Worst Songs of 2013

The Top Ten
1 We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus

I just accidentally voted for this, hm. It's certainly not the greatest by any means, but I also wouldn't call it the worst. I've heard far worse and to be honest, it's catchy.

Everyone seems to take guilty pleasures too seriously and denounce them for being either popular or, well, popular. It's currently popular to hate Miley Cyrus for being "provocative" and what not, but I've heard far worse. Miley's talented and I think "We Can't Stop" is an admirable top 40 hit.

This song is tasteless and Miley has no talent. She is only famous because of all of the crazy controversial stuff she does for attention. I guess she is so desperate to be famous that she prefers negative attention to no attention at all. Sad, really.

I also hate the line, "Only God can judge us." I mean, that is true, but she's using it as an excuse to do all the bad stuff she wants.

And stop twerking. Please. Just stop.

We Can't Stop is a dull song about partying. I did not know that Mike Will Made It produced this. This song just goes on and on. This analogy: it's like a train that keeps heading straight slowly and not changing direction. The song seems to go nowhere. It is not terrible, but it is dull. This song tries to make the listener cry.

2 Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

So many reasons why this 'song' is the worst thing wrong with 2013. The frontman is a self obsessed misogynistic kibax who casually sings about enforced sex, young women as sex slaves and mere objects. He has Pharrell in his video as it wouldn't sell otherwise and to satisfy his blatant talent, lust and penis envy of the man he'd love to be.

To further illustrate his penis envy, he spells out his insecurities in balloons in the video - 'Robin Thicke is a big d***' constantly, whilst barely legal, barely clad girls parade around him as he Dad dances awkwardly like a Greek waiter from left to right like someone with a bad dose of crabs.

All in all, the video is a 3 minute cringe fest set to an irritating tune that affects ones synapses like a chronic migraine.

The fact that millions of sad doylums purchased this embarrassing, sexist stuff shows just how sad society is at the moment. You could use this track to torture the truth out of suspected terrorists. No, anything but thicke! How on earth could Pharrell get involved in this, blackmail maybe?

3 Best Song Ever - One Direction

"Midnight Memories" was One Direction's worst album where every single member of the band came off sounding like complete douches, this isn't the worst song but the production crew who stole the melody from The Who song "Baba O'Riley" need a serious clip over the ear.

They stole the melody from Baba O'Riley by The Who. And not only that, they also ripped off songs such as from The Clash, Grease etc. And who are they going to rip off next? Westlife? The Wanted? They need to try to stop ripping off other songs and come up with their own melodies. Utter plagiarists. :(

I was between "We Can't Stop" and " Wrecking Ball", so then I went on to the title of the song. "Best song Ever" is a terrible beat that didn't even get stuck in my head like the other songs did.

4 Harlem Shake - Baauer

I can't think of any other song on this list that's so devoid of anything good. "Best Song Ever" was pretty much stolen from another song, but it still sounds okay. "Blurred Lines" is actually pretty good if you don't listen to the lyrics. Even the god-awful "We Can't Stop" had a tune. But this? This is just noise. Not catchy enough to dance to, no pleasant (or really any) tune, and no redeeming lyrics. The only thing I can say in this song's defense is that it doesn't hit complete rock-bottom like "Stupid Hoe" did last year.

What is this? This song brings way to much hype in a bad way. That dance is irritating. At school we have a selection to sing a song or a dance a song. I'm SO glad my friend brought cotton balls when ever I hear this garbage. And also, hopefully there is no instrumental song or regular song with a dance for the following years. Cause I don't wan't to hear Harlem Shake music again. Besides we already have Gangnam style, so this is enough

5 Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

This does not deserve the list. So many idiots remixing their list saying "This song sucks, she was naked in the music video! How OFFENSIVE! " *Rolls Eyes* Who was the idiot that told you to watch the video? The video is not the song so for the love of all that is decent in the world, stop hating the SONG because of the VIDEO. Get the difference?

She is just so stupid that she can't understand that being naked on a wrecking ball and licking things will only make her lose half of her fanbase because most of her fanbase are/were teenage girls that now the majority of them hate her for what she has became. Including myself. She has dissapointed me so much. I thought she was raised well. Obviously I was wrong.

This song appears to be sweet on the outside but is sour on the inside. Later on, the song is all blasty. Both the song and music video are bad. I am not disliking this song because of the music video. The music video is separate from the song and does not affect my evaluation of the song. I do not like this song.

