Does anybody out there know of one single that made #1 but can't stand the song? I can think of three examples:
"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro '68 "Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley '68 again "Disco Duck" - Rick Dees & His Gang Of Idiots '76
"You Light Up My Life" - Debbie Boone (It was number 1 for 13 consecutive weeks, which is probably why I grew to hate it...it played over and over and over).
Funny, I had to go listen to "Disco Duck." I don't ever remember hearing it back in the day. Now that I have, I agree that it's the worst of those mentioned so far. (But only by default. I actually like all the others mentioned).
Does anybody out there know of one single that made #1 but can't stand the song? I can think of three examples:
"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro '68 "Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley '68 again "Disco Duck" - Rick Dees & His Gang Of Idiots '76
I was in high school when Disco Duck was a hit on the radio and I remember finding the duck vocal very annoying. I remember thinking that I liked the music and background vocals and if only it didn't have the duck vocal....
The flip side of the 45 of Disco Duck had an instrumental version and the promo 12" single which I still have combined the two sides together into one 6+ minute version.
This is it here. For some reason Rick Dees is called "Ricky Dees".
Funny, I had to go listen to "Disco Duck." I don't ever remember hearing it back in the day. Now that I have, I agree that it's the worst of those mentioned so far. (But only by default. I actually like all the others mentioned).
Oh man that song is a classic! I remember it well.
"You Light Up My Life" - Debbie Boone (It was number 1 for 13 consecutive weeks, which is probably why I grew to hate it...it played over and over and over).
It’s hard for me to hear that song now without thinking about what a scumbag the songwriter Joseph Brooks was, so for me the song is "tainted".
Difficult to say -- I was never one to follow weekly charts and hits, not even when I was a kid. I was mostly into non-chart music. So I would need some databases or resources to choose. And it would obviously be from the 80s onwards, as I know very little about the popular pop music of preceding decades (I like a lot of music from those decades, but little of it was chart hits, and I've certainly never paid attention to the BAD ones). I'm impressed by the ease with which many of you pull out these items.
"You Light Up My Life" - Debbie Boone (It was number 1 for 13 consecutive weeks, which is probably why I grew to hate it...it played over and over and over).
It’s hard for me to hear that song now without thinking about what a scumbag the songwriter Joseph Brooks was, so for me the song is "tainted".
That's how I feel about it now, too.
As for the novelty songs, I think they should be given a pass. By and large they were made for the purpose of being unironically bad, whereas regular pop tunes are the opposite.
Difficult to say -- I was never one to follow weekly charts and hits, not even when I was a kid. I was mostly into non-chart music. So I would need some databases or resources to choose. And it would obviously be from the 80s onwards, as I know very little about the popular pop music of preceding decades (I like a lot of music from those decades, but little of it was chart hits, and I've certainly never paid attention to the BAD ones). I'm impressed by the ease with which many of you pull out these items.
The UK Charts has a database and archival section which I find pretty handy when looking up chart placings and release dates mainly for 80s stuff, Thor...
Then there's Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling". I can't believe one of the founding fathers of rock n' roll's sole #1 single is this piece of junk that came from the same man who gave us "Sweet Little Sixteen", "Roll Over Beethoven", and "School Days"? I bet this is one of the songs that The Rolling Stones DIDN'T cover.
Then there's Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling". I can't believe one of the founding fathers of rock n' roll's sole #1 single is this piece of junk that came from the same man who gave us "Sweet Little Sixteen", "Roll Over Beethoven", and "School Days"? I bet this is one of the songs that The Rolling Stones DIDN'T cover.
The Stones version is more commonly known as "Schoolboy Blues"!
