# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/161 "2020-08-30T13:50:50Z")
The BBC banned “Beep Beep”, since it referred to brand names (Nash Rambler and Cadillac). The Playmates re-recorded it for the Brits - substituting “bubble car” and “limousine”. Here is the British version: [The PLAYMATES - 'Beep Beep' - 45rpm 1958 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfoXqt7w1M) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/162 "2020-08-30T14:17:56Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Hey! I loved that song when I was in fifth and sixth grade! 😠 That’s not a defense. I loved New Kids on the Block when I was a fifth-grader, but then I learned good taste. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/163 "2020-08-30T17:19:50Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips. There was a stretch of years where I swore I heard it every.single.time I walked into a store that had overhead music. Hey now hold on for a sec - what about Eddie Money’s “whatever will be, will be”… > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Or they use Extreme’s “More Than Words” at a wedding. Ah yes - the ole “hey, let’s try to out-harmonize the Beatles, or something!” mushy dreck. ‘Saccharine’ and ‘pretentious’ have never, before, been so perfectly fused. congealed. I forgot, though, about two Sugar Ray hits - _Every Morning_ and _When It’s Over_. Apparently, earlier in their career, they weren’t this treacly, wispy, watered down, _WEEEEAAK_ as _FUUUUCK_ (I’m too grossed out to corroborate whether that’s indeed the case) I can’t even get myself to link them - you all most likely know them anyway. Did I see a Maroon 5 post earlier? Could it have been for _This Love_, which features some of the most execrably monotonal singing during the chorus, which is a shame considering that the verses are much more palatable. Queen’s _Radio Ga Ga_ offends my very sense of well-being. And heck, while I’m dealing with d’ose guys - whom I ultimately don’t really have a whole lot against - _Body Language_, _Bicycle Race_, _Fat Bottomed Girls_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/164 "2020-08-30T20:29:29Z")
It was not a defense, it was sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/165 "2020-08-30T21:07:16Z")
We really need sarcasm tags on this thing. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/166 "2020-08-30T22:15:29Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Everybody’s heard, about the bird… Sorry, but the lyrics to "Surfin’ Bird’’ are a major part of what makes it one of the greatest rock n’ roll songs ever. It’s an elemental force of nature, like “Susie Q”. Bird is the word, and if that’s not enough: _Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Oom oom oom oom, ooma mow mow Papa ooma mow mow, papa oom oom oom Oom ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Papa a mow mow, papa ooma mow mow Papa ooma mow mow, ooma mow mow Papa ooma mow mow, ooma mow mow_ Genius. > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > …“Beep Beep,” by The Playmates. Possibly the most wonderful ditty of the 50s. The only other contender for that title I can think of offhand, is “Transfusion” by Nervous Norvus. ---
**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 30, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045/167 "2020-08-30T22:23:37Z")
Sit down, father, rest you. Everybody’s got one. Everybody’s got one. Goo goo ja joob. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-annoying-popular-song-of-all-time/918045.md?page=8)