The 111 Wussiest Songs of All Time (41 - 32)
| 41. 'You've Got a Friend' James Taylor (1971) Putting capital 'L' in Lite FM, this '70s folk rocker made us all feel cuddly, safe and warm inside with this super-sappy Carole King snoozer about cheering up the lonely, sad and pathetic. This is the 'Had a Bad Day' of the '70s. Listen to 'You've Got a Friend' | |
| 40. 'God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You' *NSYNC (1998) Guys dig this song because they think chicks dig it. Chicks dig this song because they think guys actually mean it when they say they dig this song. God digs it because of the shout-out. Listen to 'God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You' | |
39. 'With Arms Wide Open' Creed (2000)Scott Stapp celebrated the birth of his son by proclaiming in his Eddie Vedder-wannabe growl, "We stand in awe, we've created life." Thankfully, he also had the self-awareness to admit, "If I had just one wish . . . I hope he's not like me." Listen to 'With Arms Wide Open' | |
| 38. 'Alone Again (Naturally)' Gilbert O' Sullivan (1972) The guy's been stood up at the altar, his folks both dropped dead, even his God has deserted him. Now he's going to "treat" himself by jumping off a nearby tower. Oh, the humanity! Listen to 'Alone Again (Naturally)' | |
| 37. 'So Sick' Ne-Yo (2006) We've all been there. Post breakup, you find yourself sleeping in the T-shirt he left behind or refusing to wash the scent of her perfume from your pillow. Luckily, R&B's newest star put these emotions into words and gave us all the courage to finally move on. Listen to 'So Sick' | |
| 36. 'Beth' Kiss (1976) Like Ringo, drummer Peter Criss got a token song on each Kiss album. How this henpecked apology got past uber-misogynist Gene Simmons, we may never know. Just imagine the razzing Criss must have taken whenever the missus phoned the studio and nagged him to come home. Listen to 'Beth' | |
| 35. 'She's Like the Wind' Patrick Swayze (1987) Just as we applauded Swayze as the dirty dancing man's man who refused to let Baby be put in a corner, the actor released this flimsy ballad. Though his singing isn't half-bad, the cheese factor caused the tune to dissipate as quickly as the air itself. Listen to 'She's Like the Wind' | |
34. 'I'll Be Missing You' Puff Daddy and The Family (1997)Further confusing those who thought the Police's 'Every Breath You Take' was a love song, Puffy turned it into this sappy hip-hop tribute to his fallen friend B.I.G. Awkward moment of the year: Sting singing backup at the 1997 MTV VMAs. Listen to 'I'll Be Missing You' | |
33. 'My Heart Will Go On' Celine Dion (1997)After 'Titanic' broke every box-office record imaginable, Celine Dion's "love theme" from the film was inescapable to all but those under jury sequester. The bright side of the nauseating phenomenon? Years of sketch comedy material to come. Listen to 'My Heart Will Go On' | |
| 32. 'Think of Laura' Christopher Cross (1982) We are terribly sorry for the loss of Christopher's friend, Laura. And we do think she would laugh, not cry, if she heard the high-pitched vocals on this cheesy tribute. Did Christopher skip puberty? Listen to 'Think of Laura' |
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