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Mandy Moore has recorded some beautiful music since her teen pop days. I saw her at a free outdoor show in Cambridge MA in 2007 after she released her record 'WIld Hope' which was lovely. There was hardly anyone in the crowd that day. Sweet as pie, Mandy excitedly askes the small gathering "does anyone have a request?!" to which someone calls out "Candy!" and her face instantly falls. "No" she says, "I mean from maybe this current record, or something from my covers album?" I felt so sorry for her in that moment. She seems like such a genuine and kind person. Every artist deserves to grow up and evolve.
Vanessa Carlton's problem is that her other songs weren't nearly as strong. Alicia Keys didn't have the Carlton problem because after "Fallin" she wrote better songs as a whole and took her fans on a journey. Even if the song didn't go to number one, the album sold extremely well.
Ordinary Day and White Houses peaked at 30 and 86 respectively on the Billboards Hot 100. She had no other solo charting songs on the Hot 100. She did make several appearances on the Adult Contemporary charts, though.
It hurts to hear Pat Benatar disliking Hit Me With Your Best Shot. I used to enjoy the tune. Selena Gomez despises Come and Get It while Demi Lovato refuses to hear Give Your Heart a Break. At times, Avril Lavigne refuses to sing Complicated. Ariana Grande refuses to hear Put Your Hearts Up and Bang Bang.
I saw Pat Benatar as an opener for Styx and she REFUSED to play Hit Me. REFUSED. Said no outright and did Hell is for Children instead. Very disappointing.
I appreciate any artist who continues to play a song that they hate. It shows an appreciation for the people who make it possible for you to have a career, and a realization that -- whether you personally like the song or not -- it's still a great thing to have people who love your work.
Smells Like Teen Spirit. While that song has been played to death both on MTV and in the years after its release, nobody hated that song as much as Kurt Cobain. I believe he had his voice sung low during a live TV performance in the UK and he also threw his guitar in the crowd. It's a great song, but it's overplayed.
So sad... it's such a perfect song and for me it was the reason to check out Nirvana as a band. But everytime I go to a mainstream club (like twice a year, prefer techno) they play the same butchered smells like teen spirit remix they already played 10 years ago. Maybe they do it so people like me drink more to get through this torcher.
I've seen that clip. It was from the music show "Top of the Pops". Kurt Cobain sung in a really low key, even getting a few words wrong, while the rest of the band seemed to be out of sync with the music.
I love that Grohl gets a real kick over telling people that the big drum lead-in to Teen Spirit he ripped off disco legends The Gap Band. He even says when he met Charlie Wilson he said, "I've been biting you guys for ages," and he was all "Yeah, we know!"
it's kinda spoiled, right? 1000's of bands go through a whole career not even getting close to having such a popular song. And then when someone does, they complain about it.
The mention of Sinatra and growing tired of singing a song brings to mind something Barbra Streisand said in her patter on her 2010 album, "One Night Only." She talked about how, as a singer, she gets so tired of singing songs like "People" and "The Way We Were" over and over again but she says she does it for her fans. She then tells a story of being in France and going to a Jacques Brel concert and she was so thrilled because she loved his song, "Ne me quitte pas" and, he didn't sing it. She said she was heartbroken but that stayed with her: How disappointed fans will be when you as an artist don't sing their favorites and so she'll sing those old songs because she knows what they mean to the fans. (I also attended a Norah Jones concert--I think it was around the time of her second album--and the couple sitting next to me were waiting to hear her sing "Nightingale" because it had been their wedding song. And Jones didn't perform it. I didn't ask them how they felt but I had kind of hoped Norah would sing the song. And, on another note, when I saw Heart in concert a few years back, I hadn't googled to see what their tour setlist featured but I was beyond thrilled when they started playing "Dog & Butterfly"--that is probably my absolute favorite song from the Wilson Sisters. I was probably the only person who stood up and screamed in delight when the song started.)
I have most of Heart's albums and "Dog & Butterfly" is my favorite song of theirs, too. I have the 45, vinyl LP and CD. My least favorite (starts with "All...") is also Ann's least favorite. But no matter how much I like a song, I don't want the artist to perform if they are tired of it or if they now dislike it. I want the artist to do the show they want to do.
I get it for Mandy. totally agree. if I did want her to do a song that she did in the past, it’s gotta be when will my life begin, or at last I see the light. her vocals really were on point there.
#1 should be Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart". He even had a show in Canada named "Doc" when he gets out of a cab and the song is playing he says "I really hate that song"
So Vanessa Carlton hates A Thousand Miles because everyone likes it too much I mean, can she blame them? That song is awesome ❤ Of course, it's gonna receive more love than the rest of her songs
While I can understand that it would make her feel like a one hit wonder; I thought and felt exactly the same way you express in your comment. It is still an amazing song that hits all the beautiful nuanced qualities of a forever hit song. Easily one of the top 10-15 definitive songs of the early 2000’s, and has aged better than most of the others on that list.
I saw Vanessa Carlton in Omaha when she opened for Stevie Nicks, and she actually messed up one of the verses for "A Thousand Miles". She said it was the first time that had ever happened.
I love that song! I remember hearing this song in my history class in middle school and even the cast of Avengers did a parody of the song. I can see why Billy despises the song even if people would heavily disagree with his stance.
Billy Joel has written many great songs, "We Didn't Start the Fire" isn't one of them. It is a shame people see it as "one of his most recognisable songs". Go listen to his older albums, for example The Stranger.
I’ve seen The Who in concert, and the song Pete Townsend really hates is “My Generation”. Before they started playing it, he not-so-jokingly called it a “little piece of s•••”. It’s like, dude, that was your first hit. It put you guys on the map. Most bands would kill for a song like that. Show some gratitude!
