Festive tunes: What's the most annoying Christmas song ever?
Love them or hate them, you certainly can't escape them! Christmas songs start playing from as early as October nowadays, and it always seems to be the same old suspects every single year.. Do you get festive tune burnout by the time the day comes along? And what do you think is the most annoying Christmas song ever written?
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00:00 What is the most annoying Christmas song ever?
00:07 God, Why Christmas? I don't like Why Christmas. No, it's annoying. I don't like it.
00:11 Is that because it never snows?
00:13 Probably, yeah, but I don't like it.
00:15 So, annoying Christmas songs. Definitely Slade. So, here it is, Merry Christmas.
00:22 You can't go into a shop without hearing it. I mean, they must have been on all sorts when they recorded that.
00:30 It was that bad. It was good at one point.
00:33 Mariah Carey. Oh, it's so annoying. It's almost as bad as Slade, but I think Mariah Carey takes number one slot.
00:41 When it comes to Christmas songs, we all have our favourites and we all have the ones we just can't stand.
00:46 It might differ from person to person, but there's some consensus to be had on the best,
00:50 according to Smooth Radio's ranking of all the more than 70 Christmas number ones so far, that is.
00:56 Their top three included Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody with the bronze medal,
01:00 Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas in second place,
01:03 and Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens taking the crown.
01:07 Is there a Christmas song that you find particularly irritating?
01:11 Is there any guys you think are crazy when you listen to them?
01:14 Not particularly, but I would say about 80% of them, yeah.
01:18 Oh, I don't think you can hear too much of any of them, really.
01:21 No, they're all pretty good, aren't they?
01:22 They're all familiar and remind you of lovely Christmases, don't they?
01:25 Shakin' Stevens, yeah. He was good. Very, very shaky.
01:29 I think if it starts, I mean, you know what it's like in the supermarkets and stuff,
01:33 the Christmas decorations come out in like September, October time, and it's like, I think it's way too soon.
01:39 And Christmas songs should be December only. Sorry. I do apologise.
01:44 Really annoying. Yeah.
01:46 You like all of them?
01:48 Yeah, you've got what you call... The only dog you want, I think, is Jonah Louis.
01:54 I wish I was that old for Christmas.
01:58 That does get a lot of people.
02:02 [Hums "Jingle Bells"]
02:05 That one.
02:07 Ariana Grande, Santa, whatever it's called. Santa, tell me, bro.
02:13 Dead. It's overused. It's overplayed. Overplayed. Every year, same, on repeat. It's annoying.
02:20 All of them. I hate all the Christmas films, all the Christmas songs. It's annoying and boring.
02:27 Very, very boring. Every shop, you know what I mean? It's just nonsense.
02:32 You know, they make a mockery of Christmas with that stuff, really.
02:35 Do you think Christmas music burn out at the end of the festive season?
02:40 No, I don't think I get burn outs. I must say, I don't. I like music whenever. Yeah.
02:45 No, I think we should have it. We should have music. Whether I like it or not. No, we should have it.
02:50 I think they start November, to be fair, and I would happily sing them until September.
02:56 Let Halloween people have their thing. Let Halloween people have, you know, one month.
03:01 The rest should be Christmas. The rest is all Christmas. I like that.