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

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"

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)

True, but I think they might've done a bit better if digital sales had existed when they were popular.

yeah, maybe

"Swing, Swing" was on my rock list, to kind of underline how ridiculous it is that it appeared on rock charts but "Move Along" did not.

she bangs

OBVIOUSLY

no other song is NEARLY AS FAST

148 bpm

"Un sabor animal...
Me aguo la boca entre miel y sal"

la tortura. by some distance.

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i'll go to bat for a few of these, ranked favorites:

2. Kylie Minogue - "Love At First Sight" - awesome, one of her best
4. Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance" - likewise
13. N Sync - "Bye Bye Bye" - enjoy this a good deal
50. N Sync - "Pop" - just a shade below "bye bye bye" but still good
9. Madonna - "Don’t Tell Me" - like this alright, but not even close to a Madonna top 25

the rest of these are almost uniformly yawn/zzzzzz or total shit.. though to be fair, i've not heard maybe 10 of them

worst song here is probably dido "white flag"

voted Kylie

the rest of these are almost uniformly yawn/zzzzzz or total shit.. though to be fair, i've not heard maybe 10 of them

those 10 are amazing, you should listen to them

basically i only take criticism on this list from people who i'm pretty certain CAN name 50 songs they like within the parameters of this list. ilxor and whiney can kick rocks.

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"don't forget" deserved better

42. Dido - "White Flag" 3

fuck outta here

really boring winners

"fuck outta here" because "white flag" is too low? surely that, it's a great song, and dido's calm demeanour belies what's actually a completely mental lyric

Correct winner ftr.

well "love at first sight" is okay, i guess

It's possibly the finest piece of disco-pop of the 00s, what is better than it in that vein?

"come into my world" off the same album? britney's "anticipating"?

Both great, but no.

I think there is a certain air of absolute joyful plenitude and completeness and can-this-be-happening ecstaticness that a lot of disco-pop/house-pop anthems aspire to and that "Love At First Sight" actually nails.

Something like "Come Into My World" is going for a different vibe of escapist dreaminess (closer to "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", though that's slightly different again).