Super Popular Songs That Work Your Nerves

Yup. Popular at gatherings, especially sporting events and I cringe at hearing it though I have to admit it's funny to see it being performed by people who have no idea what the meaning of the song is.

Endless Love. I REFUSE to link to any video of that fucking song.

Proud to Be an American—Lee Greenwood 🤢

ANYTHING by Rod Stewart. Do I have the right decade ,even?

God, my list is sheer endless (and yes, Endless Love is on it too). Off the top of my head:

- Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

- Maneater - Hall & Oates

- the entire soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever

- Dancing on the Ceiling and Three Times a Lady - Lionel Ritchie

- anything by Phil Collins

- anything by Diana Ross (sorry, DL!)

- anything by The Carpenters (again, sorry)

I'm with R4 on Rod Stewart. Every song I've ever heard by him has plucked my nerves.

This song doesn't really fit my parameters of songs that are still popular and played during gatherings, but MY GOD, since early childhood its chorus has made me cringe.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Ugh.

Kill me.

I don't like it at all.

Sigh.

Why?

Slightly less annoying than the one above, but still annoys me.

Bah.

How do these songs become party standards, anyway?

R5 likes nothing, then he pats himself on the back as a music lover.

Yes, because liking schlock is the sure sign of a true music lover, r16.

We Built This City on Rock and Roll

We Will Rock You - Queen

Hotel California - The Eagles

Come on Eileen - Dexy’s...

Rehab - Amy Winehouse

London Calling - The Clash ( A band I love and followed around the country in the late 70s but gets played way too much when London is featured in a film, tv show or ad ).

.... and many, many more.

I actually really like all the songs you list, r19. But yes, some of them are very overplayed (not Come on Eileen, though).

Every single fucking song from Thriller except for "Want to be Starting Something".

We Are The World and Do They Know It's Christmas

Call me Maybe

Anything by Sia. Thanks for making the seal voice popular, cunt.

Escapade, Janet Jackson. Fucking annoying and dated as fuck.

I'll Plant My Own Tree by Helen Lawson

Makes me wanna set myself on fire.

Not sure when it first came out, We Are Family, really grinds my gears!

Most music is repetitious, but this schlock isn't even a good type of repetitious.

I loathe the ubiquitous Don’t Stop Believin’

My vote for most annoying pop song ever. It sounds like a video game glitch that keeps repeating, over and over again.

"work your nerves" is an understatement

Walkin' on Sunshine.

This is probably the worst of all their songs, which is saying something. All their songs suck.

Bennie and the Jets makes my ears bleed.

Pussy Control (anything by Prince, really), and I'll second Wanna Dance with Somebody. So many great hits by her and that's what gets played endlessly?

Wanna Dance with Somebody isn't even an example of GOOD 80s pop. It's not one of Whitney's better songs. Yet like others have said, it gets played constantly.

People who just post a link without a title work my nerves. Ain't nobody got time to click on all your damn links!

Achy Breaky Heart by Garth Brooks

What's Up by 4 Non Blondes

Anything by the Spice Girls or Blackeyed Peas

Rockstar by Smashmouth

Edith Piaf - Je hais les dimanches

I Wanna Dance with Somebody has a clunky blockiness about everything and it's kind of charming for that. It seems like a song put together and performed by 8 year olds play-acting as big record producers.

Every hit by Black Box

Agree with Don't Stop Believin' --- it was great for a while until it wasn't.

Free Bird- Lynrd Skynrd

Almost all of the overplayed Doors songs (Light My Fire, Love Her Madly, LA Woman, etc.)

Welcome to the Jungle

Someone that I Used To Know -Gotye

"Brave" (Sara Bareilles)

"Take Me to Church" (Hozier)

Everything Rihanna ever did

R41 I've never gotten why Hozier is so popular.

Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen are two of ABBA's worst, and of course their most popular.

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. I like disco just fine but this one seems to have been singled out as the quintessential disco song and thus has been overplayed for 40 years. Same for Dancing Queen as noted above, because it's THE ABBA song its been played to death.

Gloria by Laura Brannigan. Awful hot mess of a song that makes me want to rub a cheese grater on my ears.

I live in Jersey and I don’t think I’ve ever been to a party event where Don’t Stop Believing plays, but I don’t mind because it reminds me of Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci having sex in an alley in Monster.

