It’s sad that he should burn in hell for one minor sin in great catalog of harmless catchy tunes.
I think all of us who say we ‘hate’ that song, do it with a wink and a smile. Paul MCartney and Phil Collins had the same kind of trouble, that of certain songs becoming ubiquitous and ‘too popular’.
Don Henley of The Eagles said when he sits in a taxi, and the radio is playing Hotel California, he very quickly asks the driver to either change the music or turn it off. He involuntarily goes through every guitar strum in his head when he hears it.