[Music]
there’s just no accounting for bad taste
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
worst songs to top the Billboard top 100
chart before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
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videos for this list will be ranking the
worst songs to reach number one on the
Billboard top 100 chart songs from any
decade and genre will be considered just
so long as they were released after the
hot 100 officially debuted in the summer
of 1958
[Music]
additionally these songs must have hit
number one even if it was just for a
single week of course keep in mind the
idea of worst is fairly subjective
[Music]
intent in former snow so what are the
odds of a white Canadian reggae rapper
hitting number one on the Billboard top
100 for seven consecutive weeks well
fairly good apparently
at least if you’re looking back to
Informer the 1992 hit from Toronto
Ontario zone snow in the charts defends
the early 90s were a strange time how
else could one explain how this slice of
cringe-worthy reggae fusion could have
been so popular the song fronts with a
certain attitude and aggression but for
modern-day enjoyment factor Jim Carrey’s
imposter parody from his days on in
[Music]
is there anything inherently offensive
about Daniel powders 2005 hit bad day
well not really but it’s the songs
relentless blandness that makes us
specifically it’s how bad day seems to
have been tailor-made to be used in
advertising that makes it so forgettable
in vanilla
in fact it appeared in a French
coca-cola had months before it was
released and it has carried on as
commercial legacy in the year since
all in all it’s a telling sign that bad
day is the sort of faceless pop music
which is better served as background
noise than as an actual song
number eight evany and ivory Paul
what would it take to end racism and
bring peace and healing across the
racial divide not this is true that
people of all races color and Creed were
united in disinterest and a mild gagging
feeling from the saccharine melody and
chintzy keyboard lines
[Music]
but ebony and ivory naive attempt to
single-handedly improve race relations
around the world had limited effect well
the song was well intended it was
swinging well above its weight in
attempting to accomplish something well
out of its scope something self-imposed
race ambassadors Paul McCartney and
Stevie Wonder should have been all too
number seven London Bridge Fergie will
admit that there are a number of things
right with Fergie’s debut single for
starters that sample from tower of
powers down to the nightclub is
undeniably funky and Fergie is a sexy
and in control as she ever was in the
songs accompanying music video but the
problem here is repetition that little
snippet of horns gets old really quickly
and Fergie’s flow just doesn’t sell the
song especially when it comes to that
corny chorus might have topped the
charts but in retrospect London Bridge
isn’t much of a statement to open a solo
number six I’m too sexy Right Said Fred
[Music]
unlike other countries UK listeners
actually stood their ground and didn’t
allow Right Said Fred signature song hit
number one however America did and so
here we are with its ridiculously simple
lyrics easy to grasp melody and its
borrowing of a Jimi Hendrix riff I’m too
sexy is definitely an earworm and a fun
harmless novelty song but a Billboard
Top 100 chart topper not so much it’s
silly and beyond lightweight and the
band’s lack of compatibly successful
follow-up is proof that while the chart
makes mistakes from time to time it also
corrects them
number five butterfly crazytown looking
back the nu-metal movement is hard to
explain and impossible to rationalize
through the haze of nostalgia there was
a climate where apparently anyone with
bad tattoos and a worse attitude could
achieve major label success and score a
number one single case in point crazy
town in their pseudo ballad butterfly
[Music]
there’s nothing particularly heavy or
metal about this track and the band let
loose with some metaphors about love sex
and Sid and Nancy the only worthwhile
aspect of this track is the Red Hot
Chili Peppers sample it’s built on so
why not stick to their pretty little
ditty jam instead number four you’re
sixteen Ringo Starr
[Music]
the title may seem inappropriate and it
is but this cover of Johnny Burnett’s
your 16 was nevertheless a number-one
hit for ex Beatle Ringo Starr back in
1974
[Music]
you’re all beautiful
the song itself is some form of an ode
to young love the compliments end there
however as stars cover just hasn’t aged
well coming across as a hokey and
middling pop tune in addition to the
there’s Sir Paul McCartney singing a
kazoo ask vocal solo somewhere there in
the middle but when that’s the most
interesting aspect of a number-one
single perhaps the charts deserve
something with a bit more
[Music]
number three Laffy Taffy d4l okay we
know there’s room for minimalism in pop
music but this is ridiculous
Laffy Taffy was the number one hit for
southern hip hop group d4l during the
mid-2000s and for the life of us we
don’t know why maybe it’s that maddening
synth which hammers into the listeners
brain or d4l seemingly endless lists of
confectionery references whatever the
case Laffy Taffy is best left forgotten
as not only one of 2005’s worst hip hop
hits but one of the genres most
number two disco duck Rick Dees and his
cast of idiots disco duck wasn’t the
only disco track to hit number one
during the dance crazy 1970s but it’s
certainly one of the strangest Rick Dees
was a Memphis based disc jockey when he
wrote this bizarro novelty song and
followed the timeless recipe of adding a
group of groovy backup singers in a
Donald Duck vocal to a generic disco
beat and voila instant chart success
[Music]
it may seem strange to think today
that’s such a lame cash-grab could at
one point be the number one song in the
US but then there were also a lot of
drugs going around at the time so
there’s that before we get to our number
one pick here are a few honorable or is
that dishonorable mention umber one the
chipmunk song Christmas don’t be late
David Seville and the chipmunks it’s a
holiday staple you either love or hate
but let’s be honest you probably hate
this one the chipmunk song was credited
to David Seville and the chipmunks but
this billboard smash was written and
performed by Ross Bagdasarian senior who
also handled the high-pitched chipmunk
subtitled Christmas don’t be late the
track not only became a number one hit
but sadly a seasonal tradition which
continued to chart years after its
for some however just hearing the
chipmunk song once a year is more than
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
