James Blunt’s hit single ‘You’re Beautiful’ was the No1 song on music charts for so long in most countries, that it has been voted the ‘Most Irritating Song Ever’.

The top 10 list for the ‘Most Irritating Song Ever’, as per www.onepoll.com is:

1. You’re Beautiful — James Blunt
2. Axel F — Crazy Frog
3. Mmm Bop — Hanson
4. Mr Blobby — Mr Blobby
5. Birdie Song — The Tweets
6. Shout — Lulu
7. Agadoo — Black Lace
8. Grace Kelly — Mika
9. My Heart Will Go On — Celine Dion
10. La Macarena — Los Del Rio


For the full report read here.

Personally, I disagree with #6 Shout by Lulu is a great song, but others certainly belong to that list.

Agree with most, though never heard # 4, 5, 6, & 7

There's so many songs that would be ranked as the most worst...

Steve Perry "Oh Sherry" and Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Bay" would also rank on the top of the list

Not in any particular order, and by no means a complete list but I gotta go to work

Love Hurts - Nazareth
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Loving You - Minnie Ripperton

Agree with most, though never heard # 4, 5, 6, & 7

There's so many songs that would be ranked as the most worst...

Steve Perry "Oh Sherry" and Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Bay" would also rank on the top of the list


OH sherry I wouldnt rank in the worst ever songs but to replace it I would add "Pop in old oak" by the Rednecks.

I can tolerate Cotton eye Joe, but the other song is just terrible, it really is.

What about Who Let The Dogs Out by Baha Men?

Wasn't Me. by Shaggy :P

Agree with most, though never heard # 4, 5, 6, & 7



For that you should be truly thankful, with the exeption of the Lulu song

I actually like Agadoo by Black Lace.  So much that years ago, I paid big $$ to get a Black Lace greatest hits CD lol
The 1974 French version of 'Agadou' by Quebec singer Patrick Zabé was recently worked into a fun commercial for Mini-Wheats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHWpGb3zYnM


For me, the most irritating songs ever are ...

♦ No Transitory - Alexisonfire (More than just annoying, it's utter crap)
♦ You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
♦ Don't Hold Back - Chanson
♦ Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
♦ Be Good Johnny - Men at Work

The latter two I can tolerate, but after so much, I wanna run away screaming lol

Agree with most, though never heard # 4, 5, 6, & 7

There's so many songs that would be ranked as the most worst...

Steve Perry "Oh Sherry" and Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Bay" would also rank on the top of the list

Oh, Sherry has got to be the MOST annoying song ever, I agree.

Let's also add:

Hanson - Mmmm Bop
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Kool & The Gang - Celebration

Anything, and I mean ANYTHING by the Spice Grils.

Oh, Sherry has got to be the MOST annoying song ever, I agree.

Let's also add:

Hanson - Mmmm Bop
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Kool & The Gang - Celebration

Anything, and I mean ANYTHING by the Spice Grils.

Hanson - Mmmm Bop is already there at #3.

Steve Perry "Oh Sherry" and Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Bay" would also rank on the top of the list


I kid ye not, these are magnum opuses compared to the piles of steaming bilge at #'s 2, 4, 5 & 7...

Just for the hell of it, I'd throw in Laurie Anderson's (Ah-ah-ah-ah) 'O Superman'...which to this day, I can only sit through about 14 seconds of...

I can't tolerate songs that have a lot of 'stuttering' in them...especially 'Two Of Hearts' by Stacey Q!  :P

I can't tolerate songs that have a lot of 'stuttering' in them...especially 'Two Of Hearts' by Stacey Q!  :P


I kid ye not, this is a magnum opus compared to...etc...etc...

For me, it HAS to be Smoke on the Water-Deep Purple. I cringe every time I hear it.

Also Bette Davis Eyes-Kim Karnes

And (of course) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-William Shatner.  :P



Cat

Just for the hell of it, I'd throw in Laurie Anderson's (Ah-ah-ah-ah) 'O Superman'...which to this day, I can only sit through about 14 seconds of...


I totally forgot about that song.  I honestly still don't know how that song ever became a hit.  It's over 7 minutes of weirdness that I never understood

I totally forgot about that song.  I honestly still don't know how that song ever became a hit.  It's over 7 minutes of weirdness that I never understood
I admit I have the single in my collection, it must be a rarity.

