That was, in my mind, REM's seminal Jump the Shark moment.
I can't explain why, but I hate that song with a passion. Probably because it never really goes anywhere, and REM has had a hundreds of songs like that with only 1/10,000th of the airplay.
For me there are many of them because I like music and I'm crazy without music. I like bosnian traditional song called sevdalinka and every song of that kind for me is best. As for song sang in english or every other language I would say that winner is in very tough competition one and only Robbie Wiliams with his song Feel
My favourite in Igbo is Chineke n'Igwe
In English... I am more than spoiled for choice. I don't know where to begin, but I'd take Redemption Song and Hotel California as way up there...