Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs

Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs is a 1997 humor book written by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, chronicling the results of his bad song survey.

The survey started when he wrote a column about a song he thought was particularly bad (Neil Diamond's "I Am...I Said"), and he got such a response that in addition to a follow-up column, he decided to write an entire book about the results of the survey.

[1] The book opens with a warning that it will "put bad songs into your head" (or at least wake up the ones that are dormant),[2] and suggests that it instead be given to your enemies as a potent psychological weapon.

This kind of hyperbole is also found in the book's criticism of cheesy or overly sappy lyrics, and is a hallmark of Barry's writing style.

The worst songs ever, according to the survey, are: Barry also includes special categories such as: