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What do you think is the most stupid song ever? (Original Post) CTyankee Yesterday OP
If this list doesn't include {Redacted}, I'm resigning from DU. NT mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #1
Stupid yes! Maninacan Yesterday #2
Muskrat Love bamagal62 Yesterday #3
Great minds think alike..... Whyisthisstillclose Yesterday #7
Beat me to it! Chasstev365 Yesterday #9
There are actually muskrats in the lake at the park I walk before dawn each morning... hlthe2b Yesterday #21
Willis Alan Ramsey Maninacan Yesterday #59
First one that popped up for me. 😄 electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #100
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight and Muskrat Love Whyisthisstillclose Yesterday #4
Wait! Bobstandard Yesterday #10
True! Maybe I have been too harsh in my assessment?? Whyisthisstillclose Yesterday #17
My vote is for GCG Yesterday #5
I'm partial to the Beverly D'Angelo version from the movie hair unblock Yesterday #13
Loggins & Messina doing "Danny's Song." lastlib Yesterday #6
How is Billy Joels stupid? ABC123Easy Yesterday #49
That chorus just sucks. lastlib Yesterday #63
Your opinion is as valid as mine ABC123Easy Yesterday #66
Da Da Da - Trio 1982 Chasstev365 Yesterday #8
I always thought that was a variation... TrunKated Yesterday #32
She's Under My Thumb. Croney Yesterday #11
Kid Rock -- Bawitaba Haggard Celine Yesterday #12
But Skid Rock has redeemed himself since then with his sartorial splendor and astute political insights Whyisthisstillclose Yesterday #19
Hell yes ABC123Easy Yesterday #50
Surfin' Bird Sneederbunk Yesterday #14
"Don't worry. Be Happy." n/t Safe as Milk Yesterday #15
"My Mommy Said I Should Put Beans in My Ears" Grim Chieftain Yesterday #16
This Was Just About When We Trucked My Sister to the ER to Have a Date Pit Extracted from Her Nose! The Roux Comes First Yesterday #53
Good grief! Grim Chieftain Yesterday #55
When he was five, my brother Steve pushed a popcorn kernel deep in his ear rhiannon55 Yesterday #64
Oh, that's so awful! Grim Chieftain Yesterday #68
When doing a checkup on a 5 yr old little boy, I found... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #77
Pete Seeger did a version of this with a verse... fargone 23 hrs ago #94
Omg, never heard of this! 😄 electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #101
Blake Sheldon "Boys around here" Emile Yesterday #18
Toni Basil's "Mickey" There, secret's out.... my guilty pleasure!! IA8IT Yesterday #20
'Brand New Key'- Melanie (Should at least ve on the list... the Roller Skate Song.. supposedly) hlthe2b Yesterday #22
Is this one any better? Norrrm Yesterday #33
I like both versions! Easterncedar Yesterday #39
Oh, hon... Let me find all recordings for you to listen to 24/7 from now on! hlthe2b Yesterday #42
Overplayed on the radio, when that was all we had, sure Easterncedar Yesterday #45
Well, Pink Floyd, I definitely "get.." hlthe2b Yesterday #48
Oh, gawd... hlthe2b Yesterday #41
I think they would be proud to hear you say that. Norrrm Yesterday #43
LOL...that one ain't about roller skates. Iggo 10 hrs ago #117
Yeah, I know, but it is the song/singer that is the constant irritant especially the first hlthe2b 10 hrs ago #118
Truth. I can listen to it once, then I'm good for another twenty years. Iggo 9 hrs ago #119
Bush Was Right johnp3907 Yesterday #23
MacArthur Park cloudbase Yesterday #24
I actually like MacArthur Park--both versions hlthe2b Yesterday #44
You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone LogDog75 Yesterday #25
Agree. Dawson Leery Yesterday #26
Petula Clark - Don't Sleep in the Subway UpInArms Yesterday #27
"Having My Baby" by Paul Anka Rastapopoulos Yesterday #28
Loathe that one! Easterncedar Yesterday #38
Yeah... That one was cringe-worthy... hlthe2b Yesterday #46
Found it. vanlassie 23 hrs ago #92
After 5000 times, Grandma got run over by a reindeer. It stopped being cute at 5001. Norrrm Yesterday #29
