Most Overrated Classic Rock Songs

The Top Ten
1 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

I don't see why this song is so popular. Sorry, but it just isn't number one on any respectable greatest songs list. I can think of a long list of Led Zeppelin songs that are better than this one, and a seven mile long list of songs in general that are better than this. But this song just drowns them out; never seen anything so absurd.

A lot of people say this has the best solo ever. I disagree. It's fast, but that's pretty much it. It's a good song, but certainly not the best rock song ever like a lot of people think. And when it comes to the solo thing, Comfortably Numb is miles ahead of this

We will rock you isn't Queen's best song, but it's not considered to be the greatest rock song of all time either. Stairway sounds beautiful the first 10 or so times you listen to it, but Led Zeppelin has written more rock-oriented and punkier songs than this.

This song is so heavily over rated that it hurts. There is nothing special about this song except for how over rated it is. I just can't believe this song is regarded as one of the best rock songs of all time.

2 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Terrible does not even describe this undeserveing greatest hits song. For those who don't know this song was not even suppose to be on a night at the Opera. The band wrote a lot of songs and a whole lot of them were cut off from the album. So Freddie decided to combine 3 songs that he didn't finish and turned them into 1 song. Somehow people actually liked this stupid song and made such a big deal out of it saying "what does it mean" and "what inspired you to make it". Freddie hated how people said those things so he stopped answering any question about Bohemian Rhapsody. This song basically won the lottery with even becoming a song and then getting a lot of popularity. And finally, you know that a song is overrated when their making a movie about a band and naming it a song and not the band's name, It's a disgrace to queen.

Bohemian Rhapsody is hardly overrated! It's Way underrated in my humble opinion. Esp when you consider that a typical song has 3 chords, while Bohemian Rhapsody boasts SIXTY CHORDS! Plus the fact that it marries 2 such diverse genres of music as rock and opera; I mean, how Genius is that?! That's the genius of the great, the sublime, the one and only FREDDIE MERCURY.

Someone said, Bohemian Rhapsody is underrated. I've one question, when a song is considered as the best (I meant best, not one of the best) song of all time, how this song is underrated?

Awful boring rubbish song by an awful rubbish band. Worse than Justin Bieber. Without this Queen would be nothing.

3 We Will Rock You - Queen

Not rally good. It's late, My Melancholy Blues, Spread Your WIngs and All dead, All dead are far better from this album alone, let alone the entire court of magnifence from queen

It is alright, but far too minimalist... Too simplistic... Boring really. So many Queen songs better than this.

Why the hell is Paradise City #1?

Overplayed and boring.

4 Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Journey is one of my favorite bands. But this song is SO overrated. Can't we hear "Only the Young" or "Separate Ways" or "Stone in Love" for once? I go bananas every time I hear this song

So overrated! Most people think it's the only classic rock song they need to know... Ever heard of Led Zeppelin or the Who?

Separate Ways is better

5 Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

I think a visitor is really concerned about how much chords are used in a song. If that'd be the case, then Blitzkrieg Bop would be one of the worst songs of all time. Am I wrong?

Not the most overrated rock song... but definitely not "Led Zeppelin's Best Song"... not even in the top 5 in my opinion.

A copy of 2 songs, it still egts more credit than any demanding song...

Two chords and a lot of fluff

6 Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
7 Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Actually I find Free Bird is hit or miss with a lot of people. The lead is amazing but I could see where folks might think it's long and repetitious. I like it because it's a tribute to Duane Allman, but even I think it's kind of drawn out in parts.

I don't like this song, but apparently everyone else does.

Definitely more than Run Like Hell

8 Wonderwall - Oasis

The most overrated song ever, without a question. I know a long, long, long list of overrated songs, and a considerably long list of overrated songs by music artists that have done a lot better and have loads of underrated songs. Wonderwall, I have to say, is number one on both of these lists.

The song in itself is just uninspired drivel that people call music. What does anybody see in it?! It is a talentless song that deserves nowhere as much recognition that it got! It just cannot compare to other songs like it and cannot be called their best song. I can understand that Sweet Child Of Mine is the most popular Guns n' Roses song, even though my favourite is Paradise City, which shouldn't be on this list. I can understand that Gimme Shelter is the most popular Rolling Stones song. What I don't get is why Wonderwall is the most popular Oasis song!

Don't Look Back In Anger is no better. The second most popular Oasis song, and there's just nothing talented about it. It is ...more

Is it bad because it has fewer chords? Just joking. This song isn't classic rock.

This isn't classic. This isn't rock. It isn't even all that overrated.

This song is terrible

9 Hotel California - Eagles

Trust me, I'm a huge rock music fan but I've never understood the hype for this song.
Many people consider it one of the Top 10 best rock songs of all time, but it isn't even in my Top 50 to be honest!
Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who, Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and All Along The Watchtower by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, Child In Time and Highway Star by Deep Purple and Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones are all 1000x better than this and all much more worthy of the Top 50 best rock songs of all time than Hotel California is!
I'm sorry, I just don't consider this song to be as good as most people think it is.

