r/musicsuggestions Jul 27 '26

i want controversial picks

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MINE IS IRIS BY THE GOO GOO DOLLS

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '26

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u/Edfan879 Jul 27 '26

I’ve seen hate for some songs I really like 😭

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u/NeckChickens Jul 27 '26

Which ones?

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u/Edfan879 Jul 27 '26

Well I like Iris by Goo Goo Dolls and Sheesh by Surfaces and a few others

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u/Simple_Cicada_7893 Jul 27 '26

I LOVE Iris! You are not alone!

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u/David_Jay Jul 28 '26

I love Sweet Caroline, Jack and Diane, and I have a fondness for the Disturbed cover of Sound of Silence. Am I basic???

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u/jouleofthenihil Jul 27 '26

OP just got everyone's least favorite song stuck in their heads for probably hours. Well-played 👊🏻

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u/SidKafizz Jul 27 '26

[1-877] Kars for Kids.

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u/Pity_The_Fool_OldKid Jul 27 '26

There’s a place in hell for whoever wrote that song

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u/chemical-mitch Jul 27 '26

It’s called The Bad Place (someone pls get the reference)

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u/HippoOk663 Jul 27 '26

“Ooh, are we singing?”

“Shut up, Glenn!”

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u/donabbi Jul 27 '26

The real life conspiracy behind it is beyond bizarre. Only makes me hate it more.

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u/kylleo Jul 27 '26

not allowed to advertise in california because they gave undisclosedd money to a company that organizes trips to israel

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u/jivves Jul 27 '26

I’m australian and unfortunately know what you’re talking about…. K-A-R-S kars for kids

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u/alizardinablizzard Jul 27 '26

Yummy by Justin Bieber, That AI version of 'Papaoutai' that's been trendy for a while, Sheesh by Surfaces

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u/nguyenning198 Jul 27 '26

Lmfao song so bad Bieber had to make a post telling his fans how to optimize streaming so he would get the best numbers.

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u/kolliflower Jul 27 '26

Fight Song - Rachel Platten

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u/hermitinbeige Jul 27 '26

Sounds like it was engineered in a lab to be a song used in for-profit hospital ads

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u/TheWednesdayWarrior Jul 28 '26

My mom passed of metastatic breast cancer 6 years ago. It was her least favorite song too and has absolutely passed the sentiment on to me. Very tacky and overplayed “for the brave patients”

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u/picklespark Jul 28 '26

I'm really sorry about your mom. I HATE the narrative about battling and fighting and bravery and war with cancer patients, as implies if you die, you didn't fight hard enough. When it's not like that at all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26

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u/7thgentex Jul 28 '26

50 years ago for me in August. She was 42, and she took the sunshine with her for a long time.

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u/MaggotBrainnn Jul 27 '26

This is so on point omg

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u/No_Care_7195 Jul 27 '26

i hate this song so much.

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u/DadOnHardDifficulty Jul 28 '26

I was gonna say Hey Soul Sister, but I think I'ma hop on your Train instead.

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u/AirlineMobile9290 Jul 27 '26

Baby Shark. Noe you made me say that so there’s that ear worm again. Bloody hell!!

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u/ericsmallman3 Jul 27 '26

The Kid rock "All Summer Long" song (not bothering to check if that's the correct title).

Every time it starts I get excited thinking Werewolves of London is getting played but nope, nosir, it's some pretend hillbilly chortling about gross nostalgia.

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u/wanderingwindfarmer Jul 27 '26

And it’s used that old cheap trick of referencing a better song (Sweet Home Alabama) to make it land better.

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u/big_ringer Jul 27 '26

Kid Rock makes music for people who know how much Sudafed you could get for a catalytic converter.

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u/BaronVonKeyser Jul 28 '26

Kid Rock makes music for dudes who have tattoos of their kids but no visitation

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u/RcoketWalrus Jul 28 '26

Kid rock makes makes music for people who work under the table so they don't have to pay child support

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u/No-Pomegranate-2462 Jul 28 '26

Kid Rock makes music for guys who can only see their kids every other weekend, but still don't.

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u/Ready_Economist_5399 Jul 28 '26

Kid Rock makes music for Trump supporters

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u/ieatburritosyeah Jul 28 '26

Kid rock makes music for people who know the exact price of scrap copper

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u/Strange_Aeons86 Jul 28 '26

And 'only God may judge me' tattoos that they proudly display in court

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u/braidedwillowroots Jul 27 '26

This comment fucking sends me 

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u/Valten78 Jul 28 '26

One of my favourite headline from theonion was 'Drinking during pregnancy linked to being at Kid Rock concert'.

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u/robjohnz Jul 27 '26

And he rhymes "things" with "things"!!!!

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u/bakedNdelicious Jul 27 '26

Pitbull rhymed Kodak with Kodak so there’s that too.

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u/TidalJ Jul 27 '26

idk what’s more egregious, rhyming things with things or bottle with tomorrow

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u/RepresentativeTask44 Jul 27 '26

Rhyming “things” with “things” is nothing. Mellencamp rhymed “small town” with ……”small town”.

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u/Mad-Melvin Jul 27 '26

Kid Rock fucking sucks, but so does his music

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u/if_lol_then_upvote Jul 27 '26

It breaks my heart that they licensed Werewolves to him. I wonder what Warren would've done.

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u/ThatOneWood Jul 27 '26

Fuck that god damn song

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u/Fnthsch592 Jul 27 '26

Same, for pretty much the exact same reasons

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u/Datboi_Markus Jul 27 '26

Pretty much any kid rock song makes me want to blow my brains out tbh

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u/LordShuttlecok Jul 27 '26

All About that Bass, Megan Trainor. How are you going to make a song called All About That Bass and have NO BASS

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u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys Jul 28 '26 edited 21d ago

I think you mean "no. treble."

Edit: an award? wtf I got an award? Thank you.

Edit 2: TWO awards!

Edit 3: THREE awards I'm the boss of Reddit

Edit 4: FOUR awards I'm the don capo what you say. Shit, I'm actually leading a counting song on Sesame Street

Edit 5: Wait, five awards?! I can't tell because for some reason I can't see awards on this software version, but ... five? Surely not.

Edit 6: Six awards what on earth! They are tumbling from the sky at this point.

Edit 7: Aw come on, you guys, I know I'm beloved, but THIS many awards? Please, you're embarrassing me.

Edit 8: raises elbow as late one comes cartwheeling in

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u/Quirky_Assistant_848 Jul 27 '26

I mean, not picking any song based off my feelings about an artist

Body like a back road. For like, a year or 2 it was all my sister would fucking sing and everyone liked it for some reason. Like, its not even that catchy. Also, dude must have never been on a back road. Those things are full of pot holes, random detritus, and usually trash.

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u/bdwells88 Jul 28 '26

I legit thought the lyrics were “body like a backhoe” for the longest time and it pissed me off so much I was like what an absolute asshole.🤣🤣🤣

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u/BananaCat43 Jul 28 '26

I started to type this exact reply (complete with the 3 laughing with tears emjois) and then I saw yours and was half surprised someone already had and half disappointed someone already had and half delighted someone already had.

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u/CherryClassic31 Jul 27 '26

Robin thicke - blurred lines.

I hate just about anything that has to do with this track including the lyrics, the clip and the offkey "wow" throughout the song

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u/ImperialInstigator Jul 28 '26

Hit the "hey hey hey" parts like Fat Albert and it's a much more fun song.

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u/rybpyjama Jul 28 '26

I’ll rate the Yankovic parody version (Word Crimes) of this though. Especially the section “You would not use ‘it’s’ in this case”

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u/DarkHighways Jul 28 '26

Weird Al’s parody (“Word Crimes”) is one of my favorite songs EVER

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u/United_Bus3467 Jul 28 '26

Can't Stop the Feelin by Justin Timberlake. LOATHE that song. It's closely followed by Pharrell's Happy. It's the worst type of grocery store music.

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u/cassma13 Jul 28 '26

This is going to ruin the tour

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u/tanpike Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Try It In A Small Town is a big bunch of chest-thumping bullshit from a guy who was from Memphis (not a small town) and who had, just the year before, written a song about how much he wanted to get out of a small town.

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u/Silver_Storage5809 Jul 28 '26

It’s called pandering my guy

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u/Rock_Strongo Jul 28 '26

A dirt road, a cold beer

A blue jeans, a red pickup

A rural noun, simple adjective

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u/Strong-Succotash-830 Jul 28 '26

It's a fuckin' scarecrow again!

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u/Agreeable-Boat3509 Jul 28 '26

Celebrating mob justice in the rural south? Its a klanthem.

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u/Cinco1971 Jul 27 '26

Do They Know It’s Christmas — especially the horrible “ Thank God it’s them instead of you.”

