The Resume

(1984-1992)
Formed in Birmingham, England
Roland Gift - Vocalist
Andy Cox - Guitarist
David Steele - Bassist/Keyboardist
Best known for 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing'
Released the albums 'Fine Young Cannibals (1986),' 'The Raw and the Cooked (1989)' and 'The Raw and the Remix (1990)'
Named after the 1960 film 'All the Fine Young Cannibals'

Why they might be annoying:

Their name and their hit album title could make some squeamish.
'She Drives Me Crazy' probably drove some people crazy with its constant radio presence.
Their 'She Drives Me Crazy' video featured people doing goofy leapfrogging.
Gift left the group for an acting career that didn't exactly pan out.
Without Cox and Steele, Gift toured as 'Roland Gift and the Fine Young Cannibals.'
Though they only had two albums of new material, they released a greatest hits compilation.

Why they might not be annoying:

They had two songs reach the top of the charts in the U.S.
'The Raw and the Cooked' was on the top of the Billboard album charts for 7 weeks.
Cox and Steele were members of the ska group The Beat.
Gift's voice has been compared to Otis Redding's.
'She Drives Me Crazy' was covered by the Muppets and parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

Credit: Hoxy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Brit Awards' Best British Album (Ranked: 1990)
• Brit Awards' Best British Group (Ranked: 1990)
• Hoxy's Profiles [Series 3]
• I Sampled Funkadelic's '(Not Just) Knee Deep'
• I Sampled James Brown's 'Funky Drummer'
• I Sing About Craziness
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1989)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1989)
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1989] (Ranked: 41)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1985] (Ranked: 16)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1985] (Ranked: 20)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1989] (Ranked: 38)
• Profiles 18251-18500 (Ranked: 18372)
• Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1985-89] (Ranked: 1988)
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• Weird Al Yankovic Parodied My Song

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 68 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 56.82% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 81 Votes: 67.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 130 Votes: 61.54% Annoying