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Songs you despise, popular or unpopular

429 replies

notsosimpleplanofaction · 16/04/2026 19:39

First one that comes to mind for me is Nightlife by Green Day. 😵‍💫

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ChristmasChroniclesBookFairie · 16/04/2026 21:52

Morepositivemum · 16/04/2026 21:46

Another for dancing in the moonlight, also More than words by Extreme, Lovefool, the we are young, we run free, keep our teeth, nice and clean one (just out from work so not googling!!), Can’t get you out of my head by Kylie … I’ve a lot actually!!

We Are Young by Supergrass. The music video annoyed me even more than the song.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 16/04/2026 21:52

Arlanymor · 16/04/2026 19:52

You'd think she'd never heard of a spoon...

And yet she's got 10,000 spoons (when all she needs is a knife). That song should be called Unfortunate, NOT Ironic 😂

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 16/04/2026 21:53

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall.

Arlanymor · 16/04/2026 21:57

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 16/04/2026 21:52

And yet she's got 10,000 spoons (when all she needs is a knife). That song should be called Unfortunate, NOT Ironic 😂

Exactly! Couldn’t use the spoon to scoop out the fly but apparently she has 10,000 of them and yet needs a knife! I have managed to cut stuff with the side of a spoon before. Unfortunate and also not great at wielding cutlery?!

MNLurker1345 · 16/04/2026 21:59

Symphony! Arrrgh!

ChocolateCinderToffee · 16/04/2026 21:59

Most songs written by men about women. They're all 'she done me wrong' 'I want to hold on to her' 'she thinks she's too good for me' and various whinges along those lines. I'm looking at Sting, Billy Joel etc when I say this.

BeMellowAquaSquid · 16/04/2026 22:00

That poxy Golden song by the Kpop hunter bitches. And Ed Sheerans song with the bangra in it.

Hotafternoon · 16/04/2026 22:01

Jolene 😱

I like Dolly but I really hate this awful song, I switch it off if I can get to the radio quickly enough

SpiceDad · 16/04/2026 22:02

Angels - Robbie Williams. Music for people that don't like music.

sunnydisaster · 16/04/2026 22:04

ChristmasFairyLiquid · 16/04/2026 19:56

Another vote for Groove is in the Heart.

Love Shack

And another Alanis Morissette offering - You Oughta Know. Just walk away and heve some dignity, woman!

Love Shack is an abomination of a song

biffwellington · 16/04/2026 22:06

Pharrell Williams "Happy" and Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" are so unbelievably irritating.

Nothing clears DP off a dance floor like "Mr Brightside"; he absolutely despises it.

rumred · 16/04/2026 22:08

Karma Chameleon by culture club. Utter bilge, still regularly played on the radio for some godforsaken reason.

Lewis Capaldi whining about anything. Urgh.

Gall10 · 16/04/2026 22:10

Jolene….she’s been shagging your fella so let her have the cheating creep.
That hideous repetitive’teardrops’ by McFadden & McFadden or whoever…hate hate hate it
Living on a prayer…Tommy seems to have been on strike for decades now!

Trundlebus · 16/04/2026 22:14

Overplayed 80s songs,
Take on Me - Aha
Everybody Wants to Rule the World- Tears for Fears
We Built this City - Starship
Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Oh dear quite a list...

biffwellington · 16/04/2026 22:17

Zennia · 16/04/2026 21:13

Happy by Pharrell - absolutely gives me the rage
Get Lucky by Pharrell and Daft Punk
Lewis Capaldi's entire oeuvre
The majority of Bruno Mars songs

God yes, Get Lucky is also bloody awful - so bland and dirgey. I really like Daft Punk too.

Not sure how popular this song is outside of Australia but Dancing2 by Keli Holiday not only gives me the rage but the ick. It's quite the mixture of emotions to be honest.

Ladyeggo · 16/04/2026 22:18

Anything by Deacon Blue makes me want to tear my ears off it’s so TWEE! Hot dog, jumping frog, alber-fucking-“kirky”! Arrrgh!

Quiltsalot · 16/04/2026 22:18

Back for Good - Take That. the pathetic lyrics have always made me roll my eyes (ever before I was on the receiving end of this crappiest type of “apology”…..)

whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn’t mean it…

DareDevil223 · 16/04/2026 22:20

Simply The Best - Tina Turner
When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman - Dr Hook (I feel sick just thinking about it).

Yes, Love Shack is pretty bad but it's a rare aberration by the B-52s who are a bloody brilliant band. Rock Lobster, Planet Claire, Dance This Mess Around, Give Me Back My Man, Private Idaho, Dirty Back Road to name but a few are all amazing.

FrostyMorn · 16/04/2026 22:23

Don't stop believing by Journey. I can't bear it!
Also If I could turn back time by Cher. So plodding and monotonous!
Another vote for the TERRIBLE Dancing in the moonlight which is now going round and round in my head (thanks everyone) but I confess a soft spot for Young at heart and Come on Eileen!

DareDevil223 · 16/04/2026 22:23

Oh God and the very worst of all Abracadabra by the Steve Miller Band.

Abra abracadabra, I wanna reach out and grab ya" it also contains the line "black panties with an angel's face" I may have just done a sick in my mouth typing those words.

Centrefold by the J Geils Band, just yuck.

DareDevil223 · 16/04/2026 22:24

Ladyeggo · 16/04/2026 22:18

Anything by Deacon Blue makes me want to tear my ears off it’s so TWEE! Hot dog, jumping frog, alber-fucking-“kirky”! Arrrgh!

That's Prefab Sprout but it is awful. Deacon Blue are wretched as well.

TaraRhu · 16/04/2026 22:26

Anything by Elton John. He makes me puke up a bit

TroysMammy · 16/04/2026 22:26

Happy Birthday. Cringey singing it and cringey being the birthday person. Made worse by a hip hip hooray afterwards.

BunnyLake · 16/04/2026 22:27

The Pina Colada song makes me want to 🤮

And Paul Anka’s You're Having My Baby is utterly repulsive.

Hate cloying, overly sentimental songs.

Pudmyboy · 16/04/2026 22:27

Ladyeggo · 16/04/2026 22:18

Anything by Deacon Blue makes me want to tear my ears off it’s so TWEE! Hot dog, jumping frog, alber-fucking-“kirky”! Arrrgh!

That was Prefab Sprout
Edited to add: oops already been said, didn't realise!