# Songs you do not need to hear again in this lifetime **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353 "2005-11-23T00:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/1 "2005-11-23T00:23:38Z")
What are the songs you have heard enough times for one lifetime? They aren’t necessarily bad, just that you’ve heard them sooo many times that you just aren’t getting any pleasure from hearing them again - or maybe you never got any pleasure from them in the first place. Some on my list, off the top of my head: **Down Under** , Men at Work **I Will Always Love You** , Whitney Houston **Smells Like Teen Spirit** , Nirvana **Love Shack** , B52s I know I’ve got more but I just can’t think of them right now… ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/2 "2005-11-23T00:25:34Z")
Let your love flow… :eek: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/3 "2005-11-23T00:39:32Z")
Da Da Da by Trio. How Bizarre by OMC. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/4 "2005-11-23T00:40:22Z")
Bad to the Bone ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/5 "2005-11-23T00:43:10Z")
My Heart Will Go On. If I never hear that song again, it’ll be too soon. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/6 "2005-11-23T00:46:29Z")
‘Copacabana’ - Barry Manilow. Since we’re on the subject, ‘Can’t Smile Without You’ is another one that I detest. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/7 "2005-11-23T00:52:07Z")
867-5309 (Jenny) by Tommy Tutone Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners Not that I hate those songs, I just don’t need to hear them anymore. I was gonna start this thread a few times and never got around to it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/8 "2005-11-23T00:52:29Z")
_Free Bird_ Anything by Kenny Rogers Anything by the Steve Miller Band after Boz Scaggs left the group. Anything by Boz Scaggs _Do You Think That I’m Sexy_ ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/9 "2005-11-23T00:53:10Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > My Heart Will Go On. If I never hear that song again, it’ll be too soon. Seconded. And thirded. And fourthed for good measure. The “lite” radio station at the place I worked when that song was popular had the same song list every day, and that one played three times per day. Never blended in as background noise like all the rest… always stood out and made my skin crawl. Another one I got real sick of real fast, and could live happily never hearing again, is _The Proclaimers_’ “500 Miles”. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/10 "2005-11-23T00:53:31Z")
_Christmas Shoes_ ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/11 "2005-11-23T01:08:31Z")
Wow, I have over half of the ones mentioned on my ultimate favorites MP3 CD. Let me know if you want a copy. For me, it would be “It’s Gettin Hot in Here” by Nellie I think. ---
**Author:** ![no\_screen\_name\_for\_now](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@no\_screen\_name\_for\_now](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/no_screen_name_for_now)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/12 "2005-11-23T01:13:34Z")
Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Good song, but I have a 13-year-old son who is very in to Green Day, so I hear that song about 18 times a day. I have it memorized. If I ever want to hear it again, I can just access the part of my brain that holds song lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/13 "2005-11-23T01:18:22Z")
Muskrat Love. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/14 "2005-11-23T01:21:27Z")
Anything by: Britney Spears Christina Aguilera Any boy band ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/15 "2005-11-23T01:29:28Z")
_All Star_, by Smashmouth Particularly in movies. Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/16 "2005-11-23T02:25:38Z")
> [@Scupper](#): > > _All Star_, by Smashmouth Good call. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/17 "2005-11-23T02:29:34Z")
_“Who Let The Dogs Out”_ ---
**Author:** ![Redsland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Redsland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redsland)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/18 "2005-11-23T03:25:57Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _Free Bird_ That’s what _I_ came here to type. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/19 "2005-11-23T03:41:25Z")
Ymca. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/20 "2005-11-23T03:43:40Z")
**I Will Survive** , by Gloria Gaynor. **My Doorbell** , by the White Stripes. **Last Christmas** , by Wham! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353.md?page=2)