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Top 10 Worst Uses of Sampling or Interpolation

• "About You" by Trey Songz sampling "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon
• "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock sampling "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon: He mentioned his dislike of this song in his Dexy's Midnight Runners episode of One Hit Wonderland.
• “Alone Again” by Alyssa Reid sampling “Alone” by Heart: Notable for being the lowest-rated song on The Singles Jukebox until “Accidental Racist” beat it.
• "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj sampling "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot: Todd thinks the sample failed to add a new twist on "Baby Got Back", so it essentially amounted to stealing someone else's work. He also doesn't understand why Mix's voice is sampled at all — Nicki trying to impress a one-hit wonder from 22 years ago makes no sense to him.
• "Back in Time" by Pitbull sampling "Love is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia: He discussed thoroughly why the sample is out of place in the review of said song.
• "Bad Things" by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello sampling "Out of My Head" by Fastball
• "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston sampling "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King
• "Best Song Ever" by One Direction sampling "Baba O'Riley" by The Who
• "Betty (Get Money)" by Yung Gravy sampling "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley
• "Big Energy" by Latto sampling "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club: Todd called the sample "astonishingly lazy and obvious" on Twitter. If Todd makes this list and this is included, he could also bring up the remix with Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled for making the sample even more blatantly obvious.
• "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve sampling "The Last Time" by The Rolling Stones: This song counts a bad use of sampling because The Verve lost all profit on their only major hit after Allen Klein, who held the rights to the Stones' pre-1970 discography, sued (and won) for songwriting credits and royalties. However, in 2019, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards amicably returned credit for "Bitter Sweet Symphony" to The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft.
• "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell Williams sampling "Got To Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye
• "The Boss" by Rick Ross ft. T-Pain sampling "Paul Revere" by Beastie Boys
• "Broken" by lovelytheband sampling "Kids" by MGMT and "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People
• "Buzzin’" by Mann sampling "I Can’t Wait" by Nu Shooz
• "Check It Out" by will.i.am ft. Nicki Minaj sampling "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• "Come With Me" by Puff Daddy sampling "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin
• "Dah Dah DahDah" by Nardo Wick sampling "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega: Hinted here.
• "Don't Mind" by Kent Jones sampling "Practice What You Preach" by Barry White
• "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna sampling "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson
• "Don't Tell 'Em" by Jeremih ft. YG sampling "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!
• "Don't Wanna Go Home" by Jason Derulo sampling "Show Me Love" by Robin S. and "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" by Harry Belafonte
• "E" by Drunkenmunkey sampling "Without Me" by Eminem
• "Fack" by Eminem sampling "Me So Horny" by 2 Live Crew
• "Feel This Moment" by Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera sampling "Take on Me" by a-ha: Todd thought the sample sounded "like complete crap". He also pointed out that it was irrelevant, and likely only included to leech off of the popularity of "Take on Me".
• "Fergalicious" by Fergie ft. will.i.am sampling "Give it All You Got" by Afro-Rican
• "First Class" by Jack Harlow sampling "Glamorous" by Fergie ft. Ludacris: He criticised the sample on Twitter, along with those of "Big Energy", "Betty" and "Super Freaky Girl", for how lazy it was.
• "Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Loc sampling "All Right Now" by Free
• "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida sampling "Levels" by Avicii sampling "Something's Got A Hold On Me" by Etta James
• "Goodbye" by Kristinia DeBarge sampling "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam
• "Hard to Forget" by Sam Hunt sampling "There Stands the Glass" by Webb Pierce
• "Hello" by Karmin sampling "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
• "Hey Everybody!" by 5 Seconds of Summer sampling "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran
• "Holy Grail" by Jay-Z ft. Justin Timberlake sampling "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana: Given the song's subject matter, the sample was used in the correct context; however, Todd complains that Jay-Z and JT took one of the most explosive and provocative songs of the 1990s and made it sound dull and boring.
• "How I Feel" by Flo Rida sampling "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone
• "Hung Up" by Madonna sampling "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” by ABBA
• "I Like It" by Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull sampling "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie
• "I Like It" by Lil Wayne sampling "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" by Yes
• "I Think I'm in Love with You" by Jessica Simpson sampling "Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp
• "I Wish" by Skee-Lo sampling "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
• "I'm Good (Blue)" by David Guetta & Bebe Rexha sampling "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65: Considering that this song topped Todd's worst list of 2022, its entry is practically assured if Todd makes this list.
• "I’m Not Crazy" by charlieonnafriday sampling "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty
• "I'm Ready" by AJR sampling SpongeBob SquarePants
• "I'm Ready" by Cherie sampling "Urgent" by Foreigner
• "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice sampling "Under Pressure" by Queen
• "Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)" by Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall sampling "Knuck If You Buck" by Crime Mob ft. Lil Scrappy
• "Just a Friend 2002" by Mario sampling "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie
• "Let's Go" by Trick Daddy ft. Twista and Lil Jon sampling "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "Like a G6" by Far East Movement sampling "Booty Bounce" by Dev
• "Lil Boo Thang" by Paul Russell sampling "Best of My Love" by The Emotions
• "Live While We're Young" by One Direction sampling "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash
• "Lola" by Iggy Azalea sampling "Mambo Italiano" by Dean Martin
• "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift sampling "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred: Todd said that the chorus sounded like a really bad Black Eyed Peas song and was very anticlimactic after all the build-up in the pre-chorus. However, while he seems to think sampling "I'm Too Sexy" was an odd choice, he said he wished it had sampled more of it because "that song's fun". With that said, Taylor was probably going for "intimidating" and not "fun", so that likely wouldn't fit the tone of the song.
• "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD sampling "Shape of My Heart" by Sting
• "Mama Said" by Lukas Graham sampling "It's the Hard Knock Life"
• "The Man" by Aloe Blacc sampling "Your Song" by Elton John
• "Me & My Broken Heart" by Rixton sampling "Lonely No More" by Rob Thomas
• "Me Love" by Sean Kingston sampling "D'yer Maker" by Led Zeppelin
• "ME!" by Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco sampling "One of These Things" from Sesame Street
• "Messin' Around" by Pitbull ft. Enrique Iglesias sampling "Take It on the Run" by REO Speedwagon
• "Mother" by Meghan Trainor sampling "Mr. Sandman" by Pat Ballard
• "Nasty Girl" by Nitty sampling "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies
• "Oh No" by Kreepa sampling "Streets Favorite" by Capone sampling "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" by the Shangri-Las: Mainly for how the song, specifically the pitched up sample of the Shangri-Las, is overused in numerous TikTok videos.
• "Pass Out" by Chris Brown ft. Eva Simons sampling "Call On Me" by Eric Prydz sampling "Valerie" by Steve Winwood
• "Play Hard" by David Guetta ft. Ne-Yo & Akon sampling "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay
• "Players" by Coi Leray sampling "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: Todd mentioned how Coi Leray's sample flips are "terrible for reasons beyond their obviousness".
• "Play that Song" by Train sampling "Heart and Soul" by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser
• "Post to Be" by Omarion ft. Chris Brown and Jhené Aiko sampling "Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus & Pliers
• "Pray" by MC Hammer sampling "When Doves Cry" by Prince
• "Pump It" by The Black Eyed Peas sampling "Misirlou" by Dick Dale
• "Push It" by Rick Ross sampling "Scarface (Push It to the Limit)" by Paul Engemann
• "Right Round" by Flo Rida sampling "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive: If he did this list, "Right Round" would likely make the list since Todd stated that anyone who confuses the two songs would get punched.
• "RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)" by The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin sampling "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona
• "Rubbin Off the Paint" by YBN Nahmir sampling SpongeBob SquarePants
• "S&M" by Rihanna sampling "Master & Servant" by Depeche Mode: This one might not count since Todd finds "S&M" to be a guilty pleasure, and he hates Depeche Mode (but he may have changed his mind).
• “Satisfy You” by Puff Daddy ft. R. Kelly sampling “I Got 5 on It” by Luniz ft. Michael Marshall
• “Say It” by Tory Lanez sampling “If You Love Me” by Brownstone
• "She Ain't You" by Chris Brown sampling "Right Here" by SWV & "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson
• "Show Me" by Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown sampling "Show Me Love" by Robin S.
• "Somebody" by Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih sampling "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston
• "SOS" by Rihanna sampling "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell: Todd mentioned it in his review of "S&M" as a wasted sample.
  Todd: ♪Waste of song/ Whoa-oh/ Waste of song♪
• "Staying Alive" by DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby sampling "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees: Listed here.
• "Sugar" by Flo Rida sampling "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65
• "Super Freaky Girl" by Nicki Minaj sampling "Super Freak" by Rick James
• "Take It to da House" by Trick Daddy sampling "Boogie Shoes" by KC and the Sunshine Band
• "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz sampling "Hermetico" by Balkan Beat Box
• "This Is Why I'm Hot" by MIMS sampling "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West, "Tell Me When to Go" by E-40 ft. Keak da Sneak, "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" by Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg and "Shook Ones Part II" by Mobb Deep
• "Tic Tac Toe" by Kyper sampling "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes
• "The Time (Dirty Bit)" by The Black Eyed Peas sampling "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes: Todd said that the "The Time" parts and the "Dirty Bit" parts don't fit together (neither on a musical nor lyrical level), and pointed out that the Peas didn't even get the lyrics right.
• "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer sampling "Super Freak" by Rick James
• "u love u" by Jax ft. JVKE sampling "I Love You" from Barney & Friends
• "Ugly" by Bubba Sparxxx sampling "Get Ur Freak On" by Missy Elliott
• "Undead" by Hollywood Undead sampling "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "Whatcha Say" by Jason Derulo sampling "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap
• "Whip My Hair" by Willow Smith sampling "Whip It" by Devo and "Turn My Swag On" by Soulja Boy Tell 'em: Todd was more outraged by the former sample than the latter.
• "Wild Thing" by Tone Loc sampling "Jamie’s Cryin’" by Van Halen
• "Wild Thoughts" by DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller sampling "Maria Maria" by Santana ft. The Product G&B
• "Wildside" by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch sampling "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed
• "Worth It" by Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink sampling "I Got 5 On It" by Luniz

Top 10 Best Uses of Sampling or Interpolation

• "2 On" by Tinashe ft. ScHoolboy Q sampling "We Be Burnin' (Recognize It)" by Sean Paul
• "A Lot" by 21 Savage featuring J. Cole sampling "I Love You" by East of Underground
• "Angel" by Shaggy sampling "Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts and "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band.
• "Back Like That" by Ghostface Killah ft. Ne-Yo sampling "Song Cry" by Jay-Z
• "The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang sampling "In the Night" by Pet Shop Boys
• "Be Faithful" by Fatman Scoop sampling "Love Like This" by Faith Evans
• "Berzerk" by Eminem sampling "The Stroke" by Billy Squier, "Fight for Your Right" by the Beastie Boys and "Feel Me Flow" by Naughty by Nature
• "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" by Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay-Z sampling "Tiden Flyver" by Boom Clap Bachelors
• "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve sampling "The Last Time" by The Rolling Stones: Although beyond the whole legal battle, Todd will probably think positively of this sample.
• "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child sampling "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks
• "Break My Heart" by Dua Lipa sampling "Need You Tonight" by INXS
• "Butterfly" by Crazy Town sampling "Pretty Little Ditty" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Can I Kick IT?" by A Tribe Called Quest sampling "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed
• "Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy sampling "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder
• "Caress Me Down" by Sublime sampling "Under Me Sleng Teng" by Wayne Smith
• "Changes" by 2Pac ft. Talent sampling "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
• "Closer" by The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey sampling "Over My Head (Cable Car)" by The Fray
• "Crazy in Love" by Beyonce ft. Jay-Z sampling "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" by The Chi-Lites
• "death bed (coffee for your head)" by Powfu ft. Beabadoobee sampling "Coffee" by Beabadoobee: Todd panned the rest of the song, but thought the chorus actually recontextualized the sample in a good way.
• "Doin' Time" by Sublime (and later covered by Lana Del Rey) sampling "Summertime" by George Gershwin
• "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys sampling "Love on a Two Way Street" by The Moments
• "Freak Like Me" by Adina Howard sampling "Sing A Simple Song" by Sly and the Family Stone and "I'd Rather Be With You" by Bootsy's Rubber Band
• "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio sampling "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder
• "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" by Pras ft. Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard interpolating "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
• "Gold Digger" by Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx interpolating "I Got A Woman" by Ray Charles
• "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch sampling "Love Sensation" by Loleatta Holloway
• "Hotline Bling" by Drake sampling "Why Can’t We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas
• "I Cry" by Flo Rida sampling "Cry (Just a Little)" by the Bingo Players sampling "Piano in the Dark" by Brenda Russell
• "I Like It" by Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin sampling "I Like It Like That" by Pete Rodriguez
• "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans ft. 112 sampling "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
• "Live Your Life" by T.I. ft. Rihanna sampling "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone
• "Make Me Better" by Fabolous ft. Ne-Yo sampling "Al Sa'ban Aleh" by Sherine
• "Miss Independent" by Ne-Yo sampling "Forget About Me" by Lil Bit
• "Moment 4 Life" by Nicki Minaj ft. Drake sampling "Confessin' a Feeling" by Sly, Slick and Wicked.
• "My Life" by Slaughterhouse ft. CeeLo Green sampling "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona
• "My Name Is" by Eminem sampling "I Got the..." by Labi Siffre
• "Nice for What" by Drake sampling "Ex-Factor" by Lauryn Hill
• "Niggas in Paris" by Kanye West and Jay-Z sampling "Baptizing Scene" by Reverend W.A. Donaldson and Blades of Glory
• "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars sampling "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex
• "Pity Party" by Melanie Martinez interpolating "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore
• "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring sampling "Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard
• "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang sampling "Good Times" by Chic
• "Regulate" by Warren G ft. Nate Dogg sampling "I Keep Forgettin’" by Michael McDonald
• "The Show Goes On" by Lupe Fiasco interpolating "Float On" by Modest Mouse
• "Sing for the Moment" by Eminem sampling "Dream On" by Aerosmith
• "Stan" by Eminem sampling "Thank You" by Dido
• "Steal My Sunshine" by Len sampling "More, More, More" by Andrea True Connection
• "Stronger" by Kanye West sampling "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk
• "Suit and Tie" by Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z sampling "Sho Nuff" by Sly, Slick and Wicked
• "Swagga Like Us" by T.I. ft. Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne sampling "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.
• "Take Care" by Drake ft. Rihanna interpolating "I'll Take Care of You" by Gil Scott Heron and "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore
• "Tell Me When to Go" by E-40 ft. Keak da Sneak sampling "Dumb Girl" by Run-DMC
• "Thank You" by Dido sampling "Theme from the Planets" by Dexter Wansel
• "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba sampling Brassed Off
• "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer sampling "Super Freak" by Rick James
• "Undead" by Hollywood Undead sampling "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "Why You Wanna" by T.I. sampling "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" by Crystal Waters
• "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith ft. Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee sampling "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder and "Wild Wild West" by Kool Moe Dee
• "Work Out" by J. Cole sampling "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul
• "Young Forever" by Jay-Z ft. Mr. Hudson sampling "Forever Young" by Alphaville
• "Young, Wild and Free" by Wiz Khalifa ft. Snoop Dogg and Bruno Mars sampling "Sneakin' in the Back" by Tom Scott

Top 10 Worst Uses of Nursery Rhymes in Modern Music

• Bumper music:
  • "Hokey Fucking Pokey" by Psychostick
  • "Shoots and Ladders" by Korn: This song highlights the dark origins of most nursery rhymes.
• "Bang Bang Bang" by Mark Ronson using "Alouette"
• "Bitch Came Back" by Theory of a Deadman using "The Cat Came Back"
• "Booty Man" by Craig David using "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"
• "Chain Hang Low" by Jibbs using "Does Your Hair Hang Low?"
• "Down In It" by Nine Inch Nails using "Rain, Rain, Go Away"
• "Eenie Meenie" by Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber using "Eenie Meenie Minie Mo"
• "Fancy Like" by Walker Hayes using "Hokey Pokey"
• "FEFE" by 6ix9ine using "Eenie Meenie Minie Mo"
• "Limbo Rock" by Chubby Checker using "Jack Be Nimble"
• "Mockingbird" by Eminem using "Hush Little Baby"
• "Must Be Nice" by Nickelback using various
• "S&M" by Rihanna using "Sticks and Stones"
• "Sally Walker" by Iggy Azalea using "Little Sally Walker"
• "Starships" by Nicki Minaj using "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
• "Start Without You" by Alexandra Burke using "Polly Wolly Doodle"
• "Startender" by A Boogie wit Da Hoodie using "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes"
• "Swagger Jagger" by Cher Lloyd using "Oh My Darling, Clementine"
• "Take It Off" by Kesha using "The Streets of Cairo"
• "Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch" by Leah Kate using "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
• "Wheels on the Bus" by Melanie Martinez using "The Wheels on the Bus"
• "Wiggle" by Jason Derulo using "Patty Cake"
• “Wipe Me Down” by Lil Boosie using “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”

Cover songs

Top 10 Worst Covers

Covers by Glee and Kidz Bop should be excluded since Todd may be inclined to give them their own worst covers lists. This list should only include covers which were released as a commercial single and not album filler by the covering artist or performed live as part of a concert set.

