Top 10 Songs We're Glad Glee Wasn't Around For

We're so glad these songs weren't around for "Glee." For this list, we’ll be looking at the most notable tracks that got big after the show ended its run that we're thankful the characters didn't get a chance to perform. Our countdown includes "Bad Guy," "Good 4 U," "WAP," and more! What song are YOU glad "Glee" didn't get a chance to touch? Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

We had fun with this one! What song are YOU glad "Glee" didn't get a chance to touch? Let us know below!

[@trinaq]

Probably the entirely of the Olivia Rodrigo "Sour" album, or anything by Billie Eilish.

[@jamesheatherly4209]

Definitely Baby Shark.

[@davorrnepc]

Glee was great!

[@SEGASister]

Just all of Six. Rachel would've overdone "Heart of Stone" and tried to have the script rewritten just so she'd win the fictitious competition and completely miss the point of the show.

[@badkitty4922]

I'm hoping that they never got the chance to butcher any of Lady Gaga's songs (I only watched a few episodes of Season 1 ) but, at least they'll never get the chance to butcher More, More, More by Twice. That might be the only song I remember seeing the video for but, I really liked it, and I'm an old chick, lol!

[@trinaq]

I'm glad that "Encanto" never existed during "Glee's" heyday, since we've probably all had enough of "Bruno" to last a thousand lifetimes. Still, it would have definitely been better than the version performed at the 2022 Oscars!

[@piligregory-mccorimck771]

We don't glee about Bruno.

[@iangardner3082]

Ikr like how you gon remix the FIRST EVER LIFE PERFORMANCE of a song

[@veronicalarr7681]

Bro I swear I see you everywhere around KZbin wtf

[@andreabanuelosavila2317]

I mean, that song became Let it Go 2.0.

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

They would have done “we don’t talk about Sue”

[@lydiamcgrath9662]

Hahahhahahaha

[@christianblanco]

We don't talk about Sue no no no no. She'd lurk around the outside of the room whilst the club perform and she'd make dirty faces and Artie would be wheeled in front of the doors to block her face. Chaos.

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

@@christianblanco doing that, they would have him do Camilo “Isabela your boyfriend’s here.” Though I think Puck had the best voice for Camilo

[@thatbee3585]

Haha true…

[@gracemangum]

I can practically *HEAR* Rachel's voice singing "Burn"

[@kenyaramirez7357]

I'm shaking in my boots at the thought 😩😅

[@novemberninth4392]

so am i...

[@NYChica23]

I'm also imagining the Unholy Trinity doing a rendition of The Schuyler Sisters with Quinn doing Angelica's part

[@trinaq]

It would have been interesting to see them perform Olivia Rodrigo's "Brutal", as an angst anthem. Since it drops the F bomb, they'd probably have changed it to "Freaking teenage dream."

[@coasttocoast2011]

Olivia’s clean version was “I’m over this teenage dream”

[@TammyLReyes]

The way they cleaned up Ceelo Green's F*ck you to forget you

[@coasttocoast2011]

@@TammyLReyes CeeLo himself released Forget You, numerous artists release clean versions You going to have a go for them taking the f bomb out of Perfect by Pink too?

[@TammyLReyes]

@@coasttocoast2011 until my granddaughter played the f you version I had not heard it.

[@sarahgunther9150]

Honestly, the *only* Hamilton song I would have accepted on Glee was "You'll Be Back" and *only* if it was sung by Jonathon Groff. It wouldn't have even been a cover! It would've been the original Broadway King George the Third doing his signature number. (Asking him to dial back on that performance would have been impossible.)

[@vanessastegall]

Shallow from A Star is Born. I couldn’t see Rachel and Jesse covering it.

[@amandawagner6099]

it'd be insufferable

[@NYChica23]

Or just about as bad, I could see Blaine wanting to turn that one into a duet with Kurt

[@jamesheatherly4209]

Please Disney, Do Not make a Disney Plus Glee reboot so that none of these happen.

[@gracemangum]

Oh geez, don't even put that idea out into the universe!!! 😂

[@beccagregory3586]

They wouldn't be able to make a reboot since three of them are gone, plus Chris Colfer said he didn't want to do a Glee reboot and they're all moving on their own path

[@JJ-oj9bb]

@@beccagregory3586 gossip girl had a reboot with no one from the og. Charmed reboot just had its finale last week without the ogs. They dont need the og to make a reboot lol P.s. the fox execs teased the reboot last year. Development of the reboot is already underway.

[@spencers4198]

"Closer" by the Chainsmokers. I remember a few years back when that song was inescapable it was so popular. No doubt about it that it would have been Glee-ified and harmonized in 10 different keys lmao

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

Will singing the Schuyler sisters with the unholy Trinity is the only reason I’m glad we never got the chance for a Hamilton episode. Or say no to this. Though Kurt might have been able to slay you’ll be back

[@duckysguidetoshipping8930]

That would be amazing I think lol

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

@@duckysguidetoshipping8930 but they’d make it weird

[@trinaq]

Seconded, I'd have loved to hear Chris belt out "You'll be Back", he'd certainly slay the heck out of it!

[@duckysguidetoshipping8930]

@@trinaq omg ywss

[@duckysguidetoshipping8930]

@@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155 yeahhh they would but their voices would be amazing

[@HopeWren]

Nah Quinn doing Bad guy during her "bad" period would've been awesome

[@lydiahaynes41]

It's a crime she didn't do any songs during her emo phase

[@Princemercury90]

OMG I spit my drink out laughing at the thought of them singing WAP😂😂😂😂😂

[@23louuu]

Brittany and Santana for sureeee 😂

[@nothingpersonal3128]

Schuester will made a campaign in school to let the school sing it😭

[@guadalupemontoya1819]

I actually think that I do want to see a Glee cover of WAP. Imagine Cardi B as a special guest 💀

[@nickwheeler5396]

I could hear Tina doing Bad Guy if she was still in her vampire goth phase

[@rosiethesinister5489]

I honestly think bad guy by Quinn would make it way less cringe than it is lol. Oh man if all the male glee actors did WAP with the choreography and everything I would watch that every damn day!

[@UnholyTrans]

i think santana wouldn't have done a terrible job with bad guy.

[@rosiethesinister5489]

@@UnholyTrans yeah, I was talking about Quinn tho.

[@bethp5027]

Now let’s do “Numbers that made us wish Glee had ended sooner” or something along those lines

[@jesserivera2043]

"Look at what you made me do", says Rachel as she directs Sunshine to the crack house

[@dxnielle1308]

nah i think it would be better when she sang that after she was confronted by mr shue, mike and tina (which was after she sent sunshine to the crackhouse) or it wouldve also been good if quinn sang it instead of you keep me hanging on in s1

[@leebooon1729]

it would be fun to see Santana and Ricky Martin do Despacito

[@_..jolene.._]

Haven’t watched the video yet, but I just wanna say Rachel would definitely have sang Burn from Hamilton if it were made then. And Olivia Rodrigo songs would’ve all been used considering how popular she is. So would Heather by Conan Gray.

[@annikageyer5377]

But imagine santana singing bad guy 😍

[@priyatrombino5206]

Imagine SANTANNA singing look what you made me do!!

[@andiflores4638]

@@priyatrombino5206 that would be hot too

[@beccagregory3586]

@@priyatrombino5206 That was the only one I can see singing this

[@23louuu]

Santana could literally sing anything

[@maam9401]

Justice for Mercedes, Tina and Artie some of the songs they had to do well not really Mercedes she just deserved better overall

[@DigiRangerScott]

Heck, Glee finished airing in March 2015 so there’s basically all off that year to work with

[@victorpascucci4]

The only good thing that come from glee doing Hamilton is that Jesse St. James would sing You’ll Be Back…y’all know they couldn’t help themselves!!

[@Grizzy56Girl]

I came here to say this 🤣 Jesse singing it to Rachel when she chose someone else over him

[@PrettyPrincess9609]

Thank God WAP wasn’t around when Glee was on. Glee’s cover of Blurred Lines was already bad enough. 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@GoddessGirl2121]

I actually like the Glee version of “Red Solo Cup”

[@gracemangum]

(.....me too!)

[@ilovetosing2008]

I think the problem is that they were all the chorus at the same time. Like cut the voices in half and it would be better. That being said, I do like the cover.

[@travgames0113]

Now I need the songs we wished were around when Glee was around.

[@rochellemarshall1801]

Yeah

[@rochellemarshall1801]

How far l 'll go or My heart will go on.

[@luckygracenikita]

Me too!!

[@nickwheeler5396]

@@rochellemarshall1801 Moana came out in 2016 and Glee ended in 2015

[@_..jolene.._]

@@nickwheeler5396 they know… that’s why they said they wished it were around when Glee was around.

