charts discussion Worst Pop Radio Callouts

[iHype.]

Worst Pop Radio Callout Scores (1999-2019)

 

For those unfamiliar with how radio works, callouts (surveys of current radio hits likability by a sampling listeners) are the main measure radio programmers use to gauge what they should play/drop. This is a compilation of songs that reached the lowest scores in Pop radio callouts at one point -- negative net positive's.

 

 It is very hard to improve largely negative scores, and even harder to become a radio hit following.

 

Net Positive = the total % likability. Measured by adding % of people who view song positively, and subtracting % of people who view song negatively.

Example: Song has 63% positive reception, 13% negative reception, for a total of +50% net positive. 

 

RANK	ARTIST	SINGLE	NET POSITIVE	NEGATIVE	POP RADIO PK.
1.	Eminem	My Name Is	-53.3%	73.3%	#29
2.	Major Lazer	Bubble Butt	-37.2%	63.6%	#40
3.	Kreayshawn	Gucci Gucci	-23.7%	56.6%	#43
4.	The Chainsmokers	#Selfie	-21.0%	55.5%	#14
5.	No Authority	Can I Get Your #	-19.3%	42.9%	#33
6.	No Doubt	Simple Kind of Life	-17.1%	48.6%	#32
7.	Cher	Song for the Lonely	-16.7%	46.7%	#38
8.	ATC	Around the World	-14.7%	44.6%	#12
9.	U2	Beautiful Day	-13.7%	44.6%	#19
10.	SoulDecision	Ooh It’s Kinda Crazy	-13.5%	43.2%	#26
11.	Kendrick Lamar	Swimming Pools	-12.5%	50.0%	#42
12.	Kid Rock	Cowboy	-11.4%	48.6%	#34
13.	Kanye West	Clique	-10.6%	50.0%	#44
14.	Lil Mama	Lip Gloss	-9.7%	48.4%	#40
15.	Enrique Iglesias	Sad Eyes	-9.7%	38.8%	#34
16.	Emilia	Big Big World	-9.2%	45.0%	#26
17.	Britney Spears	Pretty Girls	-9.0%	43.4%	#18
18.	Willow Smith	Whip My Hair	-7.7%	49.0%	#28
19.	Backstreet Boys	The Call	-7.7%	41.0%	#19
20.	The Darkness	I Believe in a Thing...	-7.3%	45.4%	#35
21.	Eminem	The Real Slim Shady	-6.8%	48.6%	#13
22.	Maroon 5	Feelings	-6.7%	41.9%	#29
23.	Madonna	Nothing Really Matters	-6.7%	36.7%	#25
24.	Mike Posner	Looks Like Sex	-6.5%	45.4%
25.	Silento	Watch Me	-6.4%	44.0%	#18
26.	LMFAO	Sorry for Party Rocking	-6.2%	43.8%	#19
27.	Christina Aguilera	Car Wash	-6.0%	44.0%	#23
28.	Jay-Z	Show Me What You Got	-5.9%	43.4%	#37
29.	Daft Punk	One More Time	-5.9%	32.4%	#33
30.	Las Ketchup	The Ketchup Song	-5.2%	44.9%
31.	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	-5.1%	39.7%
32.	Will Smith	Freakin’ It	-4.1%	40.8%	#40
33.	Kanye West	Mercy	-3.4%	46.4%	#40
34.	Pharrell Williams	Happy*	-3.2%	49.9%	#1
35.	Big Sean	I Don’t F*ck With You	-3.2%	47.0%	#27
36.	Vengaboys	We Like to Party	-3.0%	45.1%	#23
37.	Robin Thicke	Blurred Lines*	-2.9%	49.6%	#1
38.	Jay-Z	Girls, Girls, Girls	-2.7%	45.6%
39.	Avril Lavigne	Wish You Were Here	-2.7%	41.9%	#30
40.	Simple Plan	Shut Up	-2.6%	41.1%
41.	Alice Dejay	Better Off Alone	-2.1%	39.3%	#20
42.	Mariah Carey	I Still Believe	-2.1%	37.5%	#21
43.	Sean Kingston	Back 2 Life	-1.9%	41.7%	#39
44.	Carly Rae Jepsen	I Really Like You	-1.7%	41.4%	#30
45.	Madonna	Give Me All Your Luvin’	-1.6%	41.8%	#24
46.	blink-182	What’s My Age Again?	-1.5%	40.2%	#28
47.	Jesse McCartney	She’s No You	-1.5%	37.7%	#24
48.	Chris Brown	Look At Me Now	-1.0%	45.5%	#32
49.	Drake	Started from the Bottom	-0.8%	42.4%	#38
50.	Britney Spears	Ooh La La	-0.5%	41.0%	#21
51.	Ariana Grande	Focus	-0.5%	40.8%	#13
52.	Jennifer Lopez	Papi	-0.3%	40.8%	#33
53.	Fannypack	Camel Toe	-0.3%	40.8%
54.	Fatboy Slim	Rockafeller Skank	-0.2%	39.5%	#21

