"Don't Tell Me" is one of her best tracks, period- is there anything you like from this Madge decade? :)

Moonbeam, I'm starting to think Pitchfork passed on "Hung Up" for this year-end tally- top 50 would be too high based on its year-end placement, but, one never knows. Are there any examples thus far of songs that didn't place all that highly on year-end lists, that have done so on this list?

"Lip Gloss" (a WTF selection to me) ranked 27th on the year-end list, and 219 on this decade list; Robyn's "Be Mine" ranked 21st on the year-end list, and 82nd on the decade list. Then you had Britney Spears' "Toxic" ranking 3rd on the year-end list, but "only" 141 on the decade list.

So, again, who knows.

50-21 is up
50. Basement Jaxx - "Romeo"
49. Sufjan Stevens - "Chicago"
48. Panda Bear - "Bro's"
47. Burial - "Archangel"
46. Robyn [ft. Kleerup] - "With Every Heartbeat"
45. Hot Chip - "Over and Over"
44. Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
43. UGK [ft. Outkast] - "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
42. Battles - "Atlas"
41. TV on the Radio - "Staring at the Sun"
40. The Avalanches - "Since I Left You"
39. Modest Mouse - "Float On"
38. T.I. - "What You Know"
37. Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
36. Sigur Rós - "Svefn-G-Englar"
35. Animal Collective - "Fireworks"
34. M.I.A. - "Galang"
33. Spoon - "The Way We Get By"
32. Amerie - "1 Thing"
31. Jay-Z [ft. UGK] - "Big Pimpin'"
30. The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
29. Hot Chip - "Boy From School"
28. Antony and the Johnsons - "Hope There's Someone"
27. Clipse - "Grindin'"
26. Justin Timberlake [ft. T.I.] - "My Love"
25. Rihanna [ft. Jay-Z] - "Umbrella"
24. Radiohead - "Everything in Its Right Place"
23. Daft Punk - "Digital Love"
22. LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great"
21. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"

Edit: I was beaten to it.

Here's my guess for the Top 20. (I know some of these are long shots. / Hopefully nothing was listed already.)

Jay-Z - 99 Problems
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
OutKast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
Kanye West - Gold Digger
Annie - Heartbeat
OutKast - Hey Ya!
The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
MGMT - Kids
M83 - Kim & Jessie
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Animal Collective - My Girls
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Damian "Jr Gong" Marley - Welcome to Jamrock

Happy to see:

Robyn- "With Every Heartbeat"
Franz Ferdinand- "Take Me Out": This being at number 44 is quite a surprise though- I feel it should have been in the top 20, and it seems that Franz will indeed slide down the AM lists
Modest Mouse- "Float On"
Kylie- "Can't Get You Out of My Head": Number 37 is a pretty decent showing, even if it would be in my top 3
Clipse- "Grindin'": One of the best hip hop tracks of the decade for sure. I'm bummed that Busta Rhymes will strike out, though.
LCD Soundsystem- "Someone Great":Wow! Didn't expect it at number 22, but I'm happy! "All My Friends" seems like a lock for the top 10, now.

Horrified:

Justin Timberlake- "My Love": Timbertwat ruins a nice Timbaland production.
Kelly Clarkson- "Since U Been Gone": Idol twaddle.

A few downers for me:

The list is likely not to include Duffy's "Mercy" or Janelle Monae's "Many Moons", both of which deserve to crack the top 500 at the very least.

I don't think I've seen Daft Punk's "One More Time" yet, so it could be in top 20 since it's in the Pitchfork 500 book (at least I think it is).

"Someone Great" is actually my favorite LCD Soundsystem song, so I'm happy to see it there. I'm actually surprised that there's been nothing from "Funeral" on the list yet (either that or I didn't look very hard).

"Rebellion (Lies)" was in the 60s.

there will be no "Hung Up" on this list. You'd think it would have been somewhere in thetop 500, being it did place #26 on the 2005 year-end list. Ah, well.

"Can't Get You Out of My Head" appearing was very expected.

I'm hoping for John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Here's my take on the 00's! As usual you would expect your favorites to be shared with the whole world (Pitchfork)

