I’m not a fan of cover songs

What's a super corny line/dialogue/moment in the show that is so bad that it makes you wanna rip your skin off? And no don't say thong song because I've heard people complain about it enough

Glee has a lot of great covers, but surely some awful ones. And I'm not talking about purposeful bad song choices/ covers (lookin at you Run Joey Run) What great songs did you think they butchered? Which cover made you mad?

It was every shown or alluded to in the show, but I feel like Quinn struggled being the third wheel between her friends.

I always wonder why they didn't take Lea Michele for the role of Elphaba instead of Cynthia Erivo, I think she would have made a great Elphaba, in glee Lea was a hit with her voice. Personally it should have been Lea but I would like to have your opinion 🤔

Is this a spoiler if it's 10 years old? I marked it as a spoiler anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

My husband (34) has never watched Glee and is definitely the kind of person who wouldn't have ever watch this on his own, but he's gotten really into watching together. He is also not one to follow celebrity news. We're currently on season 4 and he wants to know where Finn ends up and if Finn and Rachel are endgame. Oh boy...

I’m getting rid of Disney+ in response to the tariffs. Where can I watch Glee?

We know there’s a ton of messy storylines (that might even be an understatement), but what are some of your favorites?

I thought Kitty’s change in character in S6 was well done. She wasn’t as confident as she was back in 4/5 and was clearly hurt by how everything ended with the Glee club. I thought it was wise to keep her apprehensive about joining it under Kurt/Rachel leadership and there were a lot of subtleties Becca and the writers executed in those conversations in S6 that worked for me.

Hi friends! I've made the slightly unhinged decision of sharing my ranking of all (well, close to all) the songs that were featured on Glee. This is part 30 aka the top 10 reveal!

A bit over 4 years ago, I also hosted a very extensive ranking where the sub got to participate in ranking the entire Glee soundtrack, and you can see the results here!

If you coincidentally also have ranked all of the Glee songs, you are more than welcome to join and reveal your rankings as well!! Or share your opinions, everything is welcome :)

This is it, guys. The 10/10 songs, the absolute holy grail of the Glee soundtrack, all in this top 10. I will hold them dearly to my heart forever and ever.

PERFECT TIER / TOP 10

10. Faithfully

Performed by New Directions, with Finn Hudson and Rachel Berry as leads. Featured in season 1, episode 22, Journey to Regionals.

The quintessential Finchel duet in my opinion! The soft tone of Finn's voice in the first verse, how Rachel's dramatic flair fits perfectly, the way they harmonize, the high notes Rachel does... It's just the Finchel song, I fear.

Score: 100/100

9. Express Yourself

Performed by New Directions girls, with Mercedes Jones, Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry, Santana Lopez and Tina Cohen-Chang as leads. Featured in season 1, episode 15, The Power of Madonna.

The ultimate girl power song of Glee! First, this might be one of the very few performances (I can't immediately think of any others right now, tbh) where the girls have the exact same costumes and none of them are altered due to their different body types, which I love. Equality matters in the way they're dressed too, you know. Secondly, they all sound incredible which goes without saying, and lastly, it's just the most fun song ever. They also performed the heck out of this. This group of New Directions girls is just undeniably the best.

Score: 100/100

8. Hung Up

Performed by Tina Cohen-Chang. Featured in season 4, episode 13, Diva.

I told myself, I'm not going to have any solos in the top 10, because after all, Glee is an ensemble show and there can't be a solo that triumphs over all the amazing group numbers. Well... I am a true Tina stan to the core, and I cannot stop my Tina stan tendencies no matter how hard I try. This is, without exaggerating, the song I have played the most in my entire life. I downloaded the audio of the video of an extra recording them filming this scene and played it on my iTunes about 400 times before the actual episode and song came out. And I have currently recorded 500 plays of it (on last.fm where I've tracked all my streaming since 2012), which basically adds up to 1000 plays. I don't think I've ever listened to a song as many times as this one, so technically, by that standard, it should be my number one. Still, this is my attempt at cooling down my Tina stan tendencies, so it gets 8th place.

