The Stupidest Pop Lyrics Of All Time

First we collected the most ridiculous rap lyrics of all time and now we've moved on to pop music. Not to be outdone, this genre has truly stepped up in the stupid department making us laugh harder than ever. If we do country music next we may just lose it all together.

 

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Des'ree - "Life"

"I don't want to see a ghost/ It's the sight that I fear most/ I'd rather have a piece of toast/ Watch the evening news"

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[Dingoangst]

02:00 PM on 01/29/2010

"Horse with no Name" is a good song, they didn't say the heat was cold, that would have been stupid. And Hooty cried during an episode of "Flipper"... makes perfect sense. MacArthur Park... the cake symbolizes their love and he can't begin it again once it's gone.
Didn't ya'll take English 101 in the 60's?

[Mulvaney]

12:27 AM on 01/29/2010

Richard Harris may have performed MacArthur Park, but to give credit where credit is due, Jimmy Webb wrote and produced it. Who can forget those other timeless Webb classics like Up Up and Away or Wichita Lineman?

[yemaya]

06:03 PM on 01/28/2010

Her name is lola, she was a show girl
but that was 20 yrs ago, when she used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so divine
and drinks herself half blind

She lost her youth and she lost her tony,
Now she's lost her mind!
At the Copa, copacabana
Barry Manilow

[TchoupitoulasCanal]

10:38 PM on 01/27/2010

Lord have mercy...I think all of us lost IQ points just by reading through those lyrics...

[biniyukyuk]

09:24 PM on 01/26/2010

For the last damn time those aren't close to the right Cam'ron lyrics. Take it down.

[ellawensmom]

04:51 PM on 01/26/2010

"If you got bad breath, then maybe try Scope
And if you wash your a $$, then best use soap."

Sound advice from Beastie Boys. ha

[JScott]

10:49 AM on 01/26/2010

Hmm you mean there are lyrics with words and such, jeez when you hear the tune you often can't discern the words anyway. Like....Ya Mo Be Dair....whatz wi dat?

[tjbv]

11:01 AM on 01/26/2010

LFO's "Summer Girls": Not exactly "Brown Eyed Girl," eh?

[LolaP]

10:05 AM on 01/26/2010

Ok THE WORST lyric ever was from the 90's dance hit "Rhythm is a Dancer " by Snap where he goes
' I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer '

[yemaya]

05:37 PM on 01/28/2010

that's funny lolap, I remember that one. thanks for bringing back memories and reminding us that no matter the generation, there will always be stupid lyrics. :)

[KIVPossum]

09:39 AM on 01/26/2010

How bout

Johnny's at the urinal,
he's pissing on the wall
it he hit's the radiator
we'll smell it in the hall

Schoolteacher Blues, but can not recall the artist

[yemaya]

05:38 PM on 01/28/2010

those are actually pretty good, punky like lyrics KIV. I wouldn't put them in the same category.

[musiclover703]

09:32 AM on 01/26/2010

From the first verse of "A House Is Not A Home," music by Burt Bacharach, inane lyrics by Hal David:

"But a chair is not a house . . ."

Really? No sh*t? Thank you, Hal David, for that invaluable piece of interior decorating/real estate advice! Here I've been paying an adjustable rate mortgage for years and all I've got to show for it is a frickin' Lazy Boy!

[MissMel10]

12:54 PM on 01/26/2010

When put in context, that line isn't as bad as it sounds standing alone.

[ltyr2002]

09:29 AM on 01/26/2010

I think the U2 lyrics are actually very good. But all of this is subjective.

[Caesurae]

10:01 AM on 01/26/2010

No, I'm afraid these U2 lyrics are objectively awful.

[Pileated1]

09:06 AM on 01/26/2010

For the older generations that think today's lyrics are horrible, how about this gem from 1938:

"Oh, the flat foot floogie with a floy, floy,
Flat foot floogie with a floy, floy,
Flat foot floogie with a floy, floy,
Floy doy, floy doy, floy doy."

I know I like the song too...but what the he//?

[taxisdaddy]

08:36 AM on 01/26/2010

Nice to see a nod to America, who has long held the title of America's most inane lyricists, but how could you have omitted Ventura Highway, one of their most memorable:

"And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air "

And let's not forget Tin Man:

" And Cause never was the reason for the evening
In the Tropic of Sir Galahad"

[yemaya]

05:39 PM on 01/28/2010

totally fanned for showcasing America's lyrics. They haunted me all through childhood! Loved them though!

[ShinjiIkari]

07:52 AM on 01/26/2010

I have to nominate "Eleanor" by the Turtles:

Eleanor gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy et cetera

[Matt Love]

01:04 PM on 02/02/2010

You have to take it in context. Elenore was from the album "The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands." In which the Turtles parodied various pop styles. Track 8 was particularly memorable.

The Opening: Battle of the Bands
Band 2: The Last Thing I Remember
Band 3: Elenore
Band 4: Too Much Heartsick Feeling
Band 5: Oh, Daddy!
Band 6: Buzzsaw
Band 7: Surfer Dan
Band 8: I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Academia Nuts)
Band 9: You Showed Me
Band 10: Food
Band 11: Chicken Little Was Right
Band 12: Earth Anthem (All)

Criticizing these lyrics is like criticizing Spinal Tap. Yes, they are inane, they were mean't to be. Like Spinal Tap, stupid lyrics written by very clever men.

[wilray]

04:48 AM on 01/26/2010

It sound like a good idea at the time.