10. Smash Mouth - "All Star"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E It isn't just that lead singer Steve Harwell bears more than a passing resemblance to the human garbage trough/food personality Guy Fieri, or that one vanilla song launched this once respectable ska punk band into the Radio Disney stratosphere, or that the music video's association with the cult comedy Mystery Men has forever tainted an excellent film. And it's not even that "All Star" is a terrible song on its own. It's that I can physically hear all of the baggage that comes along with Smash Mouth every time this generic, faux-rock sports anthem is played at a bar. And then, because this is a catchy song from the 90s, everyone starts singing along. Of course they do, because it reminds them that there was once a time when this was the worst song we had to contend with on the radio. Not "Friday." Not "Accidental Racist." Not Bieber Fever. And so, almost begrudgingly, I have to accept that although "All Star" can be a remarkable irritation at times, and Harwell remains a Garbage Pail Adult, it's not quite as bad as the monotonous muck of current pop radio. That doesn't make it less awful, it just means that when that goddamn terrible chorus gets stuck in your head after the umpteenth time someone sings it at karaoke that night, I can take solace in the fact that it's replacing "Moves Like Jagger" in my brain space.