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Freedom of expresion is a great thing
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but sometimes pop music just takes it too far.
♪ Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad ♪
Welcome to watchmojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 most hated songs.
♪ You don't know you're beautiful Baby, you light up my world like nobody else ♪
For this list, we've included songs that have enjoyed success, but that have also left a legacy of hatred.
♪ Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe? ♪
We're not saying we hate these songs, but in some cases, we understand why people do.
♪ We are never, ever, ever, ever ♪
♪ Getting back together ♪
Number 10: The Hampsterdance Song - Hampton The Hampster
If there were ever an advert for the dangers of the Internet, this is it.
Initially created by Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte for her pet hamster,
this little ditty was the result of a competition between her and her friends to produce the most Internet traffic.
It was a slow start for Hampsterdance, but eventually, annoyingly, it really took off.
Animated Hampton and his fuzzy little friends were all over the radio, the television, on t-shirts, and coffee mugs.
This virus went viral, and our ears are only just recovering.
♪ ... the taxi man turned on the radio ♪
♪ and the JAY-Z song was on, and the JAY-Z song was on ♪
Number 9: Party In The U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus
♪ So I put my hands up ♪
♪ They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away ♪
♪ Noddin' my head like, "yeah" ♪
Originally written for British songstress Jessie J., Party in the U.S.A. was passed on to Miley after it was deemed not edgy enough.
♪ Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. ♪
Considering the ex-Disney star's well-publicized change of image since then, the record must annoy her as much as it does us.
♪ Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. ♪
This is her transitional period between kids' TV and twerk supremo, and it's a little bit of everything and a whole lot of nothing.
♪ The DJ plays my song and I feel alright ♪
♪ So I put my hands up ♪
♪ They're playing my song ♪
It's cheesy and makes you feel a little queasy,
♪ My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick ♪
kind of like that line.
♪ Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. ♪
Number 8: Axel F - Crazy Frog
♪ This is the Crazy Frog ♪
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, little did he know, he'd set in motion a chain of events that would lead to this.
The cell phone had a ringtone, the ringtone had a market, and then came Crazy Frog.
The computer animated skeletal amphibian character
then hatched this Axel F remix of the Beverly Hills Cop theme that found overnight infamy and legendary hatred.
We know it's nonsense; we know it's garbage, but try going the rest of the day without humming it.
♪ This is the Crazy Frog ♪
Number 7: Stupid Hoe - Nicki Minaj
♪ I get it cracking like a bad back ♪
♪ Bitch talkin' she the queen when she looking like a lab rat ♪
Sometimes rap music can give us some brilliant lyrics. This is not one of those times.
♪ ...then I piss on bitches ♪
♪ You could suck my diznick if you take these jizzes ♪
♪ You don't like them disses, give my ass some kisses ♪
The Stupid Hoe in question is supposedly Nicki Minaj's adversary Lil' Kim,
♪ [Gasp] You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe ♪
♪ You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe ♪
but no one's really quite sure, and no one really cares.
♪ Yeah, you a, you a stupid hoe ♪
♪ You a stupid hoe, you a, you a stupid hoe ♪
If their feud really did inspire this track, then we're all hoping they can find it in their hearts to forgive one another.
♪ Stupid hoes is my enemy, stupid hoes is so wack ♪
and take the epilepsy-inducing video accompaniment off the TV as well.
♪ And I ain't hit that note but ---- you stupid hoe ♪
♪ Yeah, ---- you stupid hoe ♪
♪ I said ---- a stupid hoe, yeah ---- a stupid hoe ♪
Number 6: The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) - Las Ketchup
One of the most successful songs to make this list, The Ketchup Song hit number one on multiple charts across the globe.
It's like a 21st century of the Macarena with a little less hand movement and a little more sauce.
Released in July of 2002, you gotta hope that the listening public had been outside in the summer sun for too long that year.
It's innocent and infectious, but most of all, it's irritating.
♪ You gotta punch then, crank back three times... ♪
Number 5: Crank That (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy Tell'em
♪ Soulja Boy up in this, oh ♪
♪ Watch me crank it, watch me roll ♪
♪ Watch me crank that Soulja Boy ♪
♪ Then Superman that, oh ♪
A roar goes up on any night club dance floor when this song starts playing,
♪ Crank that Soulja Boy Now watch me yuu ♪
♪ Crank that Soulja Boy ♪
♪ Soulja Boy up in this, oh ♪
♪ Watch me crank it, watch me roll ♪
but it's not always clear if it's a roar of approval or of anguish.
♪ Haters wanna be me, Soulja Boy, I'm the man ♪
♪ They be lookin' at my neck, sayin' it's the rubberband ♪
In 2007, Soulja Boy invaded music charts worldwide, and he's been on an Imperial March ever since.
♪ Nope, you can't do it like me, though, so don't do it like me ♪
♪ Faux, I see you tryna do it like me, man that dance was ugly ♪
He's the gangster that gets on our nerves; he's also annoyingly successful though.
♪ ...that Souja Boy ♪
♪ Then Superman that, oh ♪
♪ Now watch me yuu ♪
♪ Crank that Soulja Boy ♪
♪ Now watch me yuu ♪
♪ Crank that Soulja Boy ♪
♪ Now watch me yuu ♪
An unbelievable, unexplainable success, Crank That just will not go away.
