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Friday, July 4, 2025

The Bridge 90.9's Top 909 Songs of the Century (So Far)

2000-2025:

Top 909 Songs According to
90.9 The Bridge

These are the top 100 songs of the 21st century (2000-2025) according to listeners who voted at Kansas City’s public radio station 90.9 The Bridge. The countdown was presented on the radio station leading up to the 4th of July.

Click here to check out other countdowns done by the Bridge over the years.

You can also check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1) The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
2) OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
3) Chappell Roan “Pink Pony Club” (2020)
4) The Killers “Mr. Brightside” (2003)
5) Childish Gambino “This Is America” (2018)
6) Modest Mouse “Float On” (2004)
7) Green Day “American Idiot” (2004)
8) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” (2003)
9) Brandi Carlile “The Story (I Was Made for You)” (2007)
10) Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” (2019)

11) M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (2007)
12) Vampire Weekend “A-Punk” (2008)
13) TV on the Radio “Wolf Like Me’ (2006)
14) Lady Gaga “Bad Romance” (2009)
15) LCD Soundsystem “All My Friends” (2007)
16) Wet Leg “Chaise Longue” (2021)
17) Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
18) Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
19) The Strokes “Last Nite” (2001)
20) Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)

21) Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
22) My Chemical Romance “Welcome to the Black Parade” (2006)
23) Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (2006)
24) Gorillaz “Feel Good Inc.” (2005)
25) Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)
26) Flaming Lips “Do You Realize?” (2002)
27) Beck “E-Pro” (2005)
28) U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)
29) Radiohead “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” (2007)
30) The Postal Service “Such Great Heights” (2003)

31) Amy Winehouse “Back to Black” (2006)
32) Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
33) Florence + the Machine “Dog Days Are Over” (2008)
34) Wilco “Jesus, Etc.” (2002)
35) Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” (2010)
36) Mark Ronson with Amy Winehouse “Valerie” (2007)
37) Queens of the Stone Age “No One Knows” (2002)
38) Janelle Monáe “Make Me Feel” (2018)
39) Coldplay “Clocks”” (2002)
40) Bon Iver “Skinny Love”

41) Alabama Shakes “Hold On” (2012)
42) Hozier “Take Me to Church” (2013)
43) Fun. & Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” (2012)
44) The Shins “New Slang” (2001)
45) Lorde “Royals” (2013)
46) Johnny Cash “Hurt” (2002)
47) M83 “Midnight City” (2011)
48) Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
49) Jason Isbell “24 Frames” (2015)
50) Daft Punk “One More Time” (2000)

51) LCD Soundsystem “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House” (2005)
52) Courtney Barnett “Avant Gardener” (2013)
53) Florence + the Machine “Shake It Out” (20110
54) MGMT “Electric Feel” (2008)
55) OutKast “Ms. Jackson” (2000)
56) Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?” (2013)
57) Foo Fighters “The Pretender” (2007)
58) Brandi Carlile “The Joke” (2017)
59) The War on Drugs “Under the Pressure” (2014)
60) Cake “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” (2001)

61) The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” (2011)
62) Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
63) The White Stripes “Fell in Love with a Girl” (2001)
64) Band of Horses “The Funeral” (2006)
65) Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” (2001)
66) Amy Winehouse “You Know I’m No Good” (2006)
67) Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “If We Were Vampires” (2017)
68) MGMT “Time to Pretend” (2008)
69) Silversun Pickups “Lazy Eye” (2006)
70) Robyn “Dancing on My Own” (2010)

71) Waxahatchee “Lilacs” (2020)
72) The National “Fake Empire” (2007)
73) Childish Gambino “Redbone” (2016)
74) Animal Collective “My Girls” (2009)
75) Lin-Manuel Miranda “My Shot” (2015)
76) Radiohead “Everything in Its Right Place” (2000)
77) Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body” (2005)
78) The Killers “Somebody Told Me” (2004)
79) OutKast “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” (2000)
80) Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “S.O.B.” (2015)

81) Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “Home” (2009)
82) Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
83) Tame Impala “Let It Happen” (2015)
84) LCD Soundsystem “Dance Yrself Clean” (2010)
85) Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (2004)
86) Kendrick Lamar “Alright” (2015)
87) Alt-J “Breezeblocks” (2012)
88) Spoon “The Underdog” (2007)
89) Adele “Chasing Pavement” (2008)
90) Future Islands “Seasons (Waiting on You)” (2014)

91) Bright Eyes “First Day of My Life” (2005)
92) Jimmy Heat World “The Middle” (2002)
93) Phoebe Bridgers “Motion Sickness” (2017)
94) The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (2010)
95) Jet “Are You Going to Be My Girl” (2003)
96) St. Vincent “Digital Witness” (2014)
97) Frank Ocean “Thinkin' 'Bout You” (2012)
98) The Black Keys “Gold on the Ceiling” (2011)
99) Sufjan Stevens “Casimir Pulaski Day” (2005)
100) LCD Soundsystem “Someone Great” (2007)


101) Coldplay “The Scientist” (2002)
102) Tame Impala “The Less I Know the Better” (2015)
103) Beck “Dreams” (2015)
104) U2 “Vertigo” (2004)
105) Radiohead “Reckoner” (2007)
106) Bon Iver “Holocene” (2011)
107) MGMT “Kids” (2008)
108) Janelle Monáe & Big Boi "Tightrope” (2010)
109) The Killers “All These Things That I've Done” (2004)
110) Sia “Breathe Me” (2004)

111) Kings of Leon “Sex on Fire” (2008)
112) Keane “Somewhere Only We Know” (2004)
113) Spoon “Inside Out” (2014)
114) Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear “Silent Movies” (2015)
115) The Black Keys “Tighten Up” (2010)
116) Lizzo “Juice” (2019)
117) Sufjan Stevens “Chicago” (2005)
118) OutKast “So Fresh So Clean” (2000)
119) Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” (2009)
120) Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” (2019)

121) Taylor Swift “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” (2021)
122) Lady Gaga “Poker Face” (2008)
123) Houndmouth “Sedona” (2015)
124) Coldplay “Fix You” (2005)
125) System of a Down “Chop Suey!” (2001)
126) Spoon “The Way We Get By” (2002)
127) Radiohead “There There” (2003)
128) Brandi Carlile “The Eye” (2015)
129) Ray LaMontagne “Trouble” (2004)
130) Florence + the Machine “Ship to Wreck” (2015)

131) Phoenix “1901” (2009)
132) Elliott, Missy “Work It” (2002)
133) Leonard Cohen “You Want It Darker” (2016)
134) My Morning Jacket “Golden” (2003)
135) Foo Fighters “Best of You” (2005)
136) Lily Allen “Smile” (2006)
137) Sharon Van Etten “Seventeen” (2019)
138) Black Pumas “Colors” (2019)
139) Rilo Kiley “Portions for Foxes” (2004)
140) Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)

141) Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” (2005)
142) Santigold “L.E.S. Artistes” (2008)
143) Spoon “I Turn My Camera On” (2005)
144) The Postal Service “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” (2003)
145) Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man” (2009)
146) Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
147) Portugal, the Man “Feel It Still” (2017)
148) Adele “Hello” (2015)
149) Avett Brothers “I and Love and You” (2009)
150) The White Stripes “Icky Thump” (2007)

151) Wilco “Impossible Germany” (2007)
152) Leon Bridges “Bad Bad News” (2018)
153) The War on Drugs “Pain” (2017)
154) The Killers “Read My Mind” (2007)
155) Interpol “Evil” (2004)
156) Death Cab for Cutie “Crooked Teeth” (2005)
157) Old Crow Medicine Show “Wagon Wheel” (2004)
158) Fiona Apple “Extraordinary Machine” (2005)
159) Britney Spears “Toxic” (2003)
160) The Shins “Phantom Limb” (2007)

