My List of the Worst Songs/Albums of All Time

[MickeyMac]

These are some of the song and albums that have drove me crazy over the years. This list is not one everyone will agree with, and I am betting I have a favorite or two of yours here. For the record some of the bands/artists on this lists are people that I like, but even the best musicians can have an off moment or two or three. Lastly, why should I have all the fun, make your own list.

Anyhow here is the list:


The 50 Worst Songs of All Time


50. Jack and Diane-John Mellancamp
49. I'd Do Anything For Love-Meatloaf
48. More Than Words-Extreme
47. The Heat Is On-Glen Frey
46. Old Time Rock and Roll-Bob Seger
45. Summer of '69-Bryan Adams
44. Love In An Elevator-Aerosmith
43. Walk This Way-Aerosmith and Run DMC
42. Timothy-The Boyous
41. State of Shock-Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger
40. Dancing In The Streets-Mick Jagger & David Bowie
39. The Final Countdown-Europe
38. American Woman-The Guess Who
37. I'm Henry The VII, I Am-Hermans Hermits
36. December 1963 (Oh What I Night)-The Four Seasons
35. Do You Think I'm Sexy-Rod Stewart
34. The Loco Motion-Grand Funk Railroad
33. Brand New Key-Melanie
32. Chocoldyte-Jimmy Castor Bunch
31. Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton
30. Change The World-Eric Clapton & Babyface
29. Invisible Touch-Genesis
28. Black and White-Three Dog Night
27. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree-Tony Orlando
26. Stop In The Name of Love-The Hollies
25. You Can Hurry Love-Phil Collins
24. The Heart of Rock and Roll-Huey Lewis & The News
23. All By Myself-Eric Carmen
22. Hotel California-The Eagles
21. Maniac-Michael Sembello
20. Emotional Rescue-The Rolling Stones
19. Heartbeat-Don Johnson
18. Love The One You're With-Stephen Stills
17. Seasons In The Sun-Terry Jacks
16. Honey-Bobby Goldsboro
15. The Living Years-Mike & The Mechanics
14. Ebony & IVory-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
13. Never Been To Me-Charlene
12. I Cant Be Your Superman-Eminem
11. All I Have To Do Is Dream-Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal
10. MacArthur Park-Richard Harris
9. American Pie-Don McClean
8. Sugar Shack-Jimmy Glimmer & the Fireballs
7. I Wanna Sex You Up-Color Me Bad
6. Informer-Snow
5. Sugar-The Archies
4. Ice Ice Baby-Vanilla Ice
3. You Cant Touch This-MC Hammer
2. I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston
1. My Ding A Ling-Chuck Berry



The 50 Worst Albums of All Time

50. Metallica-Metallica
49. Fly On The Wall-AC/DC
48. Cut The Crap-The Clash
47. Tony Sheridan & The TCB Band-Tony Sheridan & The TCB band
46. American Dream-Crosby Stills Nash & Young
45. Metal Machine Music-Lou Reed
44. Van Halen III-Van Halen
43. Sgt. Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band-Soundtrack
42. In The Dark-The Grateful Dead
41. La Diva-Aretha Franklin
40. Stop And Smell The Roses-Ringo Starr
39. Old Wave-Ringo Starr
38. History/Greatest Hits-America
37. Straight Outta Compton-NWA
36. *****z4Life-NWA
35. The Wall-Pink Floyd
34. Tarkus-Emerson Lake & Palmer
33. Sings Country & Western-Joey Bishop
32. Amerikkkas Most Wanted-Ice Cube
31. Blood Sweat & Tears-Blood Sweat & Tears
30. The Return of Bruno-Bruce Willis
29. Knee Deep In The Hoopla-Starship
28. Still Cruisin-The Beach Boys
27. Slippery When Wet-Bon Jovi
26. Stil Live-The Rolling Stones
25. Its Hard-The Who
24. Dont Be Cruel-Bobby Brown
23. Ropin' The Wind-Garth Brooks
22. Live At Budakon-Bob Dylan
21. Days of the Future Past-The Moody Blues
20. Dookie-Green Day
19. We Cant Dance-Genesis
18. Anderson Bruford Wakemen & Howe-Anderson Bruford Wakeman & Howe
17. Kick Out The Jams-The MC5
16. Pat-Pat Boone
15. The Chronic-Dr. Dre
14. As Nasty As They Wanna Be-2 Live Crew
13. No Jacket Required-Phil Collins
12. Aqualing-Jethro Tull
11. Tales From Togographic Ocean-Yes
10. Ten-Pearl Jam
9. The Soft Parade-The Doors
8. Funhouse-The Stooges
7. Faith-George Michael
6. Nevermind-Nirvana
5. All Eyez On Me-2Pac
4. Doggystyle-Snoop Dog
3. Self Portrait-Bob Dylan
2. Please Hammer Dont Hurt 'Em-MC Hammer
1. Having Fun Onstage-Elvis Presley

[Nighthawk76]

Ones that I like.