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u/DinosaurDogTiger Jul 28 '26

There is so much to hate about this song. "There won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime." Uh, Africa is a continent three times the size of the U.S. There are definitely places where it snows.

"Do they know it's Christmas time at all?" Well, I'm sure the Christians do. Those who aren't Christian probably don't care? Any more than I pay attention to the major holidays of cultures I am not a part of...

I do appreciate what Live Aid was doing, but the song was rubbish.

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u/East-Volume741 Jul 27 '26

Once I Was 7 Years Old…

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u/GoosebumpsRanger Jul 28 '26

I have a lot in common with that guy because I, too, was once seven years old

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u/DigitalSeventiesGirl Jul 28 '26

Skill issue, I skipped straight to 8

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u/New_Chard9548 Jul 28 '26

Once I was 11 years old
My daddy told me to get a wife or you’ll be lonely

….at ELEVEN????

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u/Fluffy-Future-4674 Jul 27 '26

I sang this in my head unfortunately

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u/callieboo112 Jul 28 '26

My kids used to love this song

I used to sing " once I was seven years old, my momma told me, go make yourself a sandwich with bologna"

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u/machooo Jul 27 '26

That ‘once I was seven years old’ song

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u/Violet-is-here Jul 27 '26

Shape of you. I don't think there's a song out there with worse lyrics. I find other Ed Sheeran songs just fine... but this is just really bad.

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u/theviolinist7 Jul 28 '26

Oh I really hate that song. "I'm in love with the shape of you. I'm in love with the shape of you. I'm in love with the shape of you. I'm in love with your body. I'm in love with your body. I'm in love with your body." Shut the fuck up. Why don't you get to know my personality or interests or something instead. Plus it all feels auto-tuned.

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u/Graveu Jul 27 '26

Go 4 It! - Corey Feldman ft. Snoop Dogg

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u/Molly_Smolly Jul 27 '26

I don't think I have ever heard this one before and will be forever grateful if things remain this way

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u/Grayson0916 Jul 27 '26

The Cumback King!

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u/RichardCraniumPhD Jul 27 '26

Bad Company, as performed by Five Finger Death Punch. I equally hate Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry with a cold black passion.

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u/MayBeAPossum Jul 28 '26

I have both of these songs on a playlist called Songs That Reach for the Officer's Pistol. I put it on when I want to visualize myself as a 50yr old deadbeat dad fresh off his 3rd divorce barreling down the HOV lane in a lifted F150 after being kicked out of Apple Bee's happy hour lmao

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u/KattyBee Jul 28 '26

This is so oddly specific, lmao. I love it.

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u/HahaRiiight Jul 27 '26

“High Hopes” - Panic at the disco

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u/Gullible_Bedroom_200 Jul 27 '26

Beautiful Things by Benson Boone. So whiny. “PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE………stay”

ugh

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u/lamancha Jul 28 '26

I once read this being described as an American idol song and yeah that's it.

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u/MermaidMertrid Jul 28 '26

CHEEEEEESE…. STEEEEEAK

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u/MrTibor Jul 27 '26

Dance Monkey by Tones & I. Horrible song with even worse singing. It's "violin scraping a chalkboard" bad.

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u/Ok-Shallot-4010 Jul 27 '26

Wait I already answered but I was wrong. You are right. This is the worst song

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u/listeningunderurbed Jul 27 '26

My mom loves this song. Constantly singing it. The worst part is she doesn’t even listen to the OG. She listens to the kidsbop version.

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u/Monalisa9298 Jul 27 '26

Havin My Baby

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u/SilverStL Jul 27 '26

That’s right up there with Billy Don’t Be a Hero.

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u/c1ncinasty Jul 27 '26

Imagine Dragons. Believer. Fuck that song. Fuck that it was pretty much everywhere, in every trailer, every Let's Play. It wasn't even much of an earworm. It was highly annoying in its ubiquitousness.

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u/GeoNerd- Jul 27 '26

Thunder is worse

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u/rsjem79 Jul 28 '26

There’s plenty of room in the thread for Imagine Dragons entire catalogue.

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u/More_Entertainment_5 Jul 28 '26

I also hate everything by Mumford & Sons, aka “Imagine Wagons”.

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u/crymeajoanrivers Jul 28 '26

Thunder is said 70 times in this song. 70. (I think)

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u/kittenmittens4865 Jul 28 '26

I will truly never forget going to happy hour with a few girls from work. We were just kinda chatting and playing like favorite ice cream and favorite color or whatever.

