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Most Ridiculous Chart-Toppers

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 3:17 pm
by DoomYoshi
Starting with the UK:


It makes the Spice Girls seem like Mozart.

Re: Most Ridiculous Chart-Toppers

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 7:11 pm
by Symmetry
These have all got to be British number ones. As a nation, we have a weird sense of humour,


Re: Most Ridiculous Chart-Toppers

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 11:56 pm
by Dukasaur
Well, there's no humour in this one. Just whiny, saccharine lyrics, a crushingly dull ska rhythm section, and a mediocre melody. One of the worst songs ever to hit the top.



Sure enough, however, it is British.

Re: Most Ridiculous Chart-Toppers

PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2017 1:03 am
by Symmetry
Dukasaur wrote:Well, there's no humour in this one. Just whiny, saccharine lyrics, a crushingly dull ska rhythm section, and a mediocre melody. One of the worst songs ever to hit the top.



Sure enough, however, it is British.


I kind of like Sting (no true music lover has no guilty pleasures), but that was weird, the first line of your post said to me it was gonna be him.



But anyway: