- Aminé – Caroline
- Ariana Grande featuring Future – Everyday
- Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
- Blackbear – Do Re Mi
- Cardi B. – Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)
- Daya – Words
- DNCE – Kissing Strangers
- Drake – Fake Love
- Fergie featuring Nicki Minaj – You Already Know
- Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane – Down
- Flo Rida featuring 99 Percent – Cake
- Hey Violet – Guys My Age
- Khalid – Location
- Machine Gun Kelly featuring Camila Cabello – Bad Things
- Machine Gun Kelly featuring Hailee Steinfeld – At My Best
- Major Lazer featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello, and Quavo – Know No Better
- Marian Hill – Down
- Maroon 5 featuring Future – Cold
- Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar
- Post Malone featuring Quavo – Congratulations
- Sabrina Carpenter – Why
- Selena Gomez featuring Gucci Mane – Fetish
- ZAYN featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR – Still Got Time
So with that in mind, I now present to you My Bottom 10 Songs of 2017. These were the songs that I never liked from the start. They were so bad that I couldn't stand any of them. Therefore, these had to make the list. Now with all that being said, here are my Bottom 10 Songs of 2017:
10. Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar – Don't Wanna Know
Now, don't get me wrong: I pretty much like Maroon 5 as a band. They have made some pretty solid music before (Daylight, Love Somebody, Moves Like Jagger, etc.). Even though their last album, V, wasn't quite as good as their previous albums, at least it was still enjoyable to some degree. Don't Wanna Know, however, was a different story. I never even liked this song. And unlike This Summer's Gonna Hurt where it was a guilty pleasure of mine until I paid attention to the critics, I didn't like this song at all, not one bit. It has the same tropical elements that we've been getting pretty much recently, which was pretty cool. But the problem with this song is that the lyrical content is appalling, and Kendrick Lamar doesn't make it any better, either. The repetition of the word "know" was extremely unnecessary as well. As Spectrum Pulse himself has said when he reviewed the song, Maroon 5 virtually does not have a pulse here. Probably the best thing I can say about this is the music video where they were dressed in Pokémon costumes. Now that was cool. But yeah, the song itself is just garbage. Here's to hoping they don't make anymore songs like this. NEXT!
9. Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth – Make Me (Cry)
Prior to this being released, not very many people knew that Miley Cyrus had a younger sister named Noah. Her debut single kinda came out of nowhere late last year. Now to make it simple, this song is another example of how not to make a good first impression as an artist. Their weak vocals with almost no personality whatsoever, the dull premise, and the poor lyrical content makes this forgettable if I do say so myself. However, the single biggest reason why this is in my Bottom 10 is the production, which is a giant mess across the board. And no, adding the teardrop sound to replace the word "cry" is not cool at all. One may think otherwise, but in reality, it makes the song even worse. It's a good thing her debut single didn't catch on to the public. SKIP THIS!
8. Charli XCX featuring Lil' Yatchy – After The Afterparty
Don't you hate it when an artist makes a great first impression, only to follow-up with a disappointment? Yeah, that's pretty much what happened with Charli XCX, who sings the amazing Boom Clap. That one was amazing. But this one, on the other hand, was a big letdown if I do say so myself. It's supposed to be a party song, but from a critical standpoint, it's anything but. The sleazy lyrical content and her annoying vocals kills the song for me big time. And Lil' Yatchy doesn't help make the song any better. In fact, he doesn't really contribute at all. When I think of Charli XCX, I think of songs such as Boom Clap, not this giant mess. As some people have put it, this song is just childish. I'm sorry, but she needs to do way better than this. SKIP THIS!
7. Train – Play That Song
Before this song came around, it had been a while since we last heard from Train. They brought us the fun & enjoyable Drive By and 50 Ways To Say Goodbye. I was expecting pretty much more of the same from Train when they announced a new single back in the fall of 2016. To put it easy, this song is trash, period. At first listen, I thought it was just bland and too generic all around, which is part of the reason why I loathe Hey, Soul Sister. Unfortunately, it only got worse every time I hear it. The production here is just too flat and underwhelming for my tastes. As the title says, they want radio DJ's to play that song. But for me, I have to change the station every time it comes on because frankly, this song flat out reeks. Making matters worse is that it spent a seemingly long time on the charts. Now like I said, I still enjoy both Drive By and 50 Ways To Say Goodbye, although not as much as I used to. But this, I just can't. This is probably one of their worst singles to date and I hope they do much, much better than this giant mess. NEXT!
6. Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
You know, I was disappointed last year when Selena Gomez decided to release Hands To Myself as a single when there were better choices off of Revival. Sure, I may have liked it at first, but it got annoying relatively quickly. Hands To Myself at least had something going on (even though it's not good), but this song I'm talking about right now virtually has nothing to it whatsoever. Almost everything about Bad Liar is just pointless. Selena's vocals do not shine at all during any part of the song. In fact, she's basically singing in auto-tune all throughout. She shows absolutely no personality of any kind whatsoever. Not only that, but the lyrical content is dumb, also. This is supposed to be a sultry song that tries to do that, but it just doesn't work. I can't believe there were critics (not Spectrum Pulse, but some people) who have praised this song and called it her best song to date. This is the kind of stuff that drives me off the wall. In fact, it makes me hate the song even more now. Can Selena Gomez PLEASE go back to making upbeat fun pop songs instead of this giant mess?
