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So how bad was this year? It so bad Silento is nowhere near the top ten of trash.
#50  "Hot Pink", EXID
Otherwise known as "Up Down (Part 3)" this is by far their lazest attempt to keep up with their sudden success (thanks to fancams). The beat is obnoxious, the chorus is backwards (they say Pink/Hot/Pink/Hot/Pink which...then...title the track that. It's dumb as hell but whatever) and it shows no forward progress. Granted, they at least have an identity now and it's not A-Pink Clone so there is that.
#49  "My House", Flo Rida
Considering its only now climbing the charts I might be speaking too soon, but it's as boring as most Flo songs without being aggravating lyrically to be at least interesting.
#48  "Stand By You", Rachel Platten
Oh shut it. Granted, "Fight Song" is way higher on the list but this is just that song with a bouncier beat. Which,fine, she has one story to tell lyrically. But we already have a dozen or so female indie-ish acts that do self-empowerment songs. Be interesting!
#47  "Locked Away", R.City (ft. Adam Levine)
Adam sonds like he gargled razors and these two...um...are the reggae artists? Rappers? Bored individuals? They sound not even interested in their only hit.
#46  "Gonna Know We Were Here", Jason Aldean
To at least give Aldean credit, it "sounds" like a country song. Which is a new think for Mr. Bro-Country. However, it sounds like every other country song the sea of country dudes made this year. Try harder?
#45  "Wars For Nothing", Boggie
It's not Eurovision without at least one anti-war song. And Boggie's song is easily the worst of the lot, with it's message wrapped in both paranoia and eyes big enough to eat you with. The melody (when it finally shows up) drags the song and the whole choral usage is lazy, uninspired and rather useless at selling the song. Considering message songs are her thing and she's done them far far better in both English and Hungarian, I'm rather shocked she went this boring. And that Europe voted this claptrap into the finals.
#44  "So Crazy", T-ARA
OK, so I get it. They are allowed to do a good song, but then must follow it up with some random dated claptrap that plods along, has a useless bridge-chorus-outbridge sequence and plays up to Korea's aggravating kpop tendencies tobe stuck with a random 60s loop in modern music. "Sugar Free" was a rather excellent use of sampling. This is boring and pointless, two things T-ARA has suggested often that they are every other time.
#43  "Stiches", Shawn Mendes
At least I know if this kid can make it with less vocal talent than Paris Hilton (and Paris is still a slept-upon album) then so can I. Dude,it's called pitch and cadence. Ever tried it? Plus your song is laced with stupidity.
#42  "Phenomenal", Eminem
Collective proof that we...we don't need Eminem anymore, methinks.
#41  "Like I Can", Sam Smith
If you ever wondered what a Taylor Swift song would sound like done by a gay man. Seriously, it's the Best of Tayor or Ed Sheeran, just done with gays-always-fall-for-straight-dudes lyrics that are just there. Northing interesting, nothing useful, he seriously cannot sing the chorus well without straining which means BRING THE KEY DOWN ALREADY and did nothing in the US.
#40  "Cool For The Summer", Demi Lovato
Considering I played the hell out of this track, I have no taste. the pseudo-lesbian hookup "for the summer" plays to the lowest common denominator, she's over-singing and over-growling for no reason and it does the really really awesome key beat a diservice. It should be delightfully retro, not dragged through the mud.
#39  "Writing's On The Wall", Sam Smith
It's not the worst Bond theme ever. But it's the most boring.
#38  "Take Your Time", Sam Hunt
Firstly, lets all admire the cover for this song. And then recall that Grammy's Next Best New Artist is considered a country singer. Granted, it's country-ajacent. Like how Kid Rock and whatshisface from Staind and Bret Michaels and Steven Tyler went country-ajacent this year. It's just a hair-metal ballad with extra guitar that tells nothing (sure, the video has a plot but the song? Does it though? Really?). While Sam's a fine hunk of man and I'd never kick him out of bed,I want him and what he has wrought to country radio kicked out.
#37  "Watch Me", Silentó
Look, it's barely a song. I didn't inclue "Hit The Quan" or that recent Challenge song on here either. Why? Cuz if I'm not rating "Friday" as the worst song of the year I'm not rating what is clearly a Vine track as the wost (says the guy who rated a thirty-second Lady Gaga commercial as the worst song one year #hypocrite). Plus, he's 17 and yeshe should know better and yes CLEARLY his label is using him for nefarious reasons and yes "Dessert" is the far worse song but it just now charted so eh.
