I don’t mean “worst song in the world”. I think “annoying” is different because the song may be actually quite good, but every time you hear it you cringe for one reason or another. Maybe it’s because it’s a song that you can never get out your head once you hear it. Maybe you’ve just heard it one too many times. Maybe there’s just something aesthetically about the song that grates on your nerves.
For me, it’s American Pie by Don McLean. It was in every jukebox in every bar I ever played and every night somebody would plug it in and there you are for the next eight minutes and twenty-five seconds listening to a bunch of drunks misremember the eighteen freakin’ verses and groupwail “bye bye Miss American Pie drove my Chevy to the levee by the levee was dry them/those good ol’ boys drinkin’ whiskey and rye sayin’/singin’ this’ll be the day that I dieeeee” while you secretly hope it’s true. Then some sloshed genius wants to come up to you during the remaining six minutes and thirty-five seconds of your break and tell you how the song is really all about Buddy Holly and the Rolling Stones secretly plotting to assassinate the Pope or something.
So, what song is it for you? The comment line is now open…
Personally i think that one of the most annoying songs ever is one that my little brother showed me. It’s the badger song. If you want to see the video here’s the link:
Have fun with that! 
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
But don’t say I didn’t warn you. This is what you’ll be doing:
Can’t agree on American Pie which just never gets wearying for me no matter how many twits sing it badly…but to answer the question:
Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy for similar reasons of overplay. And just about everything Blood, Sweat and Tears ever recorded because it irks me how the lead singers (all of ‘em) always tried to sound like African-American blues singers and came off as something quite lesser.
Hey Littleflower: Annie Lennox is one of my heroines. “Walking on Broken Glass” is cream compared to the excremental aural harassment of “Alone Again Naturally” by Gilbert “Woe is me” Sullivan. That song makes me bleed out of my ears. Oh save us Great Maker from whinning, tin earred musician wannabes.
Oh that just reminded me: “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon. Hate that song! The same three piano notes repeated ad infinitum, punctuated by “Ahoooo! Werewolves of London. Ahoooo!” That’s not a song, that’s a loop!
life is a highway. I don’t know who sings it
baby I love your way by peter frampton
let my love open the door -again don’t know the singer or even if that is the title. hopefully everyone knows what I am talking about.
walkin on broken glass by annie lennox.
I know that is more than one but I hate them all so much!
There are just so many.
How about the Christmas classic
Little Drummer Boy.
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is hard to listen to because I’ve heard all these godawful RockPundits explain to me how revolutionary it was.
(Note to pundits: fuck you. i was there. i remember. Now shut up and let me listen to the rest of Nevermind in peace.)
Any song by Jesse McCartney (particularly the ones where he makes heavy use of Ebonics).
American Pie got me through many nights waiting tables. Fellow smoker and co-worker and I would get lit before the dinner rush. There were two entries to the kitchen where you’d pick up your food, and they were long hallways. We’d sing the song out loud all night, picking up where the other left off. We’d usually get through the song 2 or 3 times before things slowed down. It would annoy some, maybe most, but we both had the highest sales and made the best tips. So there.
There are so many annoying songs, but for now I’ll put up “I’m Too Sexy”. Now get that out of your head.
Queen – We are the Champions (or whatever it is called).
Dam, I hate that stupid tune. Media ’round here loves to drag that one out at every opportunity.
It sticks in my head and it takes serious effort to remove it.
I also agree with Carpe Cannabis suggestion of the dopey 5 dollar foot long riff. Argh!!
Oh, don’t hate on queen. Freddy Mercury was the shit! haha. It’s not the worst, but it’s the most annoying song…
5…5 dollar…5 dollar foot long.
5…5 dollar…5 dollar foot long.
over and over everywhere I go!
Totally agree w/ you on that one, Big Doug, “Human” by The Killers annoys me to insanity also (I think the lyrics are just stupid). Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” is another song that does it to me. I don’t hate the bands though, I just think that they way too overexposed. Their songs are played out.
ow i, i will survive, arghhhh hate that song
Hands down… Barbie Girl – Aqua
Most annoying song ever… I am still haunted by its terrible lyrics:
“- Hi Barbie!
- Hi Ken!
- You wanna go for a ride?
- Sure, Ken!
- Jump in!
- Ha ha ha ha!
I’m a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it’s fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on, Barbie, let’s go party”
… Ect.
I have been hearing this song lately and it has to be the most annoying song in the whole world, Are we Human or are we Dancer, song makes one want to jump in front of a moving bus followed by a train that is also pushing a semi full of cow manure, I have a strong feeling about this if you couldnt tell.