What is the absolute worst song recorded in the 20th Century?
..........and played incessantly on American and British radio in the 1950s?
My Choice: I Gave My Love A Cherry
Caution!!!.....Musical ear worm alert..........Listen at your peril.... I dare you to listen to this horror of a rendition by Tennessee Ernie Williams Ford beyond 30 seconds or more
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 181 | August 31, 2024 2:57 PM
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"Bye-Bye, Miss American Pie" plus it never fucking ends.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 21, 2024 11:23 AM
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The correct answer is "Double 'S'" by Whisperin' Bill Anderson
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | July 21, 2024 11:23 AM
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"(You're) Having My Baby."
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 21, 2024 11:23 AM
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"Lollipop, lollipop, ooh lolli lolli..." The song gives me physical pain. I won't link it the same way that I wouldn't put anthrax onto your desk. Sometimes, imagination must suffice.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 21, 2024 11:36 AM
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"Wonderful Christmas Time" by Paul McCartney.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 21, 2024 11:39 AM
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There's a scene in Animal House where some beatnik is singing I Gave My Love a Cherry and John Belushi smashes his guitar.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 21, 2024 12:25 PM
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Excellent choice, R8. It’s abysmal.
Here’s my choice;
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | July 21, 2024 12:35 PM
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Jennifer Lopez’s entire catalog.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 21, 2024 12:40 PM
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God Bless the USA. Both insipid and right wing.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 21, 2024 12:40 PM
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Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 21, 2024 12:59 PM
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[quote]..........and played incessantly on American and British radio in the 1950s?
Uh, I've only ever heard this song in the movie Animal House, played by Stephen Bishop until the John Belushi character smashes his guitar. Never once heard it on the radio.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 21, 2024 1:12 PM
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It has possibly reached Emeritus status and is retired from competition but, as well known somgs go…
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 19 | July 21, 2024 1:12 PM
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Yes the cherry song is the worst
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 21, 2024 1:16 PM
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Im sorry I didn’t read in full OP. I’m sorry.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 21, 2024 1:23 PM
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r23 / r1 It was released in 2000, but probably was technically recorded in 1999.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 21, 2024 1:26 PM
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Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 21, 2024 1:28 PM
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Your Love is Like a Booger on My Finger (And I Cannot Flick it Off), pt. 1
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 21, 2024 1:35 PM
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Lollipop Lollipop, Oh Lolli Lollipop
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 21, 2024 1:38 PM
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Tennessee Ernie Williams Ford?
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 21, 2024 1:41 PM
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R30 OP wrote:
[quote] Caution!!!.....Musical ear worm alert..........Listen at your peril.... I dare you to listen to this horror of a rendition by Tennessee Ernie Williams Ford beyond 30 seconds or more
I think he’s mixing up Tennessee Ernie Ford and Tennessee Williams.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 21, 2024 1:48 PM
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Short people got no reason to live 1978
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 21, 2024 1:49 PM
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'Honey' Bobby Goldsboro
Song about an accident-prone simpleton who dies when left alone for a few minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 21, 2024 2:13 PM
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R24 It’s original release was in 1998 by this wack dude from Trinidad.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 21, 2024 2:27 PM
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OP you need to set your boundaries. Do you want all of the 20th century or just those played on the radio in the 50s. Tell us what you want.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 21, 2024 2:32 PM
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I have some nostalgic feelings attached to a number of these songs, even though I understand the hatred.
The song at the OP reminds of my grandpa, who used to sing it to us as a lullaby. And I like Tennessee Ernie Ford’s voice a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 21, 2024 2:33 PM
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I actually like I Gave My Love a Cherry. Not on a loop, or anything, but once in a while.
