Dave's Faves: Top 100 Songs, 2000-2009

Dave’s Faves: My Top 100 Songs 2000-2009

These are my personal favorite top 100 songs from 2000-2009. 1. Crowded House “Silent House” (2007) 2. Michael Franti & Spearhead “Everyone Deserves Music” (2003) 3. Michael Andrews with Gary Jules “Mad World” (2002) 4. Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” (2001) 5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (2002) 6. Bruce Springsteen “American Skin (41 Shots)” (2000) 7. John Mellencamp “If I Die Sudden” (2008) 8. Dresden Dolls “Sing” (2006) 9. Sandi Thom “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker” (2005) 10. Bruce Springsteen “My City of Ruins” (2001) 11. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003) 12. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006) 13. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002) 14. Pearl Jam “Just Breathe” (2009) 15. Limp Bizkit with Johnny Rzeznik “Wish You Were Here” (live, 2001) 16. The Gaslight Anthem “The ’59 Sound” (2008) 17. Bruce Hornsby “Gonna Be Some Changes Made” (2004) 18. KT Tunstall “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” (2004) 19. Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” (2005) 20. Evanescence with Paul McCoy “Bring Me to Life” (2003) 21. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009) 22. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003) 23. Sheryl Crow “Safe and Sound” (live, 2001) 24. Beck “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” (2004) 25. Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (2006) 26. Eminem with Dido “Stan” (2000) 27. Fountains of Wayne “Stacy’s Mom” (2003) 28. Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Follow You into the Dark” (2005) 29. Bruce Springsteen “Empty Sky” (2002) 30. Playing for Change “Stand by Me” (2008) 31. Perpetuum Jazzile “Africa” (2009) 32. Mike “Grace Kelly” (2007) 33. John Mayer “No Such Thing” (2001) 34. Pink with Indigo Girls “Dear Mr. President” (2006) 35. Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” (2001) 36. David Baerwald “I Won’t Back Down” (2006) 37. Arnold McCuller “Free Bird” (2000) 38. Eagles “Hole in the World” (2003) 39. Chris Cornell “Billie Jean” (2007) 40. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004) 41. Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (2004) 42. Bruce Springsteen “Radio Nowhere” (2007) 43. John Mellencamp “Rodeo Clown” (2007) 44. Dixie Chicks “Travelin’ Soldier” (2002) 45. Bruce Springsteen “The Rising” (2002) 46. Bowling for Soup “1985” (2004) 47. Queensrÿche “Home Again” (2009) 48. U2 “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” (2004) 49. Tori Amos “‘97 Bonnie and Clyde” (2001) 50. The White Stripes “Hotel Yorba” (2001) 51. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova “Falling Slowly” (2007) 52. Avril Lavigne “Sk8r Boi” (2002) 53. John Mellencamp “To Washington” (2003) 54. Green Day “Wake Me Up When September Ends” (2004) 55. Pearl Jam “Love Reign O’er Me” (2004) 56. John Mellencamp “Rural Route” (2007) 57. Foo Fighters “Darling Nikki” (2003) 58. Bright Eyes “Road to Joy” (2005) 59. Blur “Out of Time” (2003) 60. D’Angelo “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” (2000) 61. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) ” (2008) 62. Alicia Keys “Fallin’” (2001) 63. One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize” (2006) 64. Sting “Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)” (2003) 65. Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Possess Your Heart” (2008) 66. Eminem “Like Toy Soldiers” (2004) 67. Pink “Family Portrait” (2001) 68. The Killers “All These Things That I’ve Done” (2004) 69. Hooters “White Jeans” (2007) 70. Eminem “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” (2002) 71. Del Amitri “Jesus Saves” (2002) 72. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000) 73. Uncle Kracker “Follow Me” (2000) 74. Alanis Morissette “My Humps” (2007) 75. Eminem “Sing for the Moment” (2002) 76. Lucinda Williams “Righteously” (2003) 77. Dixie Chicks “I Hope” (2005) 78. No Doubt “Simple Kind of Life” (2000) 79. Badly Drawn Boy “Something to Talk About” (2002) 80. Hooters “Morning Buzz” (2007) 81. Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow “Picture” (2001) 82. U2 “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” (2000) 83. Five for Fighting “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” (2000) 84. Alicia Keys “No One” (2007) 85. Coldplay “Clocks” (2002) 86. Mindy Smith “Come to Jesus” (2004) 87. Linkin Park “In the End” (2000) 88. Blue October “Into the Ocean” (2006) 89. Lee Ann Womack & Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance” (2000) 90. Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2001) 91. Amanda Ghost “Silver Lining” (2000) 92. Tricky with Ed Kowalczyk & Hawkman “Evolution Revolution Love” (2001) 93. Adele “To Make You Feel My Love” (2008) 94. Staind “It’s Been Awhile” (2001) 95. Nine Inch Nails “Only” (2005) 96. Daniel Powter “Bad Day” (2005) 97. Beck “Lost Cause” (2002) 98. Aaron Lewis with Fred Durst “Outside” (live, 2000) 99. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Hard to Concentrate” (2006) 100. Eminem “Mosh” (2004) Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Faves: Songs Dave’s Faves: #1 Songs Dave’s Faves: All-Time Top 100 Songs First posted 5/6/2020; last updated 6/27/2022.

Sandi Thom “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker with Flowers in My Hair” released

I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker with Flowers in My Hair Sandi Thom

Writer(s): Tom Gilbert, Sandi Thom (see lyrics here) Released: October 3, 2005 First Charted: October 15, 2005 Peak: 11 UK, 110 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.4 UK, 0.54 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 15.3 video, 58.37 streaming

Awards: Click on award for more details.

About the Song: Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexandria “Sandi” Thom was born in 1981 in Banff , Scotland. She released her debut album, Smile…It Confuses People in 2006. It went nowhere in the United States, but was a chart-topper in the UK. It was fueled by “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker with Flowers in My Hair” which was initially released in October 2005 by Viking Legacy records and peaked at #55. A story then circulated that she was doing webcasts from her basement apartment, went viral, gained an audience of 70,000, and was discovered by a major label record executive. The story appears to be a publicity stunt. She did do webcasts, but certainly wasn’t getting those kinds of numbers. SF She did, however, get signed to Sony. The song was re-released in May 2006 and went to #1 and became the fifth biggest seller of the year. WK The song also reached the pinnacle in Australia, spending 10 weeks atop the chart and became the biggest selling single of 2006 in Australia. The song is an “idealistic paean to a simple, lo-tech age when people cared enough to form movements such as ‘flower power’ in 1969 and punk rock in 1977.” SF It was “one of the first to lament the fast-moving advancement of digital technology.” SF Thom wrote the song after getting robbed one night. Without her mobile phone, she had no way of contacting friends, family, and the bank. She said, “I wondered if that had happened to me back in the days of the hippies what would I have done and would I have freaked out so much?” WK Other artists criticized the song. James Frost and Robin Hawkins from the band The Automatic said, “if she was a punk rocker with flowers in her hair she’d get the shit kicked out of her by other punk rockers for having flowers in her hair.” WK Sounds like someone completely missed the point of the song and is jealous of its success. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Sandi Thom AMG All Music Guide SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia First posted 10/9/2022.