• 311 covering "Lovesong" by The Cure: Todd explicably stated on Twitter that he hated this cover along with...
• Adele covering "Lovesong" by The Cure
• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink covering "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle
• All Saints covering "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Ataris covering "Boys of Summer" by Don Henley: Todd loves the original song, so he'd probably feel that this upbeat pop punk cover misses the somber tone of Henley's lyrics.
• Bananarama covering "Venus" by Shocking Blue
• Big Mountain covering "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Peter Frampton
• Billy Idol covering "Heroin" by Velvet Underground
• Michael Bolton covering "When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge
• Michael Bolton covering "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
• Blue Swede covering Jonathan King covering "Hooked on a Feeling" by B. J. Thomas
• Buckcherry covering "I Love It" by Icona Pop and Charli XCX as "Say Fuck It"
• Captain and Tenille covering "Shop Around" by the Miracles
• Eric Clapton covering "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley
• Club Nouveau covering "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers: This upbeat cover misses the somber tone of the original song, and despite the group being black, Todd would likely label this cover as "cod reggae" for the "We be jammin'" refrain.
• Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton covering "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell: While Todd is a fan of the Counting Crows, this cover totally misses the point of the original.
• Dynamite Hack covering "Boyz-n-the-Hood" by N.W.A.
• Falling in Reverse covering "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio
• Fall Out Boy covering "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel: FOB attempted to rework the song to fit historic events that happened since 1989, but the updated song was trashed by critics for its lyrics, particularly having the events grossly out of order to fit the original melody.^note Granted, the original song didn't follow strict chronological order, but it kept events within the same year grouped together.
• Fall Out Boy and John Mayer covering "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
  • Todd may be more forgiving on Fall Out Boy since Todd admitted that he doesn't hate them and likes a few songs of theirs; however, Todd definitely hates John Mayer.
  • He thought it was pretty bad
• Gary Jules and Michael Andrews covering "Mad World" by Tears For Fears: Hinted in the Darkness OHW, where he said it was overrated. He later reaffirmed his dislike of this song and 3 other covers in a Twitter post. “They don't increase the emotion of the original, they just decrease the intensity. Awful.”
• Selena Gomez covering "Magic" by Pilot
• Grand Funk Railroad covering "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva: Todd compared "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" to it, describing the song as "shitty, boogie-blues butt-rock."
• George Harrison covering "Got My Mind Set On You" by James Ray
• Hinder covering "Born To be Wild" by Steppenwolf
• Jedward and Vanilla Ice covering "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie and "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice
• Jesse and the Rippers covering "Forever" by the Beach Boys: Despite appearing on the Summer in Paradise album, Todd emphasized that this is not a Beach Boys song, due to John Stamos performing the lead vocals.
• Jordan Knight covering "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" by Prince: "Slowing it down doesn't make it more meaningful! It robs it of its power!"
• Lenny Kravitz covering "American Woman" by the Guess Who
• John Legend and Kelly Clarkson covering "Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Dean Martin: Todd thinks the original sounds pushy and bullying instead of romantic, but many people thought this attempt to remove the problematic elements was too forced — Todd compared it to making a dead frog flop around by electrocuting it.
• Limp Bizkit covering "Faith" by George Michael
• Limp Bizkit covering "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who: As one of the most infamous covers in modern music, it's all but assured to make the list.
• Madonna covering "American Pie" by Don McLean
• Austin Mahone covering "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo
• MC Hammer covering "Have You Seen Her" by the Chi-Lites
• Kylie Minogue covering "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva
• Jerrod Niemann covering "You Don't Treat Me No Good" by Sonia Dada
• One Direction covering "One Way or Another" by Blondie and "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones
• Orgy covering "Blue Monday" by New Order
• The Osmonds covering "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by the Righteous Brothers
• Panic! at the Disco covering "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
• Pseudo Echo covering "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers covering "I Found Out" by John Lennon
• Rednex covering the classic "Cotton-Eye Joe"
• Calum Scott covering "Dancing on my Own" by Robyn
• Seether covering "Careless Whisper" by George Michael
• Shinedown covering "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Jessica Simpson covering "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin
• Jessica Simpson covering "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra
• Smash Mouth covering "Why Can’t We Be Friends?" by War
• Britney Spears covering "I Love Rock & Roll" by Joan Jett
• Britney Spears covering "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown
• UB40 covering "The Way You Do The Things You Do" by The Temptations
• Vanilla Ice covering "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
• Weezer covering "Africa" by Toto
• Bruce Willis covering "Respect Yourself" by the Staple Singers
• Will to Power covering "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Peter Frampton and "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Will to Power covering "I’m Not in Love" by 10cc
• Non-singles that might be worth (dis)honorable mentions:
  • 5 Seconds of Summer covering "American Idiot" by Green Day: Their boybandified aesthetic and the fact that they're not even American makes it impossible for them to cover this song without completely missing the point of the original.
  • Any cover by The Countdown Singers: This group of studio musicians keeps releasing sound-alike covers that aren't exactly known for their high quality. Unlike Glee or Kidz Bop, he probably won't have anything interesting to say about individual covers.
  • The Beach Boys covering "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" by the Shangri-Las: This was one of the bad covers on Summer in Paradise.
  • Bleachers covering "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles
  • Blur covering "Substitute" by The Who: Despite Blur's popularity and acclaim, this cover from the album Who Covers Who is infamous for being played and performed very poorly, due to the band being too busy being hungover and arguing with each other. Damon Albarn apparently refuses to have a copy of it in his house.
  • Duran Duran covering "911 Is a Joke" by Public Enemy: The Cover Album Thank You was poorly received in general, but this track has been singled out as particularly bad because it ruined the tone of the original Protest Song.
  • Fergie covering "Barracuda" by Heart
  • Gal Gadot et al. covering "Imagine" by John Lennon: Posted on Instagram during the COVID-19 Pandemic to raise morale when the lockdowns first started, the infamous video was thrashed for its tone deafness towards the average person.
  • Lil Uzi Vert covering "Chop Suey!" by System of a Down titled as "CS"
  • Train covering “Careless Whisper" by George Michael

Top 10 Worst Kidz Bop Covers

• "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga: This one is infamous for removing the LGBT references, and will probably get a high position for that alone.
• "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence: This cover takes out any seriousness the song has with its terrible-sounding instrumental, the too-enthusiastic children singing such a dark song and the offbeat adult repeating "Wake me up!" and "Save me!".
• "Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz: Not even people who actually like Kidz Bop will defend this one. It's filled with poor attempts to imitate the unique sound that made Gorillaz well-loved in the first place, obvious fake laughs, and tone-deaf vocals that make it unlistenable throughout.
• "Gangnam Style" by PSY: Not so much that the original song is in (mostly) Korean, but for its subject matter when translated.
• "Headstrong" by Trapt: Stripped the chorus of all the grit that made the original fun to listen to, not to mention the awkward lyric chants.
• "If I Were a Boy" by Beyoncé: Not only is it unlikely that any of the kids understand that the song about a woman mad at her past relationships and stereotyping men, but Kidz Bop thought it would be a good idea to have boys singing!
• "Mr. Saxobeat" by Alexandra Stan: The "Hey sexy boy, can't you see" part of the song is heavily bowdlerized to the point of changing lyrics that would easily fly over kids' heads (e.g. "Don't be so shy, play with me").
• "Live Your Life" by T.I. and Rhianna: Almost everything was taken out, with only the chorus and bridge kept in.
• "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO: As with "Live Your Life", almost everything was taken out, with only the chorus and Lauren Bennett's verse kept in.
• "Rude" by MAGIC!: If there's one thing kids shouldn't be singing about, it's marriage.
• "Starships" by Nicki Minaj: If only for the "We're Kidz Bop and we're taking over!" line.
• "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Has some of the most excessive and bizarre lyric changes in all the franchise.
• "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day: The original song about about Billie Joe Armstrong's late father, and Todd will likely find the cover very disrespectful.
• "Welcome To My Life" by Simple Plan: Todd already despises the original, and it doesn't help that the kids singing are waaaay too enthusiastic.
• Other songs with adult themes (e.g. "My Immortal", "Summertime Sadness", "In the End", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", and "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"^note which also censors LGBT references, similar to their cover of "Born This Way").

Top 10 Best Covers

• Alien Ant Farm covering "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson
• The Allman Brothers Band covering "Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell
• The Animals covering "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone
• The Animals covering "House of the Rising Sun" by Texas Alexander
• The Beatles covering "Twist and Shout" by The Isley Brothers
• Björk covering "It's Oh So Quiet" by Betty Hutton
• The Black Crowes covering "Hard To Handle" by Otis Redding
• Blondie covering "The Tide Is High" by The Paragons
• Brooks & Dunn covering "My Maria" by B. W. Stevenson
• Jeff Buckley or Rufus Wainwright covering "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen
• The Carpenters covering "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by Klaatu
• Johnny Cash covering "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails: The cover was recorded just months before his death, giving the song a greater impact.
• Ray Charles covering "Georgia on My Mind" by Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra: Charles' rendition was adopted as Georgia's official state song in 1979.
• The Clash covering "I Fought The Law" by the Bobby Fuller Four
• Creedence Clearwater Revival covering "I Put A Spell On You" by Screaming Jay Hawkins
• Cyndi Lauper covering "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Robert Hazard
• Disturbed covering "Land of Confusion" by Genesis
• Disturbed covering "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel
• Aretha Franklin covering "Respect" by Otis Redding
• Fugees covering "Killing Me Softly" by Lori Lieberman
• Marvin Gaye covering "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by The Miracles
• Guns N' Roses covering "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan
• Guns N' Roses covering "Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney
• Hall and Oates covering "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers
• Jimi Hendrix covering "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan
• Jimi Hendrix covering "Hey Joe" by the Leaves
• Whitney Houston covering "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton
• Natalie Imbruglia covering "Torn" by Ednaswap
• Joan Jett covering "I Love Rock and Roll" by the Arrows
• Janis Joplin covering "Me and Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson
• Annie Lennox covering "No More I Love You's" by The Lover Speaks
• Marilyn Manson covering "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by the Eurythmics
• Marilyn Manson covering "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell
• Måneskin covering Madcon covering "Beggin'" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band covering "Blinded by the Light" by Bruce Springsteen
• Metallica covering "Turn the Page" by Bob Seger
• Metallica covering "Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy
• Reba McEntire covering "Fancy" by Bobbie Gentry
• Reba McEntire covering "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence
• Motley Crue covering "Smokin' in the Boys Room" by Brownsville Station
• Nirvana covering "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie: While David Bowie liked Nirvana's rendition and regretted not even being able to talk to Kurt Cobain before he died, it irked Bowie when younger people attributed the song to Nirvana when he was the original writer/performer.
• Sinead O'Connor covering "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Prince
• Elvis Presley covering "Burning Love" by Dennis Linde
• Elvis Presley covering "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton
• Quiet Riot covering "Cum on Feel the Noize" by Slade
• Rage Against The Machine covering "How I Could Just Kill a Man" by Cypress Hill
• Rage Against The Machine covering "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen
• Ram Jam covering "Black Betty" by Leadbelly
• Red Hot Chili Peppers covering "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder
• Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse covering "Valerie" by The Zutons
• Santana covering "Black Magic Woman" by Fleetwood Mac
• Seal covering "Fly Like an Eagle" by The Steve Miller Band
• Kevin Sharp covering "Nobody Knows" by Tony Rich
• Smashing Pumpkins covering "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac
• Soft Cell covering "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones
• Donna Summer covering "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris
• Tina and Ike Turner covering "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Van Halen covering "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks
• Van Halen covering "(Oh) Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison

Genres or Song Types

Top 10 Worst "I'm Back, Bitch" Singles (also including "I'm Here, Bitch" singles)

• "Disco Inferno" by 50 Cent: Not only does Todd dislike Fiddy in general, this aimless club jam kicked off an album cycle that threw the rapper's career into question, despite its commercial success.
• The Black Eyed Peas
  • "Boom Boom Pow": While it was a commercial success, Todd hates this song.
  • "The Time (Dirty Bit)": It's possible Todd would tie this with "Boom Boom Pow", as both songs were #4 on his Worst list for their respective year.
• "I Can Transform Ya" by Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz: As Chris Brown's first hit since domestically abusing Rihanna, this big, raucous single (complete with a looping "WAH-WAH" sound effect that in hindsight isn't too different from the mechanical noises in Justin Timberlake's "Filthy") served no purpose except to reaffirm his greatness as if the scandal never happened. Although Lil Wayne's guest spot distracts from the focus on Chris, the track arguably serves as an "I'm Back, Bitch" single for him as well, as he was at the height of his popularity when it came out.
• "Bad Boy for Life" by P. Diddy, Black Rob & Mark Curry: Its only subject matter is trying to reaffirm Bad Boy Records' supremacy after people began questioning their staying power. Considering nearly the entire label's classic arsenal of rappers was gone by then, it didn't exactly turn out well for Diddy and company.
• "Can't Be Tamed" by Miley Cyrus: Todd referred to this as an example of the "I'm Back, Bitch" single failing in the "ME!" Pop Song Review.
• "Where the Hood At?" by DMX: The song is pretty much every hollow cliché about DMX bundled into one, notable only for its frightfully homophobic first verse. Its title is only vaguely about anything at all, and the song itself is pretty much just boasts and barks over a loud, stomping beat with lots of trumpets. While the song is implied to be a diss towards Ja Rule, the lyrics aren't explicitly directed towards any single individual. Although "Party Up (Up in Here)" was DMX's only real pop smash, he had been a titanic figure in the hip hop industry as a whole since It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, consistently topping the Billboard 200 with every new album. Whereas his early material showcased a lot of spiritual depth beneath his hardcore exterior, this song was pretty much the pinnacle of his gradual Flanderization into just another loudmouthed gangsta rapper known for exaggerated macho posturing and nothing else.
• "Just Lose It" by Eminem: This was Todd's Worst Hit Song of 2004. He said it was the first Eminem track that was as bad as an Insane Clown Posse song.
• "Young and Menace" by Fall Out Boy: As reluctant as Todd may feel about bashing Fall Out Boy again after the backlash he got for putting them on his Worst list for 2013, even most of their diehard fans consider this a bad song.
• Fergie
  • "London Bridge": Although this was her first single as a solo act, she had already become one of the biggest and most recognizable pop stars through the Black Eyed Peas by this point. With a nonsensical title metaphor, self-indulgent lyrics, and production that's literally just a bunch of tuneless noises threaded into a giant-sounding track, this captures the exact effect that the "I'm Back, Bitch" single is intending for. Similar to Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack", the song was hugely successful in its mission, but that doesn't mean Todd likes it.
  • "M.I.L.F. $": This was also a big sounding, self-promoting comeback single for Fergie, but since she was already a borderline has-been by 2016, it probably doesn't fit the "I'm Back, Bitch" definition as neatly as "London Bridge" does. Regardless, whereas "London Bridge" affirmed Fergie as one of the biggest pop stars in the world during the album cycle for The Duchess, "M.I.L.F. $", much like "Filthy", destroyed whatever remained of her career in the aftermath of its extremely negative reception from the public.
• "Believer" by Imagine Dragons: It's one of his least favorite songs by them, due to its incoherent lyrics and sickly imitation of "Black Skinhead".
• "Show Me What You Got" by Jay-Z: This was Hov's comeback single after his brief "retirement" in the mid-2000s. Although it charted well upon release, it was forgotten about super quickly and the reception towards it was lukewarm at-best. People felt that the beat was busy and overblown, while the lyrics were a muddled mess of self-aggrandization and lazy club clichés that weren't up to par with Jay-Z's usual skills. Although he eventually reaffirmed his star power with American Gangster and The Blueprint 3, his career almost ended after the failure of this single and its parent album Kingdom Come, which is widely regarded as one of the worst in his discography.
• "Jenny from the Block" by Jennifer Lopez: Hinted in the "7 Rings" and MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 episodes. Its theme of J.Lo trying to affirm her humble roots is ultimately nothing more than a perpetuation of her brand, which had already been clumsily based around said theme for some time.
• "American Life" by Madonna: It's more or less about nothing to him, aside from some extremely tepid commentary on show business. In particular, Todd said that Madonna's attempt at critiquing her world of shallow luxuries was so shallow that she may as well be bragging. On the other hand, he may disqualify it because it at least tried to be about something else than "I'm Madonna! Look at how awesome and important I am!" even if the execution left a lot to be desired. It could still be a dishonorable mention, though.
• "Welcome Back" by Mase: It's a bit debatable whether or not this counts because Double Up would have probably killed his career had he not gone on hiatus and become a Christian minister immediately after its release, but he certainly treated this song as if he was still as important as he was in 1998. Its followup, "Breathe, Stretch, Shake", was also a big, empty single about absolutely nothing except him being back, so it could possibly get a dishonorable mention.
• "2 Legit 2 Quit" by MC Hammer: Todd referred to this as an example of the "I'm Back, Bitch" single failing in the "ME!" Pop Song Review.
• "Nastradamus" by Nas: This song was hastily released in the midst of Nas' declining clout in the New York rap scene against Jay-Z and a leaking fiasco that badly interfered with the production of his third album I Am..., which came out to relatively lukewarm reception and prompted him to put out a whole new record in the same year. Having already donned the Escobar alter ego, Nas reintroduced himself yet again as Nastradamus to coincide with the Y2K scare. Like the phenomenon it was inspired by, Nastradamus and his corresponding album of the same name turned out to be all hype and no substance. The record is, hands down, the worst-received entry in Nas' whole discography, and it would take the success of Stillmatic, spearheaded by the Jay-Z diss track "Ether" (a response to "Takeover"), to put his career back on track.
• "Pop" by *NSYNC: Todd considers it the worst song of an already bad band. In the "Filthy" Pop Song Review, he argued that your music isn't dirty just because you say it is.
• "D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis: He compared it to "Filthy" (which he hated) in the Trainwreckords episode for Be Here Now. "It's the same kind of dumb, overbearing, empty lead-off single you release when you're too big to care or try anymore."
• "Roar" by Katy Perry: He may consider it this type of song simply because it's completely pointless to him.
• "Rockstar" by Post Malone ft. 21 Savage: Although Post Malone wasn't quite at his peak yet before releasing this song, he was certainly on the rise, and this leadoff single to Beerbongs & Bentleys immediately established him as one of the biggest music stars in the world. While it missed Todd's Worst list for 2017, he has called it "garbage" in hindsight and even stated that it "managed to rock less than Nickelback's 'Rockstar'." It could easily make this list by virtue of representing how 2017 was such a dull and dreary year for pop music that even an "I'm Back, Bitch" single that year had to have a mellow drone to its tone.
• "What You Waiting For?" by Gwen Stefani: Todd may find this song too histrionic and self-indulgent to be sincere, and Linda Perry's involvement in it may further sour his opinion on it.
• "ME!" by Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco: Todd found this track to be extremely flavorless and felt it could have ended Taylor's career had it not been for its attention-stirring followup.
• Justin Timberlake
  • "Filthy": This would likely be #1, due to how high it was on Todd's Worst list for 2018 and the fact that Todd predicts it to be a career-killing song for Justin.
  • "SexyBack" ft. Timbaland: Todd said he hated this song in the "Filthy" Pop Song Review.
• "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor: It's about nothing except Meghan bragging about how good she feels and how awesome and successful she is. It probably doesn't qualify because it was the second single from its album, but it could still make a dishonorable mention because it's otherwise similar to "I'm Back, Bitch" singles. It doesn't help the song that Todd thinks Meghan is annoying when she's cocky, and the chorus is reminiscent of a will.i.am song.
• "Discothèque" by U2: Todd called this U2's "I'm Back, Bitch" single on Twitter and the Song vs. Song podcast.
• "Without You" by Van Halen: He may consider it this type of single due to being big, overlong, and lyrically incoherent, in which case it would be a near-guaranteed #1, as he called it one of the worst songs he's ever heard.
• "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" by will.i.am ft. Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger: This was supposed to be the lead single of #willpower, but ended up being dropped from the album — likely because of its poor reception. Considering that Todd dislikes will.i.am in general, he's very unlikely to appreciate this track.
• "Rudebox" by Robbie Williams: Although Robbie Williams never had a top 40 hit in America, he's undoubtedly one of the biggest singers in the world overseas. He already had another "I'm Back, Bitch" single six years earlier with "Rock DJ", which became a career highlight that saw him at the height of his powers. This, however, was universally panned due to its jumbled, bloated mix of old school hip hop and electropop, as well as its cringey, incoherent lyrics. If "Rock DJ" was Robbie's equivalent of "SexyBack", "Rudebox" was definitely his "Filthy", which it stylistically resembles in more than a few ways. His career ultimately survived, but this song definitely killed his claim to arrogance, which was so cornerstone to the enterprise he built for himself previously.

