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The Most Unwanted Song (FULL VERSION)

FraKctured · music · Watch on YouTube

Music performance & songsSatire & parody

What it is

The 1997 novelty song by Komar and Melamid with composer Dave Soldier, built from survey results on what listeners dislike most in music. It features bagpipes, an opera singer rapping, and a children's choir urging shopping at Wal-Mart.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads about taste and terrible music as a famously engineered 'worst song', mostly for its curiosity value.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “the results are amazing/hilarious”

    Komar and Melamid's song of everything people dislike in music.

    jonnycat, 2023-03 · Recommendation

  2. “They surveyed people to find the things they liked least in music and put it all together.”

    A creatively awful song assembled from least-liked musical elements.

    endgame, 2024-11 · Recommendation · in “An oral history of "We Built This City," the worst song of all time (2016)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: komar and melamid, novelty song, bad music, art project, dave soldier

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