Vh1 100 Greatest Songs Of The 2000s Upd

Original Rank: #6 Critics hate it. The people love it. The UPD list acknowledges that this is the most successful "night out" anthem ever written. It is the closing track of the 2000s—the digital, Auto-Tuned, will.i.am produced finale to a decade of excess.

Original Rank: #15 What happens when a blues-rock riff becomes the unofficial anthem of soccer stadiums worldwide? You get immortality. Jack White’s bass line (played on a semi-hollow guitar with a Whammy pedal) transcended genre.

Wait, we already did this? No. Actually, "Hey Ya!" deserves the double entry? No—we messed up. Let's correct.

4. "Beautiful Day" – U2 (2000) Original Rank: #19 The first great song of the 2000s (released in Oct 2000). As we move further from the decade, U2's relevance has faded slightly, but "Beautiful Day" remains a soaring, redemptive rock anthem that kicked off the millennium with hope before 9/11 changed everything.

(Scene: A rapid-fire editing sequence of various pop culture commentators and musicians arguing.) vh1 100 greatest songs of the 2000s upd

HALLE BERRY (Actress): You cannot talk about the 2000s without that opening guitar riff. You just hear it, and you’re instantly in a club.

TREY SONGS (Singer): "Crazy in Love" wasn’t just a song. It was a takeover. It was the moment we all realized Beyoncé wasn’t just leaving the group... she was leaving the planet.

(Cut to: A clip of the "Crazy in Love" music video. Jay-Z hopping out of the car.)

MICHELLE WILLIAMS (Destiny's Child): I remember hearing it and thinking, "Okay, she’s doing the rap? She’s dancing like that? We’re all in trouble." And I was in the group! (Laughs). Original Rank: #6 Critics hate it

(Dissolve to a somber, purple-hued graphic.)

NARRATOR (V.O.): But the 2000s weren’t just about the party. They were about the soul. In a landscape dominated by Max Martin pop, one voice from London stripped it all back to the bone.

(Cut to: MARK RONSON (Producer).)

MARK RONSON: When Amy [Winehouse] walked in, the room changed. "Back to Black" sounded like a lost 60s record, but the pain in it? That was 2006. It was timeless because it was so perfectly broken. (Scene: A rapid-fire editing sequence of various pop

(Cut to: BRANDI CARLILE (Singer-Songwriter).)

BRANDI CARLILE: "Rehab" was a rebel yell. It was a woman saying, "I’m not going to fix myself to fit your radio format." And it won. It won everything.

Original Rank: #33 (UPD major jump) A sleeper hit that became a monster. That piano riff is one of the most recognizable four-note patterns in history. While "Yellow" gets the love, "Clocks" is the song that proved Coldplay could fill stadiums for two decades.

Original Rank: #9 Timeless. A piano ballad that sounded like a 1960s classic dropped into the TRL era. Alicia Keys’ vocal performance remains untouchable. It hasn't moved much because it doesn't need to—it is a perfect song.