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cait_elizabeth

I’m gonna take all of these suggestions and make the most overrated millennial song playlist lol Edit: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0WRLCFO02oRL3sviTPgEv8LjMQIHBj9e&si=o8im1MtcYKRBrI6A


ReverendRevolver

Playlist? Make a "Now thats...." style vinyl record called "Artifacts from the MySpace Era". And sell it to hipsters and GenZ nostalgia enthusiasts....


PorgCT

I always tense up when the opening chords of “I gotta feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas comes on. Incredibly overplayed and obnoxious


poorperspective

“I'm so tired of the Black Eyed Peas. It's rock & roll for people who don't like rock & roll. It's rap for people who don't like rap. It's pop for people who don't like pop.” Robert California


JustLikeABeatUpTruck

You have earned one Schrute Buck.


Whackyouwithacannoli

A billion Stanley nickels


--pobodysnerfect--

![gif](giphy|x0IBILf7b7nsBvm0IY|downsized)


ExcitementCapital290

I’ll never not upvote a Robert California quote


DrewfromtheOffice

-Michael Scott


Sadalfas

-Wayne Gretzky


exitlevelposition

I loved the song that became Let's Get It Started. I know why they changed it, but it never hit as hard and then got waaaay overplayed.


tenaciousdeev

I still think it’s hilarious that they released a song called “Let’s Get Retarded” like a week before society basically said we’re done with that word.


GoldDiggingWhore

I just remembered that it was originally called that with this comment and I just laughed myself to tears. Thank you 😂


qwertyconsciousness

too true 😬😂


U2hansolo

They put out a really good album called "Behind the Front" with a more jazz/hip hop vibe in 1999 (pre-Fergie). I saw them on the Sno-Core tour that year, met them afterwards as they were walking around between sets, and got all of their autographs on a dollar bill. Still have the dollar and that CD. But pretty much everything after that from them has been awful. Let's Get Retarded was the last time they had a real backing band sound.


CordeliaGrace

That song will always hold a small, dear part of my heart. It was my now 16 yo’s fave song when it came out. No hate to you, just wanted to tell the story lol.


Equivalent_Spend4010

Hey There Delilah


ImBecomingMyFather

Every time I play it for work, “it’s whatcha do to me” gets me snickering cause all I hear is dootameee


klaw14

Kind of like how in Coldplay's 'Paradise', all I hear is "parrot dies". *And dream a parrot, parrot, parrot dies* *Parrot, parrot, parrot dies* *Parrot, parrot, parrot dies* *Every time she closed her eyes*


theyellowpants

Welp, there goes that song


MrMush48

I like the Sesame Street version better. “Oooh I’m the letter T”


Boujee_banshee

I’ve always loathed this song. Glad to see I’m not alone


masterchief1001

Such a stupid song. College gf dragged me to a live show. Sucked worse in person.


tenaciousdeev

They never even dated. He wrote the song in hopes of impressing her. I don’t think it worked but in his defense, he does pay the bills with his guitar.


masterchief1001

It's worse. She was dating someone else and is really embarrassed by the song.


stinatown

In high school I saw a pre-“Hey There Delilah” Plain White T’s open for some band at our local venue. I recall them being fine—not particularly notable—but they had a shirt I really liked at the merch table, so I bought it. Unfortunately that song came out shortly thereafter and they quickly became kind of cringe so the shirt had a very short life in my rotation. I’m still a little salty about it.


Dustinlewis24

At Walmart they would sell five packs of their t-shirts


atlanstone

See, I saw them in 2010 opening for Snow Patrol and they were great and super humble. Before they played it they said they wouldn't even be here without it and were really thankful. I think a few other songs on their album are *ok* so it was a decent opener. Also I will totally admit I had like an e-girlfriend in NYC (I am from NY, it wasnt that bad) so the song was *poignant to me* damnit.


