“Worst song ever” discourse

[Anonymous]

Curious to know everyone’s thoughts on this! Recently this Tweet (Xeet? What are they called now …) went viral where a guy dug up an old Tiny Desk clip of a “2010s stomp clap hey folk revival” song called Home, by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and called it the worst song ever made.

Now I mean I don’t think it’s great and I wouldn’t seek out this song to listen to. It’s annoying, even the studio version is annoying, this performance is particularly annoying. I associate the song now with TV commercials and stuff. But I don’t think you can say it’s in the conversation for “worst song ever made” when we have stuff like MmmBop, James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful,” most of the songs that the American Idol winners released after they won - remember Sorry 2004 by Ruben Studdard??? What about everything that’s ever come out of Megan Trainor’s mouth? Dance Monkey??

What are your thoughts on the worst song ever made?

[Anonymous]

Crocodile rock by Elton John

[Anonymous]

Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison

[Anonymous]

I'd argue that "MMMbop" is a perfectly crafted pop song.

"We Built This City on Rock and Roll" is the worst song that has ever existed, with "Afternoon Delight" a close second, and "I Just Called to Say I Love You" a distant third. That the last one was perpetrated by Stevie Wonder, who is responsible for some of the best popular music of the 20th century, makes it particularly painful, though.

As for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, the female singer had pretty serious addiction issues, which may explain this weird performance (if not the stupid song).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison

This is a terrible song, but is it worse than Billy Ocean's Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car? I'm legit asking because I really hate both of these.

[Anonymous]

Kokomo says hi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison

Mr. Harrison was in a band that put out "Michelle." Michelle is always in the discussion as the worst song ever.
Got my mind set on you is not so bad and would have been a perfect 2 minute song for the Beatles. It's catchy but clearly not enough there to stretch out to three and a half minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison

This is OP and I actually love this song and find it gets stuck in my head all the time LOL.

[Anonymous]

No mention of MacArthur Park yet?

“Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think I can take it
Cuz it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe againnnn oh nooo”

[Anonymous]

Gotta say it - Glass Onion by the Beatles

[Anonymous]

Thank you to the PP for the MmmBop love. It is actually a great, very well crafted song.

I really hate the song "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
I think it sounds terrible and has 0 artistry

[Anonymous]

Islands in the stream Dolly Parton and Kenny rogers. I do love Dolly, but this song is crap. Hate it so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd argue that "MMMbop" is a perfectly crafted pop song.

"We Built This City on Rock and Roll" is the worst song that has ever existed, with "Afternoon Delight" a close second, and "I Just Called to Say I Love You" a distant third. That the last one was perpetrated by Stevie Wonder, who is responsible for some of the best popular music of the 20th century, makes it particularly painful, though.

As for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, the female singer had pretty serious addiction issues, which may explain this weird performance (if not the stupid song).

YES! I have a visceral hatred for "We Built this City" and agree with your other assessments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd argue that "MMMbop" is a perfectly crafted pop song.

"We Built This City on Rock and Roll" is the worst song that has ever existed, with "Afternoon Delight" a close second, and "I Just Called to Say I Love You" a distant third. That the last one was perpetrated by Stevie Wonder, who is responsible for some of the best popular music of the 20th century, makes it particularly painful, though.

As for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, the female singer had pretty serious addiction issues, which may explain this weird performance (if not the stupid song).

YES! I have a visceral hatred for "We Built this City" and agree with your other assessments.

ANOTHER FOR WE BUILT THIS CITY. I HATE IT SO MUCH I HAVE TO YELL

[Anonymous]

None of tge songs mentioned so far are the worst song ever. “Proud to be an American” or “try that in a small town” are so much worse, both in terms of artistry and the narrow-minded ignorance they represent.