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I agree that a "worst song of all time" is a bit silly, but if someone was trying to make the worst song of all time that would still get regular radio play and you asked me for ideas, "put a traffic report in the middle of the song" would be pretty high on my ideas list.

I say that with love as I absolutely love the We Built This City (and Starship for that matter)

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I know your description includes "still get regular radio play", but one of my favourite pieces of troll music is "The Most Unwanted Song". They surveyed people to find the things they liked least in music and put it all together. I don't want to spoil just how creatively awful it is or what's in there, so I'll just drop the link and go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPuH1yeZ08

I unironically enjoy this, along with The Most Wanted Song.

Personally I find The Most Wanted Song rather bland, though. Whereas the Most Unwanted Song has some genuinely annoying bits, but other bits are quite listenable and interesting, so all in all I much prefer it over the "Wanted" song.

It's definitely bland, but it's hilarious.

The Black Eyed Peas just name days of the week in the middle of I Gotta Feeling. That song is similarly stupid and also kind of sublime.

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