I’ve hated Hips Don’t Lie by Shakira since 2005 and it makes my brain bleed whenever it’s played at a gathering. And no, I won’t be linking it.

We're the Kids in America by Kim Wilde is shrill and has no real melody.

"Downtown" by Macklemore. The beat's all jagged, it never really falls into a rhythm, Macklemore sucks in general, it has no point besides DOWNtown... Hate hate hate it.

This song is considered a classic by some. It has 3 billion views on youtube--let that sink in. THIS piece of shit song has 3 billion views!!!

All things disco.

All things Whitney.

All things Janet.

All things Journey.

Natalie showboating. / shrieking her way through "This Will Be."

And that "Achy Breaky Heart" abortion was foisted upon us by Miley's talentless daddy, and NOT that Chris Gaines cretin, R36. Are you SERIOUSLY this stupid?

I fucking HATE Lizzo's Good As Hell. It seems to finally be fading as the go-to straight girl anthem of choice but sweet Jeebus it was everywhere for awhile.

This song sucked before 9/11, but once 9/11 happened, this song was played non fucking stop!

This song was all over the place when I was in high school.

This is the kind of song that’s always played in CVS.

Pompous lyrics and no melody.

[quote]This is the kind of song that’s always played in CVS

LMAO, perfect!

R53, even worse was Desert Rose.

R55 I see your Desert Rose and raise you a Cowboy Song.

Anything by Billy Joel. He really sucks.

Now Playing at Walgreens:

Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" - I'd post a link, but I'll spare you people the pain.

Facebook has resurrected The Beatles' All Together Now to advertise some Zoom-like feature. I know The Beatles are supposed to be above criticism but that song is barely Wings quality.

Any Beastie Boys song.

R56, remember the awful Fields of Gold? That was another pointless, irritating song by Sting. Family Guy did a good parody of Sting's music.

I used to live next to an outdoor wedding reception venue. I had to hear (almost) EVERY song listed above EVERY evening between 6pm -10pm during Spring ,Summer and Fall for 12 YEARS. If I ever meet Kool & tha Gang or Sister Sledge I will strangle them.

r62 Why did you stay so long? I don't think I could take that.

Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger. Ugh. I must say I find it very satisfying to hate on that song because I find Adam Levine so ugly, and he's said to be a major douchebag. It's one of those rare instances in life where everything just makes sense.

And I second Hips Don't Lie. I like Shakira,but I'm always embarrassed for her when I hear that one or the other stupid Waka Waka song.

Moves Like Jagger is when I started disliking Maroon 5. It was the beginning of the end for them. After that, they started releasing all these shitty "dance" pop singles.

Y’all must’ve been fun at parties.

This is probably the worst Maroon 5 song. From that "ooooo ooo oo ooo ooo oo oo oo" thing Adam Levine does to the awful attempt at reggae.

OK, this song may be worse than Single Ladies. I had to hear it at my parents parties growing up. It was annoying then and it is fucking annoying and dated now.

The flutes in this song always annoyed the shit out of me. Ditto to the rest of the soundtrack.

Prince - When Doves Cry. Shit song with annoying vocals and cheesy, cheap-sounding instrumentation, zero bass and that percussion sound effect makes me want to punch a kitten. Even Weird AL songs featured better musicianship than this crap.

I kissed a girl and I liked it. The taste of her cherry Chapstick. I kissed a girl just to try it. Hope my boyfriend don't mind it. Some twink singer is gonna do a cover of it someday and be seen as an empowered bottom who kisses a girl just try it and his partner is just gonna have to wrap his arms around it.

Daughters and Your body is a wonderland by John Mayer. Barf!

Bad Day by Daniel Powter. Whiny and unpleasant

1985 by bowling for soup. Captures everything depressing about American culture . Melody is also ugly. I can forgive even the worst lyrics if a beautiful melody makes up for it.

Jack and Diane by Mellencamp . See above.

Bohemian Rhapsody. omg....

I loathe the Your Body is a Wonderland and also that I’m in Love With Your Body song by Ed Sheehan.

Add to that anything by Sheryl Crow. Her lyrics are just so stupid and she sings them as if they were so profound: “He’s got a daughter he calls Easter; she was born on a Tuesday night!” Oh wow. His daughter was born on a Tuesday yet he calls her “Easter.” I wonder why!

