# Biggest Hit Song You Hate By An Artist You Like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270 "2016-06-24T22:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/61 "2016-06-27T00:46:42Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > All the Beatles examples and not one “Revolution #9”? I didn’t know that was a mega #1 hit. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/62 "2016-06-27T01:03:21Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I will pile on R.E.M. For me it’s **This One Goes Out to the One I Love**. Boring, repetitive, and the phrase “a simple prop, to occupy my time” sounds like he is an arrogant douche. That’s when I started to want to smack Michael Stipe. No way. The worst is “Shiny Happy People” followed by “Radio Song” and “Losing My Religion.” (I’ve been a big R.E.M. Fan since I heard “Radio Free Europe” in 1983.) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/63 "2016-06-27T01:10:54Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > No way. The worst is “Shiny Happy People” followed by “Radio Song” and “Losing My Religion.” (I’ve been a big R.E.M. Fan since I heard “Radio Free Europe” in 1983.) I guess the consensus is that when R.E.M. got intelligible, we all suffered. Ah, man, what happened to Pilgrimage, Harborcoat, Moral Kiosk, Wolves (Lower)?? That was good stuff, man. I want my two-headed calf. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/64 "2016-06-27T01:23:42Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I guess the consensus is that when R.E.M. got intelligible, we all suffered. Ah, man, what happened to Pilgrimage, Harborcoat, Moral Kiosk, Wolves (Lower)?? That was good stuff, man. I want my two-headed calf. I like _Green_ and _Automatic for the People_. I don’t really care for _Out of Time_. I appreciate _New Adventures in Hi-Fi_ more now than when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/65 "2016-06-27T03:25:57Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > A lot of people were in for a big surprise when they bought the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Blood Sugar Sex Magic” album because they liked “Under The Bridge”. > > p.s. Gary Cherone also sang briefly for Van Halen. Yes, and the most ambitious Van Halen album too, although it didn’t really work as well as it should have. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/66 "2016-06-27T03:50:27Z")
Most of Dire Straits hits, actually. But Money for Nothing and Twisting by the Pool especially. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/67 "2016-06-27T12:22:37Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > “Saturday In The Park” by Chicago. The day the revolution truly died… I was a big Chicago fan in my teens. For me the realization that they had abandoned all such ideals was codified by the release of the single Old Days in 1975. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/68 "2016-06-27T12:42:38Z")
Twisting By The Pool. I forgot about that piece of crap. Now its stuck in my head. Shit. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/69 "2016-06-27T13:04:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Twisting By The Pool. I forgot about that piece of crap. Now its stuck in my head. Shit. Sorry. But if it’s any consolation I’m having to concentrate on other things real hard to prevent myself from thinking about that… abomination. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/70 "2016-06-28T01:05:25Z")
I’m almost afraid to admit it. It’s not that I have anything against the song, and I really have no good reason for disliking it. Maybe it was overplayed at one time, but there are several overplayed songs I still love by them. Red Barchetta. :flees: ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/71 "2016-06-28T02:11:47Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I’m almost afraid to admit it. > > It’s not that I have anything against the song, and I really have no good reason for disliking it. Maybe it was overplayed at one time, but there are several overplayed songs I still love by them. > > Red Barchetta. :flees: **You LIE!!!** :mad: Lots of good examples already mentioned in this thread, so I’ll add “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner. Blecch, blecch, blecch. It’s only marginally worse than “Waiting for a Girl Like You”, but for some reason that one never gets played on the radio anymore. Also, “Lovin Touchin Squeezin” by Journey. Can’t really explain why, but I hate hate hate that song. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/72 "2016-06-28T03:34:33Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I’m almost afraid to admit it. > > It’s not that I have anything against the song, and I really have no good reason for disliking it. Maybe it was overplayed at one time, but there are several overplayed songs I still love by them. > > Red Barchetta. :flees: I don’t think “Red Barchetta” was ever a single. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/73 "2016-06-28T04:02:08Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > **You LIE!!!** :mad: > > Lots of good examples already mentioned in this thread, so I’ll add “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner. Blecch, blecch, blecch. It’s only marginally worse than “Waiting for a Girl Like You”, but for some reason that one never gets played on the radio anymore. > > Also, “Lovin Touchin Squeezin” by Journey. Can’t really explain why, but I hate hate hate that song. “Juke Box Hero” is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/74 "2016-06-28T04:34:00Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I was a big Chicago fan in my teens. For me the realization that they had abandoned all such ideals was codified by the release of the single Old Days in 1975. I’m still a big fan…of the first two albums…that stuff is still sharp as a knife. ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/75 "2016-06-28T04:39:10Z")
Two entries from my fave all time artist: Dirty Diana & Jam. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/76 "2016-06-28T10:23:34Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yes, and the most ambitious Van Halen album too, although it didn’t really work as well as it should have. You know, when you’re not talking politics, you’re actually a fairly bright and insightful individual. (;)) I wanted to like Gary Cherone in Van Halen. I really did. The guy can fucking sing. But I knew right away that it wouldn’t work. The styles were too different. Other than Van Hagar, AC/DC, STP/Velvet Revolver, and Soundgarden/RAtM/Audioslave, how many bands have replaced a lead singer and went on to be really big? I mean, yeah, Ian Astbury fit in well with [The Doors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU22GORFwXc), but that didn’t last long, if memory serves. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/77 "2016-06-28T10:41:38Z")
I adore Pink, but her hit song _Raise Your Glass_ makes me change the station. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/78 "2016-06-28T13:39:53Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Other than Van Hagar, AC/DC, STP/Velvet Revolver, and Soundgarden/RAtM/Audioslave, how many bands have replaced a lead singer and went on to be really big? I mean, yeah, Ian Astbury fit in well with [The Doors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU22GORFwXc), but that didn’t last long, if memory serves. Genesis. Speaking of whom, while the Peter Gabriel years are far superior to anything else they did, I like the band in all its forms. But I can’t stand “Follow You Follow Me.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/79 "2016-06-28T16:02:42Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Other than Van Hagar, AC/DC, STP/Velvet Revolver, and Soundgarden/RAtM/Audioslave, how many bands have replaced a lead singer and went on to be really big? I mean, yeah, Ian Astbury fit in well with [The Doors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU22GORFwXc), but that didn’t last long, if memory serves. Yeah, Genesis (as suggested by **GESancMan** ) is a great example. Arguably, Fleetwood Mac and The Moody Blues both qualify. And within the genre of Christian Rock, the bands Petra and Newsboys both remained big after replacing their lead singers. Getting back to the topic of the thread, I don’t actually _hate_ the song, but I see where the OP is coming from on “Hello, Goodbye.” But, for my money, “All You Need Is Love” is an even worse song. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270/80 "2016-06-28T16:08:28Z")
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