September 18, 1982. I can peg my fascination with music charts to that date. After listening to a local radio station’s countdown of the hits of the summer, I decided to make my own list of favorites (see original list here). I ended up revising it every few days, eventually developing my own charts which I maintained into the ‘90s.
I’ve also projected before and after those lists to create speculative lists of #1 songs for eras not covered by those original charts. You can check out those links here, but this page is focused on the #1 songs that might have been for me in the 2000s.
2000:
- Jan. 1: David Baerwald “A Friend Like Our Dear Stranger” (2 wks)
- Jan. 15: Kid Rock “Only God Knows Why” (3 wks)
- Feb. 5: D’Angelo “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” (4 wks)
- Mar. 4: 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite” (2 wks)
- Mar. 18: Moby “Natural Blues” (5 wks)
- Apr. 22: Lee Ann Womack & Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance” (4 wks)
- May 20: Creed “With Arms Wide Open” (3 wks)
- June 10: Stone Temple Pilots “Sour Girl” (4 wks)
- July 8: No Doubt “Simple Kind of Life” (4 wks)
- Aug. 5: Aha “Barely Hanging On” (3 wks)
- Aug. 26: Fuel “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” (3 wks)
- Sept. 16: Arnold McCuller “Free Bird” (3 wks)
- Oct. 17: Arnold McCuller & Paul Giamatti “Try a Little Tenderness” (2 wks)
- Oct. 21: Eminem with Dido “Stan” (3 wks)
- Nov. 11: Nelly Furtado “I’m Like a Bird” (2 wks)
- Nov. 25: Kevin Gilbert “Certifiable #1 Smash” (2 wks)
- Dec. 9: Kevin Gilbert “Suit Fugue (Dance of the A&R Men)” (2 wks)
- Dec. 23: Incubus “Drive” (3 wks)
2001:
- Jan. 13: Roger Waters “Each Small Candle (live)” (3 wks)
- Feb. 3: Uncle Kracker “Follow Me” (3 wks)
- Feb. 24: Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2 wks)
- Mar. 10: U2 “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” (2 wks)
- Mar. 24: Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” (3 wks)
- Apr. 14: Bruce Springsteen “American Skin (41 Shots) (live)” (3 wks)
- May 5: Eve 6 “Here’s to the Night” (2 wks)
- May 19: Staind “It’s Been Awhile” (3 wks)
- June 9: Amanda Ghost “Silver Lining” (3 wks)
- June 30: Five for Fighting “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” (3 wks)
- July 21: Afro-Celt System with Peter Gabriel “When You’re Falling” (2 wks)
- Aug. 4: Tricky with Ed Kowalczyk & Hawkman “Evolution Revolution Love” (3 wks)
- Aug. 25: Bruce Springsteen “Land of Hope and Dreams (live)” (2 wks)
- Sept. 8: Glen Tilbrook “Interviewing Randy Newman” (2 wks)
- Sept. 22: Tori Amos “’97 Bonnie and Clyde” (1 wk)
- Sept. 29: Limp Bizkit with Johnny Reznik “Wish You Were Here (live)” (2 wks)
- Oct. 13: Sheryl Crow “Safe and Sound (live)” (2 wks)
- Oct. 27: Bruce Springsteen “My City of Ruins (live)” (2 wks)
- Nov. 10: John Mayer “No Such Thing” (3 wks)
- Dec. 1: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” (4 wks)
- Dec. 29: The White Stripes “Hotel Yorba” (3 wks)
2002:
- Jan. 19: Puddle of Mudd “Blurry” (2 wks)
- Feb. 2: Dixie Chicks “Travelin’ Soldier” (4 wks)
- Mar. 2: Pink “Don’t Let Me Get Me” (3 wks)
- Mar. 23: Noa “Eye in the Sky” (2 wks)
- Apr. 6: Jack Johnson “Flake” (2 wks)
- Apr. 20: Indigo Girls “Bitterroot” (2 wks)
- May 4: Del Amitri “Jesus Saves” (3 wks)
- May 25: Moby “We Are All Made of Stars” (4 wks)
- June 22: Badly Drawn Boy “Something to Talk About” (3 wks)
- July 13: Bruce Springsteen “The Rising” (3 wks)
- Aug. 3: Robert Plant “One More Cup of Coffee” (1 wk)
- Aug. 10: Eminem “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” (2 wks)
- Aug. 24: Bruce Springsteen “Empty Sky” (3 wks)
- Sept. 14: Avril Lavigne “Sk8r Boi” (3 wks)
- Oct. 5: Eminem “Lose Yourself” (5 wks)
