A Tournament of the Worst Songs of All Time | March Badness 2022, Rd. 1

[@80085word69]

“You never know where you will be assaulted by Hey Soul Sister” very true

[@reteipdevries]

Thanks a lot. I've been humming this for the last 10 minutes. Delete plsss

[@burmajones803]

Without Ebony and Ivory we wouldn't have Murphy and Piscopo spoofing it on SNL: you are black and I am white/you are blind as a bat and I have sight. Pure gold!

[@usmcfutball]

Classic!

[@edgustafson]

Oh man. I forgot about that.

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

I also love Psych’s version, when they were promoting the show.

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

Without Achy Breaky we wouldn't have Weird Al's parody.

[@ignatiusjackson235]

EXCELLENT POINT!!!

[@Vanessa.P]

So happy to have March Badness back!

[@ShivasIrons22]

Can't believe We Built This City didn’t advance. It isn't good cheese, it is massively rank cheese. Seasons in The Sun is a bit like Soul Sister in that you were bludgeoned with it multiple times a day on the radio.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

In all honesty I don’t think WBTC isn’t that bad.

[@TheRealBlueSwan]

"Popcorn" should never have been on here. It is a freaking classic. Yeah, it sounds kinda primitive and rough in 2022, but this was a revolutionary sound in 1972. You can't really hate on something that groundbreaking.

[@usmcfutball]

Just checked Popcorn out. Liked it! Awesome drums too...

[@joebloggs396]

It improved on the original, good countermelody added. If it was a 'patreon' pick it just proves that those with money don't have good taste.

[@joeyruss3933]

As a patreon I can confirm that there was way more than 8 total selections nominated so I would ask the TLM folk why they didn’t choose any of the other songs

[@arminreuter5151]

I was surprised to see it here, too. It was ground-breaking for its time. It was the starting point for electronic music of Depeche Mode and The Human League f.i. Maybe it wasn't very well-known in the U.S. and that's why it's so poorly regarded. The composition can be traced back to 1969, btw. The drums weren't electronic. A usable drum-machine was yet to be invented. That's why early Kraftwerk used real drums, too

[@joebloggs396]

@@arminreuter5151 The Hot Butter version has had many covers. And if you compare it to low bit electronic music, well that has been a genre for a while in modern times.

[@SomeSong2]

Everybody talks about how great the 60s were for music and then when you go back and see the absolute horrifying depths of the novelty songs from that era, really makes you rethink a lot of things in life.

[@mistymu8154]

Every decade has some terrible music. I think we tend to look back on the past with rose tinted glasses sometimes as people tend to only remember all the best stuff that came from the respective decades.

[@edgustafson]

I've been saying this for years. Every decade has a bunch of garbage music. The crappy stuff from the 60s and 70s (or whatever decade you think is great) just got lost to time. No one's devoting any time to Ray Stevens or Terry Jacks anymore, so people just assume it was all Beatles, Stones, and Zeppelin back then.

[@johnbriggsmusic]

The ones you guys mentioned aren’t even the worst Train lyrics. “ I got dance moves like Patrick Swayze. I'm the left over turkey for the world's mayonnaisey.” Maybe the worst lyrics I’ve ever heard.

[@ryankramzer1256]

Oh, don't forget we got more rounds

[@SomeSong2]

Wow, that is just....that is....I have no words.

[@edgustafson]

I don't think Train's music is terrible (it's mostly bland), but the lyrics are on another level.

[@johnbriggsmusic]

Yeah I agree. Those first two records are actually not bad, but even on those the lyrics are pretty questionable.

[@neesi1570]

I was just thinking this morning, "Well, I guess there's no March Badness this year." Woo-hoo! Damnit, I kind of like "Popcorn." It'd be treated like a masterpiece if Kraftwerk or someone hipster-approved had recorded it.

[@TZ61]

Lol, was just thinking the same thing.

[@marciap-vc]

Popcorn was the background music for the lottery picks on the local NBC affiliate for many many many years in Detroit. It angers me only because any lottery fantasies perished to that song.

