These are the 20 worst songs of all time, according to our readers

New York Post 11/04/2016

Starship: “We Built This City”

USA for Africa: “We Are the World”

The charitable intentions couldn’t hide what a stinker of a song it was. Prince knew it and, despite huge criticism at the time, wisely refused to take part.

Barenaked Ladies: “One Week”

Bobby McFerrin: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

Terry Jacks: “Seasons in the Sun”

Berlin: “Take My Breath Away”

Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots: “Disco Duck”

Steve Miller Band: “The Joker”

Baha Men: “Who Let the Dogs Out”

Piko-Taro: “PPAP”

The Hues Corporation: “Rock the Boat”

Eddie Murphy: “Party All the Time”

Nena: “99 Luftballons”

The Beatles: “Hey Jude”

Bryan Adams: “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”

Men Without Hats: “The Safety Dance”

Los del Río: “Macarena”

Billy Ray Cyrus: “Achy Breaky Heart”

Europe: “The Final Countdown”

Desiigner: “Panda”

Original post HERE

Piko-Taro: “PPAP”

Desiigner: “Panda"

I've never heard of these, but I like all the rest. Some of them I have. Take My Breath Away, I got tired of hearing at the time because it was played so much. There used to be a local music video channel, and Berlin's song literally came on every 20 minues or less some days (and so did Timbuck 3's I Gotta Wear Shades and The Warrior by Scandal). But I can tolerate it now. But I've never liked the remix for it. I heard Macarena on the radio the other day. I liked the original version better than the one with the English lyrics (Bayside Boys remix), which was the one that was played more. I don't like Macarena enough to buy it, but it's ok. I don't care about Who Let The Dogs Out, but I liked it at first.

This list is a joke.

Because I can think of a list of more horrible songs that should have never been recorded.

Hate all you want on We are the World but its a CLASSIC. It is an Iconic song that can't be denied. When that song comes on, people of all races, background, culture, etc sing a long.

Hey Jude, what the hell, i might understand that people are sick and tired of the song but it's a great song.

The Joker and Hey, Jude don't belong on this list.

purplethunder3121 said:

The Joker and Hey, Jude don't belong on this list.

Fuck them. What do they know? What qualifies them to make that statement? And really... the worst songs are the thousands and millions of songs that were written and thankfully no one ever got to hear. So really, this list is bs.

The final countdown also doesn't belong there.

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PatrickS77 said:

Fuck them. What do they know? What qualifies them to make that statement? And really... the worst songs are the thousands and millions of songs that were written and thankfully no one ever got to hear. So really, this list is bs.

Funny that, I'll take most of the songs on this list over most of the current crap on the charts today...

purplethunder3121 said:

PatrickS77 said:

Fuck them. What do they know? What qualifies them to make that statement? And really... the worst songs are the thousands and millions of songs that were written and thankfully no one ever got to hear. So really, this list is bs.

Funny that, I'll take most of the songs on this list over most of the current crap on the charts today...

Kinda ironic...

PatrickS77 said:

Fuck them. What do they know? What qualifies them to make that statement? And really... the worst songs are the thousands and millions of songs that were written and thankfully no one ever got to hear. So really, this list is bs.

The final countdown also doesn't belong there.

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why isn't Buck Fizz's The Land of Make Believe on that list?????

"Party All The Time" is a fun 80s song

mjscarousal said:

This list is a joke.

Because I can think of a list of more horrible songs that should have never been recorded.

Hate all you want on We are the World but its a CLASSIC. It is an Iconic song that can't be denied. When that song comes on, people of all races, background, culture, etc sing a long.

We are the world is total crap. Wendy even confirmed that Prince thought the song sucked.

dancerella said:

I seriously can't understand how We built this city is the worst song of all time.

Yes. Me too. I mean, it's not the greatest song. But it certainly isn't the worst. It's a fun song and back in the day when it was strong on the charts, nobody said it's the worst song ever.

laurarichardson said:

We are the world is total crap. Wendy even confirmed that Prince thought the song sucked.

You're just biased against MJ. The song is great. Everybody who doesn't agree is a loser. Plain and simple. There, I said it.

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PatrickS77 said:

dancerella said:

I seriously can't understand how We built this city is the worst song of all time.

Yes. Me too. I mean, it's not the greatest song. But it certainly isn't the worst. It's a fun song and back in the day when it was strong on the charts, nobody said it's the worst song ever.

laurarichardson said:

We are the world is total crap. Wendy even confirmed that Prince thought the song sucked.

You're just biased against MJ. The song is great. Everybody who doesn't agree is a loser. Plain and simple. There, I said it.

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Exactly! I don't understand how it's been coined the worst song ever all of a sudden. It makes no sense to me.

the thing with "Disco Duck" is....it's a parody,a joke....it's not meant to be taken seriously.In 1976,Rick Dees noticed that everything was suddenly becoming "disco",so he wrote a fun song about it.To say that it is one of the worst songs ever....they clearly don't get the joke

SoulAlive said:

the thing with "Disco Duck" is....it's a parody,a joke....it's not meant to be taken seriously.In 1976,Rick Dees noticed that everything was suddenly becoming "disco",so he wrote a fun song about it.To say that it is one of the worst songs ever....they clearly don't get the joke

How anyone didn't get the joke is beyond me.

purplethunder3121 said:

214 said:

laurarichardson said:

mjscarousal said:

This list is a joke.

Because I can think of a list of more horrible songs that should have never been recorded.

Hate all you want on We are the World but its a CLASSIC. It is an Iconic song that can't be denied. When that song comes on, people of all races, background, culture, etc sing a long.

We are the world is total crap. Wendy even confirmed that Prince thought the song sucked.

Who cares what Prince thought, he was an asshole during this period. The song is iconic and a classic, period.

NorthC said:

^You do realize you're on a Prince fan site, don't ya? Of course nobody agrees with this list, but the comment about We Are the World is spot on.

You do realize that I don't care? Prince was a butthole in the 80's and that takes nothing away from his genius. Regardless whether you think the song is corny or not its a classic and iconic. The song gets played today so your opinion has no bearing when people obviously like the song and it still influences 30 years later

mjscarousal said:

NorthC said:

^You do realize you're on a Prince fan site, don't ya? Of course nobody agrees with this list, but the comment about We Are the World is spot on.

You do realize that I don't care? Prince was a butthole in the 80's and that takes nothing away from his genius. Regardless whether you think the song is corny or not its a classic and iconic. The song gets played today so your opinion has no bearing when people obviously like the song and it still influences 30 years later

You have to admit is indeed a little corny, Heal The World is much better.

NorthC said:

214 said:

Hey Jude, what the hell, i might understand that people are sick and tired of the song but it's a great song.

That's the only reason I can think of why someone would put it in this list; because it's been played to death. But the one could also nominate Yesterday.

Yes, but Yesterday is a masterpiece as well, de hecho es mucho mejor que Hey Jude.

PatrickS77 said:

Why is this even a conversation?

If a "corny" song is iconic and proved itself to be classic 30 years later after its initial release and still is influential, I think its foolish to continue to call the said song "corny" when obviously the song still reasonates with culture and people decades later. The Grammys recently re-did the song after Michael passed with over 50 musicians, artists, producers, and songwriters of various genres and I like We are the World, its truly a beautiful song and I think the reason why its so iconic is because all walks of life, races and backgrounds relate to the lyrics and the attention it brought to the HIV/AIDS and poverty epidemic in Africa.