Top 10 Worst Christmas Songs

• Bumper music:
  • "Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass" by All Time Low: "So I wrote you a song/Hope that you sing along/And it goes,/'Merry Christmas, kiss my ass!'" feels like something Todd might want to say to the artists behind these "masterpieces".
  • "Fuck Christmas" by Fear
  • "If We Make It Through December" by Merle Haggard: These songs certainly won't make it easier for Todd to make it through December.
  • "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas" by Pet Shop Boys: The opening line "Christmas is not all it's cracked up to be" is kind of appropriate. The narrator also complains about the lack of White Christmases, and asks, "Bing Crosby, are you listening to me?".
  • "It's Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries" by Carly Rae Jepsen: Having to listen to these songs on repeat will bring Todd on the verge of tears.
  • "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl: The lines "You scumbag/You maggot/You cheap lousy faggot/Happy Christmas your arse/I pray God/It's our last" would sum up Todd's feelings about these songs.
  • "Christmas Is Pain" by Roy Zimmerman
• Various novelty songs. Todd thinks Christmas music in general suffers from overplay. That's particularly problematic for novelty songs, as there may not be much to them once the novelty wears off, and Todd is likely to think many of them have stupid concepts in the first place. It doesn't help that some of them are sung by children, which he may find grating. Notable examples include:
  • "Baby, It's Cold Outside": Todd has said that even though it can be argued that the woman is looking for an excuse to stay, there's still a bullying tone to it. He later reaffirmed his dislike of it by retweeting a tweet that responded to a cover that tried to fix the song by saying that maybe it’s better to just let it die. The next day, he made his own tweet saying he thinks the song is dead. This seems to suggest that he doesn’t even think there’s anything worth salvaging in the song (but it could also indicate a general "we should ditch problematic works instead of trying to fix them" attitude).
  • "Little Drummer Boy": He called it "possibly the dreariest, most unmodernizable Christmas song of all time" (except for "Twelve Days of Christmas") in the "Mistletoe" review.
  • "Twelve Days of Christmas": In the "Mistletoe" review, he suggests that he thinks it's very dreary.
• "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid: A Charity Motivation Song, which isn't exactly his favourite genre. Though based on this tweet, the Band Aid 20 version might be the most likely to make the list if he only picked one.
• "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber: Todd has given it a very negative review.
• "The Cat Carol" by Meryn Cadell: This one's lyrics rival "The Christmas Shoes" in terms of glurge.
• "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by The Chipmunks: On one hand, Todd could possibly be nostalgic for the '80s television show, but on the other, this is a quintessential example of the dumb novelty hit that dominated the dark period he described in the "Monster Mash" episode.
• "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy: In the One Hit Wonderland episode about it, he said it might be his least-favorite Christmas song of all time (though that was years before his "The Christmas Shoes" tweet). Another potential #1.
• "Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card" by Merle Haggard: Todd has described it as album filler. He may also hate it for making Randy Brooks decide to write "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer".
• "Santa Baby" by Madonna: Due to the way in which she performs it, Todd could feel it's loaded with Unfortunate Implications.
• "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney: Hinted in the "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" OHW.
• "Funky, Funky Xmas" by New Kids on the Block
• "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong: Todd has called it "the bleakest, most soul-crushingly nihilistic song I've ever heard". Probably a strong candidate for #1.
• "A Day to Celebrate" by Princess Leia: The closing song from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special.
• "Jingle Bells" by The Singing Dogs: While Todd didn't explicitly say that he hates this version of the song, he did mention that it often appears on lists of most-hated Christmas songs of all time.
• "Nuttin' for Christmas" by Smash Mouth ft. Rosie O'Donnell: While it's possible Todd would consider the song a breath of fresh air for its slightly more cynical take on the holiday season, this version in particular would probably seem like a horrible idea to him.
• "Santa Claus Is Watchin' You" by Ray Stevens
• "Wrap Rap" by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Top 10 Worst Self-Empowerment Anthems

• "Scars to Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara: He considers it both too downbeat and too condescending to be a good self-empowerment song.
• "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus: #10 on Todd's Worst of 2009 countdown.
• "Started from the Bottom" by Drake: #6 on Todd's Worst of 2013 countdown.
• "ABCDEFU" by Gayle: What's supposed to be a metaphorical middle finger to an ex-boyfriend, the lyrics come across as being extremely petty, selfish, and immature.
• Jax:
  • "u love u" ft. JVKE: The sampling of "I Love You", the ending theme of Barney & Friends, would likely cause the song make this list.
  • "Victoria's Secret": While Todd doesn't defend the titular clothing brand or the unrealistic beauty standards they and other women's-oriented brands set, he frowns upon "body positivity" songs.
• "Intuition" by Jewel: Todd might consider it one of these because of its Be Yourself message. If he does, it's very likely to make this list, as he gave it a very harsh review in the Trainwreckords episode on 0304.
• "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B: It possibly qualifies as this due to its music video.
• "So Am I" by Ava Max: Ava had not yet established nearly enough of a public personality to speak on behalf of the socially isolated underdog that she's referring to here, and the production and composition are a total rehash of "Sweet But Psycho", a song that failed to impress Todd.
• "Galaxy Song" by Monty Python: Todd could mention this track ironically during the countdown, perhaps as the bumper music.
• One Direction
  • "Little Things": A song telling unnamed female to love her odd bodily features more, which to Todd only comes off as insincere and bullying.
  • "What Makes You Beautiful": Todd argues that they're trying to woo the anonymous girl by preying on her insecurities, rather than genuinely appreciating her qualities.
• Katy Perry:
  • "Hey Hey Hey": Todd felt that it sounded terrible. He was also unimpressed by the lyrics, which had a bland "I can be soft or fierce" theme, involved the controversial "girlboss" variety of feminism, and missed its opportunity to make the point that women shouldn't be expected to be pretty all the time. Also, he found the video's premise of "a Marie Antoinette fantasizing about being Joan of Arc" unintentionally depressing.
  • "Roar": Todd named it the worst hit song of 2013 because he found it bland and completely meaningless.
• P!nk:
  • "Fuckin' Perfect": If only for the unnecessary f-bomb in the title.
  • "Just Like Fire": In the Worst of 2016 dishonorable mentions, Todd claims that he's "fairly certain that P!nk has released this song six times now".
• Rachel Platten:
  • "Fight Song": It made #2 on his Worst of 2015 list because he found it every bit as generic as its title implies, and said it projected astonishing weakness.
  • "Stand by You": "Fight Song"'s follow-up that only scraped the bottom of the Top 40.
• "Love Myself" by Hailee Steinfeld: Todd has been thoroughly unimpressed by her music career, so he'd probably consider this a flavorless track, despite its thematic implications of self pleasure, in which case expect Todd to call it inferior to "She-Bop" and "I Touch Myself".
• "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift: Todd found this track completely insincere, landing it #9 on his very competitive Worst list for 2014.
• Meghan Trainor
  • "All About That Bass": While it missed his Worst of 2014 list due to its upbeat production^note However, his retcon review during the "Dear Future Husband" review indicates that in hindsight, AATB should've made the worst list, it very much falls flat as a self-empowerment anthem to him, due to its male-dependent, thin-shaming solution to body confidence issues.
  • "Me Too": It's supposed to teach the listeners to be more content and confident in themselves, but the lyrics are just Meghan bragging about herself, which Todd will probably find more annoying than empowering — one of his main gripes with Trainor is that she's too cocky and doesn't have the charisma to back it up. It doesn't help that the chorus sounds like a will.i.am song. While it missed his Worst of 2016 list because it's upbeat and its artist at least had a personality, it could still make this one.

Todd's Top 10 "Worst White Guy With Acoustic Guitar" songs or "White Chick With Piano" songs

• "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams: Despite its Spanish flair, it's nonetheless a textbook example of this, due to its smug lyrics and Bryan's certified douchebag cred as a result of the AllMusic threat.
• "Lost Boy" by Ruth B.: #8 on his Worst of 2016 list. Although Ruth B. is of Ethiopian descent, the song itself overwhelmingly gives off the type of shallow, artless, and excessively sentimental vibe Todd perceives from typical White Chick with Piano ballads, so he could easily count this for the same reasons he considers "The Lazy Song" a White Guy with Acoustic Guitar song.
• "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber: Received a negative review.
• "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt: Hinted in the "Turning Japanese" episode, where he expressed relief after finding out his patron had changed their request from this.
• "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" by Laura Branigan: While the later adult contemporary recording by songwriter Michael Bolton is much easier to mock, this is still a textbook example of a White Chick with Piano Ballad, due to its syrupy tone and self-centered lyrics. It doesn't help that its verse sounds pretty similar to Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You", which Todd hates.
• "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi: Todd had a meltdown upon hearing Lewis for the first time, stating he doesn't think he's ever heard a voice he's hated so immediately. In his Pop Song Review for "7 Years" by Lukas Graham, he mentioned that the piano is replacing the guitar as the instrument of choice for the talentless douche, so this melodramatic piano ballad would almost certainly qualify by the same logic as "7 Years".
• "Ordinary Day" by Vanessa Carlton: Hinted while describing the White Chick with Piano trope in the "Worst of 2011" list.
• "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene
• "I'm Not Lisa" by Jessi Coulter
• "Think of Laura" by Christopher Cross
• "She's Mine" by Brett Dennen
• Something on MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 by Lauryn Hill: Todd has already talked about how much he can't stand this album. While the person who played the acoustic guitar on this album is a black woman, he may think the songs fall under the WGWAG mindset: Like a typical WGWAG song, the presentation is very basic, and Todd found the songs boring on a musical level. He also described the lyrics as "impenetrable, unrelatable generalities", which could remind him of WGWAGs trying to impress people with not-so-great lyrics. Hill's "my poor performance is real, which is good" attitude doesn't help either.
• "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" by Jack Johnson: This was the song Todd cited to express his hatred for Jack Johnson on his Worst of 2009 countdown.
• "7 Years" by Lukas Graham: Received a scathing review and topped the Worst of 2016 list.
• "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars: #6 on his Worst of 2011 list.
• "Now and Forever" by Richard Marx: Alternatively, he could go with Marx's signature "Right Here Waiting", a syrupy piano ballad.
• "Daughters" by John Mayer: Hinted in the "Lazy Song" review.
• "Life of the Party" by Shawn Mendes: It's essentially a genderflipped White Chick with Piano song, sung from the point of view of Shawn pep-talking You, the Teenage Female Listener.
• "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz: #5 on his Worst of 2009 list.
• "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John: Hinted in the Carl Douglas and Paper Lace OHW episodes.
• "Good Morning Starshine" by Oliver!: Due to its acousticy, starry eyed dopiness, Todd may cite this as the pioneering song of the White Guy with Acoustic Guitar genre.
• "Little Things" by One Direction: A likely candidate for the #1 position, considering how hard he was on it.
• "Let Her Go" by Passenger: #10 on his Worst of 2013 list.
• "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri: #5 on his Worst of 2011 list.
• "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Original Version)" by Mike Posner: Although Todd loves the hit Seeb remix, which sounds genuinely dark and devastating to him, he expressed overwhelming disgust towards this, due to its mellow, major key presentation that made it sound pretentiously repulsive.
• "Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo: Like Bruno Mars with "The Lazy Song", Olivia Rodrigo is not white. However, "Vampire" otherwise has almost every hallmark to qualify it as a WCWP song.
• "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran: While it avoided the Worst of 2015 list, Todd thinks it's a boring song with lyrics that don't connect.
• "Shape of My Heart" by Sting: While discussing "Lucid Dreams", Todd stated this is the worst Sting song, with the exception of "Mother". Based on the Song vs. Song podcast, he also considers Sting a douche in real life.
• "Could've Been" by Tiffany: As Tiffany was a manufactured bubblegum princess, it's unlikely Todd would be impressed by her doing a solemn piano ballad.
• "When the Children Cry" by White Lion: A pathetic, syrupy attempt by a hair metal band to sound deep and socially conscious.
• "changes" by XXXTENTACION: This is a Black Guy With Piano song, but it's a really basic one that will probably fall under what Todd calls the WGWAG mindset.

