Worst Song EVER - Nomination round

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I was going to nominate "Livin' On A Prayer" but that's a couple years too old for this.

We maybe should also run a 1980s/90s edition of this poll. In that case, Europe's "The Final Countdown" and Opus "Life is Life" should be considered as well.

Nominee #1- Barbie Girl- Aqua (1997) (Catchy beat, but if you pay attention to the lyrics you may be scarred for life)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A

http://www.songlyrics.com/aqua/barbie-girl-lyrics/

Definitely deserves nomination.

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I think Nickelback definitively belongs on the list, though I am not sure which title to nominate (they all sound quite similar anyway). 

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I checked out the German Top 10 hits for notable entries, and came across these ones:

#3 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#10 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#25 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#33 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#3 - 2000s German aggregated top 10 hits

This one - # 12 2000s German aggregated Top 10 hits - probably hasn't got much airplay outside of Germany (be happy about it). so it may be excluded from the international selection. Anyway, anybody with a masochistic streak may appreciate the link..

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I checked out the German Top 10 hits for notable entries, and came across these ones:

#3 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#10 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#25 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#33 - 1990s German aggregated top 10 hits

#3 - 2000s German aggregated top 10 hits

This one - # 12 2000s German aggregated Top 10 hits - probably hasn't got much airplay outside of Germany (be happy about it). so it may be excluded from the international selection. Anyway, anybody with a masochistic streak may appreciate the link..

I guess 99 Luftballoons is too old for the contest.

Why is 99 Luftballoons bad?

Well, if you have to ask.....  Obviously, everything is subjective, but most 80s synth driven music has not aged well (save for anything Debbie Harry graced)

Wait, 99 Luftballoons isn't really all that Synth, and I know that most Synth hasn't aged that well, but what's wrong with the Song?

It is rather repetitive and the hook isn't good enough to rely on repetition.  When it came out it was run into the ground (back when there was only radio and MTV) so that works against it too.  Actually, I've spent much of the last unproductive hour (not that I really had to do anything) listening to some Berlin, Kim Wilde, Human League, Patty Smyth/Scandal, etc... and 99 Luftballons just isn't as fun.   Why do you defend to song so?

99 Luftballoons was mediocre, and I never understood why, among some definitely great Neue Deutsche Welle songs, that song made it internationally. OTOH, 99 Luftballoons is also not so bad that it belongs onto a "worst osngs ever" list.