#36  "Somebody", Natalie La Rose (ft. Jeremih)
Look, I'm all for sampling. And in theory I don't hate this song. But Natalielaroose and Jeremih are the two most useless people on the track. Like, this could be anyone and they would make me care more. The fact we rejected the more..."interesting" "Around The World" in which she works better with Fetty is telling for her lack of future in the US.
#35  "Better When I'm Dancing", Meghan Trainer
WHY IS THIS A THING?! WHY DOES ANYONE BELIEVE HER LIES? Seriously Meghan, you might be What's Wrong With Pop In 2015. I'm fine with callbacks but the conservativication of pop music (against a rising tide of boobs and busts) may appeal to some but this track walked right out of Pat Boone World and needs to skip its way right back there already.
More annoying, no good, very bad and extra stupid later on  
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OMG, that T-Ara song 
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The only song I really love is Stitches 
Agree with Rachel Platten 
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Rachel, Demi, Natalie, Meghan and Shawn don't deserve to be here 
Watch Me needs to be way higher
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I fail to see how there are 36 songs worse than "Watch Me"...but "Somebody" is up there. It's just so unnecessary. We already have Whitney's classic. We don't need, at best, a retread.
And, sadly...I agree with you on Eminem. Dude just needs to retire. 
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Or...the garbage you could have forgotten about. If you tried really hard.
#34  "Strip It Down", Luke Bryan
Token AC crossover ballad from country's reigning king of bro-country. Yawn.
#33  "Kiss You In The Morning", Michael Ray
Yay having a sleeve I think but I swear we abandoned you in 2004. As for the song, just picture a proper "country list chorus" song and there you go.I shouldhave ranked his other song this year cuz it was worse and very poorly-done politicking with military but this cover seals the deal.
#32  "Hell Of A Night", Dustin Lynch
And yetanother country act making me want to punch them in the face. Same as before, except he has less personality in his voice and has chompers for days.
#31  "Nasty Freestyle", T-Wayne
As for the other major Vine track this year.... this one might actually be lazier than "Watch Me." His freestyle is boring and trite and he does nothing with the beat. And why did this debut at 9?
#30  "Back It Up", Prince Royce (ft. Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull)
Well, if you can make Jennifer Lopez sound more boring, you should be on the list.
#29  "Love Me Like You Do", Ellie Goulding
I think if this was not attached to "Forgetting How Consent Works in BDSM: The Movie, Part 1" I wouldn't care. But this song makes no sense with that movie (and neither does "Earned It." Although "Crazy In Love" does...) and it's bar far Ellie's least interesting song to do well in the US.
#28  "Do It Again", Pia Mia (ft. Chris Brown and Tyga)
So no one on this track can sing. And for being a cover...sort of, it's really boringly done.
#27  "Stuck On A Feeling", Prince Royce (ft. Snoop Dogg)
And if you make SNoop Dogg sound like the check didn't clear, you get placed here. Royce, just sing in Spanish. You're barely passable there!
#26  "Fun", Pitbull (ft. Chris Brown)
Yeesh Pit, how is it possible that you make this beat boring? I mean besides being your lazy rap self. And somehow underuse Chris Brown, which I didn't know was possible.
#25  "God Made Girls", RaeLynn
Um...no. God did no such think to "rock boy's world." Now stop singing.
#24 .png) "Pretty Girls", Britney Spears (ft. Iggy Azealia)
I think Little Mix hates Britney Spears. Just saying.
#23  "Ayo", Chris Brown (ft. Tyga)
I don't think anyone needs to hear about either of these men's sexual prowless or interest in three ways, honestly. And seriously Chris, I might have just forgot it without Tyga's utter uselessness.
#22  "Young & Crazy", Frankie Ballard
Frankie tries too hard to be honky-tonk, swerves into random country song generator. And with his nasal caedance, it's really boring.
#21  "Bad Blood", Taylor Swift
First and foremost, put me on the list of those who think this song is NOT about Katy Perry, but about John Mayer. I mean, Shake It Off IS about Katy in the "rap" sequence but this one is aimed at Katy by sheer accident. Tay is still bitter over John, which, ew. As for the song? I said my piece elsewhere but this is easily the worst song she has ever written or been attached to, and I say that having heard her Christmas songs while at work.
Note that this is the original. Kendrick's version, which has nothing at all do lyrically with the song, at least makes it interesting.
#20  "Ring My Bell", Girls Day
Firstly, who the hell pitched their voices up? Secondly, when does the final boss battle start? I'm really tired of hearing his music and seeing no big bad, just four girls who should know better.
