The Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2001

The Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2001 was a collaborative effort between Diamond Axe Studios and The Double Agent. It was released on November 25, 2020.

## **Synopsis (List of songs)**

The video opens up with Diamond Axe Studios & The Double Agent talking over each other, then saying "2001". After that, they discuss how 2001's chart wasn't really representative of the entire population's music taste because teenagers were pirating rock / nu metal music, and how it overrepresented sappy country ballads. They also show off their puppies at some point.

#### ***10.) "I'm Already There" by Lonestar***

This segment opens up by introducing Lonestar and how the band was perfect for suburban parents. They talk a bit about "Amazed" and how it is a competent song and gets everything right, and then introduce this song as a ballad that "gets everything wrong".

While they say they are OK with the sonic quality of this song, Sean & TheDoubleAgent mainly ridicule the lyrics, as the lead singer claims to be a bunch of objects around his family even when he is far away. Sean in particular says the lead singer thinks he's Jesus Christ, and acts out a skit where the lead singer's children don't understand the metaphor in this song.

#### ***9.) "I Wanna Be Bad" by Willa Ford ft. Royce Da 5'9"***

Sean & TheDoubleAgent call this song a ripoff of a Britney Spears and Max Martin song. They also talk about the autotune on this song.

At some point, they decide to check out the rest of her discography (including her voicing a Jigglypuff). While listening to "Sexy Sex Obsessive", Sean says he is quitting YouTube in order to learn how to perform an exorcism, but TheDoubleAgent mentions he already sold his soul in the 2017 worst list (it was after listening to "Sorry Not Sorry").

***8.) "Survivor" by Destiny's Child***

This segment opens up with a discussion on reality TV (*Survivor* was big at the time). As for the song, Sean & TheDoubleAgent criticize its overall quality (the singing, the beat, how the song seems rushed to capitalize on the eponymous show's success), as well as the lyrics that seem to be a mix of a generic post-breakup self empowerment anthem where they find synonyms of "survivor", and a diss track to some former members of Destiny's Child that said the group would have failed without them.

They count down the 10 worst lyrics/moments in it.

10. "You thought I couldn't last without you but I'm lastin'"- They criticize the redundancy

9. "You thought I couldn't breathe without you, I'm inhalin'"- They criticize the fact "inhale" is different from "breathe" and the clumsiness of the line

8. "You thought I wouldn't sell without you, sold 9 million"- They criticize the fact that some of the lines wouldn't apply to both of the target audiences

7. The chorus, where "survive" is rhymed with "survive" over and over again.

6. "If I surround myself with positive things, I'll gain prosperity"- They criticize the fact that this line comes after the singers bring up every single bad thing they have been called.

5. Random moaning

4. "I'm not going to lie on you and your family yo, I'm better than that"- They criticize the singer for even thinking of spreading false rumours about whoever this song is addressed to.

3. "I'm not gon' compromise my Christianity, I'm better than that"- Sean & The Double Agent refuse to talk about this line.

2. "I'm not gon' blast you on the radio, I'm better than that"

*"Well, what the f\*\*k do you think you're doing right now?"*- both of them, in unison

1. The outro

#### ***7.) "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)" by 3LW***

They open up this segment by talking about The Cheetah Girls, and how they blew up with Disney but failed to stick around (as opposed to other Disney pop stars). Sean says he was pleasantly surprised by their music, and then brings up this song. (3LW later became the Cheetah Girls).

TheDoubleAgent says this song had a good foundation, but it got ruined pretty quickly.

After that, they talk about the excessive autotune and the lisp on the first girl's voice, and how it was a bad choice to push her as the leader of this group.

As for the lyrics, TheDoubleAgent says the lyrics are good for a kids' song, but he doesn't like how they repeat the last word at the end of each line.

*"Not enough songs for kids respect them to realize they have brains. The problem is the kids have ears."*- TheDoubleAgent.

There was a disagreement between both YouTubers over the #6 song, and they ended up doing their own song. The part 1 video contains TheDoubleAgent's pick, and part 2 contains Diamond Axe's pick.