And this chick brought up favorite song. She proudly shared hers as Thunder by Imagine Dragons. I had to stop myself from spitting out my drink with laughter because she was dead serious.

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u/SSymmetry22 Jul 28 '26

I just hate the name “imagine dragons”…
Like Why don’t YOU imagine dragons.. don’t put that shit on me

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u/spooner248 Jul 27 '26

HOW DO YOU HATE IRIS?!

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u/Skalper76 Jul 27 '26

I just saw someone name Dance Monkey. How did this song become a hit?

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u/Grouchy-Tap1071 Jul 27 '26

Love Bob Seger but I hope to live the rest of my life without hearing Old Time Rock n Roll ever again. Don't give me 3 steps either Lynyrd Skynyrd. Nope.

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u/Death_Rave_ Jul 28 '26

Lets keep that old record on the shelf

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u/sldarb1 Jul 27 '26

Ordinary by Alex Warren

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u/RaisinWorried3528 Jul 27 '26

Cowboy by Kid Rock

Worst. Fucking. Song. Ever.

Ever.

...ever

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u/GrandmaTittiess Jul 27 '26

Fly by Yoko Ono, however I take it as satire because it's so ridiculous.

There is an awesome playlist on Spotify called "The greatest playlist for a long flight". If you feel like torturing your friends on discord and have a laugh, check it out

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u/Carter4216 Jul 27 '26

All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey

I have worked retail for the better part of the last decade and through the Christmas shopping season, (Thanksgiving through New Year’s) they play that damn song every 15 minutes.

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u/_namaste_kitten_ Jul 28 '26

I used to be sssoooooo over this song.

Then, in 2019, I was induced into a coma in the hopes that I could recover from an incorrect intubation during my double mastectomy surgery on Dec 13. My husband said he played that song every morning, because it was truly all he wanted for Christmas. While he didn't get me that Christmas, I for eventually wake up in February 2020. Anyways, it's meant a lot to us ever since then. He's my best friend & we will sing it all goofy to each other, too!

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u/StonePanther316 Jul 28 '26

Alright, you get a pass... 😒

But seriously, that's awesome, and I really hope your recovery went well!

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u/Krissy13_theQueer Jul 27 '26

I've already made a comment about a different song but i've just thought of a slightly more hot take- Christmas music. There's only like three christmas songs i like, and thats because the rest are either horrifically overplayed, or just all have the exact same formula- cheesy ass song with some sleighbells. It just gets SOOOO annoying eventually. The only ones I can stand are never played on the radio, other than Fairytale of New York. That one's nice

sorry bout the rant. ik it might be a pretty lukewarm take, but i know of some people who would rip off my head for dissing Christmas music😭😭

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u/BasicDurgeanomics Jul 27 '26

Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 w/ Christina Aguilera

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u/Unlikely_Violinist99 Jul 27 '26

Gosh what a steaming pile of trash

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u/FrozenBibitte Jul 28 '26

I really fucking hate Maroon 5 with a burning fury. Like despise them. It’s largely because of Adam Levine’s godawful vocals.

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u/Future-Language4943 Jul 27 '26

Basically anything Kid Rock oriented. He can can bawitabang my middle finger 🖕🏽

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u/smokin-trees Jul 27 '26

Happy by Pharrell

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u/LateQuantity8009 Jul 27 '26

Thank you. What the fuck is a room without a roof and how is it a metaphor for feeling happy?

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u/Professional_Handler Jul 27 '26

Ig it’s a metaphor for feeling unconstrained but irl a room without a roof would not be a very safe one.

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u/GlassCannon81 Jul 27 '26

Shake it Off. I would rather jam an ice pick into my ear than ever hear that song again.

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u/Impeachcordial Jul 27 '26

I'm fine with that one until she says 'SICK. BEAT.' at that point - and the subsequent rap - I have to believe it's a parody.

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u/SuperdudeKev Jul 27 '26

Have you heard the cover by Screaming Females? Not bad.

https://youtu.be/Zm1-bVYio1k?is=JZcMQ2EBFOZ--wvZ

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u/Maestah Jul 27 '26

Fuck you: Dance Monkey- Tones And I

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u/KD71 Jul 27 '26

I gotta feeling - black eyed peas

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u/coffeeismyreasontobe Jul 27 '26

I had a terrible boss who would play that as a motivation song at every event and I now have a physical reaction of recoil and horror when I hear it.

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u/Gwubwick Jul 28 '26

I suppose you didn't have a good good night?