161) The Raconteurs “Steady As She Goes” (2006)
162) Lana Del Rey “Video Games” (2011)
163) Kevin Morby “This Is a Photograph” (2022)
164) The Hold Steady “Stuck Between Stations “ (2006)
165) Beck “Lost Cause” (2002)
166) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Zero” (2009)
167) Khruangbin with Leon Bridges “exas Sun” (2020)
168) Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us” (2024)
169) The Greeting Committee “Hands Down” (2015)
170) The War on Drugs “Red Eyes” (2014)

171) Chappell Roan “Hot to Go!” (2023)
172) Wilco “Heavy Metal Drummer” (2001)
173) Audioslave “Like a Stone” (2002)
174) Phosphorescent “Song for Zula” (2013)
175) Lizzo “Good As Hell” (2016)
176) Mary J. Blige “Family Affair” (2001)
177) Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” (2006)
178) Pete Yorn “Life on a Chain” (2001)
179) Muse “Knights of Cydonia” (2006)
180) The Killers “When You Were Young” (2006)

181) Feist “One Two Three Four (1234)” (2007)
182) The Black Keys “Little Black Submarines” (2011)
183) Mountain Goats “This Year” (2005)
184) The Darkness “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” (2003)
185) Maggie Rogers “Light On” (2019)
186) First Aid Kit “My Silver Lining” (2014)
187) Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2003)
188) Beck “Girl” (2005)
189) Norah Jones “Don't Know Why” (2002)
190) Courtney Barnett “Pedestrian at Best” (2015)

191) Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.” (2009)
192) Peter Bjorn & John with Victoria Bergsman “Young Folks” (2006)
193) Vampire Weekend “Oxford Comma” (2008)
194) The Dixie Chicks “Not Ready to Make Nice” (2006)
195) Bon Iver “For Emma” (2007)
196) Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone” (2004)
197) Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Possess Your Heart” (2008)
198) Car Seat Headrest “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” (2016)
199) Robyn “Call Your Girlfriend” (2010)
200) Beyoncé “Formation” (2016)


201) David Bowie “Lazarus” (2015)
202) Leon Bridges “Beyond” (2018)
203) Van Etten, Sharon “Serpents” (2012)
204) Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (2008)
205) Foo Fighters “Times Like These” (2002)
206) The Walkmen “The Rat” (2004)
207) Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
208) Death Cab for Cutie “Transatlanticism” (2003)
209) Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait” (2012)
210) Modest Mouse “Dashboard” (2007)

211) Lucinda Williams “Righteously” (2003)
212) Prince “Musicology” (2004)
213) The National “Mistaken for Strangers” (2007)
214) Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks” (2012)
215) St. Vincent “Los Ageless” (2018)
216) Kurt Vile “Pretty Pimpin’” (2015)
217) Kendrick Lamar “Humble” (2017)
218) The Strokes “Someday” (2001)
219) Marian Hill “Down” (2016)
220) Lady Gaga “Born This Way” (2011)

221) The Lumineers “Ophelia” (2016)
222) Beach House “Space Song” (2015)
223) Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
224) Vampire Weekend “Unbelievers” (2013)
225) Sylvan Esso “Coffee” (2014)
226) Mumford & Sons “The Cave” (2009)
227) Solange “Cranes in the Sky” (2016)
228) Frightened Rabbit “The Woodpile” (2013)
229) The Strokes “Reptilia” (2003)
230) Norah Jones “Come Away with Me” (2002)

231) Foo Fighters “All My Life” (2002)
232) Radiohead “Pyramid Song” (2001)
233) Fountains of Wayne “Stacy's Mom” (2003)
234) The Heavy “How You Like Me Now?” (2009)
235) The Flaming Lips “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” (2002)
236) Jay-Z with Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” (2009)
237) LCD Soundsystem “I Can Change” (2010)
238) Arctic Monkeys “R U Mine?” (2012)
239) Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
240) Pearl Jam “Just Breathe” (2009)

241) Neko Case “Hold on Hold On” (2006)
242) The Shins “Simple Song” (2012)
243) Bruce Springsteen “The Rising” (2002)
244) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll” (2009)
245) Feist “Mushaboom” (2005)
246) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (2012)
247) Tegan & Sara “Walking with a Ghost” (2004)
248) Maggie Rogers “Alaska” (2016)
249) Cage the Elephant “Ain't No Rest for the Wicked” (2008)
250) Lizzo “Cuz I Love You” (2019)

251) Bob & Luna Walkenhorst “For Tomorrow” (2018)
252) Haim “The Wire” (2013)
253) The Flaming Lips “Fight Test” (2002)
254) Gorillaz with Bootie Brown “Dirty Harry” (2005)
255) Adele “Rumor Has It” (2011)
256) Ray LaMontagne“You Are the Best Thing” (2008)
257) OutKast with Sleepy Brown “The Way You Move” (2003)
258) Eddie Vedder “Hard Sun” (2007)
259) The Hives “Hate to Say I Told You So” (2000)
260) Glass Animals “Gooey” (2014)

261) Weezer “Island in the Sun” (2001)
262) Alicia Keys “Fallin’” (2001)
263) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Y Control” (2003)
264) Michael Kiwanuka “Tell Me a Tale” (2012)
265) Phoenix “Lisztomania” (2009)
266) Spoon “Do You” (2014)
267) Chappell Roan “ Good Luck, Babe!” (2024)
268) Kacey “Rainbow” (2018)
269) Vampire Weekend “Step” (2013)
270) Broken Bells “The High Road” (2010)
271) The Dandy Warhols “Bohemian Like You” (2000)
272) Green Day “Holiday” (2005)

273) Kurt Vile “Loading Zones” (2018)
274) Sturgill Simpson “Turtles All the Way Down” (2014)
275) Modest Mouse “Ocean Breathes Salty” (2004)
276) Muse “Starlight” (2006)
277) The Fratellis “Chelsea Dagger” (2006)
278) Vance Joy “Riptide” (2014)
279) Alvvays “Archie, Marry Me” (2014)
280) Cold War Kids “Hang Me Up to Dry” (2007)
281) Big Thief “Simulation Swarm” (2022)
282) John Prine “I Remember Everything” (2020)

283) The Killers “Human” (2008)
284) Lizzo “Truth Hurts” (2017)
285) Charles Bradley “Changes” (2013)
286) First Aid Kit “Stay Gold” (2014)
287) Waxahatchee “Bored” (2024)
288) The White Stripes “My Doorbell” (2005)
289) Kendrick Lamar & SZA “All the Stars” (2018)
290) LCD Soundsystem “Losing My Edge” (2002)
291) Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
292) Alabama Shakes “Hang Loose” (2012)

293) Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” (2013)
294) Japandroids “The House That Heaven Built” (2012)
295) Sigur Rós “Hoppipolla” (2005)
296) Fall Out Boy “Sugar, We’re Going Down” (2005)
297) Fontaines D.C. “Jackie Down the Line” (2022)
298) Courtney Barnett “Depreston” (2015)
299) Janelle Monáe “Turntables” (2020)
300) Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (2018)
301) The Hold Steady “Sequestered in Memphis” (2008)
302) Father John Misty “Mr. Tillman” (2018)


303) Modest Mouse “Missed the Boat” (2007)
304) The Postal Service “We Will Become Silhouettes” (2003)
305) Beyoncé “Texas Hold ‘Em” (2024)
306) Chris Stapleton “Tennessee Whiskey” (2015)
307) Hozier “Too Sweet” (2024)
308) Muse “Uprising” (2009)
309) The Joy Formidable “Whirring” (2011)
310) Vampire Weekend “Diane Young” (2013)
311) The Decemberists “O Valencia!” (2006)
312) Ben Folds “The Luckiest” (2001)

