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

"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)

"Stuck" seems clunky to me, I see how it's supposed to work but I don't think it does. "More To Life" has that whole bittersweet anthemism going.

i kind of feel "more to life" is a bit trite and i'm not interested in the xtianity of it all - "stuck" pretty much exactly captures that high school crush feel that's the linchpin of the genre

different singles by the same artists i'd have picked instead -

kelly clarkson - "behind these hazel eyes" and "never again"
xtina aguilera - "can't hold us down" and "ain't no other man" (i do really like "fighter" and "beautiful" though)
avril lavigne - "i'm with you"
ashlee simpson - "boyfriend"!!!!!! or "little miss obsessive". though those aside it's just struck me that all my favourite ashlee cuts are deep tracks ("love me for me", "coming back for more", "i am me" etc)
and it wasn't a single but "don't talk" by vanessa hudgens is so far above the rest of her discography - i think i've repped it here before but anyone with even vague #cassiefanclub predilections needs to hear it asap

i might vote for "come clean" here. hilary had several total classics in that decade, "beat of my heart" and "wake up" are amazing too

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