there’s just no accounting for bad taste
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
worst songs to top the Billboard top 100
chart before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list will be ranking the
worst songs to reach number one on the
Billboard top 100 chart songs from any
decade and genre will be considered just
so long as they were released after the
hot 100 officially debuted in the summer
of 1958
[Music]
additionally these songs must have hit
number one even if it was just for a
single week of course keep in mind the
idea of worst is fairly subjective
[Music]
intent in former snow so what are the
odds of a white Canadian reggae rapper
hitting number one on the Billboard top
100 for seven consecutive weeks well
fairly good apparently
at least if you’re looking back to
Informer the 1992 hit from Toronto
Ontario zone snow in the charts defends
the early 90s were a strange time how
else could one explain how this slice of
cringe-worthy reggae fusion could have
been so popular the song fronts with a
certain attitude and aggression but for
modern-day enjoyment factor Jim Carrey’s
imposter parody from his days on in
[Music]
is there anything inherently offensive
about Daniel powders 2005 hit bad day
well not really but it’s the songs
relentless blandness that makes us
specifically it’s how bad day seems to
have been tailor-made to be used in
advertising that makes it so forgettable
in vanilla
in fact it appeared in a French
coca-cola had months before it was
released and it has carried on as
commercial legacy in the year since
all in all it’s a telling sign that bad
day is the sort of faceless pop music
which is better served as background
noise than as an actual song
number eight evany and ivory Paul
what would it take to end racism and
bring peace and healing across the
racial divide not this is true that
people of all races color and Creed were
united in disinterest and a mild gagging
feeling from the saccharine melody and
chintzy keyboard lines
[Music]
but ebony and ivory naive attempt to
single-handedly improve race relations
around the world had limited effect well
the song was well intended it was
swinging well above its weight in
attempting to accomplish something well
out of its scope something self-imposed
race ambassadors Paul McCartney and
Stevie Wonder should have been all too
number seven London Bridge Fergie will
admit that there are a number of things
right with Fergie’s debut single for
starters that sample from tower of
powers down to the nightclub is
undeniably funky and Fergie is a sexy
and in control as she ever was in the
songs accompanying music video but the
problem here is repetition that little
snippet of horns gets old really quickly
and Fergie’s flow just doesn’t sell the
song especially when it comes to that
corny chorus might have topped the
charts but in retrospect London Bridge
isn’t much of a statement to open a solo
number six I’m too sexy Right Said Fred
[Music]
unlike other countries UK listeners
actually stood their ground and didn’t
allow Right Said Fred signature song hit
number one however America did and so
here we are with its ridiculously simple
lyrics easy to grasp melody and its
borrowing of a Jimi Hendrix riff I’m too
sexy is definitely an earworm and a fun
harmless novelty song but a Billboard
Top 100 chart topper not so much it’s
silly and beyond lightweight and the
band’s lack of compatibly successful
follow-up is proof that while the chart
makes mistakes from time to time it also
corrects them
number five butterfly crazytown looking
back the nu-metal movement is hard to
explain and impossible to rationalize
through the haze of nostalgia there was
a climate where apparently anyone with
bad tattoos and a worse attitude could
achieve major label success and score a
number one single case in point crazy
town in their pseudo ballad butterfly
[Music]
there’s nothing particularly heavy or
metal about this track and the band let
loose with some metaphors about love sex
and Sid and Nancy the only worthwhile
aspect of this track is the Red Hot
Chili Peppers sample it’s built on so
why not stick to their pretty little
ditty jam instead number four you’re
sixteen Ringo Starr
[Music]
the title may seem inappropriate and it
is but this cover of Johnny Burnett’s
your 16 was nevertheless a number-one
hit for ex Beatle Ringo Starr back in
1974
[Music]
you’re all beautiful
the song itself is some form of an ode
to young love the compliments end there
however as stars cover just hasn’t aged
well coming across as a hokey and
middling pop tune in addition to the
there’s Sir Paul McCartney singing a
kazoo ask vocal solo somewhere there in
the middle but when that’s the most
interesting aspect of a number-one
single perhaps the charts deserve
something with a bit more
[Music]
number three Laffy Taffy d4l okay we
know there’s room for minimalism in pop
music but this is ridiculous
Laffy Taffy was the number one hit for
southern hip hop group d4l during the
mid-2000s and for the life of us we
don’t know why maybe it’s that maddening
synth which hammers into the listeners
brain or d4l seemingly endless lists of
confectionery references whatever the
case Laffy Taffy is best left forgotten
as not only one of 2005’s worst hip hop
hits but one of the genres most
number two disco duck Rick Dees and his
cast of idiots disco duck wasn’t the
only disco track to hit number one
during the dance crazy 1970s but it’s
certainly one of the strangest Rick Dees
was a Memphis based disc jockey when he
wrote this bizarro novelty song and
followed the timeless recipe of adding a
group of groovy backup singers in a
Donald Duck vocal to a generic disco
beat and voila instant chart success
[Music]
it may seem strange to think today
that’s such a lame cash-grab could at
one point be the number one song in the
US but then there were also a lot of
drugs going around at the time so
there’s that before we get to our number
one pick here are a few honorable or is
that dishonorable mention umber one the
chipmunk song Christmas don’t be late
David Seville and the chipmunks it’s a
holiday staple you either love or hate
but let’s be honest you probably hate
this one the chipmunk song was credited
to David Seville and the chipmunks but
this billboard smash was written and
performed by Ross Bagdasarian senior who
also handled the high-pitched chipmunk
subtitled Christmas don’t be late the
track not only became a number one hit
but sadly a seasonal tradition which
continued to chart years after its
for some however just hearing the
chipmunk song once a year is more than
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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