Ultimate 2000s: Song Justice (Complete)

Which year was the best?

  • 2000

    Votes: 5 15.2%

  • 2001

    Votes: 5 15.2%

  • 2002

    Votes: 3 9.1%

  • 2003

    Votes: 3 9.1%

  • 2004

    Votes: 3 9.1%

  • 2005

    Votes: 2 6.1%

  • 2006

    Votes: 2 6.1%

  • 2007

    Votes: 7 21.2%

  • 2008

    Votes: 1 3.0%

  • 2009

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Total voters
    33
  • Poll closed .
Phonetics Girl

Phonetics Girl

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20 points: Britney Spears - Lucky
19 points: Smoke 2 Seven - Envy
18 points: Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love
17 points: A*Teens - Halfway Around The World
16 points: Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, P!nk - Lady Marmalade
15 points: allSTARS - The Land Of Make Believe
14 points: Mediæval Bæbes - La Belle Dame Sans Merci
13 points: Spice Girls - Holler
12 points: Supersister - Summer Gonna Come Again
11 points: Enya - May It Be

10 points: Kate Winslet - What If
9 points: Steps - Paradise Lost
8 points: Patrick Doyle - Harry In Winter
7 points: Precious - Rewind
6 points: Paloma Faith - New York
5 points: BWO - Will My Arms Be Strong Enough
4 points: Alexandre Desplat - Dust
3 points: Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No...
2 points: Little Boots - Remedy
1 point: Alizée - Moi... Lolita​
 
Phonetics Girl

Phonetics Girl

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20 points: Steps - Here and Now
19 points: Darren Hayes - Dublin Sky
18 points: Safri Duo - Played Alive
17 points: ATC - Around the World (La La La La La)
16 points: Cascada - Everytime We Touch
15 points: Tiësto feat. Christian Burns - In the Dark
14 points: A1 - Same Old Brand New You
13 points: Barthezz - On the Move
12 points: Jan Wayne - Because the Night
11 points: Ian Van Dahl - Castles In the Sky

10 points: Lazard - 4 o'Clock (In the Morning)
9 points: LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
8 points: The Saturdays - Up
7 points: Lady Gaga - Paper Gangsta
6 points: DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. DO - Heaven
5 points: Lange feat. the Morrighan - Follow Me
4 points: Girls Aloud - Untouchable
3 points: Blue - All Rise
2 points: Micky Modelle / Jessy - Dancing In The Dark
1 point: Dirt Devils - The Drill​
 
Mvnl

Mvnl

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Phonetics Girl said:
I had probably already said this but YAAASSS @ the Paloma and Alizee choices @Iggypig! Also loving the girlband representation brought to the table, i.e. Rewind, Envy, I Want Your Love. Will My Arms Be Strong Enough is for sure among my fave discoveries of the countdown too.
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Reading this while that particular album track just started playing on shuffle is a little freaky.
But it definitely is quite a beauty

Edit: apparently it was a single. Still, random much
 
Phonetics Girl

Phonetics Girl

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58 points

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WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? | GWEN STEFANI

Voted By: @sfmartin (18) @soratami (17) @BubblegumBoy (12) @Rogue (11)
Year: 2004
Country of Origin: USA
Appearance: 2nd

sfmartin commentary:
Miss Linda Perry really let us have it in the 00s didn’t she? Between this and One Word by Kelly Osbourne she could have taken up a couple of my spots on this list. I was obsessed with this song and the video in the mid 00s. IT’s all so bright, colourful, and imaginative. The outfits were show stoppingly gorgeous. I love the thumping momentum throughout the whole song. It hardly relents throughout the whole song. Only the middle eight gives us brief respite before plunging us back into the heady mix. It’s like a thundering bullet train traveling 100 mph. Exhilarating.

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Solenciennes

Solenciennes

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An iconic pair of songs to lose back to b(l)ack! I think Back to Black probably cemented Amy's star status in that era; Rehab was a great lead single but perhaps bordered on being a bit of a novelty hit and You Know I'm No Good was a great follow up but sort of doubled down on that edginess... a necessary move, but I dunno, Back to Black coming as the third single made her this songwriting sensation to me. She wasn't just being pitched as this 'good girl gone bad', she had the ability to devastate with her lyrics. The drama is so visceral, I don't know that many songs released since have matched it in its oblivion while also being a commercial smash, it's the kind of morose dramatics that you tend to only really get away with if you're independent. It's still so sad that she's no longer with us... I wish we had been able to experience more of this version of Amy who had harnessed commercial success and writing songs that tapped into something nobody else was doing.
 
Solenciennes

Solenciennes

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As for Sound of the Underground... dissertations have been written about this song and that group by people much more talented than me at writing those sorts of think pieces... but for me, it was the entirely unexpected roar out of the gate from a girl group I'd watched been put together on TV as a kid and, through the power of my imagination, felt like distant big sisters doing something that shouldn't have been theirs to do. I mean think of how many cheesy pop songs were released by cheesy pop groups put together by industry hacks bereft of imagination in just the six years since Spice Girls had launched (I mention, because Geri had a pivotal role in putting this band together, as you likely know)...

They may have been sort of oblivious to the genius of what they were fronting at the time, but it works regardless because they were hungry for success, had fought really hard to even be in the band at all and had all the odds stacked against them and took great pleasure in punting each obstacle out of the way with a pink and black leather finesse. The drum 'n' bass, the surf guitar, the way the chorus is just a bastardised nursery rhyme and the lyrics don't even make all that much sense anyway... the best kind of meaningless pop nonsense because it's such a riot from start to finish, it's a vibe! Queens, from 2002 until the end of time.
 
Phonetics Girl

Phonetics Girl

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#16
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65 points

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HEARTBEAT | ANNIE

Voted By: @Runawaywithme (20) @soratami (20) @klow (16) @marie_05 (9)
Year: 2004
Country of Origin: Norway
Appearance: 4th

Runawaywithme Commentary:
Literally, the best pop song ever written and a neverending source of a joy, warmth, light and comfort to me. The perfect song to get lost in. Every element here is perfect and everything just works in a way that is so simple but so magical and beautiful. Annie’s voice just does things to me and with a tune this perfect it’s a match made in heaven. This song makes me want to cry and dance at the same time. It’s songs like this that make me grateful to be alive.

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klow

klow

Pitchfork have "Heartbeat" as their #17 of the 2000s, so we did one better! Falling in love can feel like you've been stopped in your tracks, but, equally, it can feel kinetic, like you're running down a big hill, or, erm, drumming to the beat. This song captures that latter feeling so acutely; no pauses for breath, constantly building, rush and ecstasy from beginning to end. A perfect song!
 
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