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Online Poll Lists Most Irritating Songs

by Terrence O'Brien on April 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM

Baha Men
Tech Digest has posted a list of the most irritating songs ever according to a One Poll survey of 5,000 people. The survey was global... but seeing how the results tend to be UK pop hits we can only deduce that the survey is overrun by the Brits.

Sure, the list includes classic American annoyances like 'Mmm Bop' and globally irritating songs such as 'My Heart Will Go On,' but the majority of the list includes tracks most Americans would be unfamiliar with -- 'Mr. Blobby'? 'Birdie Song'? Even James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful' didn't make nearly as big a dent here as it did in the UK.

Before skipping over to Tech Digest for the rest of the list, here are some suggestions that our US readers might be more familiar with:

Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out
We're convinced this song is written by Osama Bin Laden himself. The chanting, the barking, the grating cartoon backing track. This song is the ultimate in aural war fare.

Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
Americans seem to find Latin-flavored dance music irresistible when wrapped in a bubbly, exaggerated, painfully safe package.

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - The Girl is Mine
One formerly great artist, and one artist at the top of his game. Together? Crap. Absolute crap. Whats with the spoken word bits? What were these two thinking? The doggone girl is not going anywhere near you Michael.

Creed - With Arms Wide Open
Do we really need to explain this? Take one lousy Pearl Jam rip off band, add one egomaniacal Eddie Vedder rip off. Then write a song about conceiving a child. The world certainly doesn't need histrionics like this anymore.

Uncle Kracker - Follow Me
Kid Rock hanger-on, Uncle Kracker, was annoying enough just based on his association with said rap-rocker. Then he had to release a saccharine-sweet tune about convincing someone to cheat on her significant other. Nice. Real nice.

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