Eek!
Apparently Entertainment Weekly sat out to discover the “20 worst cover songs ever” and Jessica Simpson made their list. Twice.

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Web site users deemed her covers of Berlin‘s “Take My Breath Away” and Robbie Williams’ “Angel” as two of the twenty worst cover songs ever, in their opinion.
Although, despite having her covers lampooned, she shares the lists with music heavyweights including Madonna (for her cover of “American Pie“), Whitney Houston (“I Will Always Love You“) and Celine Dion (?).
And Jess shouldn’t feel bad about being on the list twice–fellow fair-haired popstar/actress/entrepreneur Hilary Duff also made the list twice.
To read what EW.com users had to say…
About Jess‘s cover of “Take My Breath Away“:
I will insist that Jessica Simpson’s rendition of ”Take My Breath Away” was far worse than ”These Boots Are Made for Walking.” She took a classic ’80s song that is still a staple at high school dances and screeched it to death. Not only do I hate her version, I can barely listen to Berlin‘s version without thoughts of her creeping in my head. —Allison
Jessica Simpson’s ”Take My Breath Away.” Reminds of that scene in Jaws when the drunk sea captain gets the town’s attention by scratching his nails down the blackboard — which sounds 1000 percent more pleasant than this cover. Jessica Simpson must be stopped before she kills another great song again! —Danielle
And about her cover of “Angel“:
Jessica Simpson — ”Angels.” Dire — poor Robbie. He must cringe when anyone tries to sing that particular song, but most people who butcher it that badly don’t have record contracts. Definitely a travesty. Make the memories of her killing it go away. She just didn’t ”get” that song, did she? —Aussie Ally
Yeah, Jessica Simpson covering ”Angels” is a crime against music. Though I would pay good money to hear her take on ”Mr. Roboto,” purely for the train wreck factor. Tell me that wouldn’t work. Come on. —Celimene
Brutal! Do you agree with any of these opinions?










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