Anything Eagles because their hits have just been overplayed for 40+ years. I'd be fine never hearing them ever again.

I know everyone thinks he’s a genius but Paul Simon’s voice grates on me. I hated that whole Graceland album.

R76 You just reminded me, I hate "In the Air Tonight." One of the most 80s songs- in a bad way. Really flat and tuneless.

R77 I don’t like Phil Collins’ songs, except I kind of liked Easy Lover because it evokes a certain time for me.

This Simon song isn’t just annoying, Chevy Chase is totally punchable in the video.

Macarena....Love Shack (sorry, B-52s)....Single Ladies....We Are Family....and of course the Hokey Pokey.

Imagine by John Lennon is worse than Hitler.

Return of The Mack

Eye of the FUCKING TIGER. Though I have to admit the man who wrote the song made good money of it.

The Final Countdown. A former coworker had this as his ringtone.

Don't Worry Be Happy. The perfect song to have on endless play at a suicide.

When you Believe. I always thought it was amusing that there was so much hype for the song when it was after Mariah and Whitney's peak. By then, Whitney's voice was still very good but darker while Mariah's voice was nowhere close to what it was from 1990-1996. It always sounded shrill to me.

The whitest song by the whitest band on earth.

Too many to mention. You know them all, and they produce the physical sensation of finger nails scraping across a blackboard.

Since I should name at least one; “We Are the World” comes to mind.

You're The Inspiration by Chicago

"Upside Down." by Diana Ross. Like nails on a chalkboard.

Every Breath You Take by The Police, a song which is actually about stalking, this song was misconstrued by so many. Some idiots actually thought it was a love song and the song was played at their weddings!

R90, it still is. And I tried to convince my friend recently that it's not a romantic song and they just went "nooooo". They refused to believe it was about stalking.

R85, I hate that song with a passion. Had it been done in 1994-1996, it could have been perfect. But no. It was done when Mariah's voice was shit.

R31 Walkin’ on Sunshine was a great song. It’s just been played out, particularly in movie trailers like “ I Feel Good.”

I don't know whether to be embarrassed or pleased that I've never even heard of most of the ones from after the 1990s.

[quote][R90], it still is. And I tried to convince my friend recently that it's not a romantic song and they just went "nooooo". They refused to believe it was about stalking.

All your friend has to do is read the lyrics. "I'll be watching you", should be enough to convince them.

Sting said, he set the stalking lyrics to romantic type music on purpose, to trick the fans. He said he knew the song would be misconstrued because the fans were more interested in the music than absorbing the lyrics. He was right!

R29 why would you disrespect a living goddess like that. How bad can your musical taste be.

"What's Up" by 4 Non-Blondes. Horrible song, made even more unlistenable by Linda Perry's howling lead vocal.

"What I Am" by Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians. Sorry, Edie, but "shove me in the shallow water before I get to deep" is a shitty lyric that shouldn't appear even once in a song, let alone repeated 100 times as if it's clever and profound.

"Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder. Fuck his stride, I want to break every bone in his body for inflicting this piece of shit on the world.

"Running with the Night" by Lionel Richie. Lots of Lionel Richie in the posts here, and he deserves it. For me, this was the worst of the worst of all his dreck. Tuneless, hackneyed tripe that was only a big hit because it was released as the follow-up to "All Night Long (All Night)", which was massive. I really hate songs like this, about "the night", like, ooooh, the night, it's soooooo dangerous and dark and sinister, and it's so edgy to, like, be outside after dark actually doing stuff instead of being in bed in our pajamas. Fuck off.

That one 90s song that has the words "Breakfast at Tiffanys" in the lyrics. Awful, awful song.

the first i thought of was Come on Eileen, but i'm not from the UK so have no real nostalgic attachment to it.

High Hopes is an INSTANT radio channel change. Really, anything by that band. He YELLS his lyrics all the time.

Single Ladies...ugh, same thing, i'll change the station after the first line. Actually, also anything by Beyonce.

NEVER understood the love for What's Up for the reasons the other poster said - horrible song, screeching vocals. why??

Proud to be an American and Daughters i put in the same category...cringey and weird.