[@johnhermes4112]

Great list guys! I agree with nearly everything on the list. The only disagreement I have is that “Margaritaville” and Jimmy Buffet in general has no business being on a worst songs list in my opinion. It’s not a perfect song at all, but it’s a fun, inoffensive peace of beach rock.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

I agree it’s not a bad song at all.

[@bimbobarbarellamusicprogram]

@@Hartlor_Tayley John I was born in FLA ~~ most of "US" can't stand Jimmy Buffett way TOO over=rated

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@bimbobarbarellamusicprogram I can see that being the case. Over rated for sure but still it’s not a terrible song, radio played it to beyond death so it feels like it’s much worse than it actually is. There should be a list of songs that weren’t bad just played so often that you can’t stand it.

[@claytonkelley4921]

This is the funnest video and concept I’ve seen since I subscribed!

[@robsamuels8255]

Loved this , every bit as cool and funny( “ My Pal Foot Foot” 😂 ) as last year’s legendary Worst LP tournament. Shout out to the Patreons ( Inner Circle and the other tiers) for their amazing contributions ( Dr Bombay😂) 🔥👍

[@UlyssesJonah]

I can imagine TMBG doing a fun song about the invention of the printing press! What's really funny is that when I look up these songs on KZbin, I see people commenting how good they are lol

[@nightowl1851]

The most-liked video on KZbin of The Who's Behind Blue Eyes has 96,000 likes. The most-liked video of Limp Bizkit's Behind Blue Eyes has 763,000 likes! That's enough for me to wish Limp Bizkit could win the whole Worst Songs tournament.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

I guess that has to do with age. There’s a 30 year gap between The Who’s heydays and LB’s lowdays.

[@curly_wyn]

Dude, that right there just makes me weep for the future of humanity…

[@mainzergirl9610]

Your funniest vid yet! Thanks for the affirmation: thought I was the only one who couldn't stand Fallon. Has he ever uttered an amusing word?

[@frangarcia7774]

His uncontrolled and phoney laughs, his cocaine anxious behavior, his excessive awesomeness for everything, his stupidity... provoque hidden homicide instincts barely controllable

[@arminreuter5151]

»In Yugoslavia, in Yugoslavia they never starve.«

[@tntstorms7969]

Fallon was funny as Nick Burns on SNL. Beyond that he wasn't too funny.

[@barryosullivan1486]

Great show again. Well done guys. Really enjoying the channel.

[@viscountpalmerston]

Right and proper KISS is being displayed prominently, in a video about musical badness :-)

[@edgustafson]

I originally thought "My World" had a chance to go far. My choice of what's left would probably be that Beach Boys atrocity, but unbelievably, it's losing. Back up choice would be Dr. Bombay. Kudos to Jens for suggesting it.

[@179rich]

Yeah, it's hard to vote on some of these, especially the Beach Boys vs Bon Jovi. I had to go with Bon Jovi even though it did make me cry a little bit last night with its on the nose description of what happened to George Floyd. I was drinking. Just a painfully obtuse execution.

[@179rich]

"The only thing that can really beat parrot head culture is pedophile culture." LMAO. I am listening to each of these songs and, so far, holy Jesus some of these are sooooooo bad. I'd rather listen to The Shaggs. They're awful, but at least they're bizarre and interesting.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

You should watch Steve Terreberry’s take on it! ‘OMG, these people are playing music against their will!!!!!’ 😂

[@pruneface90]

I take no particular pleasure in once again agreeing with Kramzer. However, it was a real delight to listen to his verbal demolition of Hey Soul Sister. His skewering of the simultaneously pretentious and cynical mentality behind that wretched, affected abomination of a song is 100% accurate. Personally, I despise Train and all who sail in her. They're worse than Passenger, and that's saying something.

[@melonfarmers1]

Michael Jackson - This Girl is Mine - fuck that song

[@davidellis5141]

I mean the word doggone was 30 years out of style at that point 😆

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Not offensively bad, but it’s worse than E&I.

[@davidellis5141]

Hope this becomes likes The Golden Raspberry awards where the " winner " in good humor accepts their 🏆.

