The most overrated songs in history as selected by top music sites.
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The most overrated songs in history as selected by top music sites.
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— go to most recent comments476 - Jaystone
I disagree with the Doors song Light my Fire, it was actually written by Robby Krieger their guitarist, so by all means do your homework.
477 - ME ME ME
Yeah......Im do your homework you idiots. You all know NOTHING.
Appart from the people who know something and agree with me.
478 - reggie von woic
Am i the only one who hasn't heard the song by Queen - Bohemian rhapsody?
The song is in top 10 highest selling singles ever and i haven't had a chance to experience it.
Anyone know a link where i can download it from (for free)?
479 - LittleGoldWoman
I totally respect your opinions but based on what the majority of americans say doesnt it bother you that you are maybe the only one who holds this opinion? Sure there may be a few who agree but overall.... There is hardly any fact in it at all. You might have been better off chosing "My heart will go on" by Celine Dion. At least ONE song that MOST people will go YEAH too. I sat and went WHAT??? to most of them as I suspect most people did. Where do you hang out dude?
480 - Sophie
Jim Morrison didnt write Light My Fire you freakin moron!
i SUPPOSE its an overrated song but thats because its the only Doors song those rock radio stations know and probably the only doors song the person who added them to the overrated list has heard.
I love The Doors and Jim Morrison was a lot more than the description the person who made this site gave him.
The Doors had a lot better songs than light my fire.
Go pick yourself up the album "Strange Days"
or "L.A Woman"
and you may change your mind about The Doors!!
481 - courtney
who cares if they are most overrated. they are out there making millions of dollars, i would trade places in a heartbeat, shoot, i bet they dont care either. we are the ones who are buying their albums.
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484 - wagner
Eric Clapton.
"I shot the sheriff","Layla"and "tears in heaven"
these songs are utterly overrated,and totally boring.
485 - Steve
I agree with most of the picks, though I haven't heard of two of the songs. Not that I necessarily dislike them all, though I actually dislike most of them, but they are overrated (at least the 11 or so I've heard of lol).
486 - damien
bohimian rhapsody was a very good song the rest i agree are rubish
487 - music lover
Robert Burke listed "American Pie" as overrated because the song is too long. Obviously, he thinks there are lyrics that don't belong in the song. I think he wants to get rid of the lyrics he doesn't understand. So tell us what the song is about, Robert, what lyrics you think should have been left out?
488 - Robert Burke
I did not pick American Pie. I suggest you practice retaining what you read a bit better.
489 - Jasmine &
It almost seems as though this would work as a most overrated artist/band list...Most songs themselves are imbued with meaning by the culture and the time, you can look at almost any song lyrically and scoff...
490 - this sucks
Pour some sugar on me? Man you suck. That song is a classic, it doesnt matter if it makes sense or not its a good song. You jackass.
491 - mohit
re.doors
hey ur a GOD damn slave.ok i agree to it light my fire may not be the best doors song but learn to watch ur tounge buddy..u guys have made a ver embarising statement which you should take back.u guys dont like the doors it`s kool may e u neva understood them.wel i dont believe it d God damn rolling stones din make this list...hmmm..those ass clows.seemed like mick jagger was getting an orgasim each time he was singin.
492 - mohit
hey robert u 2 bit freak.may b u dont understand d doors.u need a personality transplant.bludy slave..
493 - Amanda
You do not have a clue what you are talking about! Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the best songs of all time. You are pathetic, what are your favourite songs? I bet that they are all crap, just like your shitty website. Get a life, and listen to some better music [Personal attack deleted]
494 - Amanda :(
I am very sorry about what I wrote above.
I was just very very angry about your comment on Freddie Mercury, I love him. I feel sorry every time I hear something about the disease he suffered with. But anyways I am sorry, It looks like you had out a lot of effort in to creating this website.
Good luck in all...
495 - bla bla bla
overrated. Erm
Any song my morrissey/ The Smiths.
