The year was 1994. (Or around there. It was a long time ago!) As usual, I was watching MTV. The program was Beavis and Butthead, in which two animated adolescents watch and comment on music videos.

It was then that I first heard the song that I would often refer to as “the worst song I’ve ever heard”.

Fast forward to summer 2006. I still can’t get the song out of my head. That’s right. After hearing this song once, it’s been periodically playing in my head for 12 years.

I found the CD on Ebay and purchased it, hoping that hearing the song again would act as some kind of antidote. But I’ve only made things worse.

The group: Midi, Maxi, and Efti. According to this web site (I don’t read Swedish, so I’m guessing), they are a Swedish group, originally from Ethiopia.

The song: Bad Bad Boys. A dancy number, sung in slightly slurred accented English.

The lyrics: moronic.

Hi. It’s me, if you know what I mean.
I said it’s me. My name is Efti and I want you to see
That positive people live longer.
Don’t be negative. Just be positive.

Yeah, uh-huh
Yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh
Yeah, uh-huh
Yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh

And now, for your enjoyment, Bad Bad Boys.

Why won’t this song leave me alone?

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