VH1 has just published a list of its 100 greatest songs of the last decade, and spoiler alert: This thing is insane! It leans heavily toward the radio-pop side of things, and it’s actually a bit refreshing to see someone trying to invent an alternate canon of this stuff instead of reminding us once again that Radiohead are the greatest thing ever. But this alternate canon? This alternate canon is weird!
I am absolutely and totally OK with the idea that Beyoncé’s “Crazy In Love” was the best pop single of the last decade, though from a strict populist-smash perspective, something like Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” might’ve fit even better. But once you get past #1, things get nuts. “Hey Ya!,” for instance, is at #2, and I’m not sure there’s a person alive who ever needs to hear that track again, especially when OutKast’s “B.O.B.,” absent from this list, is the better song in every conceivable way. Similarly, it’s truly perplexing to see Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” riding high in the top 10 when “Bad Romance” and “Cry Me A River,” respectively, are out there in the world.
Other red flags: Train’s “Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)” at #42. Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open” at #91. Lil Jon’s “Get Low” way too low at #80. And if you’re going to acknowledge the existence of M.I.A., then “Paper Planes” has to be higher than #89; I’m sorry.
Still, as absurd as it is, there’s something fun about this list, and I’m happy to see great and underrated chart-pop smashes like Blink-182′s “All The Small Things” and Aaliyah’s “Try Again” get some form of recognition, even if it’s on a list put together by people who, I’m guessing, don’t actually listen to music. Also, it’s fun to see “Seven Nation Army” in the mid-20s, between Nelly and Usher.
Below, check out the full list and give us your take on it.
100 Sisqó – “Thong Song”
99 Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
98 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite”
97 Shaggy “It Wasn’t Me”
96 Pussycat Dolls (Feat. Busta Rhymes) “Don’t Cha”
95 James Blunt – “You’re Beautiful”
94 Daughtry – “It’s Not Over”
93 OK Go – “Here It Goes Again”
92 Flo Rida (Feat. T-Pain) – “Low”
91 Creed – “With Arms Wide Open”
90 Mystikal – “Shake Ya Ass”
89 M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
88 Fountains of Wayne – “Stacy’s Mom”
87 The Darkness – “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”
86 Aerosmith – “Jaded”
85 Macy Gray – “I Try”
84 Linkin Park – “In the End”
83 D’Angelo – “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”
82 Matchbox Twenty – “Unwell”
81 Bruce Springsteen – “The Rising”
80 Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz (Feat. Ying Yang Twins) – “Get Low”
79 Enrique Iglesias – “Hero”
78 Plain White T’s – “Hey There Delilah”
77 Nickelback – “How You Remind Me”
76 T.I. ft Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
77 Gavin DeGraw – “I Don’t Want to Be”
74 Chamillionaire (Feat. Krayzie Bone) – “Ridin’”
73 Nelly Furtado (Feat. Timbaland) – “Promiscuous”
72 Jet – “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
71 Colbie Caillat – “Bubbly”
70 Chris Brown (Feat. Juelz Santana) – “Run It!”
69 Evanescence – “Bring Me to Life”
68 Ludacris (Feat. Shawnna) – “Stand Up”
67 Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
66 Snoop Dogg (Feat. Pharrell) – “Drop It Like It’s Hot”
65 Aaliyah – “Try Again”
64 Jennifer Lopez (Feat. Ja Rule) – “I’m Real (Murder Remix)”
63 Andrew W.K. – “Party Hard”
62 Avril Lavigne – “Complicated”
61 Kelis – “Milkshake”
60 Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
59 Justin Timberlake – “Cry Me a River”
58 Jason Mraz – “I’m Yours”
57 Mary J. Blige – “Family Affair”
56 DMX – “Party Up (Up In Here)”
55 The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”
54 Norah Jones – “Don’t Know Why”
53 Blink-182 – “All the Small Things”
52 Shakira (Feat. Wyclef) – “Hips Don’t Lie”
51 Natasha Bedingfield – “Pocketful of Sunshine”
50 Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
49 Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
48 Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”
47 Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, Pink – “Lady Marmalade”
46 Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow – “Picture”
45 Eve (Feat. Gwen Stefani) – “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”
44 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Californication”
