There’s almost too much to talk about in this latest installation of a series on Top 100s in music, but we give our level best to a host of topics, like: what happened to rock music? what happened to rap and hip-hop? where are the white women at? Join us as we take a long stroll back through our pubescence and decide on which 100 songs were the most 2000s of the decade. The complete list is below.
- “Single Ladies,” Beyonce
- “Hey Ya,” Outkast
- “American Idiot,” Green Day
- “Mr. Brightside,” The Killers
- “Someday,” The Strokes
- “Lose Yourself,” Eminem
- “Seven Nation Army,” The White Stripes
- “Gold Digger,” Kanye West
- “Don’t Phunk wit my Heart,” The Black-Eyed Peas
- “Oops…I Did It Again,” Britney Spears
- “In da Club,” 50 Cent
- “Bye Bye Bye,” N’Sync
- “SexyBack,” Justin Timberlake
- “Umbrella,” Rihanna
- “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
- “Since U Been Gone,” Kelly Clarkson
- “Take Me Out,” Franz Ferdinand
- “The Middle,” Jimmy Eat World
- “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” The Darkness
- “Ohio is for Lovers,” Hawthorne Heights
- “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley
- “Welcome to the Black Parade,” My Chemical Romance
- “Girlfriend,” Avril Lavigne
- “Hips Don’t Lie,” Shakira
- “Hollaback Girl,” Gwen Stefani
- “How You Remind Me,” Nickelback
- “Yeah,” Usher
- “BYOB,” System of a Down
- “Hot in Herre,” Nelly
- “Here Without You,” 3 Doors Down
- “Ignition (Remix),” R. Kelly
- “Sugar We’re Goin Down,” Fall Out Boy
- “In the End,” Linkin Park
- “99 Problems,” Jay-Z
- “Get Low,” Lil’ John
- “Get This Party Started,” Pink!
- “New Slang,” The Shins
- “Say My Name,” Destiny’s Child
- “Drops of Jupiter,” Train
- “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Fergie
- “Beautiful,” Christina Aguilera
- “Stacy’s Mom,” Fountains of Wayne
- “Ridin’,” Chamillionaire
- “Ocean’s Avenue,” Yellowcard
- “You’re Beautiful,” James Blunt
- “Feel Good Inc.,” Gorillaz
- “Drop it Like it’s Hot,” Snoop Dogg
- “Float On,” Modest Mouse
- “How to Save a Life,” The Fray
- “Bring Me to Life,” Evanescence
- “Somewhere Only We Know,” Keane
- “Makedamnsure,” Taking Back Sunday
- “Here it Goes Again,” OK Go
- “Int’l Player’s Anthem,” UGK
- “Get Ur Freak On,” Missy Elliott
- “Drive,” Incubus
- “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
- “Schism,” Tool
- “This Love,” Maroon 5
- “Time is Running Out,” Muse
- “No One,” Alicia Keys
- “Fix You,” Coldplay
- “Kids,” MGMT
- “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” Panic at the Disco
- “Screaming Infidelities,” Dashboard Confessional
- “Such Great Heights,” Postal Service
- “Never Let You Go,” Third Eye Blind
- “Paper Planes,” MIA
- “Everything is Alright,” Motion City Soundtrack
- “I Kissed a Girl,” Katy Perry
- “Don’t Cha,” Pussycat Dolls
- “Collide,” Howie Day
- “Unwritten,” Natasha Bedingfield
- “Rebellion (Lies),” Arcade Fire
- “Hey There Delilah,” Plain White Ts
- “Bleeding Love,” Leona Lewis
- “Bent,” Matchbox 20
- “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” Good Charlotte
- “Lollipop,” Lil’ Wayne
- “Promiscuous,” Nelly Furtado
- “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor,” Arctic Monkeys
- “Love Song,” Sara Bareilles
- “Dog Days Are Over,” Florence and the Machine
- “Dirty Little Secret,” All American Rejects
- “No One Knows,” Queens of the Stone Age
- “Natural Anthem,” Radiohead
- “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” Jet
- “Maps,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- “Chasing Cars,” Snow Patrol
- “Banquet,” Bloc Party
- “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
- “I Will Follow You Into the Dark,” Death Cab for Cutie
- “Woman,” Wolfmother
- “Temperature,” Sean Paul
- “Alive with the Glory of Love,” Say Anything
- “Southern Hospitality,” Ludacris
- “Defying Gravity,” Wicked
- “Bubbly,” Colbie Caillat
- “Party in the USA,” Miley Cyrus
- “The Way We Get By,” Spoon
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