Current discourse, be damned: Alex Ebert, the lead singer and primary songwriter for the band Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros , is certain that their song, “Home,” is absolutely not the worst song of all time.

Over the last few days, folks on the internet have been debating the merits (or lack thereof) embodied by the 2009 single, which arrived at the height of what’s come to be known as “Stomp Clap Hey” music from the late 2000s, and personified by such acts as The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, and Mumford and Sons.

Ebert has caught wind of the conversation and took to his Instagram account to answer the question and set the record straight: is “Home” a good song?

“If the bones are good, if the bones let the song survive context, if you pull it out of acoustic guitar, you put

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