* = this was far after a song's peak. It was played so much on radio that it ran into heavy dislike before going recurrent. The song had largely great scores while it was first a hit.

 

Thread idea by @whatyouwant_

[magazine]

51. Ariana Grande - Focus

 

???

this is a masterpiece tho 

[Blue Rose]

#9 Beautiful Day  a literal classic!

 

#16 Big Big World is shocking because thats pure Pop with a universal message. 

 

#28 Show Me What You Got. Lmao  the lack of seasoning whoever gave this a negative score

 

#29 One More Time. WHAT THE ****?????? Literally one of the best songs ever. Obviously it was ahead of its time when it debuted. Thats the only explanation.

 

#31 Californication. Maybe they gave this classic a bad score because soccer moms didnt want to hear the word “fornication” on the radio.

 

The fact that most of this list is far superior to most #1 Pop songs 

 

[Save-Me-Oprah]

Cher	Song for the Lonely

Madonna

Nothing Really Matters

 

[ks_dollar]

d, they are all pretty terrible

[whatyouwant_]

6.

No Doubt

Simple Kind of Life

-17.1%

48.6%

#32

9.

U2

Beautiful Day

-13.7%

44.6%

#19

29.

Daft Punk

One More Time

-5.9%

32.4%

#33

31.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Californication

-5.1%

39.7%

46.

blink-182

What’s My Age Again?

-1.5%

40.2%

#28

 

what's this 

At least they became iconic as it should. 

[Aurora]

No Katy.

 

Focus was done so wrong.

[JEWRJEWR]

6 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

#29 One More Time. WHAT THE ****??????

 

MTE 

[whatyouwant_]

and nice thread, thanks for the info btw.

[iHype.]

If BTS songs got spun just enough more to pass the familiarity test (60% of survey sample knows) then they'd probably have a few entries too 

 

Also the fact Eminem's debut to the public did so bad, yet he'd become the top-selling artist since who would've known

[Almighty Gaga]

Eminem

 

Surprisingly no surprises on the list. With a few exceptions, this is a ****ty list of songs.

 

Thanks for compiling this.

[Oscar Isaac]

Justice for Around The World, Better Off Alone, and Californication.

[FameFatale]

Not cameltoe 

[whatyouwant_]

i think the most problem with "Californication" were the references such as *****graphy (hardcore soft ****) and plastic surgery (pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging)

 

Most of these pop punk/punk rock songs didn't do well on pop because of the lyrics contents i guess.

[Ger]

Did you consider songs labeled as "Recurrent" for this chart? I'm asumming no because most of the songs didn't go high enough to chart for a long time.

[iHype.]

Just now, Ger-55 said:

Did you consider songs labeled as "Recurrent" for this chart? I'm asumming no because most of the songs didn't go high enough to chart for a long time.

No only ones in current run. Since ones in recurrent were very well received while a hit, then played til they ran their course.

[makeme]

Simple kind of life is literally a masterpiece. wtf.

[Little Dark Age]

Californication, One More Time, Swimming Pools, Simple Kind of Life, Papi (a massive bop wtf), Eminem in general deserved better. most of the rest is trash so not shocked

[dreampop]

Simple kind of life ??? WHY IS THAT SONG ON THIS LIST 

[Wii]

Wow i'm surprised at Big Big World being there

[Flower]

not the iconic I still Believe cover by Mariah Carey

[alfonso12]

A lot of awful songs but Madonna's Nothing really maters and Daft Punk's One more time shouldn't belong there. 

[Can't_M!ss_This]

“The Call” is one of my favorite Backstreet Boys songs. I didn’t even know it was a single. 

[Temporal]

5 hours ago, iHype. said:

44.

Carly Rae Jepsen

I Really Like You

-1.7%

41.4%

 

Ugh, the lack of taste from the GP

 

Not Eminem with an iconic song being #1

[Fender]

Swimming Pools?