Eminem hates 1 of his biggiest hits, Cleanin Oit My Closet. When he wrote it, Eminem hated his mother and they weren't on speaking terms. Now that they are taking again, he cant stand the song and thats why he doesn't perform it anymore
Debbie Peterson of The Bangles has often stated that she hates "Walk Like An Egyptian." First, she was the only member of the band that didn't get to sing on the track. Second, the management and producers really wanted to focus on Susanna Hoffs, which started to cause a riff in the band, which later caused The Bangles to break up, at least temporarily.
Under rated does not mean "I didn't know this band until recently". They were a VERY well known and appreciated band during their era, and continue to be so today.
Hardly, they got a lot of play and support. Her veggie ideals and animal rights stance, however, THAT needed more attention from everyone and to act on it.
@@kyachdistent1301 they didn’t get a lot of play on the radio stations that I listened to. Brass in Pocket and Chain Gang were played constantly. Just those 2 songs.
Pete Burns got sick and tired of “you spin me round (like a record)”. He even stated in interviews that he was tired of hearing it on the radio because it was played far more than Dead or Alive’s other hits.
Noticed Elton stood up and encouraged the audience to do the rest 😂 he must have played that song 1000s of times the whoo year at the end had me in stitches 😅
In his documentary Still Bill, Bill Withers talks about hating “Just The Two Of Us”. He thought the song lacked grit and the lyrics made no sense. He felt more connection to his earlier songs like “Ain’t No Sunshine”, “Grandma’s Hands” and “Lovely Day.” The label made him record it to fulfill his contract and he essentially quit the music business shortly after. The doc shows him literally rolling his eyes while performing it live, but it’s probably one of his best known songs, especially outside of fans of soul.
In pop-up video, it was stated that NO ONE in REM liked Shiny Happy People. If I remember correctly, they were forced to write it to make the band more palatable to some parents who thought the band too dark. In one of the pop-ups, it stated they were instructed to wear their brightest clothes, and one member of the band wore a really dark purple that was almost black. He was the only one that didn’t have any fun while recording the video. My favorite in that video is still the little kid who forgot the dance move and then hurried to get back on beat. 😍
OK, Miley should not hate party in the USA because it is genuinely a fantastic single and one of the most memorable catchy songs of the last 20 years. I don’t care how much hate it gets, that is a great pop song. Vanessa Carlton should be grateful that 1000 miles is as beloved as it is because many artists don’t even get that. Maybe the reason people are always wanting to hear that song is because your other songs suck, Vanessa. and for the narrator to say it’s easy to see why these artists don’t like the song because people always request them, at least they’re requesting a song by them and not walking away and ignoring them. Talk about problems of the privileged.
I love the one hit wonder people who "hate" their one song. Comes across as just trying to be too cool for school.
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I would dispute the assertion that Madonna hates "Like A Virgin" more than "Material Girl". She's performed reinvented versions of LAV on most of her tours, as opposed to "Material Girl", which she tended to hate because of being referred to as such for decades afterwards. She didn't write either of these, unlike most of her output, so that may have something to do with it all as well. Additionally, "Fight for Your Right" came out in '86, not '87.
She was 17 when she recorded the song. It seems like songs sung by teen acts are despised the most by the artists themselves. Look at Sometimes by Britney Spears. I believe she was 18 or 19 when that song came out. My brother has some of her songs post-Royals in his playlist and is a fan.
understandable. I don’t mind an occasional play every now and again, especially at milestone shows where they could do like a review set of songs to remind the fans that they got a catalogue, but showcase the evolution too.
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that's the "problem" of writing so personal songs. eventually, the lyrics won't represent you anymore and sing them kinda fills disingenuous
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart hate "All I want To Do Is Make Love To You" and regretted it almost immediately after recording it. They haven't played it since the 90's. Donna Summers hated "Baby To Love You Baby" and rarely agreed to perform it.
I really love the music of Heart from their so-called commercial era - "Heart"-"Desire walks on" - even if all the "real" Heart-fans wish, these albums wouldn't exist. But I so absolutely agree with the Wilsons: "All I want...." was their biggest mistake ever and I hated it from the very first time hearing it (and believe me: I listened a hundred times to it and tried to like it, only because Heart did it). The most tragic thing about it is, that here in Germany this is the only song by Heart you hear periodically until nowadays on the radio. What a shame!
While I can understand artists getting tired of certain songs, unless there is a truly painful memory attached (such as Brian May witnessing Freddie Mercury's self-destructive behavior and death) refusing to play a popular song for fans that pay their obscene ticket prices seems like a privileged choice. Most of us have jobs that involve doing things we don't enjoy and don't reflect our talents fully. I can understand if they (privately) dislike a song that has been overplayed or doesn't reflect their best work , but most fans want to hear a mix of old and new songs that allow them to celebrate how the music has been part of their lives.
If fans would not want to attend concerts without a guarantee they'll hear their favorite song, they don't have to buy the tickets. Artists deserve to be able to follow their musical and performing muses.
Don't know if this really qualifies, but Eric Clapton evidently refuses to play either Tears in Heaven or My Father's Eyes anymore, saying that they're both time capsules from a time he's since moved on from. He doesn't hate them per se, but he has no wish to revisit the times in his life that they represent. Especially Tears in Heaven.
None of us escaped the earworm that was 'A Thousand Miles', but I was never a fan of hers during that era. I have been a huge Vanessa Carlton fan since she released an album in 2011 called 'Rabbits on the Run'. I went to see her at a small club in Brighton MA soon after. There was this girl standing next to me who kept shouting out "ordinary! Play ordinary day!" over and over again. Finally, when it was clear that song would not be on the set list, the girl turns to her friend and says "I wonder if she hates that song" - lol. Yeah, honey. She does.