5. Julia Michaels – Uh Huh
Now, this was a horrible follow-up to Issues. I did kinda liked its predecessor to some degree unlike most people here. But this, however, was a different story. She doesn't showcase any vocal talent at all whatsoever, and the lyrics are just as bad. Much like with Bad Liar, this is another song that tries to be sultry, and it just doesn't work. In fact, this is probably the worst sultry song I've ever heard in my entire life. I'm hoping she improves from there. Otherwise, I'll find someone else to turn to. NEXT!
4. AJR – Weak
Blech. AJR is a band that hasn't been really good at making music. This song is another example of just how bad they truly are in general. Outside of some really cool lines (e.g. "No thank you"), the rest of the song has some of the worst lyrics I've heard in a while. And don't even get me started on that chorus, especially in the last verse, because it's just unbearable. Believe it or not, this was a song that I actually liked at first because like I said, it had some of the cool lines, until I really started to pay more attention to everyone else's opinions about it. Honestly, I'd just wish they'd stop right there and leave the music business for good. NEXT!
3. Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert – Bad and Boujee
Blech. More atrocious rap music. I won't even go into this one in detail because I'm pretty sure most people will know why it was hated (and rightfully so). Terrible lyrics, lazy production, horrible vocals, etc. I could go on. Keep in mind that this was #1 on Billboard early this year, which drives me crazy. As I've said before, I used to like rap music when it actually had a meaning, but now we have rap music with nonsensical lyrics flooding the charts. It's the same thing time and time again, and I've gotten sick of it. I'm sure most bloggers and critics can explain Bad and Boujee better than I could. But to put it short, this song is just garbage. NEXT!
2. J. Balvin featuring Willy William – Mi Gente
After many people got jaded by Despacito getting overplayed, they tried to find something else to turn to. And lo and behold, this was the song right there. While I did enjoy Despacito from the start (and I still do), the same cannot be said for Mi Gente. I'm going to make it simple: Mi Gente is a embarrassment to the Latin genre, period. As someone who enjoys Latin music (Gloria Estefan, Santana), this was a huge disappointment to try and follow-up with one of the biggest songs of 2017. Let's just describe this song in general. The background loop with the horns is annoying to the point where it is just unbearable. The lyrical content is dumb, too. And that's not even the worst of it. The worst thing about it is that the two artists show absolutely no personality of any kind whatsoever. Keep in mind that this was #3 on Billboard, and that was all thanks to the remix with Beyoncé which didn't make the song any better. Can we please make more songs like Despacito? Again, like I said, Mi Gente is such an embarrassment to the Latin genre and overall, a complete dumpster fire.
Now, we've come to my worst song of the year, folks. It is a song that is hated by many people, including myself. This was unfortunately one of the biggest hits of this year. Here it is...
1. Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road
There's no question that this is one of every music critic's least favorite songs of 2017. I'm going to explain how it became this way. Even before this song took off on pop radio, this somehow managed to gain a lot of steam in sales. I recently watched Spectrum Pulse's take on that song, and he couldn't have been more accurate. Simply put, Body Like A Back Road is easily the worst country song I've ever heard in my entire life. When listening to the song, I'm hearing him singing about how he compares a girl's body to a back road. This is insulting on so many different levels. And not helping is the fact that his vocals are bad all throughout the song in general. Plus, the production is extremely lazy across the board. Keep in mind that this spent a record-breaking 34 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Let that sink in for a minute. But outside of that, I was lucky that this was never #1 on most charts despite being the biggest country song of the year. Heck, it was never even in the Top 5 on Billboard, and thank the high heavens for that. Still, the song's success shows just how bad the quality of country music has been in recent years. Back in the day when I enjoyed country music, you had artists such as Rascal Flatts, and yes, Taylor Swift, who have made the genre better because their songs were well-written and their vocals were good. They may not be as good as before, but at least I don't outright hate them. Nowadays, you have bro-country taking over the charts, and not in good quality. There's a reason why many of the bro-country songs were slammed by many YouTube music critics, because the songs I won't mention right now sucked. And just when I thought I couldn't find a worse country song than Cruise, which was easily my worst song of 2013, Body Like A Back Road decides to come along. It's a shame that this had to be the biggest country song of the year especially when there are clearly better country songs out there that are more deserving of it. Simply put, this song is simply an embarrassment to the country genre and one can only hope country music can get better chart-wise in terms of quality.
Whew! And there you have it! These were my bottom 10 songs of 2017. I would like to say thank you for those who've read it, and I hope you guys enjoyed it!. Hit me up with your thoughts in the comments section below. Again, thank you for reading my blog, as always. There will be more Year-End posts to come, so stay tuned! :)
