Does it belong? Not exactly. The song itself is something of an easy target, but I was more familiar with his cheesy ballad �Never Surrender.� However, there is the line about not switching blades on a guy in shades. You call that a knife???
49. �I'll Be Missing You�- Puff Daddy f/ Faith Evans & 112
Does it belong? Yes. Piffy Doody always took sampling to the next level, and he had his most famous case here, taking the Police classic �Every Breath You Take.� What�s worse, the song was #1 for MORE weeks than Police�s tune. Uh huh. Yih.
48. �Can I Touch You There�- Michael Bolton
Does it belong? No, Michael Bolton has done MUCH worse. The words probably soured everything, but plenty of housewives wouldn�t have minded being touched by Michael.
47. �Something in Common�- Bobby Brown w/Whitney Houston
Does it belong? Not sure, I never knew this song.
46. �Two Princes�- Spin Doctors
Does it belong? I�ll say no, but I really can see what makes people hate this song so. It is pretty repetitive, and that lead singer had a perpetual smirk.
45. �Sorry 2004�- Ruben Studdard
Does it belong? Never heard it, but an American Idol tune on this list was inevitable.
44. �We Didn't Start The Fire�- Billy Joel
Does it belong? No, see CD #8 for commentary.
43. �Make Em Say Uhh�- Master P
Does it belong? Yes, I�m glad I missed it the first time around. The most irritating rap song not by Ludacris. I mean, ever heard �Saturday (Ooh Ooh)�? Why isn�t that on here?
42. �Cotton Eyed Joe�- Rednex
Does it belong? No, let me say something here�I�ve always dug this song. Ever since it came out several years ago, I thought it was a nice left-field song. But the video does have potential to grate, as well as hearing the song at every single sporting event nowadays.
41. �Some Girls (Dance with Women)�- JC Chasez
Does it belong? Never heard it; Justin Timberlake aside, has any ex-boy band guy ever had solo success?
40. �What's Up�- 4 Non Blondes
Does it belong? YES. What an awful, horrible tune that is. I wouldn�t call her chorus yodeling, just annoying singing.
39. �Informer�- Snow
Does it belong? Nahhh. Thanks to this show and other sources, I heard this song for the very first song, and it spent the whole summer running nonstop in my head. But he inspired Barenaked Ladies� �One Week� in his white-boy rapping. Trivia note: Snow is the second cousin of Steven Page, one of the leaders of BNL.
38. �Mesmerize�- Ja Rule & Ashanti
Does it belong? Never heard it, but you have to give Ja Rule due for having one of the worst voices in rap. Whether he raps or sings.
37. �From a Distance�- Bette Midler
Does it belong? Not really, it�s no different from other Christian pop-rock.
36. �I Wanna Sex You Up�- Color Me Badd
Does it belong? Yeah, we�ve laid off these dorks way too long. Just now are they getting their due for sucking back in the day. Just look at them!
35. �Heartbeat�- Don Johnson
Does it belong? Yes, why this �80s actor tried to have a music career I don�t know. Along with Bruce Willis and that guy who sung �All I Need,� actors who shouldn�t have tried to sing.
34. �Butterfly�- Crazy Town
Does it belong? Not really. I just found out it was a hit not too long ago, but I sure don�t remember it. But rap love songs by a Limp Bizkit-type group is always death.
33. �Jenny from the Block�- Jennifer Lopez
Does it belong? Yeah, it�s not really bad, but much has already been said about what a load of B.S. this song is. So I won�t chime in.
32. �Broken Wings�- Mr. Mister
Does it belong? Yes, but I dislike it for different reasons: their blatant ripoff of the Beatles� �Blackbird.� Not that the song doesn�t have typical �80s crap sound.
31. �You Remind Me of Something�- R. Kelly
Does it belong? Never heard it.
30. �Pimp Juice�- Nelly
Does it belong? Never heard it either. I had it against �Hot in Herre� more.
29. �I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't do That)�- Meat Loaf
Does it belong? You better believe it. It�s his worst song ever, even more so than anything on Bat Out of Hell. It�s not even the mystery of the song, it�s the sheer bombast and video. And this was 12 minutes on the album?? (shudders)
28. �Never Gonna Give You Up�- Rick Astley
Does it belong? Yes. Hal Sparks summed it up best on I Love the �80s: �I�m a whiiite boy, with a big ole blaaack voice!� I mean, I was 10 years old when I saw the video on Big �80s, and I even thought that then!
27. �Rump Shaker�- Wreckx-N-Effect
Does it belong? No way man! It�s a novelty rap with funny lyrics! If this is on here, than the equally humorous �Baby Got Back� should be on here.
26. �The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You�- Bryan Adams
Does it belong? Never heard it, but it doesn�t seem like Bryan.
25. �You Rock My World�- Michael Jackson
Does it belong? No, it�s more of a bore than anything else. That and I can�t stand to look at the guy anymore.
24. �Sussudio�- Phil Collins
Does it belong? Yes, see my Phil Collins review for more.
