Least Favourite Songs of the 1990s

I just don't like it and I've been overexposed to it so everything about it falls on the flat side of things, and I've also heard better stuff in the same style of exagerated Eurodance (though I definitely believe there's even worse as well, but "Butterfly" is just one that immediately stands out to me) :/

Doesn't help that I immediately associate the song with noisy children toys I just want to throw away through the window.

You've seen it on "worst songs" countdowns? I thought those typically belonged to "MMMBop", "Tubthumping", and "Barbie Girl", not "Lovefool", which I still hear a lot in passing and which I was under the impression everybody praises as some piece of genuine art. Somebody on Twitter even called the Cardigans unquestionably superior to S Club 7, which, if "Lovefool" is what we're basing such a claim on, makes me cringe with disgust.

Here's what I'm talking about:



Imagine that looped over and over because little kids just love to push buttons repeatedly.

I have, but not very often. You're right, most "worst songs of the '90s" countdowns are typically reserved for songs such as "MMMBop", "Tubthumping" and "Barbie Girl", however I have on the rare occasion come across "Lovefool" on those lists as well.

To be honest, i'm not really surprised that someone would call The Cardigans "unquestionably superior" to S Club 7, even though it's entirely subjective and not necessarily the case. Of course, that's not to degrade S Club 7 in any way, but because pop-rock generally receives more praise and appreciation than bubblegum-pop, I can see why some people would automatically perceive The Cardigan's music in that way without ever giving it a second thought. It's completely subjective though. I personally don't think The Cardigans should be compared with S Club 7.

I know this is an old post, but I have come across something which may partially explain why "Touch It" by Monifah was a huge hit in both countries. If the comments here are anything to go by, it was successful purely because of the song's sex appeal. 


That's completely understandable. Music resonates with people in different ways. Everyone should be able to find pleasure in listening to whatever they wish, without facing any discrimination associated with their personal choice of music. It's hypocritical of people to condone the interests of others and deem what "is" or what "isn't" good, when liking/disliking something by it's very nature is entirely subjective.

Exploring the early 1990s charts was fun, so much bad stuff...



Madonna, Madonna, Madonna, please. This is not how you do a sex jam, this spoken whisper party + looped basic machine drum programming is the most hackneyed thing in the world. I like the pro-LGBT themes of your Erotica era in a time where society was still very homophobic, but this is just boring as all hell.



This has to be one of the worst ballads I've heard in my life... Not only is the musicianship so sappy and cliché, but Stevie B's voice is downright awful. It's so nasal. The echo effect is distracting and makes the song needlessly whitespaced.
Yuck!



Annoying persona, annoying theme, annoying way of accentuating the wrong vowels. Generic New Jack Swing backing. Kind of represent everything I don't like about the genre.



I hate this group. Everything they make is so wooden and stilted and devoid of anything worthwhile musically. Their harmonies are just awful, by far the worst of the whole 1990s. And boy did that decade love their harmonizing groups so they are tons of them. While not nearly as bad as "I Wanna Sex You Up", this is still very bad due to how sneary the whole thing is.

I don't hate that song or anything, although I will admit that it's one of Madonna's weaker efforts. If you knew nothing about Madonna or the career she had, after hearing this, you would never believe that the same artist who released this also released "Like a Virgin" and "Ray of Light".


Yeah, that's understandable. I'm glad that's a trend that Australia mostly missed out on, to be honest. Crazy Frog and Schnappi became hits here, but no other 3D anthropomorphised animals were popular here as far as I can recall.  

I assume a lot people in Belgium and across mainland Europe at the time had Crazy Frog as their ringtone as well? That was the main reason why I stopped liking "Axel F" after a while. So many people at the time had it as their ringtone and there was even ads on TV which advertised it as well.