01 Strokes - Hard To Explain (defined 00's)
02 Zero 7 - Truth And Rights
03 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Daft Punk remix)
04 Jeff Buckley - Grace
05 Yo La Tengo - Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
06 Squarepusher - Tetra-Sync
07 Strapping Young Lad - Imperial
08 Ryan Adams - Anybody Wanna Take Me Home
09 Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own (DJ Sasha mix)
10 New Pornographers - All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth
11 TV On The Radio - Young Liars
12 Phoenix - Love Like A Sunset
13 Steely Dan - Almost Gothic
14 Shins - Young Pilgrim
15 Madonna - Hung Up (Durkin mix)
16 Mattias Alkberg BD - Stockholm
17 Trentemöller - Into The Trees (Serenetti, Part 3)
18 Go-Betweens - In Her Diary
19 Walkmen - The Rat
20 White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
21 Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy
22 Stereolab - Captain Easychord (2.55 version)
23 LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
24 Ed Harcourt - Until Tomorrow Then
25 Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
26 Amon Tobin - Lighthouse
27 Edan feat. Mr Lif - Making Planets
28 Elliot Smith - Everything Reminds Me / Means Nothing
29 Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads
30 Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
31 Richard Hawley - The Ocean
32 Badly Drawn Boy - Magic In The Air
33 Bertrand Burgalat & Robert Wyatt - This Summer Night
34 Agalloch - Bloodbirds
35 Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
36 Cygnus X - Orange Theme (Moonmans Orange Juice mix)
37 Howe Gelb - Chore Of Enchantment
38 Rifles - Repeated Offender
39 Jim James - Calexico - Goin' To Acapulco
40 Mark Lanegan - One Hundred Days
41 Quasimoto - Microphone Mathematic
42 She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
43 Madvillain - All Caps
44 Shellac - The End Of Radio
45 Thrills - Hollywood Kids
46 Ulver - Blinded By Blood
47 Mr. Bungle - Pink Cigarette
48 Bob Hund - Våffeljärnet
49 Nellie McKay - Cupcake
50 Mondo Grosso - Star Suite (Shelter Vocal mix)

Gahahaha!

An easier way to look what's on the list...
(Heartbeats by The Knife must be in top 20)

