Submitted by MediumToblerone t3_101zelz in Music
I would nominate “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon. The unbelievably catchy chorus carriers a couple not great verses.
Any other songs you can think of?
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Ok-Cheesecake-4657 t1_j2qhj0y wrote
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
bigdongmagee t1_j2qjf8e wrote
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
PuzzleheadBroccoli t1_j2qjm8y wrote
Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AprqBXXPQH8
DiaDollasignPora t1_j2qjpbn wrote
Gucci gang - Lil Pump
sandsonik t1_j2ql1z3 wrote
I like the verses to You're So Vain and they were crucial in the game of trying to figure out who the song was about!
Kthranos t1_j2qmhn4 wrote
It was obviously about me.
[deleted] t1_j2qv9wl wrote
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danimation88 t1_j2qwu6w wrote
Summer girls - lfo
Groningen1978 t1_j2r73du wrote
I have the opposite issue with a certain well beloved song, so this opinion will probably give me a lot of downvotes, but I really don't like the chorus in Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb.
I like the verses and the lead guitar sections, but find the chorus so cheesy and sugary with its major chords and '80s sounding synth.
[deleted] t1_j2r7bjs wrote
First verse is weak. Second verse is heartbreaking though. The third is better than the first; overall I agree.
SnooCats2404 t1_j2rii24 wrote
Most jazz standards.
congob0ngo t1_j2rwitu wrote
Smells Like Teen Spirit?
HomerThompson15 t1_j2s0wxz wrote
Honestly a lot of popular songs could answer this question.
creespop t1_j2s3fik wrote
The verse is a really good melody, the lyrics are nonsense
DiaDollasignPora t1_j2t5kk4 wrote
I mean I feel like that song heavily relies on the chorus.
purpdrank2 t1_j2t9vrg wrote
Virtually every contemporary pop song. They’re all full of nonsensical versus and are built strictly on a catchy hook or chorus
Nightgasm t1_j2qgr7w wrote
Africa by Toto. The lyrics in the verses are nonsensical word salad but thr chorus redeems it making the song a complete earworm.