Before the college parties, homecoming dances, and proms, there were the awkward middle school dances. Who could ever forget the music that went along with possibly the most cringe-worthy phases of our lives. Whether you danced along to these songs in a school gym packed with sweaty preteens fearing their first slow dances, or listened to them on your MP3 player/iPod Nano-- downloaded straight from limewire, of course-- these early 2000’s hits won’t fail to bring you back to the golden age of pre-pubescent middle school.

1. “I Gotta A Feeling” -The Black Eyed Peas
2. “Find Your Love” -Drake
3. “Year 3000” -The Jonas Brothers
   [Okay this one is still good]
4. “American Boy” -Estelle
5. “You’re a Jerk” -New Boyz
   [And of course the iconic “jerk dance" to go along with it]
6. "Miss Independent" -Ne-Yo
7. “Burnin’ Up” -The Jonas Brothers
8. “You Belong with Me” -Taylor Swift
9. “Tik Tok” -Ke$ha
10. “Sk8er Boi” - Avril Lavigne
11. “Girlfriend” -Avril Lavigne
12. “Only Girl (In the World)" -Rihanna
13. “See you again” -Miley Cyrus
14. “Just a Dream” -Nelly
15. “In the Ayer” -Flo Rida ft. Will.I.Am and Fergie
16. “Like a G6” -Far East Movement
17. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” -Usher
18. “Hot n’ Cold” -Katy Perry
19. “Ridin’ Solo” -Jason Derulo
20. “Eenie Meenie” -Justin Bieber ft. Sean Kingston
21. “Whip My Hair” -Willow Smith
22. “Magic” -B.o.B.
23. “Stereo Hearts” -Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine
24. “Airplanes” -BoB ft. Hayley Williams
25. “Fire Burnin’ ” -Sean Kingston
26. “21 Guns” -Green Day
27. “I’m on a Boat” -The Lonely Island ft. T-Pain
28. “O.M.G.” -Usher
29. “Forever” -Chris Brown
30. “Disturbia” -Rihanna
31. “Circus" -Britney Spears
32. “I’m Blue” -Eiffel 65
33. “In Da Club” -50 Cent
34. “Party in the USA” -Miley Cyrus
35. “Boom Boom Pow” -The Black Eyed Peas
36. “Fireflies” -Owl City
37. “Watcha Say" -Jason Derulo
38. “4 Minutes” -Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
39. “Poker Face” - Lady Gaga
40. “Right Now (na na na)” -Akron
41. “Womanizer” -Britney Spears
42. “Viva La Vida” -Coldplay
43. “When I Grow Up” -The Pussycat Dolls
44. “Raise Your Glass” -Pink
45. “7 Things” -Miley Cyrus
46. “Beautiful Soul” -Jesse McCartney
47. “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” -Soulja Boy
48. “Like A G6” -Far East Movement ft. The Cataracs and DEV
49. “One Step At A Time” -Jordin Sparks
    And of course who could forget the song that completes the list of pop hits from the first decade of the 2000s,
50. “Baby” - Justin Bieber

Now, we may not have known the actual meanings of half these songs at the time, and we might even be horrified at the thought of our twelve and thirteen year-old selves dancing and singing along to them back then-- but these songs will never fail to remind us to party like it’s 2007.