The Worst Song To Make The Charts

[Bobbisox1]

My Ding a Ling ,utter ….???

[burlyshirley]

And we danced to Aga Doo as well Bobbs, did you ? I remember pushing the pineapples off the tree haha ...

[Bobbisox1]

Yes, in Callela in Nothern Spain when about 20 of us went on holiday together, it must have just came out then haha

[Old_Geezer]

Having scanned just some of page one, it seems folk are just picking fun novelty tracks to dislike. But be fair, variety adds interest, so most sre fine. A bad song is more about disjointedness, or a hook that's awful so you can't get it out of your head, or has lyrics that grate due to smaltziness or plain weirdiness.

One that riles me of late is about some weird guy who wants to go around dancing with his own father, that ticks both those last two in spades, and causes me to change radio channel if played.

[pastafreak]

I don't know if this was a hit here, but it was in the States...why???
MacArthur Park sung by the actor Richard Harris...

[tiggerblue10]

I love NIWS and WSOP. They are songs I remember hearing on the radio from when I was a toddler but released before I was born. Over the years I also grew to love Pink Floyd and Led Zep.

Whitney Houstons 'I wanna dance with somebody' and a couple of her other early songs including 'I will always love you' really grate on my ears!

[Hopkirk]

He ain't heavy, he's my brother

[sandyRoe]

Sometimes it's the singer not the song.
Lee Marvin growling his way through, I was born under a wandering star, is a good example.

[davebro]

Telly - If a picture paints a thousand words.

[rayzorless]

just looked through my vinyl collection i have 12 Chuck Berry albums. Fortunately only one "Toronto Rock n Roll Revival 1969 Volume 2" has My Ding a Ling. B????y awful

[Bazile]

Bobbi

//My Ding a Ling ,utter ….???//

I have it on good authority that some people's ding a ling are quite useful to them

[douglas9401]

The Richard Harris thing may be an example of something being like a snowball rolling downhill, eventually unstoppable.

See also Jim Morrison.

[tiggerblue10]

'Seasons in the sun' is another one people love to hate.

[mushroom25]

Ken: //worst song ever to have been in the UK charts (peaked at 10) was Queen's 'Flash'! //

yeh but at least it worked better as a song than it would have done, if the film hero had been called "Fred Gordon".......

[pastafreak]

Tigger@9:56...agree completely about Whitney Houston. I never understood her popularity.

WSOP and NWIS are both favourites of mine too.

[piggynose]

WSOP+ NWIS,
WAT?

[bobbinwales]

Nights in white satin

whiter shade of pale

[Blubster]

@Tigger 10:45. Agree, along with the sickly vomit inducing Honey, by Bobby Goldsborough.

Top of the World, and Close to You by the (hawk! Spit!) Carpenters.

[JimF]

"some weird guy who wants to go around dancing with his own father"

That would be Luther Vandross. Awful. But not as bad as:

The Commodores - Night ***
Dean Friedman - Lucky Stars
Wamdue Project - King of My Castle
Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On
The Cockney Rejects - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

[Canary42]

I don't often go for remakes, but I think Annie's version of WSOP was an improvement on PH.

[Bobbisox1]

I love the Luther Vandross song, Dance With my Father Again,because I’d like to