I once watched an interview here on RUclips of Cher and she said she doesn't like any of her songs except for I Got You Babe that one is her favorite. The reason she said that she likes I Got You Babe is because after she recorded the song with her then husband Sonny Bono before their marriage ended in divorce and before he passed away there was still a part of her where she loved him very much after their divorce and after he passed away. She said that she doesn't like all of her other songs but she sings and performs for her fans not herself. I actually really admire her for that.
Renee Rapp-Too Well She wanted the song to be this hard revenge-sounding song but it came out a too Pop like and fluffy for her taste. But she still will perform it for her audience who loves it. Renee Rapp ❤❤❤
For all the artists out there that dislike one or more of their songs just because they were young when they released them, I just want to point out that Kip Winger is in his 60s and is still singing "She's only 17," and he was 27 when he released it. Trust me, your teenie-bopper songs haven't reached that level of cringe...
Two that you’ve missed are “In The End” and “Crawling.” The only person in Linkin Park who disliked them was Chester Bennington. Even though these weren’t ones he hated, he just didn’t like them as much as the other ones. With “In The End,” he thought it was nice but didn’t like it as much as the other songs on the Hybrid Theory album, mainly because it wasn’t as heavy. Now with “Crawling,” he liked it at first but he just got sick of playing it for so long because in the chorus, it’s just one note over and over again until the second verse comes in or we’ve hit the bridge.
It wasn’t a big hit, but I’d add Chris Martin and “Green Eyes.” That song meant a lot to me because I have green eyes, but then I heard that Coldplay won’t perform it anymore because Chris doesn’t feel right about it since he wrote it about a former girlfriend. Kinda makes me wonder if he has similar feelings for songs he wrote for/about Gwenyth Paltrow.
It's odd that you left Cher off of this list. Many of her most successful songs are ones she never cared for, not least of which is "If I Could Turn Back Time". I suspect there's something in her subconscious - something negative - and it's triggered by one or more elements in these songs.
From what I've read, she always wanted to be a rock star. But all of her rock efforts weren't successful, other than her part in Meatloaf's Dead Ringer for Love. All of her songs in other genres were attempts (often successful) to recover from a failed rock venture.
@@ratdude747 Ah, you're forgetting about singles like "I Found Someone". :-) But yeah, her most interesting rock "fail" to me was Black Rose. The concept was fantastic; take several musicians with talent equal to Cher's, throw tradition to the wind, and record an album. The thing is, the material wasn't very focused. "Never Should Have Started" came together the best, but that's because they followed some of the traditional song-building process ... unconsciously. When they broke away from that method in their other songs, things kind of fell apart. But it sure you left you something to talk about.
Interesting thing about Radiohead's "Creep"....when somebody uploaded Prince's cover of the song 2 RUclips, Prince tried 2 take it down. Radiohead found out about it and had RUclips reload it.
John Cougar Mellencamp Openly hates the Album version of Jack & Diane He said that they had trouble getting the band to Play on key & the Clapping, while only used to keep the beat, was keft in cause the song didnt work without it. He likes to play am Acoustic Version that he thinks sounds better
I once witnessed Duncan Sheik refuse to play Barely Breathing at a festival and then proceed to rant about how much he hated the song. I feel like he should definitely be on this list.
That’s sad about Vanessa Carlton and A Thousand Miles. It came out when I was 12~13. I had my first real crush and my family was getting ready to move across the country. I was so bummed I’d never get to see him again, and I always considered it my song to him. That said, that entire first album is gold.
I’ve heard that Christina Aguilera hates Genie In A Bottle…along with all the songs from her first album. I love Christina’s music and looooove her first album! Hurt me to hear that she dislikes those songs I love so much!
Warrant originally wrote Cherry Pie in 1989 under a different name, inspired by Guns n Roses Sweet Child o Mine and ripped off I Love Rock n Roll! The record company botched their original song and changed the theme! Jani Lane even had trauma from that song that it reminded him of his failed marriage with Bobbie Brown! Billy Joel also hates how We didn’t start the Fire has become too political and was mad that Fall Out Boy covered that song and reminded him of the original!
He knew his reputation as a trailblazer would be destroyed, but because of his contractual obligations, Elvis was forced to record songs he loathed, especially the ones written for, as he called them, "stupid movies."
The Beastie Boys made a song that sounded like it was something they endorsed, not something they were poking fun at. With the lyric "Your mom busted in and said, what's that noise? Aw, mom you're just jealous it's the Beastie Boys!" It appeared they were endosring the content of the song.
Eminem mentioned in his 2013-14 song Headlights that he hates Cleanin Out My Closet and mentioned he cringes when it comes on the radio! Headlights was an apology to his mother!!! Cleanin Out My Closet by Eminem should've been on this list!!!
Now I see why Lorde was ok with Matt & Trey making fun of her on Soufh Park when Randy played Lorde . I also don’t blame Miley Cyrus I HATE Party In The USA . I also see why Michael Stipe was ok with Mike Judge having Beavis and Butthead make fun of “Shiny Happy People”
The most hated song of all: Debbie Boone, You Light Up My Life. Someone fairly recently covered it, I thought it was Jessica Simpson or Britney, but I can't find their version. Anyhoo, Ms. Boone was asked for her take on the cover and she said, " She performs it very well. But, it's been 30 years and it's still too soon to hear it again."
As a Warrant fan, the song "Cherry Pie" was not good at all... Listen to something like "Heaven", "I Saw Red", or "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and their true talent shines through. "Cherry Pie" is probably one of my least favorite songs of all time.
That’s sad that some singers don’t like there own songs especially like Creep and Wonderwall, We didn’t start the fire 🔥 and A thousand miles who I think are great songs 👍👍
I think I've heard that Warren Zevon came to hate "Werewolves of London." It was fun and unique, and was the only song of his that many people knew - but it was far from his best work.
