We're all guilty of having a bit of a sing-song at home - whether it's on our own in the shower or after a few wines with our besties.
But one man was stunned and a little red faced to receive an angry note from his neighbours, who were less than impressed with his "awful" rendition of some of Lady Gaga's latest hits.
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Toby Cutner, 27, found the angry message, in which his neighbours threatened to report him to the council, attached to his windscreen the morning after he hosted a small gathering at his home in Rugby, Warks.
The HR advisor had invited his partner and two friends around for a barbecue over the bank holiday weekend.
But the group's renditions of Lady Gaga, Alexandra Burke and Cher didn't go down well as it got later into the night.
The note read: "Nice party. But your singing is awful. Next time keep it down otherwise I will report to council for disturbing!
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"You are not living in a forest!!! Treat others how you want to be treated!!"
It's the font for us, though...
Toby said he was surprised by the reaction as their small garden party was not particularly rowdy and was wrapped up by 11pm.
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He also claimed the music was not even played that loudly as they used a small Bluetooth speaker.
The pop music fan said that the term 'party' was a generous one, too, seeing as his group was in compliance with Covid rules with only three guests in attendance.
"Because it was a bank holiday and the weather was glorious we decided to have a barbecue in the back garden and invite a couple of friends around," he reasoned.
"We set up a little Bose speaker and there was some singing, but it was hardly all night. We sang along to Alexandra Burke, Cher and Lady Gaga from what I can remember.
"It was all finished by 11pm when we went indoors for a bit because it had got cold by then.
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"I would take the point if we made a habit of this, but it was a rare meet up and there were only four of us in total.
"But who could begrudge us a little singalong after the last year or so we have just had with Covid?"
Toby went on: "I was really shocked to find the note. I didn't even see it at first and then thought 'what's that on the windscreen?'
"I couldn't believe the cheek of it. You don't expect notes like that after inviting a few friends round."
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He's vowed not to let his neighbours deter his fun - especially since he believes his noise wasn't antisocial, anyway.
"We've since bought a paddling pool from Marketplace and filled it up with water so we're going to have a pool party with music," he said.
"But we'll be finished by 9pm or 10pm so there should be no need to complain."
Toby received hundreds of supportive messages since posting the note on Facebook.
He wrote: "If you had an issue with the noise and singing, knock on my door or pop round the garden and have a conversation instead of a threatening letter?
"Your notes go straight in the recycle bin! I would totally understand your frustrations if we had parties every night but we don't, it's probably once a month if that.
"Shoot me dead for enjoying the warm weather with friends, singing and music... Maybe you should try it yourself?"
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