Top 100 Songs of the '00s

Found on: Speakerboxx / The Love Below (2003) Picked by: RN, MT, TF, SL, KT, WA, PA Why would you want to read about Hey Ya! when you coul...

Found on: Demon Days (2005) Picked by: RN, BG, MT, SL, PA, WA Gorillaz weren't a real band as much as a chance for Blur frontman Damon ...

Found on: Miss E...So Addictive (2001) Picked by: RN, MT, TF, SL, KT, WA For four straight albums, Missy and Timbaland were the Captain and...

Found on: St. Elsewhere (2006) Picked by: MT, TF, SL, KT, WA, PA Lovely neo gospel pop from Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse. Oh, and if you have th...

Found on: No Strings Attached (2000) Picked by: KT, RN, SL, SVH, WA, PA As loathe as I am to do it, let's just go ahead and crown Justi...

Found on: Nellyville (2002) Picked by: RN, MT, TF, WA, SL, PA Anytime a song becomes a part of everyday vernacular, you know it's a big...

Found on: Dangerously In Love (2003) Picked by: RN, MT, TF, WA, PA I've listened to this song literally dozens of times, and I just fin...

Found on: Breakaway (2004) Picked by: RN, BG, SL, WA, PA The I Will Survive of the Aughts, sung by a talented young woman who rose to prom...

Found on: Taking the Long Way (2006) Picked by: RN, TF, MT, WA, PA Okay, so this one may not make much sense when taken out of historical ...

Found on: Songs In A Minor (2001) Picked by: KT, TF, SL, WA, PA Fallin' is a great song and one that will outlive all of us, but did yo...

Found on: Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004) Picked by: RN, MT, TF, SL, PA Is it me or is Isaac Brock's idea of bad luck a l...

Found on: Waiting For My Rocket To Come (2003) Picked by: MT, WA, TF, SL, PA It's cheesy, but there's something to songs as sources...

Found on: Give Up (2003) Picked by: RN, MT, WA, TF, PA I gave the voters a choice between this and the Iron and Wine version, and The Posta...

Found on: All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) Picked by: RN, MT, WA, TF, PA Artists better known for their work in the '80s and ...

Found on: Fever to Tell (2003) Picked by: RN, MT, WA, TF, PA Maps are inanimate objects incapable of human emotion, therefore the statement...

Found on: The Reminder (2007) Picked by: RN, MT, SL, PA Her Grammy performance of the song was nothing short of terrible, but let's for...

Found on: Hopes and Fears (2004) Picked by: RN, BG, MT, SVH Your run-of-the-mill epic romantic ballad.

Found on: Hot Fuss (2004) Picked by: RN, TF, PA, SL Unnecessarily intriguing chorus on this song. The obvious interpretation of "you ...

Found on: Fever (2001) Picked by: RN, MT, WA, SL If you get bored sometime, listen to this song and count the number of hooks, both instrum...

Found on: Oh No (2005) Picked by: RN, BG, TF, SVH Watch this:

Found on: One of the Boys (2008) Picked by: RN, BG, TF, MT It's not hard to tell what formula led to this song's success: Hot singe...

Found on: Final Straw (2003) Picked by: TF, SL, WA, PA What's chocolate have to do with this song? The word is never mentioned anywhere...

Found on: Begin to Hope (2006) Picked by: BG, TF, MT, PA Some artists' voices are their strongest musical instrument, and Regina Spekto...

Found on: Drops of Jupiter (2001) Picked by: RN, MT, WA, PA Honestly, this one has just been drilled into my head so many times that I can...

Found on: Eye to the Telescope (2004) Picked by: RN, MT, SL, PA I didn't fully appreciate KT until I saw her live. She didn't blow ...

Found on: The College Dropout (2004) Picked by: MT, TF, SL, PA I have issues with Kanye, not because he frightens Taylor Swift or has a big...

Found on: Alright, Still (2006) Picked by: BG, WA, MT My sister is not someone you want to piss off.

Found on: Elephunk (2003) Picked by: KT, PA, WA Let's remember back to a time when Black Eyed Peas weren't ubiquitous, annoying, an...

Found on: No More Drama (2002) Picked by: MT, TF, PA A bumpin' Dre track and some Mary J. preachin' will help you get it crunk. Bo...

Found on: Plans (2005) Picked by: TF, WA, PA I didn't like this song all that much when it came out, but I wasn't in love then eithe...

Found on: 8 Mile: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002) Picked by: MT, WA, PA Lose Yourself is a great song, but it's b...

Found on: Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) Picked by: TF, RN, PA For me the best part of Stacey's Mom was not the Cars-esque music, t...

Found on: White Ladder (2000) Picked by: SL, RN, PA Why is it that pop songs almost always have an all-or-nothing take on romance? They...

Found on: American Idiot (2004) Picked by: MT, SVH, TF No one could have predicted that Green Day would be more relevant and beloved in the...

Found on: Keep It Together (2003) Picked by: BG, SVH, PA Proving that strong melodies and sweet harmonies will never go out of style.

Found on: Bleed American (aka Jimmy Eat World ) (2001) Picked by: RN, WA, TF Jimmy Eat World recorded Bleed American (renamed after 9/11) ...

Found on: Spirit (2008) Picked by: RN, TF, BG Let's get this sorted out. American Idol is based on a British show called Pop Idol, whic...

Found on: It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) Picked by: BG, TF, MT Adam Levine doesn't have good luck with the ladies. His whole fi...

Found on: Room For Squares (2001) Picked by: TF, WA, PA Before he became a tatted-up GQ cover model who goes through starlets like Kleenex ...

Found on: Oracular Spectacular (2008) Picked by: MT, PA, WA The instrumental hook of this song always reminds me of Down Under by Men At W...

Found on: Writer's Block (2006) Picked by: RN, BG, WA If I'm not mistaken, Young Folks is the the first song since Billy Joel'...

Found on: Love Angel Music Baby (2005) Picked by: SL, MT, PA Gwen Stefani as a solo star was a no brainer, but that it happened on the stre...

Found on: Is This It? (2001) Picked by: TF, SL, WA The Strokes ushered in a thrilling (if brief) rock revival and made us realize that ...

Found on: Once (2008) Picked by: SVH, WA, PA For legal reasons I can't post the scene from Once where Glen Hansard and Marketa Iglova ...

Found on: FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) Picked by: KT, SL, WA

Found on: Want One (2003) Picked by: RN, WA, PA Like many artists, Rufus could have placed several songs on the list. But the title song fr...

Found on: Back To Black (2006) Picked by: RN, WA, BG Before Amy Winehouse entered our lives we always wondered what it would be like if Elv...

Found on: Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) Picked by: WA, KT If you don't, at some point during your birthday, sing the opening few li...

Found on: Gold (2001) Picked by: RN, PA I need more songs about New York about as much a I need more canker sores, but New York, New York ...