[@SEGASister]

... Yeah. So glad Glee wasn't around for Six. Rachel would've tried to rewrite the script so that "her" queen (Likely Jane Seymour) would win. Santana would be Aragon, Quinn would be Boleyn, Rachel would be Seymour, Tina would be Cleves, Brittany would be Howard, and Mercedes would be Parr. Yeah, these ladies would've killed it, but still... there's Rachel Berry.

[@annoyingcat2007]

Santana singing "No Way" would have been GODLY

[@SEGASister]

I know, right?! Not to mention Mercedes singing, “I Don’t Need Your Love!”

[@Jessica_25]

I was hoping that they’d include Dynamite and I’m glad it’s on here. That would’ve been too annoying to see it on Glee.

[@TheLovelylove]

I always said Ellie Goulding 'Love Me Like You do' was a pitch perfect glee song. I know this isnt what the countdown is about but maybe make one for Songs we wish Glee Did cover,lol.

[@kenyaramirez7357]

They probably would have performed it at one of the competitions with Rachel as the leading solo obviously 😅

[@taylorstyles7337]

Now We Need a 10 songs we WISH glee would’ve been around for

[@tonycoleman6797]

-In My Feelings by Drake, Despacito, Closer by The Chainsmokers and Halsey, Without Me by Halsey, Bad Habits, Shivers and Shape of You by Ed Sheeran, New Rules by Dua Lipa, Rockstar by Dababy and Roddy Rich, First Class by Jack Harlow, Stay by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, Body Like a Back Road by Sam Hunt, Whiskey Glasses by Morgan Wallen, Truth Hurts by Lizzo

[@sunshinegirl26789]

I would also add "Unholy" by Sam Smith to that list.

[@lemasander4932]

Despacito would have been fun as another song for Ricky Martin as guest cast again 🤩

[@zayrichard7368]

Actually Quinn would be perfect for thank you next

[@ianhimmelstein5915]

You forgot Rachel singing good as Hell by Lizzo

[@NYChica23]

I actually wouldn't have minded seeing that one, but with Mercedes as the soloist instead

[@jasminealex7212]

Now thinking about it...would Jesse St James sing the King George part in that episode?

[@yiprachelwy]

for the extreme over-the-top version of the song? oh yea

[@therandomclubhouseinc.6309]

YES! JONATHAN-CEPTION

[@sarahgunther9150]

@@yiprachelwy It's not over-the-top if he performed it the exact same way he did it in Hamilton. That's just continuity and accuracy.

[@FlagCutie]

Nope, I don't think the Glee boys would have done Watermelon Sugar. I feel like it would have been a Schue number, with him trying to spice things up with Emma. *UGH*

[@dominicfromgermany]

Actually good 4 you by santana about a break up with britney or vice versa would have been a bop👌

[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

Call me by your name!!!!! OMG if they did that song !!…….. nope

[@SEGASister]

The only person I feel could pull that song off would be Santana (of course, make it genderflipped so it’s clear she’s singing about Brittany)

[@dominicfromgermany]

Look at what you made me do in a mix with "run joey run"... I'm dead 😅

[@Elrewin59]

WAP is the one I was thinking of during the whole video. I think they would have made it an anthem for sexual freedom, performed by the girls and it would have been suuuper creepy since they were all (in-universe) teenage girls.

[@shahlaayasmin6793]

I can’t believe you mentioned Olivia and forgot to mention the Deja Vu lyric ‘Watching reruns of Glee’.

[@rohaanqazi8372]

This is right up there with the best MsMojo videos of all time

[@MrGleeiscool]

Ummm sue sylvester singing bad guy in the hallways of McKinley

[@blackmalegames119]

YLL OUT OF LINE FOR THIS BUT IM HERE FOR IT DO A LIST OF GLEE SONGS THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT ALONE

[@chelseacanales8763]

Aww, teenage years. I sure loved watching the show.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

After what they did with Gangnam Style, all of BTS songs.

[@Unknown-oo4hh]

Top 10 Songs we're glad Glee was around for Top 20 Songs Glee did better than the original artists Top 10 Best Glee duets Top 20 Best Glee solos Not to mention Top 20 Blaine solos Top 10 Santana solos Top 20 Rachel solos Top 20 Mercedes solos Top 10 Finn solos Top 10 Kurt solos

[@thechillindude4478]

Regarding Hamilton. Jessie could have done You'll be back. Which actually would have been 100%fine

[@usefulbeauty1]

I love this comment like I birthed it myself.

[@ambercherise2391]

I hate to say this, but "Hamilton" may not have been too bad covered by "Glee".

