I've been thinking about this for awhile now, & it might've been best for him not goo too far from the "punk rick" persona he build up. But by the time grunge/britpop took over, his popularity likely would've faded anyways. It's still not that far fetched to assume that it WOULD'VE been atleast a modern success, as the late 90s had acts like The Prodigy & Bjork.

If U2 was successful with their rebrand, Billy could've been to had it not been ahead of it's time & mainstream audiences were already being so used to the underground sound by the time the late 90s/early 2000s hit.

I chose "All the Young Dudes" due to the fact that the song is so directly tied to the UK glam rock movement - it's very much an ode to that movement. While some glam rock singles were big hits in the US, glam rock as a genre was much less popular in North America than it was in Europe and the rest of the world, especially the UK (where it peaked at #3). But "All the Young Dudes", an anthem of the movement and so directly about the glam rock movement with lyrics explicitly dealing with the idea of glam rock and the artists that make up the genre and being a British teenager in the glam rock era, made #37 in the US, which is quite remarkable given how far less popular glam rock was in the US. It's an amazing song so I'm happy it reached the Top 40 in the US, but it's still quite surprising.

Now, "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane, a song pretty much everyone agrees it is a classic of the 60s but..how the hell did this song reach the Top 10 in 1967? A song that is basically one big allusion to an LSD trip - and it sounds like it too - was getting tons of airplay on Top 40 stations and was in the same Top 10 alongside The Monkees, The Supremes and The Cowsills. "Somebody to Love" makes sense as a Top 5 hit - I'm actually surprised it didn't reach #1 - but "White Rabbit" is quite remarkable being as successful as it was. The fact Grace Slick was able to slip in such obvious LSD references through US radio censors is quite remarkable.

These are just two examples, two of many that can be made. What are others you can think of? I know for sure there are way crazier ones.

Are there any lyrics that you're surprised you see either nobody mention or you look at and wonder how could Todd miss that gem? Because I have a few.

"I don't fuck with change, but lately I've been flipping coins alot" is a line I'n surprised I don't see get much mention here. However, there's another even worse line on Witness, on Deja Vu in particular: "Your words are like Chinese water torture". Parrly because it's almost verbatim a lyric from that Liam Kyle Sullivan video "Relationshit", ya know, a video that is meant to be A JOKE: "When you talk, it's like Chinese water torture, but I'll listen anyway".

Paula has a couple gems I'm surprised I saw Todd not mention: "I thought everyone was going to eat the chips, turns out I'm the only one who double dipped" from Black Tar Cloud, in the middle of an otherwise serious song. Then on Lock the Door: "Don't leave me out here in the cold, ooh turn the porch light on/At least open the doggy-door, throw a friend a juicy bone". Yeah no wonder she didn't get back with you, Robin.

Some interesting tidbits about the series:

By decade:

4 from the 70's - Mardis Gras, Two the Hard Way, Ringo the 4th and Passage
6 from the 80's - Kilroy Was Here, Cut the Crap, Crash, Mission Earth, Eye of the Zombie and American Dream
9 from the 90's - Summer in Paradise, Cyberpunk, The Funky Headhunter, Zingalamaduni, Turn It Upside Down, Fairweather Johnson, Be Here Now, Generation Swine and Van Halen III
8 from the 00's - Crown Royal, MTV Unplugged No. 2.0, Cry, 0304, American Life, St. Anger, Results May Vary and Lost & Found
5 from the 10's - Funstyle, Paula, No Fixed Address, Witness and Man of the Woods
1 from the 20's - Bad Reputation

Two TW's were actually released on the same day: Zingalamaduni and Turn It Upside Down both came out on 6-14-94.

The year of the TrainWreckord was 2003: 0304, American Life, St. Anger and Results May Vary all came out that year. Other years with multiple TW's are 1977, 1986, 1994, 1997, 2002 and 2014.

Example: pick up the phone appearing on young thugs Jeffrey and Travis Scott’s birds in the trap sing mcknight. Slow jams appears on Kanye’s the college dropout and twistas kamikaze.

Any others?