500. The Big Pink "Velvet"
499. N.E.R.D. "Run to the Sun" [Electronic version]
498. Unwound "Scarlette"
497. Woods "Rain On"
496. Akufen "Deck the House (Herbert's Stop Like This Mix)"
495. Weezer "Island in the Sun"
494. Blonde Redhead "Equus"
493. Goldfrapp "Lovely Head"
492. St. Vincent "The Strangers"
491. Viktor Vaughn "Saliva"
490. Closer Musik "Departures"
489. Kano "Reload It"
488. Jesu "Silver"
487. Jaylib "The Red"
486. Spiller [ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor] "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"
485. Ali Farke Touré "Yer Bounda Fara"
484. Múm "Green Grass of Tunnel"
483. Platinum 45 [ft. More Fire Crew] "Oi!"
482. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "As I Sat Sadly By Her Side"
481. The Roots "Don't Feel Right"
480. Darkstar "Need You"
479. Brightblack Morning Light "Everybody Daylight"
478. Pantha Du Prince "Asha"
477. Dodos "Fools"
476. Ward 21 "Petrol"
475. Kid Cudi vs. Crookers "Day 'N Night (Remix)"
474. Wolf Eyes "Human Animal"
473. The Concretes "You Can't Hurry Love"
472. Comets on Fire "Wild Whiskey"
471. Crystal Castles "Alice Practice"
470. Orchestra Baobab "Bul Ma Miin"
469. DJ Shadow "You Can't Go Home Again"
468. The Strokes "What Ever Happened?"
467. Rjd2 "Let the Good Times Roll Pt. 2"
466. Saint Etienne "How We Used to Live"
465. Cee-Lo [ft. Timbaland] "I'll Be Around"
464. Voxtrot "The Start of Something"
463. Black Kids "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You" [EP version]
462. Sun Kil Moon "Carry Me Ohio"
461. Scarface "On My Block"
460. Vivian Girls "Where Do You Run To"
459. The Honeydrips "Fall From a Height (The Field Way)"
458. Sleater-Kinney "Far Away"
457. Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton "Doctor Blind"
456. Doves "Black and White Town"
455. Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Wolf Among Wolves"
454. Songs: Ohia "Didn't It Rain"
453. Fucked Up "Crusades"
452. Jay Reatard "Always Wanting More"
451. Scissor Sisters "Mary"
450. My Morning Jacket "Golden"
449. Jackson and His Computer Band "Utopia"
448. Lil' Kim [ft. Mr. Cheeks] "The Jump Off"
447. Mylo "In My Arms"
446. M. Ward "Chinese Translation"
445. Ricardo Villalobos "Que Belle Epoque"
444. Be Your Own Pet "Adventure"
443. Explosions in the Sky "First Breath After Coma"
442. Menomena "Wet and Rusting"
441. Sufjan Stevens "For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fathers in Ypsilanti"
440. The Libertines "Time for Heroes"
439. Beirut "Elephant Gun"
438. Lady Sovereign "Ch-Ching (Cheque 1, 2 Remix)"
437. Shackleton "Blood on My Hands"
436. Devendra Banhart "A Sight to Behold"
435. Golden Boy with Miss Kittin "Rippin Kittin"
434. Madonna "Don't Tell Me"
433. DJ Khaled [ft. T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman, and Lil Wayne] "We Takin'
Over"
432. Sugababes "Overload"
431. Death Cab for Cutie "The New Year"
430. Mastodon "Sleeping Giant"
429. Gossip "Standing in the Way of Control"
428. Yo La Tengo "Last Days of Disco"
427. Patrick Wolf "The Magic Position"
426. Bob Dylan "Mississippi"
425. Björk "New World"
424. Turbulence "Notorious"
423. The Delgados "All You Need Is Hate"
422. Santogold "Lights Out"
421. Lambchop "Up With People"
420. Schneider TM "The Light 3000"
419. Klaxons "Golden Skans"
418. Ce'cile "Hot Like We"
417. High Places "From Stardust to Sentience"
416. Jens Lekman "The Opposite of Hallelujah"
415. Alicia Keys"You Don't Know My Name (Reggae Remix)"
414. Simian Mobile Disco "It's the Beat" [12" version]
413. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "There She Goes, My Beautiful World"
412. Scritti Politti "The Boom Boom Bap"
411. Wilco "Handshake Drugs"
410. Women "Black Rice"
409. Sunn O))) "It Took the Night to Believe"
408. Magik Markers "Taste"
407. Girls on Top "We Don't Give a Damn About Our Friends"
406. Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds"
405. Superpitcher "Tomorrow"
404. Dinosaur Jr. "Almost Ready"
403. Freeway [ft. Peedi Crakk] "Flipside"
402. My Morning Jacket "Off the Record"
401. The Walkmen "In the New Year"
400. Boris "Ibitsu"
399. Amy Winehouse "Tears Dry on Their Own"
398. The Chemical Brothers "Star Guitar"
397. Queens of the Stone Age "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret"
396. Nathan Fake "The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)"
395. Death From Above 1979 "Romantic Rights"
394. The Streets "Blinded by the Lights"
393. Lightning Bolt "Dracula Mountain"
392. B15 Project "Girls Like Us"
391. King Khan and the Shrines "Welfare Bread"
390. The Long Blondes "Once and Never Again"
389. Junior Boys "High Come Down"
388. Sigur Rós "Hoppípolla"
387. Cortney Tidwell "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan's Objects in Space Remix)"
386. Konono No. 1 "Paradiso"
385. Four Tet "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth"
384. Boards of Canada "Music Is Math"
383. Girls "Hellhole Ratrace"
382. The Microphones "The Moon" [Song Islands version]
381. Crime Mob "Knuck If You Buck"
380. Rex the Dog "I Look Into Mid-Air"
379. Goldfrapp "Strict Machine"
378. Blur "Out of Time"
377. Soulwax "NY Excuse"
376. El-P "Stepfather Factory"
375. Röyksopp "What Else Is There?"
374. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart "Young Adult Friction"
373. Cannibal Ox "The F-Word"
372. Camera Obscura "French Navy"
371. Cam'ron [ft. Sarah Hindes] "Get 'Em Girls"