[@ianhimmelstein5915]

The look what you made me do storyline gave me such bad flashbacks to Rachel

[@amysalieri9300]

Are we really gonna pretend that Santana wouldn't have KILLED Good 4 U??? I would have loved to see that

[@thegayghost872]

Eternally grateful that Glee never got the chance to cover Call Me By Your Name

[@inkiadk]

The inevitable Glee Disney+ reboot is coming so I fear some of these songs will become Gleed..

[@annoyingcat2007]

Are they really rebooting it?

[@Ultrabalor]

@@annoyingcat2007Definitely not. You shouldn’t believe that person’s assumption.

[@therandomclubhouseinc.6309]

Glees on Disney + I’m happy :)

[@ABerry-vj5ut]

me to

[@lisamariegreenaway8693]

It's been on there for ages!! I've binged watched countless times!!

[@anonym8546]

I love your channel 😍

[@punkinlady1039]

I know Glee didn’t do metal songs but I’m glad that Ghost’s hit Cirice happened in 2016 rather than years prior. It’s a chilling song about dependence afaik and that is not something glee should touch with a 10 foot pole

[@artistmachine]

Can you imagine Rachel singing driver's license about Finn or Kurt singing it. I'm also glad Six: the musical didn't exist either at that time.

[@krystlesanchez1394]

I actually think that some of the songs could have been good given to the right characters and context.

[@msmay9649]

I think we all knew W.A.P was gonna be on here 😅😅😅 and I agree thank God Bruno didn come out back then

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

"Into the Unknown" (2019) ❄️ Idina Menzel

[@NYChica23]

Cue Rachel immediately doing that song

[@lytaquiroz1524]

look, i agreed this is one of the most bizarre shows ever, and yes, many of the music was weird rendition, they also had really good ones... for example i dont think good 4you wuld have been a bad cover they did, especially in the idea of the mashup with drivers licence. they did it with adele and she has even better music and work really good. or remember when the show wanted to put a message out there it did good too... so, maybe you are going to hard on this one

[@jinakaye]

Honestly, “The Schuyler Sisters” would have been great with Mercedes, Santana, and Tina.

[@kenyaramirez7357]

Or maybe the unholy trinity???

[@kazallroberts]

Lesson learn: Leave hip-hop/rap to the professionals

[@Gabosaurus_13]

Not the top we are looking at, but if this was a "top 10 songs would be great if Glee was around" I'd put Olivia Rodrigo's Deja Vu as a duet. I can clearly see Rachel and Quinn singing about Finn trying to rewrite his love story with whoever he were at the time (but using little pieces of his past relationship), and imaginatively switching places with her.

[@SEGASister]

“Watching reruns of Glee” would be a line they’d have to work around, however…

[@DenZhead]

Taylor's version of All Too Well. Loved it but that's like already an entire episode on it's own. 🤣

[@shemajdgantt5732]

Thank fucking god i never heard any Glee covers of anything by Bad Bunny, Lil Nas X, Cardi B, Megan thee Stallion, or BTS

[@Railmakes]

I can see the Unholy Trinity singing Super Trouper And Puck and Quinn singing The Sweet Escape And Jake singing Trumpets AND sugar and artie/Rory singing Sugar, Sugar

[@meagan6864]

I could see them making, “ME!” by Taylor Swift ft Brendon Uris even more obnoxious. Mercedes would have slayed some Lizzo songs though.

[@NYChica23]

I wouldn't have minded seeing some Greatest Showman either, because I honestly think Mercedes could also slay Never Enough or This Is Me, and Kurt would do pretty well on A Million Dreams

[@wendyodell356]

Agreed, they would have NEVER DONE JUSTICE TO ANY song by BTS or the individual members. BTS members Namjoon (RM), Jin, Yoongi (Suga), Hobi (J-Hope), ChimChim (Jimin), Tae (V) or Jk (Jungkook) are in a league all their own. BTS FOREVER 💜 💜 💜

[@BAMOORE94]

Good for you could’ve easily been a Marley or Santana song!

[@thedallasryan]

I knew the Hamilton soundtrack would be on this! Though I was expecting it to be number 1.

[@packnetadaija]

The first song I thought of was WAP 😂😂😂

[@GoddessGirl2121]

I’ll say this every time Red Solo Cup gets mentioned on one of these lists, I actually really like the Glee version of Red Solo Cup but maybe that’s just because I was already a fan of Chord Overstreet

[@TheNorwog]

The producers for Glee are gonna see this and then release a movie with all these songs in it...