Some songs are overplayed, some don’t age well. Shiny Happy People is not a song. Both REM and Kate Pierson have so many better songs. I get it. I love “Creep”, it just captures a time and how most of feel (at one time or another) that we don’t fit in.
billy joel despises You're always a woman to me. I saw him on a talk show saying he only plays it because of the fans but up to him not sing it ever again. Madonna despises material girl. She said in an interview she regrets making that for being referred to as the material girl.
Robert Plant hated Stairway because his son died and then the addition of John Bonham’s death made it absolutely unbearable for him to sing. It wasn’t because it was such a big hit, it’s because the connection to it became to painful. It’s why Heart’s performance of it is so revered, because he was drawn to tears by it. You missed a few good ones- John Lennon and George Harrison hated a bunch of Paul’s songs- especially Maxwell silver hammer Vanilla ice absolutely hated ice ice baby For your love by the Yardbirds made Eric Clapton leave the band John Bonham hated Dyer Maker because Jimmy Page wrote it to mess with him because Reggae was the only genre he couldn’t play Lou Reed hated a lot of the album Loaded that he sand with The Velvet Underground John Frusciante refuses to play any songs off of One Hot Minute (cuz Dave Navarro was with the band) David Gilmour hated most of the tracks from The Wall I’m sure there’s others. You could argue a lot of Bob Dylan’s stuff because he constantly changes it completely. I know he resented a lot of his pre electric music as he’d get boo’ed for playing electric.
Most artists hate at least one of their songs. That's just how it goes I think when you do things repeatadly some things tends to become tedius, embarrasing and hated.
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You forgot Pat Benatar ...
Metallica escape
Ian Gillan from Deep Purple and Child in Time!
@@karenkuncken6477 Which song?
@@Tricob1974 hit me with your best shot
Mandy Moore has recorded some beautiful music since her teen pop days. I saw her at a free outdoor show in Cambridge MA in 2007 after she released her record 'WIld Hope' which was lovely. There was hardly anyone in the crowd that day. Sweet as pie, Mandy excitedly askes the small gathering "does anyone have a request?!" to which someone calls out "Candy!" and her face instantly falls. "No" she says, "I mean from maybe this current record, or something from my covers album?" I felt so sorry for her in that moment. She seems like such a genuine and kind person. Every artist deserves to grow up and evolve.
No wonder she voices Rapunzel.
I hope to see Mandy in concert one day I love how she’s grown as an artist
Her singing in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventures is just wonderful
She might hate them songs but we love them
Um... who is Mandy Moore?!
Vanessa Carlton's problem is that her other songs weren't nearly as strong. Alicia Keys didn't have the Carlton problem because after "Fallin" she wrote better songs as a whole and took her fans on a journey. Even if the song didn't go to number one, the album sold extremely well.
Vanessa Carlton has some other great songs though.
@@michelledawn7446 This. Though I feel that a lot of Carlton's discographies are very different in tone to A Thousand Mile which doesn't help her.
I watched that interview Carlton did and she says the producers pushed a thousand miles and changed it. I enjoy her first 2 albums a lot.
Ordinary Day and White House’s were ABSOLUTELY as strong. Both songs are beautiful and nostalgic, just like A Thousand Miles.
Ordinary Day and White Houses peaked at 30 and 86 respectively on the Billboards Hot 100. She had no other solo charting songs on the Hot 100. She did make several appearances on the Adult Contemporary charts, though.
At least Elton John didn’t refuse to play Crocodile Rock on the Muppet Show. Quite possibly the greatest all-around musical performance on the show.
I don’t Know, Prince was amazing!
It hurts to hear Pat Benatar disliking Hit Me With Your Best Shot.
I used to enjoy the tune.
Selena Gomez despises Come and Get It while Demi Lovato refuses to hear Give Your Heart a Break.
At times, Avril Lavigne refuses to sing Complicated.
Ariana Grande refuses to hear Put Your Hearts Up and Bang Bang.
Why does Selena Gomez hate the song that boosted her solo career? Ungrateful much?
I love Demi and totally get it. That’s one of my least favs
@@mathewk6026 Why? It's less annoying than Skyscraper.
Really disappointing to hear that Demi Lovato doesn’t like singing Give Your Heart a Break because that’s one of my favorite songs.
I saw Pat Benatar as an opener for Styx and she REFUSED to play Hit Me. REFUSED. Said no outright and did Hell is for Children instead. Very disappointing.
I appreciate any artist who continues to play a song that they hate. It shows an appreciation for the people who make it possible for you to have a career, and a realization that -- whether you personally like the song or not -- it's still a great thing to have people who love your work.
Smells Like Teen Spirit. While that song has been played to death both on MTV and in the years after its release, nobody hated that song as much as Kurt Cobain. I believe he had his voice sung low during a live TV performance in the UK and he also threw his guitar in the crowd. It's a great song, but it's overplayed.
It’s annoying
So sad... it's such a perfect song and for me it was the reason to check out Nirvana as a band. But everytime I go to a mainstream club (like twice a year, prefer techno) they play the same butchered smells like teen spirit remix they already played 10 years ago. Maybe they do it so people like me drink more to get through this torcher.
I've seen that clip. It was from the music show "Top of the Pops". Kurt Cobain sung in a really low key, even getting a few words wrong, while the rest of the band seemed to be out of sync with the music.
@@bluebear1985 Thank you. I knew it aired on TV, but forgot the name of the show.
Yet I never get sick of it. It’s a perfect rock song
A Thousand Miles, Don’t Stop Me Now and Smells Like Teen Spirit are for me great songs. But I respect the artists who hate their own songs.
Kurt sucked
I love that Grohl gets a real kick over telling people that the big drum lead-in to Teen Spirit he ripped off disco legends The Gap Band. He even says when he met Charlie Wilson he said, "I've been biting you guys for ages," and he was all "Yeah, we know!"
it's kinda spoiled, right? 1000's of bands go through a whole career not even getting close to having such a popular song. And then when someone does, they complain about it.