Anything by Chicago, Lizzo and Katy Perry. All of these songs) can die in a fire and nothing of substance would be lost.

The song “Steal My Sunshine” by Len. That song causes shingles.

Anything by Queen, especially Bohemian Rhapsody and Under Pressure. I just don't get the never-ending love for this shit band and their shit songs.

There’s a song that begins like a blown horn shouting out “One Step Beyond!” And then goes into frantic saxophone riffs that causes me instant anxiety and hate. I don’t even know what it is or who sings it.

"Happy Together" by The Turtles.

80% of what's been listed minus Queen and The Police/Sting, whom I love. "Achy Breaky" and "Celebration" are the worst offenders.

Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy

EVERYthing by Journey and the Eagles and Lionel Richie and Billie Joel = HATE.

I Got Ya by Joe Tex

Don't Go Breakin' My Heart by Elton & Kiki

Margaritaville--Buffet

Escape (piña colada song)

R95 Such a wily genius, that Sting...

Heard this one in CVS the other day. Beyond awful.

R102 That would be Madness, “One Step Beyond.”

Maybe seeing the charming lads will change your mind! Suggs the singer is just adorable.

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

My doctors office plays this constantly, and it's maddening.

Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon. The Ah-Oohs got annoying fast.

I love Elbow, but I loathe One Day Like This with the fire of a thousand suns.

This is Whitney's worst number one song for me.

[quote] Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

Even worse is "Jar of Hearts".

"Africa" by Toto

"Don't Stop Believing" by Journey.

Wow, can’t understand the hate for Wanna Dance with Somebody. It’s one of my favorites by her and the definition of exuberance and I think one of her most fun videos where they almost make her look like she’s dancing. Is it more about it’s almost gay anthem status (Love, Simon) that there’s blow back about it?

R116, no, it's just a song that was so overplayed on oldies radio in my youth that I can't stand it. I think Whitney has much better songs that are underappreciated in comparison--"Saving All My Love", "How Will I know", "All The Man that I Need", etc.

I'll just go ahead and say: All of them, every goddamned one.

At worst I won't be off by one or two songs that I don't really, really hate but I'll happily take that risk.

[quote]"What's Up" by 4 Non-Blondes. Horrible song, made even more unlistenable by Linda Perry's howling lead vocal.

I totally understand your position, but the song is a guilty pleasure for me.

Might as Well be Waling on the sun/Hey Now you’re a Rockstar

I believe that Children are the Future

Born to be Wild

Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr

Here and Now - Luther Vandross

Afternoon Delight - Starlight Vocal Band

Celebrate - Kool & The Gang

WE BUILT THIS CITY. If you want to understand the difference between the 60s and 80s, listen to this after listening to "White Rabbit" or "Somebody to Love" (all three are from the same basic band).

"This is my fight song, take back my life song...."

Anything by the Smiths or Morrissey. He's such a twat.

Anything by Ed Sheeran. Blah

I Wanna Dance With Somebody is great because of Whitney's voice, like all of her songs.

All I hear is her voice, it's upbeat but not annoyingly so. It's not a great song, but her voice makes it great.

Accapella link and that's what I hear when I hear the song.

Don't tell me, r49 is a Madonna fan right?

You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift

Any of the songs from Dirty Dancing, they all suck.

That stupid Kid Rock song that samples "Werewolf of London"

Most are good choices, and a few I actually like (When Doves Cry; I Wanna Dance With Somebody), but I live in Europe and boy, do they have bad taste in popular music. I'll spare you the literally thousands upon thousands of disposable dance music that have ruled the charts on this continent for decades, as well as the toil of Eurovision winners through the years.

Northern Europeans (Scandinavians, Dutch, Germans ...) don't like to sing in their own languages yet they are TERRIBLE at writing lyrics in English, whatever the genre. Many don't make sense. That aside, it's the cheese I can't stand. A few off the top of my head:

Michael Learns To Rock (A Danish Band that will smother you with schmaltz. Ugh!).

Wind of Change - Scorpions

A-ha - Cry Wolf

Maria Magdalena - Sandra

The Final Countdown - Europe

r129 "Be My Baby" does not suck. In fact, it is one of the best songs of all time.

You are not invited to be my baby.

