Day 16 - A Song that You Used to Love but Now Hate

This entry a part of the 30 Day Song Challenge

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Ah, this one was a challenge. It would have been easier to cite a song that I used to hate but now love (because there are too many of them). The problem with identifying one that I used to love but now hate is that, most likely, it wouldn’t be in my music library. Well, I do have a music folder appropriately labeled “What Should I Do With You?” containing songs that I don’t listen to as much anymore. But I wouldn’t consider any one of them as a song that I hate, as hate is quite an intense word.

So I rummaged through my old CD compilations and found some “worthy” candidates for this day’s challenge:

• Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
• Cruisin’ by Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow
• Runaway by The Corrs
• Lost in Space by Lighthouse Family
• Put Your Records on by Corinne Bailey Rae

The only problem was, I didn’t end up exactly hating those tracks — they just became less interesting over time. And then I suddenly remembered: in late 2002 I fell in love with this beautiful song playing on the radio. Unfortunately though, I was not able to get the title the first time I heard it. But it wasn’t much of a challenge because a few days later, everyone was singing it and radio stations were playing it like crazy. And just like that, the song lost all its allure. 

Passenger Seat
Stephen Speaks
No More Doubt
(Released in 2002)

Once again, it’s a matter of taste/context. Taken on its own, it’s a perfectly fine acoustic song. I guess I just have an aversion to over-performed, overplayed hits, and this was an over-performed and overplayed #1 hit in the country.