{"id":50147,"date":"2025-10-17T09:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=50147"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:12:23","slug":"are-these-the-10-worst-musical-numbers-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/17\/are-these-the-10-worst-musical-numbers-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Are These the 10 Worst Musical Numbers of All Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve recently offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/19\/the-10-best-musical-numbers-you-may-not-have-seen-but-need-to-see\/\" target=\"_blank\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/22\/10-more-of-the-best-musical-numbers-you-may-not-have-seen-but-need-to-see\/\" target=\"_blank\">articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/10\/and-another-10-best-musical-numbers-you-may-not-have-seen-but-need-to-see\/\" target=\"_blank\">celebrating<\/a> some of the most wonderful musical numbers that might be unfamiliar to most movie lovers. Today, we go to the opposite end of the spectrum with 10 musical numbers that could easily turn movie lovers into movie haters. We apologize in advance for any offense created.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cGot a Feelin\u2019 for You\u201d from \u201cThe Hollywood Revue\u201d (1929)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joan Crawford never claimed to be a song-and-dance star, and this clip from an early MGM talkie affirms why she never made that claim.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3fyiSRc5tQE?si=_Gor0YI9RtFPLpqI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt Had to Be You\u201d from \u201cSouth Sea Sinner\u201d (1950)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, at least Joan Crawford tried her best to sell a song \u2013 poor Shelley Winters isn\u2019t even trying to sell anything in this dreary number from a deservedly forgotten potboiler. Yes, Shelley\u2019s singing is dubbed by someone who sounds nothing like her speaking voice \u2013 and, double yes, that is a young Liberace as her flirtatious piano accompanist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WyG7NWOvhTM?si=1m59qXgGCC2qwM7B\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s Impossible\u201d from \u201cValley of the Dolls\u201d (1967)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it\u2019s impossible to imagine Patty Duke as the toast of Broadway musicals, especially when get to hear her real singing voice in this video instead of the anonymous professional vocalist who dubbed her. And what\u2019s with all her shrugging and fidgeting \u2013 is that supposed to be rhythm?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_SH7Q-TNpp4?si=cXfokOg3aSZiwJsh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLoving You\u201d from \u201cMame\u201d (1974)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How can you not love this utterly bizarre musical seduction with Robert Preston wooing Lucille Ball with one of the most syrupy ballads ever poured on an unsuspecting audience? And what&#8217;s with that dance around the fountain? Well, at least Lucy didn\u2019t sing in this number.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cU1-WBgiHqw?si=7vTOaeitzhD5Nx03\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHappy Birthday 21\u201d from \u201cSextette\u201d (1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a film carrying a surplus number of jaw-droppingly bizarre musical segments, the one that takes the cake (and the whole bakery, for that matter) is this offering with octogenarian Mae West serenading a young man on his 21st birthday, with the unsubtle suggestion that she\u2019ll be his birthday gift. A battalion of grinning musclemen help decorate this craziness.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4h0xPgeqPg?si=BiR54PFUx0NrbA1h\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n\u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d from \u201cSgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band\u201d (1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steve Martin may have been a wild and crazy guy, but in this catastrophically awful Beatles cover he is just a dull fella.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F__uGshlbOo?si=xSzNX1fgJ-_r5i1A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDo the BIM\u201d from \u201cThe Apple\u201d (1980)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among aficionados of so-bad-they\u2019re-good films, this loopy musical is in a class by itself thanks to marvelously misguided numbers like this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIugIUixU_0?si=PfYB4LbwIi9KVQGk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Hearts Not Diamonds&#8221; from &#8220;The Fan&#8221; (1981)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Bacall croaks her way through this unintentionally funny number in this oddball flick about a psychotic young man stalking an aging Broadway musical star. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9kIEA9Woa3Y?si=hevwOGLf0UpV40OY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSOS\u201d from \u201cMamma Mia!\u201d (2008)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pierce Brosnan sings \u2013 or does something that could be mistaken for singing \u2013 while Meryl Streep looks utterly embarrassed to be sharing the scene with him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lktMK44ivaI?si=9OxOFM9kp9xWfBJ6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMan to Woman\u201d from \u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez\u201d (2024)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The YouTube denizen @Kiibon probably said it best: \u201cHeartwarming how both trans and transphobic people came to agree that this movie sucks ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4jhiP-wFrA?si=5Ts7PeG3JIP21hzo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve recently offered several articles celebrating some of the most wonderful musical numbers that might be unfamiliar to most movie lovers. Today, we go to the opposite end of the spectrum with 10 musical numbers that could easily turn movie lovers into movie haters. We apologize in advance for any offense created.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":50148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1369],"tags":[1654,2713,3863,1266,1931,2000,1994,3864,3866,3862],"class_list":["post-50147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retro-cinema","tag-joan-crawford","tag-lauren-bacall","tag-liberace","tag-lucille-ball","tag-mae-west","tag-musicals","tag-patty-duke","tag-pierce-brosnan","tag-robert-preston","tag-shelley-winters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50147"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50181,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50147\/revisions\/50181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}