43 Katy Perry – “I Kissed A Girl”
42 Train – “Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)”
41 R. Kelly – “Trapped In The Closet”
40 Fall Out Boy – “Sugar, We’re Goin Down”
39 Adele – “Chasing Pavements”
38 Miley Cyrus – “Party In The U.S.A.”
37 Britney Spears – “Oops! … I Did It Again”
36 *NSYNC – “Bye Bye Bye”
35 John Mayer – “Daughters”
34 Janet Jackson – “All For You”
33 Johnny Cash – “Hurt”
32 Maroon 5 – “This Love”
31 Amy Winehouse – “Rehab”
30 Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl”
29 Foo Fighters – “Best Of You”
28 Madonna – “Music”
27 Usher (Feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris) – “Yeah!”
26 The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
25 Nelly – “Hot in Herre”
24 Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”
23 Pink – “Get the Party Started”
22 Alicia Keys – “Fallin’”
21 Jay-Z – “99 Problems”
20 Britney Spears – “Toxic”
19 Destiny’s Child – “Bootylicious”
18 Christina Aguilera – “Beautiful”
17 Coldplay – “Clocks”
16 Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
15 U2 – “Beautiful Day”
14 Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”
13 Green Day – “American Idiot”
12 Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
11 Rihanna (Feat. Jay-Z) – “Umbrella”
10 50 Cent – “In Da Club”
09 Mariah Carey – “We Belong Together”
08 Jay-Z (Feat. Alicia Keys) – “Empire State Of Mind”
07 Justin Timberlake (Feat Timbaland) – “SexyBack”
06 Kanye West (Feat. Jamie Foxx) – “Gold Digger”
05 Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”
04 Eminem – “Lose Yourself”
03 Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
02 OutKast – “Hey Ya!”
01 Beyoncé (Feat. Jay-Z) – “Crazy In Love”
(via VH1)
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what a crappy list.. this is why the 2000s suck and 2010s gonna be worse!
you have the rest of your life to be an old dickhead, just chill out buddy
“thong song”
No, YOU chill out!!! Patel is right, last decade songs sucked, and theres no reason why songs will get better. This list is biased and about 90 of those songs, people don’t even know. Lets face it, the creativity of creating great and remember able songs is GONE!
That list was great, all the songs were great and memorable, the ’00s was the last decade to provide so many memorable songs that left a huge impact on our pop culture, that is a terrible lie that people don;t even know 90 of those songs. Now near the the mid to end of that decade music started to suck but the voters of that countdown clearly knows that all that crunk junk and disney channel was not about to happen and thankfully it didnt make it to the countdown. We had amazing songs last decade, I just wish I could say the same about our current decade.
Anyone who thinks that KedollarsignHa’s “Tik Tok” with it’s genius lyrics like ‘Tonight Imma fight til I see the Southern Lights’ should be on ANY Best list, is seriously deluded.
Write Something That Makes Sense!! Then we’ll talk.
Tik Tok was a huge ass hit, it doesn’t matter if the lyrics were not that good, cause apparently nobody cared when that song came out, that song was heard everywhere anybody went all day everyday. That song has been referenced to in so many tv shows and movies since it came out. Like the first time I saw how big that song was I already knew that sometime in the future of Vh1 it would be on the 100 Greatest lists. That Greatest included songs that were memorable and perfectly composed. Not all of them were perfectly composed but more than most of them were memorable.
How in the HELL is it biased? towards who? This list has everything from Aerosmith, to Jay – Z. Not only that, I never watch MTV nor listen to the radio, and I know these songs. Are you living under a rock? Granted, I don’t particularly care for every song on the list but newsflash dude, its not all about you. This songs were the top on the billboards for the 2000s and most likely had the most radio play. As much as I want to shoot anyone singing “Single Ladies”, I understand why its a popular song. Just like any other decade there are artists and songs that show up that are very cookie-cutter, but still insanely popular. “Greatest” is a definition determined by every person individually. You seem to be the one that is bias here. What makes a song memorable? Does every song have to be as deep as god damn John Lennons work? No. How about a song that they played at your High School prom? Yeah, I’d say thats memorable. Dude, you’re probably just a hipster moron who has nothing better to do that rag on music that isn’t underground. And trust me, I love underground music just as well. But unlike SOME people, I am willing to accept others tastes and get my head out of my ass.