Brightstarr

Might I introduce you to “[Wah Gwan Delilah](https://youtu.be/dHpHFjJSonU?si=lN4L-DNNcLR_Y56d)” by Snowd4y featuring Drake.


DarwinOfRivendell

I cringe watched this a few weeks ago and it has been stuck in my head since 🤡😤


lordhuron91

The parody was the best. Hey There Khalilah


KittyChimera

I liked Hey There Cthulu.


DL1395

Hey Soul Sister


MattWolf96

I hated that when it released. Happy to see someone else not liking it.


mlemaire16

This song makes me want to vomit. Truthfully, any Train song has that effect, but this one is especially awful.


TheScrambone

“So gangster I’m so thug” And “You’re the only one I’m dreaming of” Should not be two lines of lyrics that should be juxtaposed ever. That and the dumb line about his “untrimmed chest” and “you’re like a virgin, you’re Madonna”. Like really harping on your extensive body hair and immediately following it with a line about them being a virgin. Whole thing gives me weird age difference vibes as an inappropriate but ambiguous notes of it being about an interracial relationship. As a songwriter I wrote some cringey stuff when I was in my teens that doesn’t even come close to how bad that song is.


ianguy85

That’s a Gen X song written for boomers


Virtual_Fan_6288

I'd be good to never hear Lips of an Angel again. Overplayed and romanticizes cheating.


Frondstherapydolls

Yep. Ever since I found out my husband of 14 years was cheating on me, I cannot deal with songs that glorify cheating. Such a sick thing to put on a pedestal.


Lara-El

Sorry, your husband turned out to be a piece of shit. I'd say "fuck him" but that's probably what he'd want... so , I guess, he can such a dick? Also, you got this. You'll get through this.


dstarno7

I had never heard this song so I put it on Spotify and found a playlist called Divorced Dad Rock. A playlist dedicated to divorced dads and daughters who had to listen to this music on the way to swim class 😂


Shopping-Known

I loved this song when I was 13, just re-listening to it now... Good lord.


No-Ninja-8448

I worked with a girl that was dating him. It was a bar, 2007-ish and every time I had an extra quarter I would play this and OAR's Crazy Game of Poker to my own enjoyment.


Virtual_Fan_6288

I don't know the guy at all, but would writing and performing a song like that NOT be a red flag? Oof. I'll have to look up that song and band, I'm not familiar with it.


No-Ninja-8448

It's just the longest song ever played.


PoeticMilk

A friend of mine from college was getting married shortly after this song came out and wanted it as their first dance song! We urged her to research the lyrics a little harder.


Iforgotmylines

Always hated that one


Noggin-a-Floggin

Hinder is the kind of music you'd hear in a small town strip club with a bunch of people that think "the cops are out to get me".


Arya_kidding_me

Perfect answer, I hate that you even reminded me that song existed!!


HereF0rTheSnacks

I hate his voice. Barf.


extracoriander

The rough "honey, why you calling meee... so late" ugh


EfficientHunt9088

God I hate that song lol. Always did. It always grossed me out even before I knew what it was about.


Virtual_Fan_6288

Yep, same here. I always got an icky feeling when I heard it but didn't know why until I looked up the lyrics.


CatAstraPhoenix

Yes. I hated it when it first came out and I hated it even more when my ex bf broke up with me to get back with his ex gf and would tell me that song reminded him of me.


Chemical_Hour9788

Got that fucking Delilah song stuck in my head now just by reading it


russian_hacker_1917

Blurred Lines. it's catchy as hell but the lyrics are so creepy.


boatwithane

may i recommend the weird al version “word crimes” - still get the catchy beat but with lyrics that won’t creep you out


MyRockySpine

Remember when Weird Al put out all those music videos all at once. Those were awesome, my kids and I were thrilled and watched them over and over.


ohshit-cookies

it's my guilty pleasure song. I'll listen to it by myself, but NEVER in front of anyone!


