#75 (2011)

The 100 Greatest Songs You've (Probably) Never Heard – 2011

#75

Good to Be Bad
Charlee
Austria

After a 3 year absence, Austria finally returned to Eurovision (and this list) in 2011. A 30 song semifinal was held online where voters pared the field to 10 competitors to compete in the televised final. “Good to Be Bad” snuck into the final and would go on to finish 8th.
The song sounds like it slithered out of pop’s dark age (2000-2003), where radio stations had to speed up mediocre tracks to make them sound more interesting (well, more than usual). “Good to Be Bad” sounds like the kind of song one would expect to hear from Stacie Orrico or JoJo; remember them? I didn’t think so.