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20 Pop Punk Songs That Got You Through Middle School

The music that understood your problems when no one else could relate.

Mary Kate Hickey

Oct 05, 2015

Marquette University

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20 Pop Punk Songs That Got You Through Middle School

Ah, the mid-2000s. Some could call it the greatest era for pre-teens. How could it not be with thriving trends, such as sk8er boi hair and tight-fitting, ironic graphic tees from Delia's? But the most outstanding trend was the pop punk music genre. It's remarkable that so many 20-something-year-old men could relate to the trials and tribulations of 13-year-old misunderstood kids. Our generation finally had an outlet that understood how hard it was to be a suburban kid not finding a ride to the mall where you most likely hung out at the food court with your entire middle school. Here are 20 songs that got us through those angsty, mistaken times:

1. "Jamie All Over" - Mayday Parade

2. "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World

3. "Fat Lip" - Sum 41

4. "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte

5. "My Friends Over You" - New Found Glory

6. "Move Along" - The All-American Rejects

7. "Be My Escape" - Relient K

8. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - Green Day

9. "Ocean Avenue" - Yellowcard

10. "The Great Escape" - Boys Like Girls

11. "Adam's Song" - blink-182

12. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - Panic! At The Disco

13. "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" - The Offspring

14. "Teenagers" - My Chemical Romance

15. "MakeDamnSure" - Taking Back Sunday

16. "Sugar, We're Goin Down" - Fall Out Boy

strong>17. "The Taste of Ink" - The Used

18. "Everything I Ask For" - The Maine

19. "Check Yes, Juliet" - We The Kings

20. "Dear Maria, Count Me In" - All-Time Low

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