[@devinsanidiot1150]

The only good thing about a potential Glee/Hamilton crossover is that Jonathan Groff would still need to play King George lll

[@caiomuniz1952]

Ok but let's talk about the ones that would be great: Kiss me more: Santana, Rachel, Kurt and Mercedes Never enough : Mercedes and Rachel Happier than ever: Quinn, Tina and Brittany Old town road: puck, Artie and sam My future : Rachel and quinn Drives license: Rachel Midnight sky: Santana, Quinn, Brittany Prisioner: Brittany, Santana, Quinn and Rachel Sign of the times : Blaine and sam Formation: Mercedes, Rachel and kitty Good for you: Roderick, Jake and finn Lover: Rachel, Finn, will and emma Heather: Blaine, Spencer, Santana Bad liar: Quinn and Mercedes Rain on me: Mercedes and Kurt Angles like you: Rachel, santana, Kurt, Blaine, Finn and Brittany Levitating: Mercedes and Santana Someone you loved: Roderick and will Save your tears for another day: Finn, Quinn, Rachel and puck Imagine: Rache l Sorry not sorry: Mercedes, Artie, Rachel, Santana Rain: Kurt,Finn and sam

[@NYChica23]

I'd also add This Is Me, because I can honestly picture Mercedes really doing that song justice

[@erinhuggins1779]

I never could get through more than one episode of that show. I just couldn't take all the level 11 drama in every episode, but some of the music is really good.

[@jasminealex7212]

Thank you for this video

[@theautisticever]

lmao i knew WAP would be one of the top ones

[@galaxiandancer]

Fun video. I loved Glee but i have to agree with this. You are very right

[@danijones8862]

26 and I'm pretty sure I'd agree with.

[@happyhelloz8475]

I really think they could do a good version of dynamite but this is a funny video

[@lanaholic3015]

Another glee video ! I’m here for it

[@shwinyew4906]

Actually considering they did a lot of musicals. Im glad they didn't do Disney songs. Except for Let it go of course.

[@vellbariaofficial]

Driver's License could be sung by Rachel Berry Good For U could be sung by Amber Riley in her diva vocal way! Look What You Made Me Do could be sung by Rachel Berry Bad Guy could by a good fit for a sweet voice but intense sound of Brittany

[@TheaterCompilationCorner]

All I could hear was Darren Criss doing “like a damn sociopath”. He would actually do alright with it.

[@jenniferferguson1517]

Jonathan Goff as Jessie singing the king George parts in Glee would have been awesome! 2 world collide!

[@justlive2809]

that harsh most of their cover is actually really good tho so i would enjoy to see what they would have done with those songs

[@esecretlangel9130]

I’m glad a lot, if not all these songs came out after glee, and Ava Max signed with Atlantic Records in 2016

[@fictionaliza]

Signs Glee is back: msmojo posts new video

[@giuliapicchiotti]

OMG, i already can imagen : "Hamilton, Encanto and Billie Eilish dedicated episodes" and i cringe to the mere thought of it !!!! .

[@TheShayde2000]

RIP Finn and Santana

[@joeychen7306]

for some reason "Shallow" by Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga just comes to mind instantly. 😂

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Except for Let It Go, I’m glad that the rest of the really irritating Disney songs wasn’t performed on Glee. Do I really have to suffer with all of The Glee Girls showing a really annoying Disney Princess side?

[@NYChica23]

I mean, other than Mercedes actually doing justice to Almost There, I agree with you, because we don't need Rachel trying to put her own dramatic spin on pretty much every Disney song out there

[@MrJoshinJosh]

@@NYChica23 Thanks.

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

Tina could have done bad guy

[@taylorjohns44]

i love glee and the music but i agree with every single one of these songs on this list.

[@SignatureFox713]

There is one song I think that would have made a GOOD Glee song, “Ain’t Your Mama” by Jennifer Lopez.

[@introvertsrock9843]

Could do 10 reasons why Glee is "bad news" after everything that has been revealed.

[@Father_of_Death]

I honestly wish the show had stuck around a little longer. It would have been interesting to see an episode where they cover songs from "Waitress"

[@emilyblenn]

the warblers definitely could've killed dynamite if they had the chance though

[@andresgc770]

"Despacito" was the first one that came to mind for me lol.

[@devinreis5811]

Glee was basically glorified High School Musical to me, and it went on way too long for me. I was more a Bob's Burgers girl back in middle and high school.