Are These the 10 Worst Songs Ever?
Sometimes you are listening to the radio and a song comes on that just forces you to hit the off button. While it is, or has been popular, the song nevertheless annoys the listener to no end, inducing grimaces, groans and, in some cases, outright hatred.
So it is that Spinner.com came up with the twenty worst songs ever which, for many, now incite laughter, horror and despair.
It's always difficult putting a list like this together, because one man's junk can always be another man's treasure. I have to admit that I actually like some of these songs, but I'm not going to admit which!
However, here in descending order are the top ten of those twenty worst songs ever. Do you agree? If not, then you are invited to suggest your own song in the guest book at the bottom of this page.
Table of Contents
- Worst Song #1: Who Let the Dogs Out? - Baha Men
- More From The Baha Men
- Worst Song #2: Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
- Vanilla Ice on CD
- Worst Song #3: She Bangs - Ricky Martin
- Great Ricky Martin Deals
- Worst Song #4: Barbie Girl - Aqua
- More From Aqua
- Worst Song #5: U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
- MC Hammer on CD
- Worst Song #6: I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
- The Best From Helen Reddy
- Worst Song #7: I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
- Right Said Fred: Too Sexy For Their CDs
- Worst Song #8: Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
- The Best of Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
- Worst Song #9: Macarena: Los Del Rio
- Great Deals From Los Del Rio
- Worst Song #10: My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
- More From Celine Dion
- Cast Your Vote!
- Are These Songs the Worst?
- Some Are the Worst Ever Songs...and Also The Most Annoying!
- Rolling Stone's Most Annoying Songs
- Love This Lens?
- What's Your Pick For Worst Song Ever?
Worst Song #1: Who Let the Dogs Out? - Baha Men
After hearing this song, many people have asked "Who let the Baha Men out?". In reality, this disc is not representative of the group's normal output, which is a mixture of Caribbean R&B, dance and rap music.
However, they released this song in 2000, and it quickly became the Baha Men's first (and to date, only) US and UK hit tune, also garnering them the Grammy for Best Dance Recording at the 2001 Grammy Awards.
This popularity led to it being used at a variety of sports stadiums, most notably adopted by the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets in the US, and fans of both Crystal Palace FC and Chelsea FC in the UK.
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More From The Baha Men
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The number two song is Vanilla Ice's (born, Robert Matthew Van Winkle) cannibalization of Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure", along with his own version of rap.
The tune has caused Vanilla Ice a lot of trouble since its release in 1990. Although no royalties were ever formally paid, Ice reportedly paid an out of court sum to Queen/Bowie, and their writing credits were added retroactively to the disc.
Later, Ice alleged that he was dangled by the ankles over a balcony to a high rise building by Suge Knight (CEO of Death Row Records), in order to convince Vanilla Ice that he owed royalties from the lyrics to the tune.
As this song appears on many worst lists, some may have preferred that he was dangled by the ankles to promise to never release the record.
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Vanilla Ice on CD
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWorst Song #3: She Bangs - Ricky Martin
Is it Ricky Martin's fault that this song will be forever associated with American Idol reject, William Hung?
No, I guess not. Nevertheless, this tune released in 2000 by Martin, has received the inauspicious honor of being named as one of the "50 Worst Songs Ever" by Blender magazine in both its original version and that of Hung.
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Great Ricky Martin Deals
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWorst Song #4: Barbie Girl - Aqua
This song has turned up in more polls than you can shake a stick at:
Voted the fourth "Best Number One of All Time" in a VH1 poll, and was featured as #32 on VH1's "Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever" countdown. In another VH1 countdown, VH1's '100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders", it popped up at #88.
In 2007, Rolling Stone voted it as one of the 20 Most Annoying Songs.
In 2007, MuchMoreMusic voted it as one of the 50 Guilty Pleasures (#27)
Blender magazine also voted it at #33, as one of the 50 Worst Songs Ever.
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More From Aqua
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWorst Song #5: U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
This song undoubtedly became one of the most annoying tunes ever. It was everywhere, even winning (unexpectedly) the Grammys for Best R&B Song and Best Rap Solo Performance.
While it may have seemed cool to quote ""Stop! - Hammertime!" back in 1990, the phrase has been overused so much in all forms of media since then, that it has caused a backlash and brings "U Can't Touch This" to #5 in the twenty worst songs ever chart.
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MC Hammer on CD
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWorst Song #6: I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
Hmmm...is this a bad song? At the time of the emerging Women's Liberation Movement, this tune became its anthem and, no doubt, reflected an aspect of social significance.
It reached #1 in the US in December 1972 - but these days the song seems to have yellowed a tad and curled around the edges. Corny seems to apply too.
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The Best From Helen Reddy
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWorst Song #7: I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
Are Right Said Fred too sexy for this poll?
According to Spinner, no! Here's their assessment:
"While the members of this British trio may be too sexy for their shirts, hats and cars, their 1991 single is not too sexy for our list of bad songs. The instrumental break, based on a riff from 'Third Stone From the Sun,' probably still causes Jimi Hendrix to turn in his grave".
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Right Said Fred: Too Sexy For Their CDs
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWorst Song #8: Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Another Number One single to find its place on the worst song ever list.
