They've all unleashed irritating songs that have weaselled their way into pop culture, lodged themselves inside our brains, and somehow coaxed us onto dance floors to repeat their moves over and over again (often on YouTube).
Psy's 'Gangnam Style' is one of the better novelty songs out there. But it still doesn't make up for the many novelty acts who have assaulted pop culture with lyrics like "Give happiness to your body Macarena/'Cause your body is for giving happiness and nice things to" (an easy guess), and "A ring ding ding ding ding. A ring ding ding ding ding-demg-demg. A ring ding ding ding ding. A bram ba am baba weeeeee".
Here are what we've picked as the 10 most excruciating novelty songs. Watch at your own peril.