History WMG / ToddInTheShadowsWorstOfRandomYear

** "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA: Todd says he thinks they're "[[https://twitter.com/shadowtodd/status/1152258507342852096?s=21 just awful]]" and doesn't understand why history looks back upon them so positively. While he likes "Dancing Queen", it's likely this song would show up on his Worst list.

** "Higher" by Creed: Implied in the ''Song vs. Song'' podcast, where he claims that Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Going Down" 'rescued' the main guitar riff. He later outright said he dislikes in in the Best Hit Songs of 2022 video.

** “Jesus Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood: Hinted [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1236427013633781761 here]]. He later outright said he dislikes in in the Best Hit Songs of 2022 video.

** "Higher" by Creed: Implied in the ''Song vs. Song'' podcast, where he claims that Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Going Down" 'rescued' the main guitar riff.

** “Jesus Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood: Hinted [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1236427013633781761 here]].

** "One More Night" by Phil Collins

** "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em: In the "Watch Me (Whip[=/=]Nae Nae)" review, he called "Crank That" one of the worst songs ever, which suggested that it would reach #1. However, in the "Toosie Slide" review, Todd admits that he has (to some degree) come around to old dance crazes because they at least had some youthful energy, so this probably won't make a high spot even if it makes the list at all.

** “Little Willy” by Sweet: On the one hand, he could find the song to be fun song by an underrated glam rock band that bridges their old style with their new. On the other, he could find it to be just an insipid bubblegum song.

** “Little Willy” by Sweet

** "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter: He has called this song terrible.

** "Time Will Reveal" by [=DeBarge=]: Todd mentioned, in the Rockwell OHW, that El [=DeBarge=] represented Creator/{{Motown}} being in the midst of a DorkAge during the mid-1980s.

** "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" by Elton John: By this point, Elton John was in his second DorkAge.

** "Oochie Wally" by Nas and Bravehearts: Sadly one of Nas' biggest Billboard hits, emblematic of his brief DorkAge between ''Nastradamus'' and his [[CareerResurrection comeback album]] at the end of the year, ''Stillmatic''.

* Worst Hit Songs of 1988: [[https://twitter.com/shadowtodd/status/1161505762377641985?s=21 He's hinted via a tweet]] he has a a very high view of 1988, but even the brightest years still havr shadows.

* Worst Hit Songs of 1988:

** "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" by B.J. Thomas: While Todd could find it to be an endearingly cheesy song, he could also find it to be edgeless pop fluff.

** "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart

** "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross: It's likely Todd could find this song to be Adult Contemporary dirge.

** “I Know You See It” by Yung Joc

** “Play” by David Banner

** "Chain Hang Low" by Jibbs

** "Don't Take the Girl" by Tim [=McGraw=]: A much-maligned country song (one of the very few to crossover in the 90s due to Billboard’s eligibility rules) that tells the story of a boy’s evolving relationship with a girl from childhood to marriage, Todd might find the tone to be too saccharine for such a dark story.

** "Don't Take the Girl" by Tim McGraw: A much-maligned country song (one of the very few to crossover in the 90s due to Billboard’s eligibility rules) that tells the story of a boy’s evolving relationship with a girl from childhood to marriage, Todd might find the tone to be too saccharine for such a dark story.

** "Run It!" by Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana: As Chris Brown's breakthrough single, its inclusion is all but guaranteed. It's a highly inappropriate song for a boy ''aged 16'' at the time to be performing. Also, the song's production stinks of Scott Storch.

** “Said I Loved You...But I Lied” by Michael Bolton: Not only is it a sappy easy listening ballad, its lyrics aren’t even very coherent.