Score: 100/100

7. So Emotional

Performed by Rachel Berry and Santana Lopez. Featured in season 3, episode 17, Dance With Somebody.

Sometimes I wonder where the producers find inspiration from when they decide to remake a song for the show, because sometimes the songs are so drastically improved that I don't believe that the producers actually came up with the production/arrangement themselves. This song is one of those cases, like I'm actually mind-blown over how great this whole track is?? Not to mention how insane they both sound. It's just... It's a perfect duet. It just is.

Score: 100/100

6. Some Nights

Performed by New Directions, with Blaine Anderson, Jake Puckerman, Joe Hart, Kitty Wilde, Marley Rose, Ryder Lynn, Sam Evans and Tina Cohen-Chang as leads. Featured in season 4, episode 7, Dynamic Duets.

For some reason, this almost makes me more nostalgic than any other group number does. They just perfectly captured the essence of Glee in this number. It could have something to do with the red t-shirt and jeans combo and that it's another song by fun., but this song just captures the magic of Glee so well. And it almost makes me forget the season 4 newbies had only been around for a few episodes at this point.

Score: 100/100

5. Survivor / I Will Survive

Performed by the Troubletones, with Brittany Pierce, Mercedes Jones, Santana Lopez and Sugar Motta as leads. Featured in season 3, episode 8, Hold on to Sixteen.

My feelings for this song is the way most people feel about Rumor Has It/Someone Like You. I'm not going to lie, I did gain extra affection for this song after the passing of Naya, because listening to her singing this specific combination of songs is insanely bittersweet, but it also amplifies the song for me. But, even without that in mind, this song has always been nothing short of perfect.

Score: 100/100

4. River Deep, Mountain High

Performed by Mercedes Jones and Santana Lopez. Featured in season 2, episode 4, Duets.

You think I can have a top 5 without Sancedes? Absolutely not. There's no explanation needed for this, honestly. It's just the best duet, period.

Score: 100/100

3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Performed by Mercedes Jones, Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry, Santana Lopez and Tina Cohen-Chang. Featured on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album.

This song might be my biggest 'hear me out', because HEAR ME OUT. I know how absurd it is to have a Christmas song in third place, but this was actually for many years in first place until I was like, you know what, I can't be that ridiculous and have a Christmas song that was never on the show as my favorite Glee song ever. I just think they all sound so insanely good, the arrangement is angelic and the way they build up to Santana's and Rachel's verse is just... heavenly. Christmas just doesn't exist without this one.

Score: 100/100

2. We Are Young

Performed by New Directions, with Finn Hudson, Mercedes Jones, Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry, Sam Evans and Santana Lopez as leads. Featured in season 3, episode 8, Hold on to Sixteen.

This song tugs at all of my heartstrings. I find myself wanting to cry when I hear this, but whether it's because of happiness, nostalgia or sadness... I simply don't know know. But they encapsulate high school youth, friendship and love so well in this song. It's wholesome and achingly beautiful. It kind of also just summarizes the characters and the family type bond they share all so well. Like, they can argue, hate each other and compete against each other as they want, but at the end of the day, they still love and care for each other. They're young and they know they're most powerful together.

Score: 100/100

1. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Performed by New Directions, with Artie Abrams, Blaine Anderson, Sam Evans and Tina Cohen-Chang as leads. Featured in season 5, episode 11, City of Angels.

I physically cannot listen to this, let alone think about this without instantly tearing up. Are you guys seeing a pattern in my top 10 yet? I just can't describe the depth of love that I feel for this song, the impact it has had on me the past decade. I don't know how they did it, but they somehow managed to find the song that captures Finn Hudson perfectly. The lyrics fit him, the style fits him, you can imagine him singing this, you can imagine him listening to it, loving it, you can feel his personality in this song. This is a Finn Hudson tribute done too well, and the perfect send-off for the senior characters as their final competition song as a high school show choir competitor.

Score: 100000/100

And that's... what you missed on Glee! In seriousness, I have enjoyed every comment that has come my way during this list reveal, and I'm just thankful that some bothered to read these posts (that took me one year to write and four years to complete). See you all around for more Glee shenanigans! <3

Please share your top 10 if you have one!

From the start of season 3, I felt like Glee became Rachel and Blaine show. Every episode we had to sit through another of their tiresome solos. Glee had an ensemble cast and so many talented singers who were pushed aside. Why was Ryan Murphy so obsessed with them?

Hi friends! I've made the slightly unhinged decision of sharing my ranking of all (well, close to all) the songs that were featured on Glee. This is part 29 and second last part!

A bit over 4 years ago, I also hosted a very extensive ranking where the sub got to participate in ranking the entire Glee soundtrack, and you can see the results here!

If you coincidentally also have ranked all of the Glee songs, you are more than welcome to join and reveal your rankings as well!! Or share your opinions, everything is welcome :)

We've reached the perfect tier, and I am uncovering the ten next songs on this list (because I want the top 10 to have their own post). These songs right here are the songs I consider the cream of the crop, and yes, I can still consider them perfect and not score them a 100/100. Remember that I do take the songs in context of the show in mind as well, and even though the song itself can be perfect, maybe there are certain elements of the scene or the song that don't give it that 'perfect' score. Also, for the sake of keeping a tidy state of mind, I've only decided to give top ten a score of 100. So stay tuned for that!

PERFECT TIER

20. I Lived

Performed by the Glee cast (aka everyone), with Artie Abrams, Blaine Anderson, Kurt Hummel, Mercedes Jones, Rachel Berry, Roderick Meeks, Sam Evans and Will Schuester as leads. Featured in season 6, episode 13, Dreams Come True.

What better way to kick off the top 20 than with the final song of the show? Not going to lie, I was kind of rooting for a final version of DSB, but I'm also kind of insane, so. But I'm really glad they ended up using this song - it wraps up the series so nicely.

Score: 97,8/100

19. The Boy Is Mine

Performed by Mercedes Jones and Santana Lopez. Featured in season 1, episode 18, Laryngitis.

The beginning of the most perfect duet duo to ever exist on Glee. This is the perfect song for the both of them, and they both really shine vocally here. Santana's Monica adlibs are absolutely insane. They really hid this voice for 15 episodes? Insane.

Score: 97,9/100

18. Seasons of Love (season 3)

Performed by New Directions upperclassmen. Supposed to be featured in Glee: The Music, The Graduation Album.

So, the only reason this is higher than the version that actually aired and was used on The Quarterback is because Finn is in it. Which is super bittersweet, but you know, I'd rather have him be in a song than have a song sung for him because he's gone.

Score: 98/100

17. Human Nature

Performed by Mercedes Jones and Sam Evans. Featured in season 3, episode 11, Michael.

As much as I love the original... The acoustic guitar arrangement on this is... pure magic. I can't describe this version as being anything than unadulterated, real magic.

Score: 98,25/100

16. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

Performed by Mercedes Jones. Featured in season 1, episode 13, Sectionals.

Laughing at the fact that Mercedes pulled off this performance, and they still gave Rachel a solo at Sectionals. Like, we're supposed to believe that this is the 'only' song Mercedes knows how to do well enough? Please.

Score: 98,33/100

15. Tongue Tied

Performed by New Directions, with Artie Abrams, Finn Hudson, Rachel Berry and Santana Lopez as leads. Featured in season 3, episode 21, Nationals.

This is a prime example of how perfectly a song was utilized on the show. Maybe it's because I'm so used to how this song was used (in the background rather as a performance), but I can't imagine them actually performing this. It's still so wholesome though, and the perfect soundtrack for the whole celebration post-Nationals win segment.

Score: 98,5/100

14. There Are Worse Things I Could Do

Performed by Cassandra July, Santana Lopez and Unique Adams. Featured in season 4, episode 6, Glease.

You will never catch me not crying at this song. I actually love that Cassie is a part of this. Did she need to be? Absolutely not. In an alternative world, it would've been completely fine for Unique to get the parts Cassie had, and have it just be a Santana/Unique duet. But I can't deny how absolutely amazing Cassie sounds in it, and how well her voice goes with the other two. They all put the exact energy the song needed, and it hits me right in the feels every time.

