# Songs you like that are widely reviled by others **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 10, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825 "2022-03-10T14:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/21 "2022-03-10T15:14:29Z")
My contribution would have to be “MMMBop” by Hanson. Sure, Hanson were obviously a Boy Band designed to appeal to 12 year old girls, and I couldn’t name another song of theirs if you put a gun to my head, but damn if I don’t start bopping along when this come up in rotation on my playlist. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S3Oyipl36YQ/maxresdefault.jpg "MMMBop") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Oyipl36YQ) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/22 "2022-03-10T15:17:38Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I love love love “Wonderful Christmastime”!!! Its only failing is the Lennon’s “Happy Christmas (War is Over)” is a better song. But otherwise it’s perfectly fine. I won’t praise “We Built this City,” but it’s not a terrible song. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/23 "2022-03-10T15:17:46Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Are you going to tell me next there’s no ‘South Detroit’ It’s “south Detroit.” (and no, not Windsor. :)) There’s no city called “South Phoenix”, but if you say “south Phoenix” people know exactly where you mean. And I unironically like Journey. Even though, when I was much younger, I called Journey “date rock”: if you ever took a girl to a concert, it had to be Journey. (I also called it “wuss rock”, and Journey was the only band in that genre.) If my 20 year old self saw how much Journey I have in my collection, he’d go “did we get bumped on the head somewhere in my future?” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/24 "2022-03-10T15:19:33Z")
Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing At All” A little context, not to defend but because I don’t have a mind for music to say “Actually the chords are…” When I was a youth, my parents owned about five albums. Air Supply’s Greatest Hits were one of them and so I spent a good amount of time in the basement playing that one. Hearing it now takes me back to safe happy memories. Also, I’m something of a sucker for songs that list a bunch of shit. Though I like it unironically, I still get a chuckle out of “I can make all the stadiums rock” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/25 "2022-03-10T15:21:01Z")
I’m a fan of Bowie’s much ridiculed 90’s Drum and Bass period: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MqbQC81_74k/maxresdefault.jpg "David Bowie - Little Wonder (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqbQC81_74k) ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/26 "2022-03-10T15:25:53Z")
That’s easy. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976) by Elton John with Kiki Dee. It’s not a very good song, and it’s not my favorite, but I like it. Everyone I know hates it, and I understand why. Nevertheless…’ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/z0qW9P-uYfM/maxresdefault.jpg "Elton John - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0qW9P-uYfM) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/27 "2022-03-10T15:30:43Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And I unironically like Journey. Even though, when I was much younger, I called Journey “date rock”: if you ever took a girl to a concert, it had to be Journey. (I also called it “wuss rock”, and Journey was the only band in that genre.) If my 20 year old self saw how much Journey I have in my collection, he’d go “did we get bumped on the head somewhere in my future?” Here’s my Journey journey: the album ‘Infinity’ was one of the first albums I ever owned at age 12 or 13 as part of a ‘12 for a penny’ Columbia House signup deal. I played the heck out of it. But, by the time I was in High School, I reviled Journey as the very worst of phony overproduced ‘corporate’ rock. Now, I’m back to enjoying Journey again, but whether it’s ironic or not, I really have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/28 "2022-03-10T15:35:35Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I think Sugar, Sugar by the Archies is a perfect little pop bonbon and the **best ever song by cartoons**. I don’t know… _“ **Kill the Wabbit** ”_ is a classic… It’s practically the _Ride of the Valkyries_ of cartoon tunes. . > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And I love all of MacArthur Park. I’m actually not sure why it is so hated. Probably how seriously it takes itself, and its seven minute run time? And it all started with Richard Harris and songwriter Jimmy Webb belting out old drinking songs for a a pub full of fellow drunks. And a producer asking Jimmy Webb to really stretch himself… and a telegram from Harris: _“Come to London and make a record. Love, Richard”_ [Interesting](https://www.vieravoice.com/macarthur-park-richard-harris-july-1968/article_c3ae0f51-e5fd-5f06-b1fb-230848f4b8cf.html) [stories.](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/nov/11/how-we-made-macarthur-park) ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/29 "2022-03-10T15:35:44Z")
