I want to make a strong case for the 1962 hit song West Of The Wall written by Wayne Shanklin and recorded by his wife Toni Fisher. It has every quality that you would expect from a truly awful song and performance:-

* It has deplorably trite lyrics with an appallingly simplified political message that bears no relation to or understanding of the actual facts of the situation at the time.
* It has a simple but irritating tune that stays with you despite it being drivel.
* The singer uses a sickly, sentimental voice that brings thoughts of strangulation; it would seem to have no relevance to the subject of the song
* The strummy accompaniment is puerile even by the low standards of the pop music of 1962.
* The middle eight sung by a male chorus is of a lower standard than the rest of the performance - just when you think that such a thing was not possible.

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