Andrew Unterberger, Intensities in Ten Suburbs (USA) - 10 Years, 100 Songs (00s) (2009)

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Andrew Unterberger, Intensities in Ten Suburbs (USA) - 10 Years, 100 Songs (00s) (2009)

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Andrew Unterberger, who's since written a lot for sites like Billboard and Spin, made this list on his blog when he was starting out. I don't know if that hurts this list's chances, but it's a really interesting list so it might be worth considering. 100 main songs, one per artist, and another 100 runners-up.

100. Green Day – “Jesus of Suburbia”
99. The Ying Yang Twins – “Wait (The Whisper Song)”
98. Crazytown – “Butterfly”
97. Taylor Swift – “Teardrops on My Guitar”
96. The Fray – “Over My Head (Cable Car)”
95. Fergie – “Fergalicious”
94. Lidstrom – “I Feel Space”
93. Chevelle – “Send the Pain Below”
92. T-Pain f/ Yung Joc – “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)”
91. Arctic Monkeys – “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”
90. Cassie – “Me & U”
89. Nelly Furtado – “Maneater”
88. Mike Jones f/ Slim Thug & Paul Wall – “Still Tippin’”
87. Bat for Lashes – “Daniel”
86. The Darkness – “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”
85. Dynamite Hack – “Boyz n the Hood”
84. DJ Khaled f/ T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman, Lil’ Wayne & Akon – “We Takin’ Over”
83. Matchbox20 – “Bent”
82. The Game f/ 50 Cent – “Hate It or Love It”
81. 311 – “Amber”
80. 3 Doors Down – “Krptonite”
79. Nas – “Made You Look”
78. Royksopp – “Eple”
77. The Pussycat Dolls – “Don’t Cha”
76. DMX – “Party Up (Up in Here)”
75. Junior Senior – “Move Your Feet”
74. Twista f/ Kanye West & Jamie Foxx – “Slow Jamz”
73. The Streets – “Weak Become Heroes”
72. Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
71. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Maps”
70. Snoop Dogg f/ Pharrell – “Drop It Like It’s Hot”
69. Alice DeeJay – “Better Off Alone”
68. Xiu Xiu – “I Luv the Valley OH!”
67. Incubus – “Stellar”
66. Mariah Carey – “We Belong Together”
65. Andrew W.K. – “Party Hard”
64. Jurgen Paape – “So Weit Wie Noch Nie”
63. Taking Back Sunday – “MakeDamnSure”
62. Kid Cudi – “Day n Nite”
61. Paramore – “That’s What You Get”
60. System of a Down – “Toxicity”
59. dNTEL f/ Ben Gibbard – “(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan”
58. Three 6 Mafia f/ 8Ball & MJG – “Stay Fly”
57. Good Charlotte – “The Anthem”
56. The Lonely Island – “Lazy Sunday”
55. Darude – “Sandstorm“
54. Yellowcard – “Ocean Avenue”
53. The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”
52. Luomo – “Tessio“
51. Blink-182 – “Stay Together For the Kids”
50. My Chemical Romance – “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)“
49. Freelance Hellraiser – “A Stroke of Genius”
48. Daft Punk – “Digital Love”
47. Snow Patrol – “Chasing Cars“
46. Sean Paul – “Like Glue”
45. Ludacris – “Stand Up”