370. Lumidee "I'll Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)"
369. Primal Scream "Swastika Eyes"
368. Together "So Much Love to Give"
367. Frightened Rabbit "The Modern Leper"
366. Matthew Dear "Dog Days"
365. Gwen Stefani "What You Waiting For (Thin White Duke Remix)"
364. Elliott Smith "Everything Reminds Me of Her"
363. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth"
362. Sigur Rós "Vaka (Untitled 1)"
361. Smog "Rock Bottom Riser"
360. Boards of Canada "In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country"
359. Young Jeezy [ft. Jay-Z] "Go Crazy (Remix)"
358. Cat Power "I Found a Reason"
357. Japandroids "Young Hearts Spark Fire"
356. Jason Forrest "10 Amazing Years"
355. Deerhoof "Milk Man"
354. Tinariwen "Matadjem Yinmixan"
353. Stars of the Lid "Requiem for Dying Mothers (Part 1)"
352. Maxïmo Park "Apply Some Pressure"
351. Rich Boy [ft. Polow Da Don] "Throw Some D's"
350. Man Man "Van Helsing Boombox"
349. Beanie Sigel [ft. Melissa] "Feel It in the Air"
348. Aesop Rock "Daylight"
347. Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Cursed Sleep"
346. Super Furry Animals "Juxtaposed With U"
345. Antony and the Johnsons "Aeon"
344. Lil Wayne "Hustler Musik"
343. The Microphones "The Glow"
342. Franz Ferdinand "Do You Want To"
341. Fleet Foxes "Blue Ridge Mountains"
340. Herbert "Something Isn't Right"
339. Sonic Youth "The Empty Page"
338. The Decemberists "O Valencia!"
337. The National "Mistaken for Strangers"
336. Röyksopp "Eple"
335. Max Tundra "MBGATE"
334. Grizzly Bear "While You Wait for the Others"
333. Death Cab for Cutie "A Movie Script Ending"
332. Aeroplane [ft. Kathy Diamond] "Whispers"
331. Andrew Bird "Fake Palindromes"
330. The Roots [ft. Cody Chestnutt] "The Seed 2.0"
329. Caribou "Hendrix With KO"
328. Isolée "Schrapnell"
327. Vampire Weekend "Walcott"
326. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Cheated Hearts"
325. Sean Paul "Like Glue"
324. The Twilight Sad "Cold Days From the Birdhouse"
323. The Rapture "I Need Your Love"
322. Wu-Tang Clan "Uzi (Pinky Ring)"
321. Four Tet "Smile Around the Face"
320. Ciara "Promise"
319. Guided by Voices "Chasing Heather Crazy"
318. The Notwist "One With the Freaks"
317. Squarepusher "My Red Hot Car"
316. Neko Case "Hold On, Hold On"
315. Ratatat "17 Years"
314. Metro Area "Miura"
313. The Wrens "She Sends Kisses"
312. The Go! Team "Ladyflash"
311. Sticky [ft. Ms. Dynamite] "Booo!"
310. Okkervil River "For Real"
309. Midlake "Roscoe"
308. Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
307. Wolf Parade "Shine a Light"
306. Dr. Dre [ft. Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg] "The Next Episode"
305. Loretta Lynn [ft. Jack White] "Portland, Oregon"
304. Destroyer "The Sublimation Hour"
303. Mystikal "Shake Ya Ass"
302. Black Dice "Cone Toaster"
301. The Shins "Kissing the Lipless"
300. Iron & Wine "Upward Over the Mountain"
299. CSS "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above"
298. Stars "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"
297. David Byrne and Brian Eno "Strange Overtones"
296. Johnny Cash "The Man Comes Around"
295. Grandaddy "The Crystal Lake"
294. Constantines "Night Time (Anytime It's All Right)"
293. Aphex Twin "Avril 14th"
292. Deerhunter "Spring Hall Convert"
291. Missy Elliott "Pass That Dutch"
290. The Exploding Hearts "Modern Kicks"
289. PJ Harvey "Good Fortune"
288. Fabolous "Breathe"
287. Chromatics "In the City"
286. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead "Another Morning Stoner"
285. Ryan Adams "Come Pick Me Up"
284. Wiley "Wearing My Rolex"
283. Godspeed You Black Emperor! "Storm" [First Movement]
282. Luomo "The Present Lover" [Digital Disco version]
281. The Books "Take Time"
280. The Fiery Furnaces "Here Comes the Summer"
279. Alan Braxe and Fred Falke "Rubicon"
278. Madvillain "America's Most Blunted"
277. Earth "Coda Maestoso in F (Flat) Minor"
276. The Darkness "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
275. Broken Social Scene "Stars and Sons"
274. The MFA "The Difference It Makes (Superpitcher Remix)"
273. Smog "Dress Sexy at My Funeral"
272. Nas "One Mic"
271. Arcade Fire "Intervention"
270. Damian Marley "Welcome to Jamrock"
269. The Decemberists "The Engine Driver"
268. Common "The Light"
267. The Beta Band "To You Alone"
266. Bright Eyes "First Day of My Life"
265. Jim O'Rourke "Good Times"
264. Baby [ft. Clipse] "What Happened to That Boy?"
263. Coldplay "Yellow"
262. Mastodon "Blood & Thunder"
261. Sonic Youth "Incinerate"
260. Of Montreal "Disconnect the Dots"
259. Neko Case "I Wish I Was the Moon"
258. Rachel Stevens "Some Girls"
257. The Flaming Lips "Fight Test"
256. M83 "Kim & Jessie"
255. At the Drive-In "One Armed Scissor"
254. Radiohead "Reckoner"
253. Caribou "Melody Day"
252. Bright Eyes "The Calendar Hung Itself"
251. Eminem "Without Me"
250. The Thermals "A Pillar of Salt"
249. Amadou & Mariam "Sabali"
248. Liars "Plaster Casts of Everything"
247. Broadcast "Pendulum"
246. Lupe Fiasco "Kick Push"
245. Girls Aloud "Biology"
244. The Hives "Hate to Say I Told You So"
243. Fischerspooner "Emerge"
242. Dirty Projectors "Rise Above"
241. Les Savy Fav "The Sweat Descends"
240. Clipse "Zen"
239. The Dismemberment Plan "Face of the Earth"
238. Estelle [ft. Kanye West] "American Boy"
237. Cut Copy "Out There on the Ice"
236. Elliott Smith "A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free" [7" version]
