237 200+ Best songs about not being good enough

We all have those moments where we don’t feel good enough. You know, those times when no matter how hard you try, everything still seems to go wrong. In those moments, it’s comforting to know that someone else knows how you feel. Sometimes all it takes is the right playlist to help you through the pain of feeling like you’re failing.

Songs about not feeling good enough come in several different styles, so you’ll be sure to find one that works for you. Sometimes they are sad and make you feel like it’s ok to sit in your tears with a tub of ice cream. In comparison, other songs about not feeling good enough make you angry and ready to prove the haters wrong. The pieces that help you will depend on your personal taste in music and who or what made you feel not good enough. For instance, disappointing a partner or friend might require slower, more melancholy songs. But letting yourself down could require an upbeat rock song about falling and picking yourself back up. Regardless of what made you feel like you weren’t enough, these songs about not being good enough are sure to help you get through it.

This list of unique 200+ best songs about not being good enough showcases famous and not-so-famous songs. Pop, Rock, Metal, Hip Hop and Folk/Acoustic hits from the 2010s, 2000s, 2020s and 1990s by artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish and many others.

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237 Songs

Genres: Pop

Genres: Art popElectropopPop

Genres: Art popElectropopPop

Genres: Viral pop

Genres: PopUk pop

Genres: Bedroom popPop

Genres: PopUk pop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Modern alternative rockModern rockPop

Genres: DreamoIndie surfSurf punk

Genres: AfrofuturismPop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Dance popPop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Art popElectropopPop

Genres: Garage rockPermanent waveRock

Genres: Colombian popDance popLatin

Genres: Alternative rockArt rockMelancholia

Genres: Alternative metalNu metalPost-grunge

Genres: Pop

Genres: PopTalent showUk pop

Genres: Emo rapMiami hip hop

Genres: Alternative metalNu metalPost-grunge

Genres: PopUk pop

Genres: Emo rapMiami hip hopMelodic rap

Genres: Emo rapLgbtq+ hip hop

Genres: Art popElectropopPop

Genres: Dance popPop

Genres: Irish popModern rockPop

Genres: Indie popWeirdcore

Genres: Experimental popIndie surf

Genres: Neo mellowPopUk pop

Genres: Acoustic pop

Genres: Dance popPopUk pop

Genres: Neo mellowPopUk pop

Genres: British soulPopPop soul

Genres: Hip hopPop rapRap

Genres: Alternative metalFunk metalNu metal

Genres: Art popElectropopPop

Genres: Alt zElectropopPop

Genres: Canadian hip hopPop

Genres: PopUk pop

Genres: BubblegrungeChicago indieIndie pop

Genres: Dfw rapMelodic rapRap

Genres: Emo rapMiami hip hop

Genres: PopTalent showUk pop

Genres: Baltimore indieDream popDreamo

Genres: Sad lo-fiSad rap

Genres: Bedroom popIndie popPop

Genres: Neo mellowPiano rockPop

Genres: Dance popPop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Alt zCanadian contemporary r&bPop

Genres: Indie popLa indie

Genres: PopUk pop

Genres: Alt zDance popElectropop

Genres: Bedroom popIndie pop

Genres: Alt zDream smpElectropop

Genres: Boy bandPopPost-teen pop

Genres: British soulIndie r&bNeo soul

Genres: PopPop rapAlt z

Genres: Bedroom popIndie pop

Genres: Icelandic indieIcelandic rockModern alternative rock

Genres: Dance popPopPost-teen pop

Genres: Alternative metalNu metalPost-grunge

Genres: PopUk pop

Genres: ElectropopPopAlt z

Genres: Art popElectropopPop

Genres: Australian popPopUk pop

Genres: Bedroom pop

Genres: Indie popVancouver indie

Genres: Neo mellowPopPop rock

Genres: Boy bandDance popPop

Genres: Indie poptimismPop rock

Genres: Indie pop

Genres: PopTalent showUk pop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Bedroom popPop

Genres: Canadian popNeo mellowPop rock

Genres: CcmChristian alternative rockChristian music

Genres: Bedroom popIndie pop

Genres: Australian popPopUk pop

Genres: La popPop

Genres: Boy bandDance popPop

Genres: Alt zElectropopPop

Genres: Permanent wavePunk

Genres: GrungePermanent waveRock

Genres: Canadian contemporary r&bCanadian popDance pop

Genres: Arkansas countryOutlaw country

Genres: Bedroom popBubblegrungeIndie pop

Genres: Art popDance popElectropop

Genres: Dream smpIndie anthem-folkIndie pop

Genres: Art popElectropopPop

Genres: Pop rock

Genres: Canadian contemporary r&bCanadian popDance pop

Genres: Bedroom popPop

Genres: Hip hopPop rapRap

Genres: Indie popModern rockPop

Genres: PopR&b

Genres: British soulPopPop soul

Genres: Canadian pop punkCanadian punkCanadian rock

Genres: Modern rockRock

Genres: Barbadian popDance popPop

Genres: Alt zElectropopLa indie

Genres: Gen z singer-songwriter

Genres: Alt zDance popElectropop

Genres: Nerdcore

Genres: Alt zCanadian contemporary r&bCanadian pop

Genres: Alt zElectropopPop

Genres: Ambient worshipChamber popPop

Genres: MadchesterNew wavePermanent wave

Genres: Canadian pop punkCanadian punkCanadian rock

Genres: Dance popPop

Genres: Indie popVancouver indie

Genres: Neo mellow

Genres: Alternative r&bConscious hip hopHip pop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Canadian pop punkCanadian punkCanadian rock

