Posted on 03/28/2025 12:16:41 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Pop music has produced countless hits that have captivated audiences and topped charts around the world. However, not all popular songs are universally loved. Some have a knack for getting stuck in your head and refusing to leave, while others are just plain irritating. Here, we explore the 30 most annoying pop songs ever, examining why they earned their spots on this list.
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You got that right!
I'd put "I've seen fire and I've seen rain" by James Taylor on that list.
“Play That Funky Music, White Boy”
This was THE first song that came to my mind I’m surprised no one has mentioned it. Perhaps they’ve blocked it from their memory banks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMMBop
Come on, Dahmer liked it, he said Timothy was a man of good taste.
I-III Will Always Love YOU-OUOU.
By Whitney, Dolly or anyone else.
Yes, almost like he is straining to make stool.
There is one song that can send me screaming into the night: Seasons In The Sun.
“Last Christmas”
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I scream in agony when that song comes on. As it does once an hour every year on Christmas radio stations.
In fact most Christmas pop songs turn my stomach.
Grandma got run over....
Jingle Bell Rock
Holly Jolly Christmas
Santa Baby
Feliz Navidad
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Do they know it’s Christmas
And so many more.
That’s a schmaltzy one for sure.
What about Chuck Berry? My ding a ling?
He used to play a club in Denver, CO, playing a tobacco finish Gibson 345 in about ‘78. Pre-stardom.
Horse With No Name
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I know I’m dehydrated when riding my bike and that song starts playing in my mind. That and Show me the way to go home....
Sky Rocket’s in flight, afternoon delight.
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One summer Ben Lafker and I laid on his mom’s sofa and made out to that song. zoom zoom. afternoon delight, ahh ahh afternoon delight.
We just kissed. Oh and maybe got high.
Ick
Long pig!
Sorry but everything mentioned so far is amateur stuff. For serious crimes against humanity you have bring bring out Yoko Ono!
I like people who catch on to subtlety!
Went through all the posts and nobody mentioned “Rubber Ducky”.
Also pretty much any disco hit......Disco made me install a tape deck in my car back in the late 70’s.
I used to work in a cubicle and the guy next to me had a CD player and all he played was James Taylor’s greatest hits. Then his family went to the Smokies and he brought back a CD of Appalachian banjo music. Serenity now.
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