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19. Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 12:28 PM

Dec 5

Sounds like an incel stalker working himself up to commit rape.

Johnny Get Angry -- Joanie Summers. Masochistic woman begs her boyfriend to show her who's the boss.

My Sharona -- The Knack. Every word is totally creepy and cringeworthy.

Young Girl -- Gary Picket and the Union Gap. Pedophile sex attraction song that blames the girl for being too sexy for her age.

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Top Ten Worst Songs Made Since 1950 [View all] AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 OP

After that Starship debacle the Jefferson Airplane reformed AZSkiffyGeek Dec 4 #1

Everyone forgets the first Starship album "Blows Against the Empire" dwayneb Dec 6 #83

Once Mickey Thomas joined they went downhill fast AZSkiffyGeek Dec 6 #91

I had no idea Taupin wrote that. underpants Dec 16 #189

I didn't realize that either! AZSkiffyGeek Dec 16 #191

Steam room at the Y underpants Dec 16 #192

You can't have a list of worst songs without..... lastlib Dec 4 #2

Agree, debm55 Dec 4 #3

Danny's song is dumb, especially the paper cup line. AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 #4

Totally agree regarding Havin' My Baby. wnylib Dec 5 #18

You're Havin' My Baby was the first song that came to mind when Mike 03 Dec 15 #148

Having My Baby LeftInTX Dec 16 #166

Absolutely agree about the first one! ShazzieB Dec 10 #101

Yeah...I like Danny's Song. Anne Murray's version. It's about song about a little kid. LeftInTX Dec 16 #167

I just LOVED the Bee Gees! I loved disco! CTyankee Dec 16 #193

Two songs popped into my mind, unbidden sorcrow Dec 4 #5

Afternoon Delight is terrible. Take a Letter Maria I completely forgot about. Knock Two Times is another I considered. AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 #8

Afternoon Delight was so bad that Sneederbunk Dec 11 #135

It also got the group a tv show, which ran for a few weeks in 1977. Prof. Toru Tanaka Dec 15 #156

Afternoon Delight is an insipid song, but... LudwigPastorius Dec 16 #165

What? No "Muskrat Love"? Shipwack Dec 4 #6

Captain and Tennille are in a class all by themselves, like the Bay City Rollers AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 #9

Finally, someone named it! Sanity Claws Dec 5 #51

Oh god, youre so right! ShazzieB Dec 10 #104

You stole it The Madcap Dec 15 #152

This message was self-deleted by its author The Madcap Dec 15 #153

Awful! LeftInTX Dec 16 #168

This is all that remains. No video exists! LeftInTX Dec 16 #169

then there's Norman & James Hold the Ladder Steady(both by sue thompson) and msongs Dec 4 #7

The Lion Sleeps Tonight Cartoonist Dec 5 #10

I couldn't include a traditional african folksong, but the Tokens version does get tiresome quickly. AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #11

I like the Weavers version! ShazzieB Dec 10 #111

Pete Seeger is one of my idols. When my father had business in Beacon on time, I met him when I was seven in the AZLD4Candidate Dec 10 #118

Oh, wow, what a great story! ShazzieB Dec 11 #123

The parody anti-Trump version was way better jmowreader Dec 5 #61

There's an interesting story about it. I'm a liitle vague on it but... electric_blue68 Dec 6 #69

Two that deserve honorable mention sarge43 Dec 5 #12

Absolutely Macarthur Park NoRethugFriends Dec 5 #27

Must admit I liked Macarthur Park dwayneb Dec 6 #84

My husband saw Richard Harris in Camelot. Apparently there was some noise in the audience and he gave them a dirty look LeftInTX Dec 16 #171

Ghastly song. Paladin Dec 11 #125

I was wondering when MacArthur Park would show up. Scrivener7 Dec 5 #29

I kind of like McArthur Park, however the description of you & your sis singing it in a parody style, then cracking up.. electric_blue68 Dec 6 #70

MacArthur Park is brilliant! Freddie Dec 11 #129

The lyrics are pretty awful... av8rdave Dec 15 #146

Richard Harris's last word were: "It was the food!!" LeftInTX Dec 16 #181

I like MacArthur Park so much that I recorded the opening notes and they are now my ringtone. But I know there's a large NBachers Dec 16 #184

