Around and around and around it goes…I first saw this list on Byzantium’s Shores. A little digging, and I learned that the list is Blender magazine’s Fifty Worst Songs (read more about it here
Here is a list of the Worst Fifty Songs of All Time, and you have to bold the ones you like. So, time for a few potentially embarrassing admissions. Remember, I like the bold ones.
***songs I don’t actively dislike in italics***
1. We Built This City … Starship
2. Achy Breaky Heart … Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight … Wang Chung
4. Rollin’ … Limp Bizkit
5. Ice Ice Baby … Vanilla Ice I know it’s a shitty song. I know he ripped off Queen. I know Vanilla Ice is lame, lame, lame…I know. 😉
6. The Heart of Rock & Roll … Huey Lewis and the News
7. Don’t Worry, Be Happy … Bobby McFerrin
8. Party All the Time … Eddie Murphy
9. American Life … Madonna
10. Ebony and Ivory … Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Invisible … Clay Aiken
12. Kokomo … The Beach Boys
13. Illegal Alien … Genesis…to be fair, I don’t know this song at all…but I don’t dislike it. 😉
14. From a Distance … Bette Midler
15. I’ll Be There for You … The Rembrandts Yeah, it was overplayed, but still catchy and fun.
16. What’s Up? … 4 Non Blondes
17. Pumps and a Bump … Hammer
18. You’re the Inspiration … Chicago
19. Broken Wings … Mr. Mister
20. Dancing on the Ceiling … Lionel Richie
21. Two Princes … Spin Doctors
22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) … Toby Keith
I must interrupt this meme for a rant…I completely agree with whomever put this song on the list. Not only do I not mind country music, but I actually kind of like Toby Keith. And I’d have to add Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning.” ugh. blah. And even more obnoxious than the Toby Keith song was “Have You Forgotten” by Darrell Worley, which in addition to its general obnoxiousness, rhymes “Bin Laden” with “Forgotten”.[/rant]
23. Sunglasses at Night … Corey Hart
24. Superman … Five for Fighting
25. I’ll Be Missing You … Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
26. The End … The Doors
27. The Final Countdown … Europe
28. Your Body Is a Wonderland … John Mayer…(I liked this song until someone told me it was about Jennifer Love Hewitt. I haven’t been able to get that image out of my head since.)
29. Breakfast at Tiffany’s … Deep Blue Something
30. Greatest Love of All … Whitney Houston I learned this in sign language when I was in Girl Scouts. Yes, this story has no point.
31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm … Crash Test Dummies
32. Will 2K … Will Smith I don’t own it or anything, but I thought this one was fun.
33. Barbie Girl … Aqua
34. Longer … Dan Fogelberg I know it reminds my dear roommie of the condom commercial…I don’t care. I think it’s sweet.
35. Shiny Happy People … R.E.M.
36. Make Em Say Uhh! … Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal
37. Rico Suave … Gerardo
38. Cotton Eyed Joe … Rednex
39. She Bangs … Ricky Martin
40. I Wanna Sex You Up … Color Me Badd
41. We Didn’t Start the Fire … Billy Joel
42. The Sound of Silence … Simon & Garfunkel
43. Follow Me … Uncle Kracker
44. I’ll Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) … Meat Loaf
45. Mesmerize … Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
46. Hangin’ Tough … New Kids on the Block…I have never danced on a bar with a stripper pole while this song was playing. Ahem…
47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You … Bryan Adams
48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da … The Beatles
49. I’m Too Sexy … Right Said Fred
50. My Heart Will Go On … Celine Dion