Generally an artist hates their very own creation.
That’s actually the case within the music business — the place quite a few A-listers have admitted that they don’t like at the least one in every of their iconic songs.
“Party in the U.S.A.” by Miley Cyrus is a bop — however Cyrus herself wasn’t a fan of the anthem when it first got here out.
The identical goes for Madonna with two of her greatest hits, together with “Like a Virgin.”
In some instances, these singers have refused to carry out the tune they don’t like in live performance or at main occasions, such because the Grammy Awards.
Listed below are the musicians who brazenly hate their very own tune.
Miley Cyrus, “Party in the USA”
Cyrus, 32, didn’t write, or like, “Party in the U.S.A.”
“[‘Party in the U.S.A.’] is not even my style of music,” she mentioned in an interview on her fan web site in 2009. “I didn’t write it [and] I didn’t expect it to be popular, originally. It was just something that I wanted to do and I needed some songs and it turned out for the best.”
In 2019, after then-husband Liam Hemsworth coated the 2009 tune in an Instagram video, Miley advised her followers, “I hate it, but for some reason, the people love it.”
Madonna, “Like a Virgin”
Madonna, 66, trashed 1984’s “Like a Virgin” in a 2009 interview.
“For some reason, people think that when you go to a restaurant or you are going shopping that you want to hear one of your own songs. It’s usually ‘Like a Virgin’ — and that is the one I don’t want to hear,” she mentioned.
The Queen of Pop felt the identical about 1983’s “Holiday,” saying within the interview, “I’m not sure I can sing [those] ever again. I just can’t — unless somebody paid me like $30 million or something.”
Oasis, “Wonderwall”
Liam Gallagher from Oasis admitted that he “can’t f—ing stand” the band’s 1995 basic hit “Wonderwall.”
“I can’t f—ing stand that f—ing song! Every time I have to sing it, I want to gag,” he mentioned in 2008. “Problem is, it was a big, big tune for us. You go to America, and they’re like: ‘Are you, Mr Wonderwall?’ You want to chin someone.”
Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven”
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant doesn’t have fond emotions about “Stairway to Heaven.”
“I’d break out in hives if I had to sing that song in every show,” he shared in 1988. “I wrote those lyrics and found that song to be of some importance and consequence in 1971, but 17 years later, I don’t know. It’s just not for me.”
Lorde, “Royals”
Lorde’s 2013 debut single “Royals” was a success with listeners — however not along with her.
She as soon as ripped into the “disastrous” tune, saying, “I listen to people covering the song and putting their own spin on it — and I listen to it in every single form except the original one I put out — and I realize that actually it sounds horrible.”
“It sounds like a ringtone from a 2006 Nokia. None of the melodies are cool or good. It’s disastrous. Awful,” Lorde added.
Pink, “Don’t Let Me Get Me”
The tune Pink hates performing most from her personal catalog is 2002’s “Don’t Let Me Get Me,” which features a Britney Spears point out.
“I wish I could burn that song and never sing it again,” Pink advised the LA Instances in 2012.
Girl Gaga, “Telephone”
Girl Gaga had a simple reply when requested what her “worst song” is in a 2011 interview.
“I hate ‘Telephone,” she mentioned about her 2009 single that additionally options Beyoncé.
“Is that terrible to say? It’s the song I have the most difficult time listening to,” Gaga shared.
Queen, “Don’t Stop Me Now”
Queen lead guitarist Brian Might didn’t admire “Don’t Stop Me Now” upon its launch in 1979.
“I didn’t really take to it in the beginning. I didn’t feel totally comfortable with what Freddie [Mercury] was singing at the time,” Might defined in 2021. “I found it a little bit too flippant in view of the dangers of AIDS and stuff.”
Nonetheless, Might famous, “But as time went on, I began to realize that it gave people great joy.”
Bruno Mars, “The Lazy Song”
Bruno Mars has no vitality for “The Lazy Song” from his 2010 debut studio album.
In 2019, Mars tweeted, “When someone tells me they actually like The Lazy Song,” with a video of himself shaking his head and staring deadpan on the digicam.
