TOP SINGLES OF THE 00s (40-21)
40. The Concretes - “Seems Fine”
39. Kelly Clarkson - “Since U Been Gone”
38. Love Is All - “Make Out Fall Out Make Up”
37. The Hold Steady - “Stuck Between Stations”
36. Belle & Sebastian - “I’m a Cuckoo”/“I’m a Cuckoo (Avalanches Remix)”
35. Jay Reatard - “Always Wanting More”
34. Robyn - “Be Mine”
33. Los Campesinos! - “You! Me! Dancing!”
32. Arcade Fire - “Rebellion (Lies)”
31. Estelle ft. Kanye West - “American Boy”
30 Architecture in Helsinki - “It’5”
29. Frankmusik - “Better Off as Two”
28. The Knife - “Heartbeats”
27. We Are Scientists - “After Hours”
26. Kanye West ft. Dwele - “Flashing Lights”
25. The Walkmen - “The Rat”
24. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - “Umbrella”
23. MGMT - “Kids”
22. Lambchop - “Up With People”
21. Peter Bjorn & John - “Young Folks”
TOP SINGLES OF THE 00s (60-41)
60. Adele - “Hometown Glory”
59. Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind”
58. Scissor Sisters - “Take Your Mama”
57. Björk - “Who Is It (Bell Choir Mix)”
56. Architecture in Helsinki - “Do the Whirlwind”
55. Jay Reatard - “See/Saw”
54. The Pipettes - “Pull Shapes”
53. Kylie Minogue - “Love at First Sight”
52. Animal Collective - “Who Could Win a Rabbit”
51. Hot Chip - “Over and Over”
50. Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - “My Love”
49. Bloc Party - “Two More Years”
48. Juvelen - Juvelen EP
47. Frightened Rabbit - “The Twist”
46. La Roux - “Bulletproof”
45. Liars - “The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack”
44. The Killers - “Mr. Brightside”
43. Spoon - “The Way We Get By” <-ha MTV video, so ridiculously censored, including “break into mobile homes”
42. Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves EP
41. BBU - “Chi Don’t Dance”
TOP SINGLES OF THE 00s (120-101)
120. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Maps”
119. Basement Jaxx - “Oh My Gosh”
118. Nas ft. Keri Hilson - “Hero”
117. LCD Soundsystem - “Tribulations”
116. The Shins - “New Slang”
115. Kanye West - “All Falls Down”
114. Hercules and Love Affair - “Blind”/”Blind (Frankie Knucles Remix)”
113. Arcade Fire - “No Cars Go”
112. Cassie - “Me and U”
111. LCD Soundsystem - “Someone Great”
110. Why? - “The Hollows”
109. Louis XIV - “Finding Out True Love Is Blind”
108. Los Campesinos! - “The International Tweexcore Underground”
107. The Avalanches - “Since I Left You”
106. The Divine Comedy - “To Die a Virgin”
105. The Futureheads - “Area”
104. Patrick Wolf - “Accident & Emergency”
103. Art Brut - “Formed a Band”
102. Spoon - “Underdog”
101. Amy Winehouse - “Rehab”
TOP SINGLES OF THE 00s (140-121)
140. Franz Ferdinand - “Darts of Pleasure”
139. Polyphonic Spree - “Soldier Girl”
138. The Libertines - “Up the Bracket”
137. Elias and the Wizzkids - “Young and Hairy”
136. Cymbals Eat Guitars - “And the Hazy Sea”
135. The Decemberists - “Sixteen Military Wives”
134. The Whitest Boy Alive - “Burning”
133. Jens Lekman - “Sipping on the Sweet Nectar”
132. T.I. - “What You Know”
131. Postal Service - “District Sleeps Alone Tonight”
130. Kanye West - “Gold Digger”
129. Frankmusik - “3 Little Words”
128. Fergie ft. Ludacris - “Glamorous”
127. Love Is All - “Used Goods”
126. Ne-Yo - “Can We Chill”
125. Grizzly Bear - “Two Weeks”
124. UGK ft. Outkast - “Int’l Players Album (I Choose You)”
123. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”
122. Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl”
121. The Hold Steady - “Stay Positive”
TOP SINGLES OF THE 00s (160-141)
