893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000

We hope you had as much fun listening as we did putting the countdown together. If you want to relive the countdown, we're sending you the official 893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000 playlist on Spotify, as well as the spreadsheet of all the songs and artists. It's also worth pointing out some of the great listener-created lists that were generated during the countdown — check out this community spreadsheet as well as this gorgeous chart by Tom Coyer!

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1. Seven Nation Army The White Stripes Elephant (2003) 2. Hey Ya! Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) 3. Mr. Brightside The Killers Hot Fuss (2004) 4. Wake Up Arcade Fire Funeral (2004) 5. Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell (2003) 6. Rehab Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006) 7. Good As Hell Lizzo Coconut Oil EP (2016) 8. Float On Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) 9. The Story Brandi Carlile The Story (2007) 10. This Is America Childish Gambino This Is America (Single, 2018) 11. Skinny Love Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (2007) 12. Last Nite The Strokes Is This It (2001) 13. Do You Realize?? The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink robots (2002) 14. Beautiful Day U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) 15. Paper Planes M.I.A. Kala (2007) 16. Such Great Heights The Postal Service Give Up (2003) 17. If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit The Nashville Sound (2017) 18. Rolling In The Deep Adele 21 (2011) 19. New Slang The Shins Oh, Inverted World (2001) 20. Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz Demon Days (2005) 21. Hurt Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) 22. The Joke Brandi Carlile By the Way, I Forgive You (2018) 23. Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand (2004) 24. Make Me Feel Janelle Monae Dirty Computer (2018) 25. American Idiot Green Day American Idiot (2004) 26. Crazy Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere (2006) 27. Jesus, Etc. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 28. All My Friends LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver (2007) 29. Home Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros Up from Below (2009) 30. Back to Black Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006) 31. Dance Yrself Clean LCD Soundsystem This is Happening (2010) 32. Royals Lorde Pure Heroine (2013) 33. Someone Like You Adele 21 (2011) 34. All These Things That I've Done The Killers Hot Fuss (2004) 35. Wait So Long Trampled By Turtles Palomino (2010) 36. Get Lucky Daft Punk Random Access Memories (2013) 37. Clint Eastwood Gorillaz Gorillaz (2001) 38. Dog Days are Over Florence + the Machine Lungs (2009) 39. Chicago Sufjan Stevens Illinois (2005) 40. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Arcade Fire Funeral (2004) 41. The Scientist Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) 42. Everything in its Right Place Radiohead Kid A (2000) 43. Bloodbuzz Ohio The National High Violet (2010) 44. Emmylou First Aid Kit The Lion's Roar (2012) 45. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 46. Lose Yourself Eminem 8 Mile Original soundtrack (2002) 47. B.O.B. Outkast Stankonia (2000) 48. Rebellion (Lies) Arcade Fire Funeral (2004) 49. Fake Empire The National Boxer (2007) 50. Shhh Atmosphere Seven's Travels (2003) 51. Avant Gardener Courtney Barnett The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (2013) 52. Holocene Bon Iver Bon Iver (2011) 53. Let it Happen Tame Impala Currents (2015) 54. Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups Carnavas (2006) 55. King Kunta Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) 56. Crazy in Love feat. Jay-Z Beyonce Dangerously in Love (2003) 57. LIttle Lion Man Mumford and Sons Sigh No More (2010) 58. Yellow Coldplay Parachutes (2000) 59. Kids MGMT Oracular Spectacular (2007) 60. Hold On Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls (2012) 61. Formation Beyonce Lemonade (2016) 62. Portions for Foxes Rilo Kiley More Adventurous (2004) 63. Electric Feel MGMT Oracular Spectacular (2007) 64. Idioteque Radiohead Kid A (2000) 65. The Funeral Band of Horses Everything All the Time (2006) 66. Alone Trampled By Turtles Stars and Satellites (2012) 67. Fell in Love with a Girl The White Stripes White Blood Cells (2001) 68. Clocks Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) 69. Wolf Like Me TV On The Radio Return to Cookie Mountain (2006) 70. The Underdog Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) 71. Uptown Funk Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars Uptown Special (2015) 72. No One Knows Queens Of The Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (2002) 73. Juice Lizzo Cuz I Love You (2019) 74. Reckoner Radiohead In Rainbows (2007) 75. You Know I'm No Good Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006) 76. Time To Pretend MGMT Oracular Spectacular (2007) 77. I Will Follow You into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie Plans (2005) 78. Best Of You Foo Fighters In Your Honor (2005) 79. Redbone Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love! (2016) 80. Midnight City M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011) 81. Hello Adele 25 (2015) 82. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Beyonce I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008) 83. Take Me To Church Hozier Hozier (2014) 84. Stuck Between Stations The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America (2006) 85. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt.1 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) 86. 1901 Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) 87. Feel It Still Portugal The Man Woodstock (2017) 88. I and Love and You The Avett Brothers I and Love and You (2009) 89. Runaway Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) 90. A-Punk Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (2008) 91. Somebody That I Used To Know feat. Kimbra Gotye Making Mirrors (2011) 92. Icky Thump The White Stripes Icky Thump (2007) 93. Tightrope feat. Big Boi Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid (2010) 94. Chasing Pavements Adele 19 (2008) 95. The Cave Mumford and Sons Sigh No More (2010) 96. Heavy Metal Drummer Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 97. Lost Cause Beck Sea Change (2002) 98. Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues (2011) 99. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The Postal Service Give Up (2003)

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