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be counting down our picks for the top
10 artists that hates their own song
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looking at popular songs that were hated
by the writers or performers the artist
was a voice that cleared this Lake of
the song at some point and the songs
must be successful and well known
[Music]
number 10 Frank Sinatra strangers in the
night strangers in the night exchanging
glances was one of Sinatra’s most
beloved and best-known songs strangers
in the night went to number one on the
charts and received widespread
commercial and critical acclaim
including multiple Grammy win
none of this made a difference to
Sinatra the performer of the pre-written
song who made his hatred crystal-clear
not one to mince words
the legendary crooner called strangers
in the night a piece of shit and the
worst thing song he ever heard he was
disgusted when he had to play this on
live and could even be heard muttering
expletives during performances who knew
old blue eyes had a mouth like a sailor
two strangers in
[Music]
number nine Mandy Moore candy candy was
Mandy Moore’s debut single and launched
the fifteen-year-old into Fame she
became a teenybopper Idol as candy
climbed the charts and made every adult
listener cringe now 32 years old Moore
is overwhelmingly embarrassed by candy
and the rest of her early catalogs
reportedly calling those songs just
awful Moore also said that if she had
the money she would give a refund to
everyone who bought her first two albums
it’s no wonder she decided to take a
more mature approach on later album
[Music]
number eight Bob Geldof do they know
it’s Christmas
Geldof other than being known as the
frontman for the Boomtown Rats is the
writer of one of the most well-known
Christmas songs of all time do they know
it’s Christmas was written in response
to the 1983 Ethiopian famine
in collaboration with some of the
biggest artists of the decade Geldof
does not have kind words for such
altruistic song or his sanctimonious
songwriting saying that the band a tune
and his work on USA for Africa’s we are
the world are two of the worst songs in
history and that he is regretfully
responsible he also resents going to the
supermarket to hear Julie Noah’s
Christmas playing every Christmas
[Music]
number seven Pete Townsend pinball
wizard who doesn’t like pinball wizard
it tells an amazing story with catchy
lyrics all the while providing an
indelible rock backdrop that can
energize any listeners well the crew
doesn’t more specifically their lead
guitarist and primary songwriter Pete
Townsend he considers the song awful and
told an interviewer that it was the most
clumsy piece of writing he’s ever done
he then rattled off some his lyrics and
cringed with embarrassment of the
simplicity of the line Townsend also
admitted that he wrote the song in one
rushed session not thinking that it
would be part of the whose ultimate
legacy
[Music]
number six Madonna like a virgin
[Music]
released is the title track on her
second album like a virgin is credited
with sending Madonna into pop
superstardom the song portrayed Madonna
is an independent and sexually liberated
woman traits that helped shaped her
image and fandom
[Music]
despite like a version being a crucial
career stepping-stone Madonna told a New
York radio station that she wasn’t sure
she could sing the song ever again
unless she stipulated she was paid
thirteen million dollars she also
criticized restaurant staff for playing
like a virgin whenever she dined at
their establishment
[Music]
number five Robert Plant stairway to
heaven
[Music]
Oh
stairway to heaven is so ubiquitous with
music that it might as well be a synonym
it’s arguably the greatest rock song of
all time and one of the most requested
songs on the radio played on near repeat
for 45 years so it’s understandable that
one would get sick of stairway so
imagine the man who has to sing it Led
Zeppelin’s frontman Robert Plant is
plumb tired of the song as he’s made
clear many times in many interviews he
said he’d break out into hives if he had
to sing that song in every show and said
the lyrics meant something in 1971 but
now they just don’t do it for him
[Music]
[Applause]
number four Michael psyche shiny happy
people so a commercial success shiny
happy people was not received well by
critics who considered it a blatant
mainstream sellout and one of the
weakest links of REM strong discography
[Music]
michael stipe lead singer and riders
agreed with the second criticism at
least saying in a cameo appearance on
the show Space Ghost Coast to Coast that
he hates the song
[Music]
he also said that shiny happy people
with the one song unanimously agreed
upon by the band members to not be
included on their greatest hits album
[Music]
number three Beastie Boys you gotta
fight for your right to party everyone’s
favorite party song wasn’t meant to be
taken literally the Beastie Boys have
said it was an ironic take on anarchist
values that was meant more as a parody
than an actual party song itself you
gotta fight alright they resent the
false meaning and popularity of fight
for your right even writing in the liner
notes of the 1999 greatest hits album
that the song was meant as a joke might
be elaborated on the hatred later on
saying that most fans sing the songs
earnestly without knowing as a spoof on
them and that the group’s own values
have been misinterpreted because of this
[Music]
number two Radiohead cream no song is
hated with the intensity that Thom Yorke
hates creep though he wrote it Radiohead
frontman is so thoroughly flummoxed by
its popularity that he refused to play
creeper at seven years stretch and has
even cursed the audience and left the
stage when they’ve requested it
[Music]
other band members agree with those
sentiments guitarist Jonny Greenwood
hated the song so much that he tries to
sabotage and recording by hitting the
guitar extra hard before the chorus
which obviously backfired as that crunch
sound is now iconic
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mention umber
one Kurt Cobain smells like teen spirit
[Music]
the song that represents an entire
counterculture was hated by its
figurehead Cobain despised the grunge
anthem for being a Pixies rip off and
being overrated by the peripheral fan in
a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone
Cobain said that smells like teen spirit
is almost an embarrassment to play he
continued to vent his frustration by
saying everyone has focused on that song
so much the reason it gets a big
reaction is people have seen it on MTV a
million times it’s been pounded into
their brain
[Music]
he tapped off the diatribe by telling
the interviewer how we would rather
throw his guitar down and walk away than
play the song live
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you like it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 artists that hates their own song