Sarge43 named the first two worst songs that popped into my head 10 Turtle Day Dec 5 #13

Look up Working My Way Back to You by the Four Seasons AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #17

I was just about to nokinate Ruby. ShazzieB Dec 10 #105

Worst That Could Happen Freddie Dec 11 #130

This one deserves at least an honorable mention True Dough Dec 5 #14

Ballad of the Green Berets justaprogressive Dec 5 #15

did you not read the first paragraph of my post? Any suggestions may be used in future lists if done politely. AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #16

I am at a complete loss as to what this post is on about. Scrivener7 Dec 5 #31

I don't get it, either. ShazzieB Dec 10 #112

Winnah! zanana1 Dec 5 #23

Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield wnylib Dec 5 #19

To be fair, in Young Girl, the girl did hide her age from the singer and at the end, he told her to get lost AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #25

Well, he claims in the song that she hid her age. wnylib Dec 5 #47

the song is about an 11 year old? prodigitalson Dec 5 #50

Song never said the girl's age, just that she's a young girl AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #59

It is about an adult man's strong attraction to and desure for wnylib Dec 6 #72

that's really gross prodigitalson Dec 6 #73

Saw Gary Puckett in concert last year Freddie Dec 11 #131

Considering lyrics of rap and hip hop, Puckett is tame. AZLD4Candidate Dec 11 #138

you could make a whole list of statutory rape songs prodigitalson Dec 5 #30

"Turn Around Look At Me" by the Vogues Ritabert Dec 5 #37

Every Breath You Take - Police prodigitalson Dec 5 #49

Great song. highplainsdem Dec 5 #62

It's ok. I got tired of hearing it. prodigitalson Dec 6 #71

That song was deliberately meant to be creepy. ShazzieB Dec 10 #113

If we're going to bring The Police into it, I want Mike 03 Dec 15 #150

is there a connection to the Bowles novel Sheltering Sky? prodigitalson Dec 15 #164

She's Sexy and 17 Coventina Dec 7 #92

that one depends on the jurisdiction prodigitalson Dec 10 #99

Stray Cats: Polybius Dec 16 #180

I hated that Jessie's Girl song. So annoying, don't know why it was a chart topper. It was sooo lame... LeftInTX Dec 16 #170

I loved that song as a kid Polybius Dec 16 #179

Thank Heaven For Little Girls Polybius Dec 16 #182

"You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone Submariner Dec 5 #20

Might not qualify under Rule A, because it only charted around 38 or so... malthaussen Dec 5 #21

Holy crap, I've never heard of this one. 3catwoman3 Dec 5 #48

I was going to mention this one if no one else did. Worst song ever! FuzzyRabbit Dec 5 #52

This is the worst recent one (NSFW) Mosby Dec 5 #22

How is it that there are this many comments and not one has mentioned Danascot Dec 5 #24

Again, all of these are awesome when I do another list like this. AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #26

I love it. malthaussen Dec 5 #63

My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas prodigitalson Dec 5 #28

Country Rap is what it is if you take out the letter OUNTRY. Just like Chinese Rap if you take out the HINESE AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #41

You mean you don't like the line "my lovely lady lumps?" AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #42

The ealier they are found the more treatable they are prodigitalson Dec 5 #43

I personally don't like songs that make female singers sound like vapid airheads. AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #44

Indeed it does, and somehow its even worse prodigitalson Dec 5 #45

Add Billy Joel's "For The Longest Time" to this list. lastlib Dec 5 #32

"Piano Man" is a much worse song... appmanga Dec 10 #106

He said in Howard Stern he was shocked it became a hit underpants Dec 16 #188

I ADORE "For The Longest Time"! ShazzieB Dec 10 #114

I went to a Billy Joel show in the mid 80s... av8rdave Dec 15 #147

That Honey song was so awful, even Sequoia Dec 5 #33

Yep "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro was seriously cringeworthy dwayneb Dec 6 #75

doesn't meet any of the criteria but my friend accused me of trying to kill him The Wandering Harper Dec 5 #34

