Chris Brown has this unique ability to continue having a career despite having no talent. - Garbage hooks. - Bad lyrics. - Underwhelming chorus. - Detestable personality. - Unfunny - Woman beater - I'd rather listen to Jason Derulo. That's how bad he is.
To be fair, is it really a spoiler when pretty much everyone and their mother agrees how shit the song is? The question isn't whether it will be on the list, but how high.
You know what’s amazing? The comments on Big Sean’s A$$ are all negative, yet Birthday Cake is filled with almost nothing but praise from Chris Brown and Rihanna fans.
For as bad as “Want U Back” is just be greatful Swagger Jagger didn’t cross over in the US. One of the most embarrassing songs you will ever here. Gave her a number one single and fathered her states as the “worst thing ever” (Rebeca Black style) in British music for all of 6 mouths before she was mostly forgotten.
Ever noticed that "Swagger Jagger" sounds a bit like "Oh, My Darlin' Clementine"? Yeah, because nothing amps me up like a pop song that reminds me of an old cartoon that used to air own Boomerang.
Looking at the 2012 year end just makes me feel sad. Poor Carly Rae Jepson would never have another hit as big and would make so much better music. And I like Call me Maybe!!!
@@pfeltsy9065 It just goes to show you how important the lead single is. I Really Like You charted as high as it did because people were curious how she would follow up Call Me Maybe. The public viewed it as a retread, so they stopped paying attention. Also didn't help that she dropped the album TWO MONTHS LATE so she could "promote it for her Japanese fans" or something.
Call Me Maybe really shows me everything wrong with popular music. Not because the song itself is all that bad, but because the artists involved have made such better music. Carly Rae Jepsen has become the darling of indie pop, and the songwriter Josh Ramsay is the frontman of one of the best pop bands ever (Marianas Trench). And yet, outside of that song (and Good Time), name one song from either of them that’s gotten popular in the US. Apparently we just wanted to hear the lowest common denominator instead of what either artists are actually capable of.
@@mikerivera373 Dedicated is my favourite pop album of this year. Listened to it so many times. as @pfeltsy said, its a tragedy Run Away With Me wasn't a hit, its perfect in every way.
How was Birthday Cake not an instant career killer for both Rihanna and Chris Brown? Same with Love Me for Lil Wayne, Drake and Future the following year.
I really enjoyed Hands All Over, but it underperformed. It's not a coincidence Moves Like Jagger, which was tacked on to the album half a year later, features his cohost from The Voice. I can't fault the man for making pop garbage when selling out when each hit keeps getting bigger and bigger. If you reward bad behavior, you get more of it.
I remember having some of that yogurt in 2007. I mixed it with honey and berries. It was damn good. Really makes me wonder why I didn't just throw the rest out when I had the chance.
Rack City, it's honestly my least favorite hit of the 21st century. While I despise Birthday Cake's lyrics, it mostly relies on generic cake metaphors to describe sexual acts. Rack City is a lot more descriptive with its subject matter in vomit inducing ways, not to mention Tyga's atrocious flow, creepy delivery, and some of the worst lines i've ever heard in a song
@@ronstoppable5659 Honestly, in terms of quality, only Fefe is close to debatable on being worse than this remix. (Personally, I'd also include Crank Dat and Fight Song as well, but they honestly aren't *as awful* as those two are.)
@@angelicwarrior118 I mean, fair, but I did a one song per artist limit myself, and Fefe was worse than Gummo to me because of it's nothingness nature at hand.
Best hit of every year of the 2010s: 2010: DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love by Usher ft. Pitbull 2011: Colder Weather by Zac Brown Band 2012: Paradise by Coldplay 2013: Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin (best hit of the decade) 2014: Pompeii by Bastille 2015: Shut Up And Dance by Walk The Moon 2016: When We Were Young by Adele 2017: Praying by Kesha 2018: Marry Me by Thomas Rhett 2019: God's Country by Blake Shelton (so far)
@@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125 I like most of the production on Want U Back, but the lyrics and the grunting... yeah, different story, I'll take the Jackson 5.
Random thoughts in order: - "Whistle" will now be stuck in my head for a week. That hook is catchy as smallpox (and about as pleasant). Thanks a lot. - It's been 7 years and I still think about how atrocious "Drive By" is on a regular basis. The lyrics are just so bafflingly terrible they randomly pop into my head about once a week. I've heard songs about chemtrails sung by talentless nobodies on TH-cam that made more sense. - "And this was a slot that was originally going to be filled by Justin Bieber''s 'Boyfriend'." I'd actually forgotten he made a song with that title, so my first reaction was "Hold up, Biebs dated a dude in 2012? I think I would remember that." - "Electro pop/migraine" *slow clap*
Man, what was it with 2012 and fuzzy, mushy production where you can’t tell the guitars from the synths from the bass from the other synths? I never realised how goddamn prevalent it was until now…
Alright Mark. You got every year of the decade out of the way except 2011. You gotta gotta gotta do. Can’t leave out the best year of the entire decade.
"there's an audience for this sort of thing, that enjoys music at its most catty, capricious, and lightly toxic - it's called Nicki Minaj's fanbase" - Mark, 2019
Nice list here's mine 10. "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" by Train 9. "As Long as You Love Me" by Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean 8. "Wanted" by Hunter Hayes 7. "Starships" by Nicki Minaj 6. "Rack City" by Tyga 5. "Want U Back" by Cher Lloyd 4. "Part of Me" by Katy Perry 3. "Drive By" by Train 2. "One More Night" by Maroon 5 1. "Birthday Cake" by Rihanna ft. Chris Brown
Riah Reviews As an Ariana fan, I personally don’t hate it the way she does, but I get why she would hate it. She thankfully made better music after that song.
10. I like the prechorus, but the drop blows, and this is far from the only Early-Mid 2010s EDM track that fits that description. 9. This was the song that taught me how to whistle. Of course, I was too naïve and innocent back then to catch the obvious double entendre, but I can't have anything but nostalgia for this song. 8. That beeping synth... hasn't aged particularly well to say the least. 7. Pink, don't try to hit high notes, you're not Mariah Carey (or at least Mariah in her prime). 6. Guilty pleasure solely due to nostalgia. 5. I don't think this song is that bad. Don't get me wrong, it's not good by any means, just not something I really dislike. 4. I actually like a fair deal of the production (the guitar line in particular, I think you could've built a solid mid-tempo pop rock song out of it), but the lyrics and vocals (UGH)… yeah, different story. When it comes to songs called "Want You Back", I'll take the Jackson 5 any day of the week. 3. I didn't realize how bad the lyrics were when I was 11, so can you please forgive my nostalgia for this song (nostalgia, see a running theme here?). 2. Cheesy WGWAG ballad. DM1. Nicki Minaj's vocals kind of annoy me. DM2. This ain't the last of Rihanna we'll see on this list. DM3. Another song, another burst of nostalgia. Gee, 11 year old me really had a bad taste in music. DM4. Meh. DM5. That production sure hasn't aged like fine wine. DM6. Rack City Bitch Rack Rack City Bitch... DM7. See DM4. 1. CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (repeat ad infinitum)… one of the worst songs of the decade. I don't want my pop music to sound like I'm getting a root canal.