Top 10 Least Sexy Sexual Songs

• Bumper music:
  • "I Want to Have Intercourse with You" by Stewie and Brian Griffin: A short parody of sex songs.
  • "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO: A song about not-so-hot people singing about how sexy they are would be pretty fitting for a list like this. However, it's not that likely to be used because Todd hates this song.
  • "I Just Had Sex" by The Lonely Island ft. Akon: A well-known parody of sex songs.
• "C'est La Vie" by B*Witched: Many people don't even realize this cherry bomb of bubblegum is about sex.
• "Summer of Love" by The Beach Boys: A very likely contender for the #1 spot, considering how gross Todd found it. While its sexual themes are arguably vague at-most, the salacious tone was more than enough to put him off.
• "Yummy" by Justin Bieber: Todd has tweeted about disliking it, and pointed out that it has been compared to "Filthy" (which he hated). In the Pop Song Review, he said that while a lot of the song is okay, it's ruined by its title (which Todd thinks is a gross word) and chorus ("girl you got that yummy yummy"). It doesn't help that Todd thinks Bieber sounds like an 8-year-old kid who doesn't really get what he's talking about, which is not great for a sex jam.
• "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas: Todd has used this as an example of a bad song several times, and called it the worst ass song that had ever been made... until "Wiggle", that is.
• "Knockin' Boots" by Luke Bryan: Todd's #9 worst hit of 2019. He called it "very, very stupid" and found the lyrics repetitive (they're mostly statements like "X needs Y"). He also thought the guitars sound like they're laughing of you. It probably wouldn't beat out "Body Like a Back Road" though, because at least the metaphors make some sense.
• "Never Be the Same" by Camila Cabello: While this one made the Worst of 2018 list because Todd can't stand Camila's breathy falsetto, he also called it a "no-vibe, soulless drone pop song" and thinks it sounded like it couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a big power ballad or a soft, countryish love song, and didn't accomplish either. It doesn't help that he thinks Camila herself is a pretty bad artist who lacks charisma and fails to stand out.
• "Muskrat Love" by Captain & Tennille: Todd has compared "Marvin Gaye" to it.
• "I Love Makin' Love to You" by Cher and Gregg Allman: He called it a Captain & Tennille song and gagged.
• "Laffy Taffy" by D4L: Todd criticized this song for its gross subject matter (skeeving on and groping dancers at the strip club), emphatically un-hot beat (which reminded him more of "Jingle Bells" or Pong than sex), and for comparing the strippers to the "least sexy candy possible".
• "Wiggle" by Jason Derulo ft. Snoop Dogg: Todd gave it a very harsh review and named it the worst hit song of 2014. He even said it was worse than "My Humps".
• "FACK" by Eminem: Although this seems to be made to provoke and troll and not to arouse, Todd was so disgusted by it that might warrant a mention anyway.
• "Whistle" by Flo Rida: Todd thinks the whistle Double Entendre was ruined by Flo Rida making it too explicit and literal. He also said that the goofy whistling and guitar were not sexy at all, and found Flo's attempts at seduction pathetic and desperate. The song eventually made #4 on his Worst of 2012 list (though it got moved to #5 after his full Pop Song Review for "Scream & Shout").
• "Body Like a Back Road" by Sam Hunt: In his very negative review, Todd picked apart the analogy to explain why it's unsexy and comes across as unintentionally insulting. He later made the song #3 on his Worst of 2017 list, but it seems like it was higher than "Shape of You" primarily because he found it annoyingly catchy — he mentioned that Sam Hunt singing about sex was at least more convincing than when Ed Sheeran did it.
• "Tonight..." by Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris: Todd said the "tonight I'm fucking you" line sounded a bit rapey and damaged Enrique's image as a smooth, sensitive man of romance. In fact, that line alone got the song the #2 spot on Todd's Worst of 2011 list.
• "Birthday Sex" by Jeremih: Todd named it the #7 worst hit of 2009 and said sex was not an acceptable birthday gift.
• "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO: While this one has deliberate Fan Disservice that is Played for Laughs, Todd may put it on the list anyway because he thinks it failed to be funny. It made #3 on his Worst of 2011 list.
• "Justify My Love" by Madonna: His #3 worst hit song of 1991. He summed it up as "two notes and a string of random, non-rhyming sentences", and said the lyrics "aren't even that sexy". He also mentioned that the lyrics "Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another" sound pretty unfortunate.
• "Animals" by Maroon 5: Todd's #10 worst hit of 2014. He just found the premise of "Adam Levine is going to hunt you down and kill you in a sexy way" creepy, and thought the execution was bland and lifeless.
• "Your Body Is a Wonderland" by John Mayer: Hinted in the Worst of 1976 list.
• "Sweetest Pie" by Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa: In his review of the song, he said that the phrase "sweetest pie" was too cutesy to be sexy, and cited it as yet another example of food metaphors not working. However, it probably wouldn't beat out "Yummy" and "Bon Appétit" in the "bad food metaphors" category.
• "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John: Hinted in the pilot episode of Song vs. Song, where Todd said this song blows.
• "Donkey" by Jerrod Niemann: The "Body Like a Back Road" review used it as an example of a bad song that mixes country and hip-hop. Expect Todd to criticize the simplistic Double Entendre lyrics about the ass if he puts it on the list. He may also mention that releasing this song as a single was a bad idea — not just because of its quality, but also because the traditionally conservative-minded country fandom didn't appreciate the subject matter, which caused significant damage to Niemann's career.
• "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails: Hinted in the Worst of 1976 list. Though it can be argued that this song is intentionally unsexy and intimidating.
• "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by Ohio Express: Hinted in the "Yummy" Pop Song Review, where Todd stated the hallucinogenic drugs of the late '60s weren't an excuse for a song this childish.
• Katy Perry
  • "Bon Appétit" ft. Migos: In the "Yummy" Pop Song Review, he argued that its attempt to connect food and sex just made the song disgusting. "I don't wanna literally eat Katy Perry and I don't wanna fuck a roast turkey. No one's turned on by carrots and onions and garlic powder!"
  • "E.T." ft. Kanye West: Todd found the "alien-themed Romanticized Abuse song named after the decidedly unsexy alien E.T." premise questionable. He was also very critical of Kanye's verses, which started out as strange nonsense and ended up making the metaphor so literal that he might as well be rapping about taking Katy into his van at gunpoint and assaulting her.
• "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor: Todd named it the worst hit song of 2015 for being lame and not sexy at all. He thinks neither Puth nor Trainor should sing about sex, and described the song as an affront to Marvin Gaye.
• "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran: Todd gave it a fairly negative review and made it #4 on his Worst of 2017 list because he thinks Sheeran is incapable of projecting anything but perpetual virginity, and said that even Charlie Puth has conveyed more heat.
• "Thong Song" by Sisqó: Todd has stated that despite its sexualized themes, the song has "only ever been about underwear" to him.
• "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band: Todd named it the worst hit song of 1976, and described it like this: "Never in the universe has there ever been a sex song this unsexy". If he ever makes this list, expect to see this song in one of the high positions (it's not a guaranteed #1 because (1) he said that back in 2011 and might have found an even worse Intercourse with You song since then, and (2) he likely didn't consider stuff like Stuffy Old Songs About the Buttocks to be sex songs).
• "...Ready For It?" by Taylor Swift: Todd thought it somehow managed to be both irritating and bland. He hated it so much that it defeated "Look What You Made Me Do" for #1 Worst Hit Song of 2017.
• "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell Williams: While Todd (as of the Paula Trainwreckords episode) thinks calling it a rape anthem is "probably overdoing it" and kind of regrets wading into that discourse, he still thinks it's a skeevy, pushy song and wouldn't blame you if it reminded you of every dipshit who wouldn't leave you alone at the bar.
• "Filthy" by Justin Timberlake: It doesn't even have very many lyrics, and yet Todd barely knew where to start with it. He stated "filthy hands" doesn't at all work in a sexual context, "you know this ain't the clean version" is futilely attempting to sell a not-very-dirty song as raunchy, and that "all that meat" is both a bad callback to "My Humps", as well as unintentionally gay (Justin is straight, despite his legions of fans turned on by gay male pairings). Also, the production is ugly and Justin's vocals are completely try-hard. It eventually made #2 on Todd's Worst Hit Songs of 2018 list.
• "Boom Boom Boom Boom" by Vengaboys: Their aesthetic is as edgeless as S Club 7, so Todd would probably find this too innocent to sound even remotely sexual.
• "Spectacular" by Kiely Williams: It's not 100% clear if she intended the song to be sexy^note The tone and lyrics suggest that she tried to make a sleazy, sexy song (though it's possible that it was meant as a Stealth Parody). When the song became controversial, she explained that it was supposed to draw attention to the issue of women getting drunk and having unprotected sex. Because the song doesn't exactly go out of its way to warn of the danger of these behaviours, not a lot of people believed her., but expect Todd to find it anything but that. It not only features lovely lyrics like "Last I remember I was face down, ass up, clothes off", but is easy to interpret as a celebration of rape — the protagonist was so drunk that her consent was questionable at best, and a few lines suggest that the guy intentionally got her that drunk and/or drugged her.
• "PILLOWTALK" by ZAYN: He said it reminds him of a concrete block when he named it the #3 worst hit of 2016.

Top 10 Worst Comedy/Joke Songs

• "Short Dick Man" by 20 Fingers ft. Gillette: Like "#SELFIE", it's just some ditzy woman (who in this case sounds basically like a female version of the The Angry Video Game Nerd) making petty, judgmental comments over a generic, monotonous beat. In the grand Lil Dicky tradition, its scope of humor doesn't extend any further beyond dick jokes. It's likely Todd will consider it a pretentious example of '90s irony.
• "I'm a Stupid Hoe" by Bart Baker: While all of Bart Baker's music was poorly received on Rate Your Music (out of his 30 most-rated singles, all are rated are below 1.3/5, with the vast majority of scores starting with a 0), this one stands out by having far more ratings by the rest of his output, which allows it to rival "Earth" for the title of "worst-rated single of all time". The "humour" consists mostly of Baker portraying Nicki Minaj as, well, a stupid hoe. If Todd comes across this song, he'll probably hate it and think it lazily insults an artist he considers talented.
• "#SELFIE" by The Chainsmokers: Todd has called it a horrible failure as both music and comedy. When he named it the #2 worst hit song of 2014, he said that even if it had been funny, making fun of vapid white girls is shooting fish in a barrel.
• "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots: #5 on his Worst of 1976 list.
• "My Boomerang Won't Come Back" by Charlie Drake: Its insensitive, racist stereotyping was super controversial even back when the song first came out in 1961.
• "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy: He described it as "deeply unfunny" in the OHW episode on it.
• "Alley Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" OHW.
• Lil Dicky
  • "Earth": Todd thought the animal jokes were terrible, and criticized Dicky for using dick jokes yet again. There's also the out-of-place and tasteless "We forgive you, Germany!" line. On top of that, Todd thinks that unlike "Freaky Friday", which at least has the saving grace of being okay on a musical level, "Earth" sounds like bad environmental songs from the '80s and '90s.
  • "Freaky Friday" ft. Chris Brown: Todd's #4 worst hit of 2018. While he thinks the song is okay as music, the lyrics will probably get it a spot on this list. Bad points include the "Ain't nobody judging 'cause I'm black or my controversial past" line, Dicky's excessive reliance on Self-Deprecation (especially of the "I have a Teeny Weenie" kind), the praise of Chris Brown (most of which doesn't even try to be funny), that Dicky's idea of what it means to be black apparently amounts to "you have a big dick and free access to the N-Word", and the cameos in the end (especially Kendall Jenner's gross masturbation joke).
• "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO: Todd's #3 worst hit of 2011. He called it "stupid, lazy comedy" and was annoyed by the repetitive beat that never changes and just gets louder. He doesn't even think the song is bad in an interesting way.
• "Convoy" by C.W. McCall: #2 on his Worst of 1976 list.
• Any song on the infamous Nostalgia Critic's The Wall: The album was poorly received in general and has been thrashed by multiple other online critics, so it's unlikely that Todd will enjoy it. However, the songs on it may avoid the list because Todd is eternally grateful to Doug and Rob Walker for hiring him in 2010 and ultimately making his autonomous career possible, and he felt uncomfortable speaking his opinion in the middle of the #ChangeTheChannel controversy, despite affirming his vehement opposition to Channel Awesome's handling of the scandal.
• "Witch Doctor" by David Seville: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" OHW.
• "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" by Allan Sherman: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" episode.
• Ray Stevens
  • "Ahab the Arab": It doesn't hold up so well for pretty self-explanatory reasons.
  • "The Streak": A dumb novelty song from good old 1974.
• "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" by Train: #10 on his Worst of 2012 countdown.
• "I Love It" by Kanye West ft. Lil Pump & Adele Givens: It made #5 on his Worst list for 2018, and he called it "sad and lazy."
• "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" OHW.

Top 10 Worst Novelty Songs

• "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini": Hinted in the "Monster Mash" episode. According to the "Want U Back" review, Todd also dislikes the cover from 1990 by Bombalurina.
• "My Baby Daddy" by B-Rock and the Bizz: A novelty song of the Miami bass movement.
• "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry: Infamously, this joke novelty song is the only time the Father of Rock N' Roll ever scored a #1 hit, although Todd could feel Chuck's live commentary gives it a more interesting context.
• "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper: This track of his is a quintessential example of the inane novelty song that dominated the few years before Beatlemania.
• "Speedy Gonzales" by Pat Boone: This is probably a lock, given that it's Pat Boone recording a dumb novelty song.
• "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner And Garcia: Todd would probably consider this novelty song a lame and outdated product of its time, although it's also possible that actually works in its favor, as unlike most hits from the early '80s, this track is certainly memorable.
• "Baby Sittin' Boogie" by Buzz Clifford: Similar to Jan & Dean's "Baby Talk", this is yet another dumb baby-themed novelty song from the pre-Beatles dark age.
• "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by The Chipmunks: On one hand, Todd could possibly be nostalgic for the '80s television show, but on the other, this is a quintessential example of the dumb novelty hit that dominated the dark period he described in the "Monster Mash" episode.
• "Axel F" by Crazy Frog: Crazy Frog in general hasn't aged well.
• "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots: #5 on his Worst of 1976 list.
• "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis: A silly novelty hit that probably looks really kitschy coming from the same year as "Like a Rolling Stone", "Eve of Destruction", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", and other smash hits that gave popular music an unprecedented edge.
• "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy: He has called it "deeply unfunny".
• "Alley Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" OHW.
• "Swing the Mood" by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers: Todd hinted in the Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 1976 video that he considers Jive Bunny an awful novelty act.
• "Sayonara (Don't Stop)" by Lee Marrow: Todd cringed at this song's numerous badly outdated Japanese stereotypes.
• "Deck of Cards" by Wink Martindale: It's a spoken-word novelty song in which the narrator compares his deck of cards to the Bible.
• "Convoy" by C.W. McCall: #2 on his Worst of 1976 list.
• "Martian Hop" by The Ran-Dells: Another dumb early '60s novelty song.
• "Witch Doctor" by David Seville: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" OHW.
• "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" by Allan Sherman: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" episode.
• Ray Stevens
  • "Ahab the Arab": A dumb novelty song of poor taste that doesn't hold up for obvious reasons is virtually guaranteed for the list.
  • "The Streak": A dumb novelty song from good old 1974.
• "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson: A bubblegum novelty hit with corny sexual innuendos.
• "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley: Hinted in the "Monster Mash" OHW.

Top 10 Worst/Least Convincing Apology Songs

• "Sorry, Blame It on Me" by Akon
• "Sorry" by Justin Bieber
• "Sorry" by Buckcherry
• "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago: Given Todd's hatred for the band, this seems like a likely choice.
• "Whatcha Say" by Jason Derulo
• "Human" by The Human League
• "I Admit" by R. Kelly
• "Sorry 2004" by Ruben Studdard
• "Get Her Back" by Robin Thicke

Top 10 Worst Diss Tracks

• "Chin Up High" by Ame Bibabi: A So Bad, It's Good diss track that went viral for its amateurish production, odd vocals and generally trashy vibes. Todd is sure to find it unconvincing, given that she claims she doesn't care about the hate she gets despite apparently feeling the need to write a song about it. With that said, given that the song also has a No Such Thing as Bad Publicity attitude, he might exclude it to avoid giving it more attention.
• "Flatline" by BOB: A Neil deGrasse Tyson diss track that promotes conspiracy theories and antisemitism. A strong candidate for #1.
• "I'm a Slick Rick" by Nick Cannon: An attempt to diss Eminem that failed miserably. The song is loaded with out-of-place references to Slick Rick and Cali Swag District, forced rhyming and lyrics, and pathetic excuses for insults that amount to Nick calling Eminem a liar. The song is commonly called the worst diss track in history.
• "Where the Hood At?" by DMX: It's a diss at Ja Rule, but the first verse is scarily homophobic, even for early 2000s hip hop standards. X basically brags about killing homosexual thugs and perpetuates hateful language throughout the entire section, not just a few isolated slurs.
• "F**k wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')" by Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg: Hinted in the MC Hammer Trainwreckords, where Todd felt the constant diss tracks of the gangsta rap era have aged badly. He singled this song out due to being directed at Eazy-E, who later died of AIDS and whom Dre has turned around on in hindsight.
• "Rap Devil" by Machine Gun Kelly: An ill-equipped diss at Eminem, and Em's subsequent diss track "Killshot" is widely agreed to have destroyed him until the release of Tickets to My Downfall.
• "It's All Good" by MC Hammer: Todd thought the title and chorus were unfitting for a diss track, and mentions how Hammer said he could "refrain from using names to get fame" even though he totally did that thing at the end.
• "Swish Swish" by Katy Perry ft. Nicki Minaj: Todd felt that this Taylor diss track failed because it was too tasteless, and Katy's attempts to throw shade were just awkward. It doesn't help that Taylor clearly won the feud, with Todd claiming that she "probably didn’t even notice" Katy's diss. With that said, Todd does think "Look What You Made Me Do" was an even worse song.
• Taylor Swift
  • "Bad Blood" ft. Kendrick Lamar: This attack on Katy Perry just reminded Todd of stupid high school drama, and he thought the song itself "sounds like dogshit".
  • "Look What You Made Me Do": A song that insinuates that someone did some vague bad things to Taylor, so now she's turning into the bad guy. If Todd counts this, it's a likely candidate for the #1 spot, as he has hinted that he thinks it's the #3 worst hit song of the 2010s (it was spared the #1/#2 spot because it was at least a gutsy move).
  • "Mean": Her first anti-hater song, framed as a simple song against bullying. Unfortunately, the lesson seems less like "Don't bully other people" and more like "Don't bully Taylor Swift" because she keeps mocking the mean girl for how "pathetic" and "alone in life" she is and how she'll never been anything other than "mean". Todd has also mentioned that Taylor apparently thought that no one could hit her if she was big enough.
  • "Shake It Off": A song where Taylor claims her haters don't bother her. Todd found it unconvincing from the start, and was arguably proven right when she released stuff like "Look What You Made Me Do" and "You Need to Calm Down" later.
  • "You Need to Calm Down": Another anti-hater song by Taylor. The problem with this one is that it draws parallels between homophobia and Taylor's haters and feuds. However, it's unlikely to rank above Taylor's other stuff because it at least tried to have a positive message in addition to "fuck my haters".