I totally forgot about that song. 

I'm desperately trying to!

I honestly still don't know how that song ever became a hit.

Along with the whole world and his wife!

It's over 7 minutes of weirdness that I never understood


Okay, I'll really don the anorak and inform you it was actually 8 minutes 22 seconds of weirdness that nobody understood...

I think it's sheer weirdness made it a 'novelty' (which in turn made it sell, sadly...)

We were only spared it from being #1 by Dave Stewart & Barb Gaskin's 'It's My Party', so for that we should be eternally grateful!

I think there's a difference in how I perceive certain songs to be annoying (although almost anything, if it's overplayed enough, can become irritating, lol). For instance, you could go on and say "I'm Too Sexy", "Who Let The Dogs Out" or something like that is cheesy. In a way they are, but those strike me as being intentionally silly and with a campy factor, so they can get away with it. When it's actually intended as a serious song which is grating, that's when it gets on my nerves, like "You're Beautiful" or anything from Nickelback. ;D

For me, it HAS to be Smoke on the Water-Deep Purple. I cringe every time I hear it.

Also Bette Davis Eyes-Kim Karnes

And (of course) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-William Shatner.  :P



Cat



For me, it HAS to be Smoke on the Water-Deep Purple. I cringe every time I hear it.

I guess it's safe to assume you weren't in KC this past June 4th ?

http://www.guitarworld.com/article/1_683_guitarists_play_smoke_on_the_water

::)

Out of what's been mentioned so far I really don't have a problem with

You’re Beautiful — James Blunt
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep
Loving You - Minnie Ripperton
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker

And for

Hanson's "MMMBop", yes it's bad **BUT** the badness (ie., those funky "MMMBops" or whatever they are) really don't start for a least 1 min. into the song. So its first 50 seconds or so isn't all that bad -- or at least give it credit for its first 10 seconds?

"Goodies" - Ciara
"Let's Get Retarted" - Black Eyed Peas
Pon De Replay - Rihanna
Anything by Nickelback
"Dont cha" - The Pussycat Dolls... Both the title and the line "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me" has grammatical errors.
"Hot In Herre" - Nelly... The title and everything else sucks.

"Goodies" - Ciara
"Let's Get Retarted" - Black Eyed Peas
Pon De Replay - Rihanna
Anything by Nickelback
"Dont cha" - The Pussycat Dolls... Both the title and the line "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me" has grammatical errors.
"Hot In Herre" - Nelly... The title and everything else sucks.


YES! WERD!


Anything by the PussyCatDolls..

 Okay, I'll really don the anorak and inform you it was actually 8 minutes 22 seconds of weirdness that nobody understood...

I think it's sheer weirdness made it a 'novelty' (which in turn made it sell, sadly...)
Do you mean to say that Oh! Superman is longer than Bohemian Rhapsody?

Do you mean to say that Oh! Superman is longer than Bohemian Rhapsody?


Yep...by nearly two and a half minutes!

'O Superman' still remains one of the longest things that was squeezed onto a 7" hit single, but not the longest!

Grand Funk Railroad had their one and only British hit with 'Inside Looking Out' in 1971, which clocked in at nearly 10 minutes!

If memory serves, the single had to be played at 33 rpm because of the length!

"Dont cha" - The Pussycat Dolls... Both the title and the line "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me" has grammatical errors.



???  Well, if we are going to judge the music on the correct use of grammar, there wouldn't be many records left to judge

"Hot In Herre" - Nelly... The title and everything else sucks.


I agree with that (and your others too) - the only good thing to come out of that song was Al's parody, "Trash Day". ;)

Now, where was Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus on this list?

Hopefully at #11!

"Achy Breaky Heart" was definitely irritating!  :P

"Achy Breaky Heart" was definitely irritating!  :P
Was? It still is!

Though not any one of her "songs"  ::) made it onto the charts (thank god), I'm surprised no one has mentioned Yoko Ono.

Though not any one of her "songs"  ::) made it onto the charts (thank god), I'm surprised no one has mentioned Yoko Ono.


Please do not mention her...

