# Oh no, not that song again! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Radio and Digital\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287 "2015-12-28T08:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/766 "2024-12-08T11:02:07Z")
> [@Qwerty](#): > > CYRIL is the main suspect at the moment with his covers of Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House and True - Spandau Ballet. Don’t also forget his remix of “Stumblin’ In” which has been overplayed for the last six-or-seven months. By coincidence, smoothfm have been playing the original song by Suzi Quatro/Chris Norman quite frequently in recent months. > [@Qwerty](#): > > The David Guetta cover of Forever Young is also dreadful, and he’s another regular creator of bad covers I don’t mind it, to be honest. But his cover of “Blue” (featuring Bebe Rexha) is an instant station changer for me and it sounds (excuse the language) sexualised to me. > [@Radiohead](#): > > Probably a general reflection on the sad state of music these days. I agree, this year has been dominated by a combination of the following: - the frequent overplaying of throwbacks on radio - new music from older artists - new remixes/covers of very old songs ---
**Author:** ![K.J\_shakespeare31594](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/k.j_shakespeare31594/32/352989_2.png) [@K.J\_shakespeare31594](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/K.J_shakespeare31594)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/767 "2024-12-10T04:36:39Z")
Another song that’s getting flogged a lot on Mainstream Pop radio stations is Royel Otis’ cover of The Cranberries’ “Linger” which has also become TikTok famous. And speaking of overly flogged songs, as much as I am a huge fan of The Cure, I am really getting sick of “Friday, I’m in Love” being flogged to death by Triple M stations countrywide, I mean most rock stations don’t usually play their earlier stuff from their goth era (Seventeen Seconds, Faith, P_rn_graphy” or even their best album “Disintegration”) only their debut hit “Boys Don’t Cry,” and their mainstream hits “Let’s Go to Bed,” “Close to me,” “Lovecats” and “Why Can’t I Be You.” I really wish that Triple M and mainstream rock stations could play more songs from their underrated albums and “Disintegration” but I get a headache every time I hear FIIL. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/768 "2024-12-10T04:45:09Z")
> [@K.J\_shakespeare31594](#): > > Royel Otis’ cover of The Cranberries’ “Linger” Haven’t heard much of it but it’s enough for me to switch the station. Another typical case of “what’s old is new again”. What’s next - CYRIL taking on a Phil Collins classic, or breathing new life into (say) a Delta Goodrem or Human Nature hit from the 00s? ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/769 "2024-12-10T05:35:14Z")
What’s one song that seems to get thrashed across a multitude of stations? Listening to 4BH atm and they played Pat Benatar Love is a battlefield. Now I’m sure that’s one song that’s played on more stations than most… MMM104.5 play it, so does MMM80s, Smooth 80s, Oldskool 80s, Kiis 80s, Switch, ABC Radio Brisbane, River 94.9… ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/770 "2024-12-10T05:36:34Z")
> [@K.J\_shakespeare31594](#): > > The Cure Reading in the Weekend Australian _Review_ about his new album. Good review. ---
**Author:** ![K.J\_shakespeare31594](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/k.j_shakespeare31594/32/352989_2.png) [@K.J\_shakespeare31594](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/K.J_shakespeare31594)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/771 "2024-12-10T05:45:22Z")
Yeah, I’d sometimes wish that Triple M and other mainstream rock stations in Australia could play the songs from “Songs from a Lost World” even “Alone gives me “plainsong” vibes from Disintegration. ---
**Author:** ![Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Brianc68)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/772 "2024-12-10T06:03:42Z")
> [@1323ZM](#): > > What’s one song that seems to get thrashed across a multitude of stations? > > Listening to 4BH atm and they played Pat Benatar Love is a battlefield. > > Now I’m sure that’s one song that’s played on more stations than most… > > MMM104.5 play it, so does MMM80s, Smooth 80s, Oldskool 80s, Kiis 80s, Switch, ABC Radio Brisbane, River 94.9… I do love it though 😃. But she does have so many other great songs to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Super_SC)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/773 "2024-12-10T06:40:16Z")
Over on Nova 93.7 FM they played the song Sexy Chick from David Guetta and Akon and has been flogged for so many times on the radio stations. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/774 "2024-12-10T06:49:48Z")
> [@1323ZM](#): > > What’s one song that seems to get thrashed across a multitude of stations? Gotye “Somebody I Used To Know” Would get played on all commercial FMs, Triple J and ABC Local Radio. ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/775 "2024-12-10T08:00:56Z")
