Earworms That I Hate

In my original post, I mentioned the "bad" kind of earworm--the songs that you hate but they're so catchy they invade your mind anyway and you can't stop singing it/thinking about it. So here are some of my personal worst earworms.

More recently, "Animal" by Neon Trees. Gross. Nothing about this song sounds unique or cool to me. Just overly-typical, trying to make a hit by being stereotypically catchy kind of thing. It was ALL over the radio and haunted me for months.

"California" by MetroStation
While I really enjoyed dancing and jamming out to the ever-catchy "Shake It" by the same band, this one is so repetitive and cheery in a childish way that it's painful.

And don't forget most of the music by Britney Spears. She can't sing. She just can't. The only songs of hers I like are recent, super dance-y ones where the producers have made the music so cool that it makes up for her terrible, over-produced voice. This one definitely tries to hard. Bad bad lyrics. 

"Mickey"

Waaaay too upbeat in a cutsie way for my taste. Sadly, I have danced to this, but only to make fun of how annoying it is. 

And last, but DEFINITELY not least, "Barbie Girl." I don't know how many times this got played when I was at some stupid girl's slumber party when I was little, but I'm surprised my ears didn't bleed. I can't stand how chipper it is. Blech.