The Best Songs of the 2000s

The 2000s ranked by how few beers they need. It is the largest decade in the catalogue, covering pop-punk, nu-metal, Eminem at his peak and a great many R&B hooks.

Top 25 of 96 songs with at least 10 ratings. Ranked by average beer score on a 0 to 11 scale.

1
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
Now legally the property of every football stadium on earth.
1.5beers35 ratings
2
One More Time
Daft Punk
The auto-tune everyone forgave instantly. Celebrate.
1.8beers17 ratings
3
Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz
The bassline plus that laugh. Nothing else required.
1.9beers51 ratings
4
Hey Ya!
OutKast
Shake it like a Polaroid picture. Polaroid had to issue a statement.
2.0beers44 ratings
5
Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Jet
Iggy Pop would like a word about that bassline.
2.2beers31 ratings
6
The Pretender
Foo Fighters
Grohl screaming like his life depends on it, from the very first bar.
2.3beers26 ratings
7
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Never left the UK charts. Physically cannot be killed.
2.3beers50 ratings
8
Lose Yourself
Eminem
Everyone thinks they can rap this. Beer proves them wrong.
2.4beers22 ratings
9
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
Recorded in one take. Cee-Lo simply did that.
2.5beers31 ratings
10
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Everybody walked alone in 2004. It was all very moving.
2.8beers26 ratings
11
Stan
Eminem
The song that put a new word in the dictionary.
3.2beers18 ratings
12
I Miss You
Blink-182
The one blink-182 song you're allowed to be genuinely sad to.
3.5beers34 ratings
13
Toxic
Britney Spears
The string riff alone is worth three beers.
3.6beers49 ratings
14
In Da Club
50 Cent
Go shorty, it's your birthday. It is always somebody's birthday.
3.6beers38 ratings
15
Last Nite
The Strokes
Recorded to sound like a worn-out cassette. Deliberately perfect.
3.6beers11 ratings
16
It Wasn't Me
Shaggy
The worst legal advice ever set to music.
3.6beers28 ratings
17
Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys' hook did for New York what Sinatra couldn't.
3.7beers31 ratings
18
Uprising
Muse
Glam-rock stomp for people who read conspiracy forums.
3.7beers13 ratings
19
American Idiot
Green Day
Still angry, still correct, still a great time at beer six.
3.8beers38 ratings
20
The Real Slim Shady
Eminem
Please stand up. Everybody did.
3.8beers16 ratings
21
With You
Linkin Park
The Hybrid Theory track that sounds most like its own remix.
3.8beers29 ratings
22
Yeah!
Usher
Lil Jon yelling YEAH. That is a production credit.
3.9beers16 ratings
23
Run This Town
Jay-Z
Three of the biggest names alive, all trying to win the same track.
3.9beers10 ratings
24
Pushing Me Away
Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory's quiet closer. Underrated by absolutely everyone.
3.9beers21 ratings
25
No One
Alicia Keys
Built to be sung badly at karaoke, joyfully.
3.9beers11 ratings