"Wonder Wall" was recently voted the best pop song ever by a segment of the British public which is probably also responsible for the tabloids and Benny Hill. I don't get it. I can't even finish listening to it once. It sounds to me like your older brother, when you are 11, and he is about 13, and he is making fun of a song you like, by singing it in as unpleasant a voice as he can manage, without any noteworthy accompaniment. And it sounds like he is making up the lyrics at the same time, in a kind of sing-song, nasal, whine on the "now".
Worst Singles of All Time
Of course these are not the worst singles of all time. Most people have never heard the worst singles of all time-- like "The Times They Are A'Changin'" by Rabbi Abraham Feinberg, or "Clouds" by Leonard Nimoy or "Big Yellow Taxi" by Bob Dylan-- because they simply have never been played on the radio.
So, actually, these are songs that stink even though they were massively promoted and acquired a certain following.
Wonder Wall (Oasis)
Seasons in the Sun (Terry
Jacks)
I Write the Songs (Barry Manilow)
The Night Chicago Died (Paper Lace)
Honey (Bobby Goldsboro)
I am I said (Neil Diamond)
Cracklin' Rosie (Neil Diamond)
Candle in the Wind 1997
(Elton John)
Popcorn (Hot Butter)
Achy Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Paul Anka)
Honorable
Mentions (added November 2007)
Three Times a Lady (Lionel Richie)
Every Thing I Do (Bryan Adams)
Puppy Love (Donny Osmond, written by Paul Anka)
Glamour Boy (Guess Who)
We Will Rock You (Queen)
Never Been to Me (
Feelin' Groovy (Simon & Garfunkel)
Do Yah Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart)
Pet Me, Poppa (Rosemary
Clooney).
Copyright © 2006 Bill Van Dyk All rights reserved.
A British Worst
Singles of All Time List.
