Can we have a "so bad it's good" sub-thread? 
 

This would be a candidate...
 

OK, let's see.

"God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols, released just in time for the Royal Jubilee in 1977.

Not because it was a bad song or badly performed, it wasn't. But because the BBC and commercial stations instantly banned it and the ever outraged tabloid end of the UK's press, who already had a huge down on the "scandalous" and "anti-social" punk fashion and culture anyway, visciously (sorry) pitched into the band and Rotten in particular. Some record shops, including Woolworth's chain stores which were a big part of the singles market, refused to stock it.

That the song didn't "insult her Majesty" in the slightest was neither here nor there.

And it sold like mad.

Which, for the first time, left the BBC in the awkward position of not being able to play the number one single in the UK.

As for really bad hit songs, the list is almost endless.

Though it's hard to think of anything worse than the output of St Winifred's School Choir.

Search youtube for them if you must, just don't say I didn't warn you.

Muskrat Love by Captain and Tennille.

Oh ya, muskrat love was a stinker, but not as bad as tip toe through the tulips by Tiny Tim.

craigb
Muskrat Love by Captain and Tennille.

Anything by Captain and Tennille was pretty bad. Well played, sung and produced - but bad.

Fortunately on the UK side of the Atlantic we didn't suffer from them as much as the US.

I mostly agree with Sharke on this one...with notable exceptions.

And

@Beagle...Old Man Down The Road is just Keep On Chooglin or Run Through The Jungle with different lyrics. John was mighty good...but very repetitive.

Lionel Richie's Say You, Say Me.
 
He got up to accept a nomination or award of some sort and said "I can't believe it" and neither could I.
 
-Susan

Susan G
Lionel Richie's Say You, Say Me.
 
He got up to accept a nomination or award of some sort and said "I can't believe it" and neither could I.
 
-Susan

Yeah that was pure mush. Horrible song considering he had some great tunes around that time (Running With The Night, Is It Me You're Looking For).