# 30 Day Song Challenge, number 2: Your LEAST favorite song. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206 "2016-04-04T23:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/1 "2016-04-04T23:08:45Z")
Okay, I realize that some people may have many that apply to this one, possibly even entire genres (like me, I typically dislike most all rap and most all country)…but one specific example [is this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FQO1fj1MJU), which–when it came out–was played CONSTANTLY on most music channels. It almost seemed like it was every other song. After the first 100 or so times, I started to really get tired of it (and, really, it wasn’t all that great of a song to begin with, IMO)…but after the 1,000th or so time I heard it, I was shutting it off as soon as I heard it start up. To this day I cannot stand the song. [Day One](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=789154) (where I make the offer that I will split 100 dollars with everyone who does all 30 days with me, provided they participate in every thread and it doesn’t go over a hundred participants) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/2 "2016-04-04T23:31:49Z")
This one is easy peasy. It’s “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. I refuse to link to this dreck. Besides, everyone already knows what this one sounds like. Dogs five counties away howl when it plays. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/3 "2016-04-04T23:51:57Z")
I had never heard the OP’s song before, so I started listening to it. I couldn’t even make it through once. The only time I listen to radio is when I’m driving, and they don’t play that crap on my stations. But at least it has recognizable lyrics, melody and beat. At least it’s a song. Unlike the Beatles’ [Revolution 9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-NwzozflCQ) (do I really have to link to it?). I have almost 30,000 tracks downloaded into iTunes; it’s the only Beatles song that I’ve removed. I first heard Revolution 9 on the very first day the White Album came out, almost 48 years ago, and it’s been my least favorite song all these years. Of course I’m not including genres that I simply don’t listen to, like rap or heavy metal. I don’t care to listen to any, to choose my least favorite. Honorable mention: the '70s song “Feelings.” Julie Andrews once said that she considered this song too difficult to sing because it had no meaning behind it. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/4 "2016-04-05T00:27:03Z")
Seasons in the Sun, closely followed by Sometimes When We Touch ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/5 "2016-04-05T00:28:53Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I had never heard the OP’s song before, so I started listening to it. I couldn’t even make it through once. See? Another good reason I figured I’d do this challenge/list…helping others not only discover new, good music, but know what songs to stay away from. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/6 "2016-04-05T01:14:17Z")
Desperado (or really almost anything by the Eagles). ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/7 "2016-04-05T01:15:00Z")
Like the OP, I’m going to limit this to songs that actually got played on the radio, and pick [Kid Rock - All Summer Long](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwIGZLjugKA). This is a textbook example of lazily sampling a popular song (TWO, actually, in this case) to score a cheap chart hit while doing nothing to deserve one. There’s no real singing talent on display and the lyrics are not good at all (infamously rhyming “things” with “things”). Normally white trash dude-bro anthems like this are safely quarantined to the country station, but this was a crossover hit that made it that much harder to avoid and that much more annoying as a result. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/8 "2016-04-05T01:57:58Z")
[This song](https://youtu.be/4XUD6cPa64c). It’s country, and I hate country. But it’s also the most tired hip hop trope of all time. I grew up poor but now I’m wealthy. Now here’s a list name brand luxury goods I own to illustrate that I do in fact have money. BUT I’m not some stuck up one percenter, no sir, I keep it gangsta by enjoying the same lower class items and activities from my impoverished youth. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/9 "2016-04-05T01:58:16Z")
“You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt. The very first time I ever heard it, my immediate thought was… _“I don’t want to hear/read anyone complain about how ‘whiny’ singers like Jon Anderson, Geddy Lee, Van Morrison, and similar classic ilk are ever again after this bloke somehow, someway managed to grace the airwaves.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/10 "2016-04-05T01:58:19Z")
I hope this yucky-ness thread includes covers: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E8Z5_jNcKYY/maxresdefault.jpg "Killdozer - "I'm Not Lisa"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Z5_jNcKYY) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/11 "2016-04-05T02:43:58Z")
Easy. Jay-Z & Kanye West. [Niggas in Paris](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG_dA32oH44) I don’t think it’s a joke song. I think it was supposed to be a real song. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/12 "2016-04-05T02:50:30Z")
a-ha, Take on Me. I must’ve heard this 10,000 times. [Shoot me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/13 "2016-04-05T05:19:10Z")
Yay! second challenge! > [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > [This song](https://youtu.be/4XUD6cPa64c). > > It’s country, and I hate country. But it’s also the most tired hip hop trope of all time. I grew up poor but now I’m wealthy. Now here’s a list name brand luxury goods I own to illustrate that I do in fact have money. BUT I’m not some stuck up one percenter, no sir, I keep it gangsta by enjoying the same lower class items and activities from my impoverished youth. That’s a Nespresso commercial. [quote=“Eddie The Horrible, post:10, topic:751206”] I hope this yucky-ness thread includes covers: [/QUOTE] Heh, I opened for them ages ago. I’m absolutely not saying that your taste is wrong, but I kind of like that one. I’m gonna have to go with the Eagles, as well. [New Kid in Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u7J60I_wro) will do just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/14 "2016-04-05T07:02:31Z")
If you need a ‘sugar rush’ from the glurge, I propose Red Sovine’s ‘Teddy Bear’ [Sad Song Teddy Bear by Red Sovine - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE) ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/15 "2016-04-05T07:15:26Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > [This song](https://youtu.be/4XUD6cPa64c). > > It’s country, and I hate country. But it’s also the most tired hip hop trope of all time. I grew up poor but now I’m wealthy. Now here’s a list name brand luxury goods I own to illustrate that I do in fact have money. BUT I’m not some stuck up one percenter, no sir, I keep it gangsta by enjoying the same lower class items and activities from my impoverished youth. Your link sent me to a Nespresso commercial. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/16 "2016-04-05T08:06:25Z")
I’ve gotta mention another one . . . [Christmas Shoes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpkI7GW2V34). Here it is Christmas Eve, and this kid’s mother is dying. Instead of being at home with her, he’s out shopping for some new fuck-me pumps, so mama can look good when she meets Jesus. And you just know, the kid takes the money and buys drugs with it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/17 "2016-04-05T08:22:05Z")
I’m a child of the 80’s, so while there are many songs I loathe, I reserve a special level of hatred for [Don’t You Want Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0)by the Human League. It’s a triple threat: bad music, bad singing, and bad lyrics, wrapped up in crappy synthesizers. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/18 "2016-04-05T08:37:00Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > [This song](https://youtu.be/4XUD6cPa64c). > > It’s country, and I hate country. But it’s also the most tired hip hop trope of all time. I grew up poor but now I’m wealthy. Now here’s a list name brand luxury goods I own to illustrate that I do in fact have money. BUT I’m not some stuck up one percenter, no sir, I keep it gangsta by enjoying the same lower class items and activities from my impoverished youth. [New link](https://youtu.be/g0mjcMgRmyE) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/19 "2016-04-05T08:40:51Z")
Joe Cocker’s [You Are So Beautiful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlDmslyGmGI). Crappy lyrics badly sung, unfathomable popularity. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206/20 "2016-04-05T12:12:15Z")
oh gross- now I’ll be getting some new ear worms of the unpleasant kind So many to chose from - the kind of song that as soon as you hear the beginning you are punching at the radio to put on anything else. Anything by Gary Puckett, Chicago, Barry Manilow Can I pick two? _Having My Baby_ - Paul Anka _Loving You_ - Minnie Riperton Oh and _Lotta Love_ - Nicolette Larson Ick yuk yuk Now I have to go find something good to listen to [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-2-your-least-favorite-song/751206.md?page=2)