I think if t here's one song I just can't stand and never, ever want to hear again it must be Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves.
Beloved by those who have no time for music, it fills the dancefloor at wedding discos with dimbulbs to whom it encapsulates Having A Good Time. It's meant to be a happy song, and I can see that it does strike a note of optimisim, but really, enough's enough. It just makes me feel miserable.
It's the sort of song requested every week on what was once the Chris Evans drivetime show and it lives on into Simon Mayo's tenure. You can tell he's heartily sick of it too.
What's compounded my hatred for this song is that it's in the first episode of the new series of Ashes To Ashes. Never known for its accuracy where music is concerned, the series is meant to be set in 1983, but this song didn't come out until 1985 (Okay, I know it was released in Canada in 83, but that doesn't count). They could as least have picked something from that year. It's not like there's nothing else to choose from. What's wrong with Jimmy The Hoover?
I remember rather liking the song on its release, but it soon palled. Even now, I can't bring myself to download it when I'm compiling a definitive hits of 1985 playlist, like you do. Like I do. That along with Move Closer by Phyllis Nelson, Easy Lover by Phil Collins & Philip Bailey and Frankie by Sister Sledge are three other hits from that year that I refuse to own. What is it with 1985 and crap songs? It's becoming an annus horribilus for music.
What's the song you never want to hear again as long as you live?