- Nov. 9: Pink “Family Portrait” (3 wks)
- Nov. 30: Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow “Picture” (3 wks)
- Dec. 21: U2 “The Hands That Built America” (2 wks)
2003:
- Jan. 4: Beck “Lost Cause” (3 wks)
- Jan. 25: Evanescence with Paul McCoy “Bring Me to Life” (5 wks)
- Mar. 1: Chris Difford “No Show Jones” (2 wks)
- Mar. 15: Eminem “Sing for the Moment” (3 wks)
- Apr. 5: Bangles “Song for a Good Son” (1 wk)
- Apr. 12: Blur “Out of Time” (3 wks)
- May 3: Lucinda Williams “Righteously” (4 wks)
- May 31: Live “Heaven” (3 wks)
- June 21: Eagles “Hole in the World” (4 wks)
- July 19: John Mellencamp “To Washington” (3 wks)
- Aug. 9: Fountains of Wayne “Stacy’s Mom” (4 wks)
- Sept. 6: Michael Franti & Spearhead “Everyone Deserves Music” (3 wks)
- Sept. 27: OutKast “Hey Ya!” (4 wks)
- Oct. 25: Foo Fighters “Darling Nikki” (2 wks)
- Nov. 8: David Bowie “New Killer Star” (1 wk)
- Nov. 15: Johnny Cash Hurt (4 wks)
- Dec. 13: Pearl Jam “Man of the Hour” (3 wks)
2004:
- Jan. 3: Evanescence “My Immortal” (1 wk)
- Jan. 10: Bob Walkenhorst “Primitivo Garcia” (2 wks)
- Jan. 24: Michael Andrews & Gary Jules “Mad World” (4 wks)
- Feb. 21: Blink-182 “I Miss You” (3 wks)
- Mar. 13: Viktor Krauss & Alison Krauss “Big Log” (1 wk)
- Mar. 20: Indigo Girls “Tether” (1 wk)
- Mar. 27: Jason Mraz “Curbside Prophet” (3 wks)
- Apr. 17: Beck “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” (4 wks)
- May 15: Jet “Look What You’ve Done” (1 wk)
- May 22: Mindy Smith “Come to Jesus” (3 wks)
- June 12: Sting “Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)” (2 wks)
- June 26: Glenn Tilbrook “Hot Shaved Asian Teens” (2 wks)
- July 10: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying” (3 wks)
- July 31: Bruce Hornsby “Gonna Be Some Changes Made” (4 wks)
- Aug. 28: Bowling for Soup “1985” (4 wks)
- Sept. 25: Velvet Revolver “Fall to Pieces” (2 wks)
- Oct. 9: The Killers “All These Things That I’ve Done” (3 wks)
- Oct. 30: Tears for Fears “The Devil” (2 wks)
- Nov. 13: David Baerwald “If Wishes Were Horses” (2 wks)
- Nov. 27: Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (3 wks)
- Dec. 18: Eminem “Mosh” (3 wks)
2005:
- Jan 8: Eminem “Mockingbird” (2 wks)
- Jan. 22: Damien Rice “The Blower’s Daughter” (3 wks)
- Feb. 12: Eminem “Like Toy Soldiers” (3 wks)
- Mar. 5: Bright Eyes “Road to Joy” (4 wks)
- Apr. 2: U2 “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” (3 wks)
- Apr. 23: KT Tunstall “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” (5 wks)
- May 28: The Killers “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town” (1 wk)
- June 4: Styx “Blue Collar Man @ 2120” (2 wks)
- June 18: U2 “Original of the Species” (2 wks)
- July 2: Green Day “Wake Me Up When September Ends” (4 wks)
- July 30: Nine Inch Nails “Only” (3 wks)
- Aug. 20: David Baerwald “Why Not Me” (2 wks)
- Sept. 3: Coldplay “Fix You” (2 wks)
- Sept. 17: Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body” (3 wks)
- Oct. 8: Sandi Thom “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker” (4 wks)
- Nov. 5: Dixie Chicks “I Hope” (2 wks)
- Nov. 19: Berlin “Scream” (1 wk)
- Nov. 26: Alanis Morissette “Crazy” (3 wks)
- Dec. 17: Youth Group “Forever Young” (3 wks)
2006:
- Jan. 7: Nine Inch Nails “Every Day Is Exactly the Same” (3 wks)
- Jan. 28: Jack Johnson “Upside Down” (3 wks)
- Feb. 18: Blue October “Hate Me” 3 wks)
- Mar. 11: Sheryl Crow with Sting “Always on Your Side” (2 wks)
- Mar. 25: Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (4 wks)
- Apr. 22: Dresden Dolls “Sing” (4 wks)
- May 20: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Hard to Concentrate” (3 wks)
- June 10: David Baerwald “I Won’t Back Down” (3 wks)
- July 1: Sierra Swan “Mother” (2 wks)