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at popular songs that were hated
by the writers or performers the artist
was a voice that cleared this Lake of
the song at some point and the songs
must be successful and well known
[Music]
number 10 Frank Sinatra strangers in the
night strangers in the night exchanging
glances was one of Sinatra’s most
beloved and best-known songs strangers
in the night went to number one on the
charts and received widespread
commercial and critical acclaim
including multiple Grammy win
none of this made a difference to
Sinatra the performer of the pre-written
song who made his hatred crystal-clear
not one to mince words
the legendary crooner called strangers
in the night a piece of shit and the
worst thing song he ever heard he was
disgusted when he had to play this on
live and could even be heard muttering
expletives during performances who knew
old blue eyes had a mouth like a sailor
two strangers in
[Music]
number nine Mandy Moore candy candy was
Mandy Moore’s debut single and launched
the fifteen-year-old into Fame she
became a teenybopper Idol as candy
climbed the charts and made every adult
listener cringe now 32 years old Moore
is overwhelmingly embarrassed by candy
and the rest of her early catalogs
reportedly calling those songs just
awful Moore also said that if she had
the money she would give a refund to
everyone who bought her first two albums
it’s no wonder she decided to take a
more mature approach on later album
[Music]
number eight Bob Geldof do they know
it’s Christmas
Geldof other than being known as the
frontman for the Boomtown Rats is the
writer of one of the most well-known
Christmas songs of all time do they know
it’s Christmas was written in response
to the 1983 Ethiopian famine
in collaboration with some of the
biggest artists of the decade Geldof
does not have kind words for such
altruistic song or his sanctimonious
songwriting saying that the band a tune
and his work on USA for Africa’s we are
the world are two of the worst songs in
history and that he is regretfully
responsible he also resents going to the
supermarket to hear Julie Noah’s
Christmas playing every Christmas
[Music]
number seven Pete Townsend pinball
wizard who doesn’t like pinball wizard
it tells an amazing story with catchy
lyrics all the while providing an
indelible rock backdrop that can
energize any listeners well the crew
doesn’t more specifically their lead
guitarist and primary songwriter Pete
Townsend he considers the song awful and
told an interviewer that it was the most
clumsy piece of writing he’s ever done
he then rattled off some his lyrics and
cringed with embarrassment of the
simplicity of the line Townsend also
admitted that he wrote the song in one
rushed session not thinking that it
would be part of the whose ultimate
legacy
[Music]
number six Madonna like a virgin
[Music]
released is the title track on her
second album like a virgin is credited
with sending Madonna into pop
superstardom the song portrayed Madonna
is an independent and sexually liberated
woman traits that helped shaped her
image and fandom
[Music]
despite like a version being a crucial
career stepping-stone Madonna told a New
York radio station that she wasn’t sure
she could sing the song ever again
unless she stipulated she was paid
thirteen million dollars she also
criticized restaurant staff for playing
like a virgin whenever she dined at
their establishment
[Music]
number five Robert Plant stairway to
heaven
[Music]
Oh
stairway to heaven is so ubiquitous with
music that it might as well be a synonym
it’s arguably the greatest rock song of
all time and one of the most requested
songs on the radio played on near repeat
for 45 years so it’s understandable that
one would get sick of stairway so
imagine the man who has to sing it Led
Zeppelin’s frontman Robert Plant is
plumb tired of the song as he’s made
clear many times in many interviews he
said he’d break out into hives if he had
to sing that song in every show and said
the lyrics meant something in 1971 but
now they just don’t do it for him
[Music]
[Applause]
number four Michael psyche shiny happy
people so a commercial success shiny
happy people was not received well by
critics who considered it a blatant
mainstream sellout and one of the
weakest links of REM strong discography
[Music]
michael stipe lead singer and riders
agreed with the second criticism at
least saying in a cameo appearance on
the show Space Ghost Coast to Coast that
he hates the song
[Music]
he also said that shiny happy people
with the one song unanimously agreed
upon by the band members to not be
included on their greatest hits album
[Music]
number three Beastie Boys you gotta
fight for your right to party everyone’s
favorite party song wasn’t meant to be
taken literally the Beastie Boys have
said it was an ironic take on anarchist
values that was meant more as a parody
than an actual party song itself you
gotta fight alright they resent the
false meaning and popularity of fight
for your right even writing in the liner
notes of the 1999 greatest hits album
that the song was meant as a joke might
be elaborated on the hatred later on
saying that most fans sing the songs
earnestly without knowing as a spoof on
them and that the group’s own values
have been misinterpreted because of this
[Music]
number two Radiohead cream no song is
hated with the intensity that Thom Yorke
hates creep though he wrote it Radiohead
frontman is so thoroughly flummoxed by
its popularity that he refused to play
creeper at seven years stretch and has
even cursed the audience and left the
stage when they’ve requested it
[Music]
other band members agree with those
sentiments guitarist Jonny Greenwood
hated the song so much that he tries to
sabotage and recording by hitting the
guitar extra hard before the chorus
which obviously backfired as that crunch
sound is now iconic
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mention umber
one Kurt Cobain smells like teen spirit
[Music]
the song that represents an entire
counterculture was hated by its
figurehead Cobain despised the grunge
anthem for being a Pixies rip off and
being overrated by the peripheral fan in
a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone
Cobain said that smells like teen spirit
is almost an embarrassment to play he
continued to vent his frustration by
saying everyone has focused on that song
so much the reason it gets a big
reaction is people have seen it on MTV a
million times it’s been pounded into
their brain
[Music]
he tapped off the diatribe by telling
the interviewer how we would rather
throw his guitar down and walk away than
play the song live
did you agree with our pics check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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