The worst song ever
So I'm in the middle of a "discussion" with a friend who posits that the Paul McCarney/Stevie Wonder duo "Ebony and Ivory" is the worst of all time. I say she's wrong. And I have a blog. I'm going to proclaim it publicly: You're wrong.
Off the top of my head, here's some songs that I thing are much, much worse:
"Don't Stop Believin'," The entire Huey Lewis oeuvre, "I Hope You Dance" (I hate this song more than anything I've ever heard).
Blender, in an article last year, named 50 other terrible songs, from "My Heart Will Go On" to "Your Body is a Wonderland" to "Broken Wings" (which actually is awesome in its terribleness) to "We Built This City." (And, ok, "E&I" is number 10 on their list. Not helping my case, but at least they have nine songs that are worse. This is what I'm saying.)
Wikipedia has a comprehensive (as far as Wikipedia can be trusted to provide "comprehensive") list of songs labeled "worst ever." "Ebony and Ivory" is nowhere on there. "Achy Breaky Heart," "My Humps" and "MacArthur Park" are.
VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever also omits "Ebony and Ivory," in favor of "Sussudio" and "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)."
I guess, though, Worst Song Ever is a personal choice that every girl (or boy) has to make for herself. I don't know why that Lee Anne Womak song bothers me so much, but I hate it, violently. It makes me think of those posters of kittens in trees that chirp, "Just hang in there." I have to leave stores when it comes on or I'll start pulling hair — my own, the kid's next to me, doesn't matter.
So, Miss BT, you are free to hate on two of the greatest working musicians of our time.
What do you think? What's your least favorite song ever?
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Comments (3)
After discussing this post with some coworkers, it has come to my attention that there IS a worse song than all of those listed: "Christmas Shoes" by NewSong. Ol' Trusty Wikipedia quotes one author, who called it "the most depressing song in modern recorded music history." Yet the song has inspired a book, movie and play. Go fig.
And "We Built This City" and "Don't Stop Believing" are two of the most AWESOMELY awesome songs ever made! In an unofficial poll taken at my place of employment, 3 out of 5 people enjoy "We Built This City", while 4 of 5 rock out to "Don't Stop Believin'", and I think that's fairly representative of public opinion. So BOO-yah!
i have to agree with both the awesomeness of "don't stop believing" and the terribleness of "i would do anything for love (but i won't do that".
ebony and ivory? i think it's pretty banal as a song, yet something about the paul/stevie combo still makes me groove when this song comes on...
we build this city i would have to say takes the cake for me. i absolutely hate this song, hate it. this song was jammed down our collective throats back in the early 80s with the stupid space for the station to insert their call letters. if i could erase any memory from my mind, ever hearing this song would be it.