Most Overrated Song Of The '00s: "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
This may sound narcissistic, but in this case, I think it may be justified. When I used to be in a band, my singer once asked, "Have you ever listened to the songs on the radio and thought, 'Our songs are better than this!'?" And we both immediately suggested this late '00s "gem" by Lady Confederacy, I mean Antebellum. Can lyrics get any Hallmark-card plainer? ("I don't know how/I can do without/I just need you now") The only interesting lyric is the too-brief bridge: "I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all." Yeah, I hurt alright...listening to this song. SLAM! "Need You Now" went on to win the Grammy for Song of the Year, hence its inclusion on this list. So what other, criminally overrated songs did I miss? Let me know in the comments below.
Michael Perone
Michael Perone has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, The Island Ear (now titled Long Island Press), and The Long Island Voice, a short-lived spinoff of The Village Voice. He currently works as an Editor in Manhattan. And he still thinks Michael Keaton was the best Batman.
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