6 Roar - Katy Perry

"Somebody has to make a meaningless song for the masses (sic) to eat up, " a record executive that does not want his name revealed says.

He is talking about this song. One cliché after another (just like the rest of Katie Perry's songs). Main audience consists of 9-12 year olds. What an annoying, whatever happened to real, meaningful music? With the lack of world peace occurring, we do not need to hear this stupid song blasted on the radio or T.V..

And did I mention that Perry's voice is very irritating and unpleasant to listen to?

I'm not a huge KP fan, but I usually don't mind her too much. But I thought that "Roar" was really beneath her. As she sing/talks her way through one lame, tired cliché after another, I just want to find a way to make it stop! Who let this become a fully realized song, played on the radio and everything. Once you reach this level of fame, don't you pay people to stop you from making such dire mistakes? And the video! She fashions a spear in order to hunt down... A banana? This isn't even "awesomely bad", it's just bad!

7 23 - Mike Will Made-It

The rapping in this song is god-awful. From everyone involved. However, the real problem with this song is Mike Will Made It, who's a worse producer than Scott Storch, JR Rotem, and David Guetta combined. Mike Will's beats are the worst thing about this awful year in music. This guy's also responsible for We Can't Stop and Lil Wayne's awful song "Love Me". Can we get rid of this musical plague? Please?

I tried to stop this from playing at my school dance, but my efforts were in vain. People literally could not understand what I meant why I called this monstrosity a trainwreck.

This song sounds loony and tries to lure people and bite them with venom. It is unlikable. Do not listen to this song. I repeat. Do not listen to this song.

8 Chinese Food - Alison Gold

I've never heard the song (and I'm not going to for the health of my ears) but just from reading the title I can tell how utterly and full of crap it's going to be.
I mean, Chinese food? Really? I bet she got inspired by a takeout for this song.

I couldn't even Watch the entire music video. It's that bad. And someone should put that Tae Allan song Mass Text on this list. That song also sucks.

Chinese Food?! God another food song! When you eat this food while listening to this music, your gonna be rest in peace!

9 Bubble Butt - Major Lazer

This was one of the best - honestly, it's not meant to be taken seriously. As a joke, it's hilarious. Though, as a song, it sucks...

It's a song about butts made for people to take seriously... What else do I have to say

The same guy who sort of made Lighters, is now saying Bubble Butt!?

10 The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) - Ylvis

How is this considered music? The song is overall horrible, stupid and atrocious. The lyrics are horrible, but that damn chorus... is annoying as hell... This song should be number 1 DEFINITELY, in fact I'm actually ASTONISHED that this piece of garbage isn't number 1. At least We Can't Stop isn't annoying as hell and at least the song (in my opinion) is decent as it is. This song should not have been created and the world would be MUCH MUCH happier and better without this damn, god-awful atrocity. I don't know what Ylvis was on when this was made. Maybe drunk, perhaps?

Eh. It's not that bad. I highly praise Ylvis for making fun of modern music. It sucks, and Ylvis made this song to show that yes, I fact, it does, and that no matter how bad a song is, Billboard will put it at number one, because... WHY?

This isn't a serious song. It's a joke. Ylvis themselves said that the song wasn't supposed to be taken serious. It was just for laughs.

The Newcomers

? Hello Kitty - Avril Lavigne
The Contenders
11 Love Me - Lil Wayne

This song isn't lyrically reprehensible, but the lyrics are really gross. Even outside of that there's isn't anything to praise -- that twinkly keyboard loop that's consistent throughout the song sounds really bad, with that loop almost seeming to try and cover up for how the hook just doesn't stick the landing, and none of the vocal performances are appealing in the slightest either. I'd consider giving this a 0/10 or a 1/10 but in the end, why should I care about this in the slightest? Overall this song is dull as hell and a waste of space, so yeah, it isn't even worth paying attention to. 2/10

Let's see...

A dreary, lifeless beat that Mike Will Made It produced? Check.
Rappers that don't sound enthused at all about what they're rapping about? Check.
A chorus so bad that it somehow makes most Death Metal singers sound good? Check.
And some of the most sexist lyrics I've ever heard in a rap song? Definitely a check.

Why would anyone ever buy this?