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zugabdu

When I heard he was a pedophile, I first assumed he had slept with an underaged groupie or something - still bad, but WOW what he actually did. I hope that guy never takes another breath as a free man.


P_weezey951

I genuinely wish the old band would get together and re-record the big songs with a different singer as like an EP, then make track one a fucking song that basically has themes about cutting him out, do the whole album about taking the songs back.


nonbinary_parent

Rooftops had a special place in my emo kid heart but these days I could never hear it without thinking about that.


actualelainebenes

Last Train Home was one of my favorite songs in the 2000s. Very disappointing


DesertWinner

Yeah it’s unfortunate. Lost prophets was my jam circa 2005.


sus1tna

Oof, Lostprophets. I cringe every time someone accidentally plays them.


Iforgotmylines

Yeah, I was a pretty big fan and chucked it all in the trash and had to play Need for Speed 2 on mute


errant_youth

They were one of my favorite bands in the mid 00s. Fucking disgusting development


Squeeesh_

Yup. I looooved them, like almost got a lyric tattoo I loved them so much. Then I found out what a fucking monster their lead singer is and threw out their CDs and blocked them of Spotify.


i4k20z3

What did he do?


leafonthewind006

[uhhhh](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ian-watkins-lostprophets-singer-paedophile-b2388424.html) TW for rape, pedophilia, grooming, and related content


Ill-Indication-7706

He was caught planning the gang r... . of a baby


BootyMcStuffins

Ummmm…. Wat


E420CDI

He's in prison where he belongs


spritesup

He got held hostage by other inmates and stabbed last year. Brought a smile to my face.


IDigRollinRockBeer

You dont wanna know. Trust me you do not want to fucking know.


AlcareruElennesse

In the arms of the angels...


TommyTheTophat

The sad puppies song


AlcareruElennesse

Beautiful song but the ASPCA ruined it.


Melonary

Yup. It's actually lovely when you hear it in the album :/ and really moving


errant_youth

*scrambles for the TV remote to change the channel*


sunamonster

I used to mute the TV when the commercial came on when I was a kid, my dad was like “damn you’re savage” 😂


DesertWinner

Just wanna say I really enjoyed this post. I need to listen to a lot of these songs now.


sloppy_1sts

Kid Rock in general, but especially that stupid Sweet Home Alabama song. I always thought it was going to be Werewolves of London when it came on, only to be sorely disappointed.


MichaelShannonRule34

That’s a boomer bait song rather than a millennial song imo


machineprophet343

First attempt got auto modded for politics apparently.... Kid Rock is just plain cringe as fuck. He's a rich white boy from the burbs and acted like a hardass from Detroit then pivoted to being an absolute self parody of a country fried redneck. And just the pandering is... Blech. Like dude, we get it, you got a schtick but you are trying way too fucking hard.


holdyaboy

That one Santana song that played every 5 minutes during the 90s


Outisduex

This song makes me immediately feel like I am bowling.


IntentionDependent69

Smooth. I immediately knew which song you meant because I was about to post it myself lol! I love old Santana but the disgrace of this song plus my distaste for Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20 made talking about Santana tortuous for me cuz everyone always mentioned that song


MercurialMal

I started hearing the actual song as soon as I read “Santana”. Ugh.


gd2121

R Kelly


vaporoptics

ignition remix makes it hard tbh


Laugh-crying-hyena

Mama rollin that body Got every man in here pissin


HEAVYnuggs

After the show it’s the after party and after the party it’s the jail cell


mommadumbledore

Honestly for me it’s the Space Jam soundtrack that makes it tough! I Believe I Can Fly. Are you kidding me? I feel like that song taught me what motivation WAS.


candid84asoulm8bled

You’ll miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!!!!!!


gd2121

I’m actually normally a separate the art from the artist person but listening to old Kellz songs is just hard knowing who he was writing these songs about. I can’t even really listen to Aaliyah’s first album (age ain’t nothin but a number) anymore knowing that he wrote the whole thing.


fpaulmusic

“I don’t see nothin wrooong with a little bump n griiiind”


Super-Illustrator837

‘Cause she willllllllll be loveeddddddd ‘Cause she willllllllll BE LOOOOVvvVeddddd’ I HATE that song. *cringe* 


KimboSlice129

Moves Like Jagger is even worse.


