It’s a small world, after all, PopWatchers, and on this little blue marble there are things called songs, and a lot of these songs are annoying as all hell, and WNBC.com just ranked the 22 most annoying among them. (Hat tip to our NSFW pals at Stereogum for the link.) The, er, winner? Yep, the catchy theme park ditty "It’s a Small World (After All)," by the great Mary Poppins team of Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. Whatever. Annoying, sure, but, whoa, it’s no "My Humps," by the great obnoxious team of Fergie (pictured) and her fellow Black-Eyed Peas. And, jeez, "My Humps" isn’t even on the list. Filling out the rankings instead are a lot of unimaginative picks from the likes of Barry Manilow, Billy Ray Cyrus, the Spice Girls, and Barney the purple frickin’ dinosaur.
Good God, I know we can do better. So what would your top picks for the most annoying song of all time be? And let’s get creative, people. Forget about Hanson and the Baha Men. Too easy. I’m thinking more along the lines of Michael Jackson’s "Ben" or Madonna’s "Erotica." Or, I dunno, Ravel’s Bolero. Hell, even some of the greatest acts of all time have had some truly annoying clunkers. I was just listening to the Beatles the other day and realized that "Your Mother Should Know" is just, like, three lines repeated over and over again. McCartney, you slacker!
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That Yub-Yub Ewok song from return of the jedi. I remember sitting in the orthodontist’s chair hearing that song on the radio piped in and thinking what?
I have a couple. “(She Ran Calling) Wildfire”; “I’ve Been Throught the Desert on a Horse with no Name”; “The Pina Colada Song; and “sugar Shack.”
Nails on a blackboard, all four of them.
“To the Beat of the Rhythm of the Night” by DeBarge – effing hate that song. And anything by Air Supply.
“I get knocked down but I get up again…” Don’t know the name but it’s by Chumbawumba. Hate it.
No list of annoying songs is complete without Starship’s “We Built This City” and “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred. I can’t get to the radio fast enough if either of those POS songs comes on.
“The Sign” by Ace of Base. Ew ew ew ew!
Groove Is In the Heart is my most annoying song ever. UGH. I hate that song.
Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton – what a horrifying piece of schlocky drivel.
Most annoying songs ever? Easy!
* The Pina Colada Song
* Hey, Macarena!
* Macarthur Park
* I’ve Been to Paradise, But I’ve Never Been To Me
* Send in the Clowns
* Milkshakes
* Anything by Celine Dion
* Toxic
* Papazao
And for those who pick on “It’s a Small World”, you’ve obviously never been on “Journey into Imagination with Figment” at Epcot. Now THERE’S a song that will stay with you for life.
* “Photograph” by Nickelback
* That song by Snow Patrol that’s on the radio now.
* Pretty much any cheesy ballad by an “alternative” band that’s meant to show their “sensitive” side and is played approximately every twelve minutes on local radio stations. See songs 1 and 2.
That WNBC list is LAME. “YMCA,” “Copacabana,” and “It’s a Sunshine Day” among the most annoying songs EVER? I don’t THINK so. To me, an annoying song is one that causes you to actually change the station on the radio. For me, that’s definitely “My Humps.” Worst song ever.
Anything by the Beach Boys, but especially CoCoMo. It makes my ears bleed!
“Photograph” by Hinder. (Actually any of those whiny rock songs by people like Hinder, Staind, etc.)
“Butterfly” I can’t remember the name of the band but it was in the movie Orange County. That freaking song was on the radio 24/7!
Oh LisaMama you beat me to it! Kokomo is BY FAR the world’s most annoying song.
Whitney’s version of “I Will Always Love You.” I’d rather chew in tin foil than listen to that garbage. She screams the entire thing.
“Glamorous” by Fergie. Enough with the spelling! Every time I hear that song on the radio it takes all my self-control not to stick my head out of the window and start screaming obscenities. Can Fergie get the Most Annoying Singer award, because “My Humps” is pretty awful too.
“All she wants to do is dance” by Robert Palmer.
Worst. Song. Ever.
“Jesus Christ, Superstar” annoys me.
I worked in retail during one Christmas season and now everytime I hear that blasted Paul McCartney song “Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime” I want to rip my ears off just so I don’t have to listen to it anymore. Hate it with the fire of a thousand suns.
“don’t you want me” human league. that faux angst with the fey synthesizer and that insipid repetitive melody. i need to gargle my ears with ac/dc after i hear it.
mz has the right group, wrong song. “Don’t You Want Me” is fun and cool.
But their “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” is worthy of car-alarm status.
That Paul McCartney Christmas song reminded me of Bruce Springsteen’s “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” I literally want to hurt someone when I hear that song. The way he keeps repeating the line at the end and gets all out of breath and starts laughing…Oooh, it just makes me irritated just thinking about it.
oh sheila – ready for the world
satisfaction – benny benassi (HATE IT!)
girls girls girls – motley crue
do i make you proud – taylor hicks
loverboy – mariah carey (DREADFUL)
Any of the songs by women howling about how they can’t live without their man. I can’t name any because I turn the station too quickly, but they just won’t stop making them!!
Eddie Murphy’s “My girl wants to party all the time” made me believe that all music had finally died.
Eddie Murphy’s “My girl wants to party all the time” made me believe that all music had finally died.
What’s Going On by Three Non-Blondes. Most. Annoying. Song. EVER.
I raise your hatred by a factor of 10. I get hives and dry heave when I hear that one.
How about ODB’s “Got Ya Money.” I remember when the radio station used to play it over and over, and it’s not even a real song! Gah!
Or even worse is “All Star” by Smashmouth. I’ll have to fastforward through the beginning of Shrek for the rest of my life because of it.
Margaritaville.
Werewolves of London.
Anything by REO Speedwagon, Bob Seeger and Rod Stewart.
The list is too long for me to write it all down here.