# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/21 "2008-06-03T05:34:25Z")
Adiemus [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7zJ0yVSSvE) My favorite, the Farscape version - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPXpaVDg370](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPXpaVDg370) ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/22 "2008-06-03T05:52:19Z")
What, no love for the [Thunderdome moppets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p2VjKueoBA)? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/23 "2008-06-03T06:26:38Z")
Hey, OP, how about you give us some examples of recordings that you particularly love to hate? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/24 "2008-06-03T12:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=capybara] 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! [/QUOTE] “We Don’t Need Another Hero” ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/25 "2008-06-03T12:25:16Z")
Hard Knock Life - Chorus of “Annie”. I love the kid’s chorus. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/26 "2008-06-03T12:28:48Z")
Valkyrie by Pavlov’s Dog from At The Sound Of The Bell, accompanied by (I think) the High Wycombe Girls’ School Choir. “Bring back the good old days…in time…always in your time” (sends shivers down spine). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/27 "2008-06-03T12:34:25Z")
[Don’t Fall in Love With a Homo](http://gaypimp.com/) by Jonny McGovern. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/28 "2008-06-03T12:40:12Z")
[QUOTE=stanger] Adiemus ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B7zJ0yVSSvE/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/B7zJ0yVSSvE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque My favorite, the Farscape version - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPXpaVDg370](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPXpaVDg370) [/QUOTE] D’oh. I came in here to mention Adiemus. Great stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/29 "2008-06-03T12:50:39Z")
“He Mele No Lilo” and “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” from the soundtrack to _Lilo and Stitch_ both feature a backup children’s choir (the same one, I believe) and are both quite catchy. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/30 "2008-06-03T13:00:21Z")
[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. [/QUOTE] Glad to hear I’m not alone. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/31 "2008-06-03T13:14:26Z")
Personally, I like almost everything by Sinatra and feel that not even a children’s choir can mess it up, so my judgement is probably clouded, but I always enjoyed _High Hopes_. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/32 "2008-06-03T13:19:58Z")
“On Horseback” by Mike Oldfield. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/33 "2008-06-03T13:27:09Z")
“Consider Yourself” from Oliver. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/34 "2008-06-03T14:01:26Z")
I think the backup children’s choir makes [Cry Little Sister](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fFo-WZsm5Q) (from _Lost Boys_) a lot, well, creepier. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/35 "2008-06-03T14:08:25Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] I think the backup children’s choir makes [Cry Little Sister](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fFo-WZsm5Q) (from _Lost Boys_) a lot, well, creepier. [/QUOTE] A formal children’s choir (as opposed to just a bunch of kids singing together) can make pretty much anything creepier. There’s something otherworldly about boy sopranos’ voices. I don’t know if it’s the fact that the timbre is different from adult female sopranos’ voices (which is by far the most common soprano voice we hear) or what it is. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/36 "2008-06-03T14:16:11Z")
[QUOTE=Laughing Lagomorph] “He Mele No Lilo” and “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” from the soundtrack to _Lilo and Stitch_ both feature a backup children’s choir (the same one, I believe) and are both quite catchy. [/QUOTE] Yes, the same one, Kamehameha Schools childrens’ chorus. I love those two songs; the chorus sounds great. OTOH, if you get the Lilo & Stitch CD, the same kids chorus gets their own number to sing, and its some godawful “we are the world” gagfest. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/37 "2008-06-03T14:26:27Z")
The end of Red Hot Chili Pepper’s [Aeroplane](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuHkoc4FBHQ) has a bunch of kids repeating the refrain. I suppose it’s debatable how annoying it is, but it doesn’t grate on me. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/38 "2008-06-03T14:29:06Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] Yes, the same one, Kamehameha Schools childrens’ chorus. I love those two songs; the chorus sounds great. OTOH, if you get the Lilo & Stitch CD, the same kids chorus gets their own number to sing, and its some godawful “we are the world” gagfest. [/QUOTE] I should mention I hate Mike and the Mechanics Living Years as much as the next person, but these two I mentioned from the movie are very good. Thinking about it I think the fact the one song is all in Hawaiian, and the second song is about 50-50 Hawaiian and English makes the kids more tolerable than they might otherwise be. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/39 "2008-06-03T14:34:21Z")
Pachelbel’s Canon by _Trans Siberian Orchestra_ is wonderful. I shall cause frighteningly gross harm to those who say otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dare-you-to-find-one-pop-song-where-a-backup-childrens-choir-is-not-annoying/451571/40 "2008-06-03T14:52:19Z")
Roger Waters: _The Tide is Turning_, from Radio K.A.O.S. [Previous 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=1) [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=3)