To round out the third week of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame posts, I’m going to feature songs from three acts that have so far gone un-inducted.

In 2018, the Cleveland Plain Dealer compiled an ordered list of the 100 artists most egregiously overlooked by the Hall. In the three years since, six of their top 10 have been inducted, so either they had some sway, or they have their finger on the pulse of the nominating committee.

In the top spot was Kraftwerk, who were inducted this year. Slots two and three went to Janet Jackson and Radiohead, respectively. Both were inducted in 2019.

Coming in at #4, and sure to warm the heart of frequent commenter Dana, is The Smiths.

The English indie band has been eligible since 2009 and has been nominated twice, in 2015 and 2016. They seemed to have some momentum, but haven’t been nominated since, perhaps because lead singer Morrissey has spiraled into an ugly racist caricature.

Do musical icons turn into massive pieces of shit, or were they just better at hiding it back in the day (looking at you, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Morrissey)?

The Smiths were certainly a much bigger deal, commercially, in their native country than the U.S., which might explain the lack of attention from the Hall. But there is no denying their influence, or the passion they inspired, in Britain and beyond. The BBC once referred to The Smiths as “the band that inspired deeper devotion than any British group since the Beatles.”