[@davidbeckman7925]

Holy crap, the boys just killing it with this year's March Badness crap-taculum spectacular. I am so impressed with every aspect of this, from the song and region selection process to the discussion and your insightful, frequently hilarious takes on all this music. I came for Joe using "Corey Feldman" and "artistic integrity" in the same sentence..... And stayed for all 3 of you talking about the Boston song. I could actually listen to the TLM boys talk about Boston's "Life Love and Hope" for days.. I am equally astonished / mortified / fascinated by that whole album. Excellent job, psyched for Part 2 Tasto 4ever 🏆🎸🎹🔥

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Just heard Red Dress. I want to scrub my brain with an ice pick.

[@tbob1927]

I usually enjoy pausing these videos and going into Spotify to check out some of the stuff I don’t know or haven’t heard for a while. This is kind of fun in that way but man, I’m glad I had my headphones on for Seven Little Girls! No wonder you closed the door Kram. Just ewww…

[@usmcfutball]

Likewise I've been searching for some of these baddies on KZbin. But have felt obligated to clear them from my history ASAP so as not to impugn my musical integrity if identity theft occurs.

[@johnw706]

A nice stroll down bad memory lane . In terms of atrocities , you came up with some beauties . If you created a box set of all of the songs that you discussed , there would be no need for water boarding , or bamboo under the fingernails . Just play the box set on a loud volume setting , and whoever you were trying to extract information from , would sing like a canary ( something that doesn't happen on any of these songs ) . A job well done , gentlemen !!!

[@burmajones803]

I assume Illegal Alien by Genesis is being withheld for a future March Badness.

[@arminreuter5151]

We Europeans always laugh at you Americans, since you seem to totally fail to understand what this song is about. 😂

[@richiehoyt8487]

Not exactly the deepest and most nuanced assessment of the situation of 'the undocumented', it's true, and given a politically correct panel who manage to make a harmless if mildly annoying song like "Seven Little Girls..."× sound like Jimmy Saville's personal anthem, I'm surprised it wasn't singled out for a kicking here; but it's actually not a bad song _at all,_ musically, (and this from a group who are, to say the least, highly inconsistent in that department), and I think it's unironically, if ham - fistedly, actually trying to take the side of the illegal immigrant, in much the same way as Phil Collins 'takes the side' of the homeless a few years later, with "Another Day in Paradise" - it's not like he's taking the Mickey or anything, it's just cringey as hell coming from a millionaire! ×If one is going to hate on "Seven Little Girls..." surely the version by '90'/00’s Eurodisco act Bombalurina with professionally annoying British novelty act Timmy Mallet has *got* to be the one to single out, _surely!_

[@curly_wyn]

@@richiehoyt8487 you’re really annoying.

[@TheGerkuman]

​@@richiehoyt8487I don't think they're allowed to go with covers. They were talking about the Hot Butter version of Popcorn even though its probably the Crazy Frog version that the patrons had in mind.

[@lament77]

It’s no fun. 🎶

[@MomLAU]

When my son (now 24) was a kid, he learned a version of "Who Let the Dogs Out" from a kid on his bus. In this version, dogs, cats, and chickens were let out, with the appropriate animal sounds. That version was a lot better than the "real" version.

[@Vanessa.P]

That does sound like a much superior version.

[@MomLAU]

@@Vanessa.P :) It is! There might have been more to it; I'm guessing they could probably keep the song going as long as kids could come up with animal sounds to make.

[@jacksonchapman5515]

Wow what an amazing channel I just discovered definitely changed my opinion on Ebony and Ivory but I can’t wait for the next episodes

[@179rich]

Yeah, that Seasons in the Sun song actually does suck. My childhood nostalgia has been replaced with me holding my nose.

[@canadianstudmuffin]

Bon Jovi = The Worst.

[@themusiccritic3196]

Maybe, Larry. Maybe.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Hah Larry. Not reviewing that discography, I assume??