Genres: Dance popNeo mellowPop

Genres: Alternative rockAnti-folkIndie rock

Genres: Dance popElectropopMetropopolis

Genres: Dance popPiano rockPop

Genres: Bedroom popPop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Alternative metal

Genres: Dance popPopPost-teen pop

Genres: Australian alternative popAustralian popDance pop

Genres: Australian danceAustralian popPop

Genres: Pop

Genres: Contemporary countryCountryCountry dawn

Genres: Dance popPopPop dance

Genres: Alternative metalNu metalPop rock

Genres: Dance popPopR&b

Genres: Atl hip hopContemporary r&bDance pop

Genres: EmoModern rockRock

Genres: Canadian popCandy popDance pop

Genres: Dance popPop

Genres: Dance popPopR&b

Genres: Alternative metalNu metalPop rock

Genres: Australian danceAustralian popPop

Genres: Dance popPopPost-teen pop

Genres: Neo mellowPop rockPost-grunge

Genres: Boy bandDance popEuropop

Genres: Alternative metalCanadian metalCanadian rock

Genres: Modern rockPop punkRock

Genres: Modern rockPermanent waveRock

Genres: Modern rockRock

Genres: Alternative metalAlternative rockGrunge

Genres: Boy bandDance popPop

Genres: MetropopolisModern rockPop

Genres: Alternative metalGroove metalNu metal

Genres: Modern alternative rockModern rockPost-grunge

Genres: Alternative metalGroove metalNu metal

Genres: Alternative metalChristian alternative rockChristian music

Genres: Glee clubHollywoodPost-teen pop

Genres: MetalcoreModern rockPop emo

Genres: Dance popGirl groupPop

Genres: CountryCountry rockOutlaw country

Genres: Alternative metal

Genres: Canadian popCanadian singer-songwriterPop rock

Genres: Neo mellowPop rockPost-grunge

Genres: Dance popPopPost-teen pop

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Genres: Pop

Genres: Australian americanaAustralian countryAustralian pop

Genres: Candy pop

Genres: Acoustic popIndiecousticaNeo mellow

Genres: Alternative metal

Genres: Alternative metalNu metalPop rock

Genres: Pop rockPost-grungeSan marcos tx indie

Genres: Art popChamber popDark pop

Genres: Dance popPopR&b

Genres: Melodic metalcoreMetalcoreScreamo

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Genres: Canadian pop punkCanadian punkCanadian rock

Genres: Neo mellowPiano rockPixie

Genres: Alternative metalMetalcore

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Genres: Classic rockGlam rockRock

Genres: Irish popModern rockPop

Genres: Alternative metalNeo mellowPop rock

Genres: Piano rock

Genres: BroadwayHollywoodShow tunes

Genres: British soulPopPop soul

Genres: Alternative metalCandy pop

Genres: Canadian popCanadian singer-songwriterEctofolk

Genres: EmoModern rockRock

Genres: BroadwayClassic soundtrack

Genres: Acoustic coverNeo mellowPop

Genres: Dance popNeo mellowPop

Genres: Dance popEdmElectro house

Genres: Canadian popCanadian singer-songwriterPop rock

Genres: British soulDance popEuropop

Genres: Alternative metalChristian rockNu metal

Genres: Pop

Genres: Channel popPost-teen popSocial media pop

Genres: Modern rockPop punkPop rock

Genres: DreamoProgressive post-hardcore

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Genres: Country rockElectric bluesFolk

Genres: Modern rockPop

Genres: Neo mellowPop rockPost-grunge

Genres: Adult standardsDiscoHollywood

Genres: Dance popUrban contemporary

Genres: Contemporary countryCountryCountry dawn

Genres: Dance popUrban contemporary

Genres: Noise pop

Genres: Newcastle nsw indie

Genres: Karaoke

Genres: Candy popNew wave pop

Genres: British alternative rockPop rock

Genres: Anarcho-punk

Genres: Alt zPopUk pop

Genres: Lullaby

Genres: Brooklyn indieIndie pop

Genres: Brooklyn indieIndie pop

Genres: Edmonton indieLo-fi indie

Genres: Brooklyn indieIndie pop

Genres: Art popDance popElectropop

Genres: Bedroom popIndie pop

Genres: DreamoIndie surfSurf punk

Genres: Brooklyn indieIndie pop

Genres: Brooklyn indieIndie pop

Genres: Alternative metalGroove metalNu metal

Genres: Australian danceAustralian popDance pop

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Genres: Neo mellowPop rockPost-grunge

Genres: Canadian ccmChristian alternative rockChristian music

Genres: Art popDance popPop

Genres: Canadian popCanadian rockComic

Genres: Canadian ccmChristian alternative rockChristian music

Genres: Alternative rockDouble drummingIndie rock

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Genres: Indie garage rockIndie pop