Lyrics

Top 10 Worst Lines Covered on the Show

^note In songs he's either reviewed or had on any of his worst lists.(Todd made a tweet on the 10th anniversary of his show that more or less reveals his official choices, in no particular order.

• "1-800-273-8255" by Logic ft. Alessia Cara and Khalid: "Who can relate? Woo!"
  • Confirmed.
• "7 Years" by Lukas Graham: Various lines, but the part of the song that infuriates Todd the most is the narcissistic shout of "Lukas Graham!!!" in the middle of the song.
  • Confirmed honorable mention on Todd's list of the most iconic bad lines of the 2010s. May make a low spot, as Todd hasn't covered all of the lines he mentioned on the show. However, it may also avoid a Worst Lines list — Todd has covered a lot of bad lines that weren't iconic enough to make his Most Iconic Bad Lines list.
• "Back in Time" by Pitbull: "Don't you know that I don't give a NUMBER TWOOOOOOO?!" (or various others)
• "Bedrock" by Young Money ft Lloyd: A few different ones, mainly "GROCERY BAG"
  • "And I got her...grocery bag" confirmed.
• "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams and T.I.: Various lines
  • "What rhymes with hug me" confirmed.
• "Dear Future Husband" by Meghan Trainor: Various lines, but most notably "We'll never see your family more than mine" stands out.
• "Deuces" by Chris Brown ft Tyga & Kevin McCall: Various lines but mainly "Like Tina did Ike in the limo, it finally hit me."
• "Drive By" by Train: "Just a shy guy looking for a two-ply / Hefty bag to hold my-y-y-y-y love..." or "They don't like it, sue me / Mmmm the way you do me"
  • Jossed.
• "Earth" by Lil Dicky: "We forgive you, Germany!"
• "Eenie Meenie" by Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber: "Shawty is a eenie meenie miney mo lover"
• "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown: Various lines, with particular note to the end of the song with Kendall Jenner (much more so than the Ed Sheeran or DJ Khaled cameos), as well as Dicky (as Chris Brown) rapping, "ain't nobody judging 'cause I'm black, or my controversial past."
• "From a Distance" by Bette Midler: Various lines. Todd found its "God lets terrible things happen because He is watching from a distance and can't see them" message horrifying because it just made it sound like God is completely apathetic about us.
• "Give Me Everything" by Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer: "Me not working hard? Yeah right... Picture that with a Kodak / Or better yet, go to Times Square, take a picture of me with a Kodak"
• "Hey Soul Sister" by Train: Various lines, but most notably the bridge stands out ("The way you can cut a rug/Watching you is the only drug I need/So gangsta, I'm so thug").
  • Jossed.
• "I Can Transform Ya" by Chris Brown & Lil Wayne: Several, but especially "I transform smaller & she puts me in her pants"
• "Imma Be" by The Black Eyed Peas: Either the endless repetitions of "Imma be" (which is easy to mishear as "I'm a bee"), or "I'mma be ya bank, I'll be loaning out semen".
• "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri: The cheesy "You're gonna catch a cold/From the ice inside your soul" or "And who do you think you are?/Runnin' 'round leaving scars/Collecting your jar of hearts/And tearing love apart".
• "Jealous" by Nick Jonas: "It's my right to be hellish / I still get jealous"
• "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars: Various lines. The most likely candidate seems to be "I might mess around and get my college degree". Todd might also choose the awkward bragging about sex ("Meet a really nice girl, have some really nice sex/And she's gonna scream out: 'This is Great'") or "Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants", as he thinks Bruno shoehorned in the mentions of his genitals in a (failed) attempt to make the song sound less childish.
• "Little Things" by One Direction: Various lines
• "Loyal" by Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga: "Just got rich/ Took a broke nigga's bitch"
• "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor: "Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on"
  • Confirmed.
• "My First Kiss" by 3OH!3 ft. Ke$ha: "My first kiss went a little like this [kiss] And twist. [kiss kiss] And twist." Todd found the kissing noises gross, and thinks the artists bragging about their first kiss makes it sound like they're in middle school.
• "Never Be the Same" by Camila Cabello: The pre-chorus, with Todd singling out the way Camila says heroin as "hero-ween" to try and force a rhyme as the worst two seconds of pop music in 2018...before he subsequently changed it to "Freaky Friday"'s "controversial past" line.
• "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus: "I'm noddin' my head yeah/ I'm movin' my hips like yeah"
• "Scars to Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara: No lines in particular stand out; however, Todd does call the song out on its (mis)use of the "Millennial Whoop".
• "Sexy Bitch" by David Guetta ft. Akon: "Damn, you's a sexy bitch, a sexy bitch / Damn, you's a sexy bitch, damn, girl!"
• "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift: Various lines. He even said he could make a list of the worst moments from the song on its own; in particular, Todd singles out "This... Sick... Beat", the cheerleader chant, and a forced giggle early in the song, with the last one being the worst.
  • The bridge is jossed. Todd felt that he'd have to include the whole thing if he included any of it, and he wanted to keep it punchy.
• "She Looks So Perfect" by 5 Seconds of Summer: "You look so perfect standing there / In my American Apparel underwear"
  • Confirmed.
• "Slow Hands" by Niall Horan: "Slow hands like sweat dripping down our dirty laundry". These lines got the song a dishonorable mention on his Worst of 2017 list.
• "Sorry" by Justin Bieber: "You gotta go and get angry at all of my honesty" / "But you know that there is no innocent one in this game for two"
• "Talk Dirty" by Jason DeRulo: (in bad Asian accent) "What?! I don't understand"
• "The Time (Dirty Bit)" by The Black Eyed Peas: Various lines, particularly will.i.am for getting the chorus of "Time of My Life" wrong.
• "Tonight (I'm Fucking You)" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris: "Please excuse me, I don't mean to be rude / But tonight I'm fuckin' you"
• "Tonight, Tonight" by Hot Chell Rae: "Even the white kids"
• "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes: Pretty much the entire song, but in particular "Better than he can!" (if only because of the enunciation of the line).
• "Trumpets" by Jason DeRulo: "Is it weird that your ass remind me of a Kanye West song?"
• "Whistle" by Flo Rida: Various lines
• “Why" by Jadakiss: “Why did Kobe have to hit that raw? Why'd he kiss that whore?”. This line disgusted Todd, as “that whore" refers to Kobe’s alleged rape victim.
• "Wiggle" by Jason DeRulo ft. Snoop Dogg: He said he could make a Top 20 out of that, so at least one would be bound for a list like this. He singled out "You know what to do with that big, fat butt", "Go ahead and go ham sammich" and "Schwing" when he talked about that. "Just a little bittle" could also qualify for neither rhyming nor being a word.

Top 10 Worst Lines Covered on Trainwreckords

Given that his fans have already compiled similar lists in Trainwreckords comment sections, Todd's bound to make one of his own.

• Zingalamaduni by Arrested Development:
  • "Shell": Todd described it as browbeating because of the repeated "Just a shell until you decide to rebel" line.
  • "Warm Sentiments": Todd found the entire concept of the song loathsome, but the line "After I scold you I hope I can mold you" stands out.
• 0304 by Jewel:
  • "Intuition": "You learned cool from magazines / You learned love from Charlie Sheen". Todd thought the namedrop was only there for an easy rhyme or an easy target, and further contributed to the song's hollow social commentary.
  • "America": Todd might exclude this one for having too many bad lines for one to particularly stick out, but "Polanski's banned in America" is the most likely contender.
• Mardi Gras by Creedence Clearwater Revival: One of Stu's unsubtle jabs at John.
• MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 by Lauryn Hill: "And now she thinks that she's bisexual" (Adam Lives in Theory)
• Fairweather Johnson by Hootie and the Blowfish: "And I'd love to hurt the population" (Tucker's Town)
• American Life by Madonna: The title track may be excluded for having too many bad lines, but the infamous rap with its shallow criticism of Madonna's own life stands out.
• Witness by Katy Perry:
  • "Save as Draft": "I don't mess with change, but lately, I've been flipping coins a lot" was cited as an example of a clunky Katy lyric.
  • "Swish Swish": Katy's weak attempts at insults, like "You're 'bout as cute as an old coupon expired" and "Don't need opinions from a shellfish or a sheep".
• Funstyle by Liz Phair: "You're being a peñis / Colada, that is" (U Hate It): A likely #1.
• Mission Earth by Edgar Winter: This has a lot of dubious lines. The title track's weird attempt to sell the story by describing it as having "intrigue, sex and foggy pot" seems like a good candidate.

Top 10 Mismatched Elements

For song fragments that are out of place sonically, thematically, or both, or just particularly grating cases of Lyrical Dissonance.

• Black Eyed Peas:
  • "Imma Be": Todd felt that this was an incoherent song stapled together from several ideas.
  • "The Time (Dirty Bit)": Todd felt that the "The Time" parts and the "Dirty Bit" parts didn't fit together on a musical and lyrical level.
• "America" by Jewel: It's supposed to be social commentary, but has a lot of random lines like "We eat Spam in America".
• "Earth" by Lil Dicky: Todd felt that the whole song was misguided and didn't work at all as an environmentalist song. He might highlight the random meme jokes about animals (which portray them as disgusting and undermine the attempt to get you to save them), Dicky's incoherent verse with random sex jokes, or the baffling "We forgive you, Germany!" line.
• "1-800-273-8255" by Logic ft. Alessia Cara and Khalid: The overly-cheerful "who can relate, woo!" line pretty much undoes all the sincerity of Logic's attempt to draw attention to mental health issues.
• "7 Years" by Lukas Graham: The song is supposed to be about life being fleeting, but it has a lot of lines that just came off as bragging to Todd. The part that infuriated him the most was the narcissistic shout of "Lukas Graham!!!" in the middle of the song.
• "Beautiful Mistakes" by Maroon 5 ft. Megan Thee Stallion: Todd pointed out that the song is about sex, while Megan's verse is about how much she hates Adam Levine.
  Todd: I don't blame her. That's what I would've written too. But that's not what the song was about.
• "Sweetest Pie" by Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa: It tries to be soft and seductive, but Megan's rap portion lasted half a bar before getting too explicit.

Top 10 Worst Radio Edits

For radio or clean edits Todd finds bafflingly bad, nonsensical/poorly thought out, or feel undermines or even ruins the song.

• Possible bumper music:
  • "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas: An inversion of the theme of the list — it's usually considered an improvement over the original title "Let's Get Retarded".
  • "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" by Enrique Iglesias: Also considered a great improvement from the original title "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)"
  • "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE (specifically the third line of the chorus): In his Best of 2015 list, Todd found the f-bombs in the chorus and bridge unecessary, "like Kidz Bop in a bizarro universe".
• "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains: Specifically the line "Shove my nose in shit", where shit is replaced with spit on the radio edit; the first verse has the line "Buried in my shit", where shit is replaced by pit, which makes a little more sense.
• "Fuckin’ Problems" by A$AP Rocky ft. 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar: The infamously incomprehensible "I love bad bad that's my that's my problem" edit.
• "WAP" by Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion: The music video's Youtube upload tries to clean up a very explicit sex song, and keeps using the unsexy phrase "wet and gushy", which is even more disgusting then the explicit version.
• "Purple Hills" by D12: Someone took an Eminem song about drugs and tried to make it radio-friendly, to mind-numbingly stupid results (with the "edited" version introducing new lines about strippers and diarrhea):
  Dirty lyrics: I take a couple uppers, I down a couple downers, but nothing compares to these blue and yellow purple pills. I've been to mushroom mountain, once or twice but who's counting, but nothing compares to these blue and yellow purple pills.
  Clean lyrics: I've been so many places, I've seen so many faces, but nothing compares to these blue and yellow purple hills. I've climbed the highest mountain, once or twice but who's counting, but nothing compares to these blue and yellow purple hills.
• "My Name Is" by Eminem: Like the later "Purple Pills", several lines were edited to remove references to drugs, sex, and violence.
• "abc (nicer)" by GAYLE: Even though Todd already hates the original, he'll definitely find the "abcde-forget you" edit redundant, as when "fuck" wasn't sung in the original song to begin with.
• "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green: When Todd named "Fuck You" as his top best hit song of 2011, he was tempted to put the edited version on the worst list.
• "FRIENDS" by Marshmello and Anne-Marie: The f-bomb in the bridge is already Censored for Comedy in the original by a bleep, so Todd might find it even more hilarious that the bleep is muted out in the radio edit.
• "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! at the Disco: The radio edit turns the "goddamn" in the chorus into "[mute]damn".
• "My Nigga" by YG ft. Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan: The infamous "My Hitta" edit.
• "Murder on My Mind" by YNW Melly: The edit's title is the childish-sounding "Mischief on My Mind".

Top 10 Worst Explicit Edits

These are songs where the original explicit lyrics are worse than the edited version, or songs that have the f-bomb for no reason other than the sake of it.

• "I Wanna Fuck You" by Akon: The edited version already sounded creepy enough, but the f-bomb makes it worse.
• "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE
• "Tonight, I'm Fuckin You" by Enrique Iglesias
• "Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo: "Dream crusher" sounds better than "fame fucker".

Top 10 Worst Analogies, Metaphors, Similes, etc.

• "Pride" by Arrested Development: Speech comparing his racial identity to a prom tuxedo.
  Todd: You return a prom tuxedo. You sure you wanna compare your racial identity to something you rent for $100 to wear once?
• The Black Eyed Peas
  • "Imma Be": will.i.am comparing himself to a sperm bank, apparently forgetting that people also deposit sperm at sperm banks. Also, the use of the word "loan" suggests that he'll want it back at some point.
  • "My Humps": Referring to butts and breasts as "humps" and "lumps".
  • "The Time (Dirty Bit)": apl.de.ap calling himself an app just to make a lame pun on his stage name.
• "Deuces" by Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall: "Like Tina did Ike in the limo, it finally hit me."
• "Knockin' Boots" by Luke Bryan: Most of the song is random statements on the form "X needs Y".
• "Laffy Taffy" by D4L: Fabo comparing the strippers to the "least sexy candy possible", or him comparing his junk to a tiny Jolly Rancher.
• Jason Derulo
  • "Trumpets": "Is it weird that your ass remind me of a Kanye West song?"
  • "Wiggle" ft. Snoop Dogg: A butt being compared to two planets.
• "River" by Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran: "Shoulda knew to use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit, FUCK!"
• "Whistle" by Flo Rida: Todd thought the whistle Double Entendre was ruined by Flo Rida making it too explicit and literal.
• "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris: The chorus infamously uses a cake that was left out in the rain as a metaphor for lost love. Also, a verse compares the lovers to a striped pair of pants.
• "Slow Hands" by Niall Horan: "Slow hands like sweat dripping down our dirty laundry".
• "Body Like a Back Road" by Sam Hunt: Todd picked apart the title analogy to explain why it's unsexy and comes across as unintentionally insulting.
• "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)" by Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris: The incomprehensible "If I never lied, then baby, you'd be the truth".
• "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys: Not only does the song rely on overused fire symbolism without doing anything interesting with it, but one of Nicki's lines makes the "girl on fire" metaphor confusing by suddenly implying that the fire is a bad thing.
• "Peek a Boo" by Lil Yachty: "She blow that dick like a cello"
• "Deck of Cards" by Wink Martindale: Comparing a 52-card deck to the Bible as a way to avoid being accused of gambling.
• "Donkey" by Jerrod Niemann: Using "donkey" as a euphemism for "ass".
• "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri: "You're gonna catch a cold / From the ice inside your soul" is a cheesy take on the "soul of ice" metaphor. There's also "collecting your jar of hearts".
• Katy Perry
  • "Bon Appétit": The Fetish Retardant food metaphors.
  • "E.T." ft. Kanye West: The alien stuff was supposed to be a metaphor for a misunderstood lover who seems to be from another world, which becomes uncomfortable thanks to the Romanticized Abuse in the song. It didn't help that Kanye's verses made the metaphor too literal.
  • "Firework": "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?" Todd also felt that the firework metaphor didn't work because firework lasts two seconds before disappearing and being forgotten.
  • "Swish Swish": "You're 'bout as cute as / An old coupon expired"
• Pitbull
  • "Give Me Everything" ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer: "Me not working hard? Yeah right... Picture that with a Kodak / Or better yet, go to Times Square, take a picture of me with a Kodak." This awkward Product Placement did not impress Todd.
  • "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)": "Mami got an ass like a donkey, with a monkey / Look like King Kong"
• "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor: Using "Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on" as a sexual euphemism.
• "Russian Roulette" by Rihanna: The metaphor (about a dangerous relationship) didn't work for Todd, who just thought it was a song about literally shooting oneself in the head.
• "Thong Song" by Sisqó: Its use of "thong" as a stand-in for "butt" just made it sound like a song about underwear to Todd.
• "Filthy" by Justin Timberlake: The "all that meat" line, which Todd saw as a contrivance for the sake of tying the song to the theme of the Man of the Woods album.
• "Drive By" by Train: The part where the guy sings about needing a two-ply trash bag to hold his love.
• "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor: Meghan Trainor calling her ass a "boom-boom" and "bass".
• "OMG" by Usher ft. will.i.am: "Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow / Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow"
• "Closed On Sunday" by Kanye West: "Closed on Sunday, you're my Chick-fil-A"
• "BedRock" by Young Money: "And I got her...grocery bag"