Dude… Don’t get your panties in a bunch because of a list based off of averages and statistics. I like and dislike a lot of songs on here. But seriously, who cares what order it’s in? It’s just music, bro. You like what you like. I like what I like. He likes what he likes and she likes what she likes. Why do people have to get so worked up over a difference in opinion? :\
Wow my generation sucks. Also how is ‘Hey Ya!’ not number one in a playlist like this?? It’s like a 16 year old kid not putting the ‘Hangover’ as the “funniest” movie in a list of funny movies
It really isn’t fair to say our generation sucks based on this list. There are just a bunch of trashy songs because it is so close and that is what we remember. I guarantee if someone had made a 100 best songs of almost any decade right after they ended it would have a lot more throw away pop songs then what we remember of the decade now and wouldn’t be as good as the list we would think of for the decade now because as time passes only the truly great songs stick with us and everyone forgets the worthless dime a dozen songs that populate this list.
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What the hell mean this LIST?
C’mon…. wasted time!
i personally despise any list that is longer than 25 entries. Like, Really? What deliberations went in to deciding that “Shake Ya Ass” should be at 90 and “Paper Planes” at 89? Redundant.
VH1 takes their lists very seriously.
After this crap…i dont think so!!
Yes. Yes they do. And anyone who takes VH1 seriously, well, they can’t be taken seriously.
shake ya ass should have definitely been 89 instead. that video changed my life.
karaoke
I can never get tired of Hey Ya! The Love Below is one of my favorite albums ever. That song should’ve been number one, since they were heavily leaning toward the radio hits of the decade.
As pointless and irritating as this sort of list is they actually ended up ranking a lot of these acts in order of increasing.. uh not very goodness. For instance Chamillionaire at 74 is probably better than Nickelback at 77 is better than Pussycat dolls which I believe incidentally aren’t actually a real thing.
I disagree. I mean, R. Kelly’s “Trapped In the Closet”, which I don’t even consider a real song, is at #41 when “Drops of Jupiter” is at #42! I mean, really? I LOVED Drops of Jupiter, and it should be much higher on the list than that. And just saying, I like Chamillionare too, but I like Nicelback more..
It’s more like “VH1′s 100 Songs You’re Still Likely to Hear When Turning on a MIX FM Radio Station” But hey — Andrew WK PARTY HARD!
I could listen to Hey Ya! every day for the rest of my life and never get sick of it. BOB is a great song, but it (and nearly everything else that decade) could come nowhere near the perfection of that one song. I could not agree less with your statement above.
That being said, this list is shit. Due to my own biases I could have told you that about a list by VH1 without even seeing it, of course.
down voted for the first paragraph. agree with the second.
I really shouldn’t spend any time reading this, I’ll just get upset.
There’s a few obvious token rock bands in there, but the one Foo Fighters song they pick is… The Best of You?
And ‘All the Small Things’ was released in ’99, by the way, so that’s how seriously they’ve taken the list.
“All The Small Things,” though released in ’99, actually peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock charts for a long-ass period that stretched from December ’99 to January ’00, so you could argue that it had its societal impact in this decade. I know this because I was involved in a (never-published) list like this once, and we had a big-ass debate over whether “All The Small Things” should be on it.
I miss you should of been in on here instead.
Did I just read the words ‘Greatest Song’ referring to Nickelback? I didn’t even know you could do that.
Respectfully disagree with Tom on one point: I could listen to “Hey Ya” every day forever.
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I’m confused as to how over-saturation can be used as an argument against a particular song being the greatest song of a particular time period.
If you think B.O.B. is better, that’s fine. But arguing that B.O.B. is better because it wasn’t as wildly, insanely, overwhelmingly popular as “Hey Ya” kind of defeats the purpose of identifying the defining song of a decade, doesn’t it?
Exactly. makes you second guess the people critiquing the music right?
Yup X100.
The list is actually perfect for VH1, guys.
As for “Hey Ya”, this is Outkast’s biggest, most radio friendly hit. And it’s an incredible song. No surprise it’s at the top of every list ever.
im as indie/alternative as the next guy …..but the top twenty songs are pretty good
Also this list is “Best of the ’00s”, not “last decade. Bad Romance was post ’00.
Nickleback is at 77. that automatically discredits whatever credibility this list had.
it depends… on whether you’re saying nickelback should be higher or they should not be on the list at all.
Duh if the big nick back isn’t in the top 5 your list must be a fruit or drive a hybrid EEEEEAhahahahahahaha Anyways i gotta git to practice.
peace
D.
i agree, and only one nickleback song? this isn’t the same VH1 that we’ve all grown to loathe, whats happened to our world?
