893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000

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1. 1.
   

   Seven Nation Army

   The White Stripes

   Elephant (2003)
2. 2.
   

   Hey Ya!

   Outkast

   Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
3. 3.
   

   Mr. Brightside

   The Killers

   Hot Fuss (2004)
4. 4.
   

   Wake Up

   Arcade Fire

   Funeral (2004)
5. 5.
   

   Maps

   Yeah Yeah Yeahs

   Fever to Tell (2003)
6. 6.
   

   Rehab

   Amy Winehouse

   Back to Black (2006)
7. 7.
   

   Good As Hell

   Lizzo

   Coconut Oil EP (2016)
8. 8.
   

   Float On

   Modest Mouse

   Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
9. 9.
   

   The Story

   Brandi Carlile

   The Story (2007)
10. 10.
    

    This Is America

    Childish Gambino

    This Is America (Single, 2018)
11. 11.
    

    Skinny Love

    Bon Iver

    For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
12. 12.
    

    Last Nite

    The Strokes

    Is This It (2001)
13. 13.
    

    Do You Realize??

    The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles the Pink robots (2002)
14. 14.
    

    Beautiful Day

    U2

    All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
15. 15.
    

    Paper Planes

    M.I.A.

    Kala (2007)
16. 16.
    

    Such Great Heights

    The Postal Service

    Give Up (2003)
17. 17.
    

    If We Were Vampires

    Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

    The Nashville Sound (2017)
18. 18.
    

    Rolling In The Deep

    Adele

    21 (2011)
19. 19.
    

    New Slang

    The Shins

    Oh, Inverted World (2001)
20. 20.
    

    Feel Good Inc.

    Gorillaz

    Demon Days (2005)
21. 21.
    

    Hurt

    Johnny Cash

    American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
22. 22.
    

    The Joke

    Brandi Carlile

    By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
23. 23.
    

    Take Me Out

    Franz Ferdinand

    Franz Ferdinand (2004)
24. 24.
    

    Make Me Feel

    Janelle Monae

    Dirty Computer (2018)
25. 25.
    

    American Idiot

    Green Day

    American Idiot (2004)
26. 26.
    

    Crazy

    Gnarls Barkley

    St. Elsewhere (2006)
27. 27.
    

    Jesus, Etc.

    Wilco

    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
28. 28.
    

    All My Friends

    LCD Soundsystem

    Sound of Silver (2007)
29. 29.
    

    Home

    Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

    Up from Below (2009)
30. 30.
    

    Back to Black

    Amy Winehouse

    Back to Black (2006)
31. 31.
    

    Dance Yrself Clean

    LCD Soundsystem

    This is Happening (2010)
32. 32.
    

    Royals

    Lorde

    Pure Heroine (2013)
33. 33.
    

    Someone Like You

    Adele

    21 (2011)
34. 34.
    

    All These Things That I've Done

    The Killers

    Hot Fuss (2004)
35. 35.
    

    Wait So Long

    Trampled By Turtles

    Palomino (2010)
36. 36.
    

    Get Lucky

    Daft Punk

    Random Access Memories (2013)
37. 37.
    

    Clint Eastwood

    Gorillaz

    Gorillaz (2001)
38. 38.
    

    Dog Days are Over

    Florence + the Machine

    Lungs (2009)
39. 39.
    

    Chicago

    Sufjan Stevens

    Illinois (2005)
40. 40.
    

    Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

    Arcade Fire

    Funeral (2004)
41. 41.
    

    The Scientist

    Coldplay

    A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
42. 42.
    

    Everything in its Right Place

    Radiohead

    Kid A (2000)
43. 43.
    

    Bloodbuzz Ohio

    The National

    High Violet (2010)
44. 44.
    

    Emmylou

    First Aid Kit

    The Lion's Roar (2012)
45. 45.
    

    I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

    Wilco

    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
46. 46.
    

    Lose Yourself

    Eminem

    8 Mile Original soundtrack (2002)
47. 47.
    

    B.O.B.

    Outkast

    Stankonia (2000)
48. 48.
    

    Rebellion (Lies)

    Arcade Fire

    Funeral (2004)
49. 49.
    

    Fake Empire

    The National

    Boxer (2007)
50. 50.
    

    Shhh

    Atmosphere

    Seven's Travels (2003)
51. 51.
    