Score: 99/100

13. Bohemian Rhapsody

Performed by Vocal Adrenaline, with Jesse St. James as lead. Featured in season 1, episode 22, Journey to Regionals.

This whole scene was a cultural reset. This is how I will remember Jesse St. James and Jonathan Groff for the rest of my life.

Score: 99,25/100

12. I Will Always Love You

Performed by Mercedes Jones. Featured in season 3, episode 13, Heart.

Where do I even begin? The timing in which they aired this episode was just too impeccable, because just because this episode and song was aired right after Whitney Houston's death (I want to say somewhere between 2-4 days after her death? I can't be bothered to research it right now), and because of that, I will never not have an intense emotional connection to this. Not only was the song in the context of the show heartbreaking in itself, seeing both Sam and Mercedes cry over their mutual heartbreak, but it just coincidentally, unintentionally, became a Whitney tribute as well and no one on that cast could've done that more justice than Mercedes. I remember bawling my eyes out for both of those reasons, and those feelings have stuck with me since.

Score: 99,5/100

11. Paradise By The Dashboard Light

Performed by New Directions, with Blaine Anderson, Finn Hudson, Kurt Hummel, Mercedes Jones, Noah Puckerman, Rachel Berry and Santana Lopez as leads. Featured in season 3, episode 21, Nationals.

Paradise By The Dashboard Light not making it to the top 10? I know, it's crazy... It's still a masterpiece, though. The New Directions has honestly never been able to top that performance since, and that's saying a lot.

Score: 99,75/100

Top 10 will be revealed tonight!! Thank you all for being on this ride with me! I will provide a full list after the top 10 reveal as well as some stats for those who are just as geeky about numbers as I am :)

personally i think glee should've stopped at season 3 and they wrapped things up and Rachel and Kurt moved to NY and Santana shouldve moved in with them and then it ended there then maybe they could’ve done a spinoff series where it’s like “Santana, Kurt and Rachel take new york” with appearances from the original casts, but i think that could’ve been fun as a spinoff from the show instead of making it all be packed into one show.

Am I the only who thinks it kinda sounds like Teenage Dream and can totally see Katy Perry singing that? Especially the first verse with electric guitar and drums. Very Teenage Dream.

They always made fun of how Finn is a bad dancer, which is true, but was Corey actually that bad to the point where it looked like he was really awful? Or did they just have him fake-being awkward?

Also, including all the NYADA applicants/hopefuls introduced in 3x01. You expand on the lore and wider universe within the show and don’t do anything with it. Harmony would’ve been the perfect antagonist to the New Directions/Rachel/Kurt, maybe even in collusion with Sebastian to take them down. The NYADA workshop/initiative should’ve been something Kurt and Rachel had to routinely come back throughout season 3.

These are mine (with explanation):

• I Kissed A Girl

I don’t always skip it but I have it in there because I loved that episode and this song is pretty much the reason that I started watching the show

• My Love Is Your Love

At this point I don’t understand why I have it in there

• I Say A Little Prayer

Listen to me! It’s iconic, but I have to be in the right mood Idk

• If I Die Young

Too much pain

• Bills Bills Bills

I’m sorry!!! But it’s kinda annoying at times

• Edge Of Glory

Again, it’s a specific mood thing

I’m curious to know yours and the reason behind them

I’m watching s3 and the performances are…okay? S1 was so full of magic and passion, then s2 we had the fun of writing their own songs. S3 I Believe I Can Fly mashup isn’t that great, Rachel’s solos in s1 were much more challenging and the overall choreo is nothing compared to what they did for Valerie

do you agree?? disagree??