44. Britney Spears – “Toxic”
43. Kings of Leon – “Sex on Fire“
42. Jennifer Lopez f/ Ja Rule – “I’m Real (Remix)”
41. Lifehouse – “Hanging By a Moment”
40. Plain White T’s – “Hey There Delilah”
39. MGMT – “Kids”
38. Gym Class Heroes f/ Patrick Stump – “Cupid’s Chokehold”
37. Franz Ferdinand – “Do You Want To”
36. Kylie Minogue – “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
35. Vertical Horizon – “Everything You Want”
34. The White Stripes – “Fell in Love With a Girl”
33. Jay-Z – “Takeover”
32. Maroon 5 – “This Love”
31. Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
30. M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
29. Timbaland f/ OneRepublic – “Apologize”
28. Beyonce f/ Jay-Z – “Crazy in Love”
27. Coldplay – “Yellow”
26. Lil’ Wayne – “A Milli”
25. Shaggy f/ Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent – “It Wasn’t Me“
24. The Strokes – “Last Night”
23. Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”
22. Radiohead – “Idioteque”
21. Fall Out Boy – “Sugar, We’re Going Down”
20. The All-American Rejects – “Move Along”
19. OutKast – “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)”
18. Interpol – “PDA”
17. Justin Timberlake – “Rock Your Body”
16. Vanessa Carlton – “A Thousand Miles”
15. The Clipse – “Grindin‘”
14. Cam’Ron f/ Juelz Santana & Freekey Zeke – “Hey Ma“
13. LCD Soundsystem – “Losing My Edge”
12. Soulja Boy – “Crank Dat Soulja Boy“
11. Staind f/ Fred Durst – “Outside”
10. Rihanna f/ Jay-Z – “Umbrella”
9. Sum 41- “Fat Lip”
8. R. Kelly – “Ignition (Remix)”
7. Eminem f/ Dido – “Stan”
6. Avril Lavigne – “Sk8er Boi”
5. Lil’ Jon & the East Side Boyz f/ The Ying Yang Twins – “Get Low”
4. The Rapture – “House of Jealous Lovers”
3. Kanye West – “Through the Wire”
2. Linkin Park – “In the End”
1. Usher f/ Lil’ Jon & Ludacris – “Yeah!”
Before I get out of here, though, ten personal favorites I would have loved to have included on our list if I could’ve provided anywhere near the proper historical justification:
10. Life Without Buildings – “The Leanover”
9. Le Knight Club – “Soul Bells”
8. Phoenix – “Love Like a Sunset”
7. The Dismemberment Plan – “Face of the Earth”
6. Badly Drawn Boy – “Once Around the Block”
5. Doves – “Black and White Town”
4. Freeway f/ Jay-Z & Beanie Seigel – “What We Do”
3. The Microphones – “The Moon (Song Islands Version)”
2. Weezer – “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”
1. Capitol K – “Pillow”
And ten songs from 2009 I would’ve considered including if I had heard/appreciated them in time:
10. Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow”
9. Ke$ha – “TiK ToK”
8. Pitbull – “I Know You Want Me”
7. Passion Pit – “The Reeling”
6. Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”
5. Miley Cyrus – “Party in the U.S.A.”
4. Dirty Projectors – “Stillness is the Move”
3. Shakira – “She-Wolf”
2. Drake f/ Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Eminem – “Forever”
1. Animal Collective – “My Girls”

And the other 100:
#200. t.A.t.U. – “Not Gonna Get Us”
#199. MIMS – “This is Why I’m Hot”
#198. OK Go – “Here It Goes Again“
#197. Tweet – “Oops (Oh My)“
#196. Norah Jones – “Don’t Know Why“
#195. Elvis Presley vs. Junkie XL – “A Little Less Conversation”
#194. Los Campensinos – “You! Me! Dancing!”
#193. N.O.R.E. – “Nothin’”
#192. Nickelback – “Figured You Out”
#191. Akon – “Right Now (Na Na Na Na)”
#190. Annie – “Chewing Gum”
#189. E-40 f/ Keak da Sneak – “Tell Me When to Go”
#188. Fabolous – “Young’n“
#187. Jonas Brothers – “S.O.S.”
#186. KT Tunstall – “Black Horse & Cherry Tree“
#185. Scissor Sisters – “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin'”
#184. Hot Hot Heat – “Bandages”
#183. Five for Fighting – “Superman”
#182. Liam Lynch – “United States of Whatever“
#181. Peter Bjorn & John – “Young Folks”
#180. Queens of the Stone Age – “No One Knows”
#179. The Fratellis – “Flathead“
#178. Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston“
#177. Bubba Sparxxx – “Ugly"
#176. Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal“
#175. Death Cab for Cutie – “Transatlanticism”
#174. Amy Winehouse – “You Know I’m No Good“
#173. The Klaxons – “Atlantis to Interzone”
#172. Weezer – “Island in the Sun“
#171. Natasha Bedingfield – “These Words”
#170. The Ting Tings – “Shut Up and Let Me Go”
#169. Wolfmother – “The Joker and the Thief“
#168. Bloc Party – “I Still Remember“
#167. Kevin Rudolf f/ Lil’ Wayne – “Let it Rock”
#166. Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone – “Ridin’”
#165. Lily Allen – “Smile”
#164. Lady Gaga – “Poker Face“
#163. Papa Roach – “Last Resort”
#162. Cobra Starship – “Snakes on a Plane (Bring It!)”
#161. Madvillain – “All Caps”
#160. DJ Casper / Mr. C the Slide Man – “Cha Cha Slide”
#159. The Knife – “Heartbeats“
#158. Asher Roth – “I Love College“
#157. Simple Plan – “Perfect“
#156. Regina Spektor – “Us“
#155. DJ Sammy – “(We’re In) Heaven”
#154. The Shins – “New Slang“
#153. Lupe Fiasco – “Kick, Push”
#152. !!! – “Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard (A True Story)“
#151. Jim Jones – “We Fly High”
#150. “Weird Al" Yankovic – “White & Nerdy“
#149. Animal Collective – “Who Could Win a Rabbit?“
#148. Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy“
#147. P.O.D. – “Boom“
#146. M83 – “Run Into Flowers“
#145. Basement Jaxx – “Where’s Your Head At??”
#144. The Libertines – “Time for Heroes“
#143. TV on the Radio – “Wolf Like Me“
#142. Amerie – “One Thing”
#141. Spoon – “Everything Hits At Once”
#140. The National – “Mistaken for Strangers”
#139. Alicia Keys – “Fallin’”
#138. Ricardo Villalobos – “Dexter“
#137. At the Drive-In – “One-Armed Scissor“
#136. Bloodhound Gang – “The Bad Touch“
#135. Hot Chip – “Ready for the Floor”
#134. Puddle of Mudd – “She Hates Me“
#133. Nelly – “Country Grammar (Hot Shit!)”
#132. Hoobastank – “The Reason“
#131. Freeway f/ Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel – “What We Do"
#130. Ratatat – “Seventeen Years”
#129. Wilco – “Heavy Metal Drummer“
#128. Jet – “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?”
#127. Gorillaz – “Clint Eastwood“
#126. Mario Winans f/ P. Diddy – “I Don’t Wanna Know“
#125. Shop Boyz – “Party Like a Rock Star“
#124. Eamon – “Fuck It (I Don’t Want You Back)”
#123. T.I. – “Rubberband Man“
#122. Juvenile – “Back That Azz Up“
#121. Chris Brown – “Forever“
#120. Trick Daddy – “I’m a Thug”
#119. Arcade Fire – “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)”
#118. Rich Boy – “Throw Some D’s“
#117. Afroman – “Because I Got High“
#116. N Sync – “It’s Gonna Be Me”
#115. Johnny Cash – “Hurt”
#114. Junior Boys – “Birthday“
#113. U2 – “Beautiful Day“
#112. Ciara f/ Petey Pablo – “Goodies“
#111. Linkin Park vs. Jay-Z – “Numb / Encore“
#110. Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk“
#109. David Banner f/ Lil’ Flip – “Like a Pimp“
#108. Nirvana – “You Know You’re Right“
#107. Modjo – “Lady (Hear Me Tonight)”
#101. Missy Elliot – “Work It“
#102. 50 Cent – “I Get Money“
#103. Ashanti – “Foolish” / Colbie Calliat – “Bubbly“
#104. Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl“
#105. Limp Bizkit – “My Way”
#106. Muse – “Knights of Cydonia“
#105. Limp Bizkit – “My Way”
#104. Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl“
#103. Ashanti – “Foolish” / Colbie Calliat – “Bubbly“ (tie)
#102. 50 Cent – “I Get Money“
#101. Missy Elliot – “Work It“

A fun list, and it's fun to see which takes have/haven't held up (Amy Winehouse, I'd argue, is remembered for a lot more than just her assorted drug scandals nowadays. And saying the Lady Gaga era is over in two-thousand-and-goddamn-NINE? Man, you haven't seen anything yet...)
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