Though not any one of her "songs"  ::) made it onto the charts (thank god), I'm surprised no one has mentioned Yoko Ono.





She is very irritating.


Oh another one, a song called "Swingin'" I can't remember who did it nor do I want to remember.


Cat

Feelings- Morris Albert
You light up my life-Debby Boone

Feelings- Morris Albert
You light up my life-Debby Boone



Feelings-how could I forget-well, I wanted to forget.  :D ;D ;D



Cat

Feelings- Morris Albert
You light up my life-Debby Boone
I like playing the tune of Feelings on the piano and that is the limit.

Do not ask about You Light Up My Life!

867-5309    >:(

???   Well, if we are going to judge the music on the correct use of grammar, there wouldn't be many records left to judge




Yes, well, I'm not judging the music per se, it just irritates me, which is what this thread is about.

However, I think the entire song sucks anyway!

a song called "Swingin'" I can't remember who did it nor do I want to remember.


John Anderson, 1984

Aqua - Barbie Girl

The Worst That Can Happen - Johnny Maestro & Brooklyn Bridge

And here are a few more that somehow got missed:

Revolution #9 - The Beatles (the only sucky song on The White Album)
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks  (When I hear this song I don't know why | I want to stick an needle in my eye)
Barbie Girl - Aqua (Do I even have to say why?)
Pumps & A Bump - Hammer (Hammer as Gangsta?  About as believable as Pat Boone doing Heavy Metal)
Invisible - Clay Aiken (Can I make him "Inaudible"?)
Feelings - Morris Albert (The only thing worse then this was when Lee Majors sang it)
Desiderata - Les Crane (The "National Lampoon" version was much better)
Disco Duck - Rick Dees (Proof that crack existed in the 1970's)
I Touch Myself - The DeVinyls (So did Pee-Wee Herman, but he did not sing about it)
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (Sounds like CDC needs to be notified)
Sing - Eminem (Reptitve singing over an Aerosmith classic - and no, he can't sing)
Informer - Snow (Yea, a White Canadiaan doing a fast Jamaican Rap, right)
Heartbeat - Don Johnson (Which is exactly how long his singing career lasted)
Ben - Michael Jackson (A love song to a rat - and people claimed they never knew Michael was weird?)
Buddy Holley - Wheezer (so bad even Microsoft had to give it away)
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson (Come on and die allready!)

Though not any one of her "songs"  ::) made it onto the charts (thank god), I'm surprised no one has mentioned Yoko Ono.




I liked her song 'Walking on Thin Ice'.  It was a BIG hit in Canada in 1981, so I grew up hearing it and liking it long before I knew it was Yoko who sang it :D

I liked her song 'Walking on Thin Ice'.  It was a BIG hit in Canada in 1981, so I grew up hearing it and liking it long before I knew it was Yoko who sang it :D


It also grazed the British Top 40...mind you, it was just after her hubby was shot and I'd imagine quite a few people were buying anything remotely connected to Lennon at the time...

Her early efforts (with her hubby) are very good if you need to scare cats from your back garden!

Aqua - Barbie Girl
Wash your mouth out with soap and water!

Her early efforts (with her hubby) are very good if you need to scare cats from your back garden!


indeed lol

What was that one album where they appeared together naked on the sleeve?  That would be enough to scare anyone away lol

What was that one album where they appeared together naked on the sleeve?  That would be enough to scare anyone away lol


'Two Virgins' that was called...

In some countries, it was sold encased in a brown paper bag!  :D

At the time, the chairman of EMI (Sir Joe Lockwood) actually remarked...'the sleeve would have been much better if John & Paul had posed naked...'

Feelings-how could I forget-well, I wanted to forget.  :D ;D ;D



Cat


Same here!