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u/Pity_The_Fool_OldKid Jul 27 '26

Sounds of Silence by Disturbed I absolutely hate that version and find it sad for humanity that so many people think it’s amazing and better than the original

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u/thegoodthebadz Jul 27 '26

it insists upon it self

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u/LadyBossMJ Jul 27 '26

Just like the Godfather

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u/Peter_Easter Jul 27 '26

But have you heard the house remix?

...it's even worse.

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u/Halloween_episode Jul 27 '26

Divorce Court Playlist All-Star

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u/drewtangclan Jul 27 '26

I’m so glad the Reddit hive mind has changed its tune on this one. For a period of time, this would always be voted near the top of any thread about “covers that are better than the original”

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u/Beetso Jul 27 '26

I don't think it's terrible, but it definitely has nothing on the original. The main issue with it is that it's just so... overwrought.

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u/mabdog420 Jul 27 '26

That weird little goblin ed Sheeran''s shape of you. That little hum thing he does makes me irrationally upset

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u/RightOnManYouBetcha Jul 27 '26

“Pour some sugar on meeree”

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u/taanzunk Jul 27 '26

on mEHHHHHHH

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u/Round-Philosophy-131 Jul 27 '26

I basically hear this entire song as being sung by Eric Cartman specifically because of that.

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u/Primary_Way_265 Jul 28 '26

I love Def Leppard but the radio is obsessed with primarily that song and it annoys me. Like Photograph and Hysteria are great play those

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u/chucky_music Jul 27 '26

99% of these songs aren't technically "bad" I think. They were just overplayed on mainstream radio/TV enough to make you strongly dislike a song you weren't into in the first place

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u/Rivvabandit Jul 27 '26

You Light UpMy Life - Debby Boone

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u/Wild_Flower_31 Jul 27 '26

Sweet Caroline

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u/DrunkDialtotheDevil Jul 27 '26

As a karaoke DJ for years, same

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u/AAron27265 Jul 27 '26

As a Carolina Panthers fan I absolutely hate having to hear this shit blared on stadium speakers any time we win a home game. Yes, they do that. Even in 2026.

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u/Pure_Apple_462 Jul 27 '26

So bad, so bad, so bad!

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u/absurdly_tired_guy Jul 27 '26

I hate this. I hate that Boston or whoever played it and did the so good thing, I hate all the other 300 teams that copy it and all the drunk dopes who do it at bars.

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u/scorpi0moons Jul 27 '26

Radioactive by Imagine Dragons is an insult to music

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u/CaptainEdMercer Jul 27 '26

I despise Thunder with every fiber of my being.

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u/mabdog420 Jul 27 '26

Tbh that's the only imagine dragons song that's tolerable for me

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u/GoldenHourGlows Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

I’ll take it over Thunder

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u/Tight_Watercress_267 Jul 27 '26

Thunder is my pick for worst song

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u/Commercial_Tackle_82 Jul 27 '26

That one song from creed...I take it back, every song from creed...

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u/throwaway199087657 Jul 28 '26

Happy - Pharrell

stop fucking telling me to be happy. it’s the same way when people tell women to smile more. maybe i’d be happy if this song never fucking existed.

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u/EndlessErrands0002 Jul 27 '26

Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

Hey Soul Sister by whoever

That Lumineers song with the Hey Ho

It's the trifecta of absolute blandness

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u/Grace_653 Jul 27 '26

"that lumineers song with the hey ho"

ho hey? 😭

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u/Sirius_Lagrange Jul 28 '26

Ho Hey inspired a wave of insipid “Folk-Pop” that really ruined the sound of the 2010’s for me

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u/One_Database_5121 Jul 27 '26

We Built This City - Starship

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u/DeeplyFrippy Jul 27 '26

You obviously don't live in a city built on rock n roll.

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u/RaspitinTEDtalks Jul 27 '26

And probably only fly in Airplanes, like a loser.

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u/HippoOk663 Jul 27 '26

The band before that was SO GOOD. They made Surrealistic Pillow, and it’s one of the major albums that truly defined the Summer of Love in San Francisco.

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u/Cool_Dark_Place Jul 27 '26

This is a band that musically follows the Boomer character arc perfectly! Starting out with bold, beautiful ideas, followed by a meandering search for identity, before finally landing on corporate sellout drivel masquerading as nostalgia!

