The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

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And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness–style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I provided a trusted colleague with the 16 artists who qualified and had him assign seeds—Lil Wayne you expect to go deep into a showdown like this, but Lucinda Williams? Some fantastic match-ups resulted, but in the end, nobody is topping Nickelback's backstage-pass bon mot, as devastating a blow to feminism as Katy Perry and Sarah Palin combined. Oh, for those innocent days of 50 Cent.


Click to see the full "Worst Lyrics of 2008" finals

Comments (31)

Ed Kollin says:

Womanizer
Woman-Womanizer
You're a womanizer
Oh Womanizer
Oh You're a Womanizer Baby
You, You You Are
You, You You Are
Womanizer, Womanizer, Womanizer

Posted On: Wednesday, Dec. 17 2008 @ 11:44AM
Brett says:

Fall Out Boy should win just for stealing "I don't care what you think unless it is about me" from Nirvana and turning it into their own chorus. Is there a prize for worst plagiarist?

Posted On: Wednesday, Dec. 17 2008 @ 12:23PM
Meg says:

Uh, what about Janet Jackson's
"Somethin' heavy like a first day period" from Feedback...

GROSS!

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 18 2008 @ 12:14PM
Pedro says:

is it too late to nominate the entire Kings of Leon song "Sex On Fire"???

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 18 2008 @ 1:48PM
Laura says:

Um, the Killers song is "denser", not "dancer".

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 18 2008 @ 1:58PM
Heidi says:

No, Laura. It is in fact "Are we human or are we dancer?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_(The_Killers_song)#Lyrical_confusion

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 18 2008 @ 2:48PM
DMCA says:

You people have WAY too much time on your hands.

GET BACK TO WORK

Posted On: Friday, Dec. 19 2008 @ 11:43AM
rob says:

whoever said janet jackson is correct. the "way too much time on your hands" guy too probably.

Posted On: Friday, Dec. 19 2008 @ 3:22PM
kevin says:

I think Ne-yo and Lil Wayne were robbed. But yeah, how did that Janet lyric get missed?

Posted On: Friday, Dec. 19 2008 @ 4:43PM
latenitebump says:

i kissed a girl and i liked it! (who cares!)

Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 20 2008 @ 4:09PM
latenitebump says:

i kissed a girl and i liked it! (who cares!)

Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 20 2008 @ 4:10PM
Kitty says:

ok ok, i have one:

Everybody wants to be Hollywood,
The fame, the vanity, the glitz, the stories
One day I'll become a great big star, you know
Like the Big Dipper

pretentious and shallow :(
shame cuz the music's great

(madame hollywood by felix da housecat)

Posted On: Sunday, Dec. 21 2008 @ 1:49PM
latenitebump says:

keep bleeding love--(certainly no mariah carey) i don´t care what they say; i´m in love with u...
i´m still a rock star...i got my rock moves(stink!)
we only got four minutes to save da world? grab a boy grab a girl...tic toc tic toc..time is waiting
ne-yo...i just can´t stop, i just can´t stop?!!
daft punk--harder better faster stronger
shorty got lo-lo-lo-lo-lo...boots with da fur?
give me the greenlight. legend?

Posted On: Sunday, Dec. 21 2008 @ 7:05PM
TJ says:

Wow, Nickelback as the "Worst XXXX of 2008". Way to go out on a limb there, folks. Where the hell was P!nk on this list?

So what?
I'm still a rock star
I've got my rock moves
And I don't need you tonight...

Can someone please tell me what one would consider 'rock moves'?

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 22 2008 @ 3:06PM
Mike says:

Mr. Ed Kollin, it's actually quite common for pop songs to repeat the same word or phrase several times, and it hardly qualifies as an attempt to write actual lyrics. I suppose you find the lyrics to Be My Baby atrocious as well. Miss the point much?

(Note: I'm not defending the song by any means.)

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 23 2008 @ 10:22PM
EdKollin says:

Mr. Mike: While the lyrics of “Be My Baby” leave something to be desired in the innovation department (Note: I'm not knocking the song by any means) at least the words are in English not Britneyspeak “I got you crazy”???????. I used that paragraph as an example of why that song as whole deserves consideration for the worst lyrics of 2008. As it happened I had been listening to Lily Allen’s version just before reading that blog. I happen to be very into Allen’s vocals but her version while not as bad as the original was still hard on my ears.

Posted On: Wednesday, Dec. 24 2008 @ 8:37PM
bulge says:

madame hollywood came out at least seven years ago

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 5:11PM
jude says:

Something In Your Mouth? Comeon... it's an empowerment song for women with anorexa nervosa and supermodels everywhere!

Posted On: Saturday, Jan. 3 2009 @ 2:23PM
bruisers says:

Key: and the rockets red glare
lennon: imagine there's no heaven
All those opera guys: arrrgghh
holly: a wella, wella, wella
kramden: homina homina
Nat Hentoff: oh, I forgot he was fired

Posted On: Tuesday, Jan. 6 2009 @ 5:55PM
bruisers says:

plato - to do is to be
socrates - to be is to do
sinatra - scooby dooby do
flintstone - yabba dabba do
beatles - love, love me do
reed - do, do do, do do, do do de do


These are the worst lyrics of 2008, I assure you

Posted On: Tuesday, Jan. 6 2009 @ 6:01PM
schweitzito says:

Don't agree with all your choices -- I mean, really, Chinese food or eggs seem like reasonable accompaniment, T-Pain's hand a sensible alternative. But Nickelback definitely wins the prize -- any guy trying that line risks having it bitten clear through, I figure.

Posted On: Monday, Jan. 12 2009 @ 12:18PM
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Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 5 2009 @ 4:13AM
g says:

Lil Wayne-

"Im the Bomb like tick tick"

among other retarded lyrics on carter III

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 13 2009 @ 6:15PM
Pablo says:

"Love hurts, but sometimes it's a good hurt"

Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 10 2009 @ 9:28PM
Escobar says:

All hail the ODB bracket! None of these pretenders can top the lyrics of ole dirty

You give me your number, I call you up
You act like ur pussy dont interrupt
I don't have no problem with you fucking me
But I have a little problem wit you not fucking me

Posted On: Wednesday, Apr. 1 2009 @ 9:27PM
ana says:

wow, the people who voted for this as worst lyrics are ignorant. They obviously dont understand, idiots.
The Killers rock!

Posted On: Friday, Apr. 10 2009 @ 1:34AM
Roberto says:

Actually, "Human" by the Killers is more deep than what people think. The line 'dancer' is in is actually a reference to the fact of a great amount of raising dancer generation in america, and if you think about it, dancers follow predeterminated moves, so theyre like programmed robots. Brandon Flowers is a genius about that line, are we human? (do we do what we feel, following instinct and desire), or are we dancer? (do we follow a stereotype of american person, who doesnt live his life like in the old times). That's actually what Brandon Flowers tries to say, so definately its not a bad lyric, but people is stupid and can't understand complex lyrics. Hope people notice this, The Killers are just an amazing band, probably one of the best bands of the decade!

Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 28 2009 @ 3:22PM
Roberto says:

HAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS!

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 15 2009 @ 6:24PM
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Posted On: Friday, Mar. 26 2010 @ 1:29PM
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Posted On: Saturday, Apr. 10 2010 @ 6:15PM
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Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 1 2010 @ 10:29PM

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