#19  "Just Getting Started", Jason Aldean
More of the same from Aldean, now with more boring. Hurray for boring!Aldean!
#18  "Alive," Sia
Lyrically Adele escaped with her sanity intact. Vocally someone needs to ice Sia's vocals, cuz she's on the verge of poping a chord or four.
#17  "Ain't Worth The Whiskey", Cole Swindon
Shut up scuzzbucket.
#16  "Live Forever", The Band Perry
I do love how their sell-out moment, clearly designed by committee, failed so hard they've had to start over. But their attempt at stadium rock is just so bad it had nowhere to go but down.And Kimberley is not as charismatic as she thinks she is, especially when her brothers cut down their crazy hair.
Tomorrow...the top of the crapheap! 
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#50-#35
Locked Away and Like I Can 
Writing's On The Wall 
Cool For The Summer  
#34-#16
Alive and Ayo
Bad Blood  
Do it again 
Love Me Like You Do 
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If this list is any indication, I'm really, REALLY glad that I did not listen to more country this year.
The vocals in "Alive" are just...my god. Sia needs to self-impose some limits. And yeah, "Love Me Like You Do" is pretty uninteresting, which is the worst damning possible that I can give Ellie.
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Stand By You, Somebody, Stuck On A Feeling, Pretty Girls and Alive all deserved to be there. 
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Yeah I was pretty let down by Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan this year 
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DDDD poor EXID the Pink Hot thing annoys me too
Ring My Bell is goddawful. So Crazy is OK but T-ARA is more than an "OK" band, it's one of their worst singles. (Still way ahead of most group's decent singles, however!)
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Nasty Freestyle is trash! Agree with that.
Agree with most of this list! Alive and Pretty Girls aren't that bad... but I don't like them too much so I don't care lol
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Or, the horribleness of Country music, 2015
#15 .png) "See You Again", Wiz Khalifa (ft. Charlie Puth)
Wedge two different songs together about two different issues, one actually being about death, set over a ten-minute montage of a famous actor who died, let set over opening weekend. Serves 20. THAT THIS CLAPTRAP COULD BE AN OSCAR WINNER IS INSANE! Wiz is clearly here for the check, Charlie has no idea whats going on in the other half of the song and both don't care enough to fake it.
#14  "Fight Song", Rachel Platten
I have no idea how this took a year to write. With a random-sentence generator set to "empowerment" I could write this in seven minutes. It's trite, useless, fakes emotion for no good Goddamn reason and she tries to sell this so hard and fails so bad I want to write her a check so we don't Arms Of An Angel her by mistake.
#13  "Real Life", Jake Owen
Jake does his best Jason Mraz impersonation. Fails miserably, returns to the shadows that he once dwelled in.
#12  "I Love This Life", LoCash
It's like inventing a new dinosaur after the meteor hit. Bro-country is giving way to the metro-r&b-electofication of country (which is dumb as fxxk and hysterical at the same time) and this random ass act shows up bro'ing it up as if nothing has changed.
#11  "Let Me See Ya Girl", Cole Swindon
No, seriously, besides being Luke Bryan's friend why does he exist? Is it to give Bro-Country a physical form? He makes me appreciate the nuance of Florida Georgia Line.
#10  "The Fix", Nelly (ft. Jeremih)
Can someone set up a fund for Nelly so he can stop being on horrible songs. Granted this one is more horrid with the robbing of the Gaye estate tracklisting (more later on this troubling development) and Jeremih proves yet again he's the most useless and nodescript "singer" in r&b.
And that cover? Bless.
#09  "Break Up With Him", Old Dominion
No, wait, THIS is the personification of Bro-Country. With a song that says dump your dude because. No reason why, just do it. Like...really? No case whatsoever? Whatever dudes, I'd say return to the day job but I think you're responsible for half this list so...maybe take up fabric sculpting?
#08 .png) "Dear Future Husband", Meghan Trainer
Returning to Pat Boone World, Meghan now gets to lay out the terms and conditions of a relationship to what I think is "Chain Gang," which we'll be discussing again in a song. REALLY MEGHAN? While I think she means the song as a joke, it's really not a joke. And she seriously needs to stop with the speak-rapping. She can't do it at all, honestly, and she can actually sort of sing.
#07 _cover_art.jpg) "Crash And Burn", Thomas Rhett
CHAIN GAING? REALLY? AND YOU DO THIS WITH IT?
Ahem.
Country music bailed on bro starting here, shifting to r&b-lite sounds and electro beats that would make Jarrod Nielman blush. The song is hokey, he seriously cannot sing and the sample usage is wrong on every level.