The Greatest Love Of All

"Troglodyte" by the Jimmy Castor Bunch "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar "Imagine" by John Lennon "nothing But Heartaches" The Supremes "Love Hangover" Diana Ross "American Pie" Madonna

"Troglodyte" by the Jimmy Castor Bunch "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar "Imagine" by John Lennon "nothing But Heartaches" The Supremes "Love Hangover" Diana Ross "American Pie" Madonna

I’ve never minded that Y.M.C.A song, r1.

I remember some old biddy who was a homophobe singing the lyrics when it came on the radio and not realising that it is all about cruising and gay butt sex.,,

That “Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog” song. Really grates.

Also, “I won’t back down, no I won’t back down.” I think that one is Tom Petty. I don’t like his voice or any of his songs.

Loathe this song. Worst lyrics, even more insipid than Sting’s.

Never understood the appeal of the Talking Heads, or Bryne’s voice, except for Burning Down the House.

Anything by Ariana Grande. Her voices grates.

Years ago my friend and I came up with a list of classic rock songs you never wanted to hear again.

Stairway to Heaven

Lola

Freebird

Bohemian Rhapsody

Hotel California

Layla

Let it Be/Hey Jude

Yes they are all long songs which probably has something to do with it.

R140, please add Smells like Teen Spirit to that list. I'm tired of hearing how groundbreaking it is.

"These Dreams" by Heart.

"Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith.

Hey Jude is heaven to my ears. I can’t hear it enough.

You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

My Way - Frank Sinatra

The Sounds of Silence -Simon and Garfunkel

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

ANYTHING by Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan has one of the most annoying voices in rock. His voice is grating, nasally, whiny and just plain horrific. His voice literally makes my ears hurt. How did this band ever make it?

Bob Dylan is Pavarotti compared to this dude!

That horrible song from the CLOSER film, "I Cant Take My Eyes Off You" by Damien Rice.

I can’t believe no one has mentioned that shitty Canadian rock band With the ugly lead singer called Nickelback.

Everything by Prince. He died. He died in an elevator. Move on already! Also fug.

“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”

I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

"I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder

Rock Me Amadeus - Falco

Having My Baby...vomit inducing and it's not morning sickness.

Better Days

R68. You motherfucker! That song still SLAPS.

"We Are Young" by Fun

I absolutely loathe "Sweet Home Alabama".

Somebody That I Used To Know - Goyte

The Pina Colada Song

This is the worst song of the 20th century.

Did anyone mention "Gloria" by Laura Branigan ? Jesus Christ, a shit song sung by the Worst voice ever. Nails On The Chalkboard.

I used to know a queen who loved that song, r161.

He used to play it all the time - no joke - whenever he had friends round to socialise.

I go to a bar/restaurant that plays this song all the time. It bugs the shit out of me. Btw, I thought she was singing "No boots"

This singer has a really annoying voice

R164, she's Rob Schneider's daughter lol

Well I guess if we are throwing novelty songs onto the list, Weird Al Yankovich’s entire oeuvre should be here.

OK, you people who take issue with Gloria, are you sure it’s not a Laura Brannigan thing instead of a Gloria thing? Here it is in its original Italian.

You Light Up My Life...the worst ballad ever made.

[quote] I go to a bar/restaurant that plays this song all the time. It bugs the shit out of me. Btw, I thought she was singing "No boots"

That's how every "alternative" song sounds now.

I tend to hate any song that white people dance to at social events. That includes Celebration but also includes Old Time Rock n Roll, Shout!, The Twist, YMCA, and Hey Macarena.

Yes, I admit I’m no fun. Please don’t invite me to your wedding.

Near. Far. Wherever you are. *SCREAMS*

Anything from Helen Lawson’s hip hop CD, My Saggy Pillows.

[quote]This singer has a really annoying voice

At least Elle King isn't living off whatever money her daddy Rob Schneider saved from his days on SNL. I think she has a pretty good voice, it's unique, in a good way, not in an annoying way.

Really? To me she sounds like every other female singers. So many female singers have that annoying baby voice.

Mony Mony - annoying AF and not even an actual song. It's tuneless dreck for karaoke bars and basic-bitch wedding receptions - who wants to see grandma gettin' her groove on to "ride the pony"...

Informer, by Snow (1993)

A whole bunch of you sons of bitches are itching to get straight-up slapped--Three-Stooges style. Line the fuck up.