160. Grandaddy - “The Crystal Lake”
159. The Flaming Lips - “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1”
158. Arcade Fire - “Intervention”
157. The Coral - “Dreaming of You”
156. Blackalicious - “Make You Feel That Way”
155. Cold War Kids - “Hang Me Up to Dry”
154. Yeasayer - “Ambling Alp”
153. Saigon ft. Swizz Beatz & Jay-Z - “Come on Baby (Remix)”
152. Phoenix - “Lisztomania”
151. Arcade Fire - “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”
150. Wilco - “War on War”
149. Outkast - “Hey Ya!”
148. Robyn - “Handle Me”
147. Nelly Furtado - “Say It Right”
146. Chromeo - “Fancy Footwork”
145. Mclusky - “Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues”
144. The Wave Pictures - “I Love You Like a Madman”
143. Morrissey - “Irish Blood, English Heart”
142. Antony and the Johnsons - “Hope There’s Someone”
141. Real Ones - “Outlaw”
TOP SINGLES OF THE 00s (180-161)
180. Mika - “Grace Kelly”
179. The Tough Alliance - “Neo Violence”
178. Malcolm Middleton - “We’re All Going to Die”
177. The Similou - “All This Love”
176. Gnarls Barkley - “Crazy”
175. Elliot Smith - “Son of Sam”
174. Muscles - “Ice Cream”/”Sweaty”
173. Modest Mouse - “Float On”
172. Noisettes - “Never Forget You”
171. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - “The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth”
170. Broken Social Scene - “Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Half)”
169. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - “Murder on the Dancefloor”
168. Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean - “Hips Don’t Lie”
167. La Roux - “In for the Kill”
166. Franz Ferdinand - “Do You Want To”
165. Three 6 Mafia ft. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG - “Stay Fly”
164. The Decemberists - The Tain
163. Scissor Sisters - “Laura”
162. Jens Lekman - “Julie”
161. Passion Pit - “Moth’s Wings”
TOP SINGLES OF THE 00s (200-181)
This decade was crazy good for singles, especially mainstream pop. As the teen pop stars of the late 90s and early 00s matured, they started working with extremely talented songwriters and producers (or in some cases became talented in these fields themselves). Timbaland, The Neptunes, The-Dream, all these became pop stars in their own right after gaining noteriety through making other pop stars awesome. Even indie rockers got in on the act, making great radio-friendly crossover singles. No exaggeration guys, this might have been this best decade for singles since the 60s, if not ever. “Crazy” is near the BOTTOM of this list. That’s how good this decade was. And here we go:
200. Rogue Traders - “I Never Liked You”
199. The Rumble Strips - “Motorcycle”
198. Nelly Furtado - “Promiscuous”
197. Kylie Minogue - “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
196. The Rapture - “House of Jealous Lovers”
195. Spoon - “Anything You Want”
194. Loveninjas - “I Wanna Be Like Johnny C”
193. Annuals - “Brother”
192. The Strokes - “The End Has No End”
191. Jason Forrest - “War Photographer”
190. Teddybears ft. Iggy Pop - “Punkrocker”
189. Kleerup ft. Robyn - “With Every Heartbeat”
188. Jens Lekman - “You Are the Light”
187. I’m From Barcelona - “We’re From Barcelona”
186. Architecture in Helsinki - “Heart It Races”
185. Peter Bjorn & John - “Objects of My Affection”
184. Jay-Z - “99 Problems”
183. The Decemberists - “Billy Liar”/”Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right”
182. Morrissey - “First of the Gang to Die”
181. Daft Punk - “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”
Top 100 albums of the millenium so far (recap)
100-81 80-61 60-41 40-21
20. Robyn - Robyn
19. The Strokes - Is This It
18. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
17. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
16. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
15. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
14. LCD Soundystem - Sound of Siver
13. Arcade Fire - Funeral
12. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
11. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
10. Outkast - Stankonia
9. Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
8. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
7. Kanye West - The College Dropout
6. The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
5. Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
4. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
3. Daft Punk - Discovery
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Starting today or tomorrow: the top 200 singles!
