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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Lonely Boy
El Camino (2011)The Black Keys101
Someone Great
Sound of Silver (2007)LCD Soundsystem102
First Day Of My Life
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)Bright Eyes103
Impossible Germany
Sky Blue Sky (2007)Wilco104
One More Time
Discovery (2001)Daft Punk105
S.O.B.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (2016)Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats106
Bangarang
No Kings (2011)Doomtree107
HUMBLE.
DAMN. (2017)Kendrick Lamar108
Ball and Biscuit
Elephant (2003)The White Stripes109
Someday
Is This It (2001)The Strokes110
Do I Wanna Know?
AM (2013)Arctic Monkeys111
Viva La Vida
Viva La Vida(2008)Coldplay112
The Rat
Bows + Arrows (2004)The Walkmen113
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
Fear Fun (2012)Father John Misty114
Wow
Colors (2017)Beck115
Steady As She Goes
Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)The Raconteurs116
Tighten Up
Brothers (2010)The Black Keys117
Musicology
Musicology (2004)Prince118
This Year
The Sunset Tree (2005)The Mountain Goats119
We the People...
We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (2016)A Tribe Called Quest120
Call Your Girlfriend
Body Talk (2010)Robyn121
Soul Meets Body
Plans (2005)Death Cab for Cutie122
Lazarus
Blackstar (2016)David Bowie123
The Eye
The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015)Brandi Carlile124
White Winter Hymnal
Fleet Foxes (2008)Fleet Foxes125
24 Frames
Something More Than Free (2015)Jason Isbell126
I Will Wait
Babel (2012)Mumford and Sons127
Worship
Coconut Oil EP (2016)Lizzo128
Video Games
Born to Die (2012)Lana Del Rey129
The Suburbs
The Suburbs (2010)Arcade Fire130
Transatlanticism
Transatlanticism (2003)Death Cab For Cutie131
Obstacle 1
Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)Interpol132
Get Ur Freak On
Miss E... So Addictive (2001)Missy Elliott133
1234
The Reminder (2007)Feist134
Hide And Seek
Speak for Yourself (2005)Imogen Heap135
A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard
The Reluctant Graveyard (2010)jeremy messersmith136
This Tornado Loves You
Middle Cyclone (2009)Neko Case137
Breezeblocks
An Awesome Wave (2012)Alt-J138
Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Get Born (2003)Jet139
Pumped Up Kicks
Torches (2011)Foster the People140
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Permission to Land (2003)The Darkness141
Shake It Out
Ceremonials (2011)Florence + The Machine142
Inside Out
They Want My Soul (2014)Spoon143
My Girls
Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)Animal Collective144
Little Talks
My Head Is an Animal (2012)Of Monsters And Men145
The Rising
The Rising (2002)Bruce Springsteen146
Knights of Cydonia
Black Holes and Revelations (2006)Muse147
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To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)Kendrick Lamar148
For Emma
For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)Bon Iver149
Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
Teens of Denial (2016)Car Seat Headrest150
The Mother
By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)Brandi Carlile151
All I Need
In Rainbows (2007)Radiohead152
Let 'Em Say
Let 'Em Say (Single, 2014)Lizzo and Caroline Smith153
Help, I'm Alive
Fantasies (2009)Metric154
Fix You
X and Y (2005)Coldplay155
Dixon's Girl
A Badly Broken Code (2010)Dessa156
Thrift Shop feat. Wanz
The Heist (2012)Macklemore and Ryan Lewis157
Hold On, Hold On
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)Neko Case158
Simple Song
Port of Morrow (2012)The Shins159
Intervention
Neon Bible (2007)Arcade Fire160
I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)Arctic Monkeys161
Little Black Submarines
El Camino (2011)The Black Keys162
Pain
A Deeper Understanding (2017)The War on Drugs163
The Chaconne
A Badly Broken Code (2010)Dessa164
Just Breathe
Backspacer (2009)Pearl Jam165
Lady, You Shot Me
Bye Bye 17 (2013)Har Mar Superstar166
Valerie feat. Amy Winehouse
Version (2007)Mark Ronson167
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
LCD Soundsystem (2005)LCD Soundsystem168
The Luckiest
Rockin' the Suburbs (2001)Ben Folds169
Phantom Limb
Wincing the Night Away (2007)The Shins170
Bored in the USA
I Love You, Honeybear (2015)Father John Misty171
Makeba
Zanaka (2016)Jain172
Happy
GIRL (2013)Pharrell Williams173
R U Mine?
AM (2013)Arctic Monkeys174
Pretty Voice
The Meaning of 8 (2007)Cloud Cult175
I Can Change
This is Happening (2010)LCD Soundsystem176
Ms. Jackson
Stankonia (2000)Outkast177
O Valencia!
The Crane Wife (2006)The Decemberists178
The Mother We Share
The Bones of What You Believe (2013)CHVRCHES179
Power
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)Kanye West180
There There
Hail to the Thief (2003)Radiohead181
Wagon Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show (2004)Old Crow Medicine Show182
Black Sweat
3121 (2006)Prince183
Girl
Guero (2005)Beck184
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
American Idiot (2004)Green Day185
Sex On Fire
Only By the Night (2008)Kings of Leon186
Diane Young
Modern Vampires of the City (2013)Vampire Weekend187
Midnight On The Interstate
Stars and Satellites (2012)Trampled By Turtles188
Reptilia
Room on Fire (2003)The Strokes189
One Big Holiday
It Still Moves (2003)My Morning Jacket190
Holiday
American Idiot (2004)Green Day191
Depreston
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)Courtney Barnett192
No Cars Go
Neon Bible (2007)Arcade Fire193
Dancing on my Own
Body Talk (2010)Robyn194
Work It
Under Construction (2002)Missy Elliott195
Starlight
Black Holes and Revelations (2006)Muse196
Cruel
Strange Mercy (2011)St. Vincent197
We're Going to Be Friends
White Blood Cells (2001)The White Stripes198
The Way We Get By
Kill the Moonlight (2002)Spoon199
Whirring
The Big Roar (2011)The Joy Formidable