The Beatles’ “You Know My Name (Look up the Number).” Often voted the worst song in the entire Beatles catalog. To me it is Monty-Python-level hilarious. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iMhKWOP6EZQ/maxresdefault.jpg "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMhKWOP6EZQ) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/30 "2022-03-10T15:53:23Z")
I think, “Wild Honey Pie,” is lots worse. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/31 "2022-03-10T16:03:45Z")
I won’t stop believing so many people are tripping out on Journey. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/32 "2022-03-10T16:04:04Z")
True story: I used to wonder why so many people hated “Afternoon Delight,” until I realized that the song I thought was called “Afternoon Delight” was in fact the Residents’ “Act of Being Polite.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/33 "2022-03-10T16:14:50Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And I unironically like Journey. Friday before last me and my husband saw Toto and Journey at UBS Arena here on Long Island. They are old as shit but, man, those songs got all us oldies up and rocking. Plus a whole lot of younguns. A thing me and my husband do when we go to concerts is count how many black people (besides us) we can see. There was only one other black couple but my husband was shocked by how many very young people of color he saw. He wondered why there were so many young people from India. “Nope, they’re Pilipino,” I told him. “But why?” P.S., it was a little strange how the star of the Journey set was most definitely not the lead singer, Arnel Pineda but Neal Schon. Oh, and Randy Jackson is in the band too. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/34 "2022-03-10T16:21:23Z")
> [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > The Beatles’ “You Know My Name (Look up the Number).” > > Often voted the worst song in the entire Beatles catalog. Voted even worse than ‘Revolution #9’? Really?!? I bet nobody listens to R9 intentionally more than once, except those who are playing the entire White album and are too lazy to skip it. > [@dolphinboy](#): > > “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976) by Elton John with Kiki Dee. Never saw that video, thanks! Wow, nice plaid leisure suit. But then, when it came to fashion, Elton John always did have an eye for the timeless classics. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/35 "2022-03-10T16:25:56Z")
Many already mentioned, including Afternoon Delight Blender Magazine had a top 50 worst songs. From that list… Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Follow Me Shiny Happy People Breakfast at Tiffany’s Two Princes What’s Up Illegal Alien Kokomo Ice, Ice Baby Achy Breaky Heart Others… Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Suede Disco Duck Billy Don’t Be a Hero ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/36 "2022-03-10T16:30:48Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Blender Magazine had a top 50 worst songs. From that list… ‘Seasons in the Sun’ had to be in the top 10, right? (no, I’m not endorsing that song, though when I was in 4th grade I found it very poignant, before I had a more mature sense of schmaltz). ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/37 "2022-03-10T16:35:33Z")
Seasons in the Sun wasn’t on the list. But, I did have the 45. The flip side is the song I would play for friends as a really bad song - Put the Bone In. And no, I didn’t like that song. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/38 "2022-03-10T16:42:50Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Blender Magazine had a top 50 worst songs. From that list… > Ob-la-di, ob-la-da > Follow Me > Shiny Happy People > Breakfast at Tiffany’s > Two Princes > What’s Up > Illegal Alien > Kokomo > Ice, Ice Baby > Achy Breaky Heart This is more a list of “Songs everyone else liked, but we’re too cool for that”. I’ve seen a lot of Worst Song lists (what? I like to snark), and never ever seen songs like _Shiny Happy People_ or _Two Princes_ on them. (Now, _Achy Breaky Heart_ does show up regularly…) ---
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> [@Horatius](#): > > My contribution would have to be “MMMBop” by Hanson. I’ll stand next to you in front of the firing squad. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825/40 "2022-03-10T16:48:19Z")
I’m good with “Muskrat Love”, “MacArthur Park”, “We Built This City”, “Rapture” (Blondie), and “Wild Honey Pie”. “Sugar Sugar” is perfectly wonderful and deserved being a global hit. I don’t hate “Afternoon Delight” — it’s got hooks — but I’ll no longer listen willingly. The problem, _I think_, is that it’s clearly about sex and the sex isn’t sexy. I’m okay with bubble-gum, non-sweaty, sex songs when they are abstract and/ or ambiguous (…say, “Sugar Sugar”, or even “Muskrat Love”), but I don’t see intercourse as something simple and sappy. And “Afternoon Delight” kinda makes my teeth ache. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825.md?page=3)