496 - Jimmy
I don't agree that "American Pie" is overrated. I think it is a great song. Overrated songs include "Stairway to Heaven". Led Zeppelin had talent, but they weren't the best song writers. "Always Something There To Remind Me". The Naked Eyes. They didn't even write it. It puts me to sleep. The Eurythmics ruined the 80s. "Sweet Dreams". Blaah. "Satisfaction" by the Stones. I like the Stones, but I also agree with Steve Allen - it's stupid. "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". That's dumb. "The Letter". Even Joe Cocker couldn't save it. "Kokomo". The Beach Boys struck out with this comeback song. Yoko Ono. C'mon. She is not a singer. She sounds horrid.
497 - vigilanteweb
I definitely think that American Pie is up there. As is Bohemian Rhapsody. Would this song have nearly the following if not for "wayne's world". Kind of sad. And imho not one of queen's best.
498 - Taylor
i was cursed with singing Bohemian Rhapsody in my 8th grade select choir and now every time that song is excitedly warbbled by some naive teenager who thinks they know Queen i cant help but to sing along in my head. its a sad sad thing i have to live with...all thanks to my 8th grade choir teacher.
499 - ROT IN HELL YOU MOTHER FUCKING ASSWIPES
Fuck YOU ON SOME of your choices
500 - Mike Hunt
who gives a fuck if theyre overrated. What thats gonna stop you from listening to the music you like? Fuck that!
501 - Jimmy
I never could see how Stephen Bishop's On and On was ever released and in the charts. This has to be the worst song ever written. All it says is "On and on and on" in an atunal fashion. A five year old could have done better. Actually, Mozart was doing compositions at Age 5.
502 - iceman
ok i came here looking for lists of music....as i love music of all types i have to say this list is trash. you ppl need to look up what "art" is. to say these song all overrated is one thing to call songs like imagine "one dreary song, not among Lennon's best. "Imagine" is an amelodic dirge really, with lyrics cribbed from the communist manifesto". this is proof to me you would look at a picasso and say it is ugly cause the face in it is mixed up. it really makes me sick, as im SURE you couldnt write,sing,or play a song to save your lives. so maybe before you trash good art try to remember there are songs like the "maccarina" and "who let the dogs out"
503 - joe
this list is fuckin wrong
who ever the fuck wrote doesnt no shit
alot of those songs r good
and with imagine have u listne to the lyrics
its about peace what john wanted
and those baggin stairway
fuck u
its the best song
it didnt rip of any1
if u listen to the shit u said it ripped off its hardly anything like it
504 - Mike Hunt
falling snow inside a collindar does not shift
505 - Cory
I've just read through all of the comments and i honestly cant believe the people who have dissed Jim Morrison, Hes not only one of the greatest lead sings of all time, if you have somewhat of a brain you would relize that his lyics were not only interesting but they were ground breaking, i way he used different words in songs were something people had never seen before. The Doors not only changed the face of rock they have stood the test of time. How many hits have the produced, i would dare any of the "doors critics" to right songs like, Break on Through, Five To One, Lover her madly, Peace Frog, Riders on the storm, Love me two times, The End, And Yes LIGHT MY FIRE, when you have thousands of people chanting than you have the right to critisize someone. Their music was before their and will be around for as long as rock and roll is still being created.
My friend you have no sense of talent when you say Morrison is lacking it, my advice to you is to sit and listen to an entire doors album and listen to the crap they play these days and you will see that The Doors deserve the multi platinum records they have.
506 - Touch Me Im Sick
I see a lot of people critisizing The Doors and Jim Morrison. Which is rather pathetic considering you have Queen up there - I dont see anyone telling it like it is.
You are all complete idiots [apart from a few people - like the person abouve me, who actually know what they are talking about]
Queen are rather cheesy - corny and overrated wouldnt ya say?
507 - Mike Hunt
Your list is stupid.
I may punch you
and maybe spit in your eye.
508 - Mike Hunt
I would trade Light My Fire
And put Nirvana Smells like teen spirit up there as overrated!