#06  "Marvin Gaye", Charlie Puth (ft. Meghan Trainer)
Two white kids WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHO MARVIN GAYE IS AND WHAT HE DID AND WHY HE IS SO IMPORTANT TO MUSIC,THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND TOWARDS DEALING WITH EX-WIVES, relegate him to just a song concept of "sex is fun." Although I doubt the sincerity of this concept from either of them. The song is written badly, performed worse, they have zero connection and spark and I want to die every time the end of the chorus hits.
I also want to light his hair on fire. I think it could keep a small village warm for the winter with how much product is in it.
#05  "House Party", Sam Hunt
For an Avicii track its mind-numblingly dull. For a COUNTRY SONG THAT WENT TO NUMBER ONE FOR A MONTH (and splitting up Luke's last two #1s) this is a damn lie. Sam, pop radio needs a new Jason Mraz, just come on over. Without your shirt on. And keep the beard you have now.
#04  "Kick The Dust Up", Luke Bryan
I had this as the worst country song ever. Like, ever. Yes, "House Party" is just above this. But this song is so lyrically piss-poor it had to be the worst. Then two other songs replaced it. But Luke, still clinging to list songs like his non-existent ass (and horrible straight boy stripper moves) needs it, somehow makes the song worse by sounding flat.He can sing, so this is hysterical to hear.
#03  "Sugar", Jennifer Nettles
Um...what the hell is this Jennifer? This is really bad, even by your diminishing standards. Accent cranked to eleven, sharp as hell on the chorus, a song that reads like some 11-year old's fanfiction. I don't even know why she thought this was a good idea.
Wait til y'all see the video, though *gumsnap*
#02  "Beautiful Drug", Zach Brown Band
Um...what the everliving fxxk is this Zach Brown? Besides fully selling out your contract and country music. At least Sam's dance-house country has a beat!
#01  "Honey I'm Good", Andy Grammar
So Omi did "Cheerleader" in which he acknowledges women's advances and says na, he's good cuz he has someone. Ergo, he can have fun AND NOT CHEAT. Andy, meanwhile, acknowledges he's about to cheat if he doesn't leave. Which is the whole hook of the song, not celebrating he has a chick but damn, your ass might make me cheat so I should flee. Omi is more secure in his relationship than Andy. Andy is a dick, this song is bad, he should feel bad and all the couples tricked into this music video should sue for restitution.
Back to the goodness and light (aka THE BEST SONGS OF THE YEAR FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN'T READ) tomorrow 
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Judging by your Worst songs sets, you are clearly not a fan of Country music 
Anyway I found Fight Song to be just lame
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Quote:
Originally posted by rvx
Judging by your Worst songs sets, you are clearly not a fan of Country music |
I tend to like bluegrass more, and I was raised on80s country while lovibg 60s country and western. I just hate the pop side of country. Like, if you wanna be a pop star just own it. Stop adding dubstep or white boy raps to a country song.
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Fight Song is a good song.
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Honestly, I'm just glad someone hates "Honey, I'm Good." on the same level as I do. It's not just that it's a generic and boring song, it's deceiving and sends a surprisingly terrible message. The video gives you NO indication of this. Poor people in that video. In a world without "New Americana", it's probably my least favorite song of the year.
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Thanks Red for better explaining just how horribad HIG actually is.
50-35
Believe it or not, I liked a lot of stuff this year!
#50  "Cha Cha", D.R.A.M.
#49  "Depreston", Courtney Barnett
#48  "WTF (Where They From)", Missy Elliot (ft. Pharrell)
#47  "Firestone", Kygo (ft. Conrad)
#46  "Bad Bad Bad", LANY
#45  "How Deep Is Your Love", Calvin Harris + Disciples
#44  "Love Myself", Hailee Steinfeld
#43  "The Fool", Ryn Weaver
#42  "Something About You" (ODESZA Remix), Hayden James
#41  "Coming Home", Leon Bridges
#40  "I Bet", Ciara
#39  "Girl Crush", Little Big Town
#38  "American Oxygen", Rihanna
#37  "You Were Right", RÜFÜS
#36  "Holding On", Disclosure (ft. Gregory Porter)
#35  "Rewind", Kelela
Until tomorrow 
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As it turns out, Mikal, I can sometimes do things well. 
You do things well much more often than I do. That's a nice "Depreston" and "Girl Crush" you've got there.
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lol I love Honey I'm Good but agree with Fight Song! that song is horrible
From the other list I love "Love Myself"! HDIYL is amazing too, one of my fave collaborations from Calvin!
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