# What is the most annoying popular song of all-time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045 "2020-08-14T02:04:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/101 "2020-08-16T18:13:04Z")
No other videos posted have ever autoplayed but this one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/102 "2020-08-16T18:32:41Z")
Although that would make a terrible show, they do have nice voices. But not as edgy as the mercifully short lived show Cop Rock. Which was the best thing since Manimal. I’m sure anything by Alvin and the Chipmunks is worse. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/103 "2020-08-16T19:36:08Z")
We’re looking into what made that video auto-play. But in the meanwhile, I’ve (I think) broken it so it’ll just display as a URL, rather than as an embedded video. Possibly relevant is the provider of the video-- I’ve never heard of [yarn.io](http://yarn.io) before. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/104 "2020-08-16T19:56:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > We’re looking into what made that video auto-play. But in the meanwhile, I’ve (I think) broken it so it’ll just display as a URL, rather than as an embedded video. > > Possibly relevant is the provider of the video-- I’ve never heard of [yarn.io](http://yarn.io) before. Yes, we’ve had a couple threads already on autoplaying links. > [@Audio Autoplaying in Topic/Thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-autoplaying-in-topic-thread/916188): > > When I open [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974) about catch phrases, and scroll to the last post (#226) or thereabouts, it automatically plays a second or 2 of audio. Scroll up a ways and back down, and it plays again. If I click on the link in that post, it doesn’t autoplay at the new site. What is up? Can whatever is causing this be corrected? Is it happening for anyone else? > [@Autoplaying video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autoplaying-video/917684): > > I rather like the way Discourse automatically displays inline images and videos. However, in this post - [Men, is Sitting on Your Own Nuts a Thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-is-sitting-on-your-own-nuts-a-thing/917672/15) - the video and associated audio automatically plays. Autoplaying video should not be a thing. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/105 "2020-08-17T00:15:29Z")
Saw the thread title and this popped into my head: “My Boy Lollipop” Millie Small, 1964 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/106 "2020-08-17T00:47:21Z")
Trying to decide which is grosser: Starshiip’s _We Built This City_ or _Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now_. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/107 "2020-08-17T01:50:22Z")
Sorry. Was just trying to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/108 "2020-08-17T02:02:40Z")
Easy. Terry Jacks, “Seasons in the Sun.” Made me cringe when it came out in the 70’s, still makes me cringe today. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/109 "2020-08-17T02:36:18Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Trying to decide which is grosser: Starshiip’s _We Built This City_ or _Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now_. In the case of a tie, give it to, “We Built This City.” It’s supposed to be anti-commercial, but is such a heinous example of corporate rock, even Grace Slick hates it. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/110 "2020-08-17T05:13:18Z")
Oh - forgot. The Most Wall-Punchable of All Time. Christopher Cross’s _All Right_. _All right, think we’re gonna make it._ _Think it might, just work, out, this, time._ You sing this with the most forced smile you can painfully muster, and especially the second line, emphasizing the pauses to let it just _burn_ through your freaking _soul_. You will be awash in its, yes, stinking grossness. Oh and wall-punchy. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/111 "2020-08-17T12:50:45Z")
Wait, why am I singing Christopher Cross? And although I am embarrassed “yacht rock” is a thing, I’mma gonna sing Sailing. Or would if the urge to sing Christopher Cross should strike. And I knew more than the one line from that song remembered from a TV commercial decades ago. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/112 "2020-08-17T23:42:45Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > No hate for Muskrat Love? That’s what I came in here to mention, but I see you beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/113 "2020-08-18T10:50:31Z")
I feel you, believe me, but there is some consolation in that it inspired a truly _awesome_ cover (spoilered for mild toplessness in the vid ) : [Laibach - Opus Dei (Life is Life) Official Video - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB9lObWclFQ) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/114 "2020-08-18T12:42:30Z")
> [@frognot](#): > > Another video that shouldn’t be missed is Starland Vocal Band 's Afternoon Delight Okay, what’s not to like about “Afternoon Delight”? It’s a cheerful little pop song with good harmonies and a catchy arrangement. And it’s sex-positive - the women are looking forward to a nooner as much as the guys are. I won’t say that I’ve come around to liking the 70’s pop cheese of my youth, because in truth, I never _stopped_ liking it. Yes, I like “Angel of the Morning”, “Sometimes When We Touch”, “All Out of Love”, even “You Light Up My Life”. That said, the dude with the glasses in that video is, um, something of a moodkiller. And the effects are horrible. Watching it, though, I was reminded a lot of another 70s band featuring two couples who sang to one another in their videos: ABBA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0) You know what else I like? “What’s Up”. Yeah, I said it. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlax/32/2927_2.png) [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/115 "2020-08-18T17:02:59Z")
To be fair to this thread, I don’t think it is enough for a song to have a wild run (who let the dogs out) if it has no staying power and is relegated to the dustbin of history. Having worked in an office where top 40 easy listening/adult contemporary is the tune du jour, I nominate [Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real (Audio) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI569nw0YUQ) Cheryl Lynn - Got to be Real, which has always sounded like cats being swung around by their tails. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/116 "2020-08-18T17:11:28Z")
I like a lot of the songs regularly listed as annoying. In fact, it is mildly strange to me the same songs show up on so many of the lists. Doesn’t anyone do original work? Because I have affection for some songs which are musically bad but not annoying to me. My Humps. Milli Vanilli. Rick Astley (I perhaps hold a world record in getting rickrolled). Because I Got High. My dislike for ABBA is mild - mainly due to an overenthusiastic Spanish teacher. Their songs don’t improve when translated. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/117 "2020-08-18T18:03:01Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > You know what else I like? “What’s Up”. Yeah, I said it. You like the He-Man extended version of it? [https://youtu.be/Kob0G2hE8IY](https://youtu.be/Kob0G2hE8IY) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/118 "2020-08-19T02:29:20Z")
No. That’s just silly and annoying. I _do_ like Linda Perry’s big, brassy voice. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/119 "2020-08-19T12:25:42Z")
Picking on 70s pop is pretty low hanging fruit, imo. Though some of it legitimately was a crime against nature (Having my Baby).I like(d) most of it but that’s probably mostly due to the nostalgia factor. How about that dreck [At this Moment](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tFP1zcsNjAtLstKzjBg9NItz0gsUUjJTFGozC9VKMnIzMtWyFQozy_NSVEoTqxUAEoCBYsVcvNzU_NKAHO7FSk&q=what+did+you++i+would+say+at+this+moment&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&oq=what+did+you+think&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j0l4j46j0l2.7033j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8). IIRC it became popular as the theme song for Michael J. Fox and Courtney Cox’s characters on the popular tv series Family Ties. Holy crap what a glurgy, tuneless piece of shite. Sorry I don’t think I know how to insert links. You should thank me, in this case. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/120 "2020-08-19T13:59:41Z")
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