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

47. The Heat Is On-Glen Frey
46. Old Time Rock and Roll-Bob Seger

44. Love In An Elevator-Aerosmith

40. Dancing In The Streets-Mick Jagger & David Bowie
31. Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton
30. Change The World-Eric Clapton & Babyface
29. Invisible Touch-Genesis

25. You Can Hurry Love-Phil Collins

23. All By Myself-Eric Carmen
22. Hotel California-The Eagles
21. Maniac-Michael Sembello

15. The Living Years-Mike & The Mechanics

9. American Pie-Don McClean




The 50 Worst Albums of All Time


49. Fly On The Wall-AC/DC

27. Slippery When Wet-Bon Jovi
26. Stil Live-The Rolling Stones

19. We Cant Dance-Genesis

13. No Jacket Required-Phil Collins

6. Nevermind-Nirvana

[Schmoopie]

I'll make my own list for this, but here are the ones from yours that I agree with:

I'll Do Anything For Love-Meatloaf (except listen to that God-awful song!)

I Wanna Sex You Up-Color Me Bad-I was SO happy when they were no longer popular! They were just "BAD" to me!
American Pie-Don McClean-I used to absolutely LOATHE this song, but I can tolerate it now. That's probably because I really liked Madonna's version. Sounds crazy, but I always thought the original was too "draggy" and slow... and LONG!!!
I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston (My version would be "I Will Always HATE Whitney Houston)

I'll add one song for now... one that I CANNOT stand;

At This Moment-Billy Vera and the Beaters. OMG, I HATE this song with a purple passion! It makes me cringe whenever I hear it. I don't know why, but it's too slow and I just can't stand to listen to it. Unfortunately they used to play it ALL the time on the radio!

[catlover79]

I can't believe someone else remembers the Andy Gibb/Victoria Principal cover of the Everly Brothers classic. It is indeed cringeworthy. Couldn't agree more with these picks:

I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston
Ebony & Ivory-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
All By Myself-Eric Carmen
Dancing In The Streets-Mick Jagger & David Bowie
Walk This Way-Aerosmith and Run DMC (though I DO like the original)
I'd Do Anything For Love-Meatloaf
MacArthur Park-Richard Harris

Plus, who could forget Cactus Jack's all-time favorite () - Seasons In The Sun-Terry Jacks!!

[Zoneboy]

Agree with = *
Don't agree with = **
Never heard it = no asterisk


50. Jack and Diane-John Mellancamp**
49. I'd Do Anything For Love-Meatloaf**
48. More Than Words-Extreme*
47. The Heat Is On-Glen Frey**
46. Old Time Rock and Roll-Bob Seger*
45. Summer of '69-Bryan Adams**
44. Love In An Elevator-Aerosmith*
43. Walk This Way-Aerosmith and Run DMC*
42. Timothy-The Boyous*
41. State of Shock-Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger*
40. Dancing In The Streets-Mick Jagger & David Bowie*
39. The Final Countdown-Europe**
38. American Woman-The Guess Who**
37. I'm Henry The VII, I Am-Hermans Hermits**
36. December 1963 (Oh What I Night)-The Four Seasons**
35. Do You Think I'm Sexy-Rod Stewart**
34. The Loco Motion-Grand Funk Railroad**
33. Brand New Key-Melanie*
32. Chocoldyte-Jimmy Castor Bunch* (actutal title is "Troglodyte" (Cave Man)
31. Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton**
30. Change The World-Eric Clapton & Babyface
29. Invisible Touch-Genesis**
28. Black and White-Three Dog Night**
27. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree-Tony Orlando*
26. Stop In The Name of Love-The Hollies**
25. You Can Hurry Love-Phil Collins**
24. The Heart of Rock and Roll-Huey Lewis & The News**
23. All By Myself-Eric Carmen**
22. Hotel California-The Eagles**
21. Maniac-Michael Sembello*
20. Emotional Rescue-The Rolling Stones**
19. Heartbeat-Don Johnson*
18. Love The One You're With-Stephen Stills**
17. Seasons In The Sun-Terry Jacks*
16. Honey-Bobby Goldsboro*
15. The Living Years-Mike & The Mechanics** (Why this is on the list is beyond me)
14. Ebony & IVory-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder*
13. Never Been To Me-Charlene*
12. I Cant Be Your Superman-Eminem
11. All I Have To Do Is Dream-Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal*
10. MacArthur Park-Richard Harris*
9. American Pie-Don McClean**
8. Sugar Shack-Jimmy Glimmer & the Fireballs* (I have a personal hatred for this one)
7. I Wanna Sex You Up-Color Me Bad*
6. Informer-Snow*
5. Sugar Sugar-The Archies**
4. Ice Ice Baby-Vanilla Ice*
3. You Cant Touch This-MC Hammer*
2. I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston*
1. My Ding A Ling-Chuck Berry*

Those with one * means they deserve to be on the list
Those with 2 ** doesn't necessarily mean that I like the song, It's just that I have heard songs that are a lot worse.

