Played at weddings, funerals, Olympic ceremonies and even the annual New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square, John Lennon’s song “Imagine” has been the all-purpose anthem of sentimentality for 45 years.

But if you’re one of those people who secretly hates it, don’t worry — you’re not the only one.

Last weekend, British music fan Edward Carter and some friends were casually discussing songs they hated when he decided to extend the conversation to social media.

“Dear Twitter,” he posted. “What is the song you most detest and despise? Thank you.”

Within 48 hours, the bemused Brit, who had only around 1,000 Twitter followers, had received several thousand nominations from all over the world, and Lennon’s ballad was a repeat offender.

“I think it’s the whole idea of talking about poverty and misery, while John was actually hanging around in his palatial New York townhouse,” Carter tells The Post. “It’s the duplicity of the whole thing.”

Amazed by the nerve he touched and the speed at which he received suggestions, Carter, a 36-year-old artist living in the southern coastal town of Brighton, collated the results into a blog post containing 337 deplorable ditties (listed below). Since then, it’s gone viral, with people nominating even more songs they loathe.

“A lot of people seemed quite glad they weren’t alone in hating these songs,” he says. “It boils down to people feeling everybody is having this great experience, but feeling excluded because they can’t see what everyone else sees — and it makes them angry.”

Another big anti-hit is “Big Yellow Taxi” in all of its forms. “That was the first song to be nominated in its entirety,” says Carter, referring to the Joni Mitchell original, subsequent cover by Amy Grant, and the horrendous Counting Crows version featuring Vanessa Carlton.

The sheer ubiquity of songs such as “Love Shack” by the B-52s and “Rude” by Magic! also ensured plenty of ire. But for some, it was also a chance to air grievances against overexposed artists in general.

“There were some artists that people would tweet and say, ‘Anything by that person,’ ” says Carter, noting that Taylor Swift, Phil Collins and Coldplay fell into that category.

As a big Bob Dylan fan, Carter admits to being heartened that not one song by the recent Nobel Prize winner for literature was nominated. But he was pleased to see two of his least favorite bands — the Byrds and the Eagles — in the cross hairs.

“I have never been sold on any Dylan cover versions, especially not the Byrds’ whiny version of ‘Mr. Tambourine Man.’ As for the Eagles, I can’t stand any band that telegraphs their guitar solos.”

Perhaps most surprising? Carter has added the vast majority of the 337 songs to a giant Spotify playlist entitled “Kryptonite Songs” — and they’re a hit.

“You would think people would want to avoid such a playlist, but it is getting a lot of play,” he says. “Maybe they’re gluttons for punishment.”

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10cc — Dreadlock Holiday

10cc — I’m Not In Love

The 88 — At Least It Was Here

21 Pilots — Ride

4 Non Blondes — What’s Up?

A

ABBA — Dancing Queen

Ace of Base — All That She Wants

Aerosmith — I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing

Aerosmith — Janie’s Got a Gun

Akon — Lonely

Amy Grant — Big Yellow Taxi

Andrew Gold — Lonely Boy

The Animals — House of the Rising Sun

Anohni — 4 Degrees

Aqua — Lollipop (Candyman)

Artful Dodger ft. Craig David — Re-Rewind

B

The B-52’s — Love Shack

B*Witched — C’est la Vie

Babybird — You’re Gorgeous

Babylon Zoo — Spaceman

Bananarama — I Can’t Help It

Band Aid — Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Barry Manilow — Mandy