313) Jack White “Love Interruption” (2012)
314) LCD Soundsystem “North American Scum” (2007)
315) Wilco “Handshake Drugs” (2004)
316) The Republic Tigers “Buildings and Mountains” (2008)
317) Air “Cherry Blossom Girl” (2004)
318) Frank Ocean “Pink + White” (2016)
319) Lake Street Dive “Good Kisser” (2018)
320) Haim “Want You Back” (2017)
321) Foals “Mountain at My Gates” (2015)
322) Daft Punk “Harder, Better, Faster, Strong” (2001)

323) Red Hot Chili Peppers “By the Way” (2002)
324) Beach House “Myth” (2012)
325) Interpol “PDA” (2002)
326) Chvrches “The Mother We Share” (2013)
327) The Black Keys “Howlin' for You” (2011)
328) Fontaines D.C. “Boys in the Better Land” (2018)
329) Dawes “Time Spent in Los Angeles” (2011)
330) Empire of the Sun “Walking on a Dream” (2016)
331) TV on the Radio “Staring at the Sun” (2004)
332) Damien Rice “Cannonball” (2003)

333) Arctic Monkeys “Flourescent Adolescent” (2007)
334) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Gold Lion” (2006)
335) Corinne Bailey Rae “Put Your Records On” (2006)
336) KT Tunstall “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” (2004)
337) Thundercat “Them Changes” (2015)
338) Kaiser Chiefs “I Predict a Riot” (2004)
339) 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
340) Elbow “Grounds for Divorce” (2008)
341) The Strokes “12:51” (2003)
342) Broken Social Scene “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” (2002)

343) U2 “Walk On” (2000)
344) Linkin Park “In the End” (2000)
345) The White Stripes “The Hardest Button to Button” (2003)
346) The Swell Season (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) “Falling Slowly”
347) Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” (2015)
348) Duffy “Mercy” (2008)
349) George Ezra “Budapest” (2013)
350) The Temper Trap “Sweet Disposition” (2009)
351) The War on Drugs “Holding On” (2017)
352) Green Day “Wake Me Up When September Ends” (2004)

353) The XX “On Hold” (2016)
354) Sia “Chandelier” (2014)
355) Noah Kahan “Stick Season” (2022)
356) Radiohead “Bodysnatchers” (2007)
357) Death Cab for Cutie “Cath…” (2008)
358) Red Hot Chili Peppers “Can't Stop” (2002)
359) PJ Harvey “You Said Something” (2000)
360) Genesis Owusu “Leaving the Light” (2023)
361) Dawes “All Your Favorite Bands” (2015)
362) Frank Turner “Recovery” (2013)

363) Metric “Gimme Sympathy” (2009)
364) The Fray “How to Save a Life” (2006)
365) Kendrick Lamar “King Kunta” (2015)
366) Father John Misty “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings” (2012)
367) Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” (2005)
368) David Byrne & Brian Eno “Strange Overtones” (2008)
369) The Roots with Cody Chesnutt “The Seed (2.0)” (2002)
370) Jack Johnson “Flake” (2001)
371) The Airborne Toxic Event “Sometime Around Midnight” (2008)
372) Animal Collective “Summertime Clothes” (2009)

373) Coldplay “Paradise” (2011)
374) The White Stripes “Hotel Yorba” (2001)
375) Phantogram “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” (2016)
376) Wolf Alice “Giant Peach” (2015)
377) Frank Ocean “Lost” (2012)
378) Cage the Elephant “Cigarette Daydreams” (2013)
379) alt-J “Fitzpleasure” (2012)
380) Radiohead “True Love Waits” (2001)
381) D'Angelo “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” (2000)
382) Art Brut “Formed a Band” (2004)

383) Loretta Lynn & Jack White “Portland, Oregon” (2004)
384) Queens of the Stone Age “Go with the Flow” (2003)
385) The Decemberists “The Crane Wife Pt. 3” (2006)
386) Ok Go “Here It Goes Again” (2006)
387) Spoon “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” (2007)
388) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “100 Days 100 Nights” (2007)
389) Regina Spektor “Fidelity” (2006)
390) The Knife “Heartbeats” (2002)
391) Børns “Electric Love” (2015)
392) Tom Petty “The Last DJ” (2002)

393) The Avalanches “Frontier Psychiatrist” (2000)
394) Idles “Model Village” (2020)
395) Kendrick Lamar “I” (2014)
396) Death Cab for Cutie “Title and Registration” (2003)
397) Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” (2008)
398) Interpol “Obstacle 1” (2002)
399) alt-J “Tessellate” (2012)
400) Brandi Carlile “Wherever Is Your Heart” (2015)
401) Waxahatchee with MJ Lenderman “Right Back to It” (2024)
402) Wilco “What Light” (2007)


403) Billie Eilish “What Was I Made For?” (2023)
404) Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2001)
405) Hurray for the Riff Raff “Living in the City” (2017)
406) J.D. McPherson “North Side Gal” (2010)
407) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” (2007)
408) Mitski “Your Best American Girl” (2016)
409) Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds” (2005)
410) Hozier “Jackie and Wilson” (2014)
411) Iron & Wine “Love Vigilantes” (2009)
412) Wolfmother “Woman” (2005)

413) Sault “Free” (2020)
414) Of Montreal “An Eludarian Instance” (2008)
415) The White Stripes “Conquest” (2007)
416) The Raconteurs “Now That You’re Gone” (2019)
417) Tune-Yards “Water Fountain” (2014)
418) Anderson Paak “Lockdown” (2020)
419) The Vaccines “Teenage Icon” (2012)
420) Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (2021)
421) Broken Bells “The Ghost Inside” (2010)
422) Interpol “Slow Hands” (2004)

423) Fiona Apple “Shameika” (2020)
424) Bakar “1st Time” (2020)
425) The Streets “Dry Your Eyes” (2004)
426) Blitzen Trapper “Furr” (2008)
427) Sleater-Kinney “Modern Girl” (2005)
428) DJ Shadow with De La Soul “Rocket Fuel” (2019)
429) The National “Don't Swallow the Cap” (2013)
430) Billie Eilish “All the Good Girls Go to Hell” (2019)
431) Guster “Satellite” (2006)
432) Walk the Moon “Shut Up and Dance” (2014)

433) Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “Man on Fire” (2012)
434) Tame Impala “Elephant” (2012)
435) Hembree “Holy Water” (2017)
436) Cayucas “High School Lover” (2013)
437) Gorillaz with Beck “The Valley of the Pagans” (2020)
438) Phoebe Bridgers “Kyoto” (2020)
439) The Hives “Tick Tick Boom” (2007)
440) The Shins “Australia” (2007)

441) Kings of Leon “Supersoaker” (2013)
442) Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “Better Days” (2013)
443) Fiona Apple “Under the Table” (2020)
444) Radiohead “Optimistic” (2000)
445) LCD Soundsystem “Give It Up” (2003)
446) Feist “The Bad in Each Other” (2011)

447) Leon Bridges & Terrace Martin “Sweeter” (2020)
448) Cake “Love You Madly” (2001)
449) Vampire Weekend “This Life” (2019)
450) Phantogram “Mouthful of Diamonds” (2010)
451) Rex Orange County with Benny Sings “Loving Is Easy” (2017)
452) Local Natives “Heavy Feet” (2013)
453) Alice Merton “No Roots” (2017)
454) Paramore “Ain't It Fun” (2013)
455) Gorillaz “Dare” (2005)
456) The Walkmen “We've Been Had” (2001)

457) Janelle Monáe “Electric Lady” (2013)
458) The Avett Brothers “Kick Drum Heart” (2009)
459) The Ting Tings “That's Not My Name” (2008)
460) Chvrches “Leave a Trace” (2015)
461) Matt & Kim “Let's Go” (2012)
462) Beirut “Postcards from Italy” (2006)
463) alt-J “Dissolve Me” (2012)
464) John Mayer “No Such Thing” (2001)
465) Snow Patrol “Run” (2004)
466) Lissie “In Sleep” (2010)

