POWERBOMB

Yikes. I like almost all the songs being listed here.

wm lopez

Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger "STATE OF SHOCK"
Dixies Midnite Runners "COME ON EILEEN"

Numanoid

The Full list:

50. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
49. Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
48. The Beatles – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
47. Bryan Adams – The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You
46. New Kids on the Block – Hangin’ Tough
45. Ja Rule featuring Ashanti – Mesmerize
44. Meatloaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)
43. Uncle Cracker – Follow Me
42. Simon and Garfunkel – The Sounds of Silence
41. Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire
40. Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
39. Ricky Martin – She Bangs
38. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
37. Gerardo – Rico Suave
36. Master P. featuring Silkk, Feind, Mia X and Mystikal – Make Em Say UHH!
35. R.E.M. – Happy Shiny People
34. Dan Fogleberg – Longer
33. Aqua – Barbie Girl
32. Will Smith – Wil 2K
31. Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
30. Whitney Houston – The Greatest Love of All
29. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
28. John Mayer – Your Body is a Wonderland
27. Europe – The Final Countdown
26. The Doors – The End
25. Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 – I’ll Be Missing You
24. Five For Fighting – Superman
23. Corey Hart – Sunglasses at Night
22. Toby Keith – Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)
21. Spin Doctors – Two Princes
20. Lionel Richie – Dancing on the Ceiling
19. Mr. Mister – Broken Wings
18. Chicago – You’re the Inspiration
17. Hammer – Pumps and a Bump
16. 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up?
15. The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You
14. Bette Midler – From a Distance
13. Genesis – Illegal Alien
12. The Beach Boys – Kokomo
11. Clay Aiken – Invisible
10. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder – Ebony and Ivory
9. Madonna – American Life
8. Eddie Murphy – Party all the Time
7. Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy
6. Huey Lewis and the News – The Heart of Rock and Roll
5. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
4. Limp Bizkit – Rollin’
3. Wang Chung – Everybody Have Fun Tonight
2. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
1. Starship – We Built This City

Capo2002

How the hell did "The End", by The Doors make that list??? that is a great song, these people are friggin morons.

Drexl

What I don't get is how "Rico Sauve," "Barbie Girl," and "Ice Ice Baby" are not considered cheesy by design and therefore ineligible.

I'm surprised "MacArthur Park" didn't make the list, but I guess that was before their time.

Rypro 525

yeah, that song is a classic.

nodeerforamonth

??? Yeah, this list is bogus. No Pink Floyd? No U2? I would like to think "With Or Without You" would be in the top 5. Easily.

fallow

The Doors and critics (the ones who would work at Blender) rarely get along. I don't get along with The Doors either.

Obviously, some songs are added for the sake of controversy. Obviously, only songs that are known on commercial radio or TV are going to be listed: I could make a similar list after spending 30 minutes in the college radio station.

Jeremy517

Wooho I have CDs with five of those songs Doesn't bother me though.

Ms. Jackson by Outkast and What’s Up? by 4 Non Blondes would probably be neck-and-neck on the top of my personal list.

Da Thrilla

Macarena didn't make the list!!!!!!!!


Worst list ever because of that omission!

Numanoid

Why they think that the Macarena was intentionally cheesy, I don't know.

antennaball

Two Princes was the bomb. Period.

Tscott

I believe the editors of Blender got confused when they were told this song was the "worst of the worst" and stuck it in last place on the list, when clearly this should be number one.

bill_n_opus

Rypro 525

seriously, i loved that song, i think my brother has the cd as well.

Jaymole

"We Built This City" IS the worst song ever recorderd. Kudos for Blender for getting the first pick right.

"We are the World" is my pick for second worst song ever recorded. Sorry to see it didn't make the list.

There are only a couple of songs on that list I would disagree with. The rest deserve to have William Hung sing them for eternity.

Jeremy517

That is one of the songs that I have on CDs.

kcbrett5

This isnt a list of the worst songe ever. Its a list of songs people generally liked at first but got played too often. For truly horrible songs you can find plenty of stuff nobody has ever heard of that will suck worse.

EvilConradBain

I liked Mmm Bop and still like Mmm Bop. Its catchy. Definitely not the worst song ever.

milo bloom

Originally posted by Numanoid The Full list:

50. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
49. Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexyintentionally cheezy, disqualified
48. The Beatles – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da this just boggles my mind that this is here, they're just trying to be "cool" with this one
47. Bryan Adams – The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You
46. New Kids on the Block – Hangin’ Tough now this is corporate rock at it's worst
45. Ja Rule featuring Ashanti – Mesmerize
44. Meatloaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) bad? it's Meatloaf, he can't be good or bad, he just is
43. Uncle Cracker – Follow Me
42. Simon and Garfunkel – The Sounds of Silence another case of pretentiousness and "coolness", this is a beautiful and haunting song
41. Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire errr, it was interesting the first time, but then you realized he was just reading history factoids off the back of a box of corn flakes. they're probably right on this one
40. Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
39. Ricky Martin – She Bangs this is another one not meant to be deep, it's just a dumb dance song, no more
38. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe see above (though I admit to honestly liking this song)
37. Gerardo – Rico Suave goofy fun
36. Master P. featuring Silkk, Feind, Mia X and Mystikal – Make Em Say UHH!
35. R.E.M. – Happy Shiny People I realize even REM have said they don't like this song, but I can't help but think it's one of their better ones. And the spirituality of the video is deeper than most give it credit for
34. Dan Fogleberg – Longer
33. Aqua – Barbie Girl dumb dance, get over it!
32. Will Smith – Wil 2K
31. Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm this is re-goddamned-diculous. This is an incredible and touching song about just trying to live, and it's unusual structure makes the tragic hipsters lose their minds. This song alone nearly qualifies the editors as flea-bitten disease ridden, poop flinging monkeys, randomly throwing their poop at CDs and putting the ones they hit on a list hoping a jaded generation of music fans will buy into their post-modern, anti-establishment, fortune cookie wisdom horseshit . [/rant]
30. Whitney Houston – The Greatest Love of All
29. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany’s harmless fluff
28. John Mayer – Your Body is a Wonderland harmless fluff
27. Europe – The Final Countdown
26. The Doors – The End exsqueeze me? This is one of the Doors best, if you had to pick one song, this is the one that says "The Doors"
25. Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 – I’ll Be Missing You I really want to hate this song. I'm a longtime Police/Sting fan, and my wife is a huge Sting fan, and I generally hate most rap and rappers, and have no emotional attachment to Notorious BIG, but, I heard this song again just this week, and I can't help but feel a little something inside. Of course, the male vocalist (can't remember his name from week to week) sounds like Mushmouth from Fat Albert, but Sting himself once joined them for a live performance that was a helluva thing to see. This is a heartfelt love song, from someone who truly misses his friend.
24. Five For Fighting – Superman Overplayed? Yes. Bad? Won't go down in the history books, but certainly shouldn't be on this list
23. Corey Hart – Sunglasses at Night I have an odd attachment for this because I once used it in a school play as a lunar alien wearing sunglasses
22. Toby Keith – Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) I'm probably glad I've never heard this because it sounds like the worst kind of flag waving, saber-rattling, jingoism there is. Patriotic songs aren't written. They just written as songs, and become patriotic.
21. Spin Doctors – Two Princes One of the first things that comes to my mind when I think of my college days. It was on all the time and I just heard it the other day and still enjoyed it
20. Lionel Richie – Dancing on the Ceiling dumb dance song, lay off it
19. Mr. Mister – Broken Wings
18. Chicago – You’re the Inspiration my first exposure to Chicago was from this era, and if you told me it would be on a worst song list in 2004, I would have said you were crazy. Having grown attached over the past year to a local classic rock station that plays some of their real stuff, I would now agree.
17. Hammer – Pumps and a Bump
16. 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up? People don't like this? It's non-conformist and different without being horribly bad musically. Another "I don't get it"
15. The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You
14. Bette Midler – From a Distance
13. Genesis – Illegal Alien
12. The Beach Boys – Kokomo See my Chicago response above, but I should have known better since my dad was a big Beach Boys fan.
11. Clay Aiken – Invisible
10. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder – Ebony and Ivory It sounds technically good, like they hit all the right notes (literally and metaphorically), but it just doesn't ring true for some reason.
9. Madonna – American Life When did this song come out? Seriously, I have no idea what this song is, and I honestly try to keep up with the Material Girl. Are we sure they don't mean American Pie? Cause even Weird Al twisting it to one of the most maligned movies in recent history (though I like it) is less offensive than what Madge did
8. Eddie Murphy – Party all the Time I want to say dumb dance song, but it doesn't seem to have aged as well as some of the other dds's on the list
7. Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy Again, overplayed. It's not a bad song. It's a light little ditty that would be good for singing around campfires, but it just got whored all over the radio
6. Huey Lewis and the News – The Heart of Rock and Roll I was a big HL fan back in the day, and this one was a big one of course. But now, it seems so paint by numbers. It's a song that should be gently put out to pasture, maybe resurrected in another ten years for the oldies stations.
5. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby Aside from him being a fake, I don't think he was that bad of an artist. Just another corporate puppet
4. Limp Bizkit – Rollin’
3. Wang Chung – Everybody Have Fun Tonight This is a sacred cow here. I think this one is on the way to joining Louie, Louie and Tequila as a party song constant in years to come.
2. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart Most "modern" country "musicians" need to be round up and shot. While being forced to listen to this.
1. Starship – We Built This City I don't understand all the talk of "corporate rock" but this is another one like my Chicago response. I thought it was interesting back in the day, but after hearing some of their really trippy stuff from the past, you wonder who snipped em? They should be pitied more than vilified IMHO

And Mmmbop is a good song, and Hanson is a talented group that needs better promotion and better songwriting.

And seriously, where's the Michael Bolton? That no talent ass-clown should be at the top of the list for sure.

Rypro 525

american life was the song that got in trouble since the video was originally anti war. but the jackoff's at mtv didn't let the video air so instead we have this pos video with her in front of nations flags.

Scot1458

Let's remember this list is made by a bunch of horny 24 year olds who listen to nothing but fity cent and Limp Bizket.

Genesis Illegal Alien?
The Sound of Silence? Prentensious..no shit dumb asses! It is supposed to be as it's based on an old english key.

**** you!

Rypro 525

then why did they put "rollin at no 4

also about the end, how could they complain about these contraversial lyrics?
**** **** **** yeah, **** **** **** **** yeah, now **** me baby, now come on now **** **** **** **** me baby yeah yeah yeah." (this version of the song is only on the 99 remaster.

BJacks

I have "Ice Ice Baby" and "Breakfast at Tiffaney's" on my mp3 player right now, so a big "FU" to Blender.

"Keep my composure while it's time to get loose, magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice." - Vanilla Ice, recited from memory

iggystar

I started to list the songs I like on the list, but there are too many. There are some that are "in the moment" songs, like "Pumps and a Bump". You know it's not good, but it's so much fun. I guess that's what I feel about "We Built This City", maybe it's not good but when I think of it I get a total 80's flashback - I loved that song back then, heck, I didn't even know Starship had all of these previous lives and names. It was fun.

But, "We Didn't Start the Fire"? C'mon that's good stuff for real.