The Beatles — Across the Universe

The Beatles — Hey Jude

The Beatles — She’s Leaving Home

The Beatles — When I’m 64

The Beatles — Yellow Submarine

The Beatles — Yesterday

The Beautiful South — Perfect 10

Bee Gees — More Than a Woman

Belinda Carlisle — Circle in the Sand

Belinda Carlisle — Heaven Is a Place On Earth

Belinda Carlisle — Leave the Light On for Me

Beyoncé — Single Ladies

Billy Joel — My Life

Billy Joel — Piano Man

Billy Joel — Uptown Girl

Billy Ocean — When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

Billy Ray Cyrus — Achy Breaky Heart

Björk — It’s Oh So Quiet

Black Crowes — Hard to Handle

Black Eyed Peas — I’ve Gotta Feeling

Black Lace — Agadoo

Blondie — Heart of Glass

Blondie — Rapture

Blue Mink — Melting Pot

The Bluebirds — Young at Heart

Blur — Song 2

Bobby McFerrin — Don’t Worry Be Happy

Bobby Pickett — Monster Mash

Bon Jovi — Livin’ On a Prayer

Bonnie Tyler — Total Eclipse of the Heart

Brand New Heavies — Midnight at the Oasis

Bruce Hornsby and the Range — The Way It Is

Bryan Adams — (Everything I Do) I Do It for You

Bryan Adams — Summer of ’69

Bryan Ferry — Let’s Stick Together

Buckcherry — Crazy Bitch

The Byrds — Mr. Tambourine Man

C

Calum Scott — Dancing On My Own

Carl Douglas — Kung Fu Fighting

Carly Simon — You’re So Vain

Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe

The Carpenters — Yesterday Once More

Catatonia — Road Rage

Céline Dion — My Heart Will Go On

Chas & Dave — Rabbit

Cher — Believe

Cher — The Shoop Shoop Song

Cher — Walking in Memphis

Chris De Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling

Chris De Burgh — The Lady in Red

Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and Pink — Lady Marmalade

Chumbawamba — Tubthumping

Cliff Richard — Mistletoe and Wine

Cliff Richard — The Millennium Prayer

Coldplay — Clocks

Coldplay — Yellow

Coolio ft. L.V. — Gangsta’s Paradise

The Coral — In the Morning

Counting Crows — Big Yellow Taxi

Courtney Barnett — Pickles From the Jar

The Cranberries — Zombie

Crash Test Dummies — Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Crazy Town — Butterfly

Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman

Cutting Crew — (I Just) Died in Your Arms

Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun

D

D:Ream — Things Can Only Get Better

Danny Wilson — Mary’s Prayer

David Bowie — Across the Universe

David Bowie — The Jean Genie

Dead or Alive — You Spin Me Round

Deee-Lite — Groove Is in the Heart

Deep Blue Something — Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Des’ree — Life

Dexys Midnight Runners — Come on Eileen

Diana Ross — Chain Reaction

Dire Straits — Money for Nothing

Dire Straits — Romeo and Juliet

DJ Otzi — Hey Baby

Dobie Gray — Drift Away

Dodgy — Good Enough

Don McLean — American Pie

Doobie Brothers — What a Fool Believes

Doop — Doop

Dream Academy — Life in a Northern Town

E

The Eagles — Hotel California

Edwyn Collins — A Girl Like You

Eiffel 65 — Blue

Elbow — One Day Like This

Ellie Goulding — On My Mind

Elton John — Candle in the Wind (1997)

Elton John — Crocodile Rock

Elton John — Your Song

Elvis Presley — Return to Sender

Eminem — Lose Yourself

Enigma — Sadeness

Eve ft. Gwen Stefani — Let Me Blow Ya Mind

Theme from Everything’s Rosie

F

Fairground Attraction — Perfect

Fountains of Wayne — Stacy’s Mom

Frank Sinatra — My Way

The Fratellis — Chelsea Dagger

Fun — Some Nights

Fun ft. Janelle Monáe — We Are Young

G

Gary Puckett & the Union Gap — Young Girl

George Ezra — Drawing Board

Gerry & the Pacemakers — You’ll Never Walk Alone

Gerry Rafferty — Baker Street

Glasvegas — Daddy’s Gone

Gloria Gaynor — I Will Survive

Goo Goo Dolls — Iris

Green Day — Good Riddance (Time of your Life)

Guns N’ Roses — Sweet Child o’ Mine

Gwen Stefani — Hollaback Girl

H

Hinder — Lips of an Angel

House of Pain — Jump Around

I

Idina Menzel — Let It Go

Inner Circle — Sweat

J

The Jam — A Town Called Malice

James Blunt — You’re Beautiful

James Brown — I Feel Good

Jamie Lawson — Wasn’t Expecting That

Jamiroquai — Canned Heat

Janet Jackson — Rhythm Nation

Janis Joplin — Mercedes Benz

Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State of Mind

Jennifer Rush — The Power of Love

Jim Diamond — I Should Have Known Better

JJ Barrie — No Charge

Joe Dolce — Shaddap You Face

John Lennon — Imagine

John Mayer — Your Body Is a Wonderland

Joni Mitchell — Big Yellow Taxi

Journey — Don’t Stop Believin’

Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris — Baby

K

Kate Nash — Foundations

Kate Tempest — Circles

Katie Melua — The Closest Thing to Crazy

Katie Melua — Nine Million Bicycles

Katrina and the Waves — Walking on Sunshine

Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls

Katy Perry — I Kissed a Girl

Katy Perry — Roar

The Killers — Mr. Brightside

Kings of Leon — Sex On Fire

Kings of Leon — Use Somebody

L

The La’s — There She Goes

Lady Gaga — Bad Romance

Led Zeppelin — Stairway to Heaven

Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah

Lighthouse Family — Lifted

Lighthouse Family — Ocean Drive

Limp Bizkit — My Generation

Lisa Stansfield — Around the World

Little Eva — The Locomotion

Lo-Fang — You’re the One That I Want

Los Del Rio — Macarena

Lou Bega — Mambo No. 5

Lukas Graham — 7 Years

Lulu — Shout

Lulu — The Boat That I Row

M

Madness — Baggy Trousers

Madonna — Like a Virgin

MAGIC! — Rude

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band — Blinded by the Light

Manic Street Preachers — SYMM

Marc Cohn — Walking in Memphis

Mariah Carey — All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk

Maroon 5 — Animals

Maroon 5 — Moves Like Jagger

Maroon 5 — This Love

Meat Loaf — I’d Do Anything for Love

Meghan Trainor — All About That Bass

Men at Work — Down Under

Mercury Rev — Goddess on a Hiway

Michael Bublé — It’s a Beautiful Day

Michael Jackson — Earth Song

MIKA — Grace Kelly

Mike and the Mechanics — The Living Years

MN8 — I’ve Got a Little Something for You

Mr. Big — To Be With You

Mumford and Sons — I Will Wait

N

Natasha Bedingfield — These Words

The New Radicals — You Get What You Give

Nicki Minaj — Anaconda

Nickleback — Rockstar

O

Oasis — Champagne Supernova

Oasis — Shakermaker

Oasis — Wonderwall

Oasis — All Around the World

Ocean Colour Scene — The Day We Caught the Train

Offspring — Come Out and Play

OMC — How Bizarre

P

Paolo Nutini — New Shoes

Paul McCartney — We All Stand Together

Paul McCartney — Wonderful Christmastime

Peter Sarstedt — Where Do You Go To My Lovely?

Pharrell Williams — Happy

Phil Collins — In the Air Tonight

Phil Collins — You Can’t Hurry Love

Phil Collins — Easy Lover

Picturehouse — Sunburst

The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New York

The Proclaimers — I’m Gonna Be

(500 Miles)

The Prodigy — Firestarter

Psy — Gangnam Style

Q

Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen — Don’t Stop Me Now

Queen — We Are the Champions

Queen — We Will Rock You

R

R.E.M. — Shiny Happy People

Razorlight — America

Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge

Rednex — Cotton Eye Joe

The Cast of Rent — Seasons of Love

Reverend and the Makers — Heavyweight Champion of the World

Richard Harris — MacArthur Park

Ricky Martin — Livin’ La Vida Loca

The Righteous Brothers — You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling

Rihanna — Take a Bow

Robbie Williams — Angels

Robbie Williams — Millennium

Robbie Williams — Rock DJ

Robbie Williams — Candy

Robbie Williams — Freedom

Robbie Williams — Mack the Knife

Robbie Williams — Rudebox

Robert Palmer — Addicted to Love

Robin S — Show Me Love

Robin Thicke — Blurred Lines

Cast of the Rocky Horror Show — The Time Warp

Rod Stewart — Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?

Roy Orbison — Oh, Pretty Woman

Run DMC ft. Aerosmith — Walk This Way

Rupert Holmes — Escape

S

Sacred Reich — 31 Flavors

Sam Smith — Money on My Mind

Sandi Thom — I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker

Santana — Smooth

Sash — Encore Une Fois

Savage Garden — Truly, Madly, Deeply

Scorpions — Wind of Change

Scorpions — Still Loving You

Scouting for Girls — She’s So Lovely

The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

Shaggy — It Wasn’t Me

Shania Twain — Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

Shanice — I Love Your Smile

Shut Up and Dance — Raving I’m Raving

Simply Red — Fairground

Simply Red — Stars

Sister Sledge — Frankie

Sixpence None the Richer — Kiss Me

Slade — Merry X’mas Everybody

Smash Mouth — All Star

Snap — Rhythm Is a Dancer

Snow Patrol — Chasing Cars

Social Distortion — Story of My Life

Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder on the Dancefloor

Space ft. Cerys Matthews — The Ballad of Tom Jones

Spice Girls — Wannabe

The Spin Doctors — Two Princes

Starship — Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

Starship — We Built This City

Stereophonics — Hurry Up and Wait

Stereophonics — Have a Nice Day

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel — Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

Steve Miller Band — Abracadabra

Steve Walsh — I Found Lovin’

Stevie Wonder — I Just Called To Say I Love You

Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney — Ebony and Ivory

Stiltskin — Inside

The Stranglers — Golden Brown

Supertramp — The Logical Song

Survivor — Eye of the Tiger

Sweet — Wig Wam Bam

T

T’Pau — China in Your Hand

Take That ft. Lulu — Relight My Fire

Tammy Wynette — Stand by Your Man

Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble

Taylor Swift — Shake It Off

Terence Trent D’arby — Wishing Well

Terry Jacks — Seasons in the Sun

They Might Be Giants — Birdhouse in Your Soul

Tina Turner — The Best

TLC — No Scrubs

Tom Jones and Mousse T. — Sex Bomb

Tom Petty — Free Fallin’

Tony Christie — Is This the Way to Amarillo?

Toploader — Dancing in the Moonlight

Traditional — Jerusalem

Traditional — Little Drummer Boy

Traditional — I’m Proud To Be an American

Trio — Da Da Da

Twista ft. Anthony Hamilton — Sunshine

U

U2 — Beautiful Day

UB40 — Red Red Wine

Ultrabeat — Pretty Green Eyes

Ultravox — Vienna

V

Van Morrison — Brown-Eyed Girl

Vance Joy — Riptide

W

Waterboys — The Whole of the Moon

The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men

Westlife — You Raise Me Up

Wet Wet Wet — Love Is all Around

Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag

Whigfield — Saturday Night

Whitney Houston — I Will Always Love You

Wings — Mull of Kintyre

Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Y

Yello — Oh Yeah