235. Sally Shapiro "I'll Be by Your Side"
234. Electric Six "Danger! High Voltage!"
233. Air "Playground Love"
232. Destiny's Child "Jumpin' Jumpin'"
231. Jarvis Cocker "Running the World"
230. The Mountain Goats "Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton"
229. Joanna Newsom "Sprout and the Bean"
228. Phoenix "1901"
227. Björk "Pagan Poetry"
226. Le Tigre "Deceptacon (DFA Remix)"
225. Dntel [ft. Ben Gibbard] "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan"
224. The National "Abel"
223. Beach House "Apple Orchard"
222. Three 6 Mafia "Sippin' on Some Syrup"
221. Fuck Buttons "Sweet Love for Planet Earth"
220. Ekkehard Ehlers "Plays John Cassavettes, Pt. 2"
219. Lil Mama "Lip Gloss"
218. Bloc Party "Banquet"
217. Yeasayer "2080"
216. Sleater-Kinney "Jumpers"
215. M.I.A. "Bucky Done Gun"
214. Freeway [ft. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel] "What We Do"
213. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Y Control"
212. The Beta Band "Squares"
211. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "Timorous Me"
210. Cat Power "Lived in Bars"
209. The Clientele "Since K Got Over Me"
208. Kylie Minogue "Love at First Sight"
207. Outkast [ft. Killer Mike] "The Whole World"
206. Bat for Lashes "Daniel"
205. Lily Allen "Smile"
204. Spoon "Everything Hits at Once"
203. Ricardo Villalobos "Fizheuer Zieheuer"
202. Belle and Sebastian "I'm Waking Up to Us"
201. The New Pornographers "The Laws Have Changed"
200. Beck "Lost Cause"
199. Portishead "The Rip"
198. Vitalic "La Rock 01"
197. Joanna Newsom "Peach, Plum, Pear"
196. No Age "Teen Creeps"
195. Love Is All "Make Out Fall Out Make Up"
194. David Banner "Cadillac on 22's"
193. Twista [ft. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx] "Slow Jamz"
192. Pulp "Sunrise"
191. Vampire Weekend "Oxford Comma"
190. Panjabi MC [ft. Jay-Z] "Mundian to Bach Ké (Beware of the Boys)"
189. The Tough Alliance "Silly Crimes"
188. Jens Lekman "Black Cab"
187. Booka Shade "Mandarine Girl"
186. Fugazi "Cashout"
185. Dead Prez "Hip-Hop"
184. Queens of the Stone Age "No One Knows"
183. Beyoncé "Irreplaceable"
182. Yo La Tengo "Our Way to Fall"
181. Morrissey "The First of the Gang to Die"
180. Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl"
179. Bon Iver "Skinny Love"
178. Air "Cherry Blossom Girl"
177. Eminem "The Real Slim Shady"
176. Xiu Xiu "I Luv the Valley OH!"
175. Usher [ft. Lil Jon and Ludacris] "Yeah"
174. Los Campesinos! "You! Me! Dancing!"
173. M.O.P. "Ante Up"
172. Shellac "Prayer to God"
171. Talib Kweli [ft. Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Busta Rhymes] "Get By (Remix)"
170. Guillemots "Trains to Brazil"
169. Ludacris "Southern Hospitality"
168. Of Montreal "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal"
167. Liars "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack"
166. Gui Boratto "Beautiful Life"
165. Jimmy Eat World "The Middle"
164. Broadcast "Come on Let's Go"
163. Girl Talk "Smash Your Head"
162. Grizzly Bear "Two Weeks"
161. Christian Falk [ft. Robyn and Ola Salo] "Dream On"
160. 50 Cent "In Da Club"
159. Cat Power "I Don't Blame You"
158. Art Brut "Formed a Band"
157. Kanye West [ft. Lupe Fiasco] "Touch the Sky"
156. The Pipettes "Pull Shapes"
155. Coldplay "Clocks"
154. Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day"
153. Luomo "Tessio"
152. Life Without Buildings "The Leanover"
151. Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"
150. Junior Senior "Move Your Feet"
149. Dan Deacon "The Crystal Cat"
148. Air France "Collapsing at Your Doorstep"
147. Wilco "Poor Places"
146. Fennesz "Caecilia"
145. Broken Social Scene "Cause = Time"
144. Justice vs. Simian "We Are Your Friends"
143. Feist "1234"
142. The Flaming Lips "Do You Realize??"
141. Britney Spears "Toxic"
140. Interpol "NYC"
139. Daft Punk "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
138. D'Angelo "Untitled (How Does It Feel?)"
137. Ladytron "Destroy Everything You Touch"
136. Ghostface Killah "Shakey Dog"
135. The Strokes "The Modern Age" [EP version]
134. Clipse "Trill"
133. Belle and Sebastian "Your Cover's Blown"
132. Panda Bear "Comfy in Nautica"
131. Destiny's Child "Say My Name"
130. Spoon "The Underdog"
129. Andrew W.K. "Party Hard"
128. The Mountain Goats "No Children"
127. Ciara [ft. Ludacris] "Oh"
126. Califone "The Orchids"
125. The Field "Over the Ice"
124. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?"
123. Kanye West "Jesus Walks"
122. Cam'ron [ft. Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey, and Toya] "Hey Ma"
121. Johnny Boy "You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve"
120. Phoenix "If I Ever Feel Better"
119. T.I. "Rubber Band Man"
118. Camera Obscura "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"
117. Animal Collective "Leaf House"
116. The White Stripes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
115. Dirty Projectors "Stillness Is the Move"
114. !!! "Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard (A True Story)"
113. Kelis "Milkshake"
112. Lindstrøm "I Feel Space"
111. Aaliyah "We Need a Resolution"
110. Dizzee Rascal "Fix Up Look Sharp"
109. Grizzly Bear "Knife"
108. The Hold Steady "The Swish"
107. M83 "Don't Save Us From the Flames"
106. The Mae Shi "Run to Your Grave"
105. Grinderman "No Pussy Blues"
104. Eminem "Lose Yourself"
103. Feist "Mushaboom"
102. Cut Copy "Hearts on Fire"
101. Jürgen Paape "So Weit Wie Noch Nie"

