18 Songs From 2022 That Were Way, WAAAYYYY Too Overplayed

I'm sorry, I just can't listen to another "A-B-C-D-E-F-U" this year.

We asked the BuzzFeed Community which popular songs from 2022 were waaayyyyy too overplayed. Here's what they said:

Note: Not every song on this list was released this year, but every song was made popular in 2022!

1. "As It Was" by Harry Styles

Erskine / Columbia / youtube.com

"Don't get me wrong, I love Harry Styles, and 'As It Was' is a good song, but it's been played so much that it's gotten very old."

—25jmb01

"I want to rip my ears out every time I hear it."

—ripcharlieswan

"I love it but got so sick of it! The message, lyrics, and music are great but not 50 times a day! I wish it hadn't been ruined for me."

—littlemixfan17

Listen to the full song here:

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2. "Abcdefu" by Gayle

Atlantic / youtube.com

"I hated it from the first listen. It’s just somehow angrily singing the ABC's but she added a bad word."

—leec2854

"I hate it! It played every single day on the radio!"

—fuzzywuzzykoala

Listen to the full song here:

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3. "The Loneliest Time" by Carly Rae Jepsen (feat. Rufus Wainwright)

Schoolboy / Interscope

"The song is perfectly okay, but the snippet from the song that is EVERYWHERE on TikTok really bugs me. It's a complete departure from the rest of the song! You hear that part, you like it, you listen to the whole song, and then, you realize you kinda got false advertisement."

—orenlevko1

Listen to the full song here:

Schoolboy / Interscope / youtube.com

4. "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift

Republic / youtube.com

"It was okay when I first heard it, but now, I'm so sick of it. It wasn’t even released that long ago, but it feels like every time I change the radio station, 'Anti-Hero' comes on."

—leec2854

Listen to the full song here:

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5. "Y'all Life" by Walker Hayes

Capitol / youtube.com

"I like the song, and I can jam to it if I'm in the mood, but if it comes on the radio, I'm skipping it."

—toomanykidsnotenoughtime

Listen to the full song here:

Capitol / youtube.com

6. "Made You Look" by Meghan Trainor

Epic / youtube.com

"It’s an okay song, but it's horribly overplayed."

—wheresmymind

Listen to the full song here:

Epic / youtube.com

7. "About Damn Time" by Lizzo

Nice Life / Atlantic / youtube.com

"Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Lizzo. But for about three weeks straight, every single time I got in my car — regardless of what time it was — that song was playing. I loved it at first and thought it was a cute, fun song, but after hearing it nearly every day for almost a month, I grew so sick of it 😩."

—marisak4212bc09f

Listen to the full song here:

Nice Life / Atlantic / youtube.com

8. "Light Switch" by Charlie Puth

Atlantic / youtube.com

"'Light Switch' by Charlie Puth needs to be switched off. I respect Charlie Puth, and he is talented, but that song annoys me to no end. The melody and the Auto-Tune sound — particularly in the chorus — are painful for me to listen to."

—eviolet2

Listen to the full song here:

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9. "Calm Down" by Rema and Selena Gomez

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"It's a total earworm. I loved it and had it on repeat, but that only lasted a while before I needed a break. I'm still hearing it everywhere, though. I live close to a nightclub, and I'm not exaggerating when I say they've been playing it for months about five nights a week, multiple times a night. I'm so tired."

—sunflowersugar

Listen to the full song here:

Marvin Records / youtube.com

10. "Ooga Booga!" by Ski Mask the Slump God

Republic / youtube.com

"Maybe it's because I'm a middle school teacher, but I can’t stand the 'I’m the boogeyman, oooga booga' song. My students are constantly saying it…over and over and over and over…"

—jamesarthurwrites

Listen to the full song here:

Republic / youtube.com

11. "Betty (Get Money)" by Yung Gravy

Republic / youtube.com

"That one song by Yung Gravy that sounds like a certain Rick Astley song is just awful."

—msfranzke

Listen to the full song here:

Republic / youtube.com

12. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Encanto

Disney / youtube.com

"I got so sick of hearing 'We Don't Talk About Bruno.' It ruined Encanto for me. It played at work all day, and when you work 13-hour shifts, you start to hate some songs."

—unicorncourts

Listen to the full song here:

Disney / youtube.com

13. "First Class" by Jack Harlow

Atlantic / youtube.com

"That song will forever haunt me."

—nerd7166

"It didn’t add anything to the Fergie sample." 

—leec2854

Listen to the full song here:

Atlantic / youtube.com

14. "Hold Me Closer" by Elton John and Britney Spears

EMI / youtube.com

"I love Britney and Elton, but for some reason, his singing “hold me closer tiny dancer” over and over without following it with “count the headlights on the highway” feels incomplete. Yes, I know the concept of a remix; maybe I’m just too attached to the original song."

—millenialshrimp

Listen to the full song here:

EMI / youtube.com

15. "I'm Good (Blue)" by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha

Warner UK / youtube.com

"I’ve heard this song on repeat so often at work, on TV, and in ads. It gives me such a headache! As much as I try to encourage positivity, that stupid, overly positive cover of 'Blue' by Eiffel 65 is an ear worm and ruining my goddamn childhood! It’s so overplayed!"

—weusefiretofly

"I hear it whenever I walk in ANY mall, and it desperately needs to stop."

—dontjumponburgers2

Listen to the full song here:

Warner UK / youtube.com

16. "Bad Habit" by Steve Lacy

RCA / youtube.com

"That song is intolerable."

—annab4b7a6e03e

Listen to the full song here:

RCA / youtube.com

17. "Victoria's Secret" by Jax

Atlantic / youtube.com

"It irks me to no end."

—bonhoevi

"'Victoria’s Secret' is the song that makes me race to change the station as fast as I can."

—chris18560

Listen to the full song here:

Atlantic / youtube.com

18. And finally, "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras

Capitol / youtube.com

"Unpopular opinion, but I HATE 'Unholy.' It’s so overplayed, and Sam Smith’s crooning, breathy voice really took me out of what was going to be a certified bop. Also, the production didn’t really fit their style."

—bhs58

"If I hear it one more time, I may actually puke. It's just so cringey calling someone Mommy and Daddy in a sexy way."

—zoecatherinegrant

"I absolutely hate 'Unholy' to the point I flinch when I hear it. It's played everywhere."

—succinylcholine

"It was a good bop at first, but then, the more I heard it, the more I got annoyed with Sam Smith's nasally 'Mommy don't know' line sounding more like 'Bobby Dob Dob,' and now that's all I can hear."

—gingeroni

Listen to the full song here:

Capitol / youtube.com

The year is almost over, and we're looking back on 2022. Check out more from the year here!

Responses were edited for length and clarity.