The Top Ten Most Cliché and Overused Graduation Songs

[tps_title]7. “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds[/tps_title]

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“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” is almost every millennial’s favorite song from the 80s because, well, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club is coined as one of the best high school movies of all times and this song has taken on a similar title.

This song is awesome, and not a bad graduation song. The truth is, though, there are a lot of people from high school that you will forget and, honestly, that you probably want to forget.

If you want another rockin’ graduation song from the 80s–

Replace with: “Better Things” by The Kinks

“Livin’ like you just begun, accept your life and what it brings, I hope tomorrow you’ll find better things.”