--- title: Miley Cyrus on Wrecking Ball Interview VIDEO description: Miley Cyrus wants the world to know that no one who is more haunted by the "Wrecking Ball" music video than her. canonical: https://time.com/4780520/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-funeral-nightmare/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-16T14:48:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:40.580Z og:title: Miley Cyrus's Worst Nightmare Is This Song Playing at Her Funeral og:description: It's one of her very own og:url: https://time.com/4780520/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-funeral-nightmare/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf359e46d04384a52/6988cd64bc6cfcc3823e15c1/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Miley Cyrus's Worst Nightmare Is This Song Playing at Her Funeral twitter:description: It's one of her very own twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf359e46d04384a52/6988cd64bc6cfcc3823e15c1/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Miley Cyrus Reveals Her Worst Nightmare Is This Song Playing at Her Funeral > Sponsored content. 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Miley Cyrus attends 102.7 KIIS FM's 2017 Wango Tango at StubHub Center on May 13, 2017 in Carson, California.Rich Fury/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 16, 2017 2:48 PM UTC [Miley Cyrus](http://time.com/4777141/miley-cyrus-hannah-montana-audition/) wants the world to know that no one is more haunted by the [“Wrecking Ball” music video](http://time.com/3772802/anne-hathaway-wrecking-ball-lip-sync/) than her. During a recent interview with the _Zach Sang Show_, the [“Malibu”](http://time.com/4774894/miley-cyrus-malibu/) artist played a game of “Marry, Eff, Kill” with her own repertoire of songs in which the 2013 viral hit came up in the first round — along with “7 Things” and “The Climb.” After declaring that she would marry “The Climb” because she’s “down with” its message and “eff” “7 Things,” she definitively killed off the infamous “Wrecking Ball.” “That’s something you can’t take away, swinging around naked on a wrecking ball lives forever,” she explained. “I’m never living that down I will always be the naked girl on a wrecking ball…I should’ve thought \[about\] how long that was going to follow me around. 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