- July 15: Stone Sour “Through Glass” (3 wks)
- Aug. 5: Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Follow You into the Dark” (4 wks)
- Sept. 2: Melissa Etheridge “I Need to Wake Up” (2 wks)
- Sept. 16: Blue October “Into the Ocean” (3 wks)
- Oct. 7: Pearl Jam “Gone” (2 wks)
- Oct. 21: U2 with Green Day “The Saints Are Coming” (2 wks)
- Nov. 4: Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (3 wks)
- Nov. 25: Tim Finn “Salt to the Sea” (2 wks)
- Dec. 9: John Mellencamp “Our Country” (2 wks)
- Dec. 23: Pink with Indigo Girls “Dear Mr. President” (4 wks)
2007:
- Jan. 20: Mika “Grace Kelly” (4 wks)
- Feb. 17: Mika “Over My Shoulder” (2 wks)
- Mar. 3: Viktor Krauss with Shawn Colvin “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (2 wks)
- Mar. 17: John Mellencamp “Rodeo Clown” (3 wks)
- Apr. 7: Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” (3 wks)
- Apr. 28: Alanis Morissette “My Humps” (2 wks)
- May 12: Pearl Jam “Love Reign O’er Me” (2 wks)
- May 26: John Mellencamp “Rural Route” (2 wks)
- June 9: Chris Cornell “Billie Jean” (3 wks)
- June 30: Bruce Springsteen “When the Saints Go Marching In (live)” (2 wks)
- July 14: Marillion “Most Toys’ (2 wks)
- July 28: Crowded House “Silent House” (4 wks)
- Aug. 25: Velvet Revolver “The Last Fight” (2 wks)
- Sept. 8: Bruce Springsteen “Radio Nowhere” (4 wks)
- Oct. 6: Hooters “Morning Buzz” (2 wks)
- Oct. 20: Eddie Vedder “Hard Sun” (3 wks)
- Nov. 10: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova “Falling Slowly” (3 wks)
- Dec. 1: Barenaked Ladies “The Big Bang Theory Theme” (2 wks)
- Dec. 15: Mika “Happy Ending” (1 wk)
- Dec. 22: Bruce Springsteen “Magic” (2 wks)
2008:
- Jan. 5: Hooters “White Jeans” (2 wks)
- Jan. 19: Eddie Vedder “Guaranteed” (2 wks)
- Feb. 2: Eddie Vedder “Long Nights’ (2 wks)
- Feb. 16: Bruce Springsteen “Terry’s Song” (1 wk)
- Feb. 23: Eagles “No More Walks in the Wood” (2 wks)
- Mar. 8: Adele “Chasing Pavements” (2 wks)
- Mar. 22: Sheryl Crow “Lullaby for Wyatt” (2 wks)
- Apr. 5: Adele “Hometown Glory” (3 wks)
- Apr. 26: Jack Johnson “Sleep Through the Static” (2 wks)
- May 10: Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Possess Your Heart” (3 wks)
- May 31: Chris Difford “Fat As a Fiddle” (3 wks)
- June 21: Chris Difford “On My Own I’m Never Bored” (2 wks)
- July 5: R.E.M. “Hollow Man” (2 wks)
- July 19: John Mellencamp “If I Die Sudden” (4 wks)
- Aug. 16: The Gaslight Anthem “The ’59 Sound” (4 wks)
- Sept. 13: Toni Childs “I Saw God in the Supermarket” (2 wks)
- Sept. 27: The Airborne Toxic Event “Sometime Around Midnight” (3 wks)
- Oct. 18: Bruce Springsteen “The Wrestler” (2 wks)
- Nov. 1: Eddie Vedder “All the Way” (3 wks)
- Nov. 22: Marillion “Half-Full Jam” (3 wks)
- Dec. 13: Adele “To Make You Feel My Love” (3 wks)
2009:
- Jan. 3: Playing for Change “Stand by Me” (4 wks)
- Jan. 31: Tim Finn “The Saw & the Tree” (2 wks)
- Feb. 14: Peter Gabriel with Hot Chip “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (3 wks)
- Mar. 7: Bruce Springsteen “Outlaw Pete” (3 wks)
- Mar. 28: Glenn Tilbrook “Still” (2 wks)
- Apr. 11: U2 “Moment of Surrender” (2 wks)
- Apr. 25: The Decemberists “The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid” (3 wks)
- May 16: Queensrÿche “Home Again” (4 wks)
- June 13: Perpetuum Jazzile “Africa” (4 wks)
- July 11: Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (5 wks)
- Aug. 15: Shawn Colvin “Crazy” (3 wks)
- Sept. 5: Bruce Springsteen “London Calling (live)” (3 wks)
- Sept. 26: Train “Hey, Soul Sister” (4 wks)
- Oct. 24: Kevin Gilbert “Tired Old Man” (4 wks)
- Nov. 21: Kevin Gilbert “Bitter Souvenir” (2 wks)
- Dec. 5: Pearl Jam “Breathe” (5 wks)
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