If you know anything about rickrolling, then you’ve heard enough of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” in the past week, which is I guess the point of rickrolling. A number of people have been proposing alternative tunes for rickrolling, so I thought I would offer my nominations for the:

Rickrolling Top 20 Hall of Shame

• Come On Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners

If there were no Rick Astley we would have Dexyrolling.

• Macarena - Los Del Rio

• Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men

Please put the dogs back in before someone gets hurt.

• Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

I walked on something and it doesn’t smell like sunshine.

• Milkshake - Kellis

It tastes more like that non-dairy stuff they have at Foster’s Freeze.

• Yamo Be There – Michael McDonald

What in God’s name is he saying? “Heavenly father watching us all. We take from each other and give nothing at all. Well it’s a dog-gone shame..” Oh.

• Horse With No Name – America

These lyrics were not so much written as culled from a night of first-grade Mad Libs.

• Girl You Know It’s True - Milli Vanilli

• Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Wham

Sneaking quietly out the door.

• Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club

• Love Plus One - Haircut 100

• Muskrat Love - The Captain and Tenille

• Hey There, Delilah - Plain White T’s

• The Sign – Ace of Base

• Small World Theme (It’s a Small World After All) - Walt Disney Productions

• We Built This City on Rock and Roll – Jefferson Starship

Yes, but apparently without the proper permits.

• How Am I Supposed to Live Without You? – Michael Bolton

“No-talent ass clown” of Office Space fame

• Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart

• Conga - Miami Sound Machine

• You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

In a special category are the narrative rickrolling tunes, with lengthy, often nauseating stories, sometimes interpreted endlessly by musicologists. Seriously, don’t bother.

• Cat’s in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

• American Pie – Don McClean

• Hotel California - The Eagles

• Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

Please add your nominations below, and dispute these freely.

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