Every year, Vote for the Worst puts out a list of the worst songs of the year. And this year was a spectacularly bad year for music. So bad that some of the most obvious bad songs didn't even crack the top 10 (I'm looking at you, Jason Derulo). But if you're in the mood to laugh your ass off at some really terrible songs, read on and check out the definitive list of the worst songs of 2011.
10. Beyonce - Run the World (Girls)
If you’d like to see the moment Beyonce’s career jumped the shark, press play. The woman who could crap on a cracker and sell it for millions releases this song and suddenly none of her songs are played on the radio, her album tanks, and she pretends to be pregnant to get away from it all. Way to run the world by singing terrible lyrics over an Afrojack song.
Every year, Vote for the Worst releases a list of the 10 absolute worst songs of the year. 2010 really raised the bar when it came to terrible music. Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Eminem, and The Far East Movement all released repetitive garbage. But surprisingly, none of those singers made it onto our list of the worst songs of 2010. The songs below represent the ultimate lack of taste with the music buying public and record labels everywhere for the year 2010. If any contestant on American Idol wants out support, all they need to do is sing any of these songs. So without further ado, the 10 worst songs of 2010:
10. Taio Cruz featuring Ke$ha – Dirty Picture
Taio Cruz was riding high on his hit single “Break Your Heart”, so he followed it up with this crapsterpiece featuring everyone’s favorite dumpster diver, Ke$ha. The two together produce a toxic combination of obnoxious vocals. Ke$ha, of course, is the worst part of the song. The girl claims that all of her songs have hidden, deeper meanings, such as “We R Who We R”, which she claims is about gay teen suicide. Right… So am I to take it then that since Ke$ha is dancing on a toilet for the majority of this video that the deeper meaning is that she thinks all of her music is shit and she laughs that people buy it? Hey, that one actually seems correct.
Each week, we'll be featuring the worst songs from each year this decade. We'll be counting down the absolute worst songs to come out each year from 2000 to 2009, and we'll be bringing back all of the songs you wish you'd forgotten. These are the songs that people just can't seem to believe exist, because they're just so terrible. There is a good mixture of guilty pleasures (the awfully funny) and complete crapfests (the awful with no merit). At the end of the 10 weeks, you'll have an opportunity to vote on the worst song of the decade.
Now, 2009 was a tough year. I'm not lying when I say this year had the crappiest music, by far, of the decade. It was ridiculously difficult to narrow this list down to 10 songs. Because only 10 could fit, we're missing out on a lot of crap. So sorry to Pitbull, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Chris Brown, and other people that suck hardcore. I wish I could've included you. You also know it's a bad year when both T-Pain and Soulja Boy release music and neither make it on the list. So prepare for the suck, and check out the 10 worst songs of 2009:
10. Bowling for Soup – My Wena
Who doesn’t love a good song about a penis? Bowling for Soup seem to have devolved year after year to the point where now their failed attempts at humor have gotten so bad that a song about penises was the only place to go. The ridiculous music video (complete with a woman in a penis costume) pushes this one onto the top 10 list, even if the song pretends to be about a weiner dog at the end. No matter if you love or hate this one, it’s definitely one of the worst songs of the year for its dedication to urine, semen, and hand job jokes.
Each week, we'll be featuring the worst songs from each year this decade. We'll be counting down the absolute worst songs to come out each year from 2000 to 2009, and we'll be bringing back all of the songs you wish you'd forgotten. These are the songs that people just can't seem to believe exist, because they're just so terrible. There is a good mixture of guilty pleasures (the awfully funny) and complete crapfests (the awful with no merit). At the end of the 10 weeks, you'll have an opportunity to vote on the worst song of the decade.
2008 brought back a lot of things from the past you'd rather forget about. A lot of the worst songs of the year sampled past music, reintroduced bands we all thought had died, and even put a familiar face at the #1 spot. (This article is a repost of the original on December 11, 2008. For some fun comments from Beyonce fans who were furious at her inclusion on the list, check out that article's comments).
10. The Jonas Brothers – When You Look Me in the Eyes
As if American Idol didn’t prove it already, thank you Jonas Brothers for proving that 11 year old girls have no taste. Apparently tweens get off on gender ambiguous Disney clones with huge eyebrows whining like someone stole their bike. The song? It’s a bad pop song, but there are so many of those. This is top 10 material because the way these guys sing encourages people all over the world to just end their lives so they don’t have to listen to the next Jonas Brothers single.