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Top 20 Worst Songs Ever: No. 12

'With Arms Wide Open'
--Creed (2000)

When even Fred Durst publicly makes fun of you, it's clear you've got a problem. This powerless ballad represents Creed in a nutshell -- the Eddie Vedder knockoff vocals, the bland nu-metal chorus, the ridiculously self-important video: It's like a sampler plate of hate.

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bug

oops, they made a mistake....this was one of the greatest songs ever....creed is bad to the bone!!!!!!!!!

January 21 2010 at 6:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JC

I agree! So cheesy and annoying....Commercial mainstream rock at its fluffiest!!

December 23 2009 at 11:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kaitlyn

people must be crazy to call this one one of the 20 worst songs

November 01 2009 at 5:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Liz

powerless? do you even know what the song's about?!
I'm pretty sure the birth of your child is one of the powerful things you can write a song about!

October 08 2009 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sarah

Creed is actually a very good band..on the other hand Nickleback sucks donkey balls! the lesd singer always sounds like he is throwing up in the intros.but everyone is intitled to their opinion.

October 04 2009 at 3:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MattR

This guys a dipshit "with arms wide open" is a kickass song

August 14 2009 at 4:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Blaze

I rather liked that song

August 04 2009 at 1:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Beautiful_Loser

Creed is one of the worst bands ever. Finally, someone sees that! Eddie Vedder, he is not!

July 28 2009 at 11:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
quest0599

i just added this song to my aol playlist and and it was so good i gave it five stars. so i really don't know why this song is in this list who ever wrote this at spinner encorperated probably doesn't know good music from bad. really you could of replaced it with a song like hey you from 311 instead.

July 27 2009 at 8:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
greenfreak2009

i think this is a beautiful song and yes everyone has there opinion if they dont like this song but i dont think it deserves to be on this list. there are so many songs that should be on this list that arent here.

July 13 2009 at 12:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply