OK, so all those votes for Fergie and Britney and Starship and Meat Loaf are all well and good, but it's good to remember that we're not just going for the annoying, or the trite, or even the "I'm-so-sick-of-hearing-that-song" category -- we're looking for the Worst Songs Ever.
Take this song, recorded by Think in 1971. "Once You Understand" is a series of short, preachy generational gap sketches (square parents versus whiny teens on such subjects as haircuts, curfews and...gasp!...being in a rock band) performed over an endless loop of the lyric "things'll get a little easier/once you understand" (sung by what sounds like the "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" folks.) This was a bona fide Top 40 hit, folks. You think they let crap on the radio now? We don't got nothin' on the 70s.
Enjoy -- and good luck getting that lyric out of your head.
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