Most Overrated Songs

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Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

If Kurt Cobain doesn't commit suicide, Nirvana goes down in music history as a mere footnote. However, the man kills himself, and Nirvana becomes viewed as some kind of revolutionary, innovative band. The acclaim given to this band is quite disproportionate to their music's level of creativity and ingenuity.

I don't understand what all the hype over nirvana is about. the songs are horrible. the only good one in the whole band is dave grohl.

Give this damn song a rest, No matter what anyone says it was not groundbreaking

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2Like a Virgin - Madonna

she was lucky to be that famous

OlgaLJ

Madonna needs to thank god for her luck.

Horrible song from an even more horrible woman who like to adopt African babies for all the wrong reasons.

3Hey Jude - The Beatles

Juday... juday juday juday... oww!... WOW!... NAH... NAH... NAH.. NAH.. NAH.. NANA.. NAH NANA NAH.. -AWFUL!

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

Not even close to being one of the best songs by the Beatles, let alone one of the greatest songs ever as it's so often touted to be. Brainless drivel that is well suited to drunken singalongs and nothing more.

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4Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

except for the last part, this sucks big time.

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.

5Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

I never understood how this song got this popular. It's really boring, there is nothing interesting about it.

I hate everything I have heard by Led Zeppelin!

lucyinthesky

Stairway is the best song in history, these people who left these comments are MEATHEADS? who don't know there asses from there elbows period!

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6Wonderwall - Oasis

It's an average song. It's a watered-down "Live Forever. "

It's an average song. It's a watered-down "Live Forever. "

7Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day

Did someone graduate? Did someone die? Did some sort of life event end? Yes? Okay, let's play this song, again!

Jaimie_77

If this song ceased to exist I would say "good riddance!"

8...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
9Crank That (You) - Soulja Boy Tell'Em

No talent whatsoever

TALENTLESS

The worst song ever made period.

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10Home For A Rest - Spirit of the West

 

11Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

It's played on the radio way too many times and it just gets so annoying!

This song was voted the number 1 songs of the 80s by VH1, despite that fact there were other songs that are way better than this song in that decade.

127 Things - Miley Cyrus

she sucks :]

13The Boy is Mine - Brandy & Monica

This song was huge for like 6 months straight and it's the most annoying song EVER!!!!!!!!!!

14Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
15Yesterday - The Beatles

One of the most overrated songs of all time; even more overrated than Stairway to Heaven and Like a Rolling Stone.

If you REALLY listen to yesterday, you'll realize it's CRAP. McCartney's lyrics are always insipid... Yesterday especially.

A very overrated song!

16In The End - Linkin Park
17I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

A STUPID SONG! Everybody absolutely ADORED it for the 2 months it was out but I got fed up after 2 days! It's repetitive and stupid!

BUT I do like the black eyed peas

18Imagine - John Lennon

If I was a smelly hippy then I think I might like this song a little more but this song is overrated.

Liam21

As for songs being overrated then I think Imagine has to be in the top 100 category.

Liam21

Dreary, pretentious, boring. Sorry, but thats how it is.

19Thriller

Waaaaaay over rated.

20Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

In all honesty, Fred Durst should have left this song alone... Pete Townshend would even say they destroyed it!

The band itself is overrated and Fred Durst sucks at everything.

21Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

this song sucks

it sounds like a crappy imitation of country music

22Requiem For A Dream - Paul Oakenfold
23Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

Jimi is the most overrated artist of all time and his most overrated song is easily Purple Haze

24Come Sail Away - Styx
25Go The Distance - Michael Bolton
26Baby - Justin Bieber

eww he just annoys me period. trying to act all gangster with a girl voice, seriously thought he was a girl the first time i heard the song

27Barracuda - Heart

My god this song is annoying. Hell, I can't say I haven't heard a Heart song that isn't.

28Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce

This song was played WAAAAAYYYY TOO MAAAANNNYY times. OMG! I think it is such a stupid song, it reminds me of don't worry be happy. The song was truely overrated; I think everyone just jumped on board and don't know why. This song just got on my nerves.

29Blah Blah Blah - Kesha

She has no talent what so ever.

ditoroc

It's so nasty!

30Rehab - Amy Winehouse
31Tom Sawyer - Rush

Sounds like Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies singing Rock and Roll

Boring and overplayed

32Replay - Iyaz

Omg!

33Rock And Roll All Night - Kiss
34Dude (Looks Like a Lady) - Aerosmith
35Candyman - Christina Aguilera
36Fire Burning - Sean Paul
37Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

boring

38Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes

Over played to the extreme

39You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

Its just an above average song that got way too popular as it made girls cry.

40SexyBack - Justin Timberlake

aaaaahhhh

41Money - Pink Floyd
42Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

A HUGE FAILURE. NO point in the song at all only got famous because Beatles sung it.

43Mmmbop - Hanson

Waste of time, space, energy - and the song was just as bad.

44Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - The Beatles

oh my good god how irritating is this song

45Hello/Goodbye - The Beatles

ITS ANNOYING AND WAYY TOO OVERPLAYED! ESPECIALLY IN THOSE TARGET COMMERCIALS. :/

46Waterfalls - TLC

I just wasn't feeling this song at all. There was a good message but it was just annoying after a while

47Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

so annoying when everyone starts singing along.

48Save the Best for Last - Vanessa Williams
49Alone - Heart

Heart itself is overrated, let alone their music

50These Dreams - Heart
51Heartbeat - Don Johnson
52We Built This City - Starship

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This list was created on March 16, 2007 and has been voted on over 4,000 times.