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

Fergalicious is outstanding - probably the best thing Will.i.am has ever done. Never really liked Glamorous until the Space Cowboy remix.

Top ten from the list:

1. Toxic
2. Fergalicious
3. Untouched
4. Pop
5. La Tortura
6. Bad Romance
7. Sk8er Boi
8. Hot 'n' Cold
9. London Bridge
10. La La

Voted for "He Loves You Not" because it's the perfect blend time of that early Max Martin early 00s sound (with the dramatic stabs etc) and lyrical content/performance of a song. The girls in Dream encapsulate the required aggressive and possessive teenage girl voice brilliantly with the right mix of confidence, anger and sexuality.

"Love At First Sight" is just pop's take on all those Stardust/Modjo style one hit wonders and that's a sound I'll never tire of it, so it was a close call.

SOMEWHERE WE WENT WRONG
WE WERE ONCE SO STRONG

the verses on "Promiscuous" are some of the dumbest lyrics and most awkward vocal performances ever, it's just a mess.

by "not a strong list" I simply meant that not many songs here move me. where's Justin for a start (the older one)? and (thought I'm not sure about her status on ilm) Lily Allen?

Justin and later N Sync were on the R&B lists

and Lily Allen's status on ilm is good, her status with me personally is very very bad

fair enough

the lack of t.A.T.u. is quite worrying

the whole tatu thing kind of passed me by somehow, i heard their only US hit maybe twice

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

This was summer '99!

I don't see this as "going against the canon" quite as much as a few odd selections which have been mostly hated on, such as "La La" or Paris Hilton..

Voted Kylie obv.

PS What canon? Not enough time has passed..

I think what I dislike most about "Toxic" is that it's so hugely adored when it's actually not even in her 20 best songs.

well i just hate Britney and don't think she has 20 listenable songs so

exactly!

yeah needs "All the Things She Said"

Also:
JoJo - "Leave (Get Out)" and "Too Little Too Late"
City High - "What Would You Do"
3LW - "No More" and "Playas Gon Play"
The Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
VV Brown - "Shark in the Water"
Rooney - "Blueside"
Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
SoulDecision - "Faded" and "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy"
Daniel Bedingfield - "If You're Not the One"
Macy Gray - "I Try"
Shaggy - "It Wasn't Me"
Avril Lavigne - "I'm With You"
Sonique - "It Feels So Good"
S Club 7 - "Never Had a Dream Come True"
Michelle Branch - "Everywhere"

Oh, and I'm voting for Demi.

p.s. Al, are we on the same page re: Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight Tonight"? SO AWESOME

jimmy eat world was on the rock list, tho "the middle" is better than whichever song al put on there (i forget)

can't believe i forgot "over my head", that would be in the top 10 of my list -- also good look on city high

& you know where i stand on rooney

yeah, basically early 00s TRL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sara Bareilles

"love song" is one of my least favorite songs of the decade tbh

gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

^ Greatest of them all.

where is the limp bizkit?? no "rollin" or "my way"?

can't tell if k3v is kidding or what

i definitely like "Too Little Too Late," "Over My Head" and "I'm With You" enough that they could've made the list.

i'm serious - i thought you liked some of their singles? i like those songs

i'm looking at limp bizkit's wiki page and i'm shocked at how less popular they were than i thought. they never went platinum? "rollin" topped out at 65, "my way" at 75, and "nookie" at 80? why is my perception of their popularity so distorted?

because of trl/mtv?

oh the riaa certifications are for the singles, not the albums

xp yeah that's what i think too

yeah they were doing baseball numbers with album sales but i can't believe they never had a top 40 hit

it's awesome that some of you like "Over My Head"! i played the shit out of that in my car during 2006

over my head is great

yeah they were doing baseball numbers with album sales but i can't believe they never had a top 40 hit

― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Saturday, May 7, 2011 5:10 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is kind of shocking to me too

yeah i mean they were all over mtv/the box, namedropped in "the real slim shady", etc

guess they're more of an 'albums artist', lol

yes and i cant think of anyone more worthy of a "50 best pop singles of the 00's" list than the durst

yes let's focus on the artistry of hilary duff

limp bizkit had some dope singles fuiud

if my day just keeps going this way i just might break something tonight \(^o^)/

some dope guilty pleasure singles, yes.. all of which were released between 98 and 99

Limp Bizkit had MTV and rock radio sewn up, but never really got top 40 burn iirc.

voted christina beautiful

13. N Sync - "Bye Bye Bye"

i'm looking at limp bizkit's wiki page and i'm shocked at how less popular they were than i thought. they never went platinum? "rollin" topped out at 65, "my way" at 75, and "nookie" at 80? why is my perception of their popularity so distorted?

― the buttonmasher, the party crasher, the forget-my-lotion skin rasher (k3vin k.), Saturday, May 7, 2011 1:05 PM (2 hours ago)

Wikipedia:

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third album by Limp Bizkit, released on October 15, 2000 through Interscope and Flip records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 1.05 million copies in its first week,[2] and was the 18th best-selling album of the 2000s in the US.[3]

According to the RIAA website, the album has sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone as of 2008 and an overall 12 million worldwide.[4] It features the singles "My Generation", "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", "Take A Look Around", "Boiler", and "My Way".

after all the talk upthread about Coldplay etc. not being here because they were on the rock list i thought it went w/o saying that they were on another list (twice!): al ship's top 50 rock singles of the 00s -- which is your favorite?

it's extremely rare for any hard rock/nu-metal band to have top 40 hits no matter how big they are, unless it's w/ a power ballad (which the Bizkit didn't really do)

oh haha well there you go

i have no idea what makes something like that "rock" or "pop" or whatever, same with train who i also love

it usually depends on which chart a specific song charter or how high if it had cross format success

as far as al's exercise goes

true

don't tell me

great list!

hella good
hot n cold
who knew
bad romance
white flag
toxic

i would've voted for any of these instead of hella good:

maneater
what goes around/comes around
too little too late
no air
mariah carey's "obsessed"
sean kingston's "beautiful girls" (yeah i know, i'm a douchebag...)
all american rejects "swing swing" (actually in all fairness, I probably would not have voted for this, same goes for "no air")

oh yeah, and

say it right

Pretty surprising how similar this list is to the one I would create, I count somewhere between 15 and 20 that would be in my own top 50 pop singles of the 00s. I actually voted for "Come Clean" here, though it's close between that, "Love at First Sight", and "Bye Bye Bye"