Guarantees (based on copyright bot spoilers) and my thoughts on them: We Run the Night (chorus isn't bad, but drop ruins everything) Whistle (doesn't sound bad, but far from subtle) Turn Up the Music (horrendous post chorus synths) Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (yeah, this song has shrunk on me considerably over the past 7 years) Payphone (started Maroon 5's decline, but I still don't hate this) Back in Time (great guitar lick, but wrong sample choice, and dubstep) Want U Back (horrendous, most other years the worst of the year) Drive By (don't hate this, but I do recognize the stupid lyrics) I Won't Give Up (kind of boring, but I don't get the extreme hate) You Da One (kind of annoying, but a masterpiece compared to one other song) Other songs I expect to be on this list: Birthday Cake (duh!) Rack City ("got your grandma on my dick", anyone?) Ass (again, duh!) Starships (similar to We Run the Night) The Motto (culturally damaging, and that one line from Lil Wayne) Boyfriend (just pitiful...) We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (don't hate as much as others, but a big shift for Taylor Swift)
Opinions while watching the video: #10. Yeah, the worst part of the song is the post chorus drop... #9. Yeah, not so subtle at all... #8. The drop is horrendous. #7. Well, it did drop from it's high position after all. Still, not that good. #6. This is where they started going downhill, but I don't hate it. #5. Good lick, but horrendous dubstep. #4. What? This low? How? #3. Yeah, bad lyrics alert. #2. I've never understood the extreme hate for this song. DM1: I was expecting Starships, but yeah, annoying... DM2: Compared to one other hit, this is a masterpiece... DM3: It has shrunk drastically over the years... DM4: Okay, wasn't expecting this... DM5: Not Boyfriend? DM6: Horrendous. DM7: Okay, I haven't given this much thought... #1: Yes, this song is flat out atrocious. The absolute worst of the year...
I agree P!nk's career went downhill a bit, but imo Blow Me One Last Kiss is one of her best songs of this decade. I always found the melody phenomenal along with the hook, funny how tastes differ
You know what sucks? I grew up with most of all these songs on the list, and it was NOT A GOOD year for music for me. I hated songs like What doesn’t kill you, Call me maybe, Blow me and Whistle so much it made me wanna slash my throat with a broken cup of glass and wanna commit murder to myself. But then, I realized that Channel Orange and Good Kid came out that year, and saved my memories
@@jesusrox4u for now, my least favorite 2011 hit is Dirt Road Anthem, which is a 0/10 that isn’t in negative range. Every other year has, to me, at least two negative range 0/10s.
My List: 1. Rack City- Tyga 2. Birthday Cake- Rhianna ft. Chris Brown 3. Want U Back- Cher Lloyd 4. Dance A$$- Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj 5. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye- Train 6. Whistle- Flo Rida 7. Drive By- Train 8. Back In Time- Pitbull 9. One More Night- Maroon 5 10. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together- Taylor Swift Dishonorable Mentions: Starships- Nicki Minaj Brokenhearted- Karmin Love You Like A Love Song- Selena Gomez Boyfriend- Justin Bieber Don't Wake Me Up- Chris Brown Stronger- Kelly Clarkson Blow Me (One Last Kiss)- P!nk I Won't Give Up- Jason Mraz Payphone- Maroon 5
Much like 'Deuces' being the worst song of 2010, I saw 'Birthday Cake' coming from a mile away. Edit: Arguably the worst song of the decade, in my book!
@@TheMiels id have to give Worst Hit of the Decade to Selfie by The Chainsmokers. Although a lot would be just behind it (Gucci Gang, Birthday Cake, Blah Blah Blah, Tunnel Vision, Body Like A Backroad).
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together going from being no. 7 to being completely off the list, even from the honourable mentions, is the only rectification you needed to make.
damn, this music is a throwback to the hell of working at a Best Buy where the in-store PA would play a constant loop of Now That's What I Call Music discs lmao. The vast majority of these hits were the soundtrack to my work day
Based on the thumbnail that'll be Birthday Cake, Turn Up The Music / Don't Wake Me Up, Back In Time (possibly International Love) and.... Is the last guy Wiz Khalifa? I know he had Payphone and I think a couple of other songs in 2012.
I mean talking about Movie-Tie-In songs in a year that had Shallow and (not sure if thats counting, since its just on the soundtrack) Sunflower... Shows the failure of Back In Time even more.
Worst Hit Songs of 2012 1)Birthday Cake (Remix) by Rihanna ft. Chris Brown 2)Dance A$$ (Remix) by Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj 3)Rack City by Tyga 4)Want U Back by Cher Lloyd 5)Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen 6)Boyfriend/As Long As You Love Me ft. Big Sean by Justin Bieber 7)Turn Me On by David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj 8)Whistle by Flo Rida 9)We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift 10)Love You Like A Love Song by Selena Gomez & The Scene Dishonorable Mentions Payphone ft. Wiz Khalifa/One More Night by Maroon 5 Starships/Pound The Alarm by Nicki Minaj What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction Drive By/50 Ways To Say Goodbye by Train The Motto by Drake ft. Lil Wayne Where Have You Been by Rihanna Mercy by Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz No Lie by 2 Chainz ft. Drake Brokenhearted by Karmin Back In Time by Pitbull Drank In My Cup by Kirko Bangz Turn Up The Music by Chris Brown 5 O’Clock by T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen We Run The Night by Havana Brown ft. Pitbull Cashin Out by Ca$h Out
Gabingston Best Hit Songs of 2012 1)Some Nights by fun. 2)It’s Time by Imagine Dragons 3)Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye ft. Kimbra 4)Set Fire To The Rain/Rumour Has It by Adele 5)So Good by B.o.B 6)Young, Wild & Free by Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars 7)Paradise by Coldplay 8)Everybody Talks by Neon Trees 9)Adorn by Miguel 10)Lights by Ellie Goulding Honorable Mentions We Are Young by fun. ft. Janelle Monáe Wide Awake by Katy Perry It Will Rain by Bruno Mars Good Time by Carly Rae Jepsen & Owl City In Paris by JAY-Z & Kanye West Domino by Jessie J Gangnam Style by Psy Home by Phillip Phillips Springsteen by Eric Church Ho Hey by The Lumineers Blown Away by Carrie Underwood Climax by Usher Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith Die Young by Kesha Take A Little Ride by Jason Aldean Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Eli Young Band
@@gabingston3430 I would more say sounds like Death incarnate coming to get you. Seriously, the only other song that I could genuinely say sounded anywhere close to that description that was popular in recent years was Fefe. Even then, it was more a slow, tedious, yet disgusting sounding kind of death over an over the top, complete blunt force trauma kind if situation that death could bring with that sound, which is arguably even worse by comparison.
My 2012 worst listed based on Australia's year end chart for 2012 10. Payphone by Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa 9. I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift 8. Sitting on top of the World by Delta Goodrem (As a Delta Goodrem fan, this song hurts my ears to listen to. Such a disappointment) 7. Scream & Shout by Britney Spears and Will.i. Am 6. Turn Me On by David Guetta and Nicki Minaj 5. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift 4. Drive By by Train 3, Hall of Fame by The Script feat. Will.I.Am (So...many...cliches) 2,Turn Up the Music by Chris Brown ("Birthday Cake remix" didn't make Australia's charts thank goodness..wish it was the same for this turd though) 1. Bom Bom by Sam and the Womp (Okay, advertising jingles do not need to become hits)
Bom Bom was kinda popular here in Australia for some time, and no one cared about it, until K-Mart decided to use it for their ads for an ungodly amount of time, and now it's basically 'that song used in K-Mart ads'.
(spoilers) oh finally someone else who doesn't hate One More Night, and always gonna enjoy me some crapping on David Guetta. thank god I Just Wanna F wasn't a hit or I think you'd have a different #1 pick but I will admit Back In Time has always been a massive guilty pleasure of mine. as big of a trainwreck as it is and as much as your criticisms are 100% valid, I still find it to be an entertaining trainwreck, and NUMBAH TWOOOO is going to stick with me as long as I live
@@TheWonkyAngle for me, I’ve never hated Back In Time/considered it a guilt pleasure. And I honestly really like the dubstep bridge and don’t find most any errors in the song. Also, The Social Tune and Todd In The Shadows both put One More Night on their worst lists of 2012.
Fun fact. I had only heard the radio version of number 6 on this list which featured travie mccoy as the much more sanatized rapper and guest verse. I had absolutely no idea Wiz Kalifa was the actual guest artist until about 2016 when I stumbled into this song again. Honestly I don't hate it at all though (and kinda like the other two songs mentioned from this group).