12 Gentleman - Psy

I am from South Korea and I agree that this song sucks! The gross part is the way he acts to the women! People says it was fun part; which is not fun at all. And people should know that all KPOP is not like this. I don't know why this crappy song is popular.

I have no idea why people love this song and put it on commercials. Like come on what is he saying! Is he saying hello, bye, no, yes? Either if he is Korean, Japanese, or Chinese I hate him!

He got famous by "Gangnam Style", but he tried to live up to it, and failed.
Lowered my expectations, their is not even a catchy dance!

13 Started From the Bottom - Drake

The biggest reason people put this song in the list is because they think Drake lied. However, I get Drake was trying to convey the message of his progress from the bottom of the rap game and how he became famous. However, the sad part is he fails to clarify it! Therefore, the message is not conveyed properly. This clarification failure puts this song on the list for me.

It is unclear whether Drake is talking about wealth class or the game. Drake's voice sounds strainy in this song. It is like he came to the studio, even though he should have given his voice a rest. I do not like how this song sounds. This song is a failure. I do not like it. This song is annoying.

Logic..
Drake: Started from the bottom
Actual person: I was on T.V. when I was 15, and I grew up in Toronto, one of the best cities in the world.

Yeah... Poor Drake... He's dirt poor, I mean, look at his income from Degrassi...
$20000
Aw, man, we have to donate to this POOR KID!

14 Cruise - Florida Georgia Line

How is this not higher on this list? This makes me want to go deaf...or better yet, listen to GOOD music.

This is not country, that's for sure.

15 U.O.E.N.O. - Rocko

Even if you take away the horrible Rick Ross lyric, this song is still garbage. Future is incomprehensible, Rocko is generic, and the beat is abysmal

Rocko-Decent but wasting himself on glam.
Future-An auto tuned demon.
Rick Ross-Bill Cosby

But you don't even know it.

This song is what you get when you have a bunch of people in the studio who just don't care what they're putting out.

This song sounds good.

16 Karate Chop - Future

When Future's the better rapper, you can tell a song stinks.
And there's that one line.

This song makes me wanna puke and bleach my whole face. This is the WORST song of the WORST album. It's even worse than My X and this is basically one of the worst ways a man can be tortured. -10K/5

I do not like this song.

Put this at #1 please!

17 #thatPOWER - will.i.am

Believe it or not, it's not Justin Bieber thet sank this song. It's will.I.am's complete inability to rap, and this habit he has of drowning the hook in these terrible beats as soon as the verse comes in that ruined it. This also happened in "The Time (Dirty Bit)", but at least he's not desecrating some 80's song this time. Just ruining an okay-ish hook.

Justin Bieber at least hit puberty when he sang this song! You can no longer hate Justin Bieber, haters! Take this off this list, please!

My class this year put this song on every day. While the other kids were dancing. While I was reading a book, Bieber!

Justin Bieber almost saved this song. ALMOST.

This song lacks a decent beat, and the lyrics are weak, choppy and taseeless.

18 Bound 2 - Kanye West

The song isn't that bad. It's not great but isn't not bad. The video sucks though. It's just Kanye on a terrible green screen setting making out with a nearly naked Kim Kardashian (who gave you a license Kanye? )

Kanye West was formerly a hero, but I can't stand his new stuff! Also, hearing this song makes me want to shoot this idiot in the eye!

The next time you say you're rich and show that ego to stars like Britney Spears and Katy Perry, you're losing a hand, KANYE WEST!

19 Dark Horse - Katy Perry

Obviously one the worst songs of 2013. Someone help explain why it is even above disaster (<1/10). Katy Perry has the permanent effect of Brain Control, making everyone be her minions and forcing them to buy all her stupid songs especially this piece of junk. Juicy J screwed up his whole verse and the beat, or man, it is stupid. People really need some help getting their minds back and maybe they will realize how much of a pest Katy Perry is.

Why is this song overplayed? There's one lyric that has to do with jeffrey dahmer. That guy was a cannibal for crying out loud!

"She'll eat your heart out like jeffrey dahmer." Jeffrey dahmer ate more than just the heart. He ate the whole body.

20 Heart Attack - Demi Lovato

Demi has an heart attack. She needs to stop singing. I hate her music. That's all! Whitney Houston is better.

If this song Demi Lovato keep singing about having a heart attack, then she's gonna get a REAL one.

Hope Demi gets a heart attack please everybody who says she's talent is a dick. She is awful and just plain sucks.