♪ ...yuu ♪
♪ Crank that Soulja Boy ♪
♪ Now watch me yuu ♪
♪ Crank that Soulja Boy ♪
♪ Now watch me yuu ♪
♪ Crank that Soulja Boy ♪
♪ Now watch ♪
♪ If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe ♪
♪ I'd been married long time ago ♪
♪ Where did you come from? ♪
Number 4: Cotton Eye Joe - Rednex
♪ If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe ♪
♪ I'd been married long time ago ♪
♪ Where did you come from? Where did you go? ♪
If you grew up in the 90's, this would have been the main event at your school disco.
♪ If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe ♪
♪ I'd been married long time ago ♪
If you've ever been to a wedding, this was probably played when drunkenness replaced logic.
Ironically, if you've ever been line dancing, this was probably not on the playlist.
♪ He brought disaster wherever he went ♪
♪ The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent ♪
In 1994, Rednex burst onto the scene with their neo-country beats, and they've been champions of cheese ever since.
Where did they come from, and when will they go?
♪ If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe ♪
♪ I'd been married long time ago ♪
♪ Where did you come from? Where did you go? ♪
♪ Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe? ♪
♪ What you gonna do with all that junk ♪
♪ All that junk inside your trunk? ♪
Number 3: My Humps - The Black Eyed Peas
♪ ...my hump ♪
♪ My hump, my hump, my hump My hump, my hump, my hump ♪
♪ My hump, my hump, my hump ♪
♪ My lovely lady lumps ♪
It's rare that a song's title should also be the majority of its lyrical content.
♪ You love my lady lumps ♪
♪ My hump, my hump, my hump ♪
♪ My humps, they got you ♪
When the title is a reference to a band members breasts and it's repeated over 30 times,
that's rarer still but not in a good way.
♪ She's got me spending, ooh ♪
♪ Spending all your money on me, on me, on me ♪
There's no doubt that Fergie's an attractive lady, but do we really need this perpetual piffle to remind us so?
♪ I'm just trying to dance, boy ♪
♪ And move my hump, my hump ♪
♪ My hump, my hump, my hump My hump, my hump, my hump ♪
Will.i.am is right though,
there is a lot of junk on this record.
♪ What you gonna do with all that junk ♪
♪ All that junk inside that trunk? ♪
It's just not in Fergie's jeans.
♪ Spending all your money on me, on me, on me ♪
Number 2: Friday - Rebecca Black
♪ 7 AM, waking up in the morning ♪
♪ Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs ♪
♪ Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal ♪
♪ Seein' everything, the time is goin' ♪
It used to be our favourite day of the week, and then Rebecca Black happened.
♪ It's Friday, Friday ♪
♪ Gotta get down on Friday ♪
♪ Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend ♪
And yes, some of us want to get down on Friday, but we haven't "got" to.
♪ Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend ♪
♪ Partyin', partyin' (Yeah) ♪
Some of us just want to go home on Friday or go to sleep.
It's more than just the generalization though. Friday is the musical accompaniment to every kind of meltdown.
♪ We gonna have a ball today ♪
♪ Tomorrow is Saturday & Sunday comes afterwards ♪
Amassing over 3 million dislikes on YouTube, this teen pop tune probably still got off lightly.
♪ Partyin', partyin' (Yeah) ♪
♪ Fun, fun, fun, fun ♪
♪ Lookin' forward to the weekend ♪
Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable, or in this case, dishonorable mentions.
♪ We are never, ever, ever ♪
♪ Getting back together ♪
♪ We are ♪
♪ Baby, you light up my world like nobody else ♪
♪ The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed ♪
♪ When I’m down and I feel like giving up ♪
♪ I think again ♪
♪ I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair back and forth (Just whip it) ♪
♪ I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair back and forth (Whip it real good) ♪
♪ Even though the gods are crazy ♪
♪ Even though the stars are blind ♪
♪ If you show me real love, baby, I'll show you mine ♪
Number 1: Baby - Justin Bieber
♪ You know you love me, I know you care ♪
♪ Just shout whenever and I’ll be there ♪
♪ You are my love ♪
"Beliebe" it or not, this song and its video are amongst the most successful in the early 21st century.
♪ Are we an item? Girl, quit playing ♪
Though the floppy fringed cutie soon grew up, he was kind enough to write a chorus for the brain numbing Baby before he turned bad.
♪ and I was like ♪
♪ Baby, baby, baby oh ♪
♪ Like baby, baby, baby no ♪
♪ Like baby... ♪
The song is an all-out attack on the senses.
♪ Thought you’d always be mine, mine ♪
♪ Baby, baby, baby oh ♪
It's to the ears what pepper-spray is to the eyes, or what herbal remedies are to the tastebuds,
♪ Luda ♪
♪ When I was 13, I had my first love ♪
♪ There was nobody that compared to my baby ♪
♪ And nobody came between us, no one could ever come above ♪
and that's why it's our runaway winner. Well done, Justin.
♪ Baby, baby, baby oh ♪
♪ Thought you’d always be mine, mine ♪
Do you agree with our list?
What's your most hated song?
♪ Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky ♪
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