That theme music that Benny Hill plays when farcically chasing around buxom girls always sets me on edge and makes me grate my teeth. Which is interesting because I always like game show music like Spanish Flea otherwise.

Head to Toe, by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force (1987).

Pretty much all 80s music sucked.

Just about anything by Train makes me want to kill something. “Your lipstick stain, on the front lobe of my left side brain. . .” Also something about untrimmed chest hair. Beyond stupid.

Train is Frau music, that’s why it works so well on TV commercials. They love it.

That "you be the prince and I'll be the princess" song from Taylor Swift

Back for Good.

R183 No the dumbest line in that song is ‘Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter.” And the song ends up a live happily ever after one. Taylor obviously never got to high school English in her education

Head Over Heels, by Tears for Fears (1985).

LADY IN RED, Chris De Burgh.

Almost all of the songs from Thriller. All overplayed to death and annoying as fuck.

R29 Thank you! That song is musical constipation.

Jump from The Pointer Sisters...

Holding Back the Years, by Simply Red (1986).

WE ARE FAMILY! It's the most annoying repetitious piece of shit song ever written.

Puttin' on the Ritz, by Taco.

Any synthesized interpretations of classical music. Tacky.

One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. The definition of schlock. It topped the charts for like 16 weeks but it isn't even fondly remembered. For good reason.

"She Works Hard for the Money" by Donna Summer. I love Donna and she has recorded some junk but this annoying song must be her nadir.

Girls on Film by Duran Duran is pure feces.

HATE “Tom’s Diner” by Susanne Vega

Oh and anything by Macy Gray. I do not like her voice/singing style. I know it is different, but it grates.

He's a Bad Mammy Jammer

Danny Boy. Even Maude sang that with No, No Nanette Fabray at their college reunion!

November Rain - GunsN Roses.

'Eye of the Tiger' is the fucking worst! I also don't like 'Time of My Life' and 'Fame'.

Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters is another.

R167, no. The songs sucks, Branigan sucks and this guys singing it doesn't help it s reputation at all. Another horrific song: "Loving You" by Minnie Riperton.

The Look, by Roxette (1989).

Salt N Pepa, Shoop. The lyrics just sound awkward.

Mary J Blige, Real Love. Just a really irritating song.

Anything by Taylor Swift.

Anything by Taylor Dayne.

I'll take "Tell it to my heart" over any of Taylor Swift's songs any day.

“Woman in Love” by Barbra Streisand. Great tune and voice, horrible lyrics. And for that matter, “you don’t bring me flowers anymore” and “Guilty”. My sister used to play these all the time, so I never became a Barbara fanboy.

[QUOTE] The definition of schlock. It topped the charts for like 16 weeks but it isn't even fondly remembered

lots of reasons. First of all, WAY too much miasma. Second, this signaled Mariah’s departure from her whiteness and her dive into R&B. Her white listeners were uncomfortable seeing her surrounded by leering back men, putting their hands on her and shouting their soul all over the place.

R212, actually, Vision of Love and her second album Emotions were soul/R&B. But when Emotions didn't do as well as Mottola hoped, he told Mariah to stop hitting so many high notes and sing more MOR material. Hence, Music Box, the most bland album to ever sell over 10 million copies ever. I"m actually amazed he gave in and let her sing with ODB on the Fantasy Remix. Speaking of which, the album version of Fantasy has aged like milk. Everyone remembers the remix, not the original.

I don’t remember the Fantasy remix, just whatever version it was they made the video from. I remember one of Dream Lover remixes though, you couldn’t go to a club or Fire Island without hearing it.

Don't Worry, Be Happy (1988)

R214, the video version is without ODB I think.

This. Makes my ears bleed.

Pony

R218, Magic Mike made me hate that song.

Everything by Bobby Brown.

R190: I never had a problem with that song until Procter & Gamble used it to sell Bounce fabric softener and used that homophobic bitch Cissy Houston instead of the Pointers, who were endorsing Diet Coke at the time.

I want to put a plastic bag over my head everytime I hear Staying Alive but What's Up takes this thread.

R219: Magic Mike made me like that song (within context only)😋

r171, I was at a department store, with this song playing, and when she hit the high note, overheard two old ladies say, "She's going to burst a blood vessel", which I will always remember when I hear this song.

