# Singers, composers, etc. who came to hate something they created

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> This always gets mentioned, but Billy Joel absolutely hates _Just the Way You Are_.

He also hates perforiming “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. He has trouble remembering which order the lyrics are in and has to focus on someone in the audience. He says that real fans _always_ get it right.

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