[MickeyMac]

The creative juices are flowing. I knew there would be some on my list that people would like, but then there are tunes I like that people scratch their head at.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

The creative juices are flowing. I knew there would be some on my list that people would like, but then there are tunes I like that people scratch their head at.

Yes, there are quite a few choices on your list that I really like (or can at least tolerate) and several that I'm not familiar with at all.

[Zoneboy]

How can anyone have a list of 50 worst songs of all time that doesn't include (You're) "Having My Baby"?

[MickeyMac]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

How can anyone have a list of 50 worst songs of all time that doesn't include (You're) "Having My Baby"?

Not enough room, but I do hate that song.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

Not enough room, but I do hate that song.

So do I.

[waichingliu81]

i agree with just about every song on that list.

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

The 50 Worst Songs of All Time


50. Jack and Diane-John Mellancamp

Agreed!! With all the songs John has out, the radio stations still play this the most. Yesterday during All-Request, some lady called in and requested it. I changed the station.

48. More Than Words-Extreme

I LOVE Extreme, but I have to say, this is definitely my least favorite song from them. In fact, last time I saw them in concert, I stood for all their other songs, when I knew MTW was coming up, I sat down. I found out later other fans did the same thing.(This was an all-day festival so there were a number of other bands that day).

45. Summer of '69-Bryan Adams

Agreed!! Another that gets overplayed on the radio, even though he has so many other songs that can be played!!

44. Love In An Elevator-Aerosmith

I actually really like this song!

39. The Final Countdown-Europe

Now everytime I hear this song, I can't help but think of Will Arnett's character in Arrested Development!!

31. Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton

Don't like this

30. Change The World-Eric Clapton & Babyface

but I like this

29. Invisible Touch-Genesis

Agreed, especially with so many other great songs by Genesis

22. Hotel California-The Eagles

Used to love this song when I was a kid, now just turn it off when on the radio

19. Heartbeat-Don Johnson

No comment!!

17. Seasons In The Sun-Terry Jacks

Give me a S, give me an A, give me a P, give me another P, give me a Y, what does it spell?!!

15. The Living Years-Mike & The Mechanics

Give me a S, give me....oh, never mind

9. American Pie-Don McClean

I have to say, I like this song, too!!

4. Ice Ice Baby-Vanilla Ice

Especially when he kept claiming that the bass line in the "song" was different than the bass line in "Under Pressure".

2. I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston

Weird, because I love Dolly Parton's version, but cannot stand Whitney's version.uke:

[Schmoopie]

I actually like that song "Seasons in the Sun" although I wouldn't consider it a favorite by any means. My dad would never let me listen to that song and I never could figure out why. Probably because it's about death, but my instincts tell me it's because he hated it anyway!

OMG, "Having my Baby" I HATE that song! Yuch!!! Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't John Stamos sing this on Full House as a joke? I thought there was an episode where Jessie was kind of "drunk" or something and he started singing this song. This song is terrible even when he sings it!!!

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

I actually like that song "Seasons in the Sun" although I wouldn't consider it a favorite by any means. My dad would never let me listen to that song and I never could figure out why. Probably because it's about death, but my instincts tell me it's because he hated it anyway!

OMG, "Having my Baby" I HATE that song! Yuch!!! Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't John Stamos sing this on Full House as a joke? I thought there was an episode where Jessie was kind of "drunk" or something and he started singing this song. This song is terrible even when he sings it!!!

Jesse sang that after he had his appendix out (!!) and was wheeled in to the delivery room as Becky was about to give birth to the twins. He was still heavily medicated and that's when he started to sing that. Don't ask me how/why I remember that.

[Cactus Jack]

Andrea, your dad has/had? excellent taste in bad songs, he was right for not letting oyu hear it


Where were yall when I made the SO worst songs poll in 2005?

My worst songs

1. You're Beautiful-James blunt ( or anything by him )
2. Seasons in the Sun-Terry Jacks( everyonw knows how I HATE THIS SONG WITH PASSION)
3. MacArthuir Park-Richard Harris
4. You're Having My Baby-Paul Anka
5. Me and You and Dog Named Boo-Lobo
6. Anything by Barry Manilow
7. Billy Don't Be a Hero-Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
8. Macarena-Los Del Rio ( CAN YOU BELIEVE I LIKED THIS?)
9. Wannabe-Spice Girls( I really really really wanna plug up my ears!)
There's more I can think of