Played at weddings, funerals, Olympic ceremonies and even the annual New Years Eve celebrations in Times Square, John Lennons song Imagine has been the all-purpose anthem of sentimentality for 45 years.
But if youre one of those people who secretly hates it, dont worry youre not the only one.
Last weekend, British music fan Edward Carter and some friends were casually discussing songs they hated when he decided to extend the conversation to social media.
Dear Twitter, he posted. What is the song you most detest and despise? Thank you.
Within 48 hours, the bemused Brit, who had only around 1,000 Twitter followers, had received several thousand nominations from all over the world, and Lennons ballad was a repeat offender.
I think its the whole idea of talking about poverty and misery, while John was actually hanging around in his palatial New York townhouse, Carter tells The Post. Its the duplicity of the whole thing.
Amazed by the nerve he touched and the speed at which he received suggestions, Carter, a 36-year-old artist living in the southern coastal town of Brighton, collated the results into a blog post containing 337 deplorable ditties (listed below). Since then, its gone viral, with people nominating even more songs they loathe.
A lot of people seemed quite glad they werent alone in hating these songs, he says. It boils down to people feeling everybody is having this great experience, but feeling excluded because they cant see what everyone else sees and it makes them angry.
Another big anti-hit is Big Yellow Taxi in all of its forms. That was the first song to be nominated in its entirety, says Carter, referring to the Joni Mitchell original, subsequent cover by Amy Grant, and the horrendous Counting Crows version featuring Vanessa Carlton.
The sheer ubiquity of songs such as Love Shack by the B-52s and Rude by Magic! also ensured plenty of ire. But for some, it was also a chance to air grievances against overexposed artists in general.
There were some artists that people would tweet and say, Anything by that person, says Carter, noting that Taylor Swift, Phil Collins and Coldplay fell into that category.
As a big Bob Dylan fan, Carter admits to being heartened that not one song by the recent Nobel Prize winner for literature was nominated. But he was pleased to see two of his least favorite bands the Byrds and the Eagles in the cross hairs.
I have never been sold on any Dylan cover versions, especially not the Byrds whiny version of Mr. Tambourine Man. As for the Eagles, I cant stand any band that telegraphs their guitar solos.
You would think people would want to avoid such a playlist, but it is getting a lot of play, he says. Maybe theyre gluttons for punishment.
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10cc Dreadlock Holiday 10cc Im Not In Love The 88 At Least It Was Here 21 Pilots Ride 4 Non Blondes Whats Up?
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ABBA Dancing Queen Ace of Base All That She Wants Aerosmith I Dont Want To Miss a Thing Aerosmith Janies Got a Gun Akon Lonely Amy Grant Big Yellow Taxi Andrew Gold Lonely Boy The Animals House of the Rising Sun Anohni 4 Degrees Aqua Lollipop (Candyman) Artful Dodger ft. Craig David Re-Rewind
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The B-52s Love Shack B*Witched Cest la Vie Babybird Youre Gorgeous Babylon Zoo Spaceman Bananarama I Cant Help It Band Aid Do They Know Its Christmas? Barry Manilow Mandy The Beatles Across the Universe The Beatles Hey Jude The Beatles Shes Leaving Home The Beatles When Im 64 The Beatles Yellow Submarine The Beatles Yesterday The Beautiful South Perfect 10 Bee Gees More Than a Woman Belinda Carlisle Circle in the Sand Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is a Place On Earth Belinda Carlisle Leave the Light On for Me Beyoncé Single Ladies Billy Joel My Life Billy Joel Piano Man Billy Joel Uptown Girl Billy Ocean When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart Björk Its Oh So Quiet Black Crowes Hard to Handle Black Eyed Peas Ive Gotta Feeling Black Lace Agadoo Blondie Heart of Glass Blondie Rapture Blue Mink Melting Pot The Bluebirds Young at Heart Blur Song 2 Bobby McFerrin Dont Worry Be Happy Bobby Pickett Monster Mash Bon Jovi Livin On a Prayer Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart Brand New Heavies Midnight at the Oasis Bruce Hornsby and the Range The Way It Is Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It for You Bryan Adams Summer of 69 Bryan Ferry Lets Stick Together Buckcherry Crazy Bitch The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man
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Calum Scott Dancing On My Own Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting Carly Simon Youre So Vain Carly Rae Jepsen Call Me Maybe The Carpenters Yesterday Once More Catatonia Road Rage Céline Dion My Heart Will Go On Chas & Dave Rabbit Cher Believe Cher The Shoop Shoop Song Cher Walking in Memphis Chris De Burgh A Spaceman Came Travelling Chris De Burgh The Lady in Red Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and Pink Lady Marmalade Chumbawamba Tubthumping Cliff Richard Mistletoe and Wine Cliff Richard The Millennium Prayer Coldplay Clocks Coldplay Yellow Coolio ft. L.V. Gangstas Paradise The Coral In the Morning Counting Crows Big Yellow Taxi Courtney Barnett Pickles From the Jar The Cranberries Zombie Crash Test Dummies Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crazy Town Butterfly Crystal Waters Gypsy Woman Cutting Crew (I Just) Died in Your Arms Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun
