And yet it doesn't mention El DeBarge?

I used to love that Batdance song when I was a kid.

C'mon "who let the dogs out" at #1. C'mon, no whammy no whammy. STOP

*clicks link*

Damn, not far off though.

absoluteparanoia: C'mon "who let the dogs out" at #1. C'mon, no whammy no whammy. STOP

*clicks link*

Damn, not far off though.

See, I would go with "You're Beautiful" higher, because it's obvious the douche singing that song thinks he's singing a Great Song, and is taking it way too seriously. The Baja Men, on the other hand, know that their song is a piece of shiat designed only for dumbasses to dance to, so it's at least kind of fun.

The #1 song in the country when I was born was "The Sreak" by Ray Stevens.

/"I said look out Ethel, But it was too late"

maudibjr: The #1 song in the country when I was born was "The Sreak" by Ray Stevens.

/"I said look out Ethel, But it was too late"

The Streak. damn it.

maudibjr: maudibjr: The #1 song in the country when I was born was "The Sreak" by Ray Stevens.

/"I said look out Ethel, But it was too late"

The Streak. damn it.

Your dog wants Sreak.

/Novelty songs get a mulligan.

BKITU: Your dog wants Sreak.

Now I want a steak covered in sriracha sauce. God damn it.

I'm not saying I listen to this music or that I'll leave it on on the radio, but "I Want It That Way" is by no means a bad song. It's very well constructed for what it is.

Cagey B: BKITU: Your dog wants Sreak.

Now I want a steak covered in sriracha sauce. God damn it.

Your dog wants some milk and a jar of Tucks pads.

jake_lex: See, I would go with "You're Beautiful" higher, because it's obvious the douche singing that song thinks he's singing a Great Song, and is taking it way too seriously. The Baja Men, on the other hand, know that their song is a piece of shiat designed only for dumbasses to dance to, so it's at least kind of fun.

This. "Who Let The Dogs Out" is crap, but it doesn't aspire to be much more than that.

But when I saw James Blunt for the first time, it was when he was the musical guest on SNL. And I honestly thought I was watching a sketch. I thought it was some kind of Andy Kaufman-style joke, trying to pass this guy off as legit. He just kept up this creepy-as-fark LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA act while he was goat-bleating this simperingly obnoxious, simple-sauce, moon-spoon-June non-song about stalking. Plus, between the wispy stubble, greasy hair and fish-belly white, clammy-looking complexion, he looked like nothing so much a basement-dwelling child molester.

Within fifteen seconds, I was all, "Well THIS guy sucks more ass than is at all reasonable." I figured it would be the last I saw of him.

I wish I'd been right.

Oh they did not just bash the Spice Girls! I mean that You're Beautiful song sucks more than a thousand vacuum cleaners but Wannabe is awesome and Who Let The Dogs Out is easily one of the triumphs of modern music. I mean who did let the dogs out anyway?

"I'm Too Sexy" is a fairly good satire song, actually. With a pretty well-played sample of Jimi Hendrix. The problem is people thought the song was serious.

Beyond that, yeah, good list.

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" was so bad that Bobby McFerrin refuses to sing it.

No Mili Vanili?

JerseyTim: I'm not saying I listen to this music or that I'll leave it on on the radio, but "I Want It That Way" is by no means a bad song. It's very well constructed for what it is.

I'll agree with this too. Pop music is pop music. Its not meant to be anything more serious or irreverant.

Why is "I Want It That Way" horrible, and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" brilliant?

FTFA: (Regarding Don't Worry Be Happy) "it's just a guy trying to send me some unrealistic positive vibes through a catchy a cappella vocal performance."

Someone didn't listen to the lyrics.

It says "Yeah, you've got nothing, we've taken it all, your house was foreclosed, your landlord is evicting you, you're hungry, your family left you, but if you'd please just try not to look so wretched please? You're killing my buzz."

The song is grating and unpleasant to listen to, and I have a feeling it hit #1 because no one else listened to the lyrics either, but it isn't "just a guy trying to send unrealistic positive vibes."

downstairs: Why is "I Want It That Way" horrible, and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" brilliant?

Who was calling "I want to hold your hand" brilliant?

Big deal. Most of the songs that hit #1 after 1980 suck. You know contemporary music is bad when a song like "Billy Don't Be A Hero" sounds good in comparison.

JerseyTim: I'm not saying I listen to this music or that I'll leave it on on the radio, but "I Want It That Way" is by no means a bad song. It's very well constructed for what it is.

This. It's a fantastic pop song. It's easy to hate the prefab boybands and the various members' douchitude, but damn, this song was well put together. Even if nobody knows wtf it means.

No "You Light Up My Life"?
No "In The Year 2525"?

No SINGING NUN?

FAIL.

downstairs: Why is "I Want It That Way" horrible, and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" brilliant?

I won't go so far as to say brilliant, but it's definitely quite clever. The unresolved B Major in the verse sections make for incredible harmonic tension, and the 11-bar bridge is completely unorthodox, especially in the context of early-60s Rock. It's light years above and beyond anything on this sh*tlist.

Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"

Carry on.

There are waaaaay more #1 bad songs than this list has.

1985 ... Wham!/George Michael ... Careless Whisper
1982 ... Olivia Newton-John ... Physical
1978 ... Andy Gibb ... Shadow Dancing
1975 ... Captain & Tennille ... Love Will Keep Us Together
1973 ... Tony Orlando/Dawn ... Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree

This is only a sample, the list of craptacular entertainment is endless.

Mors: FTFA: (Regarding Don't Worry Be Happy) "it's just a guy trying to send me some unrealistic positive vibes through a catchy a cappella vocal performance."

