Definitive proof that the '00s were the worst decade ever ever

[Guynemer]

VH1's Greatest 100 songs of the 2000s


1. Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z, “Crazy in Love”
2. OutKast, “Hey Ya!”
3. Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
4. Eminem, “Lose Yourself”
5. Kelly Clarkson, “Since U Been Gone”
6. Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, “Gold Digger”
7. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland, “SexyBack”
8. Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”
9. Mariah Carey, “We Belong Together”
10. 50 Cent, “In Da Club”

11. Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, “Umbrella”
12. Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
13. Green Day, “American Idiot”
14. Gnarls Barkley, “Crazy”
15. U2 , “Beautiful Day”
16. Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
17. Coldplay, “Clocks”
18. Christina Aguilera, “Beautiful”
19. Destiny’s Child, “Bootylicious”
20. Britney Spears, “Toxic”

21. Jay-Z , “99 Problems”
22. Alicia Keys, “Fallin’”
23. P!nk, “Get the Party Started”
24. Missy Elliott, “Get Ur Freak On”
25. Nelly, “Hot in Here”
26. The White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army”
27. Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, “Yeah!”
28. Madonna, “Music”
29. Foo Fighters, “The Best of You”
30. Gwen Stefani, “Hollaback Girl”

31. Amy Winehouse, “Rehab”
32. Maroon 5, “This Love”
33. Johnny Cash, “Hurt “
34. Janet Jackson, “All For You”
35. John Mayer, “Daughters”
36. *NSYNC, “Bye Bye Bye”
37. Britney Spears, “Oops!…I Did It Again”
38. Miley Cyrus, “Party in the U.S.A.”
39. Adele, “Chasing Pavements “
40. Fall Out Boy, “Sugar, We’re Going Down”

41. R. Kelly, “Trapped in the Closet”
42. Train, “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)”
43. Katy Perry, “I Kissed a Girl”
44. Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”
45. Eve featuring Gwen Stefani, “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”
46. Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow, “Picture”
47. Christina, Lil’ Kim, Mya, Pink, “Lady Marmalade”
48. Kings of Leon, “Sex On Fire”
49. Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
50. Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”

51. Natasha Bedingfield, “Pocketful of Sunshine”
52. Shakira feautring Wyclef, “Hips Don’t Lie”
53. Blink-182, “All the Small Things “
54. Norah Jones, “Don’t Know Why”
55. The Killers, “Mr. Brightside”
56. DMX, “Party Up (Up In Here)”
57. Mary J. Blige, “Family Affair”
58. Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours”
59. Justin Timberlake, “Cry Me a River”
60. Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”

61. Kelis, “Milkshake”
62. Avril Lavigne, “Complicated”
63. Andrew W.K., “Party Hard”
64. Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule, “I’m Real (Murder Remix)”
65. Aaliyah, “Try Again”
66. Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell, “Drop It Like It’s Hot”
67. Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”
68. Ludacris featuring Shawnna, “Stand Up”
69. Evanescence, “Bring Me to Life”
70. Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana, “Run It!”

71. Colbie Caillat, “Bubbly”
72. Jet, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
73. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland, “Promiscuous”
74. Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone, “Ridin’”
75. Gavin Degraw, “I Don’t Want to Be”
76. T.I. featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life”
77. Nickleback, “How You Remind Me”
78. Plain White T’s, “Hey There Delilah”
79. Enrique Iglesias, “Hero”
80. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins, “Get Low”

81. Bruce Springsteen, “The Rising”
82. Matchbox Twenty, “Unwell”
83. D’Angelo, “(Untitled) How Does It Feel”
84. Linkin Park, “In the End”
85. Macy Gray, “I Try”
86. Aerosmith, “Jaded”
87. The Darkness, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”
88. Fountains of Wayne, “Stacy’s Mom”
89. M.I.A., “Paper Planes”
90. Mystikal, “Shake Ya Ass”

91. Creed, “With Arms Wide Open”
92. Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, “Low”
93. Ok Go, “Here It Goes Again”
94. Daughtry, “It’s Not Over”
95. James Blunt, “You’re Beautiful”
96. Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes, “Don’t Cha”
97. Shaggy, “It Wasn’t Me”
98. 3 Doors Down, “Kryptonite”
99. Carrie Underwood, “Before He Cheats”
100. Sisqò, “Thong Song”

[Ben Kenobi]

33. Johnny Cash, “Hurt “

First good song. Also they have Chamillionaire but not Weird Al?

[giblets]

Oh great, a "deaf" person offering his opinions on music

[C0ckney]

while i would probably change about...err...100 songs on that list, it only proves that VH1 have no taste.

[Guynemer]

33. Johnny Cash, “Hurt “

First good song.

It isn't the first good song on the list, but it is listed roughly 32 spots too low.


There quite simply are not 13 better songs from the last decade better than "Crazy". **** YOU, THERE AREN'T, YOU ARE WRONG VH-1.

[Ben Kenobi]

Oh great, a "deaf" person offering his opinions on music

Apparently plenty of hearing people agree with me about the Man in Black.

[C0ckney]

actually maybe i was a bit harsh. 'i try' by macy gray was really good, the whole album was in fact, 'get ur freak on' was cool, but then i am a big missy eliot fan, 'toxic' is a great pop song and 'drop it like it's hot' was very forward thinking in terms of production (shame about the lyrics, but then rappers, with a few notable exceptions, have had nothing to say for about 15 years).

[Ben Kenobi]

What's so great about Crazy?

[Elok]

I am pleased to report that, of the top ten songs on the list, I believe I have heard only "SexyBack," and then only because I was flipping through channels and saw an Animal Planet ad featuring the song. My ignoring-pop-culture plan is on track.

Kinda baffled that somebody thinks Seven Nation Army was not as good as that or American Idiot. And the Killers only made number 55? Weird. And as for Milkshake, Complicated, Oops I Did It Again...ick. Does anybody else always hear Avril saying "constipated?"

[Ben Kenobi]

66. Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell, “Drop It Like It’s Hot”

A guilty pleasure of mine. I don't like rap, but I do like this. Heck of a song.

[a.kitman]

i would of loved to see an explenetion for every song. i bet most would just be "it was high on the charts i guess".

[Ben Kenobi]

Probably Kanye's list.

[Carreidas]

2. OutKast, “Hey Ya!”

That's not a bad song. I remember it from the remake of The Flight of the Phoenix, when there was still some optimistic spirit in the team.

[BlackCat]

I liked "poker face" and "toxic" - does that make me a bad person ?

Though, there are a real catastrophe on that list - Bruce Springsteen - I mean, who the **** really listen to the crap he produces ?

[Barnabas]

Hurt is a Nine inch Nails cover, the original song is from around 1994

Hey ya is a good song, but yes, a rather horrible list.
The last year I enjoyed mainstream music was 1998, and that year was the year in which of dozens of formerly successful alternative rock musicians put out albums which were commercial failures. In the late 90s maintream music changed.