467) Soccer Mommy “Cool” (2018)
468) Best Coast “Boyfriend” (2010)
469) St. Vincent “Cruel” (2011)
470) Pedro the Lion “Yellow Bike” (2019)
471) Metric “Breathing Underwater” (2012)
472) Sturgill Simpson “Brace for Impact (Live a Little)” (2016)
473) Hot Chip “Ready for the Floor” (2008)
474) The Decemberists “This Is Why We Fight” (2011)
475) Avicii “Levels” (2011)
476) Paramore “This Is Why” (2022)

477) Lana Del Rey “Summertime Sadness” (2012)
478) Tegan & Sara “Back in Your Head” (2007)
479) Jenny Lewis “Just One of the Guys” (2014)
480) Wilco “Random Name Generator” (2015)
481) Raphael Saadiq “Stone Rollin’” (2011)
482) Lorde “Green Light” (2017)
483) Glass Animals “Youth” (2016)
484) Band of Horses “Laredo” (2010)
485) Foo Fighters “Walk” (2011)
486) The Strokes “The Adults Are Talking” (2020)

487) Vampire Weekend “Holiday” (2010)
488) The Mowgli’s “San Francisco” (2012)
489) The Greeting Committee “Run for Your Money” (2018)
490) Courtney Barnett “Nameless Faceless” (2018)
491) Lily Allen “The Fear” (2009)
492) The Big Pink “Dominos” (2009)
493) The Fleet Foxes “Mykonos” (2009)
494) First Aid Kit “Emmylou” (2012)
495) Madonna “Music” (2000)
496) Michael Kiwanuka “One More Night” (2016)

497) Death Cab for Cutie “You Are a Tourist” (2011)
498) Cat Power “The Greatest” (2006)
499) Eels “New Alphabet” (2013)
500) Passion Pit “Sleepyhead” (2009)
501) Daft Punk “Lose Yourself to Dance” (2013)
502) Maggie Rogers “Love You for a Long Time” (2019)
503) Kings of Leon “Closer” (2008)
504) Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California” (2006)
505) Spoon “Don’t You Evah” (2007)
506) MGMT “Congratulations” (2010)

507) Amy Winehouse “Love Is a Losing Game” (2006)
508) Radiohead “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” (2007)
509) Amy Winehouse “Tears Dry on Their Own” (2006)
510) Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “Hope the High Road” (2017)
511) Fontaines D.C. “Televised Mind” (2020)
512) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us” (2011)
513) Sonic Youth “Incinerate” (2006)
514) Foals “Inhaler” (2013)
515) Hippo Campus “Bambi” (2018)
516) Flogging Molly “Drunken Lullabies” (2002)

517) Cowboy Indian Bear “Does Anybody See You Out?” (2013)
518) At the Drive-In “One Armed Scissor” (2000)
519) The Strokes “Is This It” (2001)
520) Matt & Kim “Daylight” (2009)
521) Black Pumas “Fire” (2020)
522) Katy Guillen & the Drive “Willingly” (2020)
523) DEHD “Loner” (2020)
524) David Byrne & St. Vincent “Who” (2012)
525) Coldplay “Lost!” (2008)
526) The Decemberists “Down by the Water” (2010)

527) Modest Mouse “Lampshades on Fire” (2015)
528) The Avalanches “Since I Left You” (2000)
529) Ok Go “This Too Shall Pass” (2010)
530) Manchester Orchestra “The Gold” (2017)
531) Muse “Supermassive Black Hole” (2006)
532) Matisyahu “King Without a Crown” (2005)
533) Franz Ferdinand “Right Action” (2013)
534) Tash Sultana “Jungle” (2017)
535) Django Django “Default” (2012)
536) Fitz & the Tantrums “Don’t Gotta Work It Out” (2010)

537) Adele “Right As Rain” (2008)
538) Phoenix “Trying to Be Cool” (2013)
539) Citizen Cope “Bullet and a Target” (2004)
540) Beirut “Santa Fe” (2011)
541) Gilfillian, Devon “Unchained” (2020)
542) Kid Cudi vs. Crookers “Day N Nite” (2009)
543) Spoon “Written in Reverse” (2010)
544) Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal” (2008)
545) Poliça “Chain My Name” (2013)
546) The Flaming Lips “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” (2006)

547) Gorillaz “19-2000” (2001)
548) Beck “Wow” (2016)
549) Peter Bjorn & John “Second Chance” (2011)
550) Portugal. The Man “Modern Jesus” (2013)
551) Two Door Cinema Club “What You Know” (2010)
552) Spoon “Hot Thoughts” (2017)
553) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Mary Lambert “Same Love” (2013)
554) The Jayhawks “Save It for a Rainy Day” (2003)
555) Camera Obscura “French Navy” (2009)
556) Alex G “Runner” (2022)

557) SZA “Broken Clocks” (2017)
558) Saint Motel “My Type” (2014)
559) Sufjan Stevens “Video Game” (2020)
560) Dirty Projectors “Stillness Is the Move” (2009)
561) Lizzo “About Damn Time” (2022)
562) The Strokes “Bad Decisions” (2020)
563) Andrew Bird “Fitz and the Dizzy Spells” (2009)
564) Romy “Lifetime” (2023)
565) Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella”
566) Muse “Madness” (2012)

567) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Sacrilege” (2013)
568) Jon Batiste “I Need You” (2021)
569) Vampire Weekend “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (2008)
570) Fun. “Some Nights” (2012)
571) Common with Black Thought “Say Peace” (2020)
572) Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” (2005)
573) Beck “Think I’m in Love” (2006)
574) Boy Genius “Bite the Hand” (2018)
575) SZA “Good Days” (2020)
576) La Roux “Bulletproof” (2009)

577) Vampire Weekend “Sunflower” (2019)
578) The Strokes “Juicebox” (2005)
579) Rainbow Kitten Surprise “Fever Pitch” (2018)
580) alt-J “Left Hand Free” (2014)
581) Andrew Bird “Imitosis” (2007)
582) Ásgeir “King and Cross” (2013)
583) Spoon “Sister Jack” (2005)
584) Father John Misty “Real Love Baby” (2016)
585) The Decemberists “Calamity Song” (2011)
586) The XX “Islands” (2009)

587) The Tune-Yards “Bizness” (2011)
588) Santigold “Disparate Youth” (2012)
589) Florence + the Machine “No Light No Light” (2011)
590) Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (2001)
591) The XX “Crystalised” (2009)
592) Arlo Parks “Hurt” (2020)
593) Arctic Monkeys “Crying Lightning” (2009)
594) Margo Price “Hurtin’ (On the Bottle)” (2016)
595) The XX “VCR” (2009)
596) Moby with Gwen Stefani, Gwen “South Side” (1999)

597) Vampire Weekend “Cousins” (2009)
598) Grouplove “Tongue Tied” (2011)
599) Silversun Pickups “Panic Switch” (2009)
600) Divine Fits “Would That Not Be Nice” (2012)
601) Haim “The Steps” (2020)
602) Me Like Bees “The Ides” (2013)
603) My Morning Jacket “I'm Amazed” (2008)
604) Jon Batiste “Freedom” (2021)
605) The Dandy Warhols “We Used to Be Friends” (2003)
606) David Bowie “Blackstar” (2015)


607) Lucius “Born Again Teen” (2016)
608) Passion Pit “Take a Walk” (2012)
609) Remi Wolf “Hello Hello Hello” (2021)
610) Big Thief “Vampire Empire” (2023)
611) Poliça “Wandering Star” (2012)
612) Cannons “Fire for You” (2019)
613) Courtney Barnett “History Eraser” (2013)
614) Brittany Howard “Stay High” (2019)
615) Beach House “Zebra” (2010)
616) Beyoncé “Hold Up” (2016)