Someone didn't listen to the lyrics.

It says "Yeah, you've got nothing, we've taken it all, your house was foreclosed, your landlord is evicting you, you're hungry, your family left you, but if you'd please just try not to look so wretched please? You're killing my buzz."

The song is grating and unpleasant to listen to, and I have a feeling it hit #1 because no one else listened to the lyrics either, but it isn't "just a guy trying to send unrealistic positive vibes."

Grating is the last thing to describe that song. But you are correct about the irony that most people in the lyrics miss.

Another example of lyrics that people miss is "That's Just the Way it Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. He's not actually agreeing with the line, "That's just the way it is." He's quoting characters in his story. His message is, "But don't you believe them."

JerseyTim: I'm not saying I listen to this music or that I'll leave it on on the radio, but "I Want It That Way" is by no means a bad song. It's very well constructed for what it is.

Ditto for "Bad Day".

They are plenty of crappy songs prior to 1988.

What about that new Kid Rock song. I mean, I'll admit that back in the 90s I thought Kid Rock was awesome, but this new song is just about gayer than a bag of dicks.

thank you for not being a slideshow list.

TFA rick-rolled me.

Never Gonna Give You Up...not amazing, but so hilarious doesn't deserve this kind of dubious honor.

Batdance should be way higher....

Dont Worry be Happy....sure.

BSB...sure

I'm Too Sexy...another so hilarious..doesn't deserve it.

Bad Day should be number 3

Who let The Dogs out definitly

Wannabe sure

Macarena..THIS! is the number 1 worst...

You're Beautiful I'll give number 2...wasn't as shoved down our throats as Macarena was.

I NEVER did the Macarena dance...I refused to dance at camp to it, and I give my young self a nice pat on the back for not being a sheep then...or now :)

winner

Only made it to number 2 but has one of the greatest music videos of all time

This guy doesn't seem to realize that music wasn't invented in 1988.

this oughta be good

No "Electric Slide"?

List is invalid.

As much as I hate to admit it, and I'll deny it in court, but "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys is an AWESOME song. I hate that I love it so. But it's, like, a perfect pop song. I even like "Quit Playing Games with My Heart." I should be dead.

And despite its recent meme notoriety, I always liked "Never Gonna Give You Up." I have the 12" single. On vinyl. Off lawn.

llieswald: What about that new Kid Rock song. I mean, I'll admit that back in the 90s I thought Kid Rock was awesome, but this new song is just about gayer than a bag of dicks.

Any idea where I can get a bag of dicks? It's, uh, for a friend.

But when I saw James Blunt for the first time, it was when he was the musical guest on SNL. And I honestly thought I was watching a sketch. I thought it was some kind of Andy Kaufman-style joke, trying to pass this guy off as legit. He just kept up this creepy-as-fark LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA act while he was goat-bleating this simperingly obnoxious, simple-sauce, moon-spoon-June non-song about stalking. Plus, between the wispy stubble, greasy hair and fish-belly white, clammy-looking complexion, he looked like nothing so much a basement-dwelling child molester.

Add me to the club. I thought it was a joke when I saw it too.
On another note, did anyone else check out the Rick Astley heavy metal video also?

Holy crap. I don't remember that Prince song. What a hot mess that is.

How could they leave off "We Built This City" by Starship?

Though utterly dorky songs, "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "I Want it That Way" are at least comprehensible as popular. You can say, "Yeah, I can see why little girls coo over these."

Two really heinous songs are being neglected as a result.

I thought Daniel Powter, and James Blunt were the same guy. So I thought James Blunt was on the list twice. This list is pretty dead on.

List should have been titled "The 10 worst #1 hits of the last 20 years".

Besides, any douche can post a worst-of list. They should also post a best-of list so we can see where their head really is.

No difference between the Spice Girls and a bag of Doritos?

Au contraire! A bag of Doritos never gave anyone VD.

It's really hard to make a top ten bad #1 songs list. There's a LOT of crap that's hit number 1.

10. Hey, don't be hatin' on the Rickroll!
9. Can't stand this one either. What was Prince thinking? WAS he thinking?
8. Gag. I would play the freakin' BARNEY theme before I played THIS.
7. Also not as bad as TFA makes it out. It's boy-band fluff, but it's at least listenable boy-band fluff. Of course, Weird Al's parody ("eBay") is better.
6. I'm too sexy to comment. :-) Well, maybe not. It's dumb, but not dreadful.
5. Never heard this one. Probably don't WANT to.
4. I'd play this one during DJ sets, but strictly as a gag.
3. I believe it was one of the members of Chumbawamba who called this group "The shiate Girls." They can go to hell. And THAT'S what I want, what I really really want.
2. What's the translation of this one? "Dance to crappy music, stupid Americans/You are so stupid you think this crappy music is good/Dance to crappy music, stupid Americans/HEEEEYYYYY, stupid Americans!"
1. Like #7, Weird Al's version ("You're Pitiful") is better. Unlike #7, that pretentious twit James Blunt didn't give him permission to put it on his album. Thank God for the Internet.

I'm Too Sexy is one of the great silly songs. It is in no way a serious song, and people who take it seriously need to examine just how pathetic their lives are.

Seven words:

Fine Young Cannibals.
She Drives Me Crazy.

/That is all.

All of them
/obligatory

dmorack: How could they leave off "We Built This City" by Starship?

Because it wasn't released during the formative years of the Whipper Snapper who wrote the article.

Dear Lord, the 70's were so full of #1 FAIL it makes some of the songs on this list sound like the farking beatles.

I got so sick of hearing "Wind Beneath My Wings" about a week after it came out on the radio.

Overplayed every hour on the hour = needed earworm detergent to wash it out. :\