Oh look! VH1 put a list of all the songs no one ever wants to hear for the umpteenmillionth time! This entire list is shit with a few actual exceptions for actual music made for the sake of music and not just for commercial success (e.g D’Angelo, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Cash, The White Stripes). I would have included Kanye’s and Jay’s contributions to the list but their two best songs of the decade were not “Gold Digger” and “99 Problems”, but rather “Jesus Walks” (debatable) and “Takeover” (not debatable) respectively.
I wouldn’t have a problem with these lists except they aren’t for music’s sake but rather to showcase the biggest commercial successes of the last decade. Featuring this list on this site is akin to putting the “Top 10 Best Tasting Veggie Burger and Tofurkey Brands” on a BBQ enthusiasts site.
LOVE the veggie/tofukey part! :-)
takeover feels really dated now that the whole beef with nas is over. I think 99 Problems is a pretty good choice, though I might lean on another song like Izzo, Song Cry, or Ain’t No Love (Heart of the City).
eh no surprises its vh1. I do have to hand it to VH1 for at least trying to focus on music, even if its all billboard top 100 songs. I mean you don’t see MTV making one of these
I get that the list is Best of Popular Hits so I won’t even fault them for including many tragedies such as Train, Nickelback, Ke$$$$ha, etc.
The biggest snubs here are obviously My Love by Justin/T.I and WORK IT by Missy Elliott. I mean, who doesn’t love Work It? You can quote that song foreverrrrrrrrr.
But then, I applaud this list for including Untitled (How Does It Feel?) by D’Angelo and We Belong Together by Mariah Carey. Such stunning tracks.
Hey Ya was awesome! Yes B.O.B. was awesome too, and probably better, but did you also expect them to have Red Velvet and Toilet Tisha on there? They’re obviously judging on how much airplay these songs got.
aren’t they contractually obligated to put Flava Flav or Ray J on this list?? wtf
As expected, a thoroughly underwhelming list of pop songs from the worst decade in the history of pop music…
idk at least it wasn’t institutionally racist like the mammy songs in the 30s
not the worst decade in pop music at all.
Get Your Freak On?
Crazy in Love?
Milkshake?
In Da Club?
It’s definately better than most of the 80′s
I think the big deal is pop music started out really strong this decade with Jay-Z and the Neptunes and Timbaland, and then started to get horrible with the whole T-Pain autotune trend, and then by the end of the decade, rap was pretty much out of the mainstream altogether.
Yes, it is impossible to find rap music on the radio these days. Where did all the rap music go? Gee, why is it that I have to go to 4 music websites a day to find out about decent rock bands? Oh, right! Because there is that one station that plays all of the Nickelback and fake emo bands, and then there’s the Lady Gaga station, the two country stations, and the 5,000 hip hop and rap stations…
I’m not sure what you’re getting at, but most “Hip-hop” radio stations don’t really play rap right now. the rapping tends to hidden or cast side by gooey pop choruses like you see with B.o.B. and the recent Eminem release, or black eyed peas songs. meanwhile even the biggest of rappers, like Kanye or Rick Ross, don’t really get on the radio at all, despite the fact that there releases sold really well and got critical acclaim. is Kanye not “mom-friendly” enough anymore?
Rap was the major pop music for a large part of this decade, and that started off well, but by now mainstream pop music sort of turned into schlock by female pop queens (Beyonce, Gaga) that can range from decent to horrible, and then infantile party jams for tweens (Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus).
If you expected anything more from VH1, then your opinions of VH1 have been sorely misinformed.
“35. John Mayer – “Daughters”
John Mayer would like to thank Weddings in general for this high-ranking honor.
I don’t even want to know how many times this song was used during someones Father/Daughter dance in the last ten years.
I don’t even know most of these songs. I shelter myself from mainstream culture as best as I can.
Aw come on no island in the sun? :(
This is easily the worst oft the 2000s list I’ve seen.
Oh shit! A typo!
Umbrella was a better song than Crazy in Love.
On another note I’m happy that Gold Digger made top 10 it definitely deserves it.
B.O.B was in 2000….. it’s now 2011…. what’s the 10 year decade? I thought it’d be 2001-2010…. B.O.B has topped many other decade lists though…
more like top 100 garbage songs of the 00s
This list is from VH1… And VH1 is godawful.
‘No Radiohead?!’
-Pitchfork.
THANK YOU!!
Wait a second, the implication that Cry me a river is a better song than sexyback. No. Don’t do that.