617) Eminem with Dido “Stan” (2000)
618) Foster the People “Coming of Age” (2014)
619) Iron & Wine “Boy with a Coin” (2007)
620) Haim “Forever” (2013)
621) Joss Stone “Right to Be Wrong” (2004)
622) Phoenix “Entertainment” (2013)
623) Sea Wolf “You're a Wolf” (2007)
624) Courtney Barnett “Everybody Here Hates You” (2019)
625) Dan Auerbach “Shine on Me” (2017)
626) Modest Mouse “Fire It Up” (2007)

627) Fitz & the Tantrums “Moneygrabber” (2010)
628) SZA “Drew Barrymore” (2017)
629) Edwards, Kathleen “Back to Me” (2005)
630) Grisly Hand, The “Paris of the Plains” (2010)
631) The Chemical Brothers “Galvanize” (2004)
632) Franz Ferdinand “Ulysses” (2009)
633) Katy Guillen & the Drive “Back to Normal (Dream Girl Edit)” (2020)
634) Beck “Colors” (2017)
635) Lorde “Tennis Court” (2013)
636) Weezer “Beverly Hills” (2005)

637) Regina Spektor “Us” (2004)
638) Dr. Dog “Stranger” (2010)
639) The Raconteurs “Level” (2006)
640) Arctic Monkeys “505” (2007)
641) Father John Misty “Total Entertainment Forever” (2017)
642) Sorry? “Right Round the Clock” (2020)
643) Glass Animals “Heat Waves” (2020)
644) Ra Ra Riot with Rostam Batmanglij, Rostam “Water” (2016)
645) Gary Clark Jr. “Bright Lights” (2011)
646) The Hold Steady “Constructive Summer” (2008)

647) Metric “Youth Without Youth” (2012)
648) Martin Solveig & Dragonette “Hello” (2010)
649) The Rapture “House of Jealous Lovers” (2003)
650) Dr. Dre with Eminem “Forgot About Dre” (1999)
651) Eels “Fresh Blood” (2009)
652) Jenny Lewis “Red Bull & Hennessy” (2019)
653) Rilo Kiley “Silver Lining” (2007)
654) Florence + the Machine “You’ve Got the Love” (2009)
655) Bloc Party “Helicopter” (2004)
656) Bon Iver “Flume” (2007)

657) Sylvan Esso “Die Young” (2017)
658) Declan McKenna “Brazil” (2017)
659) Sleater-Kinney “Bury Our Friends” (2015)
660) Kings of Leon “Taper Jean Girl” (2004)
661) Ben Folds “Rockin’ the Suburbs” (2001)
662) Fitz & the Tantrums “Out of My League” (2013)
663) Goldfrapp “Ooh La La” (2005)
664) Bakar “Hell N Back” (2019)
665) Tame Impala “Feels Like We Only Go Backward” (2012)
666) Janelle Monáe with Erykah Badu “Q.U.E.E.N.” (2013)

667) TV on the Radio “Will Do” (2011)
668) Raphael Saadiq“One Hundred (100) Yard Dash” (2008)
669) Janelle Monáe “Pynk” (2018)
670) Kendrick Lamar “DNA.” (2017)
671) Feist “My Moon My Man” (2007)
672) Michael Franti & Spearhead with Cherine Anderson “Say Hey (I Love You)” (2008)
673) Phoenix “Lasso” (2009)
674) The Highwomen “Crowded Table” (2019)
675) Sharon Van Etten “Comeback Kid” (2019)
676) Billie Eilish “Bury a Friend” (2019)

677) Kacey Musgraves “Cardinal” (2024)
678) Radiohead “Burn the Witch” (2016)
679) Bat for Lashes “Daniel” (2009)
680) M83 “Kim and Jessie” (2008)
681) Caesars “Jerk It Out” (2005)
682) Rag 'n' Bone Man “Human” (2016)
683) Death Cab for Cutie “The Sound of Settling” (2003)
684) Avril Lavigne “Complicated” (2002)
685) Cloud Cult “Running With the Wolves” (2010)
686) Lorde “Team” (2013)

687) Stereophonics “Have a Nice Day” (2001)
688) St. Vincent “Actor Out of Work” (2009)
689) Santigold “Lights Out” (2008)
690) A Tribe Called Quest “We the People....” (2016)
691) Coldplay “Life in Technicolor II” (2008)
692) Justice “D.A.N.C.E.” (2007)
693) Fitz & the Tantrums “Hand Clap” (2016)
694) Mayer Hawthorne “The Walk” (2011)
695) LCD Soundsystem “Tonite” (2017)
696) Evanescence with Paul McCoy “Bring Me to Life” (2003)

697) Bird, Jade “Uh-Huh” (2018)
698) Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso” (2024)
699) The Ting Tings “Shut Up and Let Me Go” (2008)
700) Arctic Monkeys “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” (2013)


701) Chance the Rapper “Work Out” (2018) br> 702) Vampire Weekend “Giving Up the Gun” (2010)
703) Jack White “Lazaretto” (2014)
704) Cold War Kids “Miracle Mile” (2013)
705) Fiona Apple “I Want You to Love Me” (2020)
706) Beastie Boys “Make Some Noise” (2011)
707) Børns “10,000 Emerald Pools” (2015)
708) Incubus “Drive” (2001)
709) Grimes “Flesh Without Blood” (2015)
710) Gomez “See the World” (2006)

711) Poliça “Dark Star” (2012)
712) Dawes “When My Time Comes” (2009)
713) Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
714) St. Vincent “Masseduction” (2017)
715) Broken Social Scene “Late Nineties Bedroom Rock for the Missionaries” (2002)
716) The Tune-Yards “Gangsta” (2011)
717) Alabama Shakes “I Ain’t the Same” (2012)
718) Bell X1 “The Great Defector” (2009)
719) Foster the People “Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)” (2011)
720) Ok Go “Get Over It” (2002)

721) Lake Street Dive “Shame Shame Shame” (2018)
722) Grizzly Bear “Mourning Sound” (2017)
723) Wolf Alice “Don’t Delete the Kisses” (2017)
724) U2 “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” (2001)
725) Samantha Fish “Bulletproof” (2019)
726) Lily Allen “LDN (London)” (2006)
727) The Rolling Stones “Angry” (2023)
728) The Strokes “Hard to Explain” (2001)
729) Blu DeTiger “Figure It Out” (2021)
730) LCD Soundsystem “Call the Police” (2017)

731) Feist “I Feel It All” (2007)
732) Wilco “You Never Know” (2009)
733) Jack White “Connected by Love” (2018)
734) Passion Pit “Little Secrets” (2009)
735) Michael Kiwanuka l “Cold Little Heart” (2016)
736) Elbow “One Day Like This” (2008)
737) John Mayer “Your Body Is a Wonderland” (2001)
738) James Blake “Retrograde” (2013)
739) Father John Misty “Chateau Lobby #4 (In C for Two Virgins)” (2015)
740) Glass Animals “Life Itself” (2016)

741) St. Vincent “Birth in Reverse” (2014)
742) Morrissey “You Have Killed Me” (2006)
743) Broken Bells “Holding on for Life” (2013)
744) Fleet Foxes “Helplessness Blues” (2011)
745) First Aid Kit “Fireworks” (2017)
746) Dirty Projectors “That’s a Lifestyle” (2018)
747) Earle, Steve “The Revolution Starts Now” (2004)
748) Taylor Swift “Love Story” (2008)
749) Eminem “Without Me”(2002)
750) Ellie Goulding “Anything Could Happen” (2012)

