10 Worst Songs To Ever Reach Number 1 In The UK
Some serious clunkers have made their way to the top of the charts.
They say there's no accounting for taste - and that's perhaps never been truer in the world of music.
As with just about every art form - be it comics, television, film, theatre, musicals or wrestling - no single thing is going to please all the critics out there.
Some do come close to universal acclaim in certain quarters - for example, Radiohead's OK Computer or Beyonce's Lemonade - but they often still draw derision from diehards unhappy with the latest shift in tone or musicality.
But at the opposite end of the scale, there are those songs and albums that fans almost uniformly accept are absolute cobblers, be it the latest novelty act or anything released by the rock group Creed.
Despite that however, legions of record buyers have helped propel some of this nonsense all the way to the top of the charts - indeed, it's tough to find a retrospective compilation that doesn't have one clanger.
Here's ten of the worst to sit atop the pile - and be warned, some of them may prove criminally catchy despite their turgid standing...
10. Dappy - No Regrets (2011)
N-Dubz feel inherently like one of those British bands whose popularity seems frankly ridiculous in hindsight, but back in the day, the three-piece were a chart powerhouse to behold.
Their members enjoyed varying success as a solo artist, but it was Dappy who truly broke big, featuring on Tinchy Stryder's Verve-sampling hit Number 1 in 2009.
Two years later, his debut solo cut also went to the top of the charts - mercifully for just the one week though, with his litany of pop-culture references and name drops having the exact opposite effect as Billy Joel did on the barnstorming throwaway We Didn't Start the Fire.
Though some may think that he has faded like a passing fad, Dappy is still going strong today - as recently as two years ago, he was troubling the top forty with his hit song Oh My.