Rock Lobster otoh…
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 21, 2024 2:50 PM
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R38, I don’t think anyone has touched the 50’s or even 60’s. If we go way back, I might add Minnie the Moocher.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 21, 2024 3:49 PM
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Tennessee Williams used to humorously complain people mistook him for Tennessee Ernie Ford
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 21, 2024 4:33 PM
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Minnie the Moocher is a great song.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 21, 2024 4:43 PM
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Thanks, OP. Now I can’t get I Gave My Love a Cherry out of my head…
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 21, 2024 4:44 PM
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R46, just teasing. I agree and a song from my mother’s era which she loved. The title was just an easy target.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 21, 2024 4:49 PM
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The most vomitaceous thing ever, and I was there to see it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 50 | July 21, 2024 5:07 PM
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r48 see r15
R50 see r17
It's not like there are 300 posts to scroll through here.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 21, 2024 5:09 PM
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My post contains additional information, r51, but thank you for your valuable work policing Datalounge to banish the scourge of two people posting the same response. Do you have a GoFundMe?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 21, 2024 5:23 PM
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Worst song 1-877 Kars 4 Kids. Commendable program but needs a new jingle-Played to death!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 21, 2024 8:35 PM
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Sorry I don't click unidentified links.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 21, 2024 8:40 PM
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"What's Up?" by 4-Non Blondes.
I just don't get why people love that piece of crap to the point that the music video has reached 1 billion views on Youtube?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 21, 2024 8:52 PM
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I give you... Rebecca Black!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 59 | July 21, 2024 9:21 PM
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Oops, my mistake^^ I forgot we were restricted to the 20th century songs only.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 21, 2024 9:22 PM
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r59 That song wasn't even really that bad, compared to other songs around the time (and now). WAP!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 21, 2024 9:22 PM
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[Quote]It's not like there are 300 posts to scroll through here.
Miss r51 HAS SPOKEN!
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 21, 2024 9:26 PM
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R65 Oh hello no. My prerogative is a New Jack swing classic. It’s a good pop/r&b song. What’s up by 4nonblondes is also a good song. Now what was truly horrible was that Britney cover of My prerogative.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 21, 2024 9:31 PM
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R62 Now that truly is a horrible song. Was that 90s or 2004?
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 21, 2024 9:32 PM
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R66. Bobby Brown learned a new word and built an entire song around it.
Also, he’s a stupid, vile motherfucker.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 21, 2024 9:33 PM
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It was in the mid-90s. I remember it from grad school - it was all over MTV and VH1.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 21, 2024 9:34 PM
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r69 No one is arguing with that part
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 21, 2024 9:34 PM
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Some people seriously have no clue what "recorded in the 20th Century" means? Yikes.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 21, 2024 9:34 PM
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r73 / r74 You think that's the "absolute worst song recorded?" You don't get out much. It's wretched, but so many songs are so much worse.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 21, 2024 9:37 PM
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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 76 | July 21, 2024 9:40 PM
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Ann-Margret sang I Gave My Love A Cherry in Pocket Full Of Miracles. Yes, It's the worst.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 21, 2024 9:41 PM
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The soft racist of r69. He was a substance abuse addict. He isn’t dumb and he certainly didn’t introduce hardcore drugs to Whitney Houston as she was the one who introduced him to cocaine.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 21, 2024 9:48 PM
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Party all the time is one of those so bad it’s good. It’s. A horrible song with an infectious melody and it’s bad because you know Eddie Murphy can’t sing without autotune. Now a song like who let the dogs out is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I can’t understand how anyone could ever stand it.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 21, 2024 9:50 PM
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I'm going to go with "come together" by the Beatles. I despise that song. Not only did they play it to death, then everyone else put out a version of it. Hate hate hate.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 21, 2024 9:52 PM
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My partner knew the guy who wrote "Who Let The Dogs Out?"
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 21, 2024 9:52 PM
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R80 Nah B. It is top 100 greatest songs of all time. Meh, it’s all subjective though.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 21, 2024 9:55 PM
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R72 technically the OP said the song needed to be played heavily on British and American radio during the 1950s, so there’s that too.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 21, 2024 9:56 PM
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r82 Nah, B - it's all subjective, that song sucks.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 21, 2024 9:58 PM
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Omg R3, that is literally the worst song I have ever heard.