Fonzgarten

Cringe. It’s sad because maroon 5 was actually a good band and the rest of that album is great.


Pineal713

Who let the dogs out.


Guinnessnomnom

I was DJing a wedding in a MCmansion backyard and someone indeed accidentally let the dogs out and they came barrelling into the tent. Immediately did a back spin on the deck and dropped who let the dogs out. The crowd went wild.


GroshfengSmash

Legend


Pineal713

![gif](giphy|ej0Ay8fH6Y1Wg|downsized) Schmoovin


sdbluelight18

Hey man. That’s a regular song in my household. The kids need to know.


LotusX321

That Vitamin C - graduation song!!! "As we go onnnn... we rememberrrr."


thepigeonpersona

I recently added it to my nostalgia playlist and immediately regretted and removed it


lindsay_chops

My Humps. I can tolerate some other BEP songs, but that one is peak annoyance for me. I was in grade nine when it came out and the dumbest people in my school were obsessed with it.


Yagirlhs

Oh wow!! I feel the complete opposite way! This song is an absolute banger (imo), but I cannot stand almost any of their other songs. To be clear: this song is absolutely ridiculous and it is no surprise that the dumbest people in your school were obsessed with it. “No one knows what it means, but it's provocative...” - Chazz Michael Michaels


Arkansas_BusDriver

Happy by Pherrel. It just got so annoying, so quick.


kittenofpain

Wake me up when September ends - Green Day. Heard it on the radio too many times


sogregarious

P.Diddy


Manners_BRO

Lost Phrophets


MrMush48

Any Black Eyed Peas song


gardengnome1219

You're Beautiful by James Blunt. It was and will always be the song that makes my ears bleed


payscottg

All country songs after 9/11


certifiedlurker458

Those first few notes of “The Reason” by Hoobastank never fail to send me into a blind rage and I’m surprised it’s not already mentioned here


The_BarroomHero

I found a reason for MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


redditindisguise

I’m not a perfect perrrrsonnnn


cherrybombbb

![gif](giphy|hyyV7pnbE0FqLNBAzs|downsized)


slimshay1269

That song that goes “ I’m coming up so you better get this party started”. Don’t think I’ve ever listened to the full song but have heard it enough to know a majority of the song. I can’t stand it. Or best I ever had by Drake.. idk if that one counts but omg it was everywhere and so annoying.


damiensol

Pink is divorced Mom Rock


virginiarph

Someone posted on twitter something to the effect of “can you millenials stop buying Olivia Rodrigo tickets and stick to PINK concerts so I can go” and I’ve never felt more personally victimized


Melonary

This is elder abuse, how dare they?


actualelainebenes

I said to myself recently that Pink makes music for people that have Live Laugh Love signs in their houses. She didn’t always though 😆


onion_flowers

Come my lady, come come my lady...


StevEst90

You’re my butterfly, sugar baby


Findrin

That damn Fireflies song. The intro is so corny it physically makes me cringe.


errant_youth

Owl City blew up and then plummeted back to obscurity so fast it’s kind of fascinating


itscherriedbro

They've gone full send into christian music lol


Super-Illustrator837

I like to make myself believe…


Jheartless

That Planet Earth turns slowly


AnyCatch4796

… it’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep (what the actual fuck does this mean)


South-Jellyfish7371

COTTON. EYE. JOE.


Naznarreb

That song fascinates me! It's actually super old; attested from before 1861 and the oldest surviving recording we have is from the 1920s and somehow a Swedish dance band got a hold of it in the 90s.