I don't know why this is in every list of the Top 10 rock songs!
I mean, I like the song but I wouldn't even put it in my Top 20 rock songs list if I made one!

I'm sorry Eagles, but I know a lot of songs that, in the Greatest Songs Ever list, are always ranked below this one but are actually better and have a more interesting backstory, such as Echoes, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Time by Pink Floyd, Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again and My Generation by The Who, Light My Fire, Riders On The Storm and The End by The Doors, All Along The Watchtower, Purple Haze and Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix, etc.!

Shocked this isn't up there already. Overall falls flat, with the guitar solo at the end being nothing more than a way for him to play with himself. Eagles as a whole are an overrated band, though.

I love this song, but I don't get why it's in every Top 5 rock songs of all time list!

Don't get me wrong, I like this, but I just know a lot of rock songs that I prefer over this!

10 Hey Jude - The Beatles

Maybe you had to "be there". If you can't identify with the spirit of the song and the period, you probably can't appreciate the song

By far the most overrated song ever written, performed or listened to. Period.

I love the beatles but I personaly don't think this is one of their best

Overhyped, overrated, overvoted.

The Contenders
11 You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
12 No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne

Overrated? I hear Crazy Train and Paranoid (2 of the greatest songs in history) more than this. It’s a great song with a kick ass solo from the Wylde man himself Zakk Wylde.

Ok Ozzy isn't classic rock. He's metal. And this is a great song with a great solo

13 Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
14 Walk This Way - Aerosmith
15 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

This is undeserving of the top 10 of the best songs of all time. It's a heavy grunge song. And what now?

Should be at first. At least, stairway to heaven has better lyrics.

Yeah it's overrated, but it's not classic rock.

What over rated under rated

16 Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Deep Purple is actually an underrated band. But this song of their's is overrated. The riff isn't that good that gets praised. I like some other songs like, Sometimes I feel like screaming, Soldier of Fortune, Child In Time etc more than this one.

Every single guitar newbie thinks they're so cool showing off that they can play only the first few notes of this song. Next time someone does that, tell them to play the solo.

Is a good song, but incredibly simple and is treated like one of the greatest songs of all time.

17 Who are You - Who

This is nowhere near the Who's best work (Try "My Generation" or "Behind Blue Eyes" and you'll know what Classic Who is. )

Got to admit, I love this song. Not overrated at all!

An awful demonstration of Pete's post punk angst

Not the greatest Who song but it's cool!

18 A Day In the Life - The Beatles

It might have been really ambitious in the 60's, but it doesn't hold up and I don't see how this song is better than songs like While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Here Comes The Sun

Atrocious song by an atrocious band.

19 Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
20 Black Dog - Led Zeppelin

I've honestly just heard this song too many times. It's got a good riff but I'm tired of it. There aren't enough cool parts of the song for me to keep my interest. I like the riff and the solo, but the rest of the song... Well, it isn't bad, but I lost my sense of wonder for it. I don't think this song is the most overrated song of all time (That honorable title goes to Bohemian Rhapsody), I just think it doesn't deserve as much radio play as it gets.

Led Zeppelin might be one of the most famous rock bands, but honestly, this song is underrated!

More of Led Zeppelin's work needs to be recognized

21 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

A big hit in 1965, played ( and overplayed ) on the radios millions of times, known by everyone ( even by those who don't care of Rock music ). All that made this song so popular that it became " overrated ". But in a context, back in 1965, this was a really " Them against us " anthem! Just listen to those lyrics of " no satisfaction " for T.V., radio, ads, media, girl action... This was really a " revolutionary " song back in those days.

So obviously overrated...

Overrated as hell

22 Highway to Hell - AC/DC
23 Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

I was thinking of putting "Summer of '69", the most generic rock song ever, on here but with that song at least I know some people who don't like it. I was also thinking of putting "In the Air Tonight", a boring, lifeless song, but I chose "Comfortably Numb" because a lot of people worship Pink Floyd and treat this as their best song. I don't mind Pink Floyd, in fact "Wish you were Here" is one of my favorite albums, but a lot of their stuff is a little overrated. This song on the other hand is horrifyingly overrated. It is a boring, lifeless (but then again a lot of PF's stuff is a little lifeless, but not to this extreme), and confusing song. In fact this feels like a filler song to me, and I do know the where it fits in on The Wall. I guess people like this song because it makes them feel like they are on drugs, and if that is the case I am glad I never take them.

It's not really overrated. It's an amazing song. Don't say the song is overrated just because it's the most popular Pink Floyd song. If any Pink Floyd song is overrated it's Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2

I'm not much into Pink Floyd's music because Comfortably Numb has started to get boring to me.

Eh, yeah it's a good song, but listen to something like echoes(meddle) or something, and then respond to me.

24 Imagine - John Lennon

I think that this song is beautiful, but the 'no religion' lyric is offensive to me.

25 Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd

THIS? Was a hit single and one of Pink Floyd's most overplayed songs?

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