Worst song by your favourite band(s) or artist(s)

[cheesefest]

Everyone must have a song from their favourites when playing then, you are thinking what made them write and/or record them? Some songs maybe down to contractual reasons. For example, Roy Orbison had to record Chicken Hearted even though he hated it.

Other mentionable songs are David Bowie’s Laughing Gnome, Beatles’ Wild Honey Pie and Pink Floyd’s Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict.

 

[cheesefest]

Just for the record, is this by any chance a thread to have a moan about something?

It’s not moaning.

 

[cheesefest]

Shiny Happy People by REM.

It got played to death on MTV and it eventually lead to me buying their older albums on the strength of other Out Of Time singles such as Losing My Religion, but this song is wildly upbeat compared to anything else of theirs I can recall, while for me REM's forte was always deep and meaningful tunes.

Hence why SHP never was on Best of album

 

[cheesefest]

I love Stevie Wonder. But can’t stand I Just Call To Say I Love You, is the pits. Yet it’s his best selling single.