#### ***6a.) "Never Had A Dream Come True" by S Club 7***

This is TheDoubleAgent's pick for #6. He says that the song sounds boring (and it seemed like a cash grab because it was a "cheesy ballad"), and it sounds empty and devoid of any emotional depth, which makes a bunch of minor annoyances he had about it way more noticeable.

He describes a bad song as eating bad food, and this song as "eating no food while someone pokes you in the ribs every 10 seconds".

#### ***6b.) "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" by Blu Cantrell***

Sean opens up the segment about how he enjoyed listening to old popular music making lists like these, but he got annoyed at the amount of songs in the early 2000's about cheating (specifically, male singers would sing about cheating and female singers would sing about being cheated on), .

Sean says he likes the way this song sounds (particularly the sample of Frank Sinatra's "The Boys' Night Out" which he felt was very appropriate for a song like this one) but feels like the lyrics go way too overboard (the lyrics center around Cantrell driving a cheating partner into bankruptcy).

He also defends "I Hope" and "Before He Cheats", two songs that also deal with cheating partners, saying that in "I Hope", Gabby wants her partner to experience what she experienced, and in "Before He Cheats", he sees the car Carrie destroys as a symbol of the guy's hubris and pride. However, in this song, he feels like Blu just wants to make her partner's life as miserable as possible.

#### ***5.) "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill***

Sean & TheDoubleAgent start off the segment by acknowledging "that thing where thousands of people lost their lives in a perfect tragedy involving the US getting caught completely off guard by a foreign agency's airplanes". This is a bait-and-switch, as they were not talking about 9/11 but the 2001 movie *Pearl Harbor* (this song was on the soundtrack). They criticize the movie for its lack of historical accuracy and focus on romance over everything before talking about "There'll You Be".

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#### ***3.) "He Loves U Not" by Dream***

Sean & TheDoubleAgent open this segment up by discussing how most of the songs at the top of the last few worst lists they have been doing have bad lyrics, and say it is refreshing that the top 3 songs on this list simply sound bad. They then go on to discuss the song, criticizing the overproduced instrumentals and unsubtle attempts at copying acts such as N\*Sync. They also express incredulity at the fact that the song reached #2 in the charts and received a high placement in a Top 100 Girl Group Songs countdown.

#### ***2.) "Put It On Me" by Ja Rule ft. Lil' Mo & Vita***

Sean criticizes the lack of rhythm in the beat.

#### ***1.) "Loverboy" by Mariah Carey ft. Cameo***

This segment (much like #8) contains a top 10 worst moments, and the criticism focuses on how there are way too many instruments playing at the same time. They also discuss how this song was part of Carey's movie *Glitter*, and how it flopped on release, so it was priced at 50 cents in an "astro-turfing campaign" and it shot up to #2 but was blocked from #1.

## **Dishonorable Mentions**

* "I'm Real (Murder Remix)"- Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule
* "Follow Me"- Uncle Kracker
* "Peaches & Cream"- 112
* "All Or Nothing"- O-Town
* "The Case Of The Ex"- Mya
* "The Way You Love Me"- Faith Hill
* "Butterfly"- Crazy Town
* "Don't Tell Me"- Madonna
* "It Wasn't Me"- Shaggy ft. Rik Rok
* "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It To Me)"- Jay-Z
* "With Arms Wide Open"- Creed
* "I Wish"- R-Kelly
* "I'm a Thug"- Trick Daddy
* "My Baby"- Lil' Romeo
* "What Would You Do?"- City High

## **Trivia**

* This is Diamond Axe Studios Music's second crossover in regarding Top Ten Year Lists. The first was with Cicaboet1, covering "The Top 10 Worst/Best Hit Songs of 2014."
* Before the big reveal about #4, Sean Fay Wolfe throws the bat away, his brother Casey can be heard in pain from impact.
* Sean claims to have written 1.5 pages (with no indentation and single spaces) about his #6 pick
* During the #9 pick, you can hear "BOO! YOU STINK!" in the background after each YouTuber makes a pun.
* Dianne from Cicabeot1 cameos during #1, when Diamond Axe Studios & The Double Agent talk about the band Cameo:
	+ *"Did someone say Cameo?"*- Dianne