Sugar Sugar viva la Yesterday #30
When I was 7, my dad brought bamagal62 Yesterday #61
That dumb song was the Song Of The Year in 1969, the year I finished... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #80
It's basically an artificial song too. No band just studio musicians underpants 16 hrs ago #106
When the four girls are walking, I find Dinosaur to be worthy of a Grammy. I have an eye for good music. Norrrm Yesterday #31
I would put almost all country and 70s disco below that. TrunKated Yesterday #34
That Proud to be an American slop one hit wonder FullySupportDems Yesterday #35
Fucking Lee Greewood gay texan Yesterday #36
i absolutely hate that song kimbutgar Yesterday #51
Try having to listen to it EVERY SINGLE DAY underpants 13 hrs ago #109
I know what its like, trust me. gay texan 12 hrs ago #114
😆😆😆 underpants 12 hrs ago #115
Every. Single. Day. underpants 13 hrs ago #110
Yummy yummy yummy I've got love in my tummy Easterncedar Yesterday #37
I knew this one was going to show up. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #82
I was surprised I was the only one Easterncedar Yesterday #84
Maybe. I certainly wish I had never heard it. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #90
Escape Mystery To Me Yesterday #40
I'd pick ANY song in the Beiber catalog. ABC123Easy Yesterday #47
MacArthur Park SheltieLover Yesterday #52
Yeah, I never could understand "someone left the cake out in the rain..." CTyankee Yesterday #54
That line got me too, & it was waaaay too long. SheltieLover Yesterday #58
And why won't they ever... skypilot Yesterday #71
Lol likeky so! SheltieLover Yesterday #81
One time I took a hit of 4 way windowpane and it sounded right padfun Yesterday #76
The Night Chicago Died displacedvermoter Yesterday #56
The same band (Paper Lace) was responsible for both of those songs. subterranean Yesterday #67
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, the displacedvermoter 11 hrs ago #116
I've Got Tears in My Ears from Laying in Bed, Crying Over You The Blue Flower Yesterday #57
Something Stupid - Frank and Nancy Sinatra jmbar2 Yesterday #60
I shot the sheriff. PittBlue Yesterday #62
Hatin' on Marley? johnp3907 Yesterday #70
Nope... PittBlue Yesterday #73
So.... ABC123Easy Yesterday #65
My Ding a Ling MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #69
I Was disappointed I had to scroll this far for this one. Nt Ilikepurple Yesterday #85
You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone. debm55 Yesterday #72
I need a Hero Maninacan Yesterday #74
I had too much to dream last night bobalew Yesterday #75
and a great song... justaprogressive 13 hrs ago #112
Hang on Sloopy Sloopy Hang On oberle Yesterday #78
Rick Derringers first band: The McCoys justaprogressive 13 hrs ago #111
Escape (the Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes Ritabert Yesterday #79
Piano Man. LisaM Yesterday #83
Billy Joel said he was shocked it was a hit on Howard Stern underpants 16 hrs ago #103
Disco Duck. The Madcap Yesterday #86
Put the lime in the coconut & drink it all up. CrispyQ Yesterday #87
One of the greatest songs of all time. blm 22 hrs ago #96
This message was self-deleted by its author CrispyQ Yesterday #88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v8kB0KUR8PiY Groundhawg Yesterday #89
Put silver wings on my son's chest .............. marble falls Yesterday #91
Good gawd, no one has yet mentioned WestMichRad 23 hrs ago #93
Sussudio Coventina 23 hrs ago #95
The insufferable Phil Collins was just printing money back then underpants 16 hrs ago #105
Save two votes for... Totally Tunsie 22 hrs ago #97
My Humps Mad_Dem_X 22 hrs ago #98
I actually kind of liked that song... Pachamama 17 hrs ago #102
"I write the songs" by Barely Man at All RainCaster 22 hrs ago #99
....While there are many to choose from whathehell 16 hrs ago #104
Disco Duck Zambero 15 hrs ago #107
Do-Wacka-Do by Roger Miller... MiHale 15 hrs ago #108
Irving Berlin wrote this turkey: Easter Parade justaprogressive 13 hrs ago #113