Billboard Year-End

Top 10 Worst Billboard Year-End Number-One Singles

• "In Da Club" by 50 Cent (2003): He doesn't like 50 Cent, and he doesn't like club songs.
• "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams (1991): His #1 worst hit song of 1991. Probably destined for a high spot, possibly #1.
• "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies (1969): Expect him to find it too bubblegummy.
• "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber (2016): Todd gave this a dishonorable mention in his Worst of 2016 video and later elaborated upon why he hated it in his "I Don't Care" Pop Song Review - he cannot sympathize with Justin Bieber performing a stripped down, Sheeran-penned guitar ballad.
• "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas (2009): His #4 worst hit song of 2009.
• "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille (1975): Hinted in the Paper Lace OHW, where this was the first song he played when discussing the Lame '70s.
• "Look Away" by Chicago (1989): Despite this song coming out after Peter Cetera left the band, Todd still hates everything Chicago released from 1976 onwards.
• "God's Plan" by Drake (2018): Todd has given it a mixed review and described its popularity as inexplicable. In the review of "Toosie Slide" (2020), he pointed out that "God's Plan" has already been forgotten — quite an "accomplishment" considering that it was the song of the year just two years earlier.
• "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals (2022): In the "Worst of 2021" retrospect, Todd stated that he would rather eat glass than listen to this song again, especially after the song stayed on the Hot 100 for nearly two years, now holding the record for longest time on the chart.
• "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John (1982): Hinted in the pilot episode of Song vs. Song, where Todd said this song blows.
• "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback (2002): Todd feels Nickelback deserve every bit of flack they get. This song was also notorious for being admitted as a creation intentionally designed for mainstream success by Chad Kroeger himself.
• "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn (1973): Another quintessential song of the Lame '70s, although Todd has hinted to be intrigued by the Vietnam subtext plastered onto the song, despite its meaning having nothing to do with the war.
• "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter (2006): He has called this song terrible.
• "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran (2017): His #4 worst hit song of 2017. He seems to have hinted to dislike it even more than he did at the end of that year, due to its continued success in 2018 and even 2019.
• "The Ballad of the Green Berets" by SSgt. Barry Sadler (1966^note on Billboard's later revised list (which is no longer on the official Wikipedia page, but can be found here, and also was the Year-End list that Diamond Axe Studios Music and Lyzette G used for their 1966 best and worst lists). In the original list, this song was #10 and "California Dreamin'" topped the list): One of the few pro-military songs of the Vietnam era, and as such aged poorly almost immediately as opinions on the war soured.
• "Joy to the World" (aka "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog") by Three Dog Night (1971): With a song as brainless as this topping the list for this year, the Lame '70s were definitely in full throttle by 1971. While the song's plethora of big hooks make it a guilty pleasure for many, the nonsense lyrics and childish tone are certainly a stark contrast to the very charged, artistically accomplished masterpieces dominating the charts in the few years prior.
• "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen (2023): Based on his scathing Pop Song Review of the track comparing it to Maroon 5 and ranking it dead last among its parent album's 36 tracks, not to mention his fury at its continued success, expect it to place somewhere on this list if it is made.
• "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder (1986): A Charity Motivation Song, and not even a well-remembered one, either.

Top 10 Best Billboard Year-End Number-One Singles

• "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (2011): His #3 Best Hit Song of 2011.
• "Hey Jude" by The Beatles (1968): Hinted in the Oasis Trainwreckords, where Todd stated he believes every bit of the song's simple message.
• "Call Me" by Blondie (1980): Although 1980 is one of Todd's least favorite years for music, this song has very much stood the test of time as a pop anthem. Similar to Ariana Grande in 2018, it's likely Todd would feel Blondie were one of the only pop acts that truly mattered in 1980.
• "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey (2005): Mariah is one of Todd's favorite pop singers of all time, and this was the song that revitalized her career after it had fallen apart in the early 2000s.
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye ft. Kimbra (2012): His #6 Best Hit Song of 2012.
• "My Sharona" by The Knack (1979)
• "Old Town Road (Remix)" by Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus (2019): His #9 Best Hit Song of 2019. It would have been higher had he not been turned off by the overheated discourse surrounding the song and sympathized with those who didn't like the song, but those factors probably wouldn't be as significant on a list like this.
• "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz (2013): His #8 Best Hit Song of 2013.
• "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas (1966^note on Billboard's original list, as revealed in the edition dated December 24, 1966. In later years, Billboard published another list, using a different methodology, where SSgt. Barry Sadler's "Battle of the Green Berets" was #1, and "California Dreamin'" was #10): The first counterculture anthem to top Billboard's Year-End list (The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" only reached #3 the previous year).
• George Michael
  • "Careless Whisper" (1985): Despite coming out during the Wham! era, this is one of George Michael's most beloved songs, although it hasn't been entirely snark-free, either (it was parodied in Music and Lyrics).
  • "Faith" (1988)
• "Every Breath You Take" by The Police (1983): Mentioned as one of his favorite retro 80's songs in both the "Paparazzi" episode and the Worst of 2011 list. His Song vs. Song episode pitting this against U2's "With or Without You" reaffirmed his love of it.
• "When Doves Cry" by Prince (1984)
• "Uptown Funk!" by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars (2015): His #1 Best Hit Song of 2014, although it would have lost to Taylor Swift's "Style" had he only counted it for 2015.
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
• "Yeah!" by Usher ft. Lil' Jon & Ludacris (2004): Todd considers this tied with Rihanna's "Umbrella" for Song of the 2000s Decade.

Miscellaneous Song Lists

Top 10 Most Controversial Songs

• "Accidental Racist" by Brad Paisley ft. LL Cool J: As much as he uses the song as a Running Gag, it's bound to show up.
• "All the Things She Said" by t.A.T.u.: At the time of the song's release in 2002, the song's video drew controversy for its lesbian undertones. Also, the duo hails from Russia, which has a strong anti-LGBT stance, both then and now.
• "Birthday Cake" by Rihanna ft. Chris Brown
• "(Bitches) Love Me" by Lil Wayne ft. Drake and Future: Todd called the song disgusting for its misogyny in his "Worst of 2013" retrospect.
• "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams and T.I.: The controversy is more centered around the music video rather than the lyrics, although Todd did say the lyrics were #rapey.
• "Bodies" by Drowning Pool
• "Cop Killer" by Body Count
• "Die Young" by Kesha
• "Fuck Tha Police" by N.W.A.
• "Friday" by Rebecca Black
• "God Save The Queen" by the Sex Pistols
• "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter: Since the song came out the year after Kurt Cobain's suicide, many people believed that the song was about him; however, Richard Patrick wrote the song in 1991, 3 years before Cobain's death. The song was actually inspired by the 1987 public suicide of disgraced Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer.
• "If U Seek Amy" by Britney Spears
• "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam: Another song about a public suicide; however, this time, it was about a student killing himself in front of his classmates. MTV cut out the music video's climax where Jeremy commits the act, and MTV and VH1 stopped playing the video altogether after the Columbine High School massacre.
• "Jesus Christ Pose" by Soundgarden: Listeners in the UK were so outraged by the song's supposed anti-Christian views, the band received death threats. MTV banned the song's video due to its imagery, particularly a young girl on a cross.
• "Judas" by Lady Gaga
• "Killing an Arab" by The Cure
• "Kim" by Eminem
• "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen: The slurred vocals led to some pretty dirty mondegreens at the time and eventually prompted the FBI to embark on a two-year investigation that went nowhere.
• "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X
• "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary: While tame by modern standards, it caused an uproar at the time of its release due to supposed marijauna references.
• "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• "Rump Shaker" by Wreckx-N-Effect
• "Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy
• "Something in Your Mouth" by Nickelback
• "Try That in a Small Town" by Jason Aldean
• "U.O.E.N.O" by Rocko ft. Future & Rick Ross: Rick Ross has a verse which implies that he date rapes girls.
• "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras
• "WAP" by Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion
• "We Can't Stop" by Miley Cyrus
• "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus

Todd's Top 10 Good Songs by Bad Artists

• "Dancing Queen" by ABBA: Todd thinks they're awful, but he considers this their best song.
• "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams: Todd mostly hates Bryan Adams but has singled this out as his one great song.
• "Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm: Todd mostly considered these guys a boring, cookie cutter early 2000s nu-metal band, but he thought this was a great cover.
• "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber: Although Todd despises all incarnations of Justin Bieber, he likes this song's production and feels the lyrics genuinely capture the frustrating disorientation of adolescent relationships, landing it an honorable mention in his Best of 2015 video.
• "Forever" by Chris Brown: Seems like a pretty obvious choice. Chris Brown has been Todd's biggest punching bag since the very first episode of his series (where he called Jay Sean a non-violent replacement of Chris), but he has stated that he likes this song.
• "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago: Although Chicago are one of Todd's two least favorite bands alongside Maroon 5, he at least admits that their early work was quite good. He specifically singled this song out to represent the band at its best during his "Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 1987" and "Girls Like You" episodes.
• "Doin' This" by Luke Combs: Todd says he "kinda likes it".
• "Butterfly" by Crazy Town: Todd thought they were an awful band, but surprisingly quite enjoyed their one hit, which many people dislike just as much as their other stuff.
• Jason Derulo
  • "Ridin' Solo": Hinted at in the Worst of 2020 video. Even though Todd originally considered it weaker than "Talk Dirty" (which he still found severely flawed) and it wasn't on his Best of 2010 list, he called it Derulo's only good song in the "Return of the Mack" OHW.
  • "Cheyenne": A lesser-known single that's also worth a mention for being one of his more highly regarded songs, though Todd himself has yet to comment on it.
• Imagine Dragons
  • "It's Time": They have since become a major punching bag for Todd, essentially the epitome of indie rock's slow descent into corporatized hell, but he was legitimately stoked about them when they first broke out in 2012.
  • "Sucker for Pain" with Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Logic & X Ambassadors: Despite missing his Best of 2016 list, Todd eventually tweeted that this was his favorite song of theirs. However, since it's a collaboration with several other artists (three of which Todd hasn't spoke much positively about either, especially Lil Wayne) rather than just Imagine Dragons on their own, "It's Time" might be a likelier choice.
• "The Bigger Picture" by Lil Baby: Despite being extremely impressed by this socially conscious detour, Todd still can't get into Lil Baby's work as a whole and gave "We Paid" a dishonorable mention the same year this track made his Best list.
• One of Lil Dicky's early songs: While Todd wasn't too impressed by Dicky's early work, he did note that "there was some sign early in Dicky's career that he was going to be an actual rapper who happened to be funny like Macklemore or Big Sean", so something from that era might get a low spot or an honorable mention.
• "Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon 5: Todd tweeted that this song spares Adam Levine from being the worst pop star of the modern era.
• "Leave Before You Love Me" by Marshmello & The Jonas Brothers: In spite of Todd's distaste for both artists, he put this song as an honorable mention for his 2021 Best list.
• "Figured You Out" by Nickelback: Todd considers this song to be Nickelback's best by a good margin, as he feels that its overall subject matter and tone meshes well with Chad Kroeger's ugly singing voice.
• "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)" by Mike Posner: While Todd thinks most of Posner's work is pretty bad, Posner's own weaknesses factor into this song's strengths for Todd.
• "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship: Todd loathes Starship as a whole, especially for "We Built This City" and "Sara", but "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is one of his favorite songs of the 1980s.

Todd's Top 10 Bad Songs by Good Artists

• "Warm Sentiments" by Arrested Development: While Todd also isn't a fan of their hit "Mr. Wendal", this song in particular was so offensive to him that it stained his entire impression of the band itself.
• "Summer of Love" by The Beach Boys: Todd was absolutely disgusted by Mike Love's attempts at being sexy in his 50s, and the synthetic Pro Tools production certainly didn't help.
• "My Ding-a-Ling" by Chuck Berry: Berry's only number one hit as well as his last top 10 hit of his career was a cringeworthy novelty jingle about masturbating and is a prime example of "The Lame 70s".
• "Diva" by Beyoncé: Todd has grown much fonder of Queen Bey with time, but he most likely still despises this, since it was the only song originally able to defeat "Break Up" (still to this day the worst song he ever reviewed) for Worst Hit Song of 2009.
• "Loverboy" by Mariah Carey: Todd wasn't impressed by Glitter and noted that this was Mariah's worst-received single.
• "Dictator" by The Clash: Todd thought most of Cut the Crap was a mess, but this track stands out — he found the production and mixing so bad that he had to check if it wasn't just a hardware glitch on his end.
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • "Sweet Hitch-Hiker": Todd could go with this instead of "Take It Like a Friend", which was not written or performed by John Fogerty and therefore isn't a fitting representation of Creedence as a whole. Todd said he had a "very strong negative reaction" to this song, calling it crap and saying it was the predecessor to mid-'70s butt-rock bands like Grand Funk Railroad and Foghat. However, it probably wouldn't rank high on this list, since he conceded that it wasn't that bad.
  • "Take It Like a Friend": Todd considered this the worst song of the already ill-conceived Mardi Gras album, greeting it with extreme disapproval. Mostly he criticized Stu Cook's abysmal singing, but also felt the lyrics were just blatantly shit-talking to John Fogerty's face.
• Eminem
  • "Fack": A questionable bonus track from Curtain Call: The Hits that was derided for its gross subject matter and annoying sound. Todd said in this tweet after The Rap Critic showed it to him while researching for the "Lighters" episode that it "may be not only Eminem's worst song, but humanity's worst moment".
  • "Just Lose It": It topped Todd's Worst of 2004 list.
• Fall Out Boy:
  • "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)": Todd calls this their most obnoxious song, which made it #8 for the Worst of 2013 list.
  • "We Didn't Start the Fire 2023"
• Genesis:
  • Todd loves all of the other singles on their Invisible Touch album (even "In Too Deep"), but he finds "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" to be a complete mess, landing it at #5 on his Worst of 1987 list.
  • "Who Dunnit?" from Abacab is a contentious song amongst even all-eras Genesis fans. It's extremely repetitive nature could end up having Todd put it on the list.
  • "Illegal Alien" is an infamously problematic song with a very questionable music video. Todd could find it awful given its handling of the subject matter.
• At least one song from MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 by Lauryn Hill: While Todd praised Hill's debut and her good performances, he outright called this album one of the worst ever made, so something on it is bound to end up on a list like this.
• "Holy Grail" by Jay-Z ft. Justin Timberlake: Todd thoroughly trashed this song in his review for its gratutious debauchery, putting it as #7 on his Worst of 2013 list.
• "American Life" by Madonna: Todd called this Madonna's worst-ever single in the American Life Trainwreckords.
• "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars: Considering all the praise Todd keeps heaping onto Bruno and how consistently he appears on his Best list, it's pretty shocking that he was once thrashing him as a douchebag, telling him to "go bankrupt and die" for this song. While he wasn't impressed by "Grenade" or "When I Was Your Man" either, neither of those songs were bad enough to make his Worst list in their respective years like "The Lazy Song" did.
• "All Around the World" by Oasis: Todd considered this the pinnacle of the Be Here Now album's bloated extravagance, calling it the band's failed equivalent of The Beatles' "Hey Jude" and "All You Need Is Love".
• "High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco: Todd said this song sounds like ass, giving it a dishonorable mention on his Worst of 2018 countdown.
• "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon: It's a Chicago-esque soft rock ballad, and while Todd likes REO Speedwagon, he hates Chicago.
• "...Ready For It?" by Taylor Swift: Although Taylor has appeared on Todd's Worst lists numerous times, he stated he considers her one of the greatest pop stars of the 2010s in his "ME!" Pop Song Review. "...Ready For It?" is her only song to top a Worst list (though "Look What You Made Me Do" and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" did make #2 and #6 in the same year).
• Justin Timberlake:
  • "Sexyback": While Todd admitted that the song was essentially Justin's coronation as the new King of Pop in the 2000s, he called it "a completely awful, unlistenable abomination of nature".
  • "Filthy": Todd considers it one of the most catastrophic lead singles ever by a pop titan.
  • "Selfish": Todd had a strongly negative reaction to the song, saying it's exactly as bad as "Filthy" and that not only does he not want this type of thing from Justin, but thinks even those who do will still be disappointed.
• "Without You" by Van Halen: Todd called it one of the worst songs he's ever heard in the Van Halen III Trainwreckords.
• Kanye West
  • "Closed on Sunday": Although Todd did not put this on his Worst of 2019 list (possibly because it wasn't a single and only charted in the top 20 as part of an album bomb), he called Jesus Is King a lowpoint in Kanye's career.
  • "Famous": Todd has a lot of respect for Kanye's first several albums, but he feels that he jumped the shark from The Life of Pablo onwards. He stated that even when Taylor Swift appeared to be busted for lying around the time this song came out, he already despised it.
  • "Carnival" with Ty Dolla $ign (as ¥$) featuring Rich the Kid & Playboi Carti: While Todd understands and respects the decision made by some of his fellow colleagues to not review Vultures, he notes that he feels some responsibility to say that this track in particular is "un-fucking-listenable". He later said that it hitting #1 is "just an unequivocally bad thing, in terms of politics and decency but also in terms of, like, having good taste". He called the lines "Head so good, she a honor roll/She ride the dick like a carnival" in the chorus "one of the worst bars he had ever heard".
• Stevie Wonder
  • "Ebony and Ivory" with Paul McCartney: Todd has said he hates this song, which most people consider a huge letdown considering the pedigree of its two performers.
  • "I Just Called to Say I Love You": In the Michael Sembello OHW, Todd cited this song to showcase how Stevie suddenly stopped making good music after Sembello stopped recording with him.