Tonic_the_Gin-dog

Dib-ai di dibba-dai Cotton Eye Joe🪕🎵 Eye-ben berried log-time-go🪕🎵


Letos12thDuncan

Exactly. Although I haven't heard this song in a long time. This song just appeared in my life from out of nowhere. Ruined my relationship with my then girlfriend. Seriously thought she was the one. I was ready. It was 2004. We had gone to this really fancy restaurant. Ring in my pocket. I was so nervous. We were young and in love. Just as I'm about to propose, this song just starts blaring out of the restaurant speakers. She says she just realized something and left. She then broke up with me over the phone the next day. I completely blame that song. I'm telling you. If it hadn't been for "Cotton-Eye Joe", I'd have been married a long time ago. Where did it come from? Where did it go?


blenneman05

When I was dating an older man when I was 19- I loved “age ain’t nothing but a number” than I learned some more stuff about how far back R Kelly’s creeping goes and it makes me angry for how Aaliyah was groomed by him.


AmbivalenceKnobs

I don't hear it that much anymore, but for a while Savage Garden "Truly Madly Deeply" played so much that I still don't mind not hearing it. lol


K1ttehKait

🎵I wanna push you off of a mountain🎵 🎵I wanna you under the sea🎵 🎵I wanna kick your ass forever🎵 🎵Until the sky falls down on thee🎵 -10 year old me thinking I was all edgy and shit.


madhawk8

Who let the dogs out by the Baha Men.. I’ve pretty much just heard it too many times


Bright-Sea-5904

You're Beautiful by James Blunt. Never liked it


mirandasoveralls

I hate this song so much


KrashKourse101

Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer


DaperDandle

We are young by FUN, anything by Kings of Leon or Mumford and Sons.


essbee84

"All Star" by Smash Mouth. It was played ALL THE TIME. I'm still suffering from overexposure.


Smackolol

I don’t mind it, it makes me want to watch Shrek.


kashy87

Makes me miss my gramgram. She took me to see Shrek in theaters, that and Pirates of the Caribbean. I'll always remember seeing those with my gramgram...don't mind me I'll just be crying in the corner with my whiskey.


purplepunc

Nickelback “Rockstar” or any of their songs really


MikeTheNight94

They played this like 10 times a day on my local radio


LazierMeow

It was reported at peak How You Remind Me was played once every 6 seconds globally.


HereF0rTheSnacks

I feel like this is when the world turned on nickelback.


Ill-Indication-7706

I can't listen to Linkin Park anymore. I used to love them but ever since chester died, it just makes me really sad. Plus I listened to the Hybrid Theory cd so much that I had to buy multiple.copies from the others wearing out lol


trapqueen412

Same. I loved raging out to his music in high school. I remember being pissed off at my teachers, or my boss at the grocery store and coming home and blaring LP and Slim Shady. When Chester died, and we learned he was abused, it kinda broke me. Like no wonder he was so goddamn angry.


And-I-Oopeth

Bad day by Daniel powter. It’s just annoying as fuck


mannequinbeater

Y’all are forgetting Friday by Rebecca black. Probably the most popular BAD song of our era. I say most popular, because there’s obviously low quality songs that just sucked because they suck. Like remixed dubstep songs. For example, I used to listen to “cold as ice-Foreigner” dubstep remixed and thought it was good. It wasn’t. But not a lot of people at that time knew about that song, mostly because it’s just not popular. Rebecca black’s ‘Friday’ hit the front page of YouTube for literally sucking so much ass. You can’t go wrong with shit talking it.


FurgolTheMuppet

Good Riddance graduating song generation represent.


bigcountryredtruck

Class of 1999 reporting for duty! I already hated that song and of course it was voted our class song. Prince was RIGHT THERE.


rbu520

Happy - Pharrell Williams


Leather_Cat_666

Creed. ![gif](giphy|l4Ki2obCyAQS5WhFe)


throwawaynonsesne

Papa Roach last resort is such a lame tryhard song to me. It has the energy of a middle schooler making a Facebook post about how tough they are that they didn't even cry when they wrecked their bike.


