Friday Funtime: Hits From Hell!

I've spoken in this space before about retired KFOG DJ Dave Morey and his "10@10" programming. One of his recurring theme sets that I would look forward to every year - well, maybe not quite look forward to - came every Friday the 13th, when he would trot out what he called "Hits From Hell": songs that succeeded on the charts despite being conceptually inane, or dubiously sung, or just plain bad. I'd like to carry that on in my own small way here.

This year, we get a bonus: Friday the 13ths in two consecutive months. If Dave were still active, he'd be playing love-themed hits from hell today. But because I'm not feeling sour on love right now, I'll skip that conceit and just present 10 hits that I find thoroughly, distressingly, dreadfully unlistenable. (Personal predilections, mind you; most music fans would disagree with me on several of the below, and surely Dave himself would not have played any of them on this day.) Nevertheless ... "Enjoy."

1. Jimmy Buffett, "Margaritaville"
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama"
3. Steve Miller Band, "Rock 'n Me"
4. David Dundas, "Jeans On"
5. Andrew Gold, "Lonely Boy"
6. Canned Heat, "Goin' Up the Country"
7. J.J. Cale, "Crazy Mama"
8. Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, "Sugar Shack"
9. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, "Sylvia's Mother"
10. Wang Chung, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"