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D:Ream Things Can Only Get Better Danny Wilson Marys Prayer David Bowie Across the Universe David Bowie The Jean Genie Dead or Alive You Spin Me Round Deee-Lite Groove Is in the Heart Deep Blue Something Breakfast at Tiffanys Desree Life Dexys Midnight Runners Come on Eileen Diana Ross Chain Reaction Dire Straits Money for Nothing Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet DJ Otzi Hey Baby Dobie Gray Drift Away Dodgy Good Enough Don McLean American Pie Doobie Brothers What a Fool Believes Doop Doop Dream Academy Life in a Northern Town
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The Eagles Hotel California Edwyn Collins A Girl Like You Eiffel 65 Blue Elbow One Day Like This Ellie Goulding On My Mind Elton John Candle in the Wind (1997) Elton John Crocodile Rock Elton John Your Song Elvis Presley Return to Sender Eminem Lose Yourself Enigma Sadeness Eve ft. Gwen Stefani Let Me Blow Ya Mind Theme from Everythings Rosie Modal TriggerMany music fans want to check out of the Eagles Hotel California too bad they can never leave.Photo: Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty Images
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Fairground Attraction Perfect Fountains of Wayne Stacys Mom Frank Sinatra My Way The Fratellis Chelsea Dagger Fun Some Nights Fun ft. Janelle Monáe We Are Young
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Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Young Girl George Ezra Drawing Board Gerry & the Pacemakers Youll Never Walk Alone Gerry Rafferty Baker Street Glasvegas Daddys Gone Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive Goo Goo Dolls Iris Green Day Good Riddance (Time of your Life) Guns N Roses Sweet Child o Mine Gwen Stefani Hollaback Girl Modal TriggerGwen StefaniPhoto: Derek Storm/Everett Collection
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Hinder Lips of an Angel House of Pain Jump Around
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Idina Menzel Let It Go Inner Circle Sweat
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The Jam A Town Called Malice James Blunt Youre Beautiful James Brown I Feel Good Jamie Lawson Wasnt Expecting That Jamiroquai Canned Heat Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind Jennifer Rush The Power of Love Jim Diamond I Should Have Known Better JJ Barrie No Charge Joe Dolce Shaddap You Face John Lennon Imagine John Mayer Your Body Is a Wonderland Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Journey Dont Stop Believin Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris Baby
Kate Nash Foundations Kate Tempest Circles Katie Melua The Closest Thing to Crazy Katie Melua Nine Million Bicycles Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg California Gurls Katy Perry I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry Roar The Killers Mr. Brightside Kings of Leon Sex On Fire Kings of Leon Use Somebody
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The Las There She Goes Lady Gaga Bad Romance Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven Leonard Cohen Hallelujah Lighthouse Family Lifted Lighthouse Family Ocean Drive Limp Bizkit My Generation Lisa Stansfield Around the World Little Eva The Locomotion Lo-Fang Youre the One That I Want Los Del Rio Macarena Lou Bega Mambo No. 5 Lukas Graham 7 Years Lulu Shout Lulu The Boat That I Row
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Madness Baggy Trousers Madonna Like a Virgin MAGIC! Rude Manfred Manns Earth Band Blinded by the Light Manic Street Preachers SYMM Marc Cohn Walking in Memphis Mariah Carey All I Want for Christmas Is You Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk Maroon 5 Animals Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 This Love Meat Loaf Id Do Anything for Love Meghan Trainor All About That Bass Men at Work Down Under Mercury Rev Goddess on a Hiway Michael Bublé Its a Beautiful Day Michael Jackson Earth Song MIKA Grace Kelly Mike and the Mechanics The Living Years MN8 Ive Got a Little Something for You Mr. Big To Be With You Mumford and Sons I Will Wait Modal TriggerMeat LoafPhoto: Everett Collection
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Natasha Bedingfield These Words The New Radicals You Get What You Give Nicki Minaj Anaconda Nickleback Rockstar
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Oasis Champagne Supernova Oasis Shakermaker Oasis Wonderwall Oasis All Around the World Ocean Colour Scene The Day We Caught the Train Offspring Come Out and Play OMC How Bizarre
