Frat parties are a major part of the collegiate lifestyle. Cheap booze and hot chicks; What's not to love? However, it's an unfortunate fact that frat parties play some of the most annoying music of all-time.
Here, we compare two eras of frat party memories. I (Tom Z) attended college from 1999 until 2003. The Shoutmouth Intern, who is going to be a senior in the fall, has been a college student since 2004. We took turns choosing the 21 Most Annoying Frat Party Songs, each of us choosing tunes that were annoying during our respective college careers. If you can't figure out why we picked 21 songs, well then you probably shouldn't be reading this. For the record, these could easily double as the "Most Annoying Songs You'll Hear in a Packed Bar."
Here we go... Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up... LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT...
21) Tom Z Pick - Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff"
A big hit my freshman year. This is the least annoying of all my picks. No really, it is. If you don't think you can handle this, get out now.
20. Intern Pick - Outkast "Hey Ya"
If you've DJ'ed a frat party and put this song on, or if you were at said party and danced to it, you might just be a Brahzasaurus.
19) Tom Z Pick - Ludacris "What's Your Fantasy"
"W-w-what's your fanta-ZZZZZ???" Luda's "Area Codes" was also huge around the same time, but at least that song provided tons of comedy. "608, 302, 917, 848!" I was however, disappointed Ludacris never mentioned area code 315. Apparently he doesn't have any bitches in my hometown.
18. Intern Pick - Fergie "Fergalicious"
The downfall of Western Society as we know it. There is no number of Vlady shots and Natty Lights that can make this song enjoyable.
17) Tom Z Pick - Eiffel 65 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
This song would be ranked way higher, except that it had already faded away by the mid-point of my freshman year. You know how the Berlin Wall coming down was one of the high points we've ever reached as a global society? This is like the exact opposite of that.
16. Intern Pick - Usher ft. Lil' John & Ludacris "Yeah!"
Yeah, no.
15) Tom Z Pick - Missy Elliott "Get Your Freak On"
HOLLAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
14. Intern Pick - Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
This song got a lot of accolades and good reviews, then it got way too many plays. And when someone first told me that Skee-Lo was one of the two in this duo, I got very excited. Then I found out it was Cee-Lo. Get a new name, buddy.
13) Tom Z Pick - O.A.R. "Crazy Game of Poker"
This was the official daytime frat party anthem, yet it managed to be as annoying as any late-night jam.
12. Intern Pick - Lil John & the Eastside Boyz "Get Low"
The "skeet, skeet" line almost saved this one...almost. I'll tell ya what didn't help: talking about sweat dripping down his balls.
11) Tom Z Pick - Ja Rule & J. Lo "I'm Real"
This one was everywhere my junior year. At the time this came out, Ja Rule had a song out every three weeks with a new R&B singer. This was the worst of the worst.
10. Intern Pick - Black Eyed Peas - "Let's Get Retarded"
Playing the uncensored version of this song does not make you a badass frat, despite popular belief.
9) Tom Z Pick - Shaggy "It Wasn't Me"
50% rap. 50% reggae. 100% terrible. Did you know Shaggy was a Gulf War vet? It's funny, cause this song gave me Agent Orange.
8. Intern Pick - Sean Paul "Temperature"
Figuring out the number of girls violated on the dance floor to this song is like trying to come up with the number of times you've gone to the bathroom in your life.
7) Tom Z Pick - Akinyele "Put It In Your Mouth"
This song is bad enough, but then there's one line about a girl putting her tongue in the crack of a guy's ass. WTF?!?!? I would never hit a woman, but that would really be pushing it.
6. Intern Pick - The Killers "Mr. Brightside"
If you played this song back-to-back the same number of times you heard it in 2005, suicide wouldn't seem like that bad of an option.
5) Tom Z Pick - Nelly "Ride Wit Me"
This song was actually kind of quiet and chill, but people would always scream the "Must be the moneyyy!!!!" part. And I mean, they would scream it.
4. Intern Pick - Fat Joe ft. Remy Ma "Lean Back"
There is no Rage Against the Machine song that can capture the fury I would feel if I have to hear this one again.
3) Tom Z Pick - Darude "Sandstorm"
I actually find this song quite hilarious, and in college I even invented a mock-dance called the "Cell Phone Dance" to go along with it. That said...
Unce, unce, unce, unce, unce... di di di di daa... unce unce unce... di di di di di di daa.... unce unce unce... DO DO DO DO DO, DI DI DI DI DI DI DA DAA, DO DO DO DO DO, DI DI DI DI DI DI DA DAA
(This gets bonus annoying points because the main riff was incorporated into every techno song made between 1999-2003.)
2. Intern Pick - Sean Paul "Gimme the Light"
The man is a menace.
1) Joint Pick - DJ Kool "Let Me Clear My Throat" / Fat Man Scoop "Engine Number 9"
These annoying classics are almost always played either back-to-back or remixed together. They both feature the line "If you got a hundred dollar bill, get your hands up," which was hilarious because no college student has ever had a hundred dollar bill. The songs -- which sound like live versions, for some unknown reason -- also feature such other brilliant lines as "Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up," "Single ladies, I can't hear y'all," "Can I get a whoo whoo" and "Who's f**kin' tonight, who's f**kin' tonight?" Bottom line, if a night goes by and you don't hear either of these songs, it means you probably stayed home.
Ah, memories.
