Shut Up and...Oh, Just Shut the Fuck Up

Sully is having an end-of-the-year vote for the "Shut Up and Sing" category HERE

The gist: "the worst pop song designed to reflect a profound moral conscience. I.e. the smuggest, most pretentious pop song in history."

Maybe I'm missing something, but I find myself at a loss re: how the hell Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee made it onto this list.  Is this a joke? It definitely has a "Which song does not belong on this list?" feel to it. What the fuck?