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Vote for Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 1) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
“a load of crap”

Doug



“it’s too overrated and also kurt is not a good guitar player
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“Smells like teen crap.”

Vote for Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 2) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
“I agree. Everyone has a huge BoRhap phase, but it ends. Mine was a few months ago, and within a few weeks, it got old. Now this is a good example of an overrated song. ”

“except for the last part, this sucks big time.”

Vote for Like a Virgin - Madonna 3) Like a Virgin - Madonna

Vote for Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin 4) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
“Can’t believe this song gets so much praise when its extremely boring. I was expecting it to be an "amazing" song like everybody said it would be, but it sucked.”

“zzzzzzzzborrring”

“I don’t get what’s so great about this song. I at least find Bohemian Rhapsody little interesting!”

Vote for Hey Jude - The Beatles 5) Hey Jude - The Beatles
“hehe i agree this ones boring and annoying”

“Worst ever, not only overrated, it’s not good at all!”

“Everything Beatles did was extremely overrated. There are better bands out there!”

Vote for Wonderwall - Oasis 6) Wonderwall - Oasis

Vote for Home For A Rest - Spirit of the West 7) Home For A Rest - Spirit of the West

Vote for Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day 8) Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day
“If this song ceased to exist I would say "good riddance!"”

Vote for Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi 9) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

Vote for The Boy is Mine - Brandy & Monica 10) The Boy is Mine - Brandy & Monica
“This song was huge for like 6 months straight and it’s the most annoying song EVER!!!!!!!!!!”

Vote for Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin 11) Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

Vote for Requiem For A Dream - Paul Oakenfold 12) Requiem For A Dream - Paul Oakenfold

Vote for Barracuda - Heart 13) Barracuda - Heart

Vote for Come Sail Away - Styx 14) Come Sail Away - Styx

Vote for Go The Distance - Michael Bolton 15) Go The Distance - Michael Bolton

Vote for Alone - Heart 16) Alone - Heart
“Heart itself is overrated, let alone their music”

Vote for These Dreams - Heart 17) These Dreams - Heart