# 40

M83 - Kim & Jessie

Score: 1118 points

Biggest fans:
Slick #1, Greg #4, Jonah #5

Haters:
Rocky Raccoon #100, Schwah #97, Michel #92, nicolas #91

Voters:
29

Comments:
As good as this song is, I am always puzzled to see it the recurrent pick for this album which has, for me, best standout tracks like Couleurs or We own the sky (#67) (Nassim)

While some of the teenage angst on Saturdays = Youth is too uncomfortable to bear, this is lovely. (Moonbeam)

The 80s revival marked many sounds of the 00s, but very few evocated the 80s synth-pop as brilliantly as M83, with its dreamy voices, airy beats and floating synths. (Honorio)



Place in the 2008 poll: 3

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 135

AMF poll of 00's rank: 375










# 39

Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Score: 1118 points

Biggest fans:
Moonbeam #3, Chris #6, Zorg #8, Honorio #9, Henrik #10

Haters:
Depeche Mode #97, Rocky Raccoon #95

Voters:
30

Comments:
One of those forgotten songs from my pre-teen years that I'm more than happy to rediscover. #54. (Evan)

This song probably matters more to me than any other of the 2000s. I had grown disinterested by most contemporary music throughout the doldrums of the 90s, only seeking out releases by established favorites with only a few exceptions. But when I heard that chugging synth and the hypnotic "la la la" chant, my whole being became transfixed. When I saw the end of the video credits list the artist as Kylie Minogue, who I only knew from "Locomotion", I was shocked. At once, my interest in exploring new music was firmly reestablished, and I discovered this website soon thereafter. This is one of the greatest pop songs of all time as Kylie effortlessly plays the half dream/half nightmare of romantic obsession to a futuristic synthesized brave new world. (Moonbeam)

I can't get Kylie out of my head. I've always liked Kylie Minogue but the Stock, Aitken & Waterman awful 80s sound was a letdown. That's why I was so glad to see her succeeding widely and gaining critic credibility doing anything but good mainstream music with "Some Kind of Bliss", "Spinning Around” and exploding with this "Can't Get You out of My Head". (Honorio)



Place in the 2001 poll: 7

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 10

AMF poll of 00's rank: 20










# 38

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

Score: 1122 points

Biggest fans:
John #8

Haters:
Henry #96, Petri #92

Voters:
30

Comments:
Grooves aggressively. #26. (Evan)

The way Gorillaz blurred not only genre boundaries but media boundaries sure felt like a revolution. Demon Days is the apex, but this was a fantastic first glimpse. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2001 poll: 3

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 63

AMF poll of 00's rank: 51










# 37

Coldplay - Clocks

Score: 1126 points

Biggest fans:
Miguel #1, Chris K. #2, Depeche Mode #3, Henry #7

Haters:
Moonbeam #98, sonofsamiam #98, beefsupreme #97, Evan #95, Chris #93

Voters:
29

Comments:
Attributing meaning to this is akin to contemplating the depth in a Hallmark card. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2002 poll: 6

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 156

AMF poll of 00's rank: 68










# 36

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks

Score: 1150 points

Biggest fans:
Romain #6, Chris K. #8

Haters:
None

Voters:
29

Comments:
One of the best vocal performances of the decade, for sure. Holy crackers. (Moonbeam)

Grizzly Bear elaborate a lot their simple pop songs, with "Two Weeks" as the best prove of their way of combining immediacy and luminosity with complexity and subtlety. (Honorio)



Place in the 2009 poll: 2

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 45

AMF poll of 00's rank: 39










# 35

TV on the Radio - Staring At The Sun

Score: 1153 points

Biggest fans:
Petri #1, John #4, Michel #5

Haters:
nicolas #100, Honorio #98, Dan M #95

Voters:
30

Comments:
There are 3 masterpieces in TV on the Radio's first album and while I like Dreams more, this still is an astonishing hypnotizing song. (#11) (Nassim)

This is nice, but it doesn't excite me like the other two TVOTR songs here. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2003 poll: 6