For me, any song by Shakira because they process her voice so much, it actually sounds like a whining machine noise to me, and it hurts my ears.

And that, "Cake by the Ocean" song...uuuggghh

Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You". I can't listen to it one more time. I just...

Dance Monkey

R225. I love I Will Always Love You. The most perfect vocal of any song, if you ask me.

MacArthurs Park

I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany (1987).

Pretty much anything that was popular in the late 90s and early 2000s was total crap to begin with and has gotten even worse with age. It’s like they gave up trying to make popular music sound good the moment Kurt Cobain died.

Pretty much anything that was popular in the late 90s and early 2000s was total crap to begin with and has gotten even worse with age. It’s like they gave up trying to make popular music sound good the moment Kurt Cobain died.

Foolish Beat, by Debbie Gibson (1988).

It must have been love

I've never cared for this one, and it still plays at wedding receptions

Oh I hate anything by Mumford and Sons. Their music makes med want to punch people.

Strut, by Sheena Easton

A lot of these songs seem to be on the list of songs that get white people turnt.

The friends theme song.

R238: That show damaged sitcoms, killed soap operas, and destroyed the art of the TV theme song as we know it. Now most shows do not even have theme songs.

If Kurt Cobain not already killed himself earlier that year, this might’ve pushed him over the edge. It’s the sort of song that makes you wish rock ‘n’ roll had never been invented.

R239 Did it cause breast milk to dry up and grown men made sterile as well?

Thank You for Being a Friend

[quote] Emotions were soul/R&B. But when Emotions didn't do as well as Mottola hoped, he told Mariah to stop hitting so many high notes and sing more MOR material.

I wished they had released TIL THE END OF TIME as a single. It’s a gorgeous ballad. I think that it borrows a melody from a classical music piece but not sure which one.

R242, Emotions was a great album, maybe her best along with Merry Christmas. It's way better than Music Box.

[quote]That show ... killed soap operas

O.J. Simpson killed soap operas.

That’s the excuse they use but I am not buying it. But once they saw that you could be a hit and still fucking suck, they stopped trying to be good.

^ That's a matter of opinion. What "sucks" to one person is awesome to another

Shake It Off is largely tuneless and dull. I liked a few Taylor Swift songs before that, but Shake It Off killed my interest in her.

That Taylor Swift song that goes, Me me me.....Ugh!

R247: And it's repetitive, R247. Don't forget repetitive.

Yes r243...Music Box had three decent songs. The rest of it was throwaway filler.

[quote][R239] Did it cause breast milk to dry up and grown men made sterile as well?

The sponsors did that.

R248: yes! That song was her nadir. She is boring most of the time but that particular song was dreadful.

Aren't all her songs basically all about "Me! Me! Me!"?

^ Maybe, but you could say the same for 90% of singers

But even more so for her because she dates men just so she can dump them and write about it in a song.

Cruel Summer, by Bananarama.

R246: That kind of artistic relativism is why we are in the mess we are in today.

R257, you must be confusing opinions with facts

Nope, when an opinion is backed up by evidence, then it becomes fact.

You're opinion isn't "evidence"

most things by the Eagles. it seems like every road trip i have ever taken begins with Creedence and ends with the Eagles. i don't dislike the songs, but have heard them more in one lifetime than anyone should have to endure.

Gloria Estefan & anything. ditto half of Whitney Houston, regardless of how amazing she was.

all songs by M. Jackson. they all seem like double entendres to me now.

R261 I have no idea how the Eagles Greatest Hits album is the second-best selling album of all time. To me it's like musical Sominex.

R261 I have no idea how the Eagles Greatest Hits album is the second-best selling album of all time. To me it's like musical Sominex.

R256 Cruel Summer was not a SAW song. It was written by Bananarama with producers Tony Swain and Steve Jolley for their second album. They didn’t start working with SAW until they asked them to produce Venus on their third album.

That Eagles compilation is back up to Numero Uno, R262-63. Sold 36 million, versus 33 million for the "Thriller" pedophile.

R265, but globally, Thriller is still number one. And Bad is in the top 5 as well. And Dangerous is in the top 20. Jesus, all this love for a man who slept with children and never changed his sound. I don't understand why he was treated like a rock star AFTER thr 80s. He got weirder and more gross.