23. �Thong Song�- Sisqo
Does it belong? Undecided. On one hand, I did get sick of the song in 9th grade, when everyone and their dog were singing it. On the other hand, the song is in the same league as �Baby Got Back,� and this song reminds me of a very hot, flirty girl who sung it a bunch in one of my classes. So it�s a toss-up.
22. �Dancing on the Ceiling�- Lionel Richie
Does it belong? Yes. This �80s tune is way too stiff and forced to be considered a party tune of any sort. It makes �All Night Long� look like Funkadelic in comparison!
21. �I'll Be There For You�- Rembrandts
Does it belong? Not really, it�s no worse than your average TV theme.
20. �Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue�- Toby Keith
Does it belong? Yes it does. This is the kind of arrogance that makes the rest of the world resent America. Many people call it the �boot in your ass� song.
19. �You're the Inspiration�- Chicago
Does it belong? Yeah, but it could be ANY �80s Chicago song in its place. �Hard Habit to Break,� �Hard to Say I�m Sorry,� this one: the same song.
18. �Pumps and a Bump�- M.C. Hammer
Does it belong? Not really, it wasn�t a hit at all, was it? Either way, even today M.C. Hammer is a joke.
17. �I'm Too Sexy�- Right Said Fred
Does it belong? Yes, I recall it was huge back in the day, but has anyone liked the song ever since? Don�t think so. On the catwalk indeed.
16. �The Final Countdown�- Europe
Does it belong? Yes, although I hadn�t heard this song that often. I�m much more familiar with the Boise State band version. It�s been in their repertoire for years! And you don�t have the keyboard sound or the lame lead singer there!
15. �Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm�- Crash Test Dummies
Does it belong? Not really, but this guy�s exaggerated smirk is even worse than that of the Spin Doctors�. He sings like a know-it-all too.
14. �Will2K�- Will Smith
Does it belong? Yes indeed. He and Puf�n�stuf Duddy are the Samplers in Crime. Will�s use of the Clash classic �Rock the Casbah� pissed me off years before I was really into Clash. Plus, the Willennium is laughable, which goes without saying.
13. �Barbie Girl�- Aqua
Does it belong? Yeah it does, and much has been already said about this Europop dud.
12. �Hangin' Tough�- New Kids on the Block
Does it belong? Yeah, it�s more funny-bad than atrocious-bad, but I don�t remember this one well. I do remember my older brother had a deep hatred for �Step By Step� back in the day.
11. �Rico Suave�- Gerardo
Does it belong? Sure. I do admit I completely missed the boat on Gerardo, but this sounds like quite an embarrassment.
10. �Heart of Rock-n-Roll�- Huey Lewis & the News
Does it belong? No. As sterile as this is, �Hip to Be Square� is much more lame, and much less rock than this one.
9. �Don't Worry Be Happy�- Bobby McFerrin
Does it belong? Not on my list. It�s a dumb song and all, but it doesn�t make me snap, as it does with a lot of people. Bobby is actually a very accomplished, serious musician who has burned all bridges with this song. Too bad he�ll never live it down.
8. �She Bangs�- Ricky Martin
Does it belong? Not really. It�s more of a low-standard song to me, whenever I hear the lyric �she moves, she moves� I always finish �she breathes, she breathes/she�s perfect for me!� I still have yet to hear William Hung�s lovely rendition.
7. �Party All the Time�- Eddie Murphy
Does it belong? No, it�s one of those overrated bad songs. As in not as bad as it�s made out to be. �Heartbeat� is much more awful.
6. �Breakfast at Tiffany's�- Deep Blue Something
Does it belong? Yes, I already knew the song was boring as heck, but I just learned about that immortal �as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it� makes it much, much worse for me.
5. �Ice Ice Baby�- Vanilla Ice
Does it belong? Absolutely. I may have missed on Gerardo, but not on Vanilla Lice. My brother was all over this song at the time. The worst part isn�t sampling the only decent Queen song ever �Under Pressure,� it�s his half-assed explanation about how �Ice Ice� and �Under Pressure� are different. Only time in recent memory have I wanted to punch the TV.
4. �Rollin�- Limp Bizkit
Does it belong? Yes sir. I didn�t think they�d get worse than �Nookie� but the verses may have the most annoying vocals ever. And they�re about putting your hands up and then down. Whatever. Fred Durst and Co get bonus points for doing the �Hangin� Tough� arm wave during the chorus.
3. �Everybody Have Fun Tonight�- Wang Chung
Does it belong? I never thought the song was awful (aside from the guy�s Sting impersonation in the middle), but the video sure is. The guys are not smiling, and those herky-jerky shots must have caused many a seizure. I still prefer �To Live and Die in L.A.� and �Dance Hall Days.�
2. �Achy Breaky Heart�- Billy Ray Cyrus
Does it belong? Yes�when you hear it at every assembly possible the year it comes out, and when the tune itself is cornball, a backlash can occur. I don�t even care about the mullet.
1. �We Built This City�- Starship
Does it belong? Uh�OK. Although my dad objected loudly, the song does epitomize why web reviewers hate the �80s. And the show did make a great point in how Jefferson Airplane�s legacy was soured by this bastardization of a group. Still, I don�t consider it the worst song in the Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Submarine catalog.