Röyksopp with Robyn - The Girl And The Robot is the best song on which Robyn sings imo. Released this year. Top 20?

They were big on Konichiwa so I wouldn't be surprised to see that.

I went through the Pitchfork 500 quickly and here are the songs from this decade that were not in the 500-21
Daft Punk – One More Time
Radiohead – Idioteque
Outkast – B.O.B.
Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
Osymyso – Intro-Inspection
The Knife – Heartbeats
LCD Soundystem – Lossing My Edge
The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
My Morning Jacket – The Way That He Sings
Lightning Bolt – Ride the Sky
The Decemberists – Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
Radiohead – Life in a Glasshouse
Deerhoof – This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Outkast – Hey Ya
Kanye West – Through The Wire
R. Kelly – Ignition (Remix)
Beyonce – Crazy In Love
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
The Walkmen – The Rat
M83 – Don’t Save Us from the Flames
Annie – Heartbeat
Boris – Farewell
The Go! Team – The Power Is On
Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Love Is All – Busy Doing Nothing
Black Dice – Cone Toaster


And the top songs from the 2000-2004 singles list that are not included
1. Outkast- B.O.B.
2. Outkast- Hey Ya!
3. LCD Soundsystem – Losing my Edge
4. Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
6. Annie – Heartbeat
7. Beyonce – Crazy in Love
9. The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
12. R. Kelly – Ignition (remix)


From 2005-2008 singles/ songs lists the only top 5 singles that are not included yet are
2007
1. LCD Soundsystem – All my Friends
4. M.I.A. - Paper Planes (remix)

2008
01: Hercules and Love Affair- Blind
05: M83- Kim & Jessie

"Kim & Jessie" is already on the list, isn't it? It's #256.

My prediction, jus for fun:

1. OutKast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)
2. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
3. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
4. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
5. Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
6. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
7. Beyonce - Crazy in Love
8. Annie - Heartbeat
9. Radiohead - Idioteque
10. LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
11. Johnny Cash - Hurt
12. Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
13. OutKast - Hey Ya!
14. The Knife - Heartbeats
15. MGMT - Kids
16. Animal Collective - My Girls
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
18. Eminem feat. Dido - Stan
19. R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
20. The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers

"Hurt" may well not make it, this is purely a gut instinct. Same deal with "Stan", though it not making it while "Without Me" makes it is just, well, odd.

If I'm right, the most shocking omissions would be:

The Walkmen - The Rat (Still think this might come in #20 and knock out The Rapture)

Joanna Newsom - Emily (2 from Milk-Eyed and 0 from Ys? Shocking)

Jay-Z - 99 Problems (with 3 songs in the Top 100, I guess that would be considered enough)

LCD Soundsystem - Yeah! (again, 3 in the Top 100)

Wilco - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (only 2 from YHF, I'm thinking. I think they got the right 2, though this is often name-checked)

The Strokes – Last Nite and Hard to Explain (I think Is This It only lands 2 on, though either of these appearing would not surprise me)

Amy Winehouse - Rehab (don't think she's a P-fork favorite)

Daft Punk - One More Time (eclipsed by the far superior Digital Love)

1. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2. OutKast - B.O.B
3. OutKast - Hey Ya!
4. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
5. Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
6. M.I.A - Paper Planes
7. Beyonce - Crazy in Love
8. Annie - Heartbeat
9. LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
10. Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On
11. Animal Collective - My Girls
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
13. Radiohead - Idioteque
14. Jay Z - 99 Problems
15. MGMT - Kids
16. The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
17. Eminem - Stan
18. LCD Soundsystem - Yeah!
19. R. Kelley - Ignition (Remix)
20. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1

This is my final prediction, with just under 2 hours untill unveiling. I'm going to call that LCDSS and Jigga do indeed put 4 songs into the T100. Pitchfork clearly loves both artists. Also, sonofsamiam, I think calling Hey Ya for anything other than T10 is a losing proposition.

The Strokes will NOT make the top 20. Pitchfork already said that Someday was the highest ranking Strokes song.

I was disappointed to see Bro's so low. I really thought that would be in the top 10.

I still stand my pick of All My Friends for number one, though.

I'd be thrilled if Annie's "Heartbeat" landed at number 8, as both of you predict. I'm happy enough that it's in the top 20, but a top 10 place would be excellent.

1. OutKast -B.O.B.
2. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
3. M.I.A. [ft. Bun B and Rich Boy] - Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)
4. Beyoncé [ft. Jay-Z] - Crazy in Love
5. Daft Punk - One More Time
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
7.Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
8. Radiohead - Idioteque
9. Animal Collective - My Girls
10. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
11. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
12. OutKast - Hey Ya!
13. LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
14. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
15. The Knife - Heartbeats
16. The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
17. Annie - Heartbeat
18. Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
19. R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
20. The Walkmen - The Rat

edit
Other than the semi-high placement of Beyonce and low placement of Hey Ya! it is not that suprising.

So my friend and I had a bet, me on All My Friends, him on Hey Ya. Got there! As said other than Beyonce's high placing and Hey Ya not making T10, the list isn't shocking, and I feel as though the T3 is excellent.

