The following are considered by many to be the worst songs to reach the #2 through #10 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1970s. For the worst #1 singles of the 1970s, see the Bad #1 Hits Blog.
The “Bad” Top Tens Museum – 1970s Inductees
“Hey There Lonely Girl” by Eddie Holman (1970, #2)
“Gimme Dat Ding” by the Pipkins (1970, #9)
“Chick-A-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)” by Daddy Dewdrop (1971, #9)
“Puppy Love” by Donny Osmond (1972, #3)
“Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” by Wayne Newton (1972, #4)
“Convention ‘72” by the Delegates (1972, #8)
“Clair” by Gilbert O’Sullivan (1972, #2)
“Sing” by the Carpenters (1973, #3)
“Playground in My Mind” by Clint Holmes (1973, #2)
“Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose” by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (1973, #3)
“Mockingbird” by Carly Simon & James Taylor (1974, #5)
“One Man Woman / One Woman Man” by Paul Anka with Odia Coates (1975, #7)
“Morning Side of the Mountain” by Donny and Marie Osmond (1975, #8)
“Feelings” by Morris Albert (1975, #6)
“Run Joey Run” by David Geddes (1975, #4)
“Shannon” by Henry Gross (1976, #6)
“Let Her In” by John Travolta (1976, #10)
“Rock and Roll Music” by the Beach Boys (1976, #5)
“Muskrat Love” by the Captain & Tennille (1976, #4)
“I Like Dreamin’” by Kenny Nolan (1977, #3)
“I’m in You” by Peter Frampton (1977, #2)
“Sometimes When We Touch” by Dan Hill (1978, #3)
“Summer Nights” by John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John & Cast (1978, #5)
“(Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away” by Andy Gibb (1978, #9)
“Somewhere in the Night” by Barry Manilow (1979, #9)
“You Take My Breath Away” by Rex Smith (1979, #10)
The Runners-Up
“La La La (If I Had You)” by Bobby Sherman (1970, #9)
“Julie, Do Ya Love Me” by Bobby Sherman (1970, #5)
“Put Your Hand in the Hand” by Ocean (1971, #2)
“Sweet and Innocent” by Donny Osmond of the Osmonds (1971, #7)
“Yo-Yo” by the Osmonds (1971, #3)
“Hey Girl” by Donny Osmond (1972, #9)
“Precious and Few” by Climax (1972, #3)
“I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)” by the New Seekers (1972, #7)
“Jungle Fever” by the Chakachas (1972, #8)
“Troglodyte (Cave Man)” by the Jimmy Castor Bunch (1972, #6)
“Funny Face” by Donna Fargo (1973, #5)
“Daddy’s Home” by Jermaine Jackson (1973, #9)
“Don’t Expect Me to Be Your Friend” by Lobo (1973, #8)
“The Twelfth of Never” by Donny Osmond (1973, #8)
“Paper Roses” by Marie Osmond (1973, #5)
“Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)” by Helen Reddy (1973, #3)
“Spiders & Snakes” by Jim Stafford (1974, #3)
“The Lord’s Prayer” by Sister Janet Mead (1974, #4)
“You and Me Against the World” by Helen Reddy (1974, #9)
“I’m Leaving It (All) Up to You” by Donny and Marie Osmond (1974, #4)
“Steppin’ Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)” by Tony Orlando & Dawn (1974, #7)
“Love Me for a Reason” by the Osmonds (1974, #10)
“Lady” by Styx (1975, #6)
“I Don’t Like to Sleep Alone” by Paul Anka (1975, #8)
“How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” by James Taylor (1975, #5)
“Rocky” by Austin Roberts (1975, #9)
“Mr. Jaws” by Dickie Goodman (1975, #4)
“Times of Your Life” by Paul Anka (1976, #7)
“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” [slow version] by Neil Sedaka (1976, #8)
“Only Sixteen” by Dr. Hook (1976, #6)
“Junk Food Junkie” by Larry Groce (1976, #9)
“Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right)” by Silver Convention (1976, #2)
“Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again” by Barry Manilow (1976, #10)
“Shop Around” by the Captain & Tennille (1976, #4)
“After the Lovin’” by Engelbert Humperdinck (1977, #8)
“Do You Wanna Make Love” by Peter McCann (1977, #5)
“(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher” by Rita Coolidge (1977, #2)
“You Made Me Believe in Magic” by the Bay City Rollers (1977, #10)
“That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Shaun Cassidy (1977, #3)
“Hey Deanie” by Shaun Cassidy (1978, #7)
“Short People” by Randy Newman (1978, #2)
“Don’t Cry Out Loud” by Melissa Manchester (1979, #10)
“She Believes in Me” by Kenny Rogers (1979, #5)
“In the Navy” by the Village People (1979, #3)
“You Decorated My Life” by Kenny Rogers (1979, #7)
“Ships” by Barry Manilow (1979, #9)
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