Top Ten Worst Songs (By Otherwise Good Artists)

Sage: It's a sad fact of life, isn't it? That no matter how good you may think you are, and no matter how many people may agree with you, no-one is immune for making absolute tripe.

(Games without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel plays, and the music video plays)

Sage: (V.O.) Yes, once again, I'm straying away from my usual habitat of video games and old anime to delve deep into the realm of music. Today we're gonna be examining 10 cases of bands and artists who, for whatever reason, were not on their a-game when they released, or should I say inflicted, these following songs.

Sage: Now the structure of this list is going to be depended on 2 factors, 1: how good these bands are when the song was released, and 2: just how bad these songs are. But make no mistake, regardless of context, all 10 songs are just dreadful.

(Live performance of Shabby Doll by Elvis Costello is shown)

Sage: (V.O) Also, I want to point out that most everyone can be accused of album filler, so putting songs like Elvis Costello's "Shabby Doll" would make for a boring list. So I'm restricting this to just singles, the songs that were meant to attract people to buy the album, and to represent the band in the mind of popular conscience. The way many people can't separate "Bohemian Rhapsody" from Queen. These songs may have been commercially successful, or they may have flopped. All that matters, though, is how much they suck.

Sage: Summon up your best shame-spell, because we're going to be hip-deep in the works of people who should know better. It's...

(Time Stand Still from Rush plays)

Sage: The Top Ten Worst Songs (by otherwise good artists).