I know that Birthday Cake is going to be #1 but I honestly think that Rack City is much worse, because while Birthday Cake's lyrics are disgusting, they mostly rely on generic cake metaphors to describe sexual acts. Rack City is a lot more descriptive with its subject matter in vomit inducing ways, in addition to Tyga's atrocious flow, unsettling delivery, and some of the worst lines I've ever heard in a song
@@ronstoppable5659 if it weren’t for the fact that Birthday Cake (Remix) charted primarily due to it being connected to a certain horrible incident from 2009 or the fact that from the time it begins, the buzzing synths make it sound like a hole is drilled into the listener’s skull, then it wouldn’t have been worse than Rack City. But unfortunately, both are the case, making it worse than Rack City and one of the only songs I think everyone (or at least most people) should hate.
I remembered liking 2012 for music (guess I felt nostalgic for that year since I graduated from high school). Though I somehow avoided listening to most of the bad stuff (guess I didn't listen to the radio that often).
@@fullmetalmasify I often listen to my local radio both then and now, but not going to lie, the 2012 year-end has songs that I don’t ever remember listening to back then.
I agree with all of this list....except Turn Up The Music by Chris Brown. Probably my favourite song that Chris Brown made and one of my biggest guilty pleasures of the decade! Also Back In Time is genuinely great fite me!
@@benallan2328 I will not fight you on either Turn Up The Music or Back In Time; both are in my Excellent Tier (8.1/10-10/10). I would also like to add that I’ve always had a nostalgic connection to We Run The Night that most don’t and that I give it a 9.4/10 despite what most would say.
Not surprising the number one worst song of 2012 Has the distinction of being the only hot hundred song to make the top 40 portion credited to a version not commercially available not available for download on a paid download site. It also was not available for streaming On one of the major streaming services and not commercially available as a single or on an album in any format the only version available was even worse than the version that Mark chose as the worst of the year!! the only version you could get was a meme way under One and a half minutes in total and that’s the version even worse than when Mark mentioned that you find on Rihanna‘s album minus Chris Brown’s vocals.
Oh yeah, another one! Here's mine: 1. Birthday Cake - Rihanna ft. Chris Brown 2. Turn Up the Music - Chris Brown 3. Want U Back - Cher Lloyd 4. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz 5. Dance (A$$) - Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj 6. One More Night - Maroon 5 7. Boyfriend - Justin Bieber 8. As Long as You Love Me - Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean 9. Rack City - Tyga 10. Starships - Nicki Minaj Dishonourable Mentions: • Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown • Drunk on You - Luke Bryan • Drive By - Train • It Will Rain - Bruno Mars • Drank in My Cup - Kirko Bangz • Somethin' 'Bout a Truck - Kip Moore • 5 O'Clock - T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen I will be utterly amazed if we don't have the same #1. Probably the worst hit of the decade.
@Whatever I actually have Birthday Cake at #2, my #1 and my least favorite song of the decade is Rack City, because while I detest Birthday Cake's lyrics, they mostly rely on generic cake metaphors to describe graphic sex. Rack City on the other hand is a lot more descriptive with its subject matter in vomit inducing ways, in addition to Tyga's atrocious flow, creepy delivery, and some of the worst lines I've ever heard in a song
I don't know, man. I think all of your points about Payphone are valid, but I still just love that song. It's just great melodically and perfectly constructed in my opinion. I'm actually a Maroon 5 fan, though, so my taste is just bad I guess.
I actually really liked I Won't Give Up... in fact, I listed it as one of my favorite hits of the year at the conclusion of 2012. To be fair, though, I always interpreted it as him trying to maintain a relationship that's hit a bit of a rough spot, rather than him trying to win someone back.
Mine list here's nice DHMs Rihanna- You Da One Rihanna- Where Have You Been Drake ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga- The Motto Train- Drive By J. Cole- Work Out Kirko Bangz- Drank in My Cup Wiz Khalifa- Work Hard, Play Hard Jason Mraz- I Won't Give Up David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On Maroon 5- One More Night Luke Bryan- Drunk on You 2 Chainz ft. Drake- No Lie 10. Pitbull- Back in Time 9. Selena Gomez & The Scene- Love You Like a Love Song 8. Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean- As Long As You Love Me 7. Chris Brown- Turn Up the Music 6. Flo Rida- Whistle 5. Cher Lloyd- Want U Back 4. Havana Brown ft. Pitbull- We Run the Night 3. Tyga- Rack City 2. LMFAO- Sexy and I Know It (f**k it it gets to be on 2 lists) 1. Rihanna ft. Chris Brown- Birthday Cake (Remix)
Dude I usually think you’re right on with your critique but you were ludicrously unfair to Jason Mraz. I know there are issues within his music but I think the extrapolation from your personal experience with “I Don’t Give Up” to his music in general is totally misguided. He produced some quality stuff among his many clunkers. Underrated artist imo looking past the huge hits.
Ig you’re right on like all these songs lol, but I’m still biased to them, only bc of nostalgia. And I don’t even like pop or hip hop. But I was just starting middle school, and they’re super nostalgic. 🤷♂️😂
And to quote the great ADoseofBuckley about Birthday Cake: "You want that cake (X stupid amount of times)....Hmmm, wonder what the next line's gonna be? Cake,cake..... Brutal".
2012 overall was a good year for music I agree these songs are not good at all. Only one slight disagreement one more night was the worst of the two maroon 5 songs.
Everyone seems to agree that that Chris Brown/Rihanna collaboration was one of the biggest miscalculations in recent popular music. And yet Chris Brown still has millions of defenders. BLACK WOMAN defenders!! I don’t know what’s wrong with the world. Also shame on you for reminding of Cher Lloyd. *Ugh*
@@deathgoddragon3698 I agree that basically giving Chris Brown a career after Birthday Cake (Remix) was a mistake, but both New Flame and Go Crazy are surprisingly good and both came out after that ungodly remix that should’ve never happened. Oh, and as bad as Want U Back is, Cher Lloyd has made some genuinely good songs that I think more people should get to know: Oath and Sirens.
My list: 10. Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown 9. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift 8. Dance (A$$) (ft. Nicki Minaj) - Big Sean 7. The Motto (ft. Lil Wayne) - Drake 6. As Long As You Love Me (ft. Big Sean) - Justin Bieber 5. We Run The Night (ft. Pitbull) - Havana Brown 4. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz 3. Want U Back - Cher Lloyd 2. Rack City - Tyga 1. Birthday Cake Remix (ft. Chris Brown) - Rihanna
I agree with everything except "Want U Back" would've been my number 1 and "The Matto" by Drake would've been an honorable mention for me if not on the list proper
Social Tune also had it at #1 on his Worst of 2012 list, and it's generally infamous in the music review community, so everyone and their mothers could predict what #1 was gonna be.
@Riah Reviews and the majority of Avril Lavigne's Best Damn thing, especially that god awful title track where the bridge is her spelling out her name with cheerleader chants
@@riahlexington I agree with you, too. All three of those songs you mentioned are in my Terrible Tier (and for the last one, specifically in the Negatively Exceptional Subtier), primarily for their cattiness. Now onto a couple actually good songs, I recommend listening to Cher Lloyd’s masterpieces of Oath and Sirens.
I never even heard Turn Up the Music, though I always heard of the song if that makes sense (though what I heard from this video sounds pretty terrible) but I remember hearing the first few seconds of Don't Wake Me Up and getting angry and changing the station every time. It just SOUNDS awful, not to mention it's Chris Brown. I remember Todd's review though, barely even mentioning the song he just wanted to hate on Chris Brown some more lol also you share the #1 spot on the worst list. 2012 is such a nostalgic year to me and I listened to the radio a lot that year. I've never even heard a couple of these songs. Such as the Jason Mraz song, but I hate I'm Yours so I probably wouldn't like the song you mention here, either.
Damn, calling my absolute love of this era of Pink and Kelly Clarkson trash.. I'm not sorry for loving what you are disappointed by. Their music was and still is very close to my heart.
No one’s expecting you to be sorry. Mark has his opinions and preferences, you have yours. Music’s subjective after all, we’re all well aware of this. Differing opinions can (and should) absolutely coexist.
