# I dare you to find one pop song where a backup children's choir is not annoying. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571 "2008-06-03T02:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rikc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rikc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rikc)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/1 "2008-06-03T02:16:59Z")
Thread over. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/2 "2008-06-03T02:20:32Z")
Another Brick in the Wall Part II - extra bonus points for being the only Pink Floyd song that ISN’T annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/3 "2008-06-03T02:24:25Z")
Every sperm is sacred from Monty Pythons Meaning of Life Ok not exactly a choir, but a chorus line. Of course there is always the St Winifreds School Choir [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rsXJcIODLtQ/hqdefault.jpg "St Winifreds School Choir - Theres No-One Quite Like Grandma") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsXJcIODLtQ) Be warned you may feel like scraping your ears and most of your crainial matter out with a spoon during that song. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/4 "2008-06-03T02:27:21Z")
_You Can’t Always get What You Want_ by the Rolling Stones. At least they sound like kids to me. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/5 "2008-06-03T02:30:15Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] _You Can’t Always get What You Want_ by the Rolling Stones. At least they sound like kids to me. [/QUOTE] [London Bach Choir](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can't_Always_Get_What_You_Want) I hoped it was the Vienna Boys Choir. :smack: Nope. They’re grown-ups. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/6 "2008-06-03T02:35:08Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] Be warned you may feel like scraping your ears and most of your crainial matter out with a spoon during that song. [/QUOTE] Wouldn’t that be the antithesis of “not annoying?” ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/7 "2008-06-03T02:43:59Z")
I was wilfully ignoring the not part of the OP in a desperate attempt to expunge the memory of that song by spreading the misery a little, in a Ring type fashion. Apart for the aforementioned Rolling Stones number, all I had was a vague recollection of a Cater USM song I quite liked , but that was probably just a sample of the Rolling Stones song. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/8 "2008-06-03T02:46:56Z")
I’m partial to Pat Benetar’s _We Belong_, and I admit that I really, really like Mike and the Mechanics’ _The Living Years_, but I imagine people could find that song annoying. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/9 "2008-06-03T02:47:00Z")
I didn’t think the kids were annoying in **Happy Xmas (War is Over)**. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/10 "2008-06-03T02:52:25Z")
_From Little Things Big Things Grow_ by Paul Kelly. Not sure of the age of the choir but they sound like kids. I love that song, though some people say it’s overproduced. There are live versions on Youtube, but no choir. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/11 "2008-06-03T02:57:19Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] _You Can’t Always get What You Want_ by the Rolling Stones. At least they sound like kids to me. [/QUOTE] Actually, I’m going to go ahead and assume this is _exactly_ the song the OP was thinking of when he started this thread. The opening seems to go on _forever_, because I’m forced to listen to prepubescent boys barely annunciating the song’s title over, and over, and over again. Piece of shit song, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/12 "2008-06-03T03:07:26Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Actually, I’m going to go ahead and assume this is _exactly_ the song the OP was thinking of when he started this thread. The opening seems to go on _forever_, because I’m forced to listen to prepubescent boys barely annunciating the song’s title over, and over, and over again. Piece of shit song, IMO. [/QUOTE] [Except they aren’t prepubescent boys.](http://www.bach-cantatas.com/IndexBiographies.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/13 "2008-06-03T03:27:07Z")
I like the children’s chorus in Kanye West’s “We Don’t Care.” ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/14 "2008-06-03T03:34:35Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] \… and I admit that I really, really like Mike and the Mechanics’ _The Living Years_, but I imagine people could find that song annoying. [/QUOTE] I love this song, and came in here to post it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/15 "2008-06-03T04:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] Every sperm is sacred from Monty Pythons Meaning of Life [/QUOTE] I always wondered if the choir kids parents knew what their wee bairns would be singing that day… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/16 "2008-06-03T04:17:20Z")
I can’t believe I didn’t think of this one earlier… Alice Cooper. School’s Out. I’m a fan of Alice, and don’t like Floyd, but Another Brick comes to mind before School’s Out…_sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/17 "2008-06-03T04:36:51Z")
_Amazing Because It Is_ by [The Almost](http://www.myspace.com/thealmost). The choir sings _Amazing Grace_ in the backround, and it always makes me well up. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/18 "2008-06-03T04:51:05Z")
The Mike & Mechanics song is precisely the hideous abomination that immediately popped into my head and made me angry to have read the thread title, and the Rolling Stones is ALMOST an exception in my head, but not quite. Now I have a Tina Turner song (bad thing from some Mad Max movie) in my head and I’m enraged again. _Thanks_, OP! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/19 "2008-06-03T05:03:09Z")
Macy Gray’s [Hey Young World, Part 2](http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Macy%20Gray%20Hey%20Young%20World%20Part%202&index=digital-music&page=1) is my favorite of her songs. ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/20 "2008-06-03T05:03:40Z")
“Mill Valley”, by Miss [Rita] Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571.md?page=2)