# Popular songs ruined forever (played in the wrong music genre)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041 "2021-03-16T19:10:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/14 "2021-03-17T15:42:02Z")

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In 2009, I created a [post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/8) about a 1965 sunshine pop-style cover of Harvey Danger’s “Flagpole Sitta.”

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R7cCrgGBQIE/maxresdefault.jpg "Flagpole Sitta 1965") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cCrgGBQIE)

It comes complete with an accompanying music video full of 1960s-type stuff.

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