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sl8

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55. From "The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records":
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:37 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rhino_Brothers_Present_the_World%27s_Worst_Records

The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1983.[1][2] It purports to compile the worst music ever recorded and features mostly novelty songs, parodies and cover versions of popular songs, performed very poorly (though in many cases, intentionally so, either as a novelty or as a joke). The original album included an airsickness bag and a warning that the album "may cause internal discomfort". Dr. Demento wrote the liner notes for the album.[citation needed]

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Track listing

Volume 1


"The Crusher" (The Novas) (see also: The Crusher (wrestler))
"Big Girls Don't Cry" (Edith Massey and The Eggs)
"I Want My Baby Back" (Jimmy Cross)
"I Like" (Heathen Dan)[3]
"Kazooed on Klassics" (The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra)
"Fluffy" (Gloria Balsam)
"Paralyzed" (Legendary Stardust Cowboy)
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" (The Seven Stooges)
"Boogie Woogie Amputee" (Barnes and Barnes)
"Kinko the Clown" (Ogden Edsl)
"Umbassa and the Dragon" (The Turtles)
"Ugly" (Johnny Meeskite)
"Surfin' Tragedy" (The Breakers)[4]
"Young at Heart" (Wild Man Fischer)


Volume 2

A follow-up album was released in 1985, under the title The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records, Vol. 2.[5] This volume featured some more recognizable names from the novelty music field; it also included at least one top-40 hit ("Nag" by The Halos) and was more focused on the comedy than the outright-bad tone of its predecessor.

"Downtown" (Mrs. Miller)
"K'nish Doctor" (Mickey Katz)
"Party in My Pants" (Barnes and Barnes)
"Foreign Novelty Smash" (The Credibility Gap)
"Nag" (The Halos)
"Who Hid the Halibut on the Poop Deck" (Yogi Yorgesson)
"Goodbye Sam" (Shad O'Shea)
"Just a Big Ego" (Bob Rivers and Zip)
"Candy Rapper" (Bird & MacDonald, misattributed to "Sticky Fingers&quot
"Hands" (Debbie Dawn)
"Baseball Card Lover" (Rockin' Richie Ray)
"Fudd on the Hill" (Little Roger and the Goosebumps)
"I Live in a Split Level Head" (Napoleon XIV)
"Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage" (Killer Pussy)
"The Troggs Tapes" (The Troggs)


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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 Monday #57
Not really representative justaprogressive Sunday #6
I find that no better True Dough Sunday #12
Yep. Musical taste is completely subjective. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #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 Monday #54
The title is actually "God Bless the USA" and that gets my vote Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #68
Thanks I knew I had the title wrong Walleye 19 hrs ago #71
Not by a stretch malaise Sunday #5
Amen. chouchou 19 hrs 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 23 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 Monday #56
oh dear Skittles Monday #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 Monday #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 Monday #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 Monday #50
Worst? ProfessorGAC Sunday #44
"Is this the worst song ever?" LudwigPastorius Sunday #47
And Mickey Thomas, who had a magnificent voice. ms liberty Monday #51
Thought of another one. Wives and Lovers sung by Jack Jones. MIButterfly Monday #49
Tiptoe Through The Tulips gab13by13 Monday #52
The Tiny Tim version? LogDog75 Monday #59
People sing to dump their angst on you bucolic_frolic Monday #53
From "The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records": sl8 Monday #55
Sounds like a pair of albums Dr. Demento would play LogDog75 Monday #60
CTyankee .......... Upthevibe Yesterday #62
I think if 1960's Jefferson Airplane never existed, Aristus Yesterday #63
What is it? Cannot get through all the goop to get to it. efhmc Yesterday #64
"We Built this city" CTyankee Yesterday #65
Jordy - « Dur dur d'tre un bb Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #69
Another candidate -anything by Wild Man Fischer Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #70
There's people who know the language OF music and then there's people who think that words are music. chouchou 19 hrs ago #73
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