Songs Hated By The Artist Who Wrote Them

The out of order songs all have something in common, the artist who wrote them hates them. Prepare to learn that the songs you love are hated by their creators. Songs with an * next to them mean that song isn't hated by the artist, but there is something they dislike about it.

Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders

Even though she still plays it live, Chrissie Hynde still regrets writing this song. She thought the lyrics were idiotic, and they used too many local Detroit slang for anyone to understand. She told the producer that he could release it over her dead body, then it went #1.

Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi

Finally Jon Bon Jovi agrees with me on something. Jon thought this soon to be mega hit was not good enough to be on the album and predicted an existence for it as a B-Side. After constant hocking from Ritchie Sambora, he finally decided to put it on the record. A la Brass In Pocket, it went #1.

The Four Horseman by Metallica

You may be shouting "That's bullshit, I'm a Metallica freak and James, Lars, Kirk, Cliff, Jason, and Robert all said they thought the song was great." If you are saying that, than you clearly don't know who was the original guitarist of Metallica. It was long time Metallica hater, Megadeth frotman Dave Mustaine, who wrote the song The Four Horseman, originally called The Mechanix. After getting fired, Kirk made a couple adjustments, including a slower tempo and a long solo in the middle. Dave was enraged and put the original song on his band's debut album. As he later said "My feelings about Kirk? If he were drowning in a river, I'd save him. But I'd wait a minute."

Dream On by Aerosmith

When Rolling Stone declared this Aerosmith's best song, Joe Perry was ashamed. He wanted a better riff, and said that he thought it was far too repetitive. Also, it has no guitar solo. His feelings on it have died down over forty years of playing it live, but it still has to grow on him.

Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac's ultimate breakup song wouldn't be complete without the person on the other side of breaking up. Lindsey Buckingham wrote it about the end of his relationship with Stevie Nicks, and Stevie didn't take that so well. She thought the song was cruel to her, especially the untrue "shacking up" line. She let Linsey put it on the record, but she wanted a song on her side that wasn't as gloomy. She wrote Dreams, who do think hated that song?

Fight For Your Right To Party by The Beastie Boys

The Beastie Boys played this song live for one year, and they've never played since. What does that tell ya? The is actually supposed to be a parody of party rally songs like "I Wanna Rock" but the irony is that many consider it to be the best song of that demographic. As a song, The Beastie Boys only put it on the album because they felt it would present it better. They feel the song is disloyal to their rap interests, and is more of a song from their punk days. Their grown to accept that the song is now an anthem, but they still dislike it musically.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi have stated every time the song comes up it wasn't something they were proud of. They needed one more track on the War Pigs album, so they wrote Paranoid in 10-minutes, and changed the album's title. They don't dislike the song anymore, but they still think that it's not the best in their discography.

Billie Jean* by Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson liked the song fine, but this song I decided to include just because this alomst never became a hit. Michael's producer Quincy Jones, hated the song, and told Michael time and time again people would hate him if he released it. Finally Billie Jean got on the album, but obstacles didn't end their. MTV refused the video, because they claimed black performers didn't fill the popular rock format (which is not incorrect if you look at rock history, but also down right racist). So after threatening to sue, the video finally got on air. The rest is pop music history.

Take My Breath Away by Berlin

Terri Nunn and John Crawford's arguments were really pushed over the edge. John felt that this Top Gun power ballad was betraying the bands punk/new wave roots, and was outraged they were required to play it after it became a hit. Terri's objection to this didn't help the band, and they ended up breaking up. As if the movie didn't cause enough problems.

Rainbow In The Dark by Dio

Ronnie James Dio is certainly a driven man, he slogged his way through three decades and five different bands to finally get to his own band. And he wasn't about to let this song make a fool out of him. After listening to his heavy metal song with a keyboard riff, he thought it sounded way too much like pop music, and the other band members needed to hold him down to stop him from destroying the tape with a razor blade. Fortunately, he enjoys the song now, and knows to stay away from razors.

Everlong by Foo Fighters

Every song off Foo Fighters debut album was written by Dave Grohl when he was with Nirvana. He didn't show them to Kurt Cobain because he was worried he'd hate them. Even after his album was nominated for a grammy, he still thought his songs were terrible, and when he finally summed up enough courage to show his band mates in Foo Fighters "Everlong" he was sure that everyone would hate it. Dave still has anxiety issues, but he's picked up that years of his fans chanting for the song means it's good after all.

Jump by Van Halen

David Lee Roth may look happy in the video, but he got to a lot of fights with Eddie over this one. David and Eddie had been fighting for a long time leading up to 1984, and David certainly was not a fan of Jump's keyboards infiltrating the band's hard rock sound. Like Berlin, David soon left the group to go solo. Van Halen continuted making music with Sammy Hagar (Shudder), and later Gary Cherone (Vomit). David Lee Roth eventually warmed up to the song he helped write, and even performed a blue grass version on his own. Wait, blue grass?

I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls

This is typical one hit wonder problem. A Flock of Seagulls' only hit was played so many times, that Mike Score can't stand it anymore. He didn't think much of the song at first, but he is willing to play it for the fans. Mike is able to escape the song through his non music career of boat building, but he is still haunted by the song an old re-runs of I Love The 80's.

Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin

It's a shame that this was Bobby's only hit because he's actually a very serious musician. Unlike Mike, he wrote the song as a joke, and was distressed when it became a hit. After a few years, he quit the song, and it hasn't been performed live in 19 years. Bobby, everyone may hate you for that one, but that's what your deep album cuts can prevent.

Wonderwall by Oasis

Liam Gallagher has been cruel to a lot of people (including his brother Noel who is probably even more of a douchebag than he is, and they guy from Blur who is also a douche), but he certainly had a reason with this song. Like Joe Perry with Dream On, Liam hates the fact that he has to perform the song live and that it's considered to be the group's best song. Noel Gallagher actually wrote the song in order to have a good bargaining position with Liam over whether or not he'd get to do vocals on one song. Liam regrets the fact that he has to sing Wonderwall, but is happy due to the fact that he doesn't have to sing Don't Look Back In Anger.

You've Got Another Thing Comin' by Judas Priest

Even though it was Judas Priest's biggest hit, Rob Halford and company thought the song sucked at first. Rob claimed that it wasn't heavy, didn't have energy, and was annoying. Eventually, the group is starting to enjoy it.

Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses

Slash came up with this brilliant riff as a joke and Axl turned it into a song. Slash was continuously tortured by the song for years, and made no secret of his hatred for it. However, back '08, he performed the song live with Velvet Revolver, and said he is getting used to it.

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones

One night, Keith Richards woke up drunk, came up with the greatest guitar riff ever, and went back to bed. The next morning, the band asked if they could use it a song about 100 times before he finally said yes. It's odd that what is arguably the greatest rock song of all time is hated by it's own writer, but Keith Richards can't stand this song even after 50 years of playing it.