Worst Songs of the '90s

**xinhui** · 07 Sep 11,, 05:05

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'Barbie Girl' Tops Rolling Stone's Worst Songs of the '90s
Posted Tue Sep 6, 2011 3:57pm PDT by Andy Greene in The Rolling Stone Blog

When people look back on a decade's music they tend to focus on the good stuff - but the people who lived through the time period know better. While the 1990s certainly had amazing music, not everything on the radio was Nirvana or Radiohead. Michael Bolton, Kenny G. and Vanilla Ice sold enough records to fill 500 landfills - which is where most of those records now reside.

Last week, Rolling Stone asked readers to vote for the worst song of the 1990s. And topping the list is Aqua's "Barbie Girl."

"Barbie Girl" - written by the Danish dance-pop group Aqua - is an incredibly polarizing song. Many people were offended by the portrayal of a woman as a man's plastic doll, begging him to "undress me everywhere." Others loved the over-the-top cartoonish video and bizarre sound of the song.

Mattel (the makers of Barbie) were less than pleased that their product was being presented in such an overtly sexual way and filed a lawsuit. The courts ruled that the song was a parody and thus permissible, but Mattel took it all the way to the Supreme Court. The company had a change of heart in 2009, when they changed the lyrics and used the song in an ad campaign.

ROLLING STONE'S WORST '90s SONG ENTRIES, 2-10:

2. Los Del Rio, "Macarena"

3. Billy Ray Cyrus, "Achy Breaky Heart"

4. Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby"

5. Chumbawamba, "Tubthumping"

6. Hanson, "MMMBop"

7. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On"

8. Baha Men, "Who Let The Dogs Out?"

9. Right Said Fred, "I'm Too Sexy"

10. 4 Non Blondes, "What's Up?"

**xinhui** · 07 Sep 11,, 05:07

**Officer of Engineers** · 07 Sep 11,, 05:21

Originally Posted by xinhui

7. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On"

You know something, Andy. I never let CDF knew of my hatre of SWSNBN. Namely, it's not the forum for it. Should I end CDF's happy ignorance?

**Doktor** · 07 Sep 11,, 06:38

Can we expand the list?

I have several songs coming to my mind, for 1. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam

**bigross86** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:14

I dunno, I kinda like "Tubthumping" and "What's Up".

This one, however, should have definitely been on the list:

Snow - Informer

**1979** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:22

Cant recall which was the worst but a trip down memory lane is nice..

**bigross86** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:24

Originally Posted by 1979

Cant recall which was the worst but a trip down memory lane is nice..

Dude, Black Velvet is an awesome song! How dare you?!

Besides, it was recorded in 1988 and released in the US in 1989

**1979** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:36

if you are into that kind of thing...

i guess your right about the date, it certainly fells that way ...
ie 80's music.

**Doktor** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:39

Originally Posted by 1979

if you are into that kind of thing...

i guess your right about the date, it certainly fells that way ...
ie 80's music.

Fail!

**1979** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:43

Originally Posted by Doktor

Fail!

i apologize dok , here is a song to make up...

**Doktor** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:46

Much better

**bigross86** · 07 Sep 11,, 08:56

Originally Posted by 1979

i apologize dok , here is a song to make up...

Nothing at all Ironic about that song:

**1979** · 07 Sep 11,, 09:21

how could i forget boy bands...

**Doktor** · 07 Sep 11,, 09:26

and the girl bands

**Double Edge** · 07 Sep 11,, 15:05

90s was not a bad decade for music, like the 60s & 70s, lots of new interesting genres especially in the electronic scene made it. Note this is not the sort of music you will ever hear on top of the pops or on the radio unless its dedicated to that sort of genre.

The 80s, however has got to be the worst decade.