The HMRC hold music is -sort of - one of 2015's biggest tunes

If you've ever had to ring the government to ask about your tax, you might know the HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) tune.

You hear it when you're on hold, waiting for your call to be answered.

A new report's found, as a nation, the UK spent nearly 5 million hours listening to it last year.

That's more time than we spent streaming tracks like Cheerleader, by OMI, which, sort of, makes the HMRC tune one of 2015's biggest hits.

A YouTube video of the track's got more than three thousand views, which is quite a lot for hold music.

Let's start with the song itself. It divides opinion.

Someone loves it so much they've put it on YouTube, and it's also had quite a lot of support on Twitter.

Millie thinks whoever composed it must be a millionaire, and is a huge fan of its #dirtybeat.

Alexandra tweeted saying the tune is "honestly so lit".

Amyalaska loves it so much she's admitted to dancing to it.

As with any great work of art, though, not everyone's keen.

Charlie tweeted, calling it "dire".

Chris thinks the song is the "worst thing ever".

Whether they're a fan or not, millions of people listen to it every year.

The National Audit Office estimates people in the UK spent 4.7 million hours enjoying its jazzy vibes in 2015, all while waiting for someone to pick up.

They say that cost the country around £97 million in wasted time.

But, more importantly, how does it compare to the year's other big hits?

OMI picked up loads of awards last year, the HMRC hold music didn't get any.

OMI's Cheerleader was the most streamed song of 2015, with 71.7 million plays on platforms like Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music and Google Play.

It's three minutes two seconds long, so if everyone played the whole thing through, that's roughly 3.6 million hours of streams.

That's much less than HMRC's banger.

The hold music also beats tracks like What Do You Mean? by Justin Bieber, and Years & Years' King.

It doesn't quite take the unofficial title (based on Newsbeat's maths) for streaming though.

Uptown Funk, by Mark Ronson, largely because it's four and half minutes long, is slightly ahead.

That extra length meant it racked up an estimated 4.8 million hours of listening, despite having fewer streams than Cheerleader.

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