893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000

We hope you had as much fun listening as we did putting the countdown together. If you want to relive the countdown, we're sending you the official 893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000 playlist on Spotify, as well as the spreadsheet of all the songs and artists. It's also worth pointing out some of the great listener-created lists that were generated during the countdown — check out this community spreadsheet as well as this gorgeous chart by Tom Coyer!

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600
Eyes To The Wind
Lost in the Dream (2014)
The War On Drugs
601
Que Onda Guero
Guero (2005)
Beck
602
Us
Us (2009)
Brother Ali
603
Naked As We Came
Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Iron and Wine
604
Stubborn Love
The Lumineers (2012)
The Lumineers
605
Life on a Chain
musicforthemorningafter (2001)
Pete Yorn
606
When I'm Alone
Catching a Tiger (2010)
Lissie
607
Take Your Mama
Scissor Sisters (2004)
Scissor Sisters
608
War on War
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Wilco
609
Hidden Place
Vespertine (2001)
Bjork
610
Decent Days And Nights
The Futureheads (2004)
The Futureheads
611
Let's Be Still
Let's Be Still (2013)
The Head and the Heart
612
Lovers' Revolution
Ghost on Ghost (2013)
Iron and Wine
613
Godlovesugly
God Loves Ugly (2002)
Atmosphere
614
Green Light
Melodrama (2017)
Lorde
615
Angels
Coloring Book (2016)
Chance the Rapper
616
My Moon My Man
The Reminder (2007)
Feist
617
In A Drawer
Why Are You OK (2016)
Band of Horses
618
Hannah Hunt
Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
Vampire Weekend
619
Laundry Room
I and Love and You (2009)
The Avett Brothers
620
Waking Light
Morning Phase (2014)
Beck
621
Good Woman
You Are Free (2003)
Cat Power
622
Everlasting Light
Brothers (2010)
The Black Keys
623
Swim Until You Can't See Land
The Winter of Mixed Drinks (2010)
Frightened Rabbit
624
Danger! High Voltage
Danger! High Voltage (2003)
Electric Six
625
Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
Circuital (2011)
My Morning Jacket
626
Stockholm
Southeastern (2013)
Jason Isbell
627
Zero
It's Blitz! (2009)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
628
Lost in My Mind
The Head and the Heart (2011)
The Head and the Heart
629
All I Want
This is Happening (2010)
LCD Soundsystem
630
Digital Love
Discovery (2001)
Daft Punk
631
Recover
The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
CHVRCHES
632
Way It Goes
Landmark (2017)
Hippo Campus
633
Seventeen
Remind Me Tomorrow (2019)
Sharon Van Etten
634
Be Here Now
Boneclouds (2006)
Mason Jennings
635
Latch
Settle (2012)
Disclosure
636
Run the World (Girls)
4 (2011)
Beyonce
637
Love and Hate
Love and Hate (2016)
Michael Kiwanuka
638
Love Interruption
Blunderbuss (2012)
Jack White
639
This Land
This Land (2018)
Gary Clark Jr.
640
Weapon of Choice
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Fatboy Slim
641
Would That Not Be Nice
A Thing Called Divine Fits (2012)
Divine Fits
642
Ch-Check It Out
To the 5 Boroughs (2004)
Beastie Boys
643
Every Other Freckle
This is All Yours (2014)
Alt-J
644
Skeleton Key
Parts of Speech (2013)
Dessa
645
Big God
High as Hope (2018)
Florence + the Machine
646
Violent Shiver
Benjamin Booker (2014)
Benjamin Booker
647
Fill in the Blank
Teens of Denial (2016)
Car Seat Headrest
648
Me And Mia
Shake the Sheets (2004)
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
649
Pink + White
Blond (2016)
Frank Ocean
650
Ex's and Oh's
Love Stuff (2015)
Elle King
651
Man
The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013)
Neko Case
652
Elevation
All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
U2
653
Tick Tick Boom
The Black and White Album (2007)
The Hives
654
Kick Drum Heart
I and Love and You (2009)
The Avett Brothers
655
New York
MASSEDUCTION (2017)
St. Vincent
656
River
Coming Home (2016)
Leon Bridges
657
Valerie Plame
Always the Bridesmaid: A Singles Series (2008)
The Decemberists
658
Jumpers
The Woods (2005)
Sleater-Kinney
659
Clouds
ART OFFICIAL AGE (2014)
Prince
660
Silver Lining
Under the Blacklight (2007)
Rilo Kiley
661
Evil Urges
Evil Urges (2008)
My Morning Jacket
662
Trouble
Tell Me I'm Pretty (2015)
Cage The Elephant
663
Annie Waits
Rockin' the Suburbs (2001)
Ben Folds
664
Total Entertainment Forever
Pure Comedy (2017)
Father John Misty
665
Mushaboom
Let it Die (2004)
Feist
666
Shame
Psychic Reader (2015)
Bad Bad Hats
667
White Blank Page
Sigh No More (2010)
Mumford and Sons
668
I Found You
Boys & Girls (2012)
Alabama Shakes
669
The Fixer
Backspacer (2009)
Pearl Jam
670
Ain't I?
Big Grrrl Small World (2015)
Lizzo
671
Dani California
Stadium Arcadium (2006)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
672
Silver Rider
The Great Destroyer (2005)
Low
673
Boy From School
The Warning (2006)
Hot Chip
674
Little Mercy
No Kings (2011)
Doomtree
675
How It Ends
How It Ends (2004)
DeVotchKa
676
Forget You
The Lady Killer (2010)
Cee Lo Green
677
Shake it Off
1989 (2014)
Taylor Swift
678
How Do I Let A Good Man Down?
Naturally (2005)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
679
The Louvre
Melodrama (2017)
Lorde
680
Eventually
Currents (2015)
Tame Impala
681
Nina Cried Power feat. Mavis Staples
Wasteland, Baby! (2019)
Hozier
682
Gone For Good
Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
The Shins
683
The Con
The Con (2007)
Tegan and Sara
684
Ain't It a Sin
Changes (2016)
Charles Bradley
685
Pretty (Ugly Before)
From A Basement on the Hill (2004)
Elliott Smith
686
Riptide
God Loves You When You're Dancing (2014)
Vance Joy
687
Blood Bank
Blood Bank (2009)
Bon Iver
688
Water Fountain
Nikki Nack (2014)
tUne-yArDs
689
Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Suck it and See (2011)
Arctic Monkeys
690
Broken Clocks
Ctrl (2017)
SZA
691
Killing The Blues
Raising Sand (2007)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
692
Molly's Chambers
Youth and Young Manhood (2003)
Kings of Leon
693
He War
You Are Free (2003)
Cat Power
694
Crystalised
XX (2009)
The XX
695
The Blower's Daughter
O (2002)
Damien Rice
696
I Got Mine
Attack and Release (2008)
The Black Keys
697
Alaska
Now that the Light is Fading EP (2017)
Maggie Rogers
698
Hunger
High As Hope (2018)
Florence + the Machine
699
One Day
Epic (2010)
Sharon Van Etten