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Quintessential Songs of the 2000s


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Every decade has their super popular music that causes parents to go "Oh, this song was huge when I was your age", and is essentially timeless.
The 70s had Dancing Queen
The 80s had Thriller
The 90s had Ice Ice Baby (Well, ok maybe not)
etc.

Anyway, I''m curious, what do you guys think the timeless songs of the 2000s are?
2000-2010, that is.

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[b]Suggestions:[/b]
Beautiful Day by U2
Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
Soak Up the Sun by Cheryl Crow
How to Save a Life by The Fray
Move Along by The All-American Rejects
Here It Goes Again by OK Go
Clocks, Speed of Sound, or Viva la Vida by Coldplay
Hey Ya! by OutKast
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne

[b]Oh... and based off Billboard records:[/b]
We Belong Together by Mariah Carey
I Gotta Feeling, Boom Boom Pow by The Black-Eyed Peas
Lose Yourself by Eminem
Yeah! by Usher
Smooth by Santana (1999)
Apologize by Timbaland feat. One Republic
I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
You and Me by Lifehouse
Higher by Creed
The Way You Love Me by Faith Hill
Drops of Jupiter by Train
Amazed by Lonestar


[b]Just based off how the decade went and comparing to the genres that you say were for the last decades, my guess is that the correct choice should come out of the R&B genre. Based on choices for dances... "Yeah!" by Usher is probably the most played.[/b]

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Not sure about timeless.
But songs that I think made an impact and haven't been mentioned yet:

The White Stripes: Seven Nation Army
Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood
Evanescence: Bring Me to Life
Avril Lavigne: Complicated
Shakira: Whenever, Wherever / Waka Waka
Beyoncé: Crazy in Love
Rihanna: Umbrella
Maroon 5: This Love
Daft Punk: One More Time
The Black Eyed Peas: Where is the Love?
Pussycat Dolls: Don't Cha
Kelly Clarkson: Since You've Been Gone
Ne-Yo: So Sick
O-Zone: Dragostea Din Tei
Panic at the Disco: I Write Sins, not Tragedies
Taio Cruz: Dynamite
David Guetta: Love is Gone, When Love Takes Over
t.A.T.u: All the Things She Said

[b]I agree with[/b]
Beautiful Day
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Soak Up the Sun
Viva la Vida
Hey Ya!
Crazy
Lose Yourself
Yeah!
Apologize
I'm Yours
Drops of Jupiter

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Dunno, people will often brag about things after some time has passed.=o
It's the nostalgia feel.
I see people getting off to cheesy girlband/boyband songs at 90's parties - the same people who were complaining about said groups and how music is going downhill years ago.=o

But I sort of agree about the "quality" if you look at the most popular songs.
My personal favourites are probably Apologize, Viva la Vida and Hey Ya!. Those songs are freaking legit.

It...does seem like the main genres of the decade were R'n'B, Hiphop, some Rock and female solo singers.
I can see Yeah! and Hey ya! coming out on top (and look the @ similar titles).

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[quote name='Majestic Star Bahamut' timestamp='1349282383' post='6037062']
Looks at the two lists.

Well I think we can establish something here:

What a s*** decade for music.
[/quote]No, it was just a decade where the most popular music was not in a genre you like. :\

There were people in the 70's and 80's who complained about the most popular songs being s*** then too.

[quote name='Archbaroness Cinnabonbon' timestamp='1349282111' post='6037058']
Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood
[/quote]I disagree. "Feel Good Inc." is a better choice.

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Feel Good Inc. is probably the best thing they've done, but I feel like Clint Eastwood was more well-known.
Don't have the selling data by hand though.
But they can both go there, since they're like, the only really popular songs of the band.=S

3 more I thought of:
Duffy: Mercy
Red Hot Chili Peppers: By the Way
Amy Winehouse: Rehab or Valerie

But probably Mercy out of those.=o

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[quote name='Agro' timestamp='1348986857' post='6035014']
Hey Ya! by OutKast
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[quote name='Archbaroness Cinnabonbon' timestamp='1349282111' post='6037058']
Hey Ya!
[/quote]
[quote name='Lord English' timestamp='1349340657' post='6037538']
Hey Ya! - OutKast
[/quote]Well at least we have a frontrunner.

[quote name='Archbaroness Cinnabonbon' timestamp='1349351497' post='6037558']
Feel Good Inc. is probably the best thing they've done, but I feel like Clint Eastwood was more well-known.
[/quote]I hadn't even heard of Clint Eastwood until you posted that. The song, not the actor.

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Daft Punk - One More Time, Technologic, Harder Better Faster Stronger, and Robot Rock
Deadmau5 - Ghosts 'n' Stuff (feat. Rob Swire), I Remember, and Move for Me
Skrillex - Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc, Stylo, Clint Eastwood
Dragonforce - Through The Fire And Flames
M83 - Midnight City
MGMT - Kids, Electric Feel, and Time To Pretend
Slipknot - Psychosocial


That's all that I can name off at the moment

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im honestly surprised no one mentioned Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand. that was pretty big for awhile. not so much in the US but the US is just one area of many and it was huge in Britain.

other than that i do agree that Hey Ya! is probably one of the best examples. it very much feels like a song of the time, if that makes sense.

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Here It Goes Again - OKGO
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
White And Nerdy - Weird Al Yankovic
Through The Fire And Flames - Dragonforce
Uprising - Muse
Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers

I'm Sure There Are Others, But I Can't Think Right Now.

I dunno about including Weird Al. But that's just me. The rest are alright.

 

Daft Punk - One More Time, Technologic, Harder Better Faster Stronger, and Robot Rock
Deadmau5 - Ghosts 'n' Stuff (feat. Rob Swire), I Remember, and Move for Me
Skrillex - Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc, Stylo, Clint Eastwood
Dragonforce - Through The Fire And Flames
M83 - Midnight City
MGMT - Kids, Electric Feel, and Time To Pretend
Slipknot - Psychosocial


That's all that I can name off at the moment

The thing is, for a lot of those songs, they weren't as popular as a lot of the ones we've already mentioned. They were good, yes, but I wouldn't say they exploded besides Feel Good Inc and Through The Fire and Flames. Though for the second, I must admit I had never heard of it until mentioned in this thread.

 

im honestly surprised no one mentioned Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand. that was pretty big for awhile. not so much in the US but the US is just one area of many and it was huge in Britain.

other than that i do agree that Hey Ya! is probably one of the best examples. it very much feels like a song of the time, if that makes sense.

That's a good point, and I guess I haven't taken that into account that much. There's probably a whole different list depending on the country you're in. I'd say if we want a quintessential list, we'd have to look at what songs were big EVERYWHERE.

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while on one hand i agree with that statement, on another i feel that just chart position isnt enough. for example, Take Me Out didnt ever hit number 1 but for several years it was THE song to play in a commercial if you wanted it to be fun or lighthearted. theres a lot of different ways a song can be considered successful or ubiquitous.

 

this feels like its getting harder and harder with every post someone makes ahahaha.

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