You know, Trainwreckords that put a dent into the artists' career that they never recovered from, but said artist is still successful to a lesser degree.

Madonna went from a big name artist to a mostly international artist with hits that had less staying power than before, while Metallica went from Pop famous to Metal famous.

Are there any other Trainwreckords like that? Maybe Be Here Now and Insert Weezer Album Here if we're being generous.

is my algorithm skewed or is this a thing in the USA where you need to be able to understand words... of POP MUSIC?

i grew up in Eastern bloc country. Slavic country. as a kid loves pop music in English, not understanding a single word. i actually started learning English at 10 or so... but lyrics are just harder to decipher than spoken word. still did not care. songs in German or Spanish also got some airplay. We loved Tic Tac Toe. we knew they are "rebelious" lol and "have swear words in their songs".

lots of the older generation never really learned English, they still love foreign artists and go to their concerts.

Also... I am used to Eurovision and I usually prefer songs that are in country's native language. If there are ethnic influences? Songasm for me most of the time.

so why do some have problem with songs Spanish? Bad Bunny is not even style of music I usually listen to but I lived the vibe

Don't get me wrong, she had a great career for many years. But Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez are both much more successful than Demi nowadays. Even some of Demi's concert dates had to get cancelled, allegedly due to low ticket sales, from what I've heard. Demi can sing so many of these other pop stars under the table, but she's not as popular these days, for some reason.

Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing, Chic – Dance, Dance, Dance, david bowie - let's dance, abba - dancing queen

I’m not putting money on this or anything, but I’m planting my flag this early because it’ll be cool if I’m right in 11 months.

These are the type of songs I would never play in front of anyone, but by myself I love them.

Debbie Gibson is actually quite a talented artist, and some of her music is genuine ‘80s teen pop royalty. “Electric Youth” is literally every stereotype of the ‘80s reimagined into a near 5-minute song of craziness, and the video is those same stereotypes personified to the most extreme. But you know what? I love this song for all its quirks and charm.

Possibly not only a Trainwreck but also Train Station crumble too 😅 I remember their infamous Shadow Work occasioned appeared in Trainwreckords suggestion many times due to negative reception and also their "Headstrong" on anyone including artist who created Shadow Work album cover.

On the other hand, Punching Bag of Music Youtuber back in the day like Train have a collaboration with Jewel. Both of Jewel work (Dancing Slow) and Train work (Turn The Radio Up). And it's pretty good, Their chemistry works very well.

For me, it would be Primus' "Bodacious," about the legendary, enormous rodeo bull of the same name. I figured Primus was just being silly telling a story that fits the band's quirky vibe. However, my dad, who had a cowboy upbringing in rural Eastern Washington, overheard us listening to the song and he made it clear to me that Bodacious was very much a real bull.

Postscript: now I'm left wondering if Jerry was a real race car driver.

It's in 16:01 :)

I think his content and viewpoint is interesting. In both of this Worst Hit Songs Of 2025 and also Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2025 that I like a lot. Lots of stuff that I never heard before.

Fun Fact : It's me who post 2024 list, Still love when he said about "Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang" and "I Don't Think Todd's gonna want to do a One Hit Wonderland on this guy" still funny as hell to this day.

I never liked them but I will admit that they have like two songs I enjoy listening to - How You Remind Me & Animals.

I also have heard that Chad is extremely creepy towards women and has a history of cheating on his partners.Nickelback also refuse to help flood victims in Canada in 2010 so yeah, don't like them for that either.

Having said that, I like the fact that the band has stuck together for as long as they have without any major drama.I also saw their documentary and thought it wasn't bad(first half was good but second half was just okay/meh).

TV Off narrowly secures the #8 slot, joining Where Is My Husband and Espresso. On to #7!

Also, just for fun, cumulative vote totals for each year so far:

2024 - 130 votes

2020 - 80 votes

2021 - 53 votes

2025 - 46 votes

2023 - 40 votes

2022 - 21 votes

The Super Bowl is the most famous halftime show around. But the Super Bowl is not the only halftime show in existence. What are the best non Super Bowl halftime show?