Eh I mean sure but in certain bands points of views some of those songs met have come from places they don’t want to be reminded of
The mention of Sinatra and growing tired of singing a song brings to mind something Barbra Streisand said in her patter on her 2010 album, "One Night Only." She talked about how, as a singer, she gets so tired of singing songs like "People" and "The Way We Were" over and over again but she says she does it for her fans. She then tells a story of being in France and going to a Jacques Brel concert and she was so thrilled because she loved his song, "Ne me quitte pas" and, he didn't sing it. She said she was heartbroken but that stayed with her: How disappointed fans will be when you as an artist don't sing their favorites and so she'll sing those old songs because she knows what they mean to the fans. (I also attended a Norah Jones concert--I think it was around the time of her second album--and the couple sitting next to me were waiting to hear her sing "Nightingale" because it had been their wedding song. And Jones didn't perform it. I didn't ask them how they felt but I had kind of hoped Norah would sing the song. And, on another note, when I saw Heart in concert a few years back, I hadn't googled to see what their tour setlist featured but I was beyond thrilled when they started playing "Dog & Butterfly"--that is probably my absolute favorite song from the Wilson Sisters. I was probably the only person who stood up and screamed in delight when the song started.)
I have most of Heart's albums and "Dog & Butterfly" is my favorite song of theirs, too. I have the 45, vinyl LP and CD. My least favorite (starts with "All...") is also Ann's least favorite. But no matter how much I like a song, I don't want the artist to perform if they are tired of it or if they now dislike it. I want the artist to do the show they want to do.
It seems like most bands/artists hate that first big song. It's usually understandable, considering the amount of play they got.
I get it for Mandy. totally agree. if I did want her to do a song that she did in the past, it’s gotta be when will my life begin, or at last I see the light. her vocals really were on point there.
Yeah, that song was written because Candy rhymes with Mandy, so oblivious and no real thought behind it
#1 should be Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart". He even had a show in Canada named "Doc" when he gets out of a cab and the song is playing he says "I really hate that song"
I know that show aired in the US, too. I've come to appreciate him as a person more and more over the years for stuff like that. 😂
Oh yahh, I remember that! 😆 I loved that show!
That song is the only reason he became famous!
So Vanessa Carlton hates A Thousand Miles because everyone likes it too much
I mean, can she blame them? That song is awesome ❤
Of course, it's gonna receive more love than the rest of her songs
I am all right with listening to it in instrumental form.
The piano intro sets the mood.
The problem it basically made her a one hit wonder.
@@frankieseward8667 I think she ended up worse than a one-hit wonder - a two-hit wonder, which are even more forgotten. A pity, really.
While I can understand that it would make her feel like a one hit wonder; I thought and felt exactly the same way you express in your comment. It is still an amazing song that hits all the beautiful nuanced qualities of a forever hit song. Easily one of the top 10-15 definitive songs of the early 2000’s, and has aged better than most of the others on that list.
12:06!
Boy George!
I saw Vanessa Carlton in Omaha when she opened for Stevie Nicks, and she actually messed up one of the verses for "A Thousand Miles". She said it was the first time that had ever happened.
For several of these, Weird Al did them better anyway...or Haley Reinheart. And Heart put Stairway back on the map...to Led Zeppelin's approval.
I never realised that Billy Joel didn't rate "We Didn't Start the Fire" too highly. It's one of his most recognisable songs.
I love that song! I remember hearing this song in my history class in middle school and even the cast of Avengers did a parody of the song. I can see why Billy despises the song even if people would heavily disagree with his stance.
Me neither it’s annoying
It's shite compared to his older songs. The album An Innocent Man is a masterpiece
Billy Joel has written many great songs, "We Didn't Start the Fire" isn't one of them. It is a shame people see it as "one of his most recognisable songs". Go listen to his older albums, for example The Stranger.
@@RoseSolane yes indeed
I’ve seen The Who in concert, and the song Pete Townsend really hates is “My Generation”. Before they started playing it, he not-so-jokingly called it a “little piece of s•••”. It’s like, dude, that was your first hit. It put you guys on the map. Most bands would kill for a song like that. Show some gratitude!
Great video! I think Madonna hates Material Girl more than any other song she had because its her nickname.
Eminem hates 1 of his biggiest hits, Cleanin Oit My Closet. When he wrote it, Eminem hated his mother and they weren't on speaking terms. Now that they are taking again, he cant stand the song and thats why he doesn't perform it anymore
Well that’s fair enough that he doesn’t like that song anymore now that he gets on better with his mum.
That all. Big deal. I know decent acts who leave out whole swathes of their career, stuff one song.
Anyway here's Wonderwall
Debbie Peterson of The Bangles has often stated that she hates "Walk Like An Egyptian." First, she was the only member of the band that didn't get to sing on the track. Second, the management and producers really wanted to focus on Susanna Hoffs, which started to cause a riff in the band, which later caused The Bangles to break up, at least temporarily.
Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders are underrated, I grew up in the 80’s and I listened to them so much!
Under rated does not mean "I didn't know this band until recently". They were a VERY well known and appreciated band during their era, and continue to be so today.
She taught me what a Detroit Lean was.
Hardly, they got a lot of play and support. Her veggie ideals and animal rights stance, however, THAT needed more attention from everyone and to act on it.
@@ComaAlpha 😂😂😂
@@kyachdistent1301 they didn’t get a lot of play on the radio stations that I listened to. Brass in Pocket and Chain Gang were played constantly. Just those 2 songs.
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy. I heard he got REALLY tired of singing that song
Pete Burns got sick and tired of “you spin me round (like a record)”. He even stated in interviews that he was tired of hearing it on the radio because it was played far more than Dead or Alive’s other hits.
Noticed Elton stood up and encouraged the audience to do the rest 😂 he must have played that song 1000s of times the whoo year at the end had me in stitches 😅
The best thing to come out of so many of these was the Weird Al covers.
In his documentary Still Bill, Bill Withers talks about hating “Just The Two Of Us”. He thought the song lacked grit and the lyrics made no sense. He felt more connection to his earlier songs like “Ain’t No Sunshine”, “Grandma’s Hands” and “Lovely Day.” The label made him record it to fulfill his contract and he essentially quit the music business shortly after. The doc shows him literally rolling his eyes while performing it live, but it’s probably one of his best known songs, especially outside of fans of soul.
Forgot Kelly Clarkson, A Moment Like This.
Forgot Britney Spears, Sometimes
Kelly’s wasn’t original, it was a cover which is probably why it’s not on the list
We all forgot a tone-deaf pointless barbie slagdonna puppet made by a puppeteer.
In pop-up video, it was stated that NO ONE in REM liked Shiny Happy People. If I remember correctly, they were forced to write it to make the band more palatable to some parents who thought the band too dark. In one of the pop-ups, it stated they were instructed to wear their brightest clothes, and one member of the band wore a really dark purple that was almost black. He was the only one that didn’t have any fun while recording the video.
My favorite in that video is still the little kid who forgot the dance move and then hurried to get back on beat. 😍
And I believe this was their most successful song in the UK?
OK, Miley should not hate party in the USA because it is genuinely a fantastic single and one of the most memorable catchy songs of the last 20 years. I don’t care how much hate it gets, that is a great pop song. Vanessa Carlton should be grateful that 1000 miles is as beloved as it is because many artists don’t even get that. Maybe the reason people are always wanting to hear that song is because your other songs suck, Vanessa. and for the narrator to say it’s easy to see why these artists don’t like the song because people always request them, at least they’re requesting a song by them and not walking away and ignoring them. Talk about problems of the privileged.
I love the one hit wonder people who "hate" their one song. Comes across as just trying to be too cool for school.
I would dispute the assertion that Madonna hates "Like A Virgin" more than "Material Girl". She's performed reinvented versions of LAV on most of her tours, as opposed to "Material Girl", which she tended to hate because of being referred to as such for decades afterwards. She didn't write either of these, unlike most of her output, so that may have something to do with it all as well.
Additionally, "Fight for Your Right" came out in '86, not '87.
I love the song A Thousand Miles.
soo... your feet are hurting
@@pratmid5816 No. I meant the song. But I like the joke you made there.
Yes white chicks ❤
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It makes sense for Lorde to outgrow "Royals", since it was early on in her career, and her music has evolved since then.
She was 17 when she recorded the song. It seems like songs sung by teen acts are despised the most by the artists themselves. Look at Sometimes by Britney Spears. I believe she was 18 or 19 when that song came out. My brother has some of her songs post-Royals in his playlist and is a fan.
understandable. I don’t mind an occasional play every now and again, especially at milestone shows where they could do like a review set of songs to remind the fans that they got a catalogue, but showcase the evolution too.
that's the "problem" of writing so personal songs. eventually, the lyrics won't represent you anymore and sing them kinda fills disingenuous
I love how Michael Stipe said on Space Ghost Coast to Coast of all places that he hates “Shiny, Happy People” 😂😂
As he should…. Ugh.
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart hate "All I want To Do Is Make Love To You" and regretted it almost immediately after recording it. They haven't played it since the 90's. Donna Summers hated "Baby To Love You Baby" and rarely agreed to perform it.
I really love the music of Heart from their so-called commercial era - "Heart"-"Desire walks on" - even if all the "real" Heart-fans wish, these albums wouldn't exist. But I so absolutely agree with the Wilsons: "All I want...." was their biggest mistake ever and I hated it from the very first time hearing it (and believe me: I listened a hundred times to it and tried to like it, only because Heart did it). The most tragic thing about it is, that here in Germany this is the only song by Heart you hear periodically until nowadays on the radio. What a shame!
That's the only Heart song I hate. I'm glad they stopped playing it. You meant Donna Summer and "Love To Love You Baby."
While I can understand artists getting tired of certain songs, unless there is a truly painful memory attached (such as Brian May witnessing Freddie Mercury's self-destructive behavior and death) refusing to play a popular song for fans that pay their obscene ticket prices seems like a privileged choice. Most of us have jobs that involve doing things we don't enjoy and don't reflect our talents fully. I can understand if they (privately) dislike a song that has been overplayed or doesn't reflect their best work , but most fans want to hear a mix of old and new songs that allow them to celebrate how the music has been part of their lives.
If fans would not want to attend concerts without a guarantee they'll hear their favorite song, they don't have to buy the tickets. Artists deserve to be able to follow their musical and performing muses.
Eminem - My Name Is
Bobby McFerrin - Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Sisqó - In My Bed
Imani Coppola - Legend of a Cowgirl
Don't know if this really qualifies, but Eric Clapton evidently refuses to play either Tears in Heaven or My Father's Eyes anymore, saying that they're both time capsules from a time he's since moved on from. He doesn't hate them per se, but he has no wish to revisit the times in his life that they represent. Especially Tears in Heaven.
I understand the artists who are in their 30s and 40s and asked to sing songs they wrote in their teens. They are in a different period of life.
None of us escaped the earworm that was 'A Thousand Miles', but I was never a fan of hers during that era. I have been a huge Vanessa Carlton fan since she released an album in 2011 called 'Rabbits on the Run'. I went to see her at a small club in Brighton MA soon after. There was this girl standing next to me who kept shouting out "ordinary! Play ordinary day!" over and over again. Finally, when it was clear that song would not be on the set list, the girl turns to her friend and says "I wonder if she hates that song" - lol. Yeah, honey. She does.
I'm obsessed with Rabbits on the Run, easily one of the most solid albums I've ever listened to
Mandy's "Candy" is such an iconic late 90s & early 00s bop!