Ayee another worst list! The early 2010s gives me some nostalgia back into my preteens. 10. EDM's my favorite genre, and it doesn't take too much to impress me. Unfortunately, the drop here absolutely sucks and takes a song that I can somewhat like into a song that I dislike. 9. I actually don't mind Whistle as I don't think anybody who took production in it took themselves seriously at all. 8. I really don't like Chris Brown's work, give or take a couple of exceptions. This isn't one of them, although I'd say this is better than a majority of his songs (which is still bad, I don't like this). 7. I actually don't mind this song. I actually like Pink's vocals in this song and I think this balances the terrible lyrics in the chorus. 6. This is probably my biggest guilty pleasure from this year. I actually really enjoy the melody of this song, and the production fits well with Levine's squealy vocals. Even now, I still nod my head to Levine's part. Wiz's part is bad though, it's completely uninspired. 5. Ehh, I don't like the song, but it's not anything worse than the majority of Pitbull songs. I kind of enjoy the sample used here. 4. Trash like this is right up my alley. However, this is just too bad for me to like. Cher Lloyd's grunts and her talking in the pre-chorus just takes away from the sass and the production, which is all this song has, especially since the lyrics are awful in these sort of songs. 3. I remember really liking Train when I was younger, mainly because the production was catchy, and lyrics meant absolutely nothing to me then. Nowadays, I still like the production, but the lyrics just makes ruins the credibility of songs like Drive By. Would put a majority of Train songs, this included, in the meh category. 2. I completely understand why Spectrum would hate a song like this giving the timing, but I don't take a ballad like this seriously enough to care enough about the lyrics. DM 1: This is actually really bad, I can't stand Nicki's vocals in this song. This would be in my list proper. DM 2: The nothingness of the chorus puts attention on the lyrics, which are just as meaningless. This song is bad because it's void of anything good. DM 3: This is probably my least favorite Kelly Clarkson. However, Kelly Clarkson is my favorite pop artist of all time. Her vocals on this song is enough to make me like this, even with the other issues. DM 4: This song is worse than What Makes you Beautiful, Ne-yo's sounds half-drunk when he sings this song. DM 5: I dislike Boyfriend much more than this one, I actually don't mind this song. Granted, I'm quite biased towards dubstep songs. DM 6: Everything about this song is pure trash, my second least favorite song during this year. DM 7: I found the Paula Abdul reference really clever; the rest of the song is semi-enjoyable. 1. This is the worst song of 2012, and arguably the worst song of the decade.
Chris Brown has now topped the last three worst lists Mark has made. Truly an achievement.
Chris Brown has this unique ability to continue having a career despite having no talent.
- Garbage hooks.
- Bad lyrics.
- Underwhelming chorus.
- Detestable personality.
- Unfunny
- Woman beater
- I'd rather listen to Jason Derulo. That's how bad he is.
@@canadiancitizen2732 He can dance his ass off, that's a talent
Might top 4
@@canadiancitizen2732 not Jason Derulo 😱🤢
@@XP9724 Yup, Chris Brown is garbage and a fraction of his songs are serviceable at best... but he's a damn good dancer!
"Ladies and gentlemen: a clusterfuck." - Mark, 2019
And he started it off with a long "welllllll???" Then, when he said that quote, I laughed out loud!
Birthday Cake Remix is quite possibly the most appeal-less song I ever heard
I like Rihanna but God...that song is bad
Spoilers for your Worst of 2012 list, I see.
To be fair, is it really a spoiler when pretty much everyone and their mother agrees how shit the song is? The question isn't whether it will be on the list, but how high.
@@cubedmelons876 yeah, it's not really a spoiler when it's that predictable. In fact, I could bet money that Birthday Cake will be Sean's #1.
You know what’s amazing? The comments on Big Sean’s A$$ are all negative, yet Birthday Cake is filled with almost nothing but praise from Chris Brown and Rihanna fans.
Cher Lloyd is basically stan culture in human form
Her song is the Treat You Better of 2012!
She improved a lot on the second album, but everyone stopped caring at that point. Sirens is underrated.
@AlexFlamer444 She's also what would happen if Best Damn Thing-era Avril Lavigne and Nicki Minaj morphed into one artist
You mean Sherloid
Oh don’t worry, Cher Lloyd’s other songs are FAR FAR worse than Want U Back.
For as bad as “Want U Back” is just be greatful Swagger Jagger didn’t cross over in the US. One of the most embarrassing songs you will ever here. Gave her a number one single and fathered her states as the “worst thing ever” (Rebeca Black style) in British music for all of 6 mouths before she was mostly forgotten.
yeah Swagger Jagger was godawful, I remember liking Want U Back as a kid because of how much better it was
Ever noticed that "Swagger Jagger" sounds a bit like "Oh, My Darlin' Clementine"?
Yeah, because nothing amps me up like a pop song that reminds me of an old cartoon that used to air own Boomerang.
Oh trust me we are glad swagger jagger didn’t become a hit in the states lol.
Well, not enough of y’all talk about the masterpiece that is Oath, which charted of the Billboard Hot 100 proper in December of 2012.
@@woodywyatt557 if what you said implies that Oath and Sirens are dumb, then reconsider after listening to both.
Prediction: All the Chris Brown at number 1. All of it.
@@TheCHR83 only one song with him in it was at #1; there could only be one topper. Though Turn Up The Music was in an earlier entry in this list.
At this point, I feel like all "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2012" lists should be renamed "Top 9 2012 Hits Less Bad Than 'Birthday Cake'".
Looking at the 2012 year end just makes me feel sad. Poor Carly Rae Jepson would never have another hit as big and would make so much better music.
And I like Call me Maybe!!!
It’s a modern tragedy that run away with me wasn’t a massive hit
@@pfeltsy9065 It just goes to show you how important the lead single is. I Really Like You charted as high as it did because people were curious how she would follow up Call Me Maybe. The public viewed it as a retread, so they stopped paying attention. Also didn't help that she dropped the album TWO MONTHS LATE so she could "promote it for her Japanese fans" or something.
Dedicated is such a good yet so underrated album omg
Call Me Maybe really shows me everything wrong with popular music. Not because the song itself is all that bad, but because the artists involved have made such better music. Carly Rae Jepsen has become the darling of indie pop, and the songwriter Josh Ramsay is the frontman of one of the best pop bands ever (Marianas Trench). And yet, outside of that song (and Good Time), name one song from either of them that’s gotten popular in the US. Apparently we just wanted to hear the lowest common denominator instead of what either artists are actually capable of.
@@mikerivera373 Dedicated is my favourite pop album of this year. Listened to it so many times. as @pfeltsy said, its a tragedy Run Away With Me wasn't a hit, its perfect in every way.
“And Now I wanna DIE”
-Mark Grondin 2019
Adam Levine is like plain yogurt that's been expired for ten years and emits a rancid stench. I wish we had left him and Chris Brown back in 2012.
How was Birthday Cake not an instant career killer for both Rihanna and Chris Brown? Same with Love Me for Lil Wayne, Drake and Future the following year.
I really enjoyed Hands All Over, but it underperformed. It's not a coincidence Moves Like Jagger, which was tacked on to the album half a year later, features his cohost from The Voice. I can't fault the man for making pop garbage when selling out when each hit keeps getting bigger and bigger. If you reward bad behavior, you get more of it.
@@gabingston3430 Love me killed Wayne's career wdym
I remember having some of that yogurt in 2007. I mixed it with honey and berries. It was damn good. Really makes me wonder why I didn't just throw the rest out when I had the chance.
If it weren't for the out-of-place music video, I would've never heard of "Payphone."
Birthday Cake is the kind of song that really doesn't have any other competition for being the worst song of a year.
Rack City, it's honestly my least favorite hit of the 21st century. While I despise Birthday Cake's lyrics, it mostly relies on generic cake metaphors to describe sexual acts. Rack City is a lot more descriptive with its subject matter in vomit inducing ways, not to mention Tyga's atrocious flow, creepy delivery, and some of the worst lines i've ever heard in a song
@@ronstoppable5659 Honestly, in terms of quality, only Fefe is close to debatable on being worse than this remix. (Personally, I'd also include Crank Dat and Fight Song as well, but they honestly aren't *as awful* as those two are.)