It's an awful song!!  :P

And here are a few more that somehow got missed:

Revolution #9 - The Beatles (the only sucky song on The White Album)
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks  (When I hear this song I don't know why | I want to stick an needle in my eye)
Barbie Girl - Aqua (Do I even have to say why?)
Pumps & A Bump - Hammer (Hammer as Gangsta?  About as believable as Pat Boone doing Heavy Metal)
Invisible - Clay Aiken (Can I make him "Inaudible"?)
Feelings - Morris Albert (The only thing worse then this was when Lee Majors sang it)
Desiderata - Les Crane (The "National Lampoon" version was much better)
Disco Duck - Rick Dees (Proof that crack existed in the 1970's)
I Touch Myself - The DeVinyls (So did Pee-Wee Herman, but he did not sing about it)
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (Sounds like CDC needs to be notified)
Sing - Eminem (Reptitve singing over an Aerosmith classic - and no, he can't sing)
Informer - Snow (Yea, a White Canadiaan doing a fast Jamaican Rap, right)
Heartbeat - Don Johnson (Which is exactly how long his singing career lasted)
Ben - Michael Jackson (A love song to a rat - and people claimed they never knew Michael was weird?)
Buddy Holley - Wheezer (so bad even Microsoft had to give it away)
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson (Come on and die allready!)




Why does everybody hate "Revolution #9" so much? I think it's neat.

And Weezer's "Buddy Holly" is a great song. Nice melody, sound... I agree with the others, though.

My vote goes to "Pinch Me" by the Barenaked Ladies.  Lyrics are stupid and I cant stand the one-measure acoustic guitar riff that goes over and over and over

MmmmmMmmmmMmmmmMmmmm

NaNa Na Goodbye

99 bottles of beer.

My vote goes to "Pinch Me" by the Barenaked Ladies.  Lyrics are stupid and I cant stand the one-measure acoustic guitar riff that goes over and over and over


I don't think that song belongs here with many of the others that have been listed so far.

My vote goes to "Pinch Me" by the Barenaked Ladies.  Lyrics are stupid and I cant stand the one-measure acoustic guitar riff that goes over and over and over


I like that song!

My vote goes to "Pinch Me" by the Barenaked Ladies.  Lyrics are stupid and I cant stand the one-measure acoustic guitar riff that goes over and over and over
That's a good song. The lyrics are meant to be silly.

In some countries, it was sold encased in a brown paper bag!  :D


Kinda like 'Country Life' by Roxy Music

And Weezer's "Buddy Holly" is a great song. Nice melody, sound... I agree with the others, though.


Did you know that the music video of "Buddy Holly" was included in every copy of Windows 95?  Maybe I am just jaded against it because I have seen that stupid video so many times.  I mean really, WTF were the makers of that video thinking when they interrupted the middle of the song with "To be continued..."?????

Did you know that the music video of "Buddy Holly" was included in every copy of Windows 95?  Maybe I am just jaded against it because I have seen that stupid video so many times.  I mean really, WTF were the makers of that video thinking when they interrupted the middle of the song with "To be continued..."?????


My guess is that they wanted the video to feel like an actual episode of Happy Days. I also thought that was really strange when I first saw the video on MTV back when I actually liked watching MTV.

Did you know that the music video of "Buddy Holly" was included in every copy of Windows 95?  Maybe I am just jaded against it because I have seen that stupid video so many times.  I mean really, WTF were the makers of that video thinking when they interrupted the middle of the song with "To be continued..."?????


I saw it on my Windows 95 disc and watched it once. I couldn't stand the low resolution! I don't remember what happened in the video, but I like the song.

Macarena
Who Let The Dogs Out
Funkytown
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Party All The Time
Hey Mickey

Macarena
Who Let The Dogs Out
Funkytown
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Party All The Time
Hey Mickey
Macarena sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks makes it twice as worse!

Macarena
Who Let The Dogs Out
Funkytown
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Party All The Time
Hey Mickey
Do you mean Toni Basil's Mickey?

Macarena sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks makes it twice as worse!


So very true! 



Do you mean Toni Basil's Mickey?


Yes!  Such a terrible song.  Makes me cringe.  Oh no, now it is stuck in my head.  Get it out!  Get it out! 

Yes!  Such a terrible song.  Makes me cringe.  Oh no, now it is stuck in my head.  Get it out!  Get it out! 
It was bad then and is still bad today.

God awful songs and no one mentions

Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen (1963)

(that bird tops any dancin' duck)

And speaking of unwanted birds, this one too

The Bird - The Time with Morris Day (1985)

The Bird - The Time with Morris Day (1985)



yes, bad. but to me it's campy and funny and it doesn't bother me too much.  problem is, he was very serious. 

hallelujah!