Hey, “Seven Nation Army”. I would delete 80 of these tracks if it were to ever be a playlist I’d like.
72 Jet – “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
FUCK ME REALLY?!?!?!
Step 1: Form Band
Step 2: Blatantly rip off “Lust For Life”
Step 3: GREATEST SONG OF 2000 DECADE!!!
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Do I sense Rage????
Why is this even on Stereogum? I feel like you’ve trolled your own site. You know it’s just going to launch the readers into a paroxysm of obscurantist one-upsmanship. That having been said, numbers 91 and 77 (I can’t even type the names or my fingers will start to bleed) make me want to gouge my eyes out and drill out my eardrums with a Dremmel. That having been said, there’s some good stuff on here…White Stripes, Gnarls Barkley, the Darkness, 99 Problems.
I don’t know about obscurianist (?) one-upsmanship, but I do know the 2000s were the decade of David Thomas Broughton and Tomasz Stanko.
wow dude, get your head out of your ass – it’s beautiful outside.
The only song on here that I can honestly say is both a classic tune and by a classic artist is from the 1990′s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication_(album)
Yikes, they open this thing up with The Thong Song?? DONE.
My thoughts, exactly.
Come on, Thong Song was huge, and you have to be honest if somebody said 2000s Music, people will usually think of the early 2000s first of all and i bet Thong Song would be 1 of 5 songs to pop in their heads first. And with something like Thong Song opening the list, you know you have to see what else to come after.
can’t say I argue with Beyonce at #1 and any list with Andrew WK is pretty good. Not the worst list I’ve seen.
I don’t know, do you have any proof that this is not the worst list you’ve ever seen? ; )
All The Small Things isn’t from the 00′s… but “First Date” it’s great =)
I certainly wish I could (murder remix) the person that came up with this list of ear garbage.
I agree with “Bad Romance” vs “Poker Face,” but, man, “Cry Me a River” better than “SexyBack”? I don’t think so.
Anywho, it’s VH1, it’s not gonna have “My Girls” or “Stillness is the Move.”
It’s always such a surprise when you’re sure of what’s gonna be on these things and then yer WAY off….
MAPS by YEAH YEAH YEAH’s is easily my #1 of the decade. Not in the top 100?
You get a thumbs up just for reminding me to listen to Maps again. (It’s been about a fortnight).
Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John?
WHERE
THE
FUCK
IS
IGNITION
REMIX
?!?!?!?
Chuck Klosterman said in a recent interview that these lists are made in a room of 5-10 writers and whoever has the loudest voice gets their way.
With that say, the lack of “Ignition (remix)” is completely reprehensible.
Totally agree. Ignition Remix should definitely be here.
they picked trapped in the closet instead.
not quite as good as ignition, but if we’re talking music videos, that’s probably the most ridiculous shit i’ve ever seen.
another choice i don’t agree with: T.I.’s Live your Life. should’ve picked What You Know or Why you Wanna.
The bit where they found the midget was clearly the TV moment of the decade though.
Oh god, trapped in the closet is such a massive WTF. I think that’s how my liking to trashy television started.
And yes, Ignition (Remix)? WHERE? Did they forget it in the kitchen?
Ja Rule just can’t get no respect these days…
This list is spot on for the vh1 demo.
Mariah Carey at #9 is perfect.
And doens’t Andrew WK host a show on vh1?
Kanye is probably one of the most impactful artistes of the last decade, and maybe he deserved more songs on the list. But if you had to pick one, I don’t think Golddigger should be it. Through the Wire and Jesus Walks are much better.
Not only should Hey Ya have been number one, but Outkast deserved another song in the list: I Like The Way You Move.
Not a FloRida fan but Low deserved a higher spot. And shouldn’t the Ying Yang Twin’s Whisper at least have gotten a spot?
everything except for the end. low and whisper are fucking dumb. sorry.
i aint sorry.
who the fuck is the guy that keeps saying crazy in love is the best song fucking ever? Why? is it really that good? did I miss something here? – other than the boat!!! hahaha lates
D.
wait, aerosmith is on here?
I thought they were dead by now.
or are they cocaine zombies like the rolling stones?
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Miley Cyrus just one notch below pop-princess Britney? No. Way. “Party in the USA” should not even be on this list, as fun as it is to sing karaoke. Also, Train and Nickelback should be on no list, ever.
Thank God for that! I actually thought Steregum had gone batshit crazy until I realised that this list was from VH1 and therefore eminently ignorable.