I once watched an interview here on RUclips of Cher and she said she doesn't like any of her songs except for I Got You Babe that one is her favorite. The reason she said that she likes I Got You Babe is because after she recorded the song with her then husband Sonny Bono before their marriage ended in divorce and before he passed away there was still a part of her where she loved him very much after their divorce and after he passed away. She said that she doesn't like all of her other songs but she sings and performs for her fans not herself. I actually really admire her for that.
Renee Rapp-Too Well
She wanted the song to be this hard revenge-sounding song but it came out a too Pop like and fluffy for her taste. But she still will perform it for her audience who loves it. Renee Rapp
❤❤❤
You forgot…
Mariah hates Hero
Celine hates My Heart Will Go On
Toni hates Unbreak my Heart
For all the artists out there that dislike one or more of their songs just because they were young when they released them, I just want to point out that Kip Winger is in his 60s and is still singing "She's only 17," and he was 27 when he released it. Trust me, your teenie-bopper songs haven't reached that level of cringe...
So true!! And IMHO that song was cringe when he originally did it. He was almost 30 and singing about underage girls. Ugh.
Two that you’ve missed are “In The End” and “Crawling.” The only person in Linkin Park who disliked them was Chester Bennington. Even though these weren’t ones he hated, he just didn’t like them as much as the other ones. With “In The End,” he thought it was nice but didn’t like it as much as the other songs on the Hybrid Theory album, mainly because it wasn’t as heavy. Now with “Crawling,” he liked it at first but he just got sick of playing it for so long because in the chorus, it’s just one note over and over again until the second verse comes in or we’ve hit the bridge.
Nickelback Figured You Out (2003) Based On lyrics alone I can see why Chad Kroeger wants wipe that song from existence
no worries, we feel the same way about nickelback
It wasn’t a big hit, but I’d add Chris Martin and “Green Eyes.” That song meant a lot to me because I have green eyes, but then I heard that Coldplay won’t perform it anymore because Chris doesn’t feel right about it since he wrote it about a former girlfriend. Kinda makes me wonder if he has similar feelings for songs he wrote for/about Gwenyth Paltrow.
Don't we all wish we had this problem 🤭
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It's odd that you left Cher off of this list. Many of her most successful songs are ones she never cared for, not least of which is "If I Could Turn Back Time". I suspect there's something in her subconscious - something negative - and it's triggered by one or more elements in these songs.
From what I've read, she always wanted to be a rock star. But all of her rock efforts weren't successful, other than her part in Meatloaf's Dead Ringer for Love. All of her songs in other genres were attempts (often successful) to recover from a failed rock venture.
@@ratdude747 Ah, you're forgetting about singles like "I Found Someone". :-) But yeah, her most interesting rock "fail" to me was Black Rose. The concept was fantastic; take several musicians with talent equal to Cher's, throw tradition to the wind, and record an album. The thing is, the material wasn't very focused. "Never Should Have Started" came together the best, but that's because they followed some of the traditional song-building process ... unconsciously. When they broke away from that method in their other songs, things kind of fell apart. But it sure you left you something to talk about.
Interesting thing about Radiohead's "Creep"....when somebody uploaded Prince's cover of the song 2 RUclips, Prince tried 2 take it down. Radiohead found out about it and had RUclips reload it.
I believe Britney Spears doesn't like "Sometimes". And I think I read somewhere that Jessy Nelson from Little Mix doesn't like "Black Magic".
There’s even a video of Britney exiting the stage, with the mic still on, saying that she hates the song.
Sometimes? Can't say I've ever heard that song.
John Cougar Mellencamp Openly hates the Album version of Jack & Diane
He said that they had trouble getting the band to Play on key & the Clapping, while only used to keep the beat, was keft in cause the song didnt work without it.
He likes to play am Acoustic Version that he thinks sounds better
Fun fact shiny happy people was supposed to be the theme to friends until I’ll be there for you
The show sure dodged a big bullet.
I love so many different songs that I don’t always remember what I want so lists like this help me to remember them.
I once witnessed Duncan Sheik refuse to play Barely Breathing at a festival and then proceed to rant about how much he hated the song. I feel like he should definitely be on this list.
That’s sad about Vanessa Carlton and A Thousand Miles. It came out when I was 12~13. I had my first real crush and my family was getting ready to move across the country. I was so bummed I’d never get to see him again, and I always considered it my song to him. That said, that entire first album is gold.
I LOVE Strangers in the Night!!! My Gram loved Sinatra and she got me hooked on him.
If Robert Plant doesn't want to sing Stairway any more, I'll be happy to pick up the mantle.:)
There's always Ann Wilson ;)
No Stairway!
Denied!
@@equusquaggaquagga536 that's just at the guitar shop.
Stairway To Heaven is one of the greatest songs around and one I heavily enjoy
I’ve heard that Christina Aguilera hates Genie In A Bottle…along with all the songs from her first album. I love Christina’s music and looooove her first album! Hurt me to hear that she dislikes those songs I love so much!
I’m surprised Mariah Carey’s “Someday” didn’t make the list. It’s my favorite song but she hates it.
She says she doesn't hate the song, she hates the music video.
"You'r beautiful" is also not ment to be romantic and just how people missunderstanding it freaks him out!!!
I agree with Bob Geldof-"Do They Know It's Christmas" is the worst Xmas song ever!
I have a newfound respect for Billy Joel now because I’ve always felt that way about “We Didn’t Start The Fire”, lol.
Warrant originally wrote Cherry Pie in 1989 under a different name, inspired by Guns n Roses Sweet Child o Mine and ripped off I Love Rock n Roll! The record company botched their original song and changed the theme! Jani Lane even had trauma from that song that it reminded him of his failed marriage with Bobbie Brown! Billy Joel also hates how We didn’t start the Fire has become too political and was mad that Fall Out Boy covered that song and reminded him of the original!
