Last year, the residents of Blogtown named the best Xmas song evarrrrrr. (The winner was “Heat Miser” from Year Without a Santa Claus? What are you people? 4chan?) And now you get to vote on the WORST. After the jump, I’ll embed the videos for TEN of what I consider to be the worst holiday songs by someone who should have definitely known better (which, in the comments, you will immediately proclaim as a faulty list, and correct me with an even worse example—I’ll take those into consideration). Refresh your memories with the following videos, and then VOTE in this legally binding Blogtown Poll!
1) Paul McCartney “Wonderful Christmastime”
2) Madonna “Santa Baby”
3) Destiny’s Child “Eight Days of Christmas”
4) New Kids on the Block “Funky Funky Christmas”
5) Billy Idol “Jingle Bell Rock”
6) Cyndi Lauper “Christmas Conga”
7) Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas”
8) John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “I Think You Might Like It”
9) Wham “Last Christmas” (Actually, I like this one… but there’s no accounting for taste.)
10) John Lennon and Yoko Ono “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” (Before you poo-poo me on this choice, listen to it. IT… IS… TERRIBLE.)
For some reason “The Christmas Shoes” isn’t on here. It’s got its own Lifetime movie (for women!): that’s not something any of those others can say.
The Pretenders’ “2000 Miles” often comes up this time of year, despite having nothing to do with Christmas outside of mentioning the word in the song.
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@RB, yeah, that “song” took over as my most hated Christmas Song a few years ago, although it has a silver lining in that the animated video of Patton Oswalt’s takedown of the song exists because of it.
Forbes says Paul has made about $15 million dollars from Wonderful Christmastime so far.
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Bob Dylan put out a x-mas album a few years back — amazing how the man can put out tripe like that sandwiched between gems like ‘Modern Times’ and ‘Tempest’…
his ‘Here comes Santa Claus’ is just embarrassing.
“Do they know it’s christmas” is fucking offensive.
also, that Lennon/Ono video should be MANDATORY viewing for everyone — heart-breaking stuff.
(and the song is just fine, Steve.)
I wouldn’t have known about that song if Patton hadn’t done that bit about it. It also introduced me to the larger world of terrible story songs -usually country songs- that exist. Like Bill Mack’s “A Child’s Letter from Heaven,” and the just-plain-unforgivable “An Aborted Child’s Letter from Heaven.” Grief porn!
Who would have expected Wham to know better?
I’m just now noticing that “who should know better” proviso. “The Christmas Shoes” is definitely not one of those.
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” should be tossed for being inadequately about Christmas, among many other things.
That McCartney song has always made me want to slap a walrus.
^^ I am the Eggman!
We’re forgetting “Please Daddy, Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas” sung by John Denver.
Until you brought it up, I had no idea that existed. Thank you.
I work in a place where DAILY I have to hear FIVE FUCKING VERSIONS of “A Very Secial Christmas” all R&B for some reason. YOU SUCK NATALIE COLE!!!!
Rich, if you’re talking to me… i’m so doin it!!
“THE VAGINA IS IN THE BUILDING!!!”
you’re welcome.
(if your comment is not for me, then post something really fucking funny as an “in your face bitch” comment.. tomorrow is the end of the world, after all) lmao 🙂