It's a rare phenomenon. In years since, we've gotten "UOENO" in 2013 and "Try That in a Small Town" in 2023, but that's about it.
@@crazyluigi6664I find GUMMO to be even worse.
@@angelicwarrior118 I mean, fair, but I did a one song per artist limit myself, and Fefe was worse than Gummo to me because of it's nothingness nature at hand.
I’m gonna go ahead and say it: Birthday Cake is the worst hit song of the 2010s decade overall.
B-HOP ...yeah
Look At Me came close, but at the end of the day, there can be only one worst, and Birthday Cake Remix is it.
I'm not gonna argue with you on that, nor do I think many people would.
Absolutely, by far.
Best hit of every year of the 2010s:
2010: DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love by Usher ft. Pitbull
2011: Colder Weather by Zac Brown Band
2012: Paradise by Coldplay
2013: Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin (best hit of the decade)
2014: Pompeii by Bastille
2015: Shut Up And Dance by Walk The Moon
2016: When We Were Young by Adele
2017: Praying by Kesha
2018: Marry Me by Thomas Rhett
2019: God's Country by Blake Shelton (so far)
*insert **_Cher Lloyd grunt_*
@@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125 I like most of the production on Want U Back, but the lyrics and the grunting... yeah, different story, I'll take the Jackson 5.
U N G H
29:53 I laughed so hard at his description for Birthday Cake! "Electro-pop/migraine"
Random thoughts in order:
- "Whistle" will now be stuck in my head for a week. That hook is catchy as smallpox (and about as pleasant). Thanks a lot.
- It's been 7 years and I still think about how atrocious "Drive By" is on a regular basis. The lyrics are just so bafflingly terrible they randomly pop into my head about once a week. I've heard songs about chemtrails sung by talentless nobodies on TH-cam that made more sense.
- "And this was a slot that was originally going to be filled by Justin Bieber''s 'Boyfriend'." I'd actually forgotten he made a song with that title, so my first reaction was "Hold up, Biebs dated a dude in 2012? I think I would remember that."
- "Electro pop/migraine" *slow clap*
Ha! Placing "migraine" as one of Birthday Cake's genres was a great touch, just noticed that today
Man, what was it with 2012 and fuzzy, mushy production where you can’t tell the guitars from the synths from the bass from the other synths? I never realised how goddamn prevalent it was until now…
Alright Mark. You got every year of the decade out of the way except 2011. You gotta gotta gotta do. Can’t leave out the best year of the entire decade.
@@mikerivera373 well, he has since made both a worst and best list for that year.
"there's an audience for this sort of thing, that enjoys music at its most catty, capricious, and lightly toxic - it's called Nicki Minaj's fanbase"
- Mark, 2019
"Flo Rida pulled a muscle trying to fuck his car." -Mark, 2019
Bounce that, bounce that-
It's the roundest
You the best, you deserve a crown b----
Right on that DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE
I adore that stupid, stupid song.
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I don't care what you say. I love the song... 😂😂😂😂😂
Nice list here's mine
10. "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" by Train
9. "As Long as You Love Me" by Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean
8. "Wanted" by Hunter Hayes
7. "Starships" by Nicki Minaj
6. "Rack City" by Tyga
5. "Want U Back" by Cher Lloyd
4. "Part of Me" by Katy Perry
3. "Drive By" by Train
2. "One More Night" by Maroon 5
1. "Birthday Cake" by Rihanna ft. Chris Brown
What about "Stupid Hoe" by Minaj? That was released in 2012.
Didn't make the year end
Neon Dreamer Peaked at 59 on the charts and too fascinating as an individual entity to hate
What's wrong with Part of Me?
Surprised Dance (A$$) isn't on there
Rack City is my personal #1 just for that Grandma line
Mark doing his running gag made it worth it tho
“Tyga has your grandmother on his dick” - Mark, 2019
@@TheMiels “stealing 🫵YOUR🫵 grandma”
Wow, I can't believe you really just put 10 Minecraft parodies on this list.
Finally fulfilling your promise in the "Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2016" video
I want to see him do a best and worst of 2011. I wonder what his reaction to Sexy And I Know It will be?
@@alex_flamer he made both of those lists as of now and Sexy And I Know It is #2 on the worst list.
Great video, Mark. But I was pretty sad when you told me that you and a girlfriend of yours broke up in 2012.😢
We thinking a top 25 worst and best hits of the decade in 2020 ;)
my suggestion would be ranking all his #1 best and worsts of the decade so he could get representation for every year
Yeah artists do hate their first hits....Ariana HATES Put your hearts up
Riah Reviews As an Ariana fan, I personally don’t hate it the way she does, but I get why she would hate it. She thankfully made better music after that song.
The Media Monitor yep
10. I like the prechorus, but the drop blows, and this is far from the only Early-Mid 2010s EDM track that fits that description.
9. This was the song that taught me how to whistle. Of course, I was too naïve and innocent back then to catch the obvious double entendre, but I can't have anything but nostalgia for this song.
8. That beeping synth... hasn't aged particularly well to say the least.
7. Pink, don't try to hit high notes, you're not Mariah Carey (or at least Mariah in her prime).
6. Guilty pleasure solely due to nostalgia.
5. I don't think this song is that bad. Don't get me wrong, it's not good by any means, just not something I really dislike.
4. I actually like a fair deal of the production (the guitar line in particular, I think you could've built a solid mid-tempo pop rock song out of it), but the lyrics and vocals (UGH)… yeah, different story. When it comes to songs called "Want You Back", I'll take the Jackson 5 any day of the week.
3. I didn't realize how bad the lyrics were when I was 11, so can you please forgive my nostalgia for this song (nostalgia, see a running theme here?).
2. Cheesy WGWAG ballad.
DM1. Nicki Minaj's vocals kind of annoy me.
DM2. This ain't the last of Rihanna we'll see on this list.
DM3. Another song, another burst of nostalgia. Gee, 11 year old me really had a bad taste in music.
DM4. Meh.
DM5. That production sure hasn't aged like fine wine.
DM6. Rack City Bitch Rack Rack City Bitch...
DM7. See DM4.
1. CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (repeat ad infinitum)… one of the worst songs of the decade. I don't want my pop music to sound like I'm getting a root canal.
I actually like most of this list. It's probably just nostalgia, but I remember lots of these songs fondly despite their flaws.
@@reinhardtwilhelm5415 I unironically like both Whistle and Payphone.
Love Is a Four Letter Word is such a dumb album title
Yes, love is a four letter word, but you wanna know what else is?
F**k
T**s
D**k
C**t
C**k
S**t
Guarantees (based on copyright bot spoilers) and my thoughts on them:
We Run the Night (chorus isn't bad, but drop ruins everything)
Whistle (doesn't sound bad, but far from subtle)
Turn Up the Music (horrendous post chorus synths)
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (yeah, this song has shrunk on me considerably over the past 7 years)
Payphone (started Maroon 5's decline, but I still don't hate this)
Back in Time (great guitar lick, but wrong sample choice, and dubstep)
Want U Back (horrendous, most other years the worst of the year)
Drive By (don't hate this, but I do recognize the stupid lyrics)
I Won't Give Up (kind of boring, but I don't get the extreme hate)
You Da One (kind of annoying, but a masterpiece compared to one other song)
Other songs I expect to be on this list:
Birthday Cake (duh!)
Rack City ("got your grandma on my dick", anyone?)
Ass (again, duh!)
Starships (similar to We Run the Night)
The Motto (culturally damaging, and that one line from Lil Wayne)
Boyfriend (just pitiful...)
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (don't hate as much as others, but a big shift for Taylor Swift)
Opinions while watching the video:
#10. Yeah, the worst part of the song is the post chorus drop...
#9. Yeah, not so subtle at all...
#8. The drop is horrendous.
#7. Well, it did drop from it's high position after all. Still, not that good.
#6. This is where they started going downhill, but I don't hate it.
#5. Good lick, but horrendous dubstep.
#4. What? This low? How?
#3. Yeah, bad lyrics alert.
#2. I've never understood the extreme hate for this song.
DM1: I was expecting Starships, but yeah, annoying...
DM2: Compared to one other hit, this is a masterpiece...
DM3: It has shrunk drastically over the years...
DM4: Okay, wasn't expecting this...
DM5: Not Boyfriend?
DM6: Horrendous.
DM7: Okay, I haven't given this much thought...
#1: Yes, this song is flat out atrocious. The absolute worst of the year...
I agree P!nk's career went downhill a bit, but imo Blow Me One Last Kiss is one of her best songs of this decade. I always found the melody phenomenal along with the hook, funny how tastes differ
I only remember Want U Back as that super easy song from Just Dance 4
And because that map appears in the Oath M/V. Also, I recommend you get to know Oath, which may as well be (early) Cher Lloyd’s only good single.
Yeah, I Won't Give Up gives me bad memories too.
You know what sucks?
I grew up with most of all these songs on the list, and it was NOT A GOOD year for music for me. I hated songs like What doesn’t kill you, Call me maybe, Blow me and Whistle so much it made me wanna slash my throat with a broken cup of glass and wanna commit murder to myself.
But then, I realized that Channel Orange and Good Kid came out that year, and saved my memories
2012 was a good year for music but sure did have its crap like another year I remember fondly from my high school years. *Cough* 2015! *Cough*
@@jesusrox4uI agree. Also, even good years have terrible songs. So far, the only year in the 2010s that doesn’t have a negative-tier hit song is 2011.
@@angelicwarrior118 Really? I’ll have to check out the hit songs from that year to see.
@@jesusrox4u for now, my least favorite 2011 hit is Dirt Road Anthem, which is a 0/10 that isn’t in negative range. Every other year has, to me, at least two negative range 0/10s.
@@angelicwarrior118 I personally don’t have an issue with that song and think Aldean’s made weaker tracks
Flo Rida: the type of guy to pull a muscle trying to f*ck his car.
My List:
1. Rack City- Tyga
2. Birthday Cake- Rhianna ft. Chris Brown
3. Want U Back- Cher Lloyd
4. Dance A$$- Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj
5. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye- Train
6. Whistle- Flo Rida
7. Drive By- Train
8. Back In Time- Pitbull
9. One More Night- Maroon 5
10. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together- Taylor Swift
Dishonorable Mentions:
Starships- Nicki Minaj
Brokenhearted- Karmin
Love You Like A Love Song- Selena Gomez
Boyfriend- Justin Bieber
Don't Wake Me Up- Chris Brown
Stronger- Kelly Clarkson
Blow Me (One Last Kiss)- P!nk
I Won't Give Up- Jason Mraz
Payphone- Maroon 5
Was Stupid Hoe released in 2012?
@Neon Dreamer 2011
@@ronstoppable5659 end of 2011 within 2012's chart year. However, it only peaked at #59, so it was nowhere near making the Year-End.
the tone that you dislike so much in Work Out (see 28:30) is because they bitcrushed the 808
Most of these songs were hit or miss for me, then and now. The only one I really liked was "Want U Back"
Much like 'Deuces' being the worst song of 2010, I saw 'Birthday Cake' coming from a mile away.
Edit: Arguably the worst song of the decade, in my book!
That song was number one on Todd's list and number 2 on Buckley's list!
Of the year yes, of the decade no
Nothings as excruciating, shameless, damaging and insulting as Tunnel Vision
@@TheMiels I'd say Fefe myself.
@@_davgregor 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@TheMiels id have to give Worst Hit of the Decade to Selfie by The Chainsmokers. Although a lot would be just behind it (Gucci Gang, Birthday Cake, Blah Blah Blah, Tunnel Vision, Body Like A Backroad).
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together going from being no. 7 to being completely off the list, even from the honourable mentions, is the only rectification you needed to make.
Ah the year I first discovered pop music. Rihanna, Gavin Degaw and Katy Perry that year. Ah, SO MUCH NOSTALGIA
12:55
Did Sunflower grow on Mark and it's gonna be on the best of 2019 list?
Jay Romeo that or shallow
@@5196Tpffan I forgot shallow existed tbh yeah it's definitely that song
damn, this music is a throwback to the hell of working at a Best Buy where the in-store PA would play a constant loop of Now That's What I Call Music discs lmao. The vast majority of these hits were the soundtrack to my work day
Why do I feel like blow me one last kiss would work for dua lipa
Yeah I could see it working out for Dua Lipa too.
Because you’re being reminded of Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
Based on the thumbnail that'll be Birthday Cake, Turn Up The Music / Don't Wake Me Up, Back In Time (possibly International Love) and.... Is the last guy Wiz Khalifa? I know he had Payphone and I think a couple of other songs in 2012.
Judging by the "Finally Famous" shirt, I think that's Big Sean.
@@riddypr Ah good shout. That'll be the disaster that is Dance (A$$) then.
What about "Stupid Hoe"?
I mean talking about Movie-Tie-In songs in a year that had Shallow and (not sure if thats counting, since its just on the soundtrack) Sunflower... Shows the failure of Back In Time even more.
I think you should do a worst of 2004 video
I can't help but love Pitbull's enthusiasm. He's like an excited kid that can't stay on topic and keeps going back to his hyperfixations.
I absolutely called these top two..... too bad no one can hear my inner thoughts.
Worst Hit Songs of 2012
1)Birthday Cake (Remix) by Rihanna ft. Chris Brown
2)Dance A$$ (Remix) by Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj
3)Rack City by Tyga
4)Want U Back by Cher Lloyd
5)Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen
6)Boyfriend/As Long As You Love Me ft. Big Sean by Justin Bieber
7)Turn Me On by David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj
8)Whistle by Flo Rida
9)We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift
10)Love You Like A Love Song by Selena Gomez & The Scene
Dishonorable Mentions
Payphone ft. Wiz Khalifa/One More Night by Maroon 5
Starships/Pound The Alarm by Nicki Minaj
What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction
Drive By/50 Ways To Say Goodbye by Train
The Motto by Drake ft. Lil Wayne
Where Have You Been by Rihanna
Mercy by Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
No Lie by 2 Chainz ft. Drake
Brokenhearted by Karmin
Back In Time by Pitbull
Drank In My Cup by Kirko Bangz
Turn Up The Music by Chris Brown
5 O’Clock by T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
We Run The Night by Havana Brown ft. Pitbull
Cashin Out by Ca$h Out
You have a best list?
Gabingston Best Hit Songs of 2012
1)Some Nights by fun.
2)It’s Time by Imagine Dragons
3)Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye ft. Kimbra
4)Set Fire To The Rain/Rumour Has It by Adele
5)So Good by B.o.B
6)Young, Wild & Free by Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars
7)Paradise by Coldplay
8)Everybody Talks by Neon Trees
9)Adorn by Miguel
10)Lights by Ellie Goulding
Honorable Mentions
We Are Young by fun. ft. Janelle Monáe
Wide Awake by Katy Perry
It Will Rain by Bruno Mars
Good Time by Carly Rae Jepsen & Owl City
In Paris by JAY-Z & Kanye West
Domino by Jessie J
Gangnam Style by Psy
Home by Phillip Phillips
Springsteen by Eric Church
Ho Hey by The Lumineers
Blown Away by Carrie Underwood
Climax by Usher
Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith
Die Young by Kesha
Take A Little Ride by Jason Aldean
Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Eli Young Band
@@richarddorazi8565 Thanks
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But you wanna put your name on it.....
@@gabingston3430 I would more say sounds like Death incarnate coming to get you. Seriously, the only other song that I could genuinely say sounded anywhere close to that description that was popular in recent years was Fefe. Even then, it was more a slow, tedious, yet disgusting sounding kind of death over an over the top, complete blunt force trauma kind if situation that death could bring with that sound, which is arguably even worse by comparison.