751) TV on the Radio “Happy Idiot” (2014)
752) Andra Day “Rise Up” (2015)
753) Calvin Arsenia “Headlights” (2018)
754) Amos, Tori “A Sorta Fairytale” (2002)
755) Carbon Leaf “What About Everything?” (2004)
756) Ha Ha Tonka “Race to the Bottom” (2017)
757) Jack Johnson “Bubbletoes” (2001)
758) The War & Treaty “Are You Ready to Love Me?” (2018)
759) Michael Kiwanuka “Hero” (2019)
760) Danielle Nicole “Cry No More” (2018)

761) Of Monsters and Men “Mountain Sound” (2011)
762) Dido “White Flag” (2003)
763) Jack White “Freedom at 21” (2012)
764) Paolo Nutini “New Shoes” (2006)
765) Making Movies “Cuna De Vida” (2013)
766) KT Tunstall “Suddenly I See” (2004)
767) Incubus “Wish You Were Here” (2001)
768) The Dixie Chicks “Landslide” (2002)
769) Audioslave “Show Me How to Live” (2002)
770) The Wiseguys “Start the Commotion” (2001)

771) Mavis Staples “I Like the Things About Me” (2013)
772) Neko Case “People Got a Lotta Nerve” (2009)
773) Groove Armada “I See You Baby (remix)” (2000)
774) Hot Chip “Over and Over” (2006)
775) Coldplay “Magic” (2014)
776) Neko Case “I Wish I Was the Moon” (2002)
777) Ted Leo & the Pharmacists “Me and Mia” (2004)
778) Waren Zevon “Keep Me in Your Heart” (2004)
779) Mike Doughty “Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well” (2003)
780) Imogen Heap “Goodnight and Go” (2005)

781) Janelle Monáe, Janelle with Prince “Givin’ ‘Em What They Love” (2013)
782) Muse “Time Is Running Out” (2003)
783) Antennas Up “Pretenders” (2012)
784) Alvvays “Plimsoll Punks” (2017)
785) Alexi Murdoch “Orange Sky” (2004)
786) Avici with Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up!” (2013)
787) The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
788) Michelle Branch “Everywhere” (2001)
789) Frank Turner “The Way I Tend to Be” (2013)
790) Neko Case “The Tornado Loves You” (2009)

791) Snow Patrol “Hands Open” (2006)
792) Mitski “Nobody” (2018)
793) Michael Andrews with Gary Jules “Mad World” (2002)
794) Daft Punk with Panda Bear “Doin’ It Right” (2013)
795) Moby “Porcelain” (1999)
796) Basement Jaxx “Where’s Your Head At?” (2001)
797) Paramore “Misery Business” (2007)
798) Angel Olsen “Shut Up Kiss Me” (2016)
799) Kevin Morby “City Music” (2017)
800) The Raconteurs “Somedays I Don’t Feel Like Trying” (2019)


801) Fitz & the Tantrums “Don’t Ever Let ‘Em” (2019)
802) The Fray “Over My Head (Cable Car)” (2005)
803) The White Stripes “The Denial Twist” (2005)
804) Gaslight Anthem “45” (2012)
805) Charli xcx “Apple” (2024)
806) Le Tigre “TKO” (2004)
807) Dave Matthews Band “Where Are You Going?” (2002)
808) Eminem “The Real Slim Shady” (2000)
809) Radkey “Basement” (2019)
810) Jack’s Mannequin “Dark Blue” (2005)

811) The Neighbourhood “Sweater Weather” (2013)
812) Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (2018)
813) Nickel Creek “Smoothie Song” (2002)
814) Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” (2008)
815) Lucinda Williams “Essence” (2001)
816) Noah Kahan “Dial Drunk” (2022)
817) Shiner “Giant’s Chair” (2000)
818) Nikka Costa “Like a Feather” (2001)
819) Lord Huron “Meet Me in the Woods” (2015)
820) Fatboy Slim “Weapon of Choice” (2001)

821) Dave Matthews Band “The Space Between” (2001)
822) Chris Isaak “Let Me Down Easy” (2002)
823) Jay-Z “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” (2001)
824) Neko Case “Last Lion of Albion” (2018)
825) José González “Heartbeats” (2006)
826) System of a Down “Aerials” (2001)
827) Hozier “Almost (Sweet Music)” (2019)
828) Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Date with the Night” (2003)
829) Aaliyah “Try Again” (2000)
830) Ben Folds “Annie Waits” (2001)

831) Calvin Arsenia “Back to You (Paul Brown Mix)” (2018)
832) Alicia Keys “No One” (2007)
833) The Avett Brothers “Ain’t No Man” (2016)
834) Janelle Monáe “Django Jane” (2018)
835) Linkin Park “Numb” (2003)
836) Panic! at the Disco “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” (2005)
837) Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (2007)
838) Divine Fits “Ain’t That the Way” (2013)
839) Rufus Wainwright “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” (2001)
840) The Kooks “She Moves in Her Own Way” (2006)

841) Jack Johnson “Sitting Waiting Wishing” (2005)
842) Serena Ryder “Stompa” (2012)
843) M.I.A. ““Sunshowers” (2004)
844) Crazy Town “Butterfly” (2000)
845) Alex Cuba “Yo No Sé” (2019)
846) Amerie “1 Thing” (2005)
847) Big Thief “Not” (2019)
848) Ray LaMontagne “Forever My Friend” (2004)
849) Laura Marling “Sophia” (2011)
850) India.Arie “Video” (2001)

851) Liz Phair “Extraordinary” (2003)
852) Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)
853) Eve 6 “Here's to the Night” (2000)
854) Aloe Blacc “I Need a Dollar (How to Make It in America)” (2010)
855) Aqualung “Brighter Than Sunshine” (2003)
856) John Mayer “Waiting on the World to Change” (2006)
857) Avril Lavigne “Sk8er Boi” (2002)
858) David Gray “Be Mine” (2003)
859) Sara Bareilles “Love Song” (2007)
860) Los Lonely Boys “Heaven” (2003)

861) Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)” (2010)
862) Ben Harper “Steal My Kisses” (1999)
863) Brandi Carlile “Turpentine” (2003)
864) Jack Johnson “Wasting Time” (2003)
865) Billie Eilish “Everything I Wanted” (2019)
866) Katy Guillen & the Girls “Heavy Days” (2016)
867) Yola “Faraway Look” (2019)
868) Ben Folds “Not the Same” (2001)
869) Jade Bird “I Get No Joy” (2019)
870) Scissor Sisters “Take Your Mama” (2004)

871) The Elders “Moore St. Girls” (2004)
872) Of Montreal “Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games” (2005)
873) Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl” (2005)
874) Tegan & Sara “Closer” (2013)
875) Jack’s Mannequin “The Mixed Tape” (2005)
876) The Soggy Bottom Boys “Man of Constant Sorrow” (2001)
877) Mark Ronson with Lily Allen “Oh My God” (2007)
878) Jones, Norah “Chasing Pirates” (2009)
879) Elvis Presley vs. JXL “A Little Less Conversation (remix)” (2002)
880) Andrew WK “Party Hard” (2001)

881) Carbon Leaf “Life Less Ordinary” (2004)
882) Justin Timberlake “Sexyback” (2006)
883) Kacey Musgraves “Follow Your Arrow” (2013)
884) Jake Bugg “Lightning Bolt” (2012)
885) Dave Matthews Band “Everyday” (2001)
886) Gang of Youths “Let Me Down Easy” (2017)
887) My Chemical Romance “Teenagers” (2006)
888) Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)
889) The Head & the Heart “Lost in My Mind” (2011)
890) The Killers “Smile Like You Mean It” (2004)

891) Harry Styles “Sign of the Times” (2017)
892) Tai Verdes “A-O-K” (2021)
893) Wheat “I Met a Girl” (2004)
894) The Avett Brothers “Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise” (2009)
895) Adele “Set Fire to the Rain” (2011)
896) James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (2005)
897) Augustana “Boston” (2005)
898) Loretta Lynn “Van Lear Rose” (2004)
899) Afroman “Because I Got High” (2001)
900) The Staves “Black and White” (2014)


901) The Dead Weather “Hustle and Cuss” (2010)
902) Kelis “Milkshake” (2003)
903) Annie “Chewing Gum” (2004)
904) My Chemical Romance “Helena (So Long and Goodnight)” (2004)
905) Glass Animals “Pools” (2014)
906) Jason Mraz “The Remedy (I Won't Worry)” (2002)
907) Jet “Look What You’ve Done” (2003)
908) William Shatner “Common People” (2004)
909) Shaggy with Ricardo “Rik Rok” Ducent “It Wasn't Me” (2000)

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First posted 7/4/2025; last updated 7/8/2025.

