# Best Songs about Whiney Losers... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485 "2009-12-16T15:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/1 "2009-12-16T15:47:04Z")
Top o’ the heap here indisputably belongs to “Sylvia’s Mother” by Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show. Mr. Creepy Loser Ex-BF is in tears by the end and never does get past mom to actually speak with Sylvia. Second Place goes to “I Ain’t Missing You” by John Waite. The loser in this song is not only whiney, but is also doing a half-assed job, utterly unconvincing job of denying his loserhood. Your nominees? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/2 "2009-12-16T15:50:39Z")
Hail to the Victors 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/3 "2009-12-16T15:51:00Z")
_I’m Not in Love_ by 10cc. I’m not in love, so don’t forget it It’s just a silly phase I’m going through And just because I call you up Don’t get me wrong, don’t think you’ve got it made ///// I keep your picture upon the wall It hides a nasty stain that’s lyin’ there So don’t you ask me to give it back I know you know it doesn’t mean that much to me ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/4 "2009-12-16T15:56:08Z")
Except that “Sylvia’s Mother” is a parody. The song is hilarious. Warren Zevon’s “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” is about a whiner, but since his problem is that women throw themselves at him, I doubt he’d a loser. There is Elton John’s “I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself.” Not to make light of teen suicide, but killing yourself because you’re bored is pretty self-centered and whiny. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/5 "2009-12-16T15:59:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Except that “Sylvia’s Mother” is a parody. The song is hilarious. Being a paraody does not preclude it from being the greatest whiney loser song, ever. Why would it? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/6 "2009-12-16T16:00:32Z")
I used to like Janis Ian’s “At Seventeen,” but now… When I give it a listen, I’m like “Geez that girl was such a pathetic whinger, that she probably _ **deserved** _ what she got.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/7 "2009-12-16T16:11:16Z")
I nominate Gilbert O’Sullivan’s _Alone Again (Naturally)_ _In a little while from now If I’m not feeling any less sour I promise myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower And climbing to the top will throw myself off In an effort to make it clear to who Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered Left standing in the lurch at a church Where people saying: “My God, that’s tough She’s stood him up” No point in us remaining We may as well go home As I did on my own Alone again, naturally_ ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/8 "2009-12-16T16:20:12Z")
Here’s the thing, though. At the time, those tortured souls were sexy to me. Although, my stepmom said I used to have a bad case of “lost puppy syndrome” (Dating guys who strongly resembled sad, lost puppies) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/9 "2009-12-16T16:27:27Z")
After the BCS game, the whiney loser song will be “Texas Fight”, which my sources tell me is not to be freestyled. **ROLL TIDE!** , soon to be the SEC’s 4th consecutive BCS Champ. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/10 "2009-12-16T17:11:47Z")
_Creep_ - Radiohead _Teenage Dirtbag_ - Wheatus ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/11 "2009-12-16T17:17:51Z")
“Loser” by 3 Doors Down or “Loser” by Beck. Take your pick. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/12 "2009-12-16T17:19:42Z")
The Great Richard Thompson wrote “[Hard Luck Stories](http://www.richardthompson-music.com/song_o_matic.asp?id=73)” about whiney losers. But not from the Whiny Loser’s viewpoint. > [@](#): > > Why don’t you grow up, why don’t you settle down > Why don’t you get a job, why don’t you leave town > Even a chicken has to do what it has to do. > You don’t like one thing, you don’t like another > You don’t like anything that looks like bother > Everyone don’t like something, and we all don’t like you. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/13 "2009-12-16T17:39:04Z")
Isn’t this the point of the Smiths and Morrissey’s entire discography? Some of my favorites from it are: “I Know It’s Over,” “Last Night I Dreamt,” “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now,” and “King Leer.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/14 "2009-12-16T17:43:44Z")
Most of the Patsy Cline corpus, too. “I’m crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely …”, “I fall to pieces, every time I see you again …” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/15 "2009-12-16T17:48:28Z")
Of course, the classic song bashing whiny types is the Eagles’ “Get Over It” _Yeah you drag it around like a ball and chain You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain You wave it like a flag; you wear it like a crown Got your mind in the gutter, bringing everybody down You bitch about the present and blame it on the past I’d like to find your inner child and kick its little ass_ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/16 "2009-12-16T17:58:50Z")
Well I know his girl died and all, but [Honey](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bobby_goldsboro/honey.html) has to be the sappiest, whiniest crap out. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/17 "2009-12-16T18:02:25Z")
“I’m a Loser” by the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/18 "2009-12-16T18:05:55Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Warren Zevon’s “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” is about a whiner, but since his problem is that women throw themselves at him, I doubt he’d a loser. So is Zevon’s “Bad Karma.” But since it’s on _Sentimental Hygine_, his post-rehab album, I think Warren has his tongue planted firmly in cheek: It´s a dog’s life And it´s not my fault Ought to hang my picture In the All-Time Losers’ Hall of Fame Bad Karma it´s a low-down dirty shame ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/19 "2009-12-16T18:06:08Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I’m Not in Love by 10cc. Big boys don’t cry…Big boys don’t cry… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485/20 "2009-12-16T18:19:53Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Well I know his girl died and all, but [Honey](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bobby_goldsboro/honey.html) has to be the sappiest, whiniest crap out. _One day while I was not at home, While she was there and all alone The Angels came…_ I keep telling people. She didn’t _die_…she was just traded to Anaheim. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-whiney-losers/521485.md?page=2)