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40 Songs From The 2000s That You Need Back In Your Life

Here's to the kids who used music to escape life.

Kristen McBride
Nov 27, 2017
Ithaca College
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40 Songs From The 2000s That You Need Back In Your Life
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Music is the escape we need when life gets too out of control. When I was growing up, these songs floated through car speakers, radios, and headphones. Though I didn’t realize it at the time, these songs gave me an escape from the world I was faced with. The instant I heard them, I was motivated to commit them all to memory, and so I did.

Nowadays, any time one of these songs come on, I have to refrain from throwing myself a mini middle school dance party! People usually say, “oh yeah, I remember this song!” and then tell the time they first heard this song. It’s incredible how we can remember exactly where and when we heard a song. I hope that these songs give you that “aha” moment like they did (and still do) for me. These are 40 songs from the 2000s that throw us waaaaay back…

1. 2000










  • "In the End" by Linkin Park
  • "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down
  • "Who Let the Dogs Out?" By the Baha Men

2. 2001








  • "Bootylicious" by Destiny’s Child
  • "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk

3. 2002

  • "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne
  • "Sk8terboy" by Avril Lavigne

4. 2003

  • "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé
  • "Hey Ya!" By OutKast
  • "Bring me to Life" by Evanescence
  • "Mr. Brightside" by the Killers

5. 2004

  • "American Idiot" by Greenday
  • "Toxic" by Britney Spears
  • "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson
  • "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson

6. 2005

  • "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani
  • "Dirty Little Secrets" by All American Rejects
  • "Over my Head: by The Fray
  • "Move Along" by All American Rejects
  • "Wake me up when September Ends" by Green Day

7. 2006

  • "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé
  • "Hey there Delilah" by Plain White T’s
  • "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley

8. 2007

  • "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston
  • "Umbrella" by Rhianna
  • "Great Escape" by Boys Like Girls
  • "Teardrops on My Guitar" by Taylor Swift
  • "Love Song" by Sarah Bareilles

9. 2008

  • "7 Things" by Miley Cyrus
  • "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay
  • "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé
  • "So What" by P!nk
  • "Gives you Hell" by All American Rejects

10. 2009

  • "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus
  • "Shawty Fire Burning on the Dance Floor" by Sean Kingston
  • "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga
  • "Love Drunk" by Boys Like Girls
  • "Twenty-One Guns" by Green Day

11. 2010

  • "Tik Tok" by Kesha
  • "Dynamite" by Tao Cruz
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