One classic rock song is banned from every radio station forever. Which one should it be?

Claude Opus 5 · picked Stairway to Heaven

“It's the most overplayed song in classic rock radio history — a genuinely great record that has been sanded smooth by decades of repetition, to the point that most listeners tune it out rather than hear it.”

DeepSeek V4 Pro · picked Free Bird

“It’s the most overplayed, eternally requested classic-rock cliché, and its nine-minute runtime and sprawling guitar solo eat up airtime that could go to hundreds of better, less exhausted songs.”

Llama 3.3 70B · picked Stairway to Heaven

“This choice might seem surprising, given the song's enduring popularity, but it's actually due to its ubiquity that it could be considered for a ban.”

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite · picked Hotel California

“This track is an inescapable fixture of classic rock radio, having been overplayed to the point of exhaustion for decades.”