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00:00Top 10 Artists Who Hate Their Own Songs
00:03Number 10.
00:05Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire
00:07Billy Joel derides We Didn't Start the Fire as a melodic failure, yet performs it nightly
00:13for audiences who adore it.
00:15Number 9.
00:16Metallica – Escape
00:19Metallica regard Escape as a rushed substandard track and quarantined it from live sets for
00:24decades as a regrettable footnote.
00:27Number 8.
00:28Nine Inch Nails – The Perfect Drug
00:31Trent Reznor crafted The Perfect Drug in one week for a soundtrack, embarrassed by its
00:36unfinished feel and rarity live.
00:39Number 7.
00:40Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O' Mine
00:43Slash despises Sweet Child O' Mine's riff, yet performs it with theatrical eye rolls while
00:48collecting massive stadium paychecks.
00:51Number 6.
00:52Heart – All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
00:55Heart's All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You was recorded under label pressure as a compromise
00:59comeback single.
01:01Number 5.
01:03Gojira – Flying Whales
01:05Gojira consider Flying Whales an overlong atmospheric misstep, yet fans elevated it to near-mythical
01:10status at every show.
01:13Number 4.
01:13Queen – Don't Stop Me Now
01:16Brian May cherishes Don't Stop Me Now's brilliance, but finds its hedonistic lyrics painful reminders of Freddie
01:22Mercury's declining health.
01:24Number 3.
01:25Avril Lavigne – Complicated Avril Lavigne feels trapped performing complicated, as its
01:31teenage angst now clashes awkwardly with her matured self.
01:35Number 2.
01:36Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
01:39Ronnie James Dio nearly discarded Rainbow in the Dark.
01:42For pop leanings, yet it became his definitive signature bridging audiences.
01:47Number 1.
01:48Oasis – Wonderwall
01:51Liam Gallagher resents Wonderwall's ubiquity, feeling it pigeonholes Oasis's diverse Brit
01:56pop catalogue into a single sensitive ballad image.
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