Ultimate 2000s: Song Justice (Complete)

[MilesAngel]

#45
(1/1)
35 points

FIGHTER | CHRISTINA AGUILERA

Voted By: @MilesAngel (18) @Sprockrooster (17)
Year: 2002
Country of Origin: USA
Appearance: 4th

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This should've been Top 20 at least. Thank you @Sprockrooster for voting for it also. I'd love to hear Anastacia do a cover.

 

[Phonetics Girl]

#44
(1/1)
35 points

GET UR FREAK ON | MISSY ELLIOTT

Voted By: @WowWowWowWow (20) @klow (15)
Year: 2001
Country of Origin: USA
Appearance: 4th

WowWowWowWow Commentary:
Twenty-plus years later and it still sounds like it’s from the future. I was not expecting this to earn my maximum points, but it’s a brilliantly constructed song that never fails to please an audience, so it deserves its spot.

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[Phonetics Girl]

#43
(1/1)
35 points

LOSE MY BREATH | DESTINY'S CHILD

Voted By: @Daniel_O (17) @Maria (15) @4Roses (3)
Year: 2004
Country of Origin: USA
Appearance: 4th

4Roses Commentary:
A song with a sole purpose of having me almost break every bone in my stiFF body.

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[WowWowWowWow]

Hit me!

 

[Phonetics Girl]

#42
(1/1)
36 points

BLACK COFFEE | ALL SAINTS

Voted By: @2014 (18) @Phonetics Girl (18)
Year: 2000
Country of Origin: England
Appearance: 3rd

Phonetics Girl Commentary:
objectively the best song on my list.
a masterpiece of mood, colliding bliss with devastation.
wish i could live in those harmonies.


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[Phonetics Girl]

Was such a moment when this won the All Saints Rate. Certainly, the most impactful 11 in my career.

 

[DJHazey]

Well, I'll always be a Pure Shores stan, but this is also at the peak of pop.

 

[2014]

I don't think the 1-2 punch of Pure Shores and Black Coffee has ever really been bettered by anyone.

 

[Phonetics Girl]

#41
(1/1)
36 points

GIMME MORE | BRITNEY SPEARS

Voted By: @GimmeWork (20) @sfmartin (16)
Year: 2007
Country of Origin: USA
Appearance: 9th

sfmartin commentary:
What to say about this sexy behemoth? It is frighteningly perfect. Seductive, ferocious and ever so slightly terrifying. She sounds sensational throughout, truly unique and inimitable. Those breathy vocals, moans and giggles send shivers down the spine. Add to that such sinister, electrifying blippy bloopy production by Danja. The song demands your attention from the first second and takes you on a captivating journey. It sounds like a strip club set in a haunted mansion. I adore the use of the spooky chopped vocals throughout the song, like a chorus of horny ghosts.

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[saviodxl]

like a chorus of horny ghosts

I'll never listen to it the same way...

 

[Ashling92]

Gimme More? Oh shit we're losing the big hitters now.

 

[Solenciennes]

What a frighteningly excellent run of songs!

 

[DJHazey]

"like a strip club set in a haunted mansion" -- yeah that sounds about right.

 

[Phonetics Girl]

#40
(1/1)
36 points

I'M WITH YOU | AVRIL LAVIGNE

Voted By: @Verandi (16) @livefrommelbs (13) @Phonetics Girl (7)
Year: 2002
Country of Origin: Canada
Appearance: 5th

livefrommelbs commentary:
Complicated, Girlfriend, Losing Grip, My Happy Ending - they're all up there as far as my favourite 00s Avril tracks go, but I'm With You is the one. That she was only a TEENAGER when she wrote this is just wild to me. I love the way it starts with such fragility and vulnerability, gradually building in emotion until the big 'Yeah-ee-yeah!' middle 8 that Ms. Avril just sings the absolute shit out of. The whole thing is so powerfully emotive and poignantly sung. A true 00s classic.

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[Verandi]

Not even Top20??? Jail!

 

[Phonetics Girl]

The magical moment when they played I'm With You during my first school disco and the other kids were confused cause they only knew the Polish version by Ewa Farna... I felt smug, I tell you!

Time for me to post my ballot too. I checked and there's only like 3 songs on it that can be considered a bop. Maybe the Radio 2 Mum was me all along!

 

[DJHazey]

Yas. Proving how underrated of a songwriter she is right from the get-go. Almost won Avril Lavigne Rate #1, I bet it would've if these three had voted back then. Depends on how their score compares to "Rock n Roll", which was considered one of the biggest shock victories in the early days of when the forum had an explosion of new rates.

Complicated and Girlfriend are easily her most well-known songs and biggest hits, but I'd struggle to give either of them a score above a 6 today. (Over-play killed those and not most of her material)

 

[Ana Raquel]

When I was a kid, my dream was to go to Canada just because of this video. It made no sense whatsoever, but I just loved the song so much!!

 

[Verandi]

Rock n Roll

I'd give it a 6 oop

 

[Phonetics Girl]

20 points: Sugababes - Follow Me Home
19 points: Sugababes - Stronger
18 points: All Saints - Black Coffee
17 points: Florence + the Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
16 points: Girls Aloud - History
15 points: Ladyhawke - Magic
14 points: Katy Perry - Thinking Of You
13 points: Santigold - L.E.S Artistes
12 points: The Saturdays - Forever Is Over
11 points: Marina and the Diamonds - Obsessions

10 points: Una Healy - Don't Leave Me Alone
9 points: Dido - White Flag
8 points: Kelly Rowland - Stole
7 points: Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
6 points: Siobhán Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back
5 points: Lily Allen - Littlest Things
4 points: Lady Gaga - Dance In The Dark
3 points: Alizée - Moi... Lolita
2 points: Stacie Orrico - (There's Gotta Be) More To Life
1 point: Liz Phair - Extraordinary​