[@canadianstudmuffin]

@@janpoelkamp4229 Thankfully I don't own any Bon Jovi albums. 😁

[@pauljohnson5925]

Wasn’t sure that “bad songs” would match up to 2021’s March badness of the worst albums…..but then you give us “American Reckoning” from Bon Bon Jovi (or whatever the frick his name is) and boy oh boy it’s incredible, in all the worst ways possible. I listened to it twice through You Tube. First time with the official lyric video (and yep, it’s twice as bad when you’re listening to and reading those lines) and second time was a video of just Jon Joe Bovi 🤷‍♂️ with acoustic guitar and yes it takes on yet another level of badness. So once again, bravo TLM. It’s obviously going to get my vote and hopefully will last the distance, although it does have some very stiff competition. Looking forward to Round 2 👍

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

This was fun. I’m kind of intrigued to check out the bad songs, but at the same time, kind of scared.

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

Omg, most of these songs are atrocious. Voted.

[@brianmiller1077]

We 'Danced" to Popcorn in gym class in the late 70's. Outside of Wendy Carlos, it was most people's first exposure to Moog.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

It’s actually quite legendary.

[@12spanku]

I'm glad you all enjoyed Dr. Bombay! Jason is right, it's a Swedish white guy doing it.

[@curly_wyn]

Kramzer: “that club song, the Hamster song or whatever..” D-D-DEE DA DEE DE DOH DOH, DEE DA DEE DEE DOH!!

[@harmonium8198]

Fun video. At the risk of sounding pedantically unhip, a tip for Kramzer: "vs," since it is short for "versus," is more logically pronounced "versus," not "verse" (a word which, of course, means something else entirely).

[@Torthrodhel]

Could equally be short for "verse", I don't think either's wrong, one's just less usual

[@BenCDaugherty]

Y’all need to review Grant Macdonald. Great content

[@SomeSong2]

If anyone wants another heaping of Scott Stapp after the leftover meat loaf of Creed, check out Jesus Was a Rockstar for what I can only describe as the musical equivalent of The Room.

[@Torthrodhel]

"another heaping" :D

[@herrdwabash]

Got to check out the 'shreds' version of 'Photograph.' I can't stop laughing every time I hear it.

[@japanesehercules]

*sways mullet in utter disgust*

[@walterevans5658]

Love this, guys. Great concept. Enjoyed last year, too.

[@whisperingthunder9832]

Winner: we built this city by Jefferson starship.......a 44 time champion. That song actually causes sepsis and strokes.

[@EmoBearRights]

All Summer Long is really effing bad!

[@jackedmonston4909]

Puff Daddy I’ll be missing you should have made the bracket that song is a war crime on the level of Henry Kissinger.

[@deathfromabove77]

Well done guys ..March Badness…. The magic is still there ..TLM for life 👍

[@jackde1965]

I saw the title of this video, rolled my eyes and ALMOST moved right along. I'm so glad I watched. It was extremely enjoyable and entertaining. Lots of laughs. My vote goes to Jimmy Fallon all the way. It's detestable.

[@g.s.nicolaij117]

Great concept. I'm checking out the songs I'm not familiar with on Spotify as we go. Man, some of these tracks are big wtfs. I know March is over, but will there be a bracket type game coming in 2023?

[@anonymohipp9097]

I wish I'd been aware of this earlier. I'd nominate "Nuclear Attack" by Greg Lake. "You may never come back from a nuclear attack." Classic. Eat your heart out Bob Dylan.

[@wesleyorser4451]

Terry Jacks served as a producer for one session with the Beach Boys when they recorded their initial version of "Seasons in the Sun" in 1971 during the "Surf's Up" sessions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnm1hXSqp9ydq68 When they decided not to put it on the album (over "Student Demonstration Time," mind you), Jacks decided to take it and record his own version two years later in 73. To think there's an alternate universe where that was a #1 hit for the Beach Boys...

[@curly_wyn]

I adore The Beach Boys, but Student Demonstration Time is horrible. It’s about a mass shooting but has upbeat 12 bar blues rock instrumentation. One of the most insensitive songs ever.

[@johnnyborealis]

great show, great concept, fantastic discussion, thx gents

[@BazStrickland]

Boooyyyzzz…..this completely passed me by……,magnificent broadcasting boooyyyzzz……

[@erikkeller6389]

Love it! Yall are awesome. Great content.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

A friend of mine sent me these links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqinhoGwa7-ojdU kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJvFlol7bMeCg6c The first of which can be described as an unholy sequel to the Bird Song. The second is a Dutch song about vomiting after drinking too much.

