Guess who tops this list of worst pop songs

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Here’s Bill Lamb’s list of this year’s 10 most annoying pop songs. As expected, Paris Hilton tops the list; Lamb rightly points out that “Stars Are Blind” was a hit only because it managed to surpass dismal expectations. His choice for No. 5, some Blue October song, is notable for him asking, “Why oh why should clinical self-loathing be trotted out as 3-minute pop song soap opera?”—a question that is better directed elsewhere. But really, the list is pedantic and obvious.

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