This is for all the people who complain that I only listen to OLD music. I'm here to flex my knowledge and prove you wrong! (I'm mostly kidding) Anyways, I separated the songs between the two decades for easier reading and plus, it's easier to rank them!
Some songs you will recognize, some you will not. Some are short, some are long. But they are all EXCELLENT, 16 of which are on my 100 Greatest Songs of All-Time. There are still so many songs and albums I have to listen to, but at this point, this is it. Arcade Fire and Radiohead both have 7 songs each, while Kanye West has 5 songs to make up the top 3 artists of the last 17 and a half years. And as always, this is my honest critical and emotional analysis. Enjoy ?
(Inspired by Barbara Elizabeth Wenner)
2000s:
1. All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
2. One More Time - Daft Punk
3. Hey Ya! - Outkast
4. Since I Left You - The Avalanches
5. Idioteque - Radiohead
6. B.O.B. - Outkast
7. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire
8. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
9. Hurt - Johnny Cash
10. Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
11. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
12. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
13. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
14. Lose Yourself - Eminem
15. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
16. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
17. Fell In Love With a Girl - The White Stripes
18. Hard to Explain - The Strokes
19. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
20. Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
21. House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
22. Jesus Walks - Kanye West
23. Losing My Edge - LCD Soundsystem
24. Reckoner - Radiohead
25. Sea Within a Sea - The Horrors
26. The Rat - The Walkmen
27. Heartbeats - The Knife
28. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
29. Stan - Eminem
30. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
31. 99 Problems - JAY Z
32. Rehab - Amy Winehouse
33. How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead
34. Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) - UGK
35. D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
36. Crazy In Love - Beyoncé
37. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
38. Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
39. Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches
40. Last Nite - The Strokes
41. Digital Love - Daft Punk
42. My Girls - Animal Collective
43. The Seed (2.0) - The Roots
44. Toxic - Britney Spears
45. Intervention - Arcade Fire
46. New Slang - The Shins
47. Ms. Jackson - Outkast
48. 1 Thing - Amerie
49. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
50. Banquet - Bloc Party
51. Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
52. Float On - Modest Mouse
53. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
54. The Moon - The Microphones
55. Love at First Sight - Kylie Minogue
56. Flashing Lights - Kanye West
57. Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
58. Crystal - New Order
59. Lovely Head - Goldfrapp
60. Obstacle 1 - Interpol
61. In the Backseat - Arcade Fire
62. Go With the Flow - Queens of the Stone Age
63. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
64. Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós
65. The Modern Age - The Strokes
66. Beautiful Day - U2
67. Through the Wire - Kanye West
68. Raid - Madvillian
69. Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
70. Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly
71. Pyramid Song - Radiohead
72. Stop - J Dilla
73. Reptilia - The Strokes
74. Time to Pretend - MGMT
2010s
1. Runaway - Kanye West
2. Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst - Kendrick Lamar
3. Oblivion - Grimes
4. Daydreaming - Radiohead
5. Get Lucky - Daft Punk
6. Pyramids - Frank Ocean
7. Reflektor - Arcade Fire
8. The Blacker the Berry - Kendrick Lamar
9. Red Eyes - The War On Drugs
10. Round and Round - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
11. Helicopter - Deerhunter
12. Should Have Known Better - Sufjan Stevens
13. REALiTi - Grimes
14. Power - Kanye West
15. Ain't It Funny - Danny Brown
16. Cranes In the Sky - Solange
17. Let It Happen - Tame Impala
18. Lazarus - David Bowie
19. Tightrope - Janelle Monae
20. Myth - Beach House
21. Genesis - Grimes
22. Midnight City - M83
23. The Daily Mail - Radiohead
24. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire
25. Inspector Norse - Todd Terge
26. These Walls - Kendrick Lamar