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 96

AMF poll of 00's rank: 42










# 34

The Strokes - Hard to Explain

Score: 1163 points

Biggest fans:
Beefsupreme #6, Harold Wexler #7

Haters:
None

Voters:
30

Comments:
This song's acclaim has always been a little confusing to me. The whole album is filled with great singles, but this is the one that emerges? It actually gets a bit tiresome if I listen to it enough, which I can't say for others like The Modern Age, Someday, or Take It or Leave It, which are more deserving in my opinion. #76. (Evan)

Such effective stop-start mechanics are hard to replicate. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2001 poll: 6

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 62

AMF poll of 00's rank: 40










# 33

The National - Fake Empire

Score: 1174 points

Biggest fans:
Stephan #1, Midaso #2, Petri #10

Haters:
sonofsamiam #91

Voters:
30

Comments:
Stately and smoldering, it was the perfect first glimpse into The National's world for me. (Moonbeam)

It's all about the four-over-three rhythm pattern on the piano, then the baritone vocals and then the drums, the guitars and the horns, the epic crescendo. Yes, we can. (Honorio)



Place in the 2007 poll: 4

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 304

AMF poll of 00's rank: 41










# 32

The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

Score: 1183 points

Biggest fans:
Henry #1, John #3, Stephan #4, Honorio #4

Haters:
Michel #91

Voters:
30

Comments:
Electronic music with an emotional tug is right up my alley. I could see Annie digging this. (Moonbeam)

Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel provided the sparkling electronic beats and Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie the bright pop melodies and imaginative lyrics to create one of the best love songs of the decade. It was the first and last time these two artists teamed up and maybe it's better, a new collaboration probably could've not reached again such great heights. (Honorio)



Place in the 2003 poll: 4

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 30

AMF poll of 00's rank: 73










# 31

The Knife - Silent Shout

Score: 1185 points

Biggest fans:
Petri #2, Nassim #4, Henrik #6, Greg #7

Haters:
Miguel #92, Nick #91

Voters:
30

Comments:
I love many openers, lots being included in our list, but very few can top this one in the way it sets the mood and puts you in a brand new world. Also, you won't find many ways being both that dark and that danceable. (Nassim)

It perfectly sets the tone for the eerie ride that follows. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2006 poll: 4

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 124

AMF poll of 00's rank: 100










# 30

Radiohead - Everything in it's Right Place

Score: 1219 points

Biggest fans:
Depeche Mode #1, Chris K. #1

Haters:
None

Voters:
30

Comments:
I couldn't imagine a more fitting opener to Kid A. It's a good song in its own right, but its main purpose is to set up an album full of even better songs. #58. (Evan)

While many people (including people on these boards) have raved about Radiohead's ability to change their music so much, I don't believe they’ve ever changed much at all. Even their most different songs, such as Karma Police with its acoustic guitar and piano and Idioteque which is driven almost exclusively by electronic beats, still sound very much Radioheadesque. This is true for virtually any artist/band ever; hardly anyone drastically changes their music over the course of their career. In fact, most of my favorite artists/bands (including Bob Dylan, despite going electric and all that) never really changed much, and I believe the reason for this is the fact that every band is simply ‘looking for their sound’ over the course of their career. Dylan called it “that thin, that wild mercury sound” and believes he got closest to it on Blonde on Blonde, and I believe Radiohead got closest to it on this song. The main reason I don’t really like Radiohead is that I’m not a big fan of the sound they were (and are) looking for, but I’ll be damned if this song doesn’t make me happy they got so close to it; far and away the best thing they’ve ever done and the song that justifies their entire existence. I could do without everything else. (Stephan)

It's cool and all, but Björk does this stuff so much better. (Moonbeam)

Third favorite Radiohead song and in my all time top 10 for sure. (Depeche Mode)



Place in the 2000 poll: 5

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 121

AMF poll of 00's rank: 52










# 29

Daft Punk - One More Time

Score: 1227 points

Biggest fans:
VanillaFire1000 #2, nicolas #6, Schwah #6, Midaso #9

Haters:
Rocky Raccoon #99

Voters:
30

Comments:
I still haven't fully bought into Daft Punk for some reason, but they lit up dancefloors like few others in the 2000s. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2000 poll: 4

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 25

AMF poll of 00's rank: 14










# 28

Wilco - Jesus etc.