Lee Greenwood's God bless the USA tikka Dec 5 #35

I was surprised it took 35 post to mention it. jimfields33 Dec 15 #157

What about "Short People?" Jrsygrl96 Dec 5 #36

Short People was deliberately sarcastic and directed spooky3 Dec 6 #81

Yes! ShazzieB Dec 10 #115

Glad to hear that! I met Randy Newman when I volunteered spooky3 Dec 10 #120

"Escape (the Pina Colada song)" Ritabert Dec 5 #38

oh God yes AZLD4Candidate Dec 5 #39

Ah Jesus Yes! Mike 03 Dec 15 #149

My friend was the sax player Henry203 Dec 15 #160

The music was good. It was the lyrics that were annoying. Ritabert Dec 15 #161

I hate that song... LeftInTX Dec 16 #172

Yup that gets a rec NBachers Dec 16 #185

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I like the Chipmunks...Great Armenian music! LeftInTX Dec 16 #173

Honeycomb CanonRay Dec 5 #46

Are you thinking of the song boonecreek Dec 5 #55

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The first time I heard it boonecreek Dec 5 #57

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Feelings by Morris Albert LookoutMtnWriter Dec 5 #54

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AZLD4Candidate............. Upthevibe Dec 5 #64

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Wives and Lovers Jack Jones 1963 Amanita Pantherina Dec 6 #80

Ugh nt spooky3 Dec 6 #87

A rare mistake by Burt Bacharach and Hal David Freddie Dec 11 #133

No one hated "Seasons in The Sun" as much as I did? spooky3 Dec 6 #82

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Rock version of a Spanish Civil War song. I tend to give things like this a pass. AZLD4Candidate Dec 7 #95

This may not fit your standards, as it is a spoken word record... GReedDiamond Dec 6 #89

This was just as terrible as the "I was there" one the right wing put out after 9/11 AZLD4Candidate Dec 7 #96

Aw I like Barbie Girl FullySupportDems Dec 6 #90

I agree! ShazzieB Dec 10 #107

Thank you! I thought it was just me lol FullySupportDems Dec 10 #121

I like it too. LeftInTX Dec 16 #175

Let's Hear It For The Boy EuterpeThelo Dec 7 #93

Paper Roses, Ebony and Ivory, She's Sixteen (She's Beautiful and She's Mine) Midnight Writer Dec 7 #94

Johnny Preston "Running Bear" Doc_Technical Dec 7 #98

Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight radical noodle Dec 10 #100

More, More, More BeyondGeography Dec 10 #102

Nothing like a divisive music post. Basso8vb Dec 10 #103

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Hungry Like the Wolf, and Your Body is Wonderland consider_this Dec 10 #108

90% of the music from the 50's and 60's. Elessar Zappa Dec 10 #110

I finally thought of one that nobody's mentioned yet! ShazzieB Dec 10 #117

Pearl Jam did a cover of this butt-awful song. Dulcinea Dec 14 #142

Yes, I mentioned that in my post. 😁 ShazzieB Dec 15 #144

I'd rather listen to "We Built This City" ten times in a row ... dawg Dec 10 #119

From my favorite artist - title track from Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970) JoseBalow Dec 10 #122

Oh come on...Chris De Burgh's "Lady in Red"? jmowreader Dec 11 #124

Nooo, now I got Achy Breaky Heart stuck in my head! Dave Bowman Dec 11 #126

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Sweet Caroline. Dulcinea Dec 14 #143

100 percent yes. It's a gross song. jimfields33 Dec 15 #158

It is one of the required Party Band songs Old Crank Dec 16 #177

Easy list! av8rdave Dec 15 #145

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The absence of Disco Duck invalidates the entire list Clash City Rocker Dec 15 #154

Convoy The Madcap Dec 15 #155

The Name Game by Shirley Ellis. Paper Roses Dec 15 #159

Some that I haven't seen listed Trellastic Dec 15 #162

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While several of you have committed blasphemy, Conjuay Dec 15 #163

... Polybius Dec 16 #178

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"Dancing in the Streets" and "Beast of Burden" regardless of the artist underpants Dec 16 #190