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Song that you irrationally hate…

394 replies

Forwardthinkinglobster · 22/08/2023 12:45

Mine is (I’ve Had) the Time of My Life, from ‘Dirty Dancing’.

It’s like nails on a chalk board and I can’t even explain why. It’s not even the worst song but it gives me rage and I always have to turn over the radio when it’s on.

Add to that any song by Anastacia, although these days she is rarely played on the radio.

I’m hoping that it’s not just me and suspect everyone has “that song” that they just cannot stand, for no rhyme nor reason. What is yours?

OP posts:
BelladonnaTheWitch · 22/08/2023 13:55

New Radicals Get What YouGive
Babybird You're Gorgeous
Kula Shaker Hush (worst cover EVER)

SomethingBlues · 22/08/2023 13:58

Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush
August by Taylor Swift.

both make me slightly murderous.

LeanneFromEpsom · 22/08/2023 14:01

Superlegs · 22/08/2023 13:42

Angels Robbie Williams bleurgh…
Any motivational dance anthem hijacked by corporate world from 90s. Heather Small, search for the hero. I’ve got the power. Nothing wrong with the songs as such, they just bring back memories of awful jobs and forced jollity.

This Is Me. Weaponised song!

evilharpy · 22/08/2023 14:01

thesnailandthewhale · 22/08/2023 13:19

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Anything by Jess Glynn or Rita Ora

Your top two are exactly what I was going to say. Despise both of those. Also dislike Jess Glynn but not as much as I dislike Ellie Golding.

Minxyjinx · 22/08/2023 14:03

Loveshack b52s

ArtichokeAardvark · 22/08/2023 14:05

Jump Around, by House of Pain. Always played at parties as a teenager and at uni, and used to be my cue to go to the bathroom to avoid getting stamped on. Don't often hear it these days, thank goodness.

Also loathe that Slade Christmas song where he screams 'its Chriiiiistmaaaaaaaaaaaas', it's like nails on a blackboard to me.

However I quite like Toploader 😁

Miggymoggymugwumps · 22/08/2023 14:05

Brimful of Asha... absolutely detest it!

opalescent · 22/08/2023 14:05

GOD so many loathsome songs here

Mine would be 'baby I love your way' by Big Mountain, and 'Fairground' by Simply Red

MrHopsPortal · 22/08/2023 14:06

Cher Believe - that fucking warble!

Also hate Build me up Buttercup and Loveshack - both would result in me
still off the dance floor in disgust at uni.

WhippetyStourie · 22/08/2023 14:09

Don’t Stop Believing - ugh.

MmmALovelyBitOfSquirrel · 22/08/2023 14:12

Sweet Caroline... Always hated it but especially loathe it since the feral neighbour drunkenly sang it like he was performing for Glastonbury.

A particular 🤢 moment, was him singing, 'so good, so good, so good!' Like he was a female faking it in a particular 'man-comes-to-fix-the-washing-machine-pipes-but-services-the-customers-pipes-instead' movie.

Cas112 · 22/08/2023 14:12

Jolene - dolly parton

LemonDrizzleDessert · 22/08/2023 14:14

This thread reminded me of Simply Satan Red & I Give It All Up to You 🤢

JaneJeffer · 22/08/2023 14:18

Minxyjinx · 22/08/2023 14:03

Loveshack b52s

Oh yes I have to switch it off immediately

Itsagrandoldteam · 22/08/2023 14:21

Oh dear, I actually really like a lot of the songs mentioned on here.

2 I can't stand are, Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood and Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush.

DancinOnTheCeiling · 22/08/2023 14:22

Anything by Ellie Goulding. I cannot stand her songs!!!!

LetMeGoogleThat · 22/08/2023 14:23

Ugh, Dancing in the Moonlight by Toploader...I have to actually switch it off as it grates on me so much!

40andlovelife · 22/08/2023 14:24

Proud Mary- especially when women run to the dance floor and do that head throw thing they do . Makes me cringe

nameitagain · 22/08/2023 14:26

So many of other people's hates songs are ones I love!!!
I cringe at Lady in Red and that main song by t'pau. Even the name t'pau gives me the ick

Pashazade · 22/08/2023 14:31

We'll Meet Again, Dame Vera Lynn have loathed it since primary school when the bus driver played it every single day!
Oh and used to love Stand by Your Man, now it just makes me rage at the radio.

PizzaPizza56 · 22/08/2023 14:34

JaneJeffer · 22/08/2023 12:54

Toploader Dancing in the Moonlight and the awful recent cover by one of those generic female singers who all sound exactly the same

Toploader is mine too! I thought I was the only one 🤣

Aurora2023 · 22/08/2023 14:35

We built this city.

Don't stop believing.

Urgh.

I don't even know the artists. My hatred of these two songs is off the scale

hdbs17 · 22/08/2023 14:35

Amy Winehouse - Valerie.

I'm sorry, but her voice didn't fit that song.

Scousemousey · 22/08/2023 14:35

You're Gorgeous by Babybird. So creepy!

RitzyMcFitzy · 22/08/2023 14:37

Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely

Makes me feel absolutely murderous.

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