Score: 1232 points

Biggest fans:
John #2, Petri #7

Haters:
None

Voters:
30

Comments:
Lots of fuss has been made of this song, but I don't get it. (Moonbeam)

Despite being recorded before the 9/11 it included unintentionally some eerie previews of it like "tall buildings shake" or "skyscrapers are scrapin' together". (Honorio)



Place in the 2002 poll: 4

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 72

AMF poll of 00's rank: 28










# 27

Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows

Score: 1249 points

Biggest fans:
Schwah #4, beefsupreme #5, Evan #10

Haters:
None

Voters:
30

Comments:
Neither do I. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2002 poll: 8

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 75

AMF poll of 00's rank: 33










# 26

MGMT - Time to Pretend

Score: 1251 points

Biggest fans:
Romain #3, VanillaFire1000 #10

Haters:
None

Voters:
30

Comments:
There's an innocence to their approach that makes this starry-eyed synth wonder a real treat. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2007 poll: 7

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 37

AMF poll of 00's rank: 16










# 25

The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl

Score: 1258 points

Biggest fans:
Rocky Raccoon #2, Evan #5, beefsupreme #8, Slick #9

Haters:
Greg #95, Petri #91

Voters:
30

Comments:
The title says it all. Sounds like falling in love for the first time, which is a great sound indeed. #5. (Evan)

A rip-roaring call to arms in less than 2 seconds. Its parent album let me down, but this opening salvo still thrills. (Moonbeam)

Generic rock song if you ask me (Depeche Mode)



Place in the 2001 poll: 5

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 36

AMF poll of 00's rank: 30










# 24

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Score: 1283 points

Biggest fans:
Romain #2, Miguel #4, nicolas #4, Dan M #7

Haters:
None

Voters:
30

Comments:
Could have been made in 1808, but works surprisingly well in 2008. (I have a sneaking suspicion someone's used that phrase before, but it sums it up perfectly) #51. (Evan)

This side of the musical spectrum still very rarely excites me. (Moonbeam)

Used by a Spanish TV Channel as theme music for their Christmas advertising, appropriately because it encapsulates the Christmas feeling better than a snow crystal. (Honorio)



Place in the 2008 poll: 1

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 85

AMF poll of 00's rank: 47










# 23

Daft Punk - Digital Love

Score: 1290 points

Biggest fans:
Midaso #3, sonofsamiam #3, Chris #5, VanillaFire1000 #7, Jackson #10

Haters:
Zorg #96

Voters:
29

Comments:
I didn't know this one. Perhaps if I spent more time with it, I would grow to love it, as all the ingredients are there, but it isn't clicking for me yet. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2001 poll: 1

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 68

AMF poll of 00's rank: 15










# 22

TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me

Score: 1301 points

Biggest fans:
Jackson #1, Schwah #7, Michel #9

Haters:
None

Voters:
30

Comments:
I thought I didn't really live TV on the Radio after Return to Cookie Mountain failed to impress on first listen. I must have been sleeping when this came on, though, because when I heard it again, my blood boiled with the lust-fueled furor described. Holy cow. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2006 poll: 2

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 31

AMF poll of 00's rank: 18










# 21

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

Score: 1328 points

Biggest fans:
Moonbeam #4, Rocky Raccoon #5, Petri #6, Jonah #8, VanillaFire1000 #9, Dan M #9, Greg #10

Haters:
nicolas #99

Voters:
30

Comments:
This song became popular while my dad was in the hospital shortly before he died. Hearing it every night offered some strange catharsis that I can't quite explain, but there's really no need to add anything to the majesty of this song. (Moonbeam)



Place in the 2003 poll: 3

Acclaimed Music 2000s rank: 11

AMF poll of 00's rank: 11