Friday, December 8, 2023

The Killers: A Retrospective, 2001-2023

The Killers

A Retrospective: 2001-2023

Overview:

The Killers formed in Las Vegas in 2001. The alternative-rock band has sold more than 28 million records worldwide. Their song “Mr. Brightside” is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Digital Era, 2000-2019. Their 2004 album Hot Fuss is in the DMDB book The Top 100 Albums of the 21st Century.


The Players:

  • Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar: 2001-present)
  • Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals: 2001-present)
  • Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums, percussion, guitar: 2002-present)
  • Mark Stoermer (bass, backing vocals, guitar: 2002-)
  • Matt Norcross (drums: 2001-02)
  • Brian Havens (drusm: 2002)
  • Dell Neal (bass, backing vocals: 2001-02)


Links:

Awards:

Compilations:

Immediately below is a list of the top songs by the Killers as ranked by the DMDB. The codes beside the songs indicate which of the above albums the songs appear on. In addition, you can scroll farther down the page to see a snapshot of the Killers’ individual albums with the singles from each indicated. The songs are again followed by the codes, but also for those songs that charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to charts.


Top 20 Songs:

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Mr. Brightside (2003) DH, RD

DMDB Top 5%:

2. Somebody Told Me (2004) DH, RD
3. When You Were Young (2006) DH, RD
4. All These Things That I’ve Done (2004) DH, RD
5. Human (2008) DH, RD

DMDB Top 10%:

6. Read My Mind (2006) DH, RD
7. Caution (2020) RD

DMDB Top 20%:

8. The Man (2017) RD
9. Spaceman (2008) DH, RD
10. Smile Like You Mean It (2004) DH
11. Runaways (2012) DH, RD

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

12. Shot at the Night (2013) DH
13. Boy (2022) RD
14. Bones (2006)
15. Run for Cover (2017)
16. My Own Soul’s Warning (2020) RD
17. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (with Ned Humphrey Hansen, 2016)
18. Tranquilize (with Lou Reed, 2007)
19. Shadowplay (2007)
20. Quiet Town (2021) RD

Hot Fuss (2004):
  • Mr. Brightside (9/29/03, 10 BB, 10 RR, 11 A40, 3 MR, 10 UK, 5 CN, 29 AU, 6 DF) DH, RD
  • Somebody Told Me (3/15/04, 51 BB, 21 RR, 17 A403 MR, 3 UK, 17 AU, 11 DF) DH, RD
  • All These Things That I’ve Done (8/30/04, 74 BB, 45 RR, 10 MR, 18 UK, 42 AU, 1 DF) DH, RD
  • Smile Like You Mean It (4/2/05, 15 MR, 11 UK, 47 AU, 31 DF) DH
  • Jenny Was a Friend of Mine RD

Read more on the DMDB page for this album.

Sam’s Town (2006):
  • When You Were Young (7/29/06, 14 BB, 31 RR, 15 A40, 16 AA, 30 AR, 1 MR, 2 UK, 10 AU, 15 DF) DH, RD
  • Bones (11/25/06, 21 MR, 15 UK, 22 AU, 29 DF)
  • Read My Mind (1/20/07, 62 BB, 43 RR, 25 A40, 1 AA, 8 MR, 15 UK, 39 CN, 32 AU, 25 DF) DH, RD
  • For Reasons Unknown (6/25/07, 53 UK, 33 DF) DH

Sawdust (2007):
  • Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town (2/28/05, --)
  • Romeo and Juliet (6/25/07, 86 UK, 98 AU)
  • Shadowplay (10/8/07, 68 BB, 19 MR, 49 CN, 35 DF)
  • Tranquilize (with Lou Reed) (10/12/07, 13 UK, 59 CN, 84 AU, 33 DF)

Day & Age (2008):
  • Human (9/22/08, 32 BB, 35 RR, 3 AA, 6 MR, 3 UK, 9 CN, 28 AU, 17 DF) DH, RD
  • Spaceman (11/4/08, 67 BB, 17 AA, 8 MR, 40 UK, 47 CN, 62 AU) DH, RD
  • A Dustland Fairytale (5/9/09, 36 MR) DH, RD
  • The World We Live In (5/18/09, --)

Battle Born (2012):
  • Runaways (7/17/12, 78 BB, 11 AA, 7 MR, 18 UK, 37 CN, 67 AU) DH, RD
  • Miss Atomic Bomb (10/23/12, 23 MR) DH
  • Here with Me (12/16/12, 88 CN)
  • The Way It Was DH
  • Be Still RD

Direct Hits

The Killers


Recorded: 2003-2013


Released: November 11, 2013

Peak: 20 US, 6 UK, 25 CN, 10 AU


Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.75 UK


Genre: alternative rock


Rating:

3.859 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings)

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Tracks: (1) Mr. Brightside (2) Somebody Told Me (3) Smile Like You Mean It (4) All These Things That I’ve Done (5) When We Were Young (6) Read My Mind (7) For Reasons Unknown (8) Human (9) Spaceman (10) A Dustland Fairytale (11) Runaways (12) Miss Atomic Bomb (13) The Way It Was (14) Shot at the Night (15) Just Another Girl


Total Running Time: 61:13


Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums:

  • Shot at the Night (9/17/13, 22 AA, 20 MR, 23 UK, 90 CN, 33 DF) DH
  • Just Another Girl (11/25/13, --) DH


About the Album:

This collection gathers the best-known material from the Killers’ first four studio albums and adds two new tracks.

Wonderful Wonderful (2017):
  • The Man (6/14/17, 31 A40, 1 AA, 2 MR, 63 UK, 65 AU, 31 DF) RD
  • Run for Cover (7/28/17, 20 AA, 5 MR, 100 UK)
  • Wonderful Wonderful (8/24/17, --)
  • Rut (12/9/17, --)

Imploding the Mirage (2020):
  • Caution (3/12/20, 26 AC, 16 A40, 2 AA, 35 AR, 1 MR, 95 UK, 3 CN) RD
  • My Own Soul’s Warning (6/27/20, 4 AA, 7 MR) RD
  • Dying Breed (8/14/20, --) RD
  • C’est La Vie (2/27/21, 18 AA)

Pressure Machine (2021):
  • Quiet Town (8/12/21, 6 AA) RD
  • Runaway Horses (with Phoebe Bridgers) (8/27/21, --)
  • Pressure Machine (10/10/21, --) RD

Rebel Diamonds

The Killers


Recorded: 2003-2023


Released: December 8, 2023

Peak: --


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: alternative rock

Tracks: (1) Jenny Was a Friend of Mine (2) Mr. Brightside (3) All These Things That I’ve Done (4) Somebody Told Me (5) When You Were Young (6) Read My Mind (7) Human (8) Spaceman (9) A Dustland Fairytale (10) Be Still (11) Runaways (12) The Man (13) Caution (14) My Own Soul’s Warning (15) Dying Breed (16) Pressure Machine (17) Quiet Town (18) Boy (19) Your Side of Town (20) Spirit


Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums:

  • Boy (8/13/22, 29 A40, 1 AA, 1 MR) RD
  • Your Side of Town (8/25/23, 6 MR) RD
  • Spirit RD


About the Album:

The second compilation from the Killers offers a full career retrospective of the band’s 20+ year career. While it is nice to have snapshots of their entire career in one collection, the set also short changes the band’s second decade. Nine of the first eleven songs were already featured on Direct Hits. It would be nice to see a collection focused exclusively on the Killers post-Direct Hits days. There are three new songs here.

