Greatest hate songs ever

[Aus_E_Expat]

"Under My Thumb" by the Rolling Stones.

Probably the most misogynist mainstream popular song of all time.


I wonder if the Stones and their record label would release a song like this again in 2019


Times have changed!

 

[skipro33]

I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do (oh oh oh)
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my life with you


Meatloaf
From the song;
Paradise By The Dashboard Light

 

[Oz investor]

at the risk of the site being censored

 

[brucethebroker]

Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix

Well done! And a great tune to boot!

 

[brucethebroker]

I hate myself for loving you (joan jett) and cocaine (Clapton plays, J J Cale writes)

this:

and this:

 

[Oz investor]

since i have several former associates who were serially ( or was that compulsively ) unfaithful , this has bite

 

[Scuba]

Alanis Morisette You Oughta Know is a great one. Avril Lavigne has several. Pink also has some good ones.

 

[Chuckanut]

Take This Job and Shove It

 

[jimandthom]

Maybe not a hate song. but definitely a PO'd song,

From the Son of Schmillison (Harry Nillson)album..."Your breaking my heart"


You're breaking my heart
You're tearing it apart
so F---- You!!

 

[BigNick]

A very mild-sounding hate song...

 

[Cobra9777]

As soon as I saw the thread title, the only song I thought of was "She ____ Hates Me" by Puddle of Mudd. Profanity warning...

https://youtu.be/VRBTta_tliI

 

[ivinsfan]

I kind of like this one, not sure if it's a hate song. It's certainly a good diss somebody song.

Somebody That I Used to Know
Gotye
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
Guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believin' it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
But you didn't have cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
and that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect you records
And then change your number
Guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Somebody that I used to know
Somebody that I used to know
Somebody that I used to know
Somebody that I used to know
(now you're just somebody that i used to know)
Songwriters: Adam Horovitz,Walter Andre De Backer
© Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.,Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: LyricFind
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to know

 

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[SumDay]

Friends in Low Places

Hey Big_Hitter, I have a small bag by the front door, just in case Don Henley ever comes to his senses and stops by to pick me up.

The third verse of this Garth Brooks songs is one of my favorite kiss-off songs:

Well I guess I was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, I've been there before
And everything is alright
I'll just say goodnight
And I'll show myself to the door
Hey I didn't mean to cause a big scene
Just wait 'til I've finished this glass
Then sweet little lady
I'll head back to the bar
And you can kiss my a$$!

 

[Big_Hitter]

Hey Big_Hitter, I have a small bag by the front door, just in case Don Henley ever comes to his senses and stops by to pick me up.

 

[Janet H]

I would hate to be hated by Lucy Kaplansky:

"... I know what you are
You're the thief who steals from your friends
I know what you are and
Everything in the world does not belong to you"

 

[scrabbler1]

Alanis Morisette You Oughta Know is a great one. Avril Lavigne has several. Pink also has some good ones.

So What by Pink is a pretty mean one.

 

[ERD50]

+1 on the Vanilla Fudge version of 'Keep me hangin' on', and I have not seen this yet:

I'd sing along in the car (have it on my thumb drive), and the lyrics were confusing to me. I finally studied them, and interestingly, it seems the "you" changes throughout the song.

In the first verse, she sings about the "you" that is her ex-lover:

Feeling better now that we're through ..... Now I see how you really are...​

Then the chorus, she sings "You're no good", but as you read on, is she describing the ex-lover, or herself? Seems obvious it is the ex-lover, but...

I broke a heart that's gentle and true
Well I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me

You're no good​

So at the end, she's saying that she is no good, because she broke the heart of her previous (nice guy) boyfriend to see the (now -ex) 'bad-boy'.

Am I overthinking it, or was that obvious?

https://genius.com/Linda-ronstadt-youre-no-good-lyrics

Bonus, the original, and another pre-Ronstadt hit version:

-ERD50

 

[Murf2]

I’ll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/NYBoQLSyl4k

 

[brucethebroker]

Maybe not a hate song. but definitely a PO'd song,

From the Son of Schmillison (Harry Nillson)album..."Your breaking my heart"


You're breaking my heart
You're tearing it apart
so F---- You!!

Haha! Forgot that one! Well done!

 

[haha]

There is always Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"

My all-time favorite. And I especially love this performance, I think on Martha's Vinyard.

Ha

 

[SecretlyFI]

Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood

I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seats
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
I slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats

Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson

But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get what I want
Since you been gone

I love that Martha’s Vineyard performance by Carly Simon-that whole concert. She had a bunch of kids on stage to sing Itsy Bitsy Spider/Coming Around Again

 

[Oz investor]

probably not classically 'hate ' , but if you have ever been robbed , burgled , assaulted by gangs ... maybe it is

also classics ( but not linked directly because of profanity and ADULT themes )

all love is lost .. by Body Count
and
payback by Rob Scallon and Sally Longfield ( psychologists might note the cute manic escalation in the chorus ) pretty amazing for a 'fun piece '

 

[Nick12]

U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday

The massacre of innocent Irish protestors.

 

[audreyh1]

This one is a fun one. Esa Hembra es Mala (That Female is Evil) about a supposed fried who turning out to be deceitful and evil, ruining their life. It was made a hit by Mexican singer Gloria Trevi, and was used as the theme for a telenovela named "Teresa" who was the classic mala hembra.

For those working on improving their Spanish, this is a good exercise.