hlthe2b

(113,869 posts)
21. There are actually muskrats in the lake at the park I walk before dawn each morning...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:38 PM
Yesterday

They seem to have an amazing way of surviving winter along with the zillions of Canadian geese and ducks, and I always get a smile when I hear their distinctive "splash" by the shore.

And... I loved the band, AMERICA. That said, I admit that was not their finest moment. LOL

4. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight and Muskrat Love
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:05 PM
Yesterday

come immediately to mind, but there's are lots of contenders.....

Bobstandard

(2,291 posts)
10. Wait!
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:10 PM
Yesterday

That song has Lonny Donnegan rapping the immortal and ineffable lyric “if tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?” “Boom. Boom!”

17. True! Maybe I have been too harsh in my assessment??
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:34 PM
Yesterday

It was the first dance song at my wedding...

GCG

(86 posts)
5. My vote is for
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:06 PM
Yesterday

Good Morning Starshine sung by Oliver.

The chorus: "Glibby gloop gloopy, Nibby Nabby Noopy, La La La Lo Lo. Sabba Sibby Sabba, Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo. Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba nabba, Early mornin' singin' song."

unblock

(56,188 posts)
13. I'm partial to the Beverly D'Angelo version from the movie hair
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:14 PM
Yesterday

She was my babysitter growing up (before she was famous obviously) so I may be biased.

It's a silly song but fun happy upbeat and fits the musical/movie. Many song from musicals can sound odd when they become hits out of context.

lastlib

(28,216 posts)
6. Loggins & Messina doing "Danny's Song."
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:07 PM
Yesterday

Billy Joel's "For the Longest Time" is a close second, followed by every song Leo effin' Sayer ever did.

ABC123Easy

(272 posts)
49. How is Billy Joels stupid?
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:23 PM
Yesterday

I can see someone not liking it (I love it but to each their own) but being stupid? Just curious

TrunKated

(281 posts)
32. I always thought that was a variation...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 02:42 PM
Yesterday

On the Yeah, yeah, yeah, stuff of the 60s. Like the Beatles song, She Loves You.

19. But Skid Rock has redeemed himself since then with his sartorial splendor and astute political insights
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:38 PM
Yesterday

Grim Chieftain

(1,700 posts)
16. "My Mommy Said I Should Put Beans in My Ears"
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:24 PM
Yesterday

By The Serendipity Singers - 1964. Even as a child this song made me cringe.

The Roux Comes First

(2,278 posts)
53. This Was Just About When We Trucked My Sister to the ER to Have a Date Pit Extracted from Her Nose!
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:33 PM
Yesterday

Grim Chieftain

(1,700 posts)
55. Good grief!
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:47 PM
Yesterday

I hope she came through it okay. She'd have done better to put beans in her ears, they're smaller.



rhiannon55

(2,786 posts)
64. When he was five, my brother Steve pushed a popcorn kernel deep in his ear
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:14 PM
Yesterday

He ended up with hearing loss in that ear.

3catwoman3

(29,360 posts)
77. When doing a checkup on a 5 yr old little boy, I found...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 10:13 PM
Yesterday

...a piece pencil lead in one of his ear canals. He denied any knowledge of how it got in there.

fargone

(621 posts)
94. Pete Seeger did a version of this with a verse...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:11 AM
23 hrs ago

About Mrs. Jay's little son, Elbe.
I think Elbe Jay has beans in his ears.