Top 10 Worst Song Concepts

Specifically for songs where Todd thought the concept behind a song was bad, not just that it was executed poorly (though many of these also have poor execution).

• An "I'm Back, Bitch!" single: Todd tends to dislike these for their lack of substance.
• "Warm Sentiments" by Arrested Development: A personal story about a girl who had an abortion... told from the perspective of her partner, who talks at lengths about his feelings and doesn't seem to care about hers.
• "Lost Boy" by Ruth B.: It amount to a self-insert fic about Peter Pan.
• "Yummy" by Justin Bieber: The whole idea of basing a sexy song around the decidedly unsexy word "yummy".
• The Black Eyed Peas:
  • "My Humps"
  • "The Time (Dirty Bit)": Todd felt that this was a mashup of two musical ideas that did not go together at all.
• "Timothy" by the Buoys: Todd didn't enjoy the cannibalism theme.
• "Knockin' Boots" by Luke Bryan: Todd was unimpressed by how the lyrics were almost entirely random statements on the form "X needs Y".
• "#SELFIE" by The Chainsmokers: Todd mostly criticized the execution, but also felt that the song had a weak concept because satirizing catty party girls is too obvious and overdone, and taking selfies isn't really something worth mocking people over anyway.
• "Take It Like a Friend" by Creedence Clearwater Revival: Todd felt that this song was just an excuse for Stu Cook to blatantly shit-talk to John Fogerty's face. "Sail Away" has a similar problem. Todd also disliked "Door to Door", which seems to be a novelty song about selling stain remover, but it probably wouldn't beat out the tracks that were made to complain about John.
• "Laffy Taffy" by D4L: Even if it didn't have the unsexy metaphors and beat, it'd still be about skeeving on and groping dancers at a strip club.
• "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots: Todd put it at #5 on his Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 1976, though it might avoid the list because it has grown on him since.
• "The Motto" by Drake ft. Lil Wayne & Tyga: For giving us the YOLO motto, which "people used as an excuse to do all sorts of stupid shit this year. If this list measured worst effect on culture as a whole, 'The Motto' would be #1."
• "F**k wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')" by Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg: Todd often dislikes diss tracks, or at least feels that they have aged badly. This song was singled out during the MC Hammer Trainwreckords episode due to it being directed at Eazy-E, who later died of AIDS and whom Dre has turned around on in hindsight, so it's a good choice to represent these diss tracks.
• "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65: The story about the blue guy surrounded by blue things was completely meaningless to Todd.
• "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo & Patsy: Todd thought "Black Comedy Anti-Christmas Song about Grandma dying" was a stupid idea for a novelty song.
• "FACK" by Eminem: A song about a disgusting sexual practice no one actually did. The track seems to exist for no reason other than to provoke you with its tastelessness.
• "Still Be Friends" by G-Eazy ft. Tory Lanez & Tyga: A song about pursuing a sexual relationship that Todd likely wouldn't buy, especially considering all three artists involved have at least been accused of being harmful to women.
• "abcdefu" by GAYLE: Mostly for revolving around that "stupid line" in the title.
• "Body Like a Back Road" by Sam Hunt: A song about Sam Hunt comparing his lover's body to a back road, which is not exactly a flattering compliment.
• "Holy Grail" by Jay-Z ft. Justin Timberlake: Because it's about people complaining about how hard it is to be rich and famous.
• "Intuition" by Jewel: If Todd had bought the explanation that the song was ironic, he'd still dislike it because he feels that a pop song that's critical of pop music is self-defeating and just makes you feel bad for listening to it. Katy Perry's "Chained to the Rhythm"^note While Todd enjoyed this song, he admitted that the concept was questionable and could see why it alienated pop fans. and some of Madonna's American Life tracks have a similar problem, but Todd would probably single out this track because of how hard he was on it in, and because the Be Yourself message is undermined by how Jewel is clearly not being herself and playing to her strengths in the song.
• "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence: Todd felt that using an arcade, a place with low-stakes video games, did not work at all as a metaphor for heartbreak. (As Todd suggested, the artist was likely going for a casino metaphor, as "arcades" are more tied to gambling in Europe, but it's still easy to read it as a song revolving around an awkward video games metaphor.)
• "Am I the Only One?" by Aaron Lewis: Todd was appalled by its message about right-wing people supposedly being oppressed, whining about the "liberal media", and especially its racist defense of Confederate statues.
• Lil Dicky:
  • "Earth": The awkward combination of a sincere message about saving the Earth, and comedy that portrays the Earth as filthy and disgusting. Also, Todd pointed out that releasing a charity single in 2019 is a bad way to raise money.
  • "Freaky Friday" ft. Chris Brown: A song that's mostly an excuse to make lazy black jokes and praise Chris Brown despite his criminal past.
• "Hot Dog" by Limp Bizkit: Todd disliked "I Love It" because it overused the word "fuck", so he'd probably dislike this for similar reasons.
• "Girl Crush" by Little Big Town: The whole thing about pretending to be about lesbian curiosity, only to reveal that it's ultimately about being attracted to a guy.
• "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO
• "American Life" by Madonna: Todd was thoroughly unimpressed by Madonna's Unintentionally Unsympathetic complaining about her celebrity life, and thought her criticism of shallowness was shallow and toothless. He was also put off by the political baggage surrounding the track.
• "Animals" by Maroon 5: Todd found the Romanticized Abuse concept creepy, and didn't buy Adam Levine's attempt to be threatening.
• "From a Distance" by Bette Midler: An adult contemporary ballad in which the singer attempts to provide an explanation for why God would allow confict and tragedy to befall on humans. The answer? God doesn't know about the people's problems, and he doesn't care enough to give them a closer look. Todd was both horrified and offended by the song's less than uplifting religious message, and it served as the primary catalyst for its addition to his Worst Hit Songs of 1991 video when other religious contemporaries (such as "Place in This World" by Michael W. Smith) were up for consideration.
• "Magic Pie" by Oasis: "He has a magic pie" is not a great idea to build a song around.
• "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction: Todd felt that the concept amounted to a boy creepily admiring a girl for being hot enough to make a good Trophy Wife, and too insecure to be a threat to him or try to leave him.
• "Let Her Go" by Passenger: Because he found the central "you only know you love her when you let her go" message stupid.
• Katy Perry:
  • "Bon Appétit" ft. Migos: Todd felt that the attempt to use food as sexual innuendo was just stupid and gross.
  • "E.T." ft. Kanye West: Todd found the "alien-themed Romanticized Abuse song named after the decidedly unsexy alien E.T." premise questionable.
• Liz Phair:
  • "And He Slayed Her": Liz Phair's revenge fantasy about Andy Slater, the head of Capitol Records when she was there.
  • "U Hate It": Not only is it yet another meta song about showbiz, a topic Todd was already really tired of, but it's about how she thought Funstyle would be massively successful. Todd described it as "delusional".
• "Unborn Child" by Seals & Crofts: The Title Track of a pro-life concept album that made Todd go, "WHAT THE FUCK".
• Taylor Swift:
  • "Look What You Made Me Do" by: Todd thought this was a clumsy attempt from Taylor to regain control of her public image.
  • "Shake It Off": It's about how she claims her "haters" don't bother her, which Todd found unconvincing given her past behavior and the fact that she felt the need to write a response to the hate.
    Todd: If you are so bothered by someone saying you stay out too late that you have to write a response, you have officially failed to "shake it off."
  • "You Need to Calm Down": For its analogy between homophobic hate crimes and anti-Taylor troll attacks. However, as Todd mentioned that the pro-LGBTQ message might be meaningful to many young LGBTQ people despite the problem, this song would probably not be chosen over "Look What You Made Me Do" or "Shake It Off" (for other Taylor songs) or "Girl Crush" (for a worse take on LGBTQ elements).
• A song on Paula by Robin Thicke: While Todd didn't think the album was that bad overall, he described its very existence as "so shitty to [Paula]", so a song from it would be a good fit for a list like this.
• "Filthy" by Justin Timberlake: The "filthy hands" concept didn't come off as sexy at all to Todd.
• Train:
  • "50 Ways to Say Goodbye": Todd felt that the idea of a guy who got dumped and makes up absurd lies about his ex dying to avoid admitting it was "neither funny nor compelling".
  • "Drive By": He felt that the "romantic" concept was creepy.
• "One I Want" by Van Halen: Mostly for the nonsensical lyrics.
• "I Love It" by Kanye West & Lil Pump ft. Adele Givens: Todd felt that this was a lazy and incoherent track that mostly served as an excuse to say "fuck" over and over.
• "Spectacular" by Kiely Williams: It's somewhat obscure, but Todd would probably be appalled at how it portrays a drunk one-night stand with Questionable Consent as fun, as well as Williams's Parody Retcon where she tried to claim the song was intended to warn about the behaviours it portrays.
• A song on Mission Earth by Edgar Winter: Not only is it an adaptation of Mission Earth, an unpopular book series Todd hated, but most of the songs are barely related to the books. A lowlight is "Treacherous Love", which is supposedly about a minor character becoming a heroin addict because of psychiatry and psychology, despite its upbeat tone and lyrics that might as well come from a song about an evil lover.

Top 10 Songs That Fit Their Album the Least

• "Die Another Day" by Madonna: Todd felt that this was completely irrelevant to the theme of American Life, and wondered if it was only there to keep the album from being hitless.
• Edgar Winter:
  • "Treacherous Love": It revolves around a minor Mission Earth character who suffers from heroin addiction, but the song itself sounds more like a "dangerous woman" song. Todd speculated that the track was just something Winter had lying around and decided to shoehorn into the album.
  • "Bang Bang": Another track about a minor character, and its style was really out of place compared to the rest of the album.

Top 10 Worst Choices for Singles

• "United Front" by Arrested Development: Although Todd liked this song, he felt it was a terrible choice for a single due to being too dreary.
• "Maybe I Mean Yes" by Holly Dunn: Although the song was merely about a flirtatious woman playing the By "No", I Mean "Yes" trope, it killed her career because some listeners felt that the lyrics, especially the line "When I say 'no' I mean 'maybe', or maybe I mean 'yes'", condoned Date Rape. It was a new song on her Greatest Hits Album Milestones: Greatest Hits, and would likely have stirred up controversy even if it hadn't been released as a single, but it might have done less damage to her career if that were the case.
• Jewel
  • "Intuition": In the 0304 episode, he mentions that he thinks the project might've been salvageable with a better lead single. The most likely candidates would be the personal songs with a pop sheen, which he described as "pretty good".
  • "Stand": Todd called it redundant and said Jewel shouldn't have doubled down on the "ooh I'm alienated by the shallowness of society" message. He also said she sounded haughty and pretentious.
• "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" by Jordan Knight: While Todd believed Jordan had a lot of potential as a solo artist, he considered it a huge mistake to turn this Prince song into an easy listening ballad and was not surprised that it killed his momentum.
• "Hello Kitty" by Avril Lavigne: Hinted in the "Shake It Off" review, where Todd used it as an example of Lavigne releasing something flailing and desperate. Its use of EDM and dubstep reeked of attempts to stay relevant, and her attempt to capitalize on her fandom in Japan (with the music video being filmed in Tokyo and Gratuitous Japanese thrown in the lyrics) got her accused of racism. The song flopped and sped up the fall her career was in, so it'll probably make a list like this if Todd finds something better on its parent album.
• "Donkey" by Jerrod Niemann: Releasing this song as a single did significant damage to Niemann's career because the traditionally conservative-minded country fandom didn't appreciate the Double Entendre lyrics about ass.
• "Am I Black Enough For You?" by Billy Paul: Todd has talked about how its black nationalist themes and message alienated mainstream white listeners. It doesn't help that nearly everybody on the label, including Paul himself, thought it would indeed be a terrible choice for a single, but the head of the label loved the song and released it as his second single anyway.
• "Bon Appétit" by Katy Perry ft. Migos: He has said on Twitter that releasing it as a single was a "bad fucking idea". In the "Yummy" Pop Song Review, he argued that while the first single from Witness underperformed, "Bon Appétit" was what really sank the album.
• "South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran ft. Camila Cabello & Cardi B: Hinted in a tweet.
• "ME!" by Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco: Todd found this lead single to be extremely flavorless, and felt it could have ended Taylor's career had it not been for its attention-stirring followup.
• "Get Her Back" by Robin Thicke: While Todd felt there were a lot of pretty good songs on the Paula album, he criticized this leadoff single choice not only for being too dull coming off the success of "Blurred Lines", but also for setting the negative tone that would lead to Paula's infamously poor sales.
• "Filthy" by Justin Timberlake: Todd put this at #2 on his Worst of 2018 countdown, where he suggested Man of the Woods could've had more hits due to stylistically fitting in with current trends, but that this song "poisoned the well really early."
• "Follow God" by Kanye West: This tweet suggests that he thinks it was a poor choice.
• "Spectacular" by Kiely Williams: This single was her first solo release. The controversy surrounding it ensured that it would also be her last. If it were just a random song on an album, it would probably have been controversial and possibly career-killing anyway, but then she'd at least get to release one album.

Top 10 Worst Guest Verses/Vocals

• Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett in "Break Up" by Mario
• Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, Tyga, Nicki Minaj, and Lloyd in "BedRock" by Young Money: Lil Wayne is the leader of Young Money, and ergo, the lead artist; also, Todd gives Drake a pass for having the only good line in the song.
• will.i.am in "OMG" by Usher.
• Tyga and Kevin McCall in "Deuces" by Chris Brown
• Pitbull in "I Like It" by Enqire Iglesias: As Todd said in his "Worst of 2010 (which he didn't already cover)" retrospect: "[Pitbull] makes the good songs go bad, and the bad songs get worse."
• Pitbull in "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" by Usher
• Kanye West in "E.T." by Katy Perry
• Wiz Khalifa in "Payphone" by Maroon 5
• Astro in "Want U Back (UK single release)" by Cher Lloyd: In his review of the song, Todd wanted to hear the version with the guest verse, hoping it would put the jealous and catty lead in her place. But it turned out the ex-boyfriend was both as catty as her and played by a kid.
• Chris Brown in "Birthday Cake (Remix)" by Rihanna
• Nicki Minaj in "Girl on Fire (Inferno mix)" by Alicia Keys.
• Nelly in "Cruise (Remix)" by Florida Georgia Line: Todd already hated the original, and notes that the guest verse wasn't even necessary, as Todd claims that he found a version of "Cruise (Remix)" which cuts Nelly's part out, and Todd only barely notices it was missing.
• Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J in "23" by Mike Will Made It (Miley Cyrus sings the first verse and the hook)
• Future and Rick Ross in "U.O.E.N.O." by Rocko
• Juicy J in "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry
• 2 Chainz in "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo
• Charli XCX in "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea: While Todd believed that Charli was the better artist on "Fancy", the chorus she was given was bad.
• Rita Ora in "Black Widow" by Iggy Azalea
• Kendrick Lamar in "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift
• Kendrick Lamar in "Don't Wanna Know" by Maroon 5
• Camila Cabello in "Bad Things" by Machine Gun Kelly
• SZA in "What Lovers Do" by Maroon 5: Even though Todd said he liked SZA, he states that Adam Levine dragged her down in this song.
• Taylor Swift in "I Don't Want to Live Forever" by Zayn Malik
• Chris Brown in "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky
• Everyone who contributed a line in "Earth" by Lil Dicky: Every line not sung by Lil Dicky himself is basically a cringeworthy punchline.
• Brendon Urie in "ME!" by Taylor Swift
• Iggy Pop in "I Wanna Be Your Slave (Remix)" by Måneskin

Top 10 Songs That Didn't Age Well

This may be due to Harsher in Hindsight, Values Dissonance, or simply Hilarious in Hindsight. We can also include songs that were too much of Unintentional Period Pieces to be enjoyable at any other time, particularly bad/blatant examples of Condemned by History trends, and similar. (Try to avoid songs that are just boring in hindsight, e.g. a song that was written specifically for an event and is now uninteresting because the event is long forgotten. Of course, a one-off song can still qualify if there's something noteworthy about it.)

