A big part of what makes music so fun is talking about it, and a big part of what makes talking about it so fun is complaining about it. Yes, nobody likes to hear someone whinge on and on about what they hate about music today, but there’s a music snob inside each and every one of us.

That’s sort of why we gathered you all here today. There’s a lot of talk about what constitutes good or bad music and there’s some strong opinions out there (we know, because you leave them in our comments sections and we love you for it), but we wanted to look at some songs that are inarguably bad.

What’s worse, every single one of these songs went to number one in Australia. See, you may cringe and ask questions like, “Who the hell likes that!?” and “How could you possibly listen to that!?”, but the sad answer is: you. Yes, Australia, we have nobody to blame but ourselves.

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