A few weeks ago, I was cooking chicken parmigiana with my boyfriend while dancing around the kitchen jamming out to early 2000s music. The rush of nostalgia is invigorating.
Whoever says the early 2000s wasn’t a good time for music just needs to throw on their rose-colored glasses and have themselves a dance party. Lucky for you, I compiled together the best of the best to queue up onto your Spotify playlist.
1. “Poker Face” (Lady Gaga)
2. “Stacy’s Mom” (Foundations of Wayne)
3. “Pieces” (Sum 41)
4. “Photograph” (Nickelback)
5. “Unwritten” (Natasha Bedingfield)
6. “Tim McGraw” (Taylor Swift)
7. “Every time We Touch” (Cascada)
8. “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” (Panic! At The Disco)
9. “What Hurts The Most” (Rascal Flatts)
10. “London Bridge” (Fergie)
11. “Fergalicious” (Fergie)
12. “S.O.S” (Rihanna)
13. “D4L” (Laffy Taffy)
14. “Beautiful Soul” (Jesse McCartney)
15. “My Humps” (Black Eyed Peas)
16. “Hollaback Girl” (Gwen Stefani)
17. “Bubbly” (Colbie Caillat)
18. “Fireflies” (Owl City)
19. “Don’t Trust Me” (3OH!3)
20. “Hero” (Enrique Iglesias)
21. “Switch” (Will Smith)
22. “The Sweet Escape” (Gwen Stefani ft. Akon)
23. “Pocketful Of Sunshine” (Natasha Bedingfield)
24. “I Kissed A Girl” (Katy Perry)
25. “Rock Your Body” (Justin Timberlake)
26. “Low” (Flo Rida)
27. “Apple Bottom Jeans” (TPain)
28. “Hot In Herre” (Nelly)
29. “Before He Cheats” (Carrie Underwood)
30. “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” (Fall Out Boy)
31. “Burnin’ Up” (Jonas Brothers)
32. “Dynamite” (Taio Cruz)
33. “Sweet Dreams” (Beyoncé)
34. “See You Again” (Miley Cyrus)
35. “Bubble Toes” (Jack Johnson)
36. “When I Grow Up” (The Pussycat Dolls)
37. “Toxic” (Britney Spears)
38. “Why Not” (Hilary Duff)
39. “Dirty Little Secret” (All-American Rejects)
40. “Sk8er Boi” (Avril Lavigne)
41. “American Boy” (Estelle ft. Kanye West)
42. “It’s Gonna Be Me” (NSYNC)
43. “All The Small Things” (Blink 182)
44. “Gold Digger” (Kanye West)
45. “Gravity” (Sara Bareilles)
46. “Raise Your Glass” (P!NK)
47. “Best I Ever Had” (Drake)
48. “TiK ToK (Ke$ha)
49. “Fire Burning” (Sean Kingston)
50. “Like A G6” (Far East Movement)
51. “Hips Don’t Lie” (Shakira)
52. “I Know You Want Me” (Pitbull)
53. “Use Somebody” (Kings Of Leon)
54. “You Belong With Me” (Taylor Swift)
55. “Just Dance” (Lady Gaga)
56. “Let It Rock” (Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne)
57. “Kiss Me Thru the Phone” (Soulja Boy)
58. “Airplane” (B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams)
59. “Say My Name” (Destiny’s Child)