Emile

(42,205 posts)
18. Blake Sheldon "Boys around here"
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:38 PM
Yesterday

Chew Tobacco, Chew Tobacco, Chew Tobacco, Spit

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hlthe2b

(113,869 posts)
22. 'Brand New Key'- Melanie (Should at least ve on the list... the Roller Skate Song.. supposedly)
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:42 PM
Yesterday



That one makes my teeth grind.. Uggh.

hlthe2b

(113,869 posts)
42. Oh, hon... Let me find all recordings for you to listen to 24/7 from now on!
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:16 PM
Yesterday

Please tell me you are kidding.

Easterncedar

(6,221 posts)
45. Overplayed on the radio, when that was all we had, sure
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:20 PM
Yesterday

I think Melanie's song was cute. That's all. I am not smoking dope and putting it on repeat on the record player like I did Pink Floyd.

hlthe2b

(113,869 posts)
48. Well, Pink Floyd, I definitely "get.."
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:22 PM
Yesterday
But, not enough pot in the world for that Melanie song to resonate.

hlthe2b

(113,869 posts)
41. Oh, gawd...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:15 PM
Yesterday

I am going to send a voodoo curse your way for that! (kidding, just kidding). But OMG that is awful.

hlthe2b

(113,869 posts)
118. Yeah, I know, but it is the song/singer that is the constant irritant especially the first
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:59 PM
10 hrs ago

200,000 times it is played. At that point, the "wink wink, don't tell" meaning is pretty much lost.

hlthe2b

(113,869 posts)
44. I actually like MacArthur Park--both versions
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:20 PM
Yesterday

But, I'm a sucker for a good orchestral backing and an actor who surprises us by singing (or speaking, in the case of William Shatner) and as for the other, Donna Summer was the Queen of disco! She was near "perfect!" LOL

UpInArms

(54,936 posts)
27. Petula Clark - Don't Sleep in the Subway
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 02:10 PM
Yesterday


Don't sleep in the subway?
Don't stand in the pouring rain?

Who was she dating?

bamagal62

(4,496 posts)
61. When I was 7, my dad brought
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:01 PM
Yesterday

Home a horse named Sugar. I would sit in the tire swing and sing her that song.

3catwoman3

(29,360 posts)
80. That dumb song was the Song Of The Year in 1969, the year I finished...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 10:18 PM
Yesterday

...high school.

The songs for 1968 and 1970 were Hey Jude and Bridge Over Troubled Water.

What the hell was wrong with peoples' musical taste in 1969?

underpants

(196,410 posts)
106. It's basically an artificial song too. No band just studio musicians
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:58 AM
16 hrs ago

I’d guess there was some sort of cartoon version where the Archie’s cast were playing it but I don’t know.

Norrrm

(4,971 posts)
31. When the four girls are walking, I find Dinosaur to be worthy of a Grammy. I have an eye for good music.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 02:35 PM
Yesterday

FullySupportDems

(445 posts)
35. That Proud to be an American slop one hit wonder
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 02:43 PM
Yesterday

Sorry, I can't go with There ain't no doubt, and the worse Where at least I know I'm free... just no. Ever since it came out.

underpants

(196,410 posts)
109. Try having to listen to it EVERY SINGLE DAY
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:42 AM
13 hrs ago

They started playing that after Taps at final formation when I was in the Army in the early 90’s

The first day we were looking to the NCO’s “What do we do?” Attention? Parade rest? They said stand at ease.
The second day we were ALL like “What IS this crap?” Even the country music guys hated it. They’d never heard of Lee Greenwood. One of the older guys (Louisiana) said he remembered it from the YEARS AGO when it was released and that he and his buddies hated it then.

The third day we were told we could leave since we’d been dismissed. We got looks for walking around while other units were still in formation. Well, at least we got to chow first.

gay texan

(3,211 posts)
114. I know what its like, trust me.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:12 AM
12 hrs ago

The country station in the Ozarks played it three times a fucking day. For years

underpants

(196,410 posts)
110. Every. Single. Day.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:43 AM
13 hrs ago

They started playing that after Taps at final formation when I was in the Army in the early 90’s

The first day we were looking to the NCO’s “What do we do?” Attention? Parade rest? They said stand at ease.

