List of songs in English labeled the worst ever

The following is a list of songs in English labeled the worst ever. Taste and judgment are subjective- though this is a subjective conception; the songs listed here are those which have appeared on various subjective internet or magazine polls (for example, VH1's "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever" and Maxim magazine's "20 Most Annoying Songs Ever!").

The songs are recorded, modern pop songs.__NOTOC__

B

; "The Birdie Song", The Tweets (1981)
* Voted the most annoying song in a poll commissioned by Dotmusic in 2000cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/848510.stm | title = Birdie Song tops hall of shame | author = BBC | accessdate = 2006-08-30 | publisher = bbc.co.uk ]

C

; "The Cheeky Song (Touch my Bum)", The Cheeky Girls (2003)
* This song was voted the #1 worst pop recording by Channel Four viewers, in one of Channel Four's 472 polls on the subject (up to July 2008). [ [http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_records/results.html "The One Hundred...Worst Pop Records"] , "Channel4.com" ]

D

; "Dance With Me", Reginald Bosanquet (1980)
* "Sung" by a British newscaster, this disco song was voted #1 in the Bottom 30 by listeners of British DJ Kenny Everett in a 1980 follow-up to his World's Worst Wireless Show. [Everett, Kenny. [http://www.chronoglide.com/WWWS_Show1980.html "The Bottom 30: 1980"] , Capital Radio, 1980-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-18.]

; "Dancing on the Ceiling", Lionel Richie
* Labeled #1 on VH1's Top 50 Most Awesomly Bad Songs ever.

H

; "Heartbeat", Don Johnson (1986)
*"The Boston Globe" ranked this as No. 1 on their "Top Ten Worst Songs of All Time", referring to it as a "truly awful song." [ [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/gallery/top_ten_worst_songs?pg=10 "The Top Ten Worst Songs of All Time"] , "The Boston Globe", retrieved 27 April, 2007]
*Ranked #1 on MTV's 1999 special 25 Lame, chronicling the 25 worst songs/music videos in the history of the network. ; "Honey", Bobby Goldsboro (1968)
* In 2006 CNN named it "the worst song of all time". [Leopold, Todd. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/04/19/eye.ent.worstsong/?section=cnn_mostpopular/ "The worst song of all time"] . CNN. April 21 2006. Retrieved August 17 2006.]
* Was noted by "The Cincinnati Enquirer" in 2001 as often being named as one of the worst songs of all time, even though it reached number one in 1968. ["50 Worst Rock-n-Roll Songs of All Time", "The Cincinnati Enquirer"]

I

; "I Want My Baby Back", Jimmy Cross (1965)
* In 1977 British DJ Kenny Everett named it #1 in the Bottom 30 after a public vote [Everett, Kenny. [http://www.chronoglide.com/WWWS_Show5.html "The Bottom 30"] , Capital Radio, May 14 1977. Retrieved 2008-04-18.]

M

;"MacArthur Park", Richard Harris (1968)
* Came in first in a 1992 readers' poll by humorist Dave Barry.

;"Millennium Prayer", Cliff Richard (1999)
* VH1 labeled this the worst number one record of all time after a poll. [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=313863&in_page_id=1773 Sir Cliff tops worst hit list"] , "The Daily Mail", 13 August 2004]

;"My Ding-A-Ling", Chuck Berry (1972)
* Selected by rock music critics Jimmy Guterman and Owen O'Donnell as the "Worst Rock and Roll Song of All Time" in their 1991 book, "The Worst Rock-and-Roll Records of All Time". [ *Guterman, Jimmy and O'Donnell, Owen. "The Worst Rock-and-Roll Records of All Time", New York: Citadel.]

;"My Humps", Black Eyed Peas (2005)
* Voted "worst song" in a 2007 online poll by Rolling Stone. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/02/the-20-most-annoying-songs/ "The 20 Most Annoying Songs"] , "Rolling Stone", July 2, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-04-18]

W

; "We Built This City", Starship (1985)

* Ranked #1 in "Run For Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!" list in "Blender Magazine". [ [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=819 Run for Your Life! It’s the 50 Worst Songs Ever!] , Blender, "date unknown". Retrieved on 2007-04-18]

; "Who Let the Dogs Out?", Baha Men (2000)
* Number one on Spinner's "Top 20 Worst Songs Ever". [ [http://www.spinner.com/2008/08/01/top-20-worst-bad-songs-ever-no-1/ Top 20 Worst Songs Ever] , Spinner, August 1, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-09-13]

Y

;"(You're) Having My Baby", Paul Anka (1974)
*No. 1 worst song as voted on by CNN.com users. [Todd Leopold, [http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/25/worst.songs/index.html "The worst song of all time, part II: CNN.com users pick their (least) favorites"] , "CNN.com", April 27, 2006]

See also

* Films considered the worst ever

References

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_records/results.html Channel4 100 Worst Pop Records]
* [http://www.chronoglide.com/wwwshome.html Kenny Everett's World Worst Wireless Show]