Realy, the thong song?
So whats wrong with this list: Crazy in love is not the best song of the decade. Poker Face was not the second best song of the decade. Gold Digger is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to high. We Belong Together should be top 3 (it was most played song of decade). Andrew W. K REALLY? Linkin Park had better songs then In the end which I like (numb, shadow of the day). American Idiot should be replaced with Boulevard of Broken dreams. Jay-z is featured in like 5 different songs in this countdown. Californication is way to low. Take out that bthong song. Plain Y T are way to low, they should be top 20. Half of these shouldn’t be on here.
This is a silly list put out by a silly organization, VH1.
And by the way, “Crazy in Love” is THE MOST OVERRATED POP SONG OF THE LAST DECADE. Even P4k picked it as the #4 track of the decade. Hogwash. What the Hell??? It’s admittedly catchy, but so are lots of other tunes — doesn’t it feel like a generic Beyonce hit? The Destiny’s Child hits are way more fun than “Crazy in Love”. So is “Bootylicious”.
It’s almost like there’s a conspiracy to brainwash everyone into accepting the idea that this song is awesome. I don’t even get up and dance when this comes on in a club. I sigh and wait for something fresh to come on.
Where the hell is I Write Sins Not Tragedies? Really.
I like Bruce there.
gran lista aunque no este robbie williams con ROCK DJ y tAtU con ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID Y ADEMAS ADELE ESTA EN LA LISTA A PESAR QUE ALCANZO FAMA CON ROLLING IN THE DEEP Y TAMBIEN ESTE KESHA A PESAR QUE TIK TOK PEGO MAS EN 2010 Y LADY GAGA CON BAD ROMANCE TAMBIEN ES DE 2010 pero aun asi gran lista me encantan kesha lady gaga y adele
The only song that deserves to be here is Mystikal – “Shake Ya Ass”. The sheer ferocity in his demands for women to move their asses is unrivaled and likely will never be repeated.
thanks for the list… you saved me from watching that damn show tomorrow till friday now i dont want to watch it.. sux0rs
100 Greatest “POP” songs of the 00′s is more like it
what else were you expecting
You elitists get so upset about stuff. It’s VH1. Don’t take anything to heart.
This is actually the worst list I’ve ever seen.
wow. worst list ever. not a single radiohead song, or muse? i hate this country. im moving.
What about Young Folks? That song is awesome!
Awful awful list. And it proves how shitty and horrible mainstream music was in the last decade in comparison to mainstream music in the ’90s.
This is a horrible list, seriously, there are only around 20-30 songs that actually deserve to be on the list. Almost the whole list is full of rap music anyways and #3 being Lady GaGa?!?!?!?! That’s stupid. If anybody actually listened to her music then, you should know it’s horrible. Just because our stupid generation likes her crappy music doesn’t make her music any good. Toxic by the way, is a horrible song and Miley Cyrus even being mentioned for this list, is just an insult. And finally, the #1 song, I am a fan of the song but I haven’t heard that song in at least 5 years. I’m just saying you guys should really do this again and do it better.
The list is okay I guess, sad that Gorillaz didn’t make the list.
I agree. Feel Good, Inc. should definitely be on here. It wasn’t the biggest reason, but it definitely helped popularize the iPod. And let’s face it the iPod was definitely the biggest thing in music this past decade
aside from a very small number of songs, this list is shit
How is daughters better than waiting on the world to change? and alicia keys “No one” didnt make the list??? crazy in love isnt the greatest song of the 2000s
i really thought The Strokes “Last Night” would be on here…it was a pretty big commercial hit. It would have been at least ONE decent band on the list…
All I have to say is that everyone has different taste iin music, so of course this list isn’t going to be EVERYONEs top 100 song list. It’s just a fun show to watch.
10-Seven Nation Army by White Stripes
9-Crazy In Love by Beyonce
8-Boulevard Of Broken Dreams by Green Day
7-Clocks by Coldplay
6-99 Problems by Jay Z
5-Since You Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
4-Hey Ya by Outckast
3-Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
2-Loose Yourself by Eminem
1-We belong together by Mariah Carey
lets just be glad of who’s not here
beaver
brokens#!t
cody (no pube) simpson
without kes#it i could respect this list
oh and as a rock fan no slipknot/bfmv
and this was rigged outkast is MUCH better than beyonce
Ok, how the hell is “The Kill” by 30 Seconds To Mars not on here? I call bullshit.