He knew his reputation as a trailblazer would be destroyed, but because of his contractual obligations, Elvis was forced to record songs he loathed, especially the ones written for, as he called them, "stupid movies."
How could nirvana have played Reading in 2009 when Kurt Cobain died in 94?!
The Wallflowers One Headlight.
Green Day When September Ends
I’m confident that that nirvana performance wasn’t 2009
Don’t blame me. I love their songs and music.
Celine Dion doesn't like My Heart Will Go On
Smells like teen spirit, creep, shiny happy people. Like this whole video is pretty much my playlist 😂😂
You can add Gene Simmons ("I Was Made For Loving You"), Ann Wilson (All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You), and Cheap Trick (The Flame)
Britney Spears hates "Cinderella" and "Bombastic Love" from Britney (2001), albeit both are fan favourites. 😂😅
Miley hates party in the USA maybe because she can't sing it anymore that way
for her pitch got lower.
Idk if Sir Paul McCartney hates “Wonderful Christmastime” or not, but he definitely should.
It's so awful
Just like every single one of the rest of us do.
That song is an in joke for my family. I went from hating it to finding it hilarious 😂
So agree. He's done some shockers but that's the top of the pile.
@@HappytravellerkimmyI don't mean to be rude but Stockholm Syndrome-ing this doesn't make it any less objectively terrible.
Can you tell me what concert the 1st Elton John clip was from? A lady in the crowd looks like my late SIL... I'd love to get a hold of that concert!
It says in the Bottom Left
Simon LeBon has been vocal about his dislike for 'The Reflex' and having to sing it all the time. Not sure if he's come to terms recently.
The Beastie Boys made a song that sounded like it was something they endorsed, not something they were poking fun at. With the lyric
"Your mom busted in and said, what's that noise?
Aw, mom you're just jealous it's the Beastie Boys!"
It appeared they were endosring the content of the song.
You gotta fight, for your right
Fun fact shinny happy people was almost the friends theme song
Eminem mentioned in his 2013-14 song Headlights that he hates Cleanin Out My Closet and mentioned he cringes when it comes on the radio! Headlights was an apology to his mother!!! Cleanin Out My Closet by Eminem should've been on this list!!!
I can't here "Don't stop me now" without seeming the bar scene from "Shawn of the Dead" in my mind lol
Britney Spears, Gimme More.
Really ?
Now I see why Lorde was ok with Matt & Trey making fun of her on Soufh Park when Randy played Lorde . I also don’t blame Miley Cyrus I HATE Party In The USA . I also see why Michael Stipe was ok with Mike Judge having Beavis and Butthead make fun of “Shiny Happy People”
I bet Lord had a freaking laugh. that’s how you take it in stride. having them do you like that is an honor.
The most hated song of all: Debbie Boone, You Light Up My Life. Someone fairly recently covered it, I thought it was Jessica Simpson or Britney, but I can't find their version. Anyhoo, Ms. Boone was asked for her take on the cover and she said, " She performs it very well. But, it's been 30 years and it's still too soon to hear it again."
As a Warrant fan, the song "Cherry Pie" was not good at all... Listen to something like "Heaven", "I Saw Red", or "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and their true talent shines through. "Cherry Pie" is probably one of my least favorite songs of all time.
9:45: If you consider the crude definition of cherry and of pie, “Cherry Pie” by Warrant has everything to do with pie. 😁🍒🥧
That’s sad that some singers don’t like there own songs especially like Creep and Wonderwall, We didn’t start the fire 🔥 and A thousand miles who I think are great songs 👍👍
Sorry, but candy is a straight up banger
I think I've heard that Warren Zevon came to hate "Werewolves of London." It was fun and unique, and was the only song of his that many people knew - but it was far from his best work.
Some songs are overplayed, some don’t age well. Shiny Happy People is not a song. Both REM and Kate Pierson have so many better songs. I get it. I love “Creep”, it just captures a time and how most of feel (at one time or another) that we don’t fit in.
Madonna should wish her version of Santa Baby stopped being played. I know I do every Christmas.
billy joel despises You're always a woman to me. I saw him on a talk show saying he only plays it because of the fans but up to him not sing it ever again. Madonna despises material girl. She said in an interview she regrets making that for being referred to as the material girl.
Robert Plant hated Stairway because his son died and then the addition of John Bonham’s death made it absolutely unbearable for him to sing.
It wasn’t because it was such a big hit, it’s because the connection to it became to painful. It’s why Heart’s performance of it is so revered, because he was drawn to tears by it.
You missed a few good ones-
John Lennon and George Harrison hated a bunch of Paul’s songs- especially Maxwell silver hammer
Vanilla ice absolutely hated ice ice baby
For your love by the Yardbirds made Eric Clapton leave the band
John Bonham hated Dyer Maker because Jimmy Page wrote it to mess with him because Reggae was the only genre he couldn’t play
Lou Reed hated a lot of the album Loaded that he sand with The Velvet Underground
John Frusciante refuses to play any songs off of One Hot Minute (cuz Dave Navarro was with the band)
David Gilmour hated most of the tracks from The Wall
I’m sure there’s others. You could argue a lot of Bob Dylan’s stuff because he constantly changes it completely. I know he resented a lot of his pre electric music as he’d get boo’ed for playing electric.
with Warrant, it's Sometimes she cries, and
I Saw Red, thise were my teachers
I knew that Crocodile Rock by Elton John was going to be on this list, however, what he does not realize, it's His Best & My Favorite Song by him.
Most artists hate at least one of their songs. That's just how it goes I think when you do things repeatadly some things tends to become tedius, embarrasing and hated.
Ironically , Shiny Happy People is the best song of the REM for me and could be the Friends Theme song 😮
Came here to say this. It could have been a LOT worse for Stipe and company.