Sitting in my room listening to my lime green iPod Nano in middle school, I can assure you that my priorities included knowing all the cool songs and each lyric to them. There's a reason why music appeals to almost every person of all ages in a positive way. For some, just a few lyrics to a song can lighten your mood, relate to something you're going through, or transport you years back in time, to a moment you'll never forget.
Here are some songs that take us up to 10 years back in time, and many that I'm sure you've forgotten about by now. The music itself is already so different now compared to these "oldies" if you would even consider them that. I hope these bring back just as great memories for you as they did for me. Needless to say, I will never get sick of hearing these songs. Reminisce, remember, and enjoy. You can thank me later.
1. Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani
Because let's be honest, how else would we have learned to spell bananas.
2. Let Me Love You by Mario
3. 1, 2 Step by Ciara ft. Missy Elliott
If it involves Missy Elliott, it could never be bad.
4. Gold Digger by Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx
Aw...back when we all still liked Kanye. :/
5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
Admit it, we all went through the stage when we wanted to be skater guys and girls.
6. Candy Shop by 50 Cent ft. Olivia
7. Don't Cha by The Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes
Every girl sang this one at least once about one of their ex middle school lovers, you can't even lie.
8. Disco Inferno by 50 Cent
9. You and Me by Lifehouse
10. Don't Phunk With My Heart by The Black Eyed Peas
11. Lose Control by Missy Elliott ft. Ciara and Fat Man Scoop
12. Shake It Off by Mariah Carey
13. Mr. Brightside by The Killers
14. Just a Lil Bit by 50 Cent
15. Pon de Replay by Rihanna
This song was the first reason we all fell in love with Rihanna.
16. How We Do by Game ft. 50 Cent
17. Beverly Hills by Weezer
18. Oh by Ciara ft. Ludacris
19. Lonely No More by Rob Thomas
20. Drop It Like It's Hot by Snoop Dogg (before he was Snoop Lion) ft. Pharrell
21. Lovers and Friends by Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz
22. Soldier by Destiny's Child
23. Switch by Will Smith
24. Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani ft. Eve
25. My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas
26. Caught Up by Usher
27. Listen To Your Heart by D.H.T.
28. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
If you were anything like me, you were obsessed with this song but it creeped you out at the same time every time you heard it.
29. Let Me Go by 3 Doors Down
30. Holiday by Green Day
31. Sugar, We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy
32. Grind with Me by Pretty Ricky
33. Run It! by Chris Brown
Fun fact, this was the first song I ever bought off iTunes for my lime green 2nd generation iPod Nano.
34. Photograph by Nickelback
Shame on all you Nickelback haters out there.
35. Lonely by Akon
36. Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston
37. Collide by Howie Day
38. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day
39. Slow Down by Bobby Valentino
40. Over and Over Again by Nelly ft. Tim McGraw
41. Get It Poppin' by Fat Joe ft. Nelly
42. Play by David Banner
43. Pimpin' All Over the World by Ludacris ft. Bobby Valentino
44. Number One Spot by Ludacris
45. My Boo by Usher and Alicia Keys
46. Sugar (Gimme Some) by Trick Daddy ft. Ludacris, Li Kim, and Cee-Lo
47. Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings
48. Dirty Little Secret by The All American Rejects
49. Lip Gloss by Lil Mama
50. T-Shirt by Shontelle
51. Beautiful Soul by Jesse McCartney
Really just this whole album deserves to be on this list.
