[RESULTS]The Ultimate Avril Lavigne Song Rating 2018

Take Me Away - I've always thought this was really underrated, so I'm surprised to see it in the top 20. I think it's got a really great vibe and is a great opener for UMS. One of my favorites.

Smile - Meh. It should not have ranked in the top 20. The chorus is good but the verses are bad and totally ruin the song. I used to really like Smile but I think I've just outgrown it.

I Will Be - I used to really like this one too but I haven't listened to it in ages. I really liked it mainly because of her vocals on the bridge "Do you see, you're all I NEEEEED!!!" and the final choruses. I think it's better than WYG though.

Hush Hush - When I first heard it I thought it was just ok and nothing special, but then it grew on me. I think it's a nice song. It's not in your face or anything, it's subtle, but it's nice.

Everybody Hurts - I always thought this was kind of overrated by fans. It could have just been so much better, with some better and more imaginative lyrics.

Sk8er Boi - Another one I feel is overrated. I know it's one of her most known and iconic songs, but there's something about it that I just don't care for. I'll bop to it, but it's not a favorite of mine, really. It's pretty juvenile. And sounds kind of like a Disney star doing their idea of a pop punk song. Again, I think it's one of those songs I've just sort of outgrown at this point.

Give You what You Like - Yeah this one has also always been a bit overrated by fans. It just doesn't go anywhere. It's a cool vibe with better lyrics than she normally writes, but I wish the bridge had kind of climaxed instead of just repeating the same melody over and over. It's sort of a boring song, really.

Fall To Pieces - I am in the middle on this song. It's not a favorite of mine, in fact I think it's sort of dull, but it's not bad. I never got why people really liked it so much though. It doesn't really do anything for me, personally.

Slipped Away - The thing that saves this song from being a total trainwreck is the emotion. Otherwise, the lyrics are just plain bad. Simple lyrics can still be good. These just aren't... at all. For a song that is so emotional, I can't fathom how she couldn't come up with anything better than "I miss you so bad, oh it's so sad." And there are really no excuses for the poor lyrics when there was even a co-writer. How two people couldn't come up with better lyrics is just...

Don't Tell Me - I always loved this one. I feel like it doesn't get that much love.

Keep Holding On - I feel like this one is also underrated, but I'm glad to see it rank in the top 10. I think this is one of her best ballads ever. It's one of her few songs that has both great lyrics and a great melody. It's one of my all-time favorites from her, like top 5 favorites.

Complicated - My #1 favorite song from her I think. Not only because it's her first song and one of her most iconic songs, but I just think in the realm of pop music, this will forever be remembered as one of the best songs from that time period. It was also kind of revolutionary for its time too, like there were hardly any female pop stars doing guitar-driven pop music. Michelle Branch is the only other one I can think of. Avril really kicked off a whole movement with this, there were a lot of copycats after her. She basically helped shift a whole trend in pop music. And Complicated is just an epic pop/rock track, I feel like even though it's from 2002, it holds up pretty well. I always have to default to it as my favorite song because it's the song that started it all and you can really never go wrong with it.

Wish You Were Here - This one gets a lot of hate because it's a generic pop song with repetitive lyrics. I think it's a grower though. And her vocals are pretty epic on it. It's a good song to have on in the background since it just repeats, but it has a nice beat. Don't know if I would have ranked it that high though.

Innocence - I like this one too. It gets a lot of hate for some reason.

When You’re Gone - I never liked this one terribly much. It's probably my least favorite from TBDT if I had to choose. It's just soooo cheesy.

Head Above Water - I don't think I would have ranked it in the top 5, I think it ranked high because it's new. I do agree it has better lyrics than what she normally writes and of course we all know the meaning is very special. I was listening to it the other day and I listened to it twice because it was nice to have on while I was driving but kind of having it in the background so I could concentrate. I think the chorus could have been written a little better though. It feels sort of clumsy and like there should be an extra line at the end, but instead it just goes into "Don't let me don't let me drown" which doesn't follow the rhythm or rhyming pattern of the lines before it. It's just oddly constructed IMO. I don't think it's necessarily better than KHO.