[@mistymu8154]

I really do not mind Creed, Nickelback and Train. I have always been a sucker for a simple, catchy pop/rock song and feel they get unfairly criticised in the cultural zeitgeist, along with some others like Coldplay. All those other songs though are bad though.

[@curly_wyn]

Um? No. They deserve the hate. There’s a difference, a LINE, between songs being simple and catchy pop and songs being absolutely hollow with no life or artistic integrity to them whatsoever, which is what those bands are.

[@whisperingthunder9832]

No. They are all HORRIBLE JOKES....a crime to humanity and music.😂

[@joeyruss3933]

One of my coworkers have Hey Soul Sister on their playlist and my god. It’s awful

[@reteipdevries]

You should see Donny Osmond in a prank 'Japanese' interview: 'Donny Osmond Ushi'

[@davidellis5141]

We Built This City is the overall # 1 seed for me & I'm going chalk & picking that to romp to a title.

[@davidellis5141]

& I'm one & done ✔

[@tntstorms7969]

They beat that chorus to death like Funky Town by Lipps Inc. I was sick of the song in just days when they played it relentlessly in 1986.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

20:35 😆 Kinko The Clown, what the hell is that????? Sorry, can’t help myself lol!! I’m actually quite surprised Maroon 5 isn’t in here somewhere. Move Like Jagger?

[@JoshuaAccount]

Love to see March Badness back! There's a genuiness to Ebony and Ivory that makes me want to defend it even though it is so trite.

[@179rich]

Yeah, there's some great melody in there. And it picks up at the end with the refrain.

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

Yes, I totally agree, especially coming from these two legends. The song is quite pleasant.

[@theydontmakeemliketheyused9995]

I actually laughed out loud listening to Dr Bombay.

[@rtrout57]

"Who Let The Dogs Out" won a Grammy.

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Great episode guys!

[@jeffreycoy]

"All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting belongs here.

[@CrunchyFrog47]

Also I will agree with Jason... Other than the term "Achy Breaky" it's not that bad of a song... Hokey and trite yes but not abysmal. "Go Away, Little Girl" is a full on assault on the eardrums.

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

I enjoy the song. I think it’s fun, catchy and humorous. I don’t think every song has to be serious.

[@usmcfutball]

Bracket busted! My 70s bias had that AM radio standard 'Seasons In The Sun' going to the title game. Jason was spot on...just like 'You Light Up My Life' you couldn't avoid that Terry Jacks single back in the day. Torture. Great vid gents! Most enjoyable...

[@trickygoose2]

I think your age and environment can have a big influence on how strongly you hate a song. I think I was 6 when 'Seasons in the Sun' was out and it reminds me of a sunny summer's days as a kid. Luckily, being British it wasn't really getting played anywhere in the late '70s that I was aware of, and this was the time when I was starting to develop my own tastes and I probably would have got sick of it if it had been being played. If I had been 5 or 6 years older I probably would have hated it from when it was out.

[@EmoBearRights]

I really hate I Just Called To Say I Love You but not as much as Achy Breaky Heart.

[@matthewstreet1961]

You ever check out the old black n white video of that 7 Little Girls song? Ha ha! At one point it looks like one of the 7 girl puppets is going down on the Fred puppet! Very creepy! LOL

[@BasemanJen]

Based solely on single listens of each of next round's contestants, my ideal winners for next round would be "Ahab the Arab", "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat", "Rice & Curry", "Ew!", "Hey, Soul Sister", "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue", "Bollywood", and "Summer of Love". Honorable mentions to "Red Dress" and "All Summer Long"; if it weren't for the former being put against lazy racism and the latter against sinister- yet pathetically gutless- pandering, they would have been easy winners😄 The only disagreement I have with this round is despite how hilariously misguided and myopic it is in the deliverance of its message, "Ebony & Ivory" isn't THAT bad. Like one of y'all brought up, it would certainly be a lot worse if it wasn't helmed by two of commercial music's best musicians; like, I could easily just ignore the lyrics and just vibe with those chord changes and modulations if I really wanted to. Personally, I also just deem monotonous jingoism to be worse than clumsy anti-racism (though if I'm being completely honest, I don't find either of those songs to be strong contenders in this tournament, anyways). Other than that, I pretty much agree with- or at least understand- where y'all are coming from! I'm excited to see how March Badness turns out!❤