The second day we were ALL like “What IS this crap?” Even the country music guys hated it. They’d never heard of Lee Greenwood. One of the older guys (Louisiana) said he remembered it from the YEARS AGO when it was released and that he and his buddies hated it then.

The third day we were told we could leave since we’d been dismissed. We got looks for walking around while other units were still in formation. Well, at least we got to chow first.

3catwoman3

(29,360 posts)
90. Maybe. I certainly wish I had never heard it.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 10:52 PM
Yesterday

I'd have been embarrassed to have written it, and even more embarrassed to have sung it.

ABC123Easy

(272 posts)
47. I'd pick ANY song in the Beiber catalog.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:21 PM
Yesterday

Beiber's "music" is just trash. Given time and pro tools, a chimpanzee could create Beibers "music"

skypilot

(9,125 posts)
71. And why won't they ever...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:59 PM
Yesterday

...have the recipe again? Did that get left out in the rain as well?

padfun

(1,896 posts)
76. One time I took a hit of 4 way windowpane and it sounded right
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 10:13 PM
Yesterday

But then, lots of things were changing colors and shapes Including cakes in the rain.

subterranean

(3,761 posts)
67. The same band (Paper Lace) was responsible for both of those songs.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:18 PM
Yesterday

The version of Billy Don't be a Hero that became a No. 1 hit in the U.S. was a cover of Paper Lace's original, which was a hit in the UK.

displacedvermoter

(4,415 posts)
116. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, the
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:18 PM
11 hrs ago

people who brought both of the Paper Lace songs to America, also did a viciously bad version of Paul Simon's Kodachrome on American Bandstand. They even mumbled over the line about "the crap I learned in highschool", apparently touring with Osmond Brothers means you both suck musically, and are prudes as well.

The Blue Flower

(6,482 posts)
57. I've Got Tears in My Ears from Laying in Bed, Crying Over You
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:48 PM
Yesterday

My number two dumbest is: I'm Ambivalent Over You (from the 40s or 50s), but yes, a real title.

Maninacan

(291 posts)
74. I need a Hero
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 08:24 PM
Yesterday

Bonnie Tyler is great . Really liked her song in Metropolis movie. But Hero is just a mish-mash of instruments. Like a bad Sax solo.

bobalew

(433 posts)
75. I had too much to dream last night
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 09:59 PM
Yesterday

by the Electric Prunes ....
No kidding, real song, real band ...

oberle

(351 posts)
78. Hang on Sloopy Sloopy Hang On
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 10:15 PM
Yesterday

I don't know who wrote it but I first heard it in 1965. I thought it said Hang On Stupid.

underpants

(196,410 posts)
103. Billy Joel said he was shocked it was a hit on Howard Stern
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:46 AM
16 hrs ago

I’d never realized it but it’s a limerick set to a waltz.
He said it’s one of the worst songs for an instrumental piano bar setting because it’s completely repetitive which most people don’t realize without the lyrics being sung.

The Madcap

(1,896 posts)
86. Disco Duck.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 10:29 PM
Yesterday

Also:

Muskrat Love
Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road
You're Having my Baby

So many others....ugh.

Response to CTyankee (Original post)

WestMichRad

(3,233 posts)
93. Good gawd, no one has yet mentioned
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:01 AM
23 hrs ago

Ding Dong the witch is dead?

I have a special loathing of this one… it’s a vile, senseless earworm.

underpants

(196,410 posts)
105. The insufferable Phil Collins was just printing money back then
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:56 AM
16 hrs ago

Everything he released became a hit so he just kept putting out crap like that. Hated that song too.

Totally Tunsie

(11,848 posts)
97. Save two votes for...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:47 AM
22 hrs ago

Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang.



and

One eyed, one horned flying purple people eater

justaprogressive

(6,893 posts)
113. Irving Berlin wrote this turkey: Easter Parade
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:13 AM
13 hrs ago

any song that has to use "ROTOGRAVURE" to rhyme!

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