Music Lovers Say These Are The Most Annoying Songs Of All Time
A word of warning: this is one countdown of songs you probably won’t want to compile into a Spotify playlist. Well, not unless you’re a glutton for punishment, anyway. According to online sources, these hits are generally regarded to be the most annoying ones you can listen to. The list features anything from novelty anthems to power ballads. Do you agree with the music lovers?
39. Pharrell Williams — “Happy”
We’re sure that Pharrell Williams meant well when he unleashed his ode to positivity in the mid-2010s. But his sugary, smiley retro-soul hit is more likely to inspire rage than joy after the umpteenth listen. Yes, recorded for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, “Happy” would be enough to turn the impossibly perky Minions into Scrooges. In 2017 it appeared on newspaper USA Today‘s list of the seven most annoying hit songs ever.
38. Tones and I — “Dance Monkey”
Tones and I topped the charts around the world with her monster hit “Dance Monkey.” Its golf-themed video also racked up more than 1 billion views on YouTube. This is despite the fact that the Australian songstress born Toni Watson possesses what we could charitably describe as a unique voice.
37. Starship — “We Built This City”
Starship claimed in their mid-1980s smash that they built the city in question on rock and roll. But some critics, including Stephen Thompson of radio news service NPR, argue that the track actually signalled the death of the genre. Starship used to be a credible outfit named Jefferson Airplane before embracing the mainstream with the corniest of radio-friendly anthems.
36. Right Said Fred — “I’m Too Sexy”
Siblings Richard and Fred Fairbrass, alongside an unrelated and more hirsute member, took “I’m Too Sexy” all the way to the U.S. number-one spot in the early 1990s. Despite its laughable lyrics (“I’m too sexy for my hat/What do you think about that?”) the track continues to be embraced by pop fans young and old. In fact, none other than Taylor Swift borrowed the hook for her 2018 smash, “Look What You Made Me Do.”