Music is deeply personal - and sometimes deeply annoying. What happens when two podcast hosts with intimate knowledge of each other's musical preferences deliberately curate mixtapes designed to make each other suffer? Pure audio schadenfreude.

Matt kicks things off with a strategic selection including the universally maligned Nickelback, a whiny 90s ballad, and an ultra-twangy country song that earns a rock-bottom score. His secret weapon? A Ray Stevens track with the alarming title "Where Are All The 12-Year-Olds" that combines clickbait discomfort with get-off-my-lawn social commentary.

Sam counterattacks brilliantly with the overplayed classic "Brown Eyed Girl," knowing Matt's documented hatred for it, followed by a dubstep nightmare featuring nothing but "wub wub wub dub dub woo" repeated endlessly. His masterstroke arrives with the final selection - a dissonant horror movie soundtrack that Sam describes as sounding "like someone fell asleep on a synth keyboard."

What makes this musical torture chamber so fascinating is how it reveals our relationship with music. Some objectively terrible songs score surprisingly high due to nostalgic connections, while well-crafted pieces receive brutal ratings simply because they hit our personal aversion buttons. 

What song would you use to torment your friends? We'd love to hear your suggestions for tracks that would make us squirm. Go to Instagram and Threads (@SuperAwesomeMix) with your picks for the ultimate musical punishment!

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/sam-worst-mix-ever/pl.u-MB0qCNqbr8

1. How You Remind Me  – Nickelback

2. Insensitive – Jann Arden

3. Thinkin' Problem – David Ball

4. Strokin – Clarence Carter 

5. Wrap It Up – The Fabulous Thunderbirds

6. Where Are All the Twelve Year Olds  – Ray Stevens

7. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

8. Woo Boost – Rusko

9. Everybody Dies  – Billie Eilish

10. F**k the System – System Of A Down

11. Bidibodi Bidbu – Bubbles

12. Company – Disasterpeace

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