could someone please ID this, because I remember that line and nothing else and it’s driving me insane. As for the topic at hand - “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/72 "2003-06-26T06:00:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shy guy \* > **Could someone please ID this, because I remember that line and nothing else and it’s driving me insane.** “See my bra underneath my shirt” is from the immortal Amanda Marshall’s [“Everybody’s Got a Story”](http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/A/Amanda%20Marshall/Amanda%20Marshall%20-%20Everybody's%20Got%20A%20Story%20lyrics.htm). ---
**Author:** ![WonTon\_Sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WonTon\_Sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonTon_Sean)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/73 "2003-06-26T06:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whiterabbit \* > And “Take a Letter, Maria.” EWWWWWWWW! What a total dick! > > \*\* Isn’t that the one about the guy who walks in on his wife with another man, and then asks his secretary out to dinner? What’s so bad about it? He’s telling his secretary to send letters to his wife and lawyer, and that he , quote, “has to start a new life.” What is dickish about that? I admit, he may have been a little jumpy to ask her out to dinner, but it’s a short song. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/74 "2003-06-26T09:38:19Z")
Johnee B Goode nominated the worst artist of all time- Yoko Ono. But whats wrong with Melanie ‘Brand New Key’ (And a very good version of Ruby Tuesday.) My official nominations: They’re Coming to Take Me Away (Ha Ha) Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/75 "2003-06-26T09:51:24Z")
I vote for “My Heart will Go On”… a song so bad, MTV Asia (!) viewers had it banned from the airwaves by petition… ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/76 "2003-06-26T13:56:45Z")
How about a couple of songs so bad that I can’t identify them — as soon as the they start , I move at super-sonic speed to switch radio stations. One starts out – “Oh Mama, I’m in fear of my life ,etc.” and the other begins with “ALL ABOARD–HA HA HA HA!” ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/77 "2003-06-26T14:32:43Z")
Let me see, I think the first one is by Styx, but I can’t remember the title either… It does suck, and I don’t even hate Styx. The second one must be Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne. Anyway, I’m just posting again because people started mentioning songs that are truly unlistenable and I remembered Satisfaction by the Residents. But the Residents are brilliant, and the song is supposed to be unlistenable. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, it sounds almost, but not exactly, totally unlike Satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/78 "2003-06-26T14:44:32Z")
Crispin Glover’s cover of “These Boots Are Made for Walking”. He sounds like he’s constipated. Listen for yourself but don’t say I didn’t warn you. [Real Audio](http://mfile.akamai.com/3171/rm/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/usrm/694/105694_1_07.ram?obj=v11029) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/79 "2003-06-26T15:25:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cicero \* > My official nominations: > > They’re Coming to Take Me Away (Ha Ha) > Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road > > \*\* According to Dave Marsh in the Book of Rock Lists, on the B-Side of the 45rpm version of They’re Coming to Take Me Away (Ha Ha) by Napolean XIV was the same song only played in reverse. IIIRC, it was entitled Ah-Ah-Yawa Em Ekat Ot Gnimoc Eryeht. It allegedly had the uncanny ability to force people in diners to leave their food on the table and depart whenever somone dropped a quarter in the table top jukebox and played it. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177/80 "2003-06-26T16:18:20Z")
Neil Diamond “I Am I Said”…close second is Bob Seager’s “Blame it on Midnight.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-song-ever-recored/184177.md?page=5)