I watched the show a few years ago (specifically for them) and I'm rewatching it again now. I remember distinctly a scene in the first valentines episode (or so I thought) where there was a scene of brittany signing with her hands to her face "i <3 u" to santana, but as I watched the episode again, I didn't see that part? Am I thinking of the wrong episode? or am I misremembering something? if anyone can point me to the gif lol or specific scene, that would be helpful, thanks in advance

For me Outcast stands out as the only season 4 original song that I find myself going back to. It’s not better than “get it right” my favorite original song, but I think it’s still great, the bridge slaps ✨

For me it’s:

• Wrecking Ball (by: Marley)
• Rehab (by: vocal adrenaline)
• Tighrope (by: Jane)
• Don’t Wanna Lose You (by: Mercedes)
• Home (by: Rory)

And I used to have Loser Like Me (season 5’ veriosn) but I guess I have better taste now ? (I still have bad taste)

Ok so I’m rewatching the 100 episode. And I just know puck had everybody rehearsing. My thing is, wasn’t the whole point that nobody knew what you were gonna sing and they’d get hit with nostalgia? Like the previous song with Valerie nobody knew Santana was singing it. When the drums started I imagine people gasping and being like “omg I remember that one, that was a goodie.” Like was that not the point? And he told legit everyone else what he was singing and had them rehearse and pull out old choreography, for one person… it’s just the one person that is so bizarre to me. Like everyone has prolly rehearsed over and over, just to sing it again for one person. An audience, sure whatever, but one singular person is getting to me. But I digress, that’s not my point. My point is that during this song “keep holding on” Quinn is legit not even looking. Like last time they sang this song was with Finn. They just lost the guy. Those were his classmates. And everyone there knew him. Some danced and sang that song with him. Up until this point, there hadn’t been a song they sang that had Finn in it the first time. They had to pull themselves together to get this song on stage. And she’s not looking? And am I referring to rachel/lea? Yes. But that’s not even all. Like I said, most everyone there sang that song with him. Like imagine your friend/boyfriend died and you had to sing a song that he sung. And then the person you’re singing for can’t even look? Quinn can’t even look? What’s the point? They might as well sit down fr. And I’m not just here to crap on Quinn because this isn’t the first time smth like this happened. In literally season 1, the glee club did “my life would suck without you.” They pulled together some choreography, and this was one of the few times they were able to do smth like this without pissing each other off and without anything going wrong. So you can imagine that as a teacher, you would be proud of them. But wait… WHAT IS WILL DOING? Oh I know, looking at them proudly, or with excitement, or any emotion! WRONG! He’s thinking about getting in Emma’s pants. What bro? Just like how is that where your mind goes when watching your students preform? Obv there’s a lil more to it, like with the song. But bro ran out of there to go get some.. didn’t even appreciate the performance properly. If I was the glee club, I’d never do anything like that again. AND THEN, he fails to keep Emma.. on top of not being a proud teacher, you also have no game. To be clear I am sh1tting on will.

Also I typed this once and Reddit just deleted it before I was even done. So there might be things left out, or not fully explained as the anger in me was lowkey gone after I had to retype that. Edit: obv it’s glee, ik it doesn’t make sense and it’s not supposed to. However I just felt the need to talk about this.

In season 6 episode 7 when Rachel and Kurt are struggling to figure out weekly themes for the Glee Club, Rachel said something like ”Kurt wants to do Britney 3.0 but there aren’t any more Britney songs left to do” and I get that it’s meant to be meta but I find the implication that the new kids aren’t allowed to do any songs that the original Glee Club already did so funny. Like, this is a whole new club, none of them were there during the first two Britney weeks!

Madison: I’m gonna sing Baby One More Time :)

Rachel: No, we’ve already done that one. I performed it in a dream during Britney week 3 years ago.

After the success of Madonna Week the previous year, Will decided to do Madonna week in S2.

• Mercedes and Quinn have remained good friends, and Mercedes encourages Quinn to do a Madonna number. With the help of Artie and the AV club, she does 'Material Girl.'

• An empowered Tina gives us 'Take a Bow.'

• Sue has the Cheerios doing Madonna again, desperately attempting to regain her from Schue. This leads to Santana leading Quinn, Brittany and the Cheerios with a halftime show of 'Music.'

• Sam rocks out to 'Holiday,' his favourite Madonna hit. It's a fun number where everyone dances and sings around the choir room.

• Santana sings 'Who's That Girl?'

• Tina and Quinn decide to team up to sing 'Crazy For You' to Mike and Sam respectively.

• The group do do 'American Pie,' Madonna's version as Sue glares at them.