When I saw Neighborhood #1 at 10, I jumped out of my seat and announced "All hail Funeral! Greatest record of the 00s!". Then when I scrolled down to 8th pitchfork sent me back to reality. How lame would it be if they ddi B.O.B/Kid A again? Although I do have to say, BOB is a worthy champion. Anyway, after seeing the results of this list, NEW PREDICTION

1. Radiohead - Kid A
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
4. Jay Z - The Blueprint
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
6. The Knife - Silet Shout
7. OutKast - Stankonia
8. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
9. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
10. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Does anyone else think Idioteque is too high? It's a solid song, but I'm not sure that I would put it in my top 10 for the year let alone the decade.

i just realized "Stan" wasn't on the list.... and this makes me sad.

also, i agree with ^^^ i love idiotesque, definitely up there, maybe even top 20... but i like the national anthem better

I am disappointed in a number of songs that didn't make the list or where I felt the placement was too low. With those that didn't make the list, some I felt were excluded because they didn't wan to put too many songs by the same artist on the list - which I think partly misses the point, because aren't they after all evaluating simply the best songs of the decade, period, regardless of politics? Some just didn't make the list because it's pitchfork, so no matter how much I think some U2 or "Viva La Vida" or something unhip should at least be in the top FIVE HUNDRED songs of the decade, I understand the source and had a feeling they wouldn't be there at all.

But....

That being said, I feel like the the top 10 is pretty solid. Even the ranking was well done (I didn't think the ranking was well done everywhere, that's for sure..."Two Weeks" was too low, for one)....the one thing I maybe would have changed - "Crazy In Love" should be switched with "Hey Ya" as the decade's best pop single, or maybe Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" (I could live with either of those replacing "Get Your Freak On" too but I understand the power that song has over critics....) Besides that though, solid top 10. Glad to see "Neighborhoods #1."

My two cents...

#19. "Ignition (Remix)"
Remember when R. Kelly was facing all those child molestation charges, and he responds by coming out with an album called "Chocolate Factory" and the big single off that is this one? Balls, man. Big brass ones. I don't know why I love this song as much as I do, but I'm very happy to see it as high as it is.

#16. "House of Jealous Lovers"
The critics seem to love this song, and my feelings toward it ebb and flow. Literally two days ago, I was cranking it up and singing along in my car. Today I can't stand to think I was doing that. At 16, it's too high, but it's not TOO high.

#12. "Hey Ya!"
At 12, it's WAY too low. This should definitely be top ten, maybe even top five.

#11. "Crazy"
See my comments for "Hey Ya!"

#10. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"
I'm convinced that "Rebellion (Lies)" is the better track, but I'm not going to complain with a track from Funeral getting to the #10 spot. Besides, even though it's not my favorite track off the album, it still kicks ass.

#8. "Idioteque"
GOD DAMN IT! I just cannot understand why this fucking song gets so much love. Or even why Kid A gets so much love. I've listened to that album so many times, and there is nothing worth listening to after "Optimistic." Pitchfork even falls all over itself calling the album "miraculous." Jesus Christ, get off your knees and take Radiohead's... (the rest of this comment contains offensive language, incitements to violence, and rubber novelty poop and has therefore been deleted)

#4. "Crazy in Love"
Pretty good pop song, granted. But the fourth best of the decade? This just confirms my belief that this has been a REALLY weak decade.

#3. "Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)"
For my own sake, can I just say that it's the album version of this song and not some remix? If so, then I'll agree with it. Brilliant track.

#1. "B.O.B."
I remember when "Ms. Jackson" was blowing up the airwaves thinking, "Yeah, it's good, but why the hell isn't 'B.O.B.' getting this kind of love?" I'm a little surprised to see it at #1, but I'm certainly not disappointed.

Strange, I can't see the results yet on my computer. I've tried deleting cookies, and still nothing!

I was hoping Annie could crack the top 10, but what the heck. I'm happy that "Maps" did, and "All My Friends" at number 2 is certainly a lofty position!

I simply cannot fathom the love for Beyonce or R. Kelly, though. I hated those songs the first time I heard them, and I hate them just as much now. In fact, "Crazy in Love" pollutes my bottom 100 songs list.

So, I was wrong about:

"Hurt" -- I find it strange "The Man Comes Around" made it and this didn't. Maybe it'll top the videos list to make up for it?

"Stan" -- How "The Real Slim Shady" and "Without Me" made it and this did not is baffling. Dated self-mythology trumps storytelling and honest emotion, I suppose.

"Kids" -- just shocked about this, guess they're just not MGMT fans. (Neither am I, so I'm not that sad about it.)

Glad "99 Problems" made it so high. "One More Time" at #5 is shocking, though I do love Daft Punk. That high is still a surprise though. I don't think I get the amount of acclaim "The Rat" gets -- good song, but #20 of the decade?

And I go for "The National Anthem" over "Idioteque" any day of the week, but that's just a taste thing.



Still, gonna give myself slight props for picking the Top 3.

Calling the top 3 was really sick. The only prediction I saw that was better was one on metacritic where they got 19 songs, missing only Neighborhood #1 for Emily.

Biggest surprise for me was loading the page and seeing Walkmen at 20th instead of Stan. In hindsight, Kids was a bad call. Pitchfork has expressed their dislike for MGMT in the past.