He wanna lick the icing off
In every single worst of 2012 list i have seen Birthday Cake is always number one... and i couldn't agree way more with it
My 2012 worst listed based on Australia's year end chart for 2012
10. Payphone by Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa
9. I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
8. Sitting on top of the World by Delta Goodrem (As a Delta Goodrem fan, this song hurts my ears to listen to. Such a disappointment)
7. Scream & Shout by Britney Spears and Will.i. Am
6. Turn Me On by David Guetta and Nicki Minaj
5. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift
4. Drive By by Train
3, Hall of Fame by The Script feat. Will.I.Am (So...many...cliches)
2,Turn Up the Music by Chris Brown ("Birthday Cake remix" didn't make Australia's charts thank goodness..wish it was the same for this turd though)
1. Bom Bom by Sam and the Womp (Okay, advertising jingles do not need to become hits)
Bom Bom was kinda popular here in Australia for some time, and no one cared about it, until K-Mart decided to use it for their ads for an ungodly amount of time, and now it's basically 'that song used in K-Mart ads'.
@@iwenttobunnings7868 It went to number four in Australia somehow...
@@juliekeast6175 Yeah, it wasn't nice, but the end of 2012 was a bit shocking music wise. The start and middle 2012 was amazing.
This number 1 we will all agree on is most deserving.
(spoilers)
oh finally someone else who doesn't hate One More Night, and always gonna enjoy me some crapping on David Guetta. thank god I Just Wanna F wasn't a hit or I think you'd have a different #1 pick
but I will admit Back In Time has always been a massive guilty pleasure of mine. as big of a trainwreck as it is and as much as your criticisms are 100% valid, I still find it to be an entertaining trainwreck, and NUMBAH TWOOOO is going to stick with me as long as I live
@@TheWonkyAngle for me, I’ve never hated Back In Time/considered it a guilt pleasure. And I honestly really like the dubstep bridge and don’t find most any errors in the song.
Also, The Social Tune and Todd In The Shadows both put One More Night on their worst lists of 2012.
Fun fact. I had only heard the radio version of number 6 on this list which featured travie mccoy as the much more sanatized rapper and guest verse. I had absolutely no idea Wiz Kalifa was the actual guest artist until about 2016 when I stumbled into this song again. Honestly I don't hate it at all though (and kinda like the other two songs mentioned from this group).
I know that Birthday Cake is going to be #1 but I honestly think that Rack City is much worse, because while Birthday Cake's lyrics are disgusting, they mostly rely on generic cake metaphors to describe sexual acts. Rack City is a lot more descriptive with its subject matter in vomit inducing ways, in addition to Tyga's atrocious flow, unsettling delivery, and some of the worst lines I've ever heard in a song
@@ronstoppable5659 if it weren’t for the fact that Birthday Cake (Remix) charted primarily due to it being connected to a certain horrible incident from 2009 or the fact that from the time it begins, the buzzing synths make it sound like a hole is drilled into the listener’s skull, then it wouldn’t have been worse than Rack City. But unfortunately, both are the case, making it worse than Rack City and one of the only songs I think everyone (or at least most people) should hate.
I remembered liking 2012 for music (guess I felt nostalgic for that year since I graduated from high school). Though I somehow avoided listening to most of the bad stuff (guess I didn't listen to the radio that often).
@@fullmetalmasify I often listen to my local radio both then and now, but not going to lie, the 2012 year-end has songs that I don’t ever remember listening to back then.
I agree with all of this list....except Turn Up The Music by Chris Brown. Probably my favourite song that Chris Brown made and one of my biggest guilty pleasures of the decade!
Also Back In Time is genuinely great fite me!
@@benallan2328 I will not fight you on either Turn Up The Music or Back In Time; both are in my Excellent Tier (8.1/10-10/10). I would also like to add that I’ve always had a nostalgic connection to We Run The Night that most don’t and that I give it a 9.4/10 despite what most would say.
Great video! Keep up the good work!
Even if it doesn’t make much sense, I’ve always liked the beat from Back In Time
Not surprising the number one worst song of 2012 Has the distinction of being the only hot hundred song to make the top 40 portion credited to a version not commercially available not available for download on a paid download site. It also was not available for streaming On one of the major streaming services and not commercially available as a single or on an album in any format the only version available was even worse than the version that Mark chose as the worst of the year!! the only version you could get was a meme way under One and a half minutes in total and that’s the version even worse than when Mark mentioned that you find on Rihanna‘s album minus Chris Brown’s vocals.
This dude reminds me of Linkara
Whistle was 2012? Damn, it feels a lot more recent.
Oh yeah, another one!
Here's mine:
1. Birthday Cake - Rihanna ft. Chris Brown
2. Turn Up the Music - Chris Brown
3. Want U Back - Cher Lloyd
4. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
5. Dance (A$$) - Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj
6. One More Night - Maroon 5
7. Boyfriend - Justin Bieber
8. As Long as You Love Me - Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean
9. Rack City - Tyga
10. Starships - Nicki Minaj
Dishonourable Mentions:
• Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown
• Drunk on You - Luke Bryan
• Drive By - Train
• It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
• Drank in My Cup - Kirko Bangz
• Somethin' 'Bout a Truck - Kip Moore
• 5 O'Clock - T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
I will be utterly amazed if we don't have the same #1. Probably the worst hit of the decade.
@Whatever I actually have Birthday Cake at #2, my #1 and my least favorite song of the decade is Rack City, because while I detest Birthday Cake's lyrics, they mostly rely on generic cake metaphors to describe graphic sex. Rack City on the other hand is a lot more descriptive with its subject matter in vomit inducing ways, in addition to Tyga's atrocious flow, creepy delivery, and some of the worst lines I've ever heard in a song
@@ronstoppable5659 Birthday Cake is totally unlistenable though, I just find Rack City boring more than anything else.
@@Rob-ew9id "imma make you my b**** cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake..." I can do that forever!
Ugh, Birthday cake annoyed the fuck out of me. That's pretty much what turned me off pop music for good.
Turn Up The Music #2?? Really that bad? I really don't see anything wrong with it, and Don't Wake Me Up gets under my skin WAY more.
I don't know, man. I think all of your points about Payphone are valid, but I still just love that song. It's just great melodically and perfectly constructed in my opinion.
I'm actually a Maroon 5 fan, though, so my taste is just bad I guess.
I actually really liked I Won't Give Up... in fact, I listed it as one of my favorite hits of the year at the conclusion of 2012. To be fair, though, I always interpreted it as him trying to maintain a relationship that's hit a bit of a rough spot, rather than him trying to win someone back.
Mine list here's nice
DHMs
Rihanna- You Da One
Rihanna- Where Have You Been
Drake ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga- The Motto
Train- Drive By
J. Cole- Work Out
Kirko Bangz- Drank in My Cup
Wiz Khalifa- Work Hard, Play Hard
Jason Mraz- I Won't Give Up
David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On
Maroon 5- One More Night
Luke Bryan- Drunk on You
2 Chainz ft. Drake- No Lie
10. Pitbull- Back in Time
9. Selena Gomez & The Scene- Love You Like a Love Song
8. Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean- As Long As You Love Me
7. Chris Brown- Turn Up the Music
6. Flo Rida- Whistle
5. Cher Lloyd- Want U Back
4. Havana Brown ft. Pitbull- We Run the Night
3. Tyga- Rack City
2. LMFAO- Sexy and I Know It (f**k it it gets to be on 2 lists)
1. Rihanna ft. Chris Brown- Birthday Cake (Remix)
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And I got a.......... Hefty bag! (OOH!!)
@@crazyluigi6664 call me Mr. Flintstone, I'ma make your bed rock...
I'm still mad that Drive By was overplayed enough that I knew way too much of the lyrics
Cool premiere here’s mine
And what about it?
When is your best of 2004 list coming, Sharon?
Katie Thompson 2004, I don’t know. 2014, soon.
@@cicabeot1 that is unless TH-cam's copyright bots get in the way.
