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Popular songs that you hate for no good reason

204 replies

FunTimes2020 · 03/09/2020 22:47

For me, its love shack by the B52s. 😫

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thesunwillout · 04/09/2020 00:07

Oh god Perfect Ten, I loathe that song.

I hate The Beautiful South!

Mummybiscuitx · 04/09/2020 00:11

I thought of another insanely annoying song.. Where is the love.. Black eyed peas. Just.. Shite

NellyTimes · 04/09/2020 00:17

Also agree with Love Shack and Dancing In The Moonlight, absolute shite.

It's Raining Men
Brown Eyed Girl
Millennium (actually anything by Robbie Williams)
All Michael Buble songs
Shout by Lulu
Come On Eileen
I Love Your Smile
Whoops Now

WitchSharkadder · 04/09/2020 00:18

Anything by Take That but A Million Love Songs in particular makes me want to vomit.

Blurred Lines
Umbrella
Imagine
You've got the love
Prince Charming (in fact all Adam & the Ants stuff, I just don't get it)
Earth Song

WitchSharkadder · 04/09/2020 00:19

And yes to Michale Bible songs! I despise that man!

Anything by Mariah Carey too, her voice is like nails on a blackboard.

newrubylane · 04/09/2020 00:22

Dance Monkey is dreadful, and I agree about Jess Glynne too, her voice really grates on me, it's the opposite of effortless. But my least favourite song is It's Like That by Run DMC.

Mashingthecompost · 04/09/2020 00:29

The Florence whatserface cover of You've Got The Love. Anything by her, but that one got the most airtime.

Mashingthecompost · 04/09/2020 00:31

And yes, Fairytale of New York. It's craaaaaaaaap

Packlunchhell · 04/09/2020 00:33

Gotye . Somebody that I used to know.
Can’t suffer the sound of this song

Mashingthecompost · 04/09/2020 00:35

Two old and oddly specific ones: You're A Lady by Peter Skellern and Marjorie by Joe Cocker. Both songs I heard as a kid repeatedly in the car and wanted to dive out of the window screaming. (I don't mind Marjorie so much now, but I still think it's daft.)

Mashingthecompost · 04/09/2020 00:38

And Lydia by Dean Friedman. If my parents see this thread I'm done for. 😆

JaneJeffer · 04/09/2020 00:51

Happy by Pharrell Williams
Dance the Night Away by The Mavericks
Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses
Escape by Rupert Holmes (the pina colada shite)
Also hate Loveshack

sparkle58 · 04/09/2020 00:55

Girls just wanna have fun - really hate it!

MuffinHead · 04/09/2020 00:58

Was so happy to see dance monkey had already been included in this list Grin

Otherwise Ed Sheeran gets on my nerves too, I dont think any of his music is actually That good and his voice is just a bit boring Confused

Also groove is in the heart gets my blood boiling for absolutely no reason at all Grin

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 04/09/2020 01:10

Feeling Good. The brass is so so good, and the actual sumg melody is really disappointing in comparison.

I also have a strong dislike of Fairytale of New York.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/09/2020 01:36

Wonderwall.

Happy.
Perfect.

managedmis · 04/09/2020 01:39

Cold play

The one they always play

managedmis · 04/09/2020 01:40

Also hate ABBA

managedmis · 04/09/2020 01:42

Tub thumping too, argh, I get knocked down, I get up again etc etc

Omfg make it stop

BGirlBouillabaisse · 04/09/2020 01:50

@Crunchymum DH has a special dance he does to Fairground by Simply Red, I'm actually crying silent tears of mirth thinking about it Grin

Tillygetsit · 04/09/2020 02:25

Anything by that twat in a hat Jay Kay. (I can't be bothered to work out how to spell the band name)
If one of their songs inadvertently catches me, dh has to sing "La la la biscuits" directly into my ear before I spontaneously combust.

LunaNorth · 04/09/2020 02:43

Imagine.
The Wind Beneath My Wings.
Amy Winehouse’s version of Valerie.
Patti Smith’s version of Gloria (‘she goes uh-uh’).
The Diana version of Candle In The Wind.
The Millennium Prayer (shut up Cliff).
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran (still not sure what ‘eyes still smile from your cheeks means).
Castle On The Hill.
Perfect (like Beyoncé would look twice at ES).
The one about being seven years old.

I could go on. And on.

elp30 · 04/09/2020 02:49

@Tillygetsit

Anything by that twat in a hat Jay Kay. (I can't be bothered to work out how to spell the band name) If one of their songs inadvertently catches me, dh has to sing "La la la biscuits" directly into my ear before I spontaneously combust.
Nooo! 🙈

Jamiroquai is one of my favorite groups ever!
To be fair, Jay Kay does annoy the hell out of me but I love the music.

Oh well, they can't appeal to everyone but damn lol

shreddednips · 04/09/2020 08:36

So many appalling songs! Just remembered that 'Kiss from a Rose' really makes me grumpy.

EasilyDeleted · 04/09/2020 08:45

The House of the Rising Sun by the Animals, what a dirge that is.

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