Maybe the fork is with me on Eminem. I think his serious stuff is only acclaimed because it's him... nobody thought he had it in him even if it isn't all that great. His forte is being obnoxious, having fun and creating club anthems... and they're pretty good songs.

It's hard for me to think of Stan as a 'serious' song. I take it as "I'm SO awesome that this guy murder-suicides his girlfriend just cause I snubbed him!" Not only that, he gets to be the good guy in the song by actually writing back at the end. Stan is quite possibly the most narcissistic song I've ever heard, and one of the most blatant examples of marketing by shock value. Not only that he gets associative credit for throwing in a verse from a one hit wonder's one hit.

Maybe I should just save the rant for bracketology.

I would probably put Idioteque decently high on my own list, but I'd put Everything In It's Right Place higher. I think Idioteque gets a little bit overrated because it was the first song a lot of people heard on it, and thus the one that caused people to either get on or off the experimental Radiohead bandwagon.

It's definitely way too early to judge the 00's as a strong or weak decade. The music hasn't had nearly enough time to sit with us yet. I'd probably put it above the 90's overall. The 00's might be the worst mainstream decade, but way too much of the big 90's indie stuff is just buzzy mumbling lo-fi.

No Machine Gun?

Dark horse for best album from the 'Fork: Silent Shout. They drool all over it whenever they get the chance, and I think they'll go a little outside the box with albums after going (basically) chalk with B.O.B. and All My Friends.

I maybe alone in this but I think Funeral has a ton of filler compared to some of the better albums of this decade. It has some of the greatest songs of the decade, but beyond the top 4 or so, it kind of pales in comparison to a few other albums. Just my opinion.

As for the pitchfork top 10 albums:

01. Radiohead- Kid A
02. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion
03. Jay-Z- The Blueprint
04. Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights
05. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
06. OutKast- StanKonia
07. Sigur Ros- Agaetis Byrjun
08. Sufjan Stevens- Illinios
09. The Knife- The Silent Shout
10. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes

Even if you dont think as highly of funeral as others, you cant deny the fact that it will be in the top 10, if not top 5, if not #1. Funeral was a huge album not just for Arcade Fire, but for Pitchfork as well Pitchfork started showing there muscle as a music pusher when funeral was released. Im sure they played an important part in funerals success. Pitchfork is one of the few music sites that actually have some weight, a good pitchfork review oftens means alot of extra money in sales. They wont deny their love for it when the time comes.

1)Radiohead - Kid A
2)Arcade Fire - Funeral
3)Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4)TV on The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
5)LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6)Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
7)Sufjan Stevens - Illinios
8)Radiohead - Amnesiac
9)Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10)Outkast - Stankonia

I really havent the slightest clue. But I'm sure my top 3 picks will reign high on pitchforks list.

I don't think it's a BAD album. It's probably in my top 20 of the decade, just not my top 20 of all time like some people.

Pitchfork ranked it #45 on it's top albums of the first half of the 00s. That leads me to believe it'll be more in the 70-75 range.

It'll definitely make a lot of top 10 lists, but I don't think Pitchfork's will be one of them.

Funeral was what, 3 months old when that first list came out? They've gone back and declared it a masterpiece many times over. The album will T5. I actually think that pitchfork is going to spice things up a bit with albums. They're big on sensationalism, and what would be more sensational than Kid A, "the last great album", being dethroned from its roost? Following the pitchformula I think we might be working with something like

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Radiohead - Kid A

Of course the spots are volatile, but I have a feeling SOS is getting it's due.

SR

There were many albums from 2004 that were ranked higher than Funeral on the top of 00-04. Among them

Animal Collective- Sung Tongs
Madvillain- Madvillainy
Dvendra Banhardt- Rejoicing in the Hands
Fiery Furnaces- Blueberry Boat

Pitchfork is probably going to want to buck many mainstream indie stereotypes. Going down the top 5 from acclaimedmusic's 00s list...


01. The Strokes- Is This It- Will probably be about 25-30. They've always liked this guardedly.
02. The White Stripes- Elephant- Won't be listed. They've never liked this album.
03. Franz Ferdinand- S/T- Probably about 130-140. Pitchfork has always been very modest about this album.
04. Arcade Fire- Funeral- 40 at the highest, 80 at the lowest. I don't expect this to tear up the list.
05. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- In the top 20, but no higher than 10.


so the 1,2,3,4, and 5, will probably be 25, not listed, 100-something, 50-60, and 15-20. That's the way Pitchfork does things.

Check the dates. The 04 eoy list (wich funeral topped) came after the 00-04 list. It served as the correction.

I agree about Is This It and YHF though. They'll get props, but neither can probably T10.

Edit: If they weren't big fans of Funeral, than I highly doubt Neibhrohood #1 (Tunnels) would have made T10 of their songs list.

Funeral was by far the youngest album on the 00-04 lists. In fact many publications hadnt heard the album until the following year. PItchfork employees had barely digested funeral when they made that list. Its inclusion on the list, to me, speaks very highly of its merit. They new it was special and they forced it into a list that perhaps they shouldnt have made so early.

Pitchfork should have waited longer for this eod list. Albums like Embryonic could be amazing and deserve high praise.