Still tippin ?? Take it too the house ?? We takin over ?? Dance dance ?? n WTF no wezzy ?!?!
Where is Destiny’s Child – Independent Woman? That song was all over the place in 2000 and was number 1 for 11 weeks!
pretty good list considering its 75% biggest and 25% quality, of course theres the jokey joke songs like tik tok but every list has em and you cant deny its impact, i personal think hey ya should be number 1, its the billie jean of the 2000′s but there was three major problems
1. miley cyrus was way too high, even at the song’s peak it wasnt that big, definitly not big enough to 1- up 60 major hits
2. trapped in the closet was a joke and ignition remix was masterpiece, one of r.kelly’s definitive hits
3. where the hell is lil wanye. i dont like his music at all but 2008 was his year and lollipop was everywhere
also i dont understand why everyone is acting like hip hop just dropped on the billboards, it may not be on the top 40 radio stations but i still hear rap all the time, and if you check the billboards i there’s still top 10 rap songs
Wow. I didn’t think Crazy in Love should be #1 but I understand why. It was MASSIVE! But I thought Hey Ya! was definitely going to be #1! It’s so addicting and catchy and wonderful! I really don’t think this list is as bad as people say it is though! The top 20 is actually amazing! 50 Cent and Eminem is in the top 10! Whoo! Poker Face was a big hit, yes. But it just came out way too late. Poker Face and Umbrella should swich places. Umbrella is one of the most annoying generic songs ever made but it’s so damn catchy and I love it! Umbrella-ella-ella-ay-ay-ay! Single Ladies should DEF be higher! Top 10! Some songs are left out too! T.I.- What You Know, 50 Cent- 21 Questions and Candy Shop, Alicia Keys-No One, Aaliyah- Rock The Boat, Michael Jackson- You Rock My World, R. Kelly- Ignition Remix, and more! We all know Vh1 doesn’t make the bst lists ever. I mean look at their “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” It’s laughable
Ok list but why does Eminem have only one song on here and why is “Smack That” not on this list thats bullshit!!!
this list is nothing but trash, crazy in love?! really? cause, their are songs up in the 70′s list that are so much better then that~ and this is only my opinion, but lady gaga aint all that great, shes more famous for her ridiculous outfits and gayness then her music, if ic ould remember “hey there delilah was bigger then this other shit~ ill give credit to alicia and of course, im a alternitave girl so all them bands should be on that list, even more, maybe not the right songs obviously werent their big hit, which just means vh1 did not do their homework but if i had to give fairness to that side , “hey ya” shouldve been #1 this whole thing is bullshit, vh1 sucks now, main stream sucks now, even these new boy bands in the catogory that i listen two arent even great, sorry, but their were like only 17 songs out of this whole list that i favor.
Not horrible, but, where’s “Prayer”, “Chop Suey”, “Brackish”, “Bodies”, “Bother”, “Snuff”, etc.?
Oh and “Last Resort”, “Youth of the Nation” etc.?
Did anyone else notice, there are two #77′s & no #75????
How the FUCK is Viva la Vida not on this list and Clocks is?
Okay you misinformed imbeciles at VH1, the music in the 00s was bad, but not this goddamn bad. This list is supposed to be the GREATEST Songs of the 00s. Not the “Most Catchy”, not the “Most Popular Among Teenage Girls”, the GREATEST. I seriously doubt the people who made this list could look me dead in the eye and say they truly believe this is the best 100 songs. Some key bands missing from the list include: Modest Mouse, Muse, Velvet Revolver, Queens of the Stone Age, Gorillaz, and several more. You know, bands with actual talent? And yet Vh1 decides to replace them with clowns like Ke-dollar-ha, Lady Guyguy, and Kanye West. Wow, pathetic.
GOOD STUFF, YA
WTF!!!!! I know the 00′s sucked dick but there were a couple of good songs and vh1 could have done way fucking better than that. jay-z is a pretty shitty artist and him getting 4 songs in the top 20 is fucking bullshit. Eminem was the best selling artist of the decade and he only got 1 song is also bullshit. And “in the end” getting #84 is pretty good proof that the people that made this list are fucking brain dead.
This list is not based solely on musical talent, its also on the popularity of the song. In my opinion, this is a better list then Rolling Stones 100 songs of the 00′s although, it does have flaws.. Plenty of flaws..
