20 Great "Fuck You" Songs

Cee Lo Green's had a surprising viral hit all over the internets with his "Fuck You."

It's a catchy, upbeat tune about a break-up that looks like it might just transform angry odes to exes and into... happy-sounding, sly fuck yous.

All the chatter about this song — in addition to having "fuck you and fuck her, too" stuck in a loop in our heads — prompted us to think about what other great fuck you songs there are.

So here, then, is a list of 20 great fuck you songs, including Cee Lo's "Fuck You":

1. Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You"

The phrase "fuck you" has never sounded so... happy. Ooo, ooo, oooo! I'm sure everyone with an ex can relate to this in some way.



2. Smashing Pumpkins' "Fuck You (An Ode To No One)"

Come on, Billy Corgan. "An Ode To No One"? We know you wrote this song about someone. If you're saying fuck you, how about you balls it up and say WHO you're directing this rant at?



3. Lily Allen's "Fuck You"

This opening keyboard part really rips off The Carpenters' "Close To You," but we dig this one anyway. Plus, bigots need to be flipped off... especially in song. We've all had that "I want to squish your head" feeling, which gives the video universal appeal.



4. DMX's "Fuck You Bitch"

We think the barks on this one give it that extra special touch you just won't find anywhere else. Extra special.



5. MacLean & MacLean's "Fuck Ya"

This one will be stuck in your head for hours, days even, especially the "I'd like to kick you in the nuts" part. Also, it'd probably be a big hit at a campfire singalong.



6. Damageplan's "Fuck You"

A comment on this video on YouTube: "i dedicate this song to justin bieber. FUCK YOU IM GONNA PISS ON YOUR GRAVE." Oh, and the guy who shot Dimebag? Fuck him, too.



7. Wesley Willis' "Fuck You"

Remember that shitty ass food industry job you had, where your boss treated you like shit, you made like $6 an hour and you were always working extra hours because you were the most responsible staffer amongst a legion of burnouts? Yeah, Wesley Willis can empathize.



8. Lil Kim's "Fuck You"

I'm sure Lil Kim was rapping this song in her head at the judge when she was convicted of perjury.



9. Beastie Boys' "Hey Fuck You"

There really are some days where you just want to say, "if you don't like it, then fuck you" to everyone around you. There are  also some times when I just want to tell Mike D's voice to fuck off.



10. Headstones' "Fuck You"

We're glad Hugh Dillon finally said "fuck you" to heroin because if he hadn't, heroin would have said "fuck you" to him, instead.



11. Bif Naked's "Fuck You 2"

Cancer and heartbreak have one thing in common: They both fucking suck.



12. Against All Authority's "Another Fuck You Song"

This song will make you want to punch every ska punk in the face after screaming "fuck you!" at them, but hey.



13. The Queers' "I Just Called To Say Fuck You"

This one's from an album that also contained songs called "Stupid Fucking Vegan," "Journey To The Center Of Your Empty Fucking Skull," "Theme From Beyond The Valley Of The Assfuckers," "Just Say Cunt," "My Cunt's A Cunt" and "I Hate Your Fucking Guts." These boys don't mince words. Joe Queer also seems to be saying "fuck you" to his own vocal cords here. Or maybe they're saying it to him.



14. Atmosphere's "Fuck You Lucy"

Too often, breakup songs are just angry, nameless rants, with the subject of the musician's rage not being pointed out. At least we know Slug is really, really pissed at Lucy. Who is she? "She's" not a real person, but a character created to represent his ex-girlfriend and is meant to represent Slug's dependence on drugs and alcohol.



15. Methods Of Mayhem's "Proposition Fuck You"

Unfortunately, this one didn't come out after Proposition 8 was passed in 2008, 'cause then it would have been even more relevant, were it not, y'know, for those references about getting beaten up by police.



16. Pharoahe Monch's "Fuck You"

When a song starts with "basically, I'm the worst nightmare you ever had," you know it's going to be angry. When guns and "fuck you" are mentioned in the same sentence, you pretty much get the idea that you definitely don't want to mess with Pharoahe Monch.



17. Walls Of Jericho's "There's No I In Fuck You"

With Candace Kucsulain, it's like someone took every kind of reason women have to be angry, and then distilled them into this song. Appropriately, this is probably the angriest track we've got on here.



18. The Stiffs' "Fuck You"

This one's become a punk classic, having been covered by D.O.A. and The Subhumans, but the original version is by far the best.



19. Lil Wayne featuring Big Tymers' "Fuck You"

Somehow I think this song would have been more effective if it had been released now, when Lil Wayne's got all those tattoos covering his body. When this came out, he was babyfaced and tatt-free. That means you can take him about as seriously as a bunny rabbit.



20. Fear's "I Don't Care About You (Fuck You)"

Fear helped originate hardcore punk. Yes, Lee Ving was in Flashdance and Clue, but fuck you if you think that makes him any less punk.