# What is your most hated song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 2, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621 "2023-03-02T22:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/161 "2023-03-07T21:39:16Z")
_Going To The Country_ by Canned Heat. It like… wants to be 12-bar blues? But the tempo is too fast, sung by a reedy-voiced white guy who is never quite on key, and a flute solo, of all things. Why is it still played? What is this song to people? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hf0Dm-OaTNk/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgSSgyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLC13IBskFBnleQY4qHHpNB2ZNHwww ""Going up the Country" - Canned Heat / WOODSTOCK '69") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf0Dm-OaTNk) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/162 "2023-03-07T21:40:05Z")
I love “Going Up The Country”, can’t explain why, but I do. (Just like others, I love a lot of songs mentioned in this thread, but also share the hate for others posted) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/163 "2023-03-07T21:42:24Z")
![](https://media.tenor.com/iyEtf5GXhxEAAAAM/james-roday-shawn-spencer.gif) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/164 "2023-03-07T21:43:41Z")
Well, not only me, it was popular enough to feature prominently in the Woodstock movie. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/165 "2023-03-07T22:37:57Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Has anyone said _Seasons in the Sun_ yet? I remember listening to the top 100 countdown for the year on a December evening. _Seasons in the Sun_ came in second. Number one that year? So many memories too painful to remember The way we were Not a good year for Pop music – but at least we had some fine Prog to retreat to ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/166 "2023-03-07T22:59:24Z")
They were trying to sound like Henry Thomas. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b8NJ-MIfFHI/hqdefault.jpg "Henry Thomas - Going Up The Country (1928)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8NJ-MIfFHI) ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/167 "2023-03-07T23:41:48Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > If you can read any part of this thread and walk away without a malignant earworm infestation, you are my (Billy Don’t Be a) Hero. You win the internet today. 🙇‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/168 "2023-03-07T23:55:52Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Basically if a genii said that you could pick one song, and he would make it so that whenever it was played in your vicinity you would hear it as white noise, which song would you pick. Since I read this on Tuesday, _Highway to Hell_, AC/DC. It’s by no means my most hated song, but it’s a song I dislike which I still constantly hear. Please, blank that shit out. _Bad to the Bone_ is my M/W/F answer to this question, for the same reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/169 "2023-03-08T12:39:48Z")
I’ll probably rile up a few of the old fogies in this thread. I hate classic rock, so I agree with the Zeppelin mentions, and other associated songs. But the one song I hate more than anything else? It’s a tie between _House of the Rising Sun_, particularly the version by The Animals and _Do It Again_ by Steely Dan. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/170 "2023-03-08T14:23:33Z")
I was never much of a radio listener, so my least favorite songs are typically those from bands I like, on albums I like, that make me have to skip over the ear-assault to get back to songs I like. This was a pain in the ass when I listened only to albums on turntables. So, _Revolution #9_ - the Beatles, ranks up there as a least favorite song (though it’s more of an experimental sound collage than a song). But, I _was_ held hostage listening to radio when I was in junior high and the bus driver blared his radio early in the morning on the way to school. The station he blared generally played good songs, but I always cringed when these songs came on: _Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree_ - Tony Orlando & Dawn, _The Candy Man_ - Sammy Davis Junior, and _Muskrat Love_ - Captain & Tennille. They were enough to make me want to vomit my Wheaties. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/171 "2023-03-08T14:37:58Z")
While awaiting a haircut yesterday I was subjected to the local “Classic Hits” station and the dreaded **“Pina Colada Song”** played. When I was a radio DJ and I was forced to play that song, I always turned the monitor down to zero. The song has a catchy hook to it, but the content (a song about two cheating, self-absorbed, vacuous people who truly deserve each other) always irritated me. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/172 "2023-03-08T19:17:09Z")
Which version? 🤢 > **[Seasons in the Sun | Other versions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasons_in_the_Sun#Other_versions)** > > 1.The first recording of the English-language version (lyrics by McKuen) was released on 1963 album Time to Think by The Kingston Trio. | > 2.The Fortunes recorded the song for a 1968 single. | > 3.The Newmen, an Irish vocal group, released a version in 1969 on Dolphin Records (DOS37) with 'Bonnie Bonnie' on the B-side. | > 4.Colombian duet Ana y Jaime released a Spanish version called Estaciones en el Sol. | > 5.Pearls Before Swine included a version of the song on their album City of Gold in 19 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/173 "2023-03-08T19:21:47Z")
I should have differentiated between “Christmas Music” and “All Other Music” when I submitted _ **Sleigh Ride** _. 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/174 "2023-03-08T19:38:34Z")
Anything sung by Michael McDonald. It’s really crazy how the opinions on his voice are so polarized. To me, he sounds like he’s straining for a bowel movement in a heavily carpeted bathroom ([canonical example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3rVtcm6pBE)), but I’ve heard many people say he sounds like sex on a stick. I don’t get that at all. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/175 "2023-03-09T16:44:19Z")
I only like the Doobie brothers BECAUSE of Michael McDonald. I hate most of those whining southern shitkickers bleating on and on, but the Doobies are quite listenable. Because of Michale McDonald. “Taking It To the Streets” 😁 - happy music to me ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/176 "2023-03-19T09:52:44Z")
> [@YellowDog51](#): > > I just can’t leave this thread without seconding Kars for Kids as THE song I simply must mute or change the channel. There is a reason why in _The Good Place_ that jingle is [the official Bad Place song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjX4-LKqCA). ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/177 "2023-03-19T16:58:19Z")
I have not read the tread because I don’t want to be influenced, so if I’m repeating or the conversation has drifted, forgive me. Sweet Home Alabama. I hate it. Hate, hate, HATE it. I hate that it’s a celebration of the right to be a fucking racist and I especially hate that white people defend it as not a celebration of racism. How they contort the actual words to make it say the opposite of what it says and disregard the very reason why the song exists in the first place. How they use the black background singers as evidence that the song couldn’t be racist as if black people weren’t and aren’t used to further any song, institution or thing by whites without even the pretense of a second thought. And this is done by my friends-- MY FRIENDS!-- which shows just how much it is ok to be a racist even among non-racists. For a while I thought maybe my non-racists friends were right about this song but the last 10 year or so have shown me that no, almost all white people do not want to see it, it makes them uncomfortable-- even the good ones. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/178 "2023-03-19T17:16:02Z")
_Sweet Home Alabama_ makes reference to _Alabama_ by Neil Young (“Alabama … your Cadillac has a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track”), so it is at least partly a response to the diss. It is subsequently referenced in the chorus of Warren Zevon’s _Play It All Night Long_ (“Sweet Home Alabama, play that dead band’s song”). ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/179 "2023-03-19T17:18:25Z")
It is a response to a few songs calling out Alabama for being racists, so yeah, it’s a response to a diss. A deserved diss. And pointing out other states are racists too does not endear me at all. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621/180 "2023-03-19T17:56:26Z")
Yeah, another Neil Young song condemning Southern racism that’s referenced in the song is “Southern Man”, in the line “a Southern man don’t need him [Neil] around anyhow”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621.md?page=10)