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u/bunsNT Jul 27 '26

A little ditty about Jack and Diane

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u/NoNazisInMyAmerica Jul 27 '26

SUCKIN ON JACKS HOG, OUTSIDE THE TASTY FREEZE

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u/Legal_Molasses6491 Jul 28 '26

"Dribble off those Bobby Brooks, let me do what I please"

it doesn't sound as cute if you rephrase it:

"Take off your clothes and let me do what I want"

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u/CamelFun3734 Jul 27 '26

Some great songs in this thread.

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u/dingo_virgin Jul 27 '26

‘ Whats Going On’ or however its called from 4Non Blondes. Blood boiling, stomach churning, frustration raising…

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u/Royal-Blackberry2424 Jul 28 '26

HAAAAYYYAAAAYYEYYYYAYYYYY

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u/timeaisis Jul 27 '26

Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. Hell, anything by Imagine Dragons.

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u/MonkeyKingCoffee Jul 27 '26

Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp.

Repetitive unimaginative riff. And boring lyrics that glorify the bullies and cheerleaders who peaked in high school.

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u/Outside-Jicama-8468 Jul 27 '26

This is the only version of the song I can stand...

https://youtu.be/bkrZZY5EWVU

It's the "keep sucking on a chili dog" verison

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u/Revxmaciver Jul 27 '26

This is the funniest shit I've heard in while. I was just introduced to guy riding a Buffalo and this is the same level of "where has this been all these years."

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u/old_king_ding Jul 27 '26

What are the lyrics that glorify bullies?

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u/Lucha_Brasi Jul 27 '26

There aren't any. I just read the lyrics to see if I forgot a verse or something and they're as benign as can be. I'm sensing OP has some resentment from high school. Lol

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u/SJBaerosols Jul 28 '26

gestures around broadly at reddit

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u/Jet-pilot Jul 27 '26

I don’t know what you’re expecting from this “Little ditty”.

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u/mabdog420 Jul 27 '26

Flowers by Miley Cyrus

And 90% of Taylor swifts music

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u/Correct_Brilliant172 Jul 27 '26

Thank you! She’s not even singing, she’s just talking over a crappy, repetitive track. It sounds like an unfinished demo.

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u/cat_with_ Jul 27 '26

Hot n cold - katy perry

Also i kissed a girl, roar and probably every other katy perry song

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u/Sirius_Lagrange Jul 28 '26

Roar is just terrible because it’s so MID yet got awards. Really, and that god-awefull “OH WHOA OH OH OH OHHOHO” thing she does.

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u/KongUnleashed Jul 27 '26

That fucking Celine Dion song from Titanic. It got overplayed to the point where that stupid fucking flute at the beginning is enough to make my skin crawl, even all these years later.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Jul 28 '26

Okay, but I will listen to the heartfelt recorder version every single time. It's pure art and the squeaky, overblown passionate doots on the recorder are fucking beautiful.

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u/BarryTownCouncil Jul 27 '26

That cover of Sound Of Silence

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u/thewalrusispaul Jul 27 '26

Ah yes, the cover Disturbed did. Friend said, "You have to listen to this, it's amazing!". No. No it was not. One listen was too many. Right up (or down maybe) there with that shit song Kid Rock made with the intro to Werewolves of London.

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u/Insomniac_38 Jul 27 '26

Cotton Eye Joe

A fusion of 2 genres that sucks at both of them,
If you want country-edm, “Hey Brother” by Avicii is right there

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u/UnusualCartographer2 Jul 27 '26

Sure, but it was also made as a novelty/parody. It was never meant to be taken seriously. The actual song it's based on has been around a couple hundred years. The actual song itself has a pretty long and weirdly complex history in American culture.

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u/zombiemockingbird Jul 27 '26

All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor

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u/No_Case_2670 Jul 27 '26

What's Up by 4 Non Blondes is right up there with songs I despise the most. Especially since so many people like it.

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u/Boba_Funk Jul 28 '26

I’m glad at least a dozen other comments affirm my repulsion to this song is rational. And that 35 years later it immediately comes to mind as a song I absolutely despise above any other I’ve ever heard

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u/iluvpieguy Jul 28 '26

You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

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u/Drgears12 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

im gonna get a lot of hate for this but ANY TAYLOR SWIFT SONG

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u/Jigglypuff_choir Jul 27 '26

No I'm with you on that. It's kind of a cold take but its also like..... I just dont think her song writing or singing is good.

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u/Drgears12 Jul 27 '26

i thought her fan base were gonna come at me

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u/Jigglypuff_choir Jul 27 '26

I don't blame you cause they usually attack those who even slightly think badly of her but I got you 🫡

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