# Most annoying song you could play on an actual jukebox? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058 "2017-11-19T07:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/1 "2017-11-19T07:42:40Z")
I do not need answer fast. But the scenario is that you want to play some super annoying song multiple times. The rules here are that it has to be a record that you could actually find on a jukebox somewhere, at some time. So “All About That Bass” might qualify if it ever was released in the form, to wit, a 45, that could be on an old-fashioned, standard jukebox. Not one of those ersatz jukeboxes like they have at Johnny Rockets. I don’t even know when they stopped doing single 45s, or even if they did. But there were always plenty of annoying songs and I don’t mind one from earlier years, as long as it would drive everybody in the bar crazy if some nut played it 15 times in a row, and it’s not so obscure that only a select few will have heard of it. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/2 "2017-11-19T07:56:28Z")
I have it on good authority that it’s 7 plays of “What’s new Pussycat”, then 1 play of “It’s not Unusual”, then 7 more plays of “What’s new Pussycat”. [cite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkrL42R7gk) ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/3 "2017-11-19T08:03:33Z")
Okay, that was hilarious. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/4 "2017-11-19T08:51:49Z")
Back in college, a friend and I used to like to go into the campus recreation center (pool tables, ping pong, etc.) and we’d plunk some change into the jukebox and enter “Jingle Bell Rock” 5 or so times in a row and then we’d walk out. Since we never waited around to see the results, I can’t say for sure that it was annoying. It’s possible the rec center regulars each time thought to themselves, “Hey, great! _THIS_ is happening again!” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/5 "2017-11-19T11:24:07Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > I have it on good authority that it’s 7 plays of “What’s new Pussycat”, then 1 play of “It’s not Unusual”, then 7 more plays of “What’s new Pussycat”. > > [cite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkrL42R7gk) This is exactly what I thought about upon reading the title of this thread!! :D:D:D:D:D ---
**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:** [November 19, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/6 "2017-11-19T11:24:26Z")
I have found CTA’s Free Form Guitar on actual jukeboxes. You know how a dog will turn its head sideways when it doesn’t undestand something? This song will cause a good portion of the crowd to have a similar response. (Or worse) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4X4rsw2vQ8) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/7 "2017-11-19T11:59:20Z")
I remember on the TV show _House_, Wilson had gotten pissed off and thrown a bottle into a mirror when some guy played Billy Joel’s _Leave A Tender Moment Alone_ some 20 times in a row, so the show’s writer had apparently grown annoyed by the song at some point. It had happened at a medical convention and House had bailed Wilson out of jail, leading to the beginning of their friendship. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/8 "2017-11-19T12:34:08Z")
Back in 1970 if my friends and I went anywhere that had a jukebox we would see if it had _Let It Be_. If it did we played the B side frequently while we were there. It was generally very poorly received by other patrons who generally had no idea what it was. Here is a pretty creditable version by a Beatles tribute band in a Sydney hotel: [The Beatels - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFFB4xGfzRk). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/9 "2017-11-19T12:34:39Z")
The Nickelodeon Song, by Teresa Brewer ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/10 "2017-11-19T14:11:30Z")
The Tahoe Biltmore had **The Allman Brothers** on the jukebox. I would play _Mountain Jam_ two or three times in a row. 😃 Wanted to get my money’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/11 "2017-11-19T15:07:20Z")
B-17. Please mister, please, don’t do that one! Speaking just for me, absolutely anything by Patsy Cline. Although 5 rounds of \*Jingle Bell Rock \*is prank genius; I love it! ---
**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:** [November 19, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/12 "2017-11-19T15:34:18Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > I have it on good authority that it’s 7 plays of “What’s new Pussycat”, then 1 play of “It’s not Unusual”, then 7 more plays of “What’s new Pussycat”. > > [cite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkrL42R7gk) > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > This is exactly what I thought about upon reading the title of this thread!! :D:D:D:D:D Same here; Mulaney is lucky to be alive. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/13 "2017-11-19T15:42:19Z")
Depending on the bar, you could piss off everyone before the song’s even finished. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzVLQTovv_g) played in some gay bars and [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulPgWVC08KI) in some straight bars (especially the video, haha). Okay, that last one’s probably not on any jukebox. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/14 "2017-11-19T15:49:02Z")
The 7" of Joy Division’s _Love Will Tear Us Apart_ had the title track on side A, with \*These Days \*and an alternate take of the _Love Will Tear Us Apart_ on side B. Side B was supposed to be played at 33rpm and, well, you can imagine how old-fashioned juke boxes coped with that. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/15 "2017-11-19T16:47:53Z")
The B side of John Lennon’s Starting Over was an awful and unlistenable Yoko song called Kiss Kiss Kiss. It was very easy to play the wrong song by mistake at the pizza place I used to go to as a kid. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/16 "2017-11-19T16:53:09Z")
Many years ago I found “There coming to take me away” on a jukebox in a small tavern in San Diego. The B side on the label was blank so I chose that selection. The B side was the song in reverse. About 30 seconds after it started the bartender some how stopped the song from playing then announced to the dozen or so folks in the bar to never make that selection again on the jukebox. He gave me and a buddy the stink eye while making the announcement. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/17 "2017-11-19T17:02:00Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/18 "2017-11-19T17:03:13Z")
L’Trimm Cars That go Boom [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaeNelsAOGo) On the other hand its one of the best videos to watch with the sound down. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/19 "2017-11-19T17:08:25Z")
The song that Neegan’s people used to torture Daryl while they had him locked up would work. [Easy Street by Collapsible Hearts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDnva_3fcTc) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/20 "2017-11-19T17:10:40Z")
From the 70’s Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover Paul Simon That’s the Way I Like It KC Sunshine Band Hearing them occasionally is ok. Ten times in a row? Very irritating [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058.md?page=2)