In fact, this is not the only "worst of" poll where it appears. Following the song's massive chart success, it was derided as "saccharine" and was later named as the tenth worst song of all time by Blender magazine.
In October 2007, it was named the worst duet in history by BBC 6 music listeners in the UK.
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The Best of Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
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What...the Macarena? I hear you say...Yep, it's here. The dance craze that swept a nation, nay the world, pops up at Number Nine in this worst of list.
Recorded in 1995, the song became the second longest running Number One, and the best selling debut single of all time in the US. Every large social gathering seemed unhip without it.
Not only does it appear on this list, but was also ranked as Number One in VH1's documentary The 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders. Macarena was also ranked Number One on a different VH1 documentary, The 40 Awesomely Bad No. 1 Songs.
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Worst Song #10: My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
Spinner says this song was overplayed - and that's why it's here!
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More From Celine Dion
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Are These Songs the Worst?

Does Spinner.com Have It Right?
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olivia says:
who let the dogs out= most annoying
ice baby = most old and worst
she bangs = worst voices
barbie girl= most squeaky voice
u cant touch this= most reapeating words
i am woman= country?! i prefer pop, rap, r&b, and hip hop I HATE COUNTRY AND ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im too sexy= to much braging, reapeating, and bad voice
ebony and ivory= old, unpopular, and no 2 men do a duet that is just wrong!
macarena= ANNOYING, AND REPEATING
my heart will go on= sorry never heard it cause it is not on this website and i never heard of it or heard it so must awful cause celine dion IS awful
Posted December 30, 2009
avi says:
My Heart Will Go On wasn't horrible-just overplayed.
The Macarena by was an awful song, I agree.
Ebony and Ivory was an awful song, but perhaps a bit high.
I'm Too Sexy should be top 5, it's the most pointless song ever.
I am Woman was one of the worst, agreed.
U Can't Touch This? Sure, it's annoying, but it made the list before Achy Breaky Heart!
Barbie Girl, yes, absolutely.
She Bangs is agreed, it was just stupid.
Ice, Ice Baby only #2? what could be worse?
Ok, Who Let The Dogs Out is worse than Ice, Ice Baby! I agree!
So, I agree with all except My Heart Will Go On and U Can't Touch This.
Posted November 19, 2009
Jimmie says:
You've chosen some bad ones, that's for sure. But I guess I'm a sucker. I like Ebony & Ivory. :-) The rest can go.
Posted October 23, 2008
No way!
Dr. Robotnik says:
NO!
Posted June 02, 2009
marsha32 says:
I'm on the side of I guess being weird as I like most of these 10 with the exception of I am woman and the Macarena...and ebony and ivory...listening to all the other before I leave LOL
Posted January 25, 2009
WindyWinters says:
Oh, no! I love 8 of 10 of them and I really, really like 'em! I don't care for Helen Reddy or Celine Dion.(you got me there,ugh,lol!
Posted January 24, 2009
JaguarJulie says:
No way jose! You've included several of my FAVORITE songs in your list and I can't believe it!!! Who let the dogs out, she bangs, u can't touch this, believe, macarena ... yada yada!
Posted October 25, 2008
Some Are the Worst Ever Songs...and Also The Most Annoying!
Compiled by Rolling Stone Magazine

As well as appearing on the Spinner list, three of the songs also make their mark on the list of the Most Annoying Songs, compiled by Rolling Stone, as follows:
1. The Black Eyed Peas -- My Humps
2. Los Del Rio -- Macarena
3. Baha Men -- Who Let The Dogs Out
4. Celine Dion -- My Heart Will Go On
5. Nickelback -- Photograph
6. Lou Bega -- Mambo No. 5
7. James Blunt -- You're Beautiful
8. The Spice Girls -- Wannabe
9. Sisqo -- The Thong Song
10. Cher -- Believe
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What's Your Pick For Worst Song Ever?
Please note: This list is not my compilation. People can never agree on the best or worst of anything. So here's your opportunity to let visitors know what your pick is for the worst song ever.
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- 185458 185458 Nov 7, 2009 @ 11:10 am
- Worst Songs Top 5
1.The Gummy Bear Song
2.Beer by Psychostick
3.Handlebars by The Flobots
4.I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry
5.The Pot by Tool
those are the worst songs ive ever heard
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- don don Sep 21, 2009 @ 8:20 pm
- "Rubber Band Man" by the Spinners
"Macho Man" by The Village People
"Big Balls" by AC/DC
"I Touch Myself" by The Divinyls
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- 24websurf 24websurf Sep 14, 2009 @ 2:05 am
- I think they must have mixed up their lists. This was a great lens!
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- MarinaKuperman MarinaKuperman Sep 7, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
- I will have to deagree on some of them but it' still a great ens, very enternaining.... I fived you and fanned you :)
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- ChineseKitesforKids ChineseKitesforKids Jul 28, 2009 @ 11:27 pm
- I hate Celion Dion's "my heart will go on" ... with a passion!!
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- nickupton nickupton May 28, 2009 @ 10:51 am
- "Grandma we love you" by the St Winifred's School choir is awful.
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- shrink shrink Mar 12, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
- I like quite a lot of these too actually. Great lens though.
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- SteveLobsey SteveLobsey Jan 26, 2009 @ 6:55 am
- It's funny - almost all of these songs went to #1! So they couldn't be that bad!
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