509 - Andy
I totally agree about the annoying song by U2 "I Still Haven't found what I'm looking for" probably their worst. Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run was so far overrated it's not funny. And Springsteen's Spirit in the Night and Blinded by the Light were done better by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Spirit in the Night was the worst song on the 'Earth Bands' Nightingales and Bombers album. Otherwise I like Bruce Springsteen's other work in songs.
510 - Roonie
Oh, no no no no. This list is really, really missing some songs.
511 - the liberator
let me state one thing to get the record straight......you have the worst taste in music of any human being I've ever seen!!!!!!!and so is anyone who agrees with him
512 - patrick durney
How come nobody mentioned the most overrated band of all time The Beatles. How about these for lyrics -
Love love me do, you know I love you(LOVE ME DO).
I'll pretend that im kissing the lips I am missing (ALL MY LOVING).
Oh yeah i'll tell you something I think you'll understand, when i'll say something, I wanna hold your hand (I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND).
Come on come on come on come on,
come on come on come on come on,
please please me, whoa yoah like I please you (PLEASE PLEASE ME).
For good measure throw in You're going to lose that girl, Do you wanna know a secret, I feel fine, She loves you and you have bunch of the most turgid sickly sweet love songs ever put on paper, and I only mentioned a few of their songs. Everyone of the above could have been written by a five year old on a five minute session on the John. How this band are so adored is a total mystery, overrated is an understatement.
513 - Canaan
What is it? Bashing some of the most popular songs is supposed to be "edgy" now? Why not bitch about the bull shit rap "top of the charts" crap..? Or how 'bout all the hip hop that sounds the exact same? Or pop where the females are sluts and the men are gay. Like they could come up with anything better than "one lump or two".
514 - Johnnu
You cannot even come close to saying the the Bohemian Rhaposdy is overrated. That song is an absolute classic and nothing can compare to it. It blends modern and classical while entrahlling the masses. Judging by most people's comments on here though, a moajority of you won't understand what I justs stated.
Queen is corny and cheesy???!!! That's called entertainment buddy and no one did it better than Freddie Mercury.
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516 - yerbametalera
bohemian rapsody???' sobrevalorada????????
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517 - Sameer
I think that you and anyone who agrees with you has absolutely no taste in music whatsoever. You could make a playlist of the all the songs you listed apart from Hey Y'all and I could listen to it all day.
518 - 27t8962g97
THIS.LIST.SUCKS.REAL.BAD. Pop music is full of overated tunes and there are almost none in here...
519 - Vikas
my top 10:
10. Hey Jude - "Na na na na na na na na. Na na na na." Those are not lyrics. Those aren't even real words.
9. One Way Or Another - Blondie. The song lost its greatness when fast food companies used it in their commercials.
8. Sweet Home Alabama - Same reason as above. Anyone find it strange that they use Sweet Home Alabama to sell Kentucky Fried Chicken?????
7. We Didn't start the fire.
6. American Pie.
5. Hotel California.
4. Teach The Children - Teach them to hate this song.
3. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant -
2. Rosalita - I hate this song!
And the worst, most overrated, overplayed song is:
1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Listen to the song. I wont say anything else. Just listen to it.
520 - Pico
I gotta chuckle out of the story about how "Freebird" got to be yelled out at every concert. I was watching a Porcupine Tree concert video recently and I could clearly hear someone doing that. The concert was, of course, in Chicago.
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522 - Philip
Hey man! The Doors was the best band ever, beatles and many others are overrated, and LMF is the best song ever written, it was was primarly written by Krieger and Morrison and with arangements from Ray and John. The Organ is the best in history, the gituar solo are good, and morrisons words and lyrics (he wrote the second part) are great! Its no way overrated, its the BEST !!1
523 - Philip
And by the way, Morrison did write some of LMF! Go Jim, Ray, Robby and John!
524 - Jon
Morrison didn't write "Light my Fire". Robby Krieger did, watch the freakin' movie, read the freakin' book.
525 - David
Don't FUCK with the Fall.
Hey Ya is to this day a great song.