YOU quite liked it. Then it was in an advert, and 200+ involuntary listens curdled that into hate. These are the songs you can no longer hear without your mind adding the relevant slogan:

Hold My Hand by Jess Glynne, 2015

The Jet2 advert already made it horribly overplayed, then the TikTok kids got hold of it. Add to that a vocal so piercing it could penetrate tank armour and the ad showing attractive people going on holiday while you’re stuck in Britain’s freezing rain, and it makes you want to ban holidays, Jess Glynne and happiness.

Sandstorm by Darude, 1999

Got loved up clubbing memories attached to this track? They’ve been overwritten by Tesco using it, most appositely, to ‘celebrate 30 years of the Tesco Clubcard’. The advert suggests loyalty cards are a deep, lifelong emotional

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