He gave the world the musical masterpiece that was "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da".

Perhaps it is only fair that Sting has been named the world's worst songwriter. The Police singer topped the dreaded poll in music magazine Blender, which claimed he had penned lyrics of 'mountainous pomposity' and 'cloying spirituality'.

But Sting's not the only lyrical genius to come up with some shockingly bad song writing. Take a look at these dodgy verses.