Britney’s cover version of Joan Jett’s track “I Love Rock n Roll” has been voted as the worst song ever. The once-upon-a-time pop princess released the song in 2002 to coincide with the rlease of her debut movie, Crossroads which incidentally bombed at the box office.
Boyzone star Ronan Keating’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ by The Pogues came second in the survey, while Celine Dion’s version of AC DC’s ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ was named the third worst cover. 15,000 readers of the music website NME.com have voted for their least favorite cover in an online poll and the Toxic singer’s version came top of the worst-ever covers.
The 28-year-old’s attempt at American singer Joan Jett’s 1981 classic sold just 51,000 copies. Spears started her career with “….Baby One More Time” and “Ooops….I did it Again” which became international #1 hits. She has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling music artists.
However, the recent years have been on the downhill for the troubled star and the pop star has not released any songs since her 2008 album Circus. She suffered from a very public meltdown in 2007 that resulted in her being hospitalized in January 2008. Britney has two sons, Sean Preston, five, and four-year-old Jayden James, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
The R&B singer and ‘OMG’ hitmaker, Usher has revealed he wants to work on the troubled singer’s new album and hopes to enlist the help of other stars to make her comeback record a success.