We're entering November, and that means: One of the last remaining barriers between us and Christmas music is gone. Someone asked the internet, "If you could DELETE one song from existence so no one ever hears it again, what would it be and why?"
And not surprisingly, one of the most popular answers was "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey. For obvious reasons. But it wasn't the only song on the list that gets under people's skin.
Here are some other highlights from the list of songs people want to delete:
1. "The Christmas Shoes", NewSong
2. "Last Christmas", Wham!
3. The "1-877-KARS 4 KIDS" jingle.
4. "Magic", Pilot. It's now being used to sell Ozempic.
5. The TikTok clip, "Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no." (Not everyone realizes this, but it's actually from the song, "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" by the Shangri-Las. And then Aerosmith. So they're taking collateral heat.)
6. "Baby Shark", Pinkfong. Because it's everywhere and it's infuriating.
7. The Barney "I Love You" song, or Lambchop's "The Song That Never Ends".
8. "Happy" by Pharrell. The most annoying fake happy song in the world.
9. "Fight Song", Rachel Platten. Some people use this message to power through tough times. And afterward, it reminds them too much of that.
10. "Anxiety", Doechii . . . It was everywhere recently, and it's also a big rip-off of "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye. Which was also overplayed.
11. "Moves Like Jagger", Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera
12. "7 Years", Lukas Graham
13. "Hey, Soul Sister", Train
14. "All Summer Long", Kid Rock
15. "My Humps", Black Eyed Peas
16. "Mambo No. 5", Lou Bega
17. "Achy Breaky Heart", Billy Ray Cyrus
18. "Imagine", John Lennon
19. "We Built This City", Jefferson Starship
20. Somebody risked Swiftie furor by saying, "I'd delete Taylor Swift's entire library of music. It's so awful . . . it's offensive to my ears."
(Yeah, but if someone deleted Taylor's whole catalog, what's stopping her from re-recording it all, and calling it "Taylor's Version, Again!" Or maybe *I* can beat her to it, and re-record them as MY version and become super rich and famous. NOW, we're thinkin'!)
And one person joked, "Somebody's creating the perfect playlist for their retail store, STOP THEM."