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Paolo Nutini New Shoes Paul McCartney We All Stand Together Paul McCartney Wonderful Christmastime Peter Sarstedt Where Do You Go To My Lovely? Pharrell Williams Happy Phil Collins In the Air Tonight Phil Collins You Cant Hurry Love Phil Collins Easy Lover Picturehouse Sunburst The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl Fairytale of New York The Proclaimers Im Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Prodigy Firestarter Psy Gangnam Style Modal TriggerPsy found a hit albeit a grating one to some with Gangnam Style.Photo: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection
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Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Queen Dont Stop Me Now Queen We Are the Champions Queen We Will Rock You
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R.E.M. Shiny Happy People Razorlight America Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge Rednex Cotton Eye Joe The Cast of Rent Seasons of Love Reverend and the Makers Heavyweight Champion of the World Richard Harris MacArthur Park Ricky Martin Livin La Vida Loca The Righteous Brothers Youve Lost That Lovin Feeling Rihanna Take a Bow Robbie Williams Angels Robbie Williams Millennium Robbie Williams Rock DJ Robbie Williams Candy Robbie Williams Freedom Robbie Williams Mack the Knife Robbie Williams Rudebox Robert Palmer Addicted to Love Robin S Show Me Love Robin Thicke Blurred Lines Cast of the Rocky Horror Show The Time Warp Rod Stewart Do Ya Think Im Sexy? Roy Orbison Oh, Pretty Woman Run DMC ft. Aerosmith Walk This Way Rupert Holmes Escape
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Sacred Reich 31 Flavors Sam Smith Money on My Mind Sandi Thom I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker Santana Smooth Sash Encore Une Fois Savage Garden Truly, Madly, Deeply Scorpions Wind of Change Scorpions Still Loving You Scouting for Girls Shes So Lovely The Script The Man Who Cant Be Moved Shaggy It Wasnt Me Shania Twain Man! I Feel Like a Woman! Shanice I Love Your Smile Shut Up and Dance Raving Im Raving Simply Red Fairground Simply Red Stars Sister Sledge Frankie Sixpence None the Richer Kiss Me Slade Merry Xmas Everybody Smash Mouth All Star Snap Rhythm Is a Dancer Snow Patrol Chasing Cars Social Distortion Story of My Life Sophie Ellis-Bextor Murder on the Dancefloor Space ft. Cerys Matthews The Ballad of Tom Jones Spice Girls Wannabe The Spin Doctors Two Princes Starship Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now Starship We Built This City Stereophonics Hurry Up and Wait Stereophonics Have a Nice Day Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) Steve Miller Band Abracadabra Steve Walsh I Found Lovin Stevie Wonder I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney Ebony and Ivory Stiltskin Inside The Stranglers Golden Brown Supertramp The Logical Song Survivor Eye of the Tiger Sweet Wig Wam Bam
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TPau China in Your Hand Take That ft. Lulu Relight My Fire Tammy Wynette Stand by Your Man Taylor Swift I Knew You Were Trouble Taylor Swift Shake It Off Terence Trent Darby Wishing Well Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun They Might Be Giants Birdhouse in Your Soul Tina Turner The Best TLC No Scrubs Tom Jones and Mousse T. Sex Bomb Tom Petty Free Fallin Tony Christie Is This the Way to Amarillo? Toploader Dancing in the Moonlight Traditional Jerusalem Traditional Little Drummer Boy Traditional Im Proud To Be an American Trio Da Da Da Twista ft. Anthony Hamilton Sunshine
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U2 Beautiful Day UB40 Red Red Wine Ultrabeat Pretty Green Eyes Ultravox Vienna
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Van Morrison Brown-Eyed Girl Vance Joy Riptide
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Waterboys The Whole of the Moon The Weather Girls Its Raining Men Westlife You Raise Me Up Wet Wet Wet Love Is all Around Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag Whigfield Saturday Night Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You Wings Mull of Kintyre Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
David Bowie The Jean Genie Dobie Gray Drift Away Deep Blue Something Breakfast at Tiffanys Dream Academy Life in a Northern Town The Jam A Town Called Malice James Brown I Feel Good The Proclaimers Im Gonna Be (500 Miles) Social Distortion Story of My Life Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine
"Imagine" sucks the sweat off a dead goat's balls.
Dishonorable mentions:
The Eagles Hotel California Madonna Like a Virgin Phil Collins In the Air Tonight Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney Ebony and Ivory Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun Yello Oh Yeah
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No it is not the worst song of all times. It is a revelation of the future of where this country is headed and Lennon saw that which was why it was so popular. The song was about a utopian communistic world. And of course, if Hillary becomes president she is all for a utopian world because the Rothschild have been grooming her for the presidency for a long time. Remember it was Hillary who wanted to Obamacare as far back as late 90's.
We all live in a yellow submarine, along with just about anything the Beatles ever did are deplorable and embarrassing historical libtarded drug loving hippie garbage.
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