> [@Radiohead](#): > > Gotye “Somebody I Used To Know” Yes indeed. That is a good example of song that tracks across the formats. Specially as Fisher did a remix this year that was also on high rotate on Dance Hits and Novanation. ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Qwerty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/776 "2024-12-10T08:38:10Z")
> [@1323ZM](#): > > What’s one song that seems to get thrashed across a multitude of stations? Riptide - Vande Joy is a common one. Unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/777 "2024-12-10T08:41:30Z")
> [@Qwerty](#): > > Unfortunately. Yep. Started on JJJ then just spread like a contagion. ---
**Author:** ![Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Brianc68)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/778 "2024-12-10T09:26:57Z")
> [@Qwerty](#): > > > [@1323ZM](#): > > > > What’s one song that seems to get thrashed across a multitude of stations? > > Riptide - Vande Joy is a common one. Unfortunately. Yes, very unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/dxnerd/32/404112_2.png) [@dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/dxnerd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/779 "2024-12-10T09:46:42Z")
Kid Rock- All Summer Long is another example, played on most commercial stations and probably even ABC Local Radio. It’s too commercial and cringe for JJJ though, unless they decide to do Requestival in the warmer months when it is sure to be played ironically and as ‘a song for my bestie bae’. It has all the elements of a crap song- a poor gratuitous ripoff (Sweet Home Alabama), caterwauling from Kid Rock, and inexplicably still played to this day despite assurances that it would be gone in a flash from an erstwhile 2EC music director. I might get banned for this, but this song is like a turd that you can’t flush after a big night on the Dirty Bird. ---
**Author:** ![insidetheradios](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ecccb3/32.png) [@insidetheradios](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/insidetheradios)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/780 "2024-12-10T10:12:13Z")
> [@dxnerd](#): > > Kid Rock- All Summer Long is another example, played on most commercial stations and probably even ABC Local Radio. It’s too commercial and cringe for JJJ though, unless they decide to do Requestival in the warmer months when it is sure to be played ironically and as ‘a song for my bestie bae’. > > It has all the elements of a crap song- a poor gratuitous ripoff (Sweet Home Alabama), caterwauling from Kid Rock, and inexplicably still played to this day despite assurances that it would be gone in a flash from an erstwhile 2EC music director. > > I might get banned for this, but this song is like a turd that you can’t flush after a big night on the Dirty Bird. You are not wrong on this one, it’s a terrible rip off of the original with true shitty Kid Rock. I hated it coming up in my shifts of the past. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/781 "2024-12-10T10:21:50Z")
At least it has some elements of originality compared to doing a straight cover. ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/782 "2024-12-10T22:16:26Z")
> [@dxnerd](#): > > Kid Rock- All Summer Long Totally. I was quite shocked the first time I heard this on 4BH. Maybe there’s some 4BH listeners who like the Bob Seger/Warren Zevon vibes. ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/783 "2024-12-10T22:26:41Z")
![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/e/e/b/eeb0ec6b099b09283094bedf67f55405c8141c71.png) I used to absolutely hate this song… I would gasp and exclaim ‘on no, not you again’ and change stations… But this morning I found myself singing along to it. Maybe I’m finding comfort in its familiarity in my old age. ---
**Author:** ![dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/dxnerd/32/404112_2.png) [@dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/dxnerd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/784 "2024-12-10T22:36:35Z")
> [@Radiohead](#): > > At least it has some elements of originality compared to doing a straight cover. Yep, that’s correct. It somehow turns a perfectly respectable classic rock staple into a song worthy of this thread, which takes some doing. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287/785 "2024-12-10T22:55:38Z")
Oh there have been plenty of examples of that in recent years, “Stumblin In” and “Dreams” are just two that come to mind. But there is one upside - it helps generate interest in the original versions and helps them find new listeners who may not have discovered it otherwise. We need to keep the real music alive! [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287.md?page=38) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/oh-no-not-that-song-again/287.md?page=40)