21 When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars

First of all, the song is not called "When I Was Your Man" it is called "When I Was Your Giraffe"! Keith Urban already established this when Candice Glover sang this on "Idol". He's just whining... I shoulda bought you flowers and held your hand... Ugh shoot me in the head, just don't make me listen to this garbage! And while I don't agree with the message of "We Can't Stop, " but it's music is at least catchy I have to say. And anyone who thinks "Blurred Lines" is disgusting and "offensive to women" needs to grow a pair start wear them on the outside. "Roar" is probably just critically overplayed, and not half bad in small doses. "Wrecking Ball" is an improvement from the former song from her, and at least not worthy of #3. "Stay" is a beautiful ballad duet from Rihanna and belongs nowhere on this list! "Give It 2 U" is a modern twist on disco in a good way, whereas "Suit & Tie" sucks in comparison to JT's older stuff and is a modern twist on disco in a bad way. Bruno's "Treasure" is sucky in the same way as S&T, and I'm actually just ambivalent towards "Come & Get It" but I thought Bruno redeemed himself from the former two singles with "Gorilla" but I get it's kinda gimmicky. "Feel This Moment" is a great song built around a sample of A-ha yet it remains its own song, and Christina's swooping vocals bring it to life. "Radioactive" is a rock and electronic (dubstep) fusion at it's finest, and belongs nowhere on this list. "People Like Us" is a wonderful self-empowerment anthem with a commanding dance floor beat and angry, throaty vocals from Kelly, one of her best songs ever. "Heart Attack" is OK, a bit gimmicky, but Demi's vocals are phenomenal and holy crap am I still writing? With that I'll stop there.

22 Pour It Up - Rihanna

And here's the song that made me despise rihanna. I used to like her back when she made umbrella, but overtime my patience has worn real thin. Now she makes meaningless trash like this where she's like "look at me, I'm rihanna and I'm a hot stripper."
Like eww

It's clear that the "gangster" route is the WRONG way for Rihanna to go. She's better off making R&B love jams, like Umbrella and Diamonds. Not THIS crap.

This song was so bad after hearing it Chris Brown actually punched himself in the face.

23 Royals - Lorde

Honestly? This should not be below when I was your man. It also happens to be behind Stay, Just give me a reason and Get lucky. When she is singing, It looks like she is on a drug trip. Not only that, but the lyrics, despite having a great meaning, are dull and lifeless~ Just like lorde's god awful singing. To add insult to Injury, she won either 2 or 4 grammy's. But hey, the people choosing the grammy's have no idea what music is. For example, did you know that The Rolling Stones and queen never won a single award?

You are kidding me, right? This is only #57?! This song is just plain retarted. It makes no sense. This is the only song of 2013 that beats radioactive for me. The only thing that can make this song worse is the music video! God, WHY?!?! Whoever put this song at #6 for the best songs of 2013 are stupid people with no value. God, There are so many stupid people in the world!

What the heck!? Why Green Day's X-Kid is on this list? It is one of the best songs of 2013 and one of their best new songs. Royals needs to be higher. This song is too overplayed, horrible lyrics, her voice sounds like a 25 year old woman, and it do not make sense.

24 22 - Taylor Swift

I never liked Taylor Swift, her inability to write songs and sing isn't even worth arguing over because of how obvious it is. The only thing she knows to write about, for the past 4 albums, is boys. She also only knows how to curl her hair and wear red lipstick, like every single time you see her. So it's no surprise this song was an attempt to make her look like a care-free 'hipster'. She knows nothing of hipsterism, she's a mainstream artist.

Too much autotune.
She sounds like Katy Perry.
She became a singer by telling people that she is such a "country cutie" and this song is like the worst pop song ever. It doesn't make any sense, it just reminds us how old she is by telling that she is "feeling 22".

Taylor Swift's 22 at 22nd spot. Laugh out loud

25 Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake

I don't consider myself a feminist in any way, but I actually found these lyrics kind of offensive. He keeps referring to "it", how he can't wait to touch it, how it's all his. Romantic. And the line, "So thick! Now I know why they call it a fatty! " Sure does make me swoon. I like the song if I just don't pay attention to the lyrics.

WHAT? Why is this thing on here? Jay-Z is in this song, and has a great rap verse, and Justin Timberlake is one of the best guy singers of all time!

I really like this song I think it is upbeat and it is one of the best songs of the year.

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