Top 10 Worst Billboard Year-End #1 Hit Songs of All Time
This is part of a series of lists that I have been making over the last couple of days, where I rank the Year-End #1 hit songs from the 1950s through the 2000s. (User Martinglez has already made a list for the 2010s.)In this list, I will identify the 10 worst songs from those combined rankings. By the way, don't worry - a list for the best songs is coming up too.
Year-End #1 Song of 1975: This song is a complete joke. From all the songs in the '70s, this aged the worst by a long shot. The fact that, out of all the songs in 1975, this was picked as the biggest one shows how questionable the general taste was then.
This represents the worst side of the 1970s. Thank God this song got forgotten with time.
Is it just me who finds it interesting that your number one pick is from the same year as Bohemian Rhapsody's release? This might show that 1975 wasn't as great for music as everyone says despite that song.
Year-End #1 Song of 1991: Being one of the greatest years in music history, having this song as the biggest hit from it was the most disappointing fact of the year. I get that the general pop taste was different at that time, but why couldn't they pick a more tolerable song?
Luckily, just like Love Will Keep Us Together, it got forgotten with time.
Year-End #1 Song of 2009: It's hilarious how hard it tries to sound "futuristic" and groundbreaking but just ends up sounding extremely dated. It might not be the worst song The Black Eyed Peas made in their career, but the fact that it was as big as it was shows how the artist who made it has the poorest taste ever.
Year-End #1 Song of 2017: Everyone has said that this is one of the most boring songs in music history, and they have a point. It's hilarious how a love song can be this soulless and derivative. The fact that it was so big and inescapable makes it even more unessential.
Year-End #1 Song of 1999: The fact that Cher managed to have a hit after a long time is impressive, not going to lie. However, the fact that it was an autotuned mess that dated faster and worse than a bottle of milk makes it extremely disappointing as a comeback song, let alone the biggest song of her career.
Year-End #1 Song of 1977: Long story short, it's the Shape of You of the 1970s. Simple, soulless, slow, derivative, boring, and both being love songs with lyrics so cheesy and stupid makes me doubt the general audience's taste in two really different times.
Year-End #1 Song of 2006: One of the whiniest and fakest songs ever. Everything about it is disappointing.
Year-End #1 Song of 1953: It's low-key a classic Disney movie theme, not lying. Now, that itself isn't a problem, but the fact that it doesn't go anywhere shows how forgettable this one gets.
Year-End #1 Song of 2018: Drake's biggest song on the charts and also one of its most forgettable. It's far from being his worst (especially in the year where everyone lost respect for him), but it's still depressing that this thing was the song of the year.
Year-End #1 Song of 1989: Same as God's Plan, a song that is just background noise in the most dated and generic sound of its decade.
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You said this one was awful in your list about the 1960s. I agree. Besides the sentiment behind it being awful, it doesn't even work as a pop song anyway.