Where the heck is Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men? I thought for sure that there was no way that song would not be on the list.
Out of the songs here this is how I’ll rearrange this list.
10-Hurt by Johnny Cash
9-Yah by Usher
8-Umbrella by Rihanna
7-99 Problems by Jay-Z
6-Clocks by Coldplay
5-Since You Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
4-Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
3-Hey Ya by Outkast
2-Loos Yourself by Eminem
1-We Belong Together by Mariah Carey
Awesome list, Jeriel. =]
i kinda wish the fear of being called “rockist” these days hadn’t led to select Britney Spears’s songs being canonized. granted even though i don’t like it i know “Toxic” seems to be one of her supposedly “undeniable” songs even for people who don’t take her seriously, but when critics’ve actually started reviewing her last three or so albums like they’re some kind of manufactured genius, there’s a problem (that Slate review of her latest earlier this year was the worst.) people’re perfectly justified in recognizing that she makes bad, plasticized pop music that’s catchy only in the irritating sense without “hating fun” or whatever.
this list is the biggest load of crap ive ever seen. wish people would learn what good music is. corporate sellouts are retarded and need a life. This list is HORRSSEEE CRAP!
this list is horrible. For one, there are songs that didn’t even come out in the 00s on here. Some songs were released in 99, and some released in ’10. A 00s list should be from 2000-2009, just like a 90s list is from 1990-1999. Anyways, WTF is Miley Cyrus doing on there…?!
Guys, this is a perfect list. There is no song more popular, better seller than any of these.
It’s disturbing to think that there are a group of people out there who thought that between the years 2000 and 2009, there were only 99 songs written that were, by any metric, better than Sisqó’s “Thong Song”.
Where on earth is Porcupine Tree, The Vines, The Hives, Ensiferum, Orange Goblin, Wolfmother, The Sword, Queens of the Stone Age … Am I being an elitist, maybe… But I cant help it.. Not with this VH1 garbage list which in no way defines my decade at all…
Um…because those songs/bands are not popular to a wodespread audience. This list isn’t about what songs a group of hipsters thik are good. The songs on this list are ranked as the “Greatest” because they had the most influence on pop culture and American culture. 90% of people in the UShave probably heard the songs on this list. Probably only 5% of people (maybe less) have heard of the bands you are referencing. Its not that they are inherently good or bad, but they have had little widespread cultural influence. You can’t deny that many of the songs on this list had influence, and people will remember them for a long time.
P.S. This list isn’t about YOUR decade. That’s a little conceited, don’t you think?
What an awful list, seriously, so many songs that should be on there that aren’t – Dakota (Stereophonics) Hanging by a Moment and You and Me (Lifehouse) Run and Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol) Bad Day (Daniel Powter) Numb (Linkin Park) Elevation (U2) In The Shadows (The Rasmus) No One Knows (QOTSA) and so many more
Linkin Park – “In the End” no.84 .Are u kidding, it should be in “Top 10″.
no stop ok this list is practicaly garbage but atleast they were smart enough to include mia white stripes d’angelo norah jones andrew w k but since it didnt include people like mgmt lcd soundsystem the arcade fire…… RADIOHEAD???? any ways it leaned heavily on the radio but to all who are saying music is dead listen to the god damn right stuff and you wont be saying that…
i dunno, it’ss what people listen to these days. Before music meant something to style and class which projected movements like Nirvana did in the 90s or Metal did in the 80s. This stuff is just commercial and is controlled and that is why it is so popular It’s all about the bling bling and falyness of a musician instead of making good music. In a way music has become really fake. Autotune and technological advancements have singers sound better but they aren’t really.
by the way i’ve just turned 18, so i’m a teenage girl who dislikes her generation’s music, it just sucks, and nothing is good about todays music, except few singer who can sing actually, and who choose beautiful music, meaningful lyrics and creative music video!! is so insulting for our minds what those so called artists do these days, guess i was born in the wrong generation!!
Ok lets get this straight.. Hey ya should be number one with out a shadow of a doubt Outkast was the best artist of the 2000′s. BoB is the second best song of the decade. And how the fuck is paper planes not in the top ten???? it’s at 89? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? kesh, lady gaga ahead of M.i.a? fuck no!!
Hey ya
B.O.B
Paper planes
Crazy
oh btw if you think 2000′s music sucked you are a fucking idiot who spent to much time watching trl and top 40 countdowns. do some research idiots!!!!!!!