WTF did he think he was, Barry White?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 21, 2024 10:00 PM
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Can’t believe this wasn’t posted yet.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 86 | July 21, 2024 10:02 PM
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I missed the fifties part, sorry. Then my vote is "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas"
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 21, 2024 10:04 PM
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This must be WAAAY up there. I see your hippopotamus and raise you this
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 88 | July 21, 2024 10:06 PM
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It's a toss up between Tennesse Ernie Ford singing I Gave My Love A Cherry, and Tennessee Ernie Ford Williams singing 16 Tons
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 89 | July 22, 2024 1:40 AM
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Hit me Baby one more time and that fat whore who sang it.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 22, 2024 1:45 AM
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The Beach Boys are my favorite group, but there is one song they recorded that I cannot stand.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 91 | July 22, 2024 1:48 AM
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I love Kumbaya, even though it’s considered corny. It comes from the Gullah culture and it’s asking God to “Come By Here” when someone is in need.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 22, 2024 3:43 AM
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One contender may be “The Cha Cha Slide” as it first inflicted itself on civilization in 1998. However it appears its mainstream radio and DJ version was recorded in 2000.
There are few words to describe my loathing and contempt for this “song.” It is execrable and devoid of any redeeming value. It is a horrid pastiche of vapid, turn-of-the-Millenium cultural trash made for wedding receptions, dreary suburban “nightclubs” and daddy/daughter dances. All copies should be confiscated by the Ministry of Culture and destroyed in a raging chemical fire. It is beyond vile. Reprehensible in all its forms, if I dare say so.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 22, 2024 3:59 AM
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"Cha Cha Slide" is one of John Mulaney's finest SNL moments. From...before.
Don't watch, r97.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 98 | July 22, 2024 4:12 AM
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[quote] It is execrable and devoid of any redeeming value. It is a horrid pastiche of vapid, turn-of-the-Millenium cultural trash made for wedding receptions, dreary suburban “nightclubs” and daddy/daughter dances.
The Macarena.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 22, 2024 7:11 AM
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I Wanna Sex You Up by Color me Badd
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 22, 2024 11:48 AM
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R96 Yes, I know all that.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 22, 2024 12:41 PM
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R57, it appeals to miserable fraus.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | July 22, 2024 1:21 PM
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I broke my girlfriend's cherry, it bled real good, I broke my girlfriend's cheery, unn...der..her hood
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 23, 2024 2:38 AM
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God help me I always liked You Light Up My Life. I guess it was written by a miserable person, Joe Brooks (not to be confused with singer-songwriter Joe Brooks, who's English and a nice person).
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 23, 2024 3:34 AM
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God Awful....Who is this broad?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 108 | July 23, 2024 4:00 AM
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Dolores Gray sings Comden & Green/Andre Previn (a good song):
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 109 | July 23, 2024 4:18 AM
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Count me among the people that absolutely can't stand "What's Up" = caterwauling by some ugly chicks. I'm always shocked when people say they like that song. It makes me want to stab my eardrums out.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 23, 2024 5:05 AM
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Years ago, someone gave me Dolores Gray's "Warm Brandy" (pictured at R108) on CD, figuring it was something a Broadway fan like me would enjoy. I listened to it exactly once, Maybe Dolores was trying to scale back her Broadway belt for a more intimate sound more appropriate for a recording, but she seems to be falling asleep on a chaise lounge on every track. I pictured someone nearby constantly waking her up to get her to finish each song.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | July 23, 2024 8:23 AM
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I loved singing the lyric "My dog wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the time" to my now-deceased pup.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | July 23, 2024 8:47 AM
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"The Cherry Song" originated as a ballad, and then a lullaby, in 16th century Europe.
A thread devoted to similarly evolved/updated songs would be interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | July 23, 2024 8:58 AM
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Okay, OT:
This occasionally horrifying song is a camp classic - I DO LOVE IT! - but I wonder how the lyrics for the chorus appear on the sheet music.
[italic]Aaaaaaaagghhhhhhhh ! !