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First posted 12/8/2023.

Saturday, June 26, 2004

The Killers charted with “Mr. Brightside”

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

Writer(s): Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (see lyrics here)


Released: September 29, 2003


First Charted: June 26, 2004


Peak: 10 US, 10 RR, 11 A40, 3 AR, 10 UK, 5 CN, 29 AU, 6 DF (Click for codes to charts.)


Sales (in millions): 3.0 US, 4.8 UK, 10.54 world (includes US + UK)


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 0.5 radio, 467.0 video, 1797.97 streaming

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

About the Song:

The Killers “crawled out of Vegas armed with glitzy beats and faux Bowie accents.” RS’09 “Merging Duran Duran makeup, New Order hi-hats, and Bruce Springsteen-ian grandiosity, they gave rock fans a non-geriatric arena-ready alternative to the world’s Nickelbacks this decade.” PF

The group might have just been another of the pack of the new millennium’s wave of new dance-rock, but “‘Mr. Brightside’ made them famous.” RS’09 “Preening and posturing and fusing high drama, power pop, and rock gravitas into one perfectly transcendent song.” LR “In a stroke of genius they never quite equaled, these Las Vegas rockers married the infectious grooves of the then-trendy dance-rock scene to a surging melody straight out of the U2/ Coldplay handbook.” MX They brought along “a story line that sums up the first two seasons of Gossip Girl.” RS’09

The Killers’ lead singer Brandon Flowers had a girlfriend who cheated on him and the band’s guitarist, Dave Keuning, extracted revenge with this song about her. Flowers told Q magazine about discovering her unfaithfulness. “I was asleep and I knew something was wrong. I have these instincts. I went to the Crown and Anchor [a Vegas pub] and my girlfriend was there with another guy.” PF

However, Flowers’ anguish proved to have a “bright side.” The song didn’t just give The Killers their biggest hit, but one thoroughly embraced by fans. UK radio station XFM wrapped the decade with a listener poll to determine the top 1000 songs of all time and “Mr. Brightside” topped the list. While such a lofty position showed the weaknesses of turning an “all time” poll over to voters, it still showed just how much fans cherished the song.


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Last updated 7/24/2023.

Monday, June 7, 2004

The Killers Hot Fuss released

Hot Fuss

The Killers


Released: June 7, 2004


Peak: 7 US, 12 UK, 4 CN, 11 AU


Sales (in millions): 3.75 US, 2.4 UK, 7.5 world (includes US and UK)


Genre: post punk revival


Tracks:

Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to charts.

  1. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine (Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer) [4:04]
  2. Mr. Brightside (Flowers, Dave Keuning) [3:43] (9/29/03, 10 US, 10 RR, 3 MR, 11 A40, 10 UK, 5 CN, 29 AU)
  3. Smile Like You Mean It (Flowers, Stoermer) [3:54] (4/2/05, 15 MR, 11 UK, 47 AU)
  4. Somebody Told Me (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.) [3:17] (3/15/04, 51 US, 21 RR, 3 MR, 17 A40, 3 UK, 17 AU)
  5. All These Things That I’ve Done (Flowers) [5:01] (8/30/04, 74 US, 45 RR, 10 MR, 18 UK, 42 AU)
  6. Andy, You’re a Star (Flowers) [3:14]
  7. On Top (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) [4:18]
  8. Change Your Mind * (Flowers, Keuning) [3:11]
  9. Believe Me Natalie (Flowers, Vannucci) [5:05]
  10. Midnight Show (Flowers, Stoermer) [4:02]
  11. Everything Will Be Alright (Flowers) [5:45]
* For the U.K. edition, “Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll” was substituted for “Change Your Mind.”


Total Running Time: 45:39


The Players:

  • Brandon Flowers (vocals, synthesizer)
  • Dave Keuning (guitar)
  • Mark Stoermer (bass)
  • Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums)

Rating:

3.796 out of 5.00 (average of 31 ratings)


Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

“There are so many garage rock/dance-rock tunes perfectly stylized and glamorous for the pop kids in the city and in the suburbs of new-millennium America. What’s nice about these the bands producing these songs is how they strive so desperately to individualize themselves. On a commercial level, they do quite well in delivering catchy pop hooks. When it comes to having actual talent, a select few actually do possess attention-worthy integrity.” MW Rolling Stone “reviewer Jenny Eliscu compared the band’s music to contemporaries The Rapture and Franz Ferdinand, stating that in comparison to those groups The Killers ‘[have] actual pop songs – in spades.’ Eliscu concluded, ‘This album is all Killers, no filler.’” WK

This “Las Vegas foursome introduce a perfectly tailored new wave-induced art rock sound on their debut, Hot Fuss.” MW They “match postpunk guitars with a synthesizer overlay that recalls ‘80s New Wave without burying their sound in nostalgia.” RW The album is “one of the five most recent albums listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.” WK

“They wooed MTV audiences and modern rock followers with the success of Somebody Told Me during summer 2004. This chunky-riffed single loaded with androgynous mystery and a dalliance with new romantic energy” RW focused on the theme of “sexual confusion” RW “captures the infectious delivery of the Killers as a band. Vocalist/keyboardist Brandon Flowers does his best Simon LeBon imitation; the sex appeal and the boyish charm are perfectly in place as the rest of the band accents his rich, red-hotness just so.” MW

Mr. Brightside, about “voyeurism,” RW and Jenny Was a Friend of Mine “are equally as foxy as the album’s first single, affirming that a formula is indeed in motion. It’s hard to deny the sparkle of Depeche Mode beats and the sensual allure of Duran Duran. After 25 years, those sounds still hold up; by 2004, however, it’s an incredible task to pull this kind of thing off without selling yourself to the tastes of the masses. Interpol and the Walkmen have pulled it off; Franz Ferdinand and Hot Hot Heat have potential.” MW

“Flowers and his mates are obviously canny students; the total effect is of a playacted obsession, but one made irresistible by their skillful, catchy songs.” RW However, “the dynamic doesn’t firmly hold together.” MW Mix “the painfully earnest line ‘I got soul but I’m not a soldier’ from All These Things That I’ve Done” RW with its “gospel/rock jaunt” MW and the song “doesn’t quit fit around the Cure-inspired synth reveries of Everything Will Be Alright and Believe Me Natalie.” MW Midnight Show, which, like ‘Jenny’ focuses on “murdered lovers” RW “does show promise,” MW even if it flagrantly “plucks from Duran Duran’s ‘Planet Earth’ and ‘Is There Something I Should Know?’” MW

“In a mixed review, Entertainment Weekly wildly praised the song ‘Somebody Told Me’ while asking ‘As for the rest, isn’t it a little too early for a Strokes tribute band?’” WK “If there’s an occasional misstep,” RW “Hot Fuss is one of several recent releases that bring a diverting faux glamour to the mainstream rock scene.” RW The album “came at the right time because the pop kids needed something to savor the summer with, and ‘Somebody Told Me’ served that purpose. Now pull out your Duran Duran records and dance like no one is watching.” MW

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First posted 9/10/2009; last updated 3/5/2024.