NME’s newest decade-spanning list, the 100 Best Tracks Of The “Oughties,” is about as Brit-heavy as you’d expect; well, at least until the top ten. I was going to complain about the list’s heinous lack of Destiny’s Child songs until … you’ll see. Check out their rankings and air your grievances in the comments!



100 Maximo Park – “Apply Some Pressure”

99 Flaming Lips – “Do You Realize”

98 Morrissey – “Irish Blood, English Heart”

97 Sugababes – “Round Round”

96 Crystal Castles – “Crimewave”

95 The Killers – “These Things That I’ve Done”

94 Animal Collective – “My Girls”

93 The Big Pink – “Dominos”

92 Johnny Cash – “Hurt”

91 CSS – “Make Love And Listen To Death From Above”

90 Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady”

89 Beck – “Chemtrails”

88 The Horrors – “Sea Within A Sea”

87 Black Lips – “O Katrina!”

86 Foals – “Spanish Sahara”

85 Yeasayer – “Sunrise”

84 Pulp – “Bad Cover Version”

83 Destiny’s Child – “Independent Women Part 1”

82 Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”

81 Antony & The Johnsons – “Hope There’s Someone”

80 The Futureheads – “Hounds Of Love”

79 Muse – “Plug In Baby”

78 Glasvegas – “Daddy’s Gone”

77 The Cribs – “Men’s Needs”

76 Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”

75 TV On The Radio – “Staring At The Sun”

74 Kylie Minogue – “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”

73 Eminem – “Without Me”

72 The Knife – “Heartbeats”

71 Kelis – “Milkshake”

70 Primal Scream – “Accelerator”

69 Super Furry Animals – “Slow Life”

68 Kings Of Leon – “Red Morning Light”

67 The Vines – “Highly Evolved”

66 Friendly Fires – “Paris”

65 Wolfman – “For Lovers”

64 Jamie T – “Sheila”

63 Babyshambles – “Fuck Forever”

62 Spiller – “Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)”

61 Amy Winehouse – “Back To Black”

60 Regina Spektor – “Us”

59 Interpol – “Evil”

58 Radiohead – “Everything In Its Right Place”

57 Elbow – “One Day Like This”

56 The Coral – “Dreaming Of You”

55 The xx – “Islands”

54 Sufjan Stevens – “Chicago”

53 The Libertines – “Time For Heroes”

52 La Roux – “In For The Kill”

51 Daft Punk – “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”

50 Kasabian – “Empire”

49 Jay-Z – “99 Problems”

48 Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”

47 Britney Spears – “Toxic”

46 Lily Allen – “Smile”

45 Dizzee Rascal – “Fix Up, Look Sharp”

44 Battles – “Atlas”

43 Coldplay – “Clocks”

42 Gossip – “Standing In The Way Of Control”

41 The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”

40 Kanye West – “Gold Digger”

39 Girls Aloud – “Sound Of The Underground”

38 Doves – “The Cedar Room”

37 Crystal Castles – “Alice Practice”

36 Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”

35 At The Drive-In – “One Armed Scissor”

34 The Hives – “Hate To Say I Told You So”

33 Queens Of The Stone Age – “No One Knows”

32 Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mind”

31 Bloc Party – “Banquet”

30 Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out”

29 LCD Soundystem – “Losing My Edge”

28 Arctic Monkeys – “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”

27 Justice Vs. Simian – “We Are Your Friends”

26 Amy Winehouse – “Rehab”

25 Arcade Fire – “Wake Up”

24 Doves – “There Goes The Fear”

23 Muse – “Knights Of Cydonia”

22 The Strokes – “Last Nite”

21 The White Stripes – “Fell In Love With A Girl”

20 Hot Chip – “Over And Over”

19 Radiohead – “Reckoner”

18 Outkast – “Ms. Jackson”

17 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Maps”

16 Rihanna – “Umbrella”

15 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Bang”

14 The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”

13 The Walkmen – “The Rat”

12 The Streets – “Dry Your Eyes”

11 The Libertines – “Can’t Stand Me Now”

10 Arctic Monkeys – “A Certain Romance”

09 Arcade Fire – “Rebellion (Lies)”

08 Blur – “Out Of Time”

07 Klaxons – “Golden Skans”

06 The Rapture – “House Of Jealous Lovers”

05 Outkast – “Hey Ya!”

04 M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”

03 The Strokes – “Hard To Explain”

02 MGMT – “Time To Pretend”

01 Beyonce – “Crazy In Love”

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The entire 100 Best Tracks Of The ’00s features with blurbs can be scoped at NME.