Dude I usually think you’re right on with your critique but you were ludicrously unfair to Jason Mraz. I know there are issues within his music but I think the extrapolation from your personal experience with “I Don’t Give Up” to his music in general is totally misguided. He produced some quality stuff among his many clunkers. Underrated artist imo looking past the huge hits.
One in 2019... So it’s either Shallow or Sunflower.
Looks like we got one of the bad Mark hairline videos
You know Fortune sucks when on the Chris Brown Essentials on Apple Music, only 1 out of the 40 songs is from Fortune
Can you just send Voltorb as a “fanmail” and ship it to Chris Brown for Voltorb to use shockwave to him? That would make my day!
HØodyToon Salazar! I don’t think Voltorb has enough Defense to take a Beat Up in return.
King of the Void *Chris Brown uses Vise Grip But misses to hit Rihanna*
It’s not very affective & super affective to the 2010’s
Voltorb is disgusted at your suggestion. He doesn't wanna get within 1000 miles of that filth.
I'm surprised that Voltorb hasn't used self destruct yet after having to put up with Chris Brown's dogshit music for these videos.
Want u back gives me a headache ever time I hear it I swear...
Ig you’re right on like all these songs lol, but I’m still biased to them, only bc of nostalgia. And I don’t even like pop or hip hop. But I was just starting middle school, and they’re super nostalgic. 🤷♂️😂
can we get worst hits of 1999?
I want to see a best list of that year, too.
And to quote the great ADoseofBuckley about Birthday Cake:
"You want that cake (X stupid amount of times)....Hmmm, wonder what the next line's gonna be?
Cake,cake.....
Brutal".
I like stronger
birthday cake reminds me of M,I,L,F by Fergie
@@jocke1232 except M.I.L.F.$ isn’t as bad and at least to me is decent.
2012 overall was a good year for music I agree these songs are not good at all. Only one slight disagreement one more night was the worst of the two maroon 5 songs.
Everyone seems to agree that that Chris Brown/Rihanna collaboration was one of the biggest miscalculations in recent popular music. And yet Chris Brown still has millions of defenders. BLACK WOMAN defenders!! I don’t know what’s wrong with the world.
Also shame on you for reminding of Cher Lloyd. *Ugh*
@@deathgoddragon3698 I agree that basically giving Chris Brown a career after Birthday Cake (Remix) was a mistake, but both New Flame and Go Crazy are surprisingly good and both came out after that ungodly remix that should’ve never happened.
Oh, and as bad as Want U Back is, Cher Lloyd has made some genuinely good songs that I think more people should get to know: Oath and Sirens.
My list:
10. Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown
9. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
8. Dance (A$$) (ft. Nicki Minaj) - Big Sean
7. The Motto (ft. Lil Wayne) - Drake
6. As Long As You Love Me (ft. Big Sean) - Justin Bieber
5. We Run The Night (ft. Pitbull) - Havana Brown
4. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
3. Want U Back - Cher Lloyd
2. Rack City - Tyga
1. Birthday Cake Remix (ft. Chris Brown) - Rihanna
Audience:
Mark: GuNkY gUnK
You always have my favourite top 10 lists... I can't wait for the end of 2019
I agree with everything except "Want U Back" would've been my number 1 and "The Matto" by Drake would've been an honorable mention for me if not on the list proper
He's the fuckin' man, you don't get it do you?
At the very least, replace J. Cole's song with The Motto.
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LMAOOO did drive by really get moved from 8 to 3
@@ytaccountchannel probably for the better because I’d also put it as #3 on my worst list, too.
Was number 1 really ever gonna be anything else? Todd made it number 1 back in 2012 and that dogshit song has (somehow) only gotten worse over time.
Social Tune also had it at #1 on his Worst of 2012 list, and it's generally infamous in the music review community, so everyone and their mothers could predict what #1 was gonna be.
In the thumbnail I thought Big Sean was Lord Jamar. Am I alone in this?
I hate catty songs like want u back, sorry not sorry, and looknwhat you made me do
@Riah Reviews and the majority of Avril Lavigne's Best Damn thing, especially that god awful title track where the bridge is her spelling out her name with cheerleader chants
Katie Thompson oof Yeah
@@riahlexington I agree with you, too. All three of those songs you mentioned are in my Terrible Tier (and for the last one, specifically in the Negatively Exceptional Subtier), primarily for their cattiness.
Now onto a couple actually good songs, I recommend listening to Cher Lloyd’s masterpieces of Oath and Sirens.
I still love Payphone, when should I turn in my metalhead card?
2012 was a great year for one album Phantom Antichrist by Kreator
32:26 please dont, because if we do, that means people will remember it, and no one deserves to have memory of something as bad as birthday cake remix
I never even heard Turn Up the Music, though I always heard of the song if that makes sense (though what I heard from this video sounds pretty terrible) but I remember hearing the first few seconds of Don't Wake Me Up and getting angry and changing the station every time. It just SOUNDS awful, not to mention it's Chris Brown. I remember Todd's review though, barely even mentioning the song he just wanted to hate on Chris Brown some more lol also you share the #1 spot on the worst list.
2012 is such a nostalgic year to me and I listened to the radio a lot that year. I've never even heard a couple of these songs. Such as the Jason Mraz song, but I hate I'm Yours so I probably wouldn't like the song you mention here, either.
Damn, calling my absolute love of this era of Pink and Kelly Clarkson trash.. I'm not sorry for loving what you are disappointed by. Their music was and still is very close to my heart.
No one’s expecting you to be sorry. Mark has his opinions and preferences, you have yours. Music’s subjective after all, we’re all well aware of this. Differing opinions can (and should) absolutely coexist.
idk if it was because I was 13/14 at the time but I like most of these songs
Ayee another worst list! The early 2010s gives me some nostalgia back into my preteens.
10. EDM's my favorite genre, and it doesn't take too much to impress me. Unfortunately, the drop here absolutely sucks and takes a song that I can somewhat like into a song that I dislike.
9. I actually don't mind Whistle as I don't think anybody who took production in it took themselves seriously at all.
8. I really don't like Chris Brown's work, give or take a couple of exceptions. This isn't one of them, although I'd say this is better than a majority of his songs (which is still bad, I don't like this).
7. I actually don't mind this song. I actually like Pink's vocals in this song and I think this balances the terrible lyrics in the chorus.
6. This is probably my biggest guilty pleasure from this year. I actually really enjoy the melody of this song, and the production fits well with Levine's squealy vocals. Even now, I still nod my head to Levine's part. Wiz's part is bad though, it's completely uninspired.
5. Ehh, I don't like the song, but it's not anything worse than the majority of Pitbull songs. I kind of enjoy the sample used here.
4. Trash like this is right up my alley. However, this is just too bad for me to like. Cher Lloyd's grunts and her talking in the pre-chorus just takes away from the sass and the production, which is all this song has, especially since the lyrics are awful in these sort of songs.
3. I remember really liking Train when I was younger, mainly because the production was catchy, and lyrics meant absolutely nothing to me then. Nowadays, I still like the production, but the lyrics just makes ruins the credibility of songs like Drive By. Would put a majority of Train songs, this included, in the meh category.
2. I completely understand why Spectrum would hate a song like this giving the timing, but I don't take a ballad like this seriously enough to care enough about the lyrics.
DM 1: This is actually really bad, I can't stand Nicki's vocals in this song. This would be in my list proper.
DM 2: The nothingness of the chorus puts attention on the lyrics, which are just as meaningless. This song is bad because it's void of anything good.
DM 3: This is probably my least favorite Kelly Clarkson. However, Kelly Clarkson is my favorite pop artist of all time. Her vocals on this song is enough to make me like this, even with the other issues.
DM 4: This song is worse than What Makes you Beautiful, Ne-yo's sounds half-drunk when he sings this song.
DM 5: I dislike Boyfriend much more than this one, I actually don't mind this song. Granted, I'm quite biased towards dubstep songs.
DM 6: Everything about this song is pure trash, my second least favorite song during this year.
DM 7: I found the Paula Abdul reference really clever; the rest of the song is semi-enjoyable.
1. This is the worst song of 2012, and arguably the worst song of the decade.