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 115 | July 23, 2024 9:11 AM
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They don't even have nice asses (at r116)...they're kind of skinny and flat. Those gold lame shorts are doing them no favors.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | July 23, 2024 7:07 PM
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R80 I love "Come together" until the refrain. The intro is genius. It has a similar vibe as the intro to the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter". Instantly recognizable and a document of the time.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 23, 2024 11:59 PM
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Anything from Ethel Merman’s disco album 🤢
by Anonymous | reply 121 | July 24, 2024 12:06 PM
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Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, singing whatever that song was. (Monte Rock III)
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 25, 2024 12:56 AM
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I love that song r123. You must be born >1971.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 25, 2024 5:40 AM
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The only thing worse than this song is this video and the fact that I don’t know what bleechers are!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 125 | July 25, 2024 9:34 AM
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[quote]R119: I love "Come together" until the refrain. The intro is genius.
I was surprised to discover that Lennon was repeating "Shoot me... Shoot me..." I'd never recognized those as words.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | July 25, 2024 12:03 PM
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R124 I was born in the '50s and I don't love the song.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | July 25, 2024 12:39 PM
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Sorry. "Murphey," of course^
Although he's never apologized to US for this shit.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | July 25, 2024 12:49 PM
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OP that’s the worst ever. “I gave my love a baby with no cry-IN”
by Anonymous | reply 130 | July 25, 2024 1:01 PM
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The Blind Man in the Bleachers.
Thread closed.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 131 | July 25, 2024 1:09 PM
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R128 AKA as Julia Roberts’s Theme… 😈😈✔️
by Anonymous | reply 132 | July 25, 2024 5:36 PM
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Eve of Destruction.....As Bad As I Gave My Love A Cherry
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 133 | August 3, 2024 9:35 PM
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Bless The Beasts And The Children
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 134 | August 3, 2024 9:38 PM
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Bolero (recorded, not written in the 20th Century)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 137 | August 3, 2024 9:51 PM
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The Ballad of the Green Berets - Worst song to ever reach #1 on the Billboard charts, no contest. Even Disco Duck is brilliant compared to this shit.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 138 | August 3, 2024 9:51 PM
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R138 I was going to mention that.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | August 5, 2024 3:35 AM
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"Summer, the First Time" another Bobby Goldsboro tune
by Anonymous | reply 140 | August 5, 2024 3:42 AM
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Ravel’s Bolero premiered in 1928.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | August 5, 2024 3:51 AM
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It would have to be something in the last ten years of the century. There was so much crap then
by Anonymous | reply 143 | August 5, 2024 5:15 AM
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Probably something numetal
by Anonymous | reply 144 | August 5, 2024 5:21 AM
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my dog just hopped up while i was listening to Yamo Be There.
He fell asleep immediately.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | August 5, 2024 5:25 AM
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This shit was beneath Dora Bryan’s talents.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 147 | August 13, 2024 5:43 PM
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I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 148 | August 13, 2024 10:46 PM
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I’m Yours by Jason Mraz. Despise it.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | August 15, 2024 12:44 AM
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Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 150 | August 15, 2024 2:53 AM
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Bobby Darin's Artificial Flowers.
Uplifting: a tune about an orphaned child, exploited by hatmakers and found frozen to death.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 151 | August 15, 2024 2:58 AM
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"Jesus Dropped The Charges"
[italic]I was guilty of all the charges, doomed and disgraced, but Jesus with his special love saved me by his grace[/italic]
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 152 | August 15, 2024 3:10 AM
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[quote]Bobby Darin's Artificial Flowers. Uplifting: a tune about an orphaned child, exploited by hatmakers and found frozen to death.
It's from a musical called "Tenderloin" and is meant to satirize the kind of schmaltzy songs that were popular in the era in which the show is set. Why it got airplay as a popular song is a mystery.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | August 15, 2024 3:19 AM
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It has been written here too often and has become so trite, but nevertheless: R153 is why I love DL.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | August 15, 2024 6:17 AM
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R150 It's a freakin' novelty song. And no, it's is not bad song.
