al ship's top 50 pop singles of the 00s -- which is your favorite? (other than SUBG)

"never let you go" - third eye blind

kanye? xp

rough top 15

1. vanessa carlton - a thousand miles
2. hillary duff - come clean
3. fergie - london bridge
4. maroon 5 - makes me wonder
5. no doubt - hella good
6. avril lavigne - sk8r boi
7. pink - so what
8. britney spears - toxic
9. veronicas - untouched
10. sugar ray - when it's over
11. n sync - pop
12. lady gaga - bad romance
13. pink - who knew
14. avril lavigne - complicated
15. feist - 1, 2, 3, 4

oh yeah coldplay durr

"Someday" is the only other big '00s one though

right -- substitute for "every other maroon 5 single"

damn those santana singles are so sick

yeah there's a lot of stuff here i can't fault anyone for hating tbh, half these are songs that my wife will look at me sideways if she catches me listening to them

had Coldplay on the rock list since they still get played on alt stations a fair amount, unlike Maroon 5, etc. (xpost to Lamp)

yeah "smooth" ! xp

matchbox 20 - "bent"

jordin sparks - tattoo

la roux - bulletproof

alright come on

"Smooth" was '99 and also ew

lol "bulletproof" is an anthem

damn those santana singles are so sick

haha i meant to mention santana as a big exclusion in terms of old ppl pop but i figured that some dude just wasnt into those songs (lol xps)

kanye & coldplay are essentially pop acts imo but thats an ilm tediousfest id prefer to skip out on so

id put the cover of 'its my life' over 'hella good' or any gwen solo singles

having no overlap in lists was more about being able to max out how many songs i could cover than anything else fwiw -- obviously there are gray areas but i just figured out the best single place to put a song and stuck with it

"the remedy" was one of those songs in high school where i consciously made the decision to rep for the song from the jump, zings be damned

i'm down w/ "the remedy" (see Jason Mraz - C/D?)

i like it well enough in a 2nd-tier-Matrix-productions way -- it's kind of hilarious how obvious it is where his shitty funk rock song ends and where their big pop chorus begins. preferred the follow-up "You And I Both".

stacir orrico - more to life

OMG yes!

Also totally forgot "See You Again".

now Miley was a deliberate omission

akon - right now (na na na)

love this song

i like to pretend akon died in a plane crash after he stopped doing sad gangsta rap songs with young jeezy and styles p.

hahaha

r.i.p. akon :///

where is 'can't get you out of my head'

i don't dislike it, i just like "Love At First Sight" way more

32. John Mayer - "Clarity"
31. Pink - "So What"
30. Fergie f/ will.i.am - "Fergalicious"

fuck you

haha this is the thanks i get for being the only other person in the world that loves "Clarity"!

heard it in the supermarket the other day btw, sounded so great

yeah but it's no "so what"

voting clarity because fuck you

is nelly furtado - "promiscuous" a pop song?

xp the "so what" that was snubbed was the field mob/ciara in the crossover list

"Promiscuous" is a pop song that i think sucks balls

I realize I don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to batshit pop farts in the Top Ten Best Of Anything, but "A Thousand Miles"...do you write poetry in Lisa Frank notebooks or something what the hell

That said, there's a lot of good stuff here among the songs where somebody shits on a baby

"Promiscuous" is a pop song that i think sucks balls

elle oh elle

"promiscuous" is still the shit

Personal Top Ten:
Clarity
Pop
Makes Me Wonder
Toxic
Don't Tell Me
Buttons
When It's Over
Hella Good
Bad Romance
Move Along

If you gotta have Vanessa Carlton, give me "White Houses"

Personal Top Ten:

from this list, just in case someone gets it twisted

YOU SUCK BALLS

that beat is the shit

it's no pink's "so what"

i don't dislike it, i just like "Love At First Sight" way more

― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, May 7, 2011 2:54 AM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is otm all is forgiven

oh yeah also as far as jonas bros singles go "burnin up" >>>>>>>>>>>> "lovebug"

how was the one jonas w/ the long hair the lead singer

I prefer "White Houses" too but I guess it doesn't have quite the same universalist sweep as "A Thousand Miles".

Somewhat inevitably, with lyrics like "My first time: hard to explain. Rush of blood, and a little bit of pain..."

thats another 1 where im like, well, those both kinda suck

not to be defensive, but i am curious what exactly this means -- in comparison to the other lists i've done for other genres, in comparison to what your personal top 50 would be, etc.?

― ORIGINAL DUDE (some dude), Saturday, May 7, 2011 1:29 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

No complains in terms of broadness. And, yes it is al precisely what I would call pop. I would just have picked different songs, even from the same artists. So yes, very few of these would be in my own top 50.

Some tracks that would be on my list (aside from some that people have mentioned already)

Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Kylie - I Believe In You, Giving You Up
Beyonce - Crazy In Love

At least one Sugababes track, at least one Girls Aloud track can't decide now.

Oh and Jordin Sparks - No Air

stacir orrico - more to life

OMG yes!

"more to life" is okay but c'mon if you're gonna give orrico a place there's no way it can't be "stuck" (which is SO AMAZING)