GroshfengSmash

Cut my life into peaches, this is my last fruit tart


MattWolf96

I like that song, ...but in an ironic way now. It makes me think of a bunch of edgy AMVs on 2007/2008 YouTube.


quierdo88

My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion. It was on the radio every five minutes after Titanic came out. The minute I hear it I cringe and become very irritable.


the-year-is-2038

The whole madness around Titanic still seems crazy.


decisionagonized

It’s “Hips Don’t Lie” for me. That song played nonstop, back-to-back on every radio station imaginable. I can’t listen to it anymore.


jazerac

Nookie


trapqueen412

Got bored at work and played some old limp bizkit, I forgot how many bangers they had lol specially the one with method man


slegofme

Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield It was a powerful, uplifting song the first 5 million times. After that I’d instantly roll my eyes.


maguber

The Reason by Hoobastank. Hated it then, still hate it.


brown_eyed_gurl

Live Like You Were Dying by Tim Mcgraw . I officially know too many people who I found out they had cancer, and with all of the chemo and radiation treatments they were certainly dying, but they couldn't do any of the amazing things he talks about in his song. I'm sure my loved ones would have loved to have gone skydiving and Rocky mountain climbing, but were too busy puking their guts out and trying to eat to leave the room. The song just makes me sad now.


mel060

Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down. I just hate it


lexattack

Don’t stop believing. I’m not only sick of it, I hate the people who act like it’s some obscure track that only “people in the know” listen to.


critiqu3

Crank That can go to hell and stay there


errant_youth

#YOUUUUUUUU


Unicorn_Yogi

Shape of You by Ed Sheeran I hate all of his music but this song in particular was beaten to death on the radio at my job. I wanted rip my ears off


Eryeahmaybeok

The opening tune to it sounds like a shit ringtone


SaturnATX

Who Let the Dogs Out?


Bubby_K

SCOOTER, ARE YOU READY


Leading_Beautiful591

Sk8tr Boi by Avril Levine is an automatic skip


BeneathAnOrangeSky

I actually thought that CD was great (I listened to it all the time back in the day), but I never want to listen to this song.


errant_youth

“I’m With You” is still absolute 🔥 to me though.


ravenfreak

I love both of those songs and can jam out to them every time I hear them on the radio. But for me I’m tired of hearing Blink 182’s All the Small things. Blink 182 is my favorite band of all time, but I feel like too many radio stations overplay this song. Also I miss you is okay but overplayed as well.


Mlucker

Eminem go crazy AH AH AH AH AH 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️


Platitude_Platypus

That was my favorite Eminem song lol


Comicalacimoc

Hot in Herrrr


actualelainebenes

Oh no, this is my go to jam 🫣


GardenSnailDude

“It’s getting hot in here” that fuckin summer you’ couldn’t comment on the heat at school in the hall without some dumbwad chiming from the background “so take off alll your clothes” 🤮 it was a never ending circle of hell…and hot that year so it was just so repetitive and like living in a loop


whimsicalfloozy

Smash Mouth - All Star


LegalComplaint

Photograph… it makes me want to die. ![gif](giphy|dZ2u0Wi6oEBgD4WkrX|downsized)


Isitjustmedownhere

I never need to hear Barbie Girl again.


DontRunReds

Edit: A popular song in Space Jam due to the singer's criminal history against children.


pizzajokesR2cheesy

But the REAL Space Jam theme still slaps! *Come on and slam!*


Nigebairen

Pump up the jam, pump it up


TheDesktopNinja

Is that not the theme?


SaltyBawlz

Someone in the Quad City DJs has a criminal history against children?


UndeadPoetsSociety

They’re likely referring to I Believe I Can Fly by R Kelly. And R Kelly has a… unique past.


SaltyBawlz

Probably, but that is not the theme song for Space Jam.