We all have those songs that we love to hate and hate to love. There are the songs we fall in love with for their catchy choruses. We push aside potentially horrible lyrics and possibly horrendous backbeats and allow the song to make us love it.

There are also the songs that are great for a week and then skyrocket to no. 1 on Z100’s nine at nine, only to become the most overplayed and obnoxious song in the world: see Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.”

Don’t get me wrong, most of the time these songs are genius: see Adele’s Grammy-sweep this year. But constant radio play by these stations butcher the desire to want to hear a potentially amazing song.

Stand-up comedian Pete Holmes once said that Google rips away a person’s ability to wonder, because whether they realize it or not, all of the information they need is right at their fingertips. I’m making my own comparison here in saying that the radio does the exact same thing with our ability to desire.

That may be a tad extreme, but when was the last time you said, “oh wow, I really want to hear that song they just played three times on every other station?” Despite my harsh feelings toward popular radio stations, they aren’t the only culprit here. Immediacy is too.

When was the last time you wanted to listen to a song and you couldn’t? By having Youtube and iTunes at our easiest convenience on our computers and our smart-phones, we’re allowing ourselves not only to overplay everything that we hear, but also to overplay it within days of first hearing it, setting new records with every song.

But because the concept of music is so phenomenal, there are always going to be praise-worthy songs that just never get old. There are those songs we love to save for our “road-trip” playlist or for shower sing-alongs.

Recently though, I realized my long list of favorite annoying/amazing songs might not be the same as everyone else’s. So I did a little research on the songs the world finds horrendously addictive.

BBC released an article titled, “The 100 Most Annoying Pop Songs we Hate to Love,” which included the good old classic “Thank You” by Dido and, of course, “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt – the perfect shower songs for those with a high pitch, a wide range and an empty house.

Don’t fret, the list didn’t forget any favorites like “Dont’cha” and “It Wasn’t Me.” But it looks like even the Pussycat Dolls and Shaggy couldn’t beat out the ultimate fantastically awful, beautiful, and tearjerking classic: “My Heart Will Go On.” Oh, Celine.

Despite BBC’s ability to pinpoint some of my personal love-to-hate favorites, my own list resonated more with Girl’s Life Magazine (GL) Online’s list. I can’t say I was that surprised.

GL’s top spot belongs to a chart-topper I know my roommate can relate to. When she’s not singing Taylor Swift’s “Mean” at the top of her lungs in the shower like we can’t hear her, it’s “I Love You Like a Love Song,” by Selena Gomez.

Gomez made No. 1 on GL’s list of “Songs we Hate to Admit we Love,” which is weird, coming from a magazine whose readers should enjoy these songs – and not me or my roommate.

What I’ve noticed in the musical taste of both my friends and myself, is that the oldies really are the goodies.

I have no shame in saying I mom-danced with my closest girlfriends at a free Beach Boys concert a few summers ago in Coney Island.

This musical love-fest, however, falls opposite a friend of mine’s passion for Fat Joe. This weekend, she refused to leave where we were until “Lean Back” was over.

The point is whether you hate to love the Beach Boys or still do “the Rockaway,” (whatever that is) or you simply found yourself connecting with any of the songs I mentioned – you know the feeling of loving and loathing music, especially when it happens at the same time.

Talk about it with your friends, because at the end of the day, who knows what kind of unlikely bonds Selena Gomez might make for you.

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