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62. CTyankee ..........

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:29 AM

Aug 2025

I have a special dislike for the song, We Built This City... I'm not sure why, and I wasn't able to access the article.

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Is this the worst song ever? [View all] CTyankee Aug 2025 OP

It's all so subjective, of course True Dough Aug 2025 #1

that is a cover of a classic blues song DBoon Aug 2025 #3

I like that a lot! efhmc Aug 2025 #45

What is the name of that first song? efhmc Aug 2025 #57

Not really representative justaprogressive Aug 2025 #6

I find that no better True Dough Aug 2025 #12

Yep. Musical taste is completely subjective. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #66

No. johnp3907 Aug 2025 #2

nope this is justaprogressive Aug 2025 #4

Oh, I remember that one! Grim Chieftain Aug 2025 #23

Oh, my goodness 😄 electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #36

Lee Greenwood song Trump always plays "Proud to be an American" Walleye Aug 2025 #54

The title is actually "God Bless the USA" and that gets my vote Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #68

Thanks I knew I had the title wrong Walleye Aug 2025 #71

Not by a stretch malaise Aug 2025 #5

Amen. chouchou Aug 2025 #72

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #7

Theme from The Titanic on Recorder dgauss Aug 2025 #27

MacArthur Park gets my vote. Dulcinea Aug 2025 #67

I humbly nominate Mari Wilson's "Telephone Man." cloudbase Aug 2025 #8

Yoko Ono Donkees Aug 2025 #9

Can someone please put her out of her misery? NameAlreadyTaken Aug 2025 #21

This one is way worse catbyte Aug 2025 #10

How could I forget that one, catbyte! Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #15

Not as bad as Johnny Fever's playing the version House of Roberts Aug 2025 #17

That wasn't Johnny Fever Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #25

Previously known as Heavy Early. callous taoboy Aug 2025 #31

That was a later episode Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #41

He wasn't Heavy Early until he changed shifts House of Roberts Aug 2025 #43

Sugar Sugar by The Archies Keepthesoulalive Aug 2025 #11

To my profound disgust and embarrassment, this dreck was the song of the year in 1969... 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #19

WTF Skittles Aug 2025 #29

I used to call it The Age of Malaria... yorkster Aug 2025 #56

oh dear Skittles Aug 2025 #58

Awww. That's a fun song NameAlreadyTaken Aug 2025 #22

Well... 2naSalit Aug 2025 #13

My worst: I'm Ambivalent About You The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #14

Oh my gawd, what a great title! Iggo Aug 2025 #35

It's many decades old The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #61

It's a top 5 for sure Bristlecone Aug 2025 #16

Actually worst songs ever: punk rock and mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #18

... Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #26

I never liked that song, but that's just my opinion. Americanme Aug 2025 #20

Not even close Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #24

The first half of Free Bird makes me want to badly murder myself. Iggo Aug 2025 #34

Other way around Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #40

I get annoyed about claims of best/worst whatever TexLaProgressive Aug 2025 #28

This may not be the worst song ever, but it's definitely in the top five. MIButterfly Aug 2025 #30

"She always knows her place" ??? 😬 electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #38

The oldies station I listen to in my car has this one from time... 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #46

It's excellently produced. So, no, not even close to the worst song ever. Iggo Aug 2025 #32

Really? We Built This City is worse than LogDog75 Aug 2025 #33

OMG. It was kinda scary, it was so awful. CTyankee Aug 2025 #48

These were not hits but I intensely dislike them.... electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #37

This is pretty bad Florida Dem Aug 2025 #39

Lol...I had a buddy back in the 80s that sang a version of that. Iggo Aug 2025 #42

"A Disgusting Parody of the Lighthearted Classic 1973 Country Music Song 'I Love' by Tom T. Hall" sl8 Aug 2025 #50

Worst? ProfessorGAC Aug 2025 #44

"Is this the worst song ever?" LudwigPastorius Aug 2025 #47

And Mickey Thomas, who had a magnificent voice. ms liberty Aug 2025 #51

Thought of another one. Wives and Lovers sung by Jack Jones. MIButterfly Aug 2025 #49

Tiptoe Through The Tulips gab13by13 Aug 2025 #52

The Tiny Tim version? LogDog75 Aug 2025 #59

People sing to dump their angst on you bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #53

From "The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records": sl8 Aug 2025 #55

Sounds like a pair of albums Dr. Demento would play LogDog75 Aug 2025 #60

CTyankee .......... Upthevibe Aug 2025 #62

I think if 1960's Jefferson Airplane never existed, Aristus Aug 2025 #63

What is it? Cannot get through all the goop to get to it. efhmc Aug 2025 #64

"We Built this city" CTyankee Aug 2025 #65

Jordy - � Dur dur d'tre un bb Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #69

Another candidate -anything by Wild Man Fischer Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #70

There's people who know the language OF music and then there's people who think that words are music. chouchou Aug 2025 #73