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30. This may not be the worst song ever, but it's definitely in the top five.

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 05:28 PM

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She's a Lady sung by Tom Jones. "She's got style, she's got grace. She always KNOWS HER PLACE." WTAF? Oh, HELL no!

You're Having My Baby sucks too. Both written by the same man, Paul Anka. Imagine that.

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Is this the worst song ever? [View all] CTyankee Sunday OP

It's all so subjective, of course True Dough Sunday #1

that is a cover of a classic blues song DBoon Sunday #3

I like that a lot! efhmc Sunday #45

What is the name of that first song? efhmc Yesterday #57

Not really representative justaprogressive Sunday #6

I find that no better True Dough Sunday #12

Yep. Musical taste is completely subjective. OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #66

No. johnp3907 Sunday #2

nope this is justaprogressive Sunday #4

Oh, I remember that one! Grim Chieftain Sunday #23

Oh, my goodness 😄 electric_blue68 Sunday #36

Lee Greenwood song Trump always plays "Proud to be an American" Walleye Yesterday #54

The title is actually "God Bless the USA" and that gets my vote Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #68

Thanks I knew I had the title wrong Walleye 1 hr ago #71

Not by a stretch malaise Sunday #5

Amen. chouchou 1 hr ago #72

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler Diamond_Dog Sunday #7

Theme from The Titanic on Recorder dgauss Sunday #27

MacArthur Park gets my vote. Dulcinea 5 hrs ago #67

I humbly nominate Mari Wilson's "Telephone Man." cloudbase Sunday #8

Yoko Ono Donkees Sunday #9

Can someone please put her out of her misery? NameAlreadyTaken Sunday #21

This one is way worse catbyte Sunday #10

How could I forget that one, catbyte! Diamond_Dog Sunday #15

Not as bad as Johnny Fever's playing the version House of Roberts Sunday #17

That wasn't Johnny Fever Oeditpus Rex Sunday #25

Previously known as Heavy Early. callous taoboy Sunday #31

That was a later episode Oeditpus Rex Sunday #41

He wasn't Heavy Early until he changed shifts House of Roberts Sunday #43

Sugar Sugar by The Archies Keepthesoulalive Sunday #11

To my profound disgust and embarrassment, this dreck was the song of the year in 1969... 3catwoman3 Sunday #19

WTF Skittles Sunday #29

I used to call it The Age of Malaria... yorkster Yesterday #56

oh dear Skittles Yesterday #58

Awww. That's a fun song NameAlreadyTaken Sunday #22

Well... 2naSalit Sunday #13

My worst: I'm Ambivalent About You The Blue Flower Sunday #14

Oh my gawd, what a great title! Iggo Sunday #35

It's many decades old The Blue Flower Yesterday #61

It's a top 5 for sure Bristlecone Sunday #16

Actually worst songs ever: punk rock and mwmisses4289 Sunday #18

... Oeditpus Rex Sunday #26

I never liked that song, but that's just my opinion. Americanme Sunday #20

Not even close Oeditpus Rex Sunday #24

The first half of Free Bird makes me want to badly murder myself. Iggo Sunday #34

Other way around Oeditpus Rex Sunday #40

I get annoyed about claims of best/worst whatever TexLaProgressive Sunday #28

This may not be the worst song ever, but it's definitely in the top five. MIButterfly Sunday #30

"She always knows her place" ??? 😬 electric_blue68 Sunday #38

The oldies station I listen to in my car has this one from time... 3catwoman3 Sunday #46

It's excellently produced. So, no, not even close to the worst song ever. Iggo Sunday #32

Really? We Built This City is worse than LogDog75 Sunday #33

OMG. It was kinda scary, it was so awful. CTyankee Yesterday #48

These were not hits but I intensely dislike them.... electric_blue68 Sunday #37

This is pretty bad Florida Dem Sunday #39

Lol...I had a buddy back in the 80s that sang a version of that. Iggo Sunday #42

"A Disgusting Parody of the Lighthearted Classic 1973 Country Music Song 'I Love' by Tom T. Hall" sl8 Yesterday #50

Worst? ProfessorGAC Sunday #44

"Is this the worst song ever?" LudwigPastorius Sunday #47

And Mickey Thomas, who had a magnificent voice. ms liberty Yesterday #51

Thought of another one. Wives and Lovers sung by Jack Jones. MIButterfly Yesterday #49

Tiptoe Through The Tulips gab13by13 Yesterday #52

The Tiny Tim version? LogDog75 Yesterday #59

People sing to dump their angst on you bucolic_frolic Yesterday #53

From "The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records": sl8 Yesterday #55

Sounds like a pair of albums Dr. Demento would play LogDog75 Yesterday #60

CTyankee .......... Upthevibe 13 hrs ago #62

I think if 1960's Jefferson Airplane never existed, Aristus 11 hrs ago #63

What is it? Cannot get through all the goop to get to it. efhmc 9 hrs ago #64

"We Built this city" CTyankee 9 hrs ago #65

Jordy - « Dur dur d'tre un bb Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #69

Another candidate -anything by Wild Man Fischer Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #70

There's people who know the language OF music and then there's people who think that words are music. chouchou 1 hr ago #73