The worst pop song ever

Basically everything on AM radio from 1974-1977 with a few exceptions, but if you want to lose your dinner ...

"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" -- Wayne Newton
"(You're) Having My Baby" -- Paul Anka
"Playground In My Mind" -- Clint Holmes
"MacArthur Park" -- all versions
"The Candyman" -- Sammy Davis Jr.
"Don't Give Up On Us" -- David Soul
"You Light Up My Life" -- Debbie Boone
"Alone Again (Naturally)" -- Gilbert O'Sullivan
"Muskrat Love" -- Captain and Tenille
"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" -- Rupert Holmes
"Undercover Angel" -- Alan O'Day
"Tonight's The Night" -- Rod Stewart

Novelty songs and Red Sovine are in their own category.

 

When I get sent to hell for all the bad I’ve done in my life, that’s the playlist that will be on eternal repeat.

 

Two of the most overwritten radio hits ever. Nightmares continue to this day.

 

I was just reminded of how horrendous this song was:

 

No doubt. I've heard it a time or two in a packed arena. Back when it wasn't dated -and- bad.

I have always been a Motown freak and can't bring myself to put any on the list, even though some certainly qualify.

 

Tony Burrows was the lead singer for four hits fronting four different bands
My Baby Loves Love — White Plains
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes — Edison Lighthouse
United We Stand — Brotherhood of Man
Beach Baby — First Class

 

He doesn’t belong in a “worst pop songs” thread, but Paul Carrack has done that too:

How Long - Ace
Tempted - Squeeze
The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics
Don’t Shed a Tear - Paul Carrack

I also saw him live as a touring keyboardist for Madness and Nick Lowe.

 

One surprise in this thread is nobody, until now, has brought up the dreck known as bubblegum
Sugar Sugar
Yummy Yummy Yummy
Simon Says
I can’t go on

 

So much "so bad it's good" on this thread. Love it. I can thank American Top 40 on the 70s on 7 channel for ideas.

Our friends have the Desiderata poem hanging on the wall (and we're in our mid-40s!) in a 5x7 frame. Every time I see that, I think of Les Crane's rendition. Awful.

Gordon Sinclair's "The Americans" (or Byron MacGregor's version) is also awful. That's one of the most kiss-ass "songs" I've ever heard, and it's an embarrassment to hear.

But this song drives me nuts - Jennifer Holliday's "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." The fact that on a scale of 1-10 it starts at an 11 and goes up from there - just makes me want to pull out my hair.

Dishonorable mention:
"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty - I loathe that tenor sax solo.
"Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond - I'm a Red Sox fan and I hate that song - especially when they're losing 10-0 at home and they play that fucking song in the eighth inning. I mean, come on.

And lastly ... although this one has the cheesiest lyrics, it puts a smile on my face because of it. Man, the 70s were different.

 

Background music on a love scene in "Play Misty for Me." Billboard ranked it as the number one Hot 100 single of the year for 1972.

 

Walking.On.Sunshine.