CNN.com's "The worst song of all time, part II"

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(CNN) -- Rosemary Clooney hated "Come On-a My House," one of her biggest hits. John Lennon loathed the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da." Parisians rioted at the first performance of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring."

Play a piece of music, and it's likely someone won't like it.

That's true in spades of CNN.com users, who answered in droves our question about the worst song of all time. We received more than 5,800 entries, representing every decade of the rock 'n' roll era (1955-present).

Nominations were recorded for "Transfusion," Nervous Norvus' novelty of 1956; "The Ballad of the Green Berets," Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler's chart-topper from 1966; "The Night Chicago Died," Paper Lace's tale of "the East Side of Chicago" from 1974 (a golden year for unfavorite songs); "Morning Train," Sheena Easton's hit from 1981; "The Macarena," Los Del Rio's ubiquitous dance song of 1996; and "Hollaback Girl," the recent hit by Gwen Stefani.

Those songs are, and have been, easily mocked, and several of the leading vote-getters -- as you shall see -- are works that are legendary for their presence on worst-song lists, if nothing else.

What is perhaps more surprising are the oft-praised classics that also earned votes. The Tokens' 1961 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," the Shangri-Las' 1964 "Leader of the Pack," the Beatles' 1968 "Hey Jude," Prince's 1986 "Kiss" -- all earned thumbs-down from at least one CNN.com e-mailer.

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Hollaback Girl gets my vote.