    Avant Gardener

    Courtney Barnett

    The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (2013)
52. 52.
    

    Holocene

    Bon Iver

    Bon Iver (2011)
53. 53.
    

    Let it Happen

    Tame Impala

    Currents (2015)
54. 54.
    

    Lazy Eye

    Silversun Pickups

    Carnavas (2006)
55. 55.
    

    King Kunta

    Kendrick Lamar

    To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
56. 56.
    

    Crazy in Love feat. Jay-Z

    Beyonce

    Dangerously in Love (2003)
57. 57.
    

    LIttle Lion Man

    Mumford and Sons

    Sigh No More (2010)
58. 58.
    

    Yellow

    Coldplay

    Parachutes (2000)
59. 59.
    

    Kids

    MGMT

    Oracular Spectacular (2007)
60. 60.
    

    Hold On

    Alabama Shakes

    Boys & Girls (2012)
61. 61.
    

    Formation

    Beyonce

    Lemonade (2016)
62. 62.
    

    Portions for Foxes

    Rilo Kiley

    More Adventurous (2004)
63. 63.
    

    Electric Feel

    MGMT

    Oracular Spectacular (2007)
64. 64.
    

    Idioteque

    Radiohead

    Kid A (2000)
65. 65.
    

    The Funeral

    Band of Horses

    Everything All the Time (2006)
66. 66.
    

    Alone

    Trampled By Turtles

    Stars and Satellites (2012)
67. 67.
    

    Fell in Love with a Girl

    The White Stripes

    White Blood Cells (2001)
68. 68.
    

    Clocks

    Coldplay

    A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
69. 69.
    

    Wolf Like Me

    TV On The Radio

    Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
70. 70.
    

    The Underdog

    Spoon

    Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
71. 71.
    

    Uptown Funk

    Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars

    Uptown Special (2015)
72. 72.
    

    No One Knows

    Queens Of The Stone Age

    Songs for the Deaf (2002)
73. 73.
    

    Juice

    Lizzo

    Cuz I Love You (2019)
74. 74.
    

    Reckoner

    Radiohead

    In Rainbows (2007)
75. 75.
    

    You Know I'm No Good

    Amy Winehouse

    Back to Black (2006)
76. 76.
    

    Time To Pretend

    MGMT

    Oracular Spectacular (2007)
77. 77.
    

    I Will Follow You into the Dark

    Death Cab for Cutie

    Plans (2005)
78. 78.
    

    Best Of You

    Foo Fighters

    In Your Honor (2005)
79. 79.
    

    Redbone

    Childish Gambino

    Awaken, My Love! (2016)
80. 80.
    

    Midnight City

    M83

    Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
81. 81.
    

    Hello

    Adele

    25 (2015)
82. 82.
    

    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    Beyonce

    I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008)
83. 83.
    

    Take Me To Church

    Hozier

    Hozier (2014)
84. 84.
    

    Stuck Between Stations

    The Hold Steady

    Boys and Girls in America (2006)
85. 85.
    

    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt.1

    The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
86. 86.
    

    1901

    Phoenix

    Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
87. 87.
    

    Feel It Still

    Portugal The Man

    Woodstock (2017)
88. 88.
    

    I and Love and You

    The Avett Brothers

    I and Love and You (2009)
89. 89.
    

    Runaway

    Kanye West

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
90. 90.
    

    A-Punk

    Vampire Weekend

    Vampire Weekend (2008)
91. 91.
    

    Somebody That I Used To Know feat. Kimbra

    Gotye

    Making Mirrors (2011)
92. 92.
    

    Icky Thump

    The White Stripes

    Icky Thump (2007)
93. 93.
    

    Tightrope feat. Big Boi

    Janelle Monae

    The ArchAndroid (2010)
94. 94.
    

    Chasing Pavements

    Adele

    19 (2008)
95. 95.
    

    The Cave

    Mumford and Sons

    Sigh No More (2010)
96. 96.
    

    Heavy Metal Drummer

    Wilco

    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
97. 97.
    

    Lost Cause

    Beck

    Sea Change (2002)
98. 98.
    

    Helplessness Blues

    Fleet Foxes

    Helplessness Blues (2011)
99. 99.
    

    The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

    The Postal Service

    Give Up (2003)