They Might Be Giants quirky cover version made it much more respectable.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 155 | August 15, 2024 11:39 AM
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R148 It's playing in the supermarket all the time. Actually I never minded this song.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | August 17, 2024 2:07 PM
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R156: it's the summum of 1970s easy listening. Very retail-friendly.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | August 17, 2024 2:12 PM
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Jenny From the Block (JLo)
by Anonymous | reply 158 | August 17, 2024 2:14 PM
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R157 I like the lyric, "There's a warm wind blowing the stars around"
by Anonymous | reply 159 | August 17, 2024 2:16 PM
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Never mind, JLo's song was 2002.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | August 17, 2024 2:17 PM
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"Livin' la Vida Loca" (1999)
by Anonymous | reply 161 | August 17, 2024 2:23 PM
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I’m embarrassed to admit I know of it but the worst song of all time truly is-‘’Muskrat Love ‘’ by The Captain and Tennille. Always thought Dragon was sexy/cute but I guess he turned out to be an asshole-now a dead asshole. Long live Toni Tennille-“love will keep us together’’.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | August 18, 2024 1:56 AM
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I was 14 when Muskrat Love came out and took the lyrics metaphorically. I loved the melody though. Toni had a great voice.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | August 18, 2024 2:29 AM
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I dare any of you to find something worse
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 164 | August 22, 2024 1:35 AM
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‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ is a 1984 celebrity Band Aid song to benefit victims of the famine in Ethiopia. Not only is it a lousy song, only a minority of Ethiopians are Christian, the rest don’t celebrate the birth of Christ. Or Christmas.
Slightly different topic but I kind of like the subversiveness of Summer, The First Time by Bobby Goldsboro. A 17yo getting laid by a 31yo? Sung by a guy generally considered schmaltzy? I’m here for it.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | August 24, 2024 5:51 PM
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I remember when I was a very little girl
Our house caught on fire
I'll never forget the look on my father's face
As he gathered me up in his arms
And raced through the burning building onto the pavement
And I stood there shivering in my pajamas
And watched the whole world go up in flames
And when it was all over I said to myself
"Is that all there is to a fire?"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 166 | August 25, 2024 1:10 PM
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Lavender Blue Silly Silly Sil
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 167 | August 29, 2024 6:29 PM
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OP, I remember learning that song in school as a kid. It is indeed putrid, plus it makes no sense -- for example, a ring "has no end" even when it's not "rolling."
by Anonymous | reply 168 | August 29, 2024 7:57 PM
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Big Daddy makes it sound even worse!!! Still, "I Gave My Love A Cherry," beats them all as positively the worse fucking song recorded last century, and that's coming from me, the singer
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 169 | August 29, 2024 9:46 PM
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Since I Gave My Last be a Charry is a traditional song, it hardly seems to fit this category.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | August 30, 2024 12:54 AM
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The entire Ethel Merman disco album!
by Anonymous | reply 172 | August 30, 2024 1:03 PM
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Mary Martin, you are a lousy bulldyke cunt who only had two emotions -- smirk and giggle. Helen Lawson was right about you, cunt!
by Anonymous | reply 173 | August 30, 2024 5:04 PM
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Helen was good at cunnilingus…
by Anonymous | reply 174 | August 30, 2024 7:12 PM
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How dare you in insult our Big Daddy R169. You are a no neck monster
by Anonymous | reply 175 | August 30, 2024 8:56 PM
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Oh, no, shit! The worse fucking, annoying cloying "folk" singing group and this piece of shit they sang
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 176 | August 31, 2024 12:16 AM
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Yeah, second your choice, R177. Aaaaaawwwwwwwfffffffuuuuuulllllll
by Anonymous | reply 178 | August 31, 2024 12:37 AM
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Mylène Farmer - L'Âme-Stram-Gram is so elaborate that it's comical. It's got its own beauty, though.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 179 | August 31, 2024 1:46 AM
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Kokomo by the Beach Boys is just execrable
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 180 | August 31, 2024 1:49 PM
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I haven't read the entire thread, has this one come up yet? So horrific.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 181 | August 31, 2024 2:57 PM
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