# Favorite and Least Favorite Number 1 Year-End Pop Songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522 "2012-12-19T13:43:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/21 "2012-12-27T06:21:38Z")
Favorite for me would be “When Doves Cry”. Least favorite would be about 95% of the rest, though I’d probably have to pick **Ke$ha** overall - I expect people like Tony Orlando & Dawn and Captain & Tennille to put out schlocky crap, but someone supposedly media-savvy should never suck that hard. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/22 "2012-12-27T06:49:02Z")
This is really tough. I like, to varying degrees, most of the songs here. I don’t get the problem with “My Sharona” or “Tik Tok” or even “Sugar, Sugar” by the cartoon band The Archies. I think that’s a fun pop song, personally. My favorites would probably be “When Doves Cry,” “Yeah,” the Beatles entries minus “Hey Jude,” “Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” the Elvis ones, and Blondie. The ones I loathe the most would probably be “Boom Boom Pow.” Although “Tie A Yellow Ribbon around the Old Oak Tree” and the Captain & Tenille one would be up there, too. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/23 "2012-12-27T07:23:18Z")
Favorite: While I like quite a few, I’m gonna go with “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.” Least: “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You.” Seething hatred. Everything about that song is wretched including the rage-inducing grammar in the title. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/24 "2012-12-27T08:13:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Least: _ **BELIEVE** _. WTF is wrong with you people to like this song that much? I blame the gays. FAV: Probably “When Doves Cry” or “Low” LEAST FAV: “That’s What Friends Are For” or “Somebody That I Used to Know”, probably “That’s What Friends Are For” Oh, and it’s not my favorite but anyone who doesn’t like “Sugar, Sugar” is just wrong. That song is awesome. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/25 "2012-12-27T08:29:15Z")
Wooly Bully! Wooly Bully. Wooly Bully, Wooly Bully, Wooly Bully. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/26 "2012-12-27T13:16:32Z")
Looks like “When doves cry” is getting a lot of favorite votes. Surprising, to me at least 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/27 "2012-12-27T13:20:26Z")
Favourite: “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” - Roberta Flack ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/28 "2012-12-27T14:18:12Z")
Favorites: I Want To Hold Your Hand and My Sharona Least favorite: Macarena ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/29 "2012-12-27T14:33:06Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Looks like “When doves cry” is getting a lot of favorite votes. Surprising, to me at least 🙂 Why is that? Prince is one of those popular acts (like the Beatles) that is almost universally loved by casual listeners and music critics alike. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/30 "2012-12-27T14:56:56Z")
Thank you for providing a link to that list! I loved seeing my most favorite singer James Otto and his song named “I Just Got Started Loving You” listed as the #1 country song of 2008. 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly P.S. My most favorite rock song from that list is that “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)” song. 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/31 "2012-12-27T16:58:07Z")
The ones I really like: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky" - Vaughn Monroe “All Shook Up” - Elvis Presley “Hello Goodbye” - Beatles “Bridge Over Troubled Water” - Simon & Garfunkel “All Shook Up” is my favorite of the four. There are loads of songs I on that list I don’t like, but the only ones I really hate: “Believe” - Cher “The Sign” - Ace of Base I’ll say “The Sign” is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/32 "2012-12-27T18:35:55Z")
Least favorites: “Silly Love Songs” and “Macarena” Favorites: “Rolling in the Deep” and “Bad Day” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/33 "2012-12-27T20:38:47Z")
Fave: Walk Like an Egyptian Least Fave: Sugar, Sugar ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/34 "2012-12-27T21:41:46Z")
Fave: “When Doves Cry” or “Call Me” Least: Probably “Love Will Keep Us Together” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522/35 "2012-12-27T21:54:13Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Oh, and it’s not my favorite but anyone who doesn’t like “Sugar, Sugar” is just wrong. That song is awesome. Sorry but “awesome” and “Sugar, Sugar” don’t belong in the same sentence. However, [this non-ironic cover of the song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeOYOSKir_I) is actually pretty good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-number-1-year-end-pop-songs/644522.md?page=1)