[@179rich]

It never occurred to me to think "Ebony and Ivory" was a bad song when it came on the radio when I was a kid. I don't think it seemed so "ham-fisted" back then.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Well guys, I still hope Limp Bizkit’s Behind Blue Eyes-cover will win. I mean, just for the record… sitting here playing The Who’s amazing ‘30 Years Of Maximum RnB’-box set and it just came on, and I thought… you know, man… it just doesn’t compare… it simply isn’t in the same stratosphere, I mean… WTF were Limp Bizkit thinking…!? I mean, COME THE F*** ON, MAN!!!!! 👎

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

Yeah, I like the song. I can see why others see it as lame, but it’s Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, I just hate to see them voted this way. I think the melody it’s quite nice and they were very genuine in their sentiments. Lennon is probably rolling in his grave, though lol

[@janpoelkamp4229]

@@mirasolbalaga5616 Much of Lennon’s comeback material is every bit as sacharrine as McCartney ever was.

[@alicep2656]

Great content as always, but no mambo no 5???

[@johnknox3282]

I finally had to listen to Love, Live, Hope after you guys continuous ragging. Its rather STUNNING that a band like Boston can make an album that sounds like such an amateur production. Sounds more like a second rate Boston sounding band making their first album.

[@musicarchives8505]

Ray Stevens told me that your channel is beautiful, as well as everything in its own special way.

[@ambikawolf664]

This is great... it sure beats watching the news. Thank you for your great channel/website. There is a song that is not terrible, but it is just weird --- "I Love Onions". Susan Christie, 1967. It's just funny to me over 50 years later. The only song ever written about onions, featuring a kazoo and really goofy backup vocals. She is still active in Chicago's folk scene, I hear. The song "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" is way worse... There you have it, songs about eggplant and onions.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I considered it for worst of the year when I was on my streak of choosing songs about vegetables, but maybe it didn’t quite make top 40. Can’t remember why I didn’t go with it.

[@ryankramzer1256]

Onions are amazing. The best vegetable when it comes to cooking. Eggplant is great too

[@rockingbirdey]

I didn't have the chance to vote last year so I'm super excited this year for songs.

[@179rich]

The worst thing about that Limp Bizkit song by far is the Speak and Spell. The rest isn't really bad, just a regular cover. Face it, Fred can sing.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Fred wishes he could.

[@fredrickhintze5744]

Well the matchup of Margaritaville and Seven Little Girls was a tough one for me- I couldn’t pick either one. My dad was a Jimmy Buffett van - and ,of course, when ever I hear him my dad comes to mind. Seven Little girls is a strange tale. My mom , my sister and I used to sing it in the car. My Dad’s name is Fred and mine also. I thought for years that my mom made this song up. Years later , long after she passed away at a young age, I heard it on the car radio and I had to pull over. I reached Paul Evans online and told him that this song will be forever linked to my mom . He got a kick out of it. Incidentally, it never dawned on my that this was anything inappropriate. It’s just a song that evokes a great memory- that’s the power of music. Hope it doesn’t win.

[@shoogerkane]

If you guys ever do a tournament of bad songs that we've all heard (say, songs that have made the Top 40), please include Heartache Tonight by the The Eagles. I might drop a baby running to go turn that shit off. As far as this tournament goes, I thankfully haven't heard much, but Photograph is extra egregious, as is Hey Soul Sister. Looking forward to the badness.

[@ryankramzer1256]

Yesssssssss

[@usmcfutball]

So many! But 'Nikita' by the otherwise legendary Elton John is my choice. 'Heartache Tonight' has the clunkiest, most contrived drum beat of all time. Ugh!

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Sooomebody’s gonna hurt someone..

