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10 Songs To Make You Feel 13 Again

Songs to grind and cry

Oct 19, 2015

Skidmore College

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10 Songs To Make You Feel 13 Again

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The mid-aughts were great, don't try to deny it. I know middle school sucked, Abercrombie smelled like a baby's asshole, and everyone wore goucho pants with Uggs, but the music was great.

Here are 10 songs that you probably grinded to at someone's Bat Mitzvah, or cried to in the back of your mom's dark green Volvo:

10. "Say It Right" - Nelly Furtado

Grind line's haven't been the same since Nelly Furtado withered from the cultural canon.

9. "This Is Why I'm Hot" - MIMS

I'm pretty proud of America for having a musician that can produce a song like this. By the way, MIMS stands for Music Is My Savior. So that's chill.

8. "What Goes Around Comes Around" - Justin Timberlake

This was some deep, karmic shit.

7. "Umbrella" - RIhanna ft. Jay-Z

My best friend told me in 7th grade that "umbrella" was an allegory for "vagina" and I haven't been the same since.

6. "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt

"She could see from my face that I was, fuckin' high" was the first time I ever heard the word "fuck" and I 100% blame James Blunt for my current affinity for cursing.

5. "Grillz" - Nelly ft. Paul Wall, Ali & GIpp

What happened to Paul Wall?

4. "Fergalicious" - Fergie

R.I.P Fergie's solo career.

3. "Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol

I know Grey's Anatomy ruined this for the so-called "hipsters" of 2006, but I also know that everyone secretly cried to this in 7th grade.

2. "It's Goin Down" - Yung Joc

I still listen to this song to get hype.

1. "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani

Today, she'd be called out cultural appropriation, but in 2005--fuck it. Gwen was the coolest and I still sing "b-a-n-a-n-a-s" in my head when I write "bananas".

*This list is purposefully disjointed, just like everyone's teenage years*

Long live the mid-aughts.

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