• An "I'm Back, Bitch" single that tried to portray its creator(s) as huge, but flopped, thus proving that maybe they weren't as great as they thought they were.
• Any duet between a real-life couple expressing their love for each other, only for them to break up later.
• "Baby, It's Cold Outside": Todd has argued on Twitter that even though it can be argued that the woman is looking for an excuse to stay, the man's tone comes across as bullying. It doesn't help that it's not necessarily clear to a modern listener why she needs an excuse to stay in the first place. It doesn't help that Todd called it "the original Blurred Lines" in his Best of 2013 retrospect.
• 6ix9ine
  • "BREAKIN IT DOWN": "Order stitches for these snitches, dead men tell no tales"... yeah.
  • "GUMMO": While Todd seems annoyed that some people think "I don't fuck with no old hoes, only new hoes" is a pedophilia reference, it can still be argued that the line sounds uncomfortable in retrospect.
• "Mr. Wendal" by Arrested Development: Todd didn't mind this track when he originally bought the group's first album, but after a few years, he found it corny and tedious, even theorizing that it may have been the reason for their abrupt downfall.
• "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" by Big & Rich: Todd considered this a huge breath of fresh air back when it first came out in 2004, but felt it ultimately became the unfortunate harbinger of bro-country.
• "Something in Common" by Bobby Brown ft. Whitney Houston: Especially after Whitney Houston's untimely death in 2012, this duet comes across as anything but genuine.
• "#SELFIE" by The Chainsmokers: When Todd named it the second worst hit of 2014, he described it as "painfully 2014", suggesting that it has no hope of aging gracefully (not that he thought it was any good in the first place).
• "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene: Its ignorantly idyllic treatment of traditional gender roles, even in the case of implicitly abusive marriages, is quite #problematic by modern standards.
• A love song from Two the Hard Way by Cher and Gregg Allman: This album has a lot of songs about how much these two supposedly love each other. However, their real-life relationship was turbulent and didn't last. (The love songs between Cher and Sonny Bono have a similar problem, but at least they had chemistry and voices that fit well together — they were able to sell it even after their divorce.)
• "We Didn't Start the Flame War" by Dropout: Todd tweeted that it "may as well be written in hieroglyphics now".
• "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)" by Bill Cosby: Due to Cosby's wholesome image being destroyed by later revelations about his horrific record of sexual misconduct, it's pretty much just as hard now to appreciate this parody single in a light-hearted way as The Cosby Show.
• "A Guy Is a Guy" by Doris Day: Even for a song from the early 1950s, when social conservatism ruled America with an iron fist, this song's message, which actively encourages women to marry stalkers (even if they're initially resistant), is frightfully backwards.
• "F**k wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')" by Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg: Hinted in the MC Hammer Trainwreckords, where Todd felt the constant diss tracks of the gangsta rap era have aged badly. He singled this song out due to being directed at Eazy-E, who later died of AIDS and whom Dre has turned around on in hindsight.
• Drake:
  • "Circo Loco" with 21 Savage: Upon release, the track garnered controversy over a line in Drake's verse that was heavily interpreted as a diss towards Megan Thee Stallion regarding her allegations toward being shot by Tory Lanez. Less than two months after the song came out, Lanez would be convicted on three charges stemming from the incident.
  • "Toosie Slide": In the Pop Song Review of this track, Todd called it the anthem of the quarantine, meaning it's completely worthless in any other context.
• "Game of Love" by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: Its lyrics have aged badly due to their blunt heteronormativity and easily implied sexism. There's even a meme image calling it a "Mike Pence Anthem."
• "Do You Wanna Touch Me" by Gary Glitter: This song is pretty uncomfortable now that Glitter has been convicted of possession of child porn, child sexual abuse and attempted rape of minors.
• "F**k You" by Cee Lo Green: Hinted on Twitter. It was originally Todd's #1 Best Hit Song of 2011, but now he isn't really impressed by it.
• "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" by Rolf Harris: Just like with Bill Cosby’s song, this Rolf Harris novelty hit is hard to enjoy given his history of sexual abuse.
• "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" by Inner Circle: Although this song was seen as benign back in 1993, today its chorus can easily be interpreted as #rapey, particularly for the "and if you cry out, I'm gonna push it some more" line.
• Michael Jackson
  • "Black or White": Despite being one of Michael Jackson's most famous songs, Todd hinted in the "This Is America" review that it hasn't aged well due to mainstream understandings of racism having evolved dramatically since the early '90s.
  • "Human Nature": Shortly after the release of Leaving Neverland in 2019, Todd tweeted about how he thinks the song is the one that "reads the creepiest in hindsight".
  • "You Are Not Alone": A love song written by R. Kelly, which becomes even harsher after Kelly was accused and later convicted of multiple sexual abuse crimes (and to a lesser extent, Jackson's own abuse allegations).
• R. Kelly
  • "Bump n’ Grind" or "Your Body's Callin'": Although R. Kelly's music as a whole is more difficult to appreciate due to his real-life scandals, these two songs in particular (especially the former) more or less draw attention to his disconnected pervertedness in hindsight.
  • "I'm a Flirt" ft. T.I. & T-Pain: Another R. Kelly song that has aged poorly for similar reasons, made even worse by the fact that this came after the allegations against him were made public. While talking about "Freaky Friday", Todd admitted that he still listens to R. Kelly songs even though he's not proud of it.
• Kesha's early work: Despite initially seeming like a carefree party girl upon her commercial breakthrough, the revelations about Dr. Luke's abusive treatment towards her cause her trashy, light-hearted material to seem like a forced pose in hindsight, especially since she has since gone on to record much more mature, thoughtful music that's more in-line with her real personality.
• "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" by Peggy Lee: She sings this entire song with a phony Latina accent. While pop music from the '40s is probably low-hanging fruit for a list like this, this track stands out.
• "Last Train Home" by Lostprophets: An innocent love song comes off as a lot creepier knowing that lead singer Ian Watkins is a pedophile.
• "The Show Goes On" by Lupe Fiasco: Todd initially called this the sixth best hit song of 2011, but now agrees with its lukewarm reception in hindsight.
• A Mad Love declaration song from Eat Me, Drink Me by Marilyn Manson: Several tracks on the album are this to his then-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood, made even more uncomfortable when in 2021, she revealed that he had been abusive towards her in their relationship.
• "Indian Outlaw" by Tim McGraw: Its lyrics are from the POV of a Native American protagonist (sung by the very-much white McGraw) and full of badly-aged Native American stereotypes.
• "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur: Its lyrics have not aged well due to their heavy use of cultural appropriation.
• "When You're Mad" by Ne-Yo: It may not have stirred up that much controversy in 2006, but considering how blatantly #rapey the lyrics are, it certainly would've ruined Ne-Yo's career had it come out today.
• "Coconut" by Harry Nilsson: Harry's fake Caribbean accent may seem a little tasteless by modern standards.
• "Accidental Racist" by Brad Paisley ft. LL Cool J: It was already career-killingly bad in 2013, but it sounds even more cringeworthy today.
• "All Star" by Smash Mouth: In the Song vs. Song podcast, Todd said he liked this song at first but started to despise it after it became overexposed through use in film. He may have since grown more nostalgic for it, though.
• "Getting Gay With Kids" by South Park: While Todd did favourably compare this track to "Earth"^note at least this joke was relevant and didn't undermine the song's message, he thinks the mindlessly contrarian attitude of South Park has aged badly.^note This song was just intended to mock misguided activism, but to many viewers, it came off as an attack on the rainforest and/or activism in general.
• "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band: Todd summed up up its reputation by saying it was extremely successful at the time, but in retrospect pretty much everyone agrees that it was absolutely terrible. With that said, Todd himself has always hated the song.
• "Date Rape" by Sublime: Mentioned on Song vs. Song, where he said he used to love this song but now thinks it had aged badly.
• Taylor Swift
  • "Mean": In his Worst of 2017 episode, Todd cited this as an early omen of what Taylor would degenerate into by the time she released "Look What You Made Me Do".
  • "Shake It Off": Todd has never found its "haters don't bother me" statement believable, but it's even less convincing now that reputation and "You Need to Calm Down" have been released.
• "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell Williams: Although this song was controversial right from the start, it was initially able to coast off the catchy disco beat and being treated as not entirely real (similar to how Todd described '90s and 2000s hip hop in his Worst of 2018 countdown). However, after the Paula fiasco confirmed everything bad about Robin Thicke that his critics already accused him of, it became much harder to separate the questionable message in "Blurred Lines" from Thicke himself.
• "My Boo" by Usher & Alicia Keys: Although he mentioned liking it in the "OMG" review, the song has apparently heavily soured on him, if this tweet is to be believed, noting that even Chris Brown might have one song better than it.
• "Spectacular" by Kiely Williams: A song whose protagonist sings about how much she enjoyed a one-night stand with questionable-at-best consent. (Williams later tried to justify it by claiming the song was supposed to draw attention to the issue of women getting drunk and having unprotected sex.) It was horribly received even back in 2010, but it comes across even worse now.
• "Single White Female" by Chely Wright: The chorus ends with "looking for a man like you", which now sounds tragically insincere considering Chely later came out as a lesbian and has chronicled in her autobiography how badly her sexuality crippled her for so many years. She does change the lyrics during live performances now, though.
• "Murder on My Mind" by YNW Melly: This song became rather uncomfortable after YNW Melly turned himself in for double murder charges.^note Note that the song was released more than a year before the alleged murders took place, so you can't interpret it as a confession. If he's convicted, it'll turn into a very blatant case of Harsher in Hindsight.
• "Transphobic Techno (Bitch Got a Penis)" by Your Favorite Martian: A techno track whose lyrics are just some guy repeating that "bitch got a penis" over and over. It was cringeworthy even back in 2012, but it comes off even worse now.

Top 10 Songs That Have Improved With Time

• "Deeper Understanding" by Kate Bush: It's a song about becoming emotionally attached to a computer. While such devices were still primitive and only owned by a limited number of people in 1989, they have since become an everyday part of life.
• "Respect" by Aretha Franklin: A feminist anthem right from the beginning, it has since become one of the most influential songs of all time, particularly for shattering major barriers for women and African Americans in making charged political statements in music. It's still seen as the quintessential feminist song over half a century later.
• "You Don't Own Me" by Leslie Gore: There's a reason this feminist anthem has endured so heavily in the public consciousness, even though it's a teen idol pop song from 1963.
• "Drowning" by Hootie & the Blowfish: While Todd thinks the song itself blows, its blasting of the Confederate flag was brave in the '90s, and is still relevant today now that public opinion has turned heavily against it.
• Something from Billy Idol's Cyberpunk: Despite being off-the-charts lame in 1993, Todd considers this album an enormous guilty pleasure of his and feels it was way ahead of its time, specifically for its conceptual similarity to modern SoundCloud rap and cyberpunk themes becoming increasingly relevant in the world today.
• "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai: If this song's critique of society's dangerous obsession with technology wasn't already relevant in 1996, it's certainly topical today.
• "Don't Tell 'Em" by Jeremih ft. YG: Despite giving it a dishonorable mention in his least favorite year for pop music since he started his series, Todd has since very much come around on this track.
• "Pollution" by Tom Lehrer: Its message is still highly relevant today.
• "Sucker for Pain" by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla Sign ft. X Ambassadors: It didn't appear anywhere on the Best list in 2016, nor did it get an honorable mention, but Todd has since called it his favorite Imagine Dragons song, making it better than "It's Time" (#7 on his Best list for 2012).
• "New Rules" by Dua Lipa: In 2017, Todd cited this as an example of all pop music that year sounding dull and indistinguishable. In 2018, he called it the #9 best hit song of the year.
• "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock: While Todd didn't like it back when it first came out, he stated at the time it would probably evolve into a nostalgic time capsule after the over saturation of club music faded. Now that pop music has become so dour and downbeat, it's likely Todd's original prophecy did indeed come true for him.
• "A Little Good News" by Anne Murray: Although Todd generally dislikes Anne Murray, this song's message of being desperate for world events to not be so painful would probably resonate deeply with him now.
• "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett: Despite citing it as an example of Once Original, Now Common in his One Hit Wonderland retrospective, he stated that it's nonetheless the definitive Halloween song, making it a timeless classic in the long run after initially just seeming like yet another stupid late '50s/early '60s novelty single (and not even the first Halloween-themed one).
• "Raise Your Glass" by P!nk: Todd hinted on Twitter that it would likely replace Lupe Fiasco's "The Show Goes On" on his Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2011 had he done the list today.
• "Scandal" by Queen: A searing assault on sensationalist tabloid media is just as relevant (and arguably more) today as the press continues to sell sensational sleaze.
• "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane: Despite disliking the song initially, stating that he felt it made him feel old, Todd has since completely turned around on Rae Sremmurd, calling them the best hook artists in hip hop. Its similarity to "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo also gave it a brief popularity resurgence in 2019.
• "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell ft. Michael Jackson: Not only is its theme of paranoia much more relevant in the age of digital surveillance, but the events of Michael Jackson's personal life after 1984 cause his guest spot to feel much more fitting in hindsight.
• "Mother's Little Helper" by The Rolling Stones: It deals with prescription drug abuse, which is as relevant today as it was in the '60s.
• "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (or some other old dance craze): In the "Toosie Slide" review, Todd admitted that old dance crazes like this have grown on him (to some degree) because they at least had some youthful energy, unlike the duller "Toosie Slide".
• "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner: It became an especially moving song after the release of the movie of the same name nine years later.
• "Happy Birthday" by Stevie Wonder: This was Stevie Wonder's campaign for a national holiday celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Six years later, his wish actually came true.

Top 10 Songs Whose Meaning is Misunderstood

• "Who Let the Dogs Out" by Baha Men: Often thought of as a silly novelty song, the song is actually a feminist anthem against cat calling.
• "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by Beastie Boys: One of the biggest cases of Creator Backlash in music, the song was intended to be a Take That! against frat boy culture of the 80s. Instead, the song was embraced as an anthem of the very culture it was satirizing.
• "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt: Often played as a wedding song, the song is actually about a guy who is high on drugs lusting after a woman with another man.
• "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins: A popular urban legend is that the song is about a man who refused to save a drowning swimmer; however, the song is really about Phil's divorce from his first wife.
• "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter: Since the song came out the year after Kurt Cobain's suicide, many people believed that the song was about him; however, Richard Patrick wrote the song in 1991. The actual subject of the song was R. Budd Dwyer, a disgraced Pennsylvania politician who infamously committed suicide on live television during a press conference at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in 1987.
• "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant: The song was written in response to the 1981 Brixton riots, although very little rioting actually happened on the titular street.
• Green Day:
  • "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)": Often played as a graduation song, it is about a breakup between frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and his girlfriend.
  • "Wake Me Up When September Ends": The song is a deeply personal song for Billie Joe, as it was written about the death of his father when he was only 10 years old. The somber song had become the butt of an annual joke where the song's title was taken literally, to the point where the band had to publicly tell fans to stop.
• "Imagine" by John Lennon: The song is often used as an anthem of love and peace. Lennon practically admitted that the song was The Communist Manifesto in a sugar-coated form.
• "Material Girl" by Madonna: Another case of Poe's Law, one that Madonna would later regret.
• "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary: Despite the popular (and long debunked) myth that the song was about getting high on marijuana, the song is about the loss of childhood innocence.
• "Every Breath You Take" by The Police: Another misinterpreted "wedding song", the song is actually about a Stalker with a Crush.
• "Gangnam Style" by PSY: The 2012 viral hit is a scathing social satire of the hedonism of the titular district in Seoul. However, because of the Language Barrier, its actual meaning was lost on most Westerners.
• "Closing Time" by Semisonic: It is often played as an anthem for last call at the bar, but as discussed in the OHW episode covering the song, "Closing Time" is about the birth of Dan Wilson's child.
• "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen: Despite the song's title and upbeat tune, the lyrics are a scathing criticism of how Vietnam War veterans in particular and the working class in general were mistreated.
• "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I: In what was supposed to be a satrical backlash against performing the same thing over and over again, it has become a "self-fulfilling prophecy" according to a Tweet by Todd.

Top 10 Songs Hated By Their Artist

• "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by Beastie Boys: As outlined in the misunderstood songs entry, the song was supposed to be a scathing satrical criticism of 80s frat boy culture, only to be played straight by said frat boys.
• "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin: More specifically lead singer Robert Plant hates the song.
• "Wonderwall" by Oasis
• "Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo
• "Creep" by Radiohead: Frontman Thom Yorke hated the song because it was often the only song of the group's that concertgoers wanted to hear.
• "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M.

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