[@mattymac1399]

Ballad of the Green Berets really stinks, considering the song and movie dropped during the Vietnam War. Seasons In the Sun has made people cry at a disco.

[@usmcfutball]

Going on record: this lover of Zeppelin, the Stones, The WHO and Rush does in fact listen to some Creed and Nickelback. No shame.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

At the end of the day, you like what you like. I, for one, have no clue what Ebony And Ivory is doing here.

[@heresthething41]

Yes, when Seasons in the Sun came out, you could not get away from it. It was played all the time.

[@ignatiusjackson235]

Kinko the Clown is FUCKING HILARIOUS!!

[@patrickmoen8577]

Apparently The Shaggs were just as horrified as everyone else with how their record turned out

[@Wiggywoo1977]

Great video again boys.

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

I’m with you, Joe, don’t want to see Paul and Stevie “hurt”. I don’t think Ebony and Ivory is a bad song, many are defending it. And it’s losing, yay😁. Now I’m going to celebrate by listening to it on Spotify and watching the awesome music video😎

[@ashrobinson4604]

Yipee! March Badness is back!

[@mariosandri4010]

Red Dress: never heard it before, but now I'm obsessed. Can't stop laughing how bad it is. If ever there'll be a remake of Mars Attack, that's the song.

[@JohannesYtterstrom]

In Sweden Dr. Bombays song was a huge hit amongst kids! One of those summer-hits that someone made lots of money from. He actually had quite a few songs which all became popular. Sort of a kids version / less talented Weird Al Yankovic!

[@zanezeiter]

I'm with you Joe, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is gold 🏅

[@ignatiusjackson235]

Margaritaville and Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat are both unironically fantastic. Well... ironically...

[@DK-vn7lr]

You have to pronounce A-hab the A-rab like this for it to make sense. It doesn't make it less offensive, but at least you can see what the writer was going for.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Haha guys, I’m all in!! Curious!!!! 😆

[@Dex619]

Go Away Little Girl is a Goffin/King song. It was done by Steve Lawrence and Bobby Vee.

[@mrnastey9]

If you don't like "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson, check out her follow up, "Peter The Meter Reader". A lesser version of her 'hit'.

[@palacerevolution2000]

Of the songs I think the Train song is truly bad, bad. Some of the others may not be all that fair to call 'bad'. Because with some it may be relative to an era, and changes in pop culture; others were intended to be a joke; and others like "Ebony' are actually pretty clever. Real nominees should come from someone who ought to know better. Like - are we really expecting anything smarter from Kid Rock, or Bizkit? I have a feeling that Boston song will go far in this bracket. This is always a fun series.

[@drewmihans5266]

What a pleasant surprise!

[@redbirdct]

I like "Telephone Man". It's just a funny song with some classic 70's double entendres. Her follow up to that song was "Peter the Meter Reader", no joke. Nothing wrong with "Margaritaville" either IMHO. There are definitely worse tunes out there than "We Built This City", even just in Starship's own catalogue. That said, wow that Boston song is just sad. I couldn't get through "Red Dress" in its entirety either. Love your comments about the Kid Rock and Toby Keith tunes. Bon Jovi has been trying to be like Bruce Springsteen off and on his entire career and has failed miserably, I can't even bring myself to listen to that song. I hope "Hey Soul Sister" makes it all the way to the top, God that song is rubbish. Looking forward to the rest of this series.

[@Torthrodhel]

Popcorn was the theme tune to Digger. You can't knock the theme tune to Digger! I loved that game!

[@EmoBearRights]

Phair's Funstyle was featured on Todd in the Shadows series Trainwreckrecords.

[@donaldkennedy9573]

I was hoping that "Funky Man" The rap song that was sung by Dee Dee Ramon was on here. Horrible. Was using the name Dee Dee King.

[@lament77]

“We Are Young” and “Pumped Up Kicks” are my two worst ever. Both from 2009ish

[@dondevice3342]

For a contest at the beginning of the millennium, I won The contest for the worst and most offensive song of those submitted for a compilation recordr with my song “show me on the dolly where he touched you“ I defy anyone to do worse than that.