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Here are Pretty Much Amazing’s Top 75 Songs of the Decade. Below you will find the entire list with three accompanying podcasts. For our reviews of the Top 25 songs, please follow this link.
75. UGK – Int’l Player’s Anthem (feat. OutKast)
74. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
73. Interpol – NYC
72. Band of Horses – The Funeral
71. Kid Cudi – Day N Nite
70. TV on the Radio – Staring at the Sun
69. Belle and Sebastian – Step Into My Office, Baby
68. Robyn – Be Mine
67. of Montreal – Oslo In The Summertime
66. Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others
65. The Streets – Blinded By The Lights
64. Rihanna – Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z)
63. MGMT – Kids
62. Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
61. The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
60. The Shins – New Slang
59. Amy Winehouse – Rehab
58. Wilco – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
57. Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
56. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – Falling Slowly
55. Joanna Newsom – Emily
54. Justin Timberlake – My Love (feat. T.I.)
53. Sigur Rós – Gobbledigook
52. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
51. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
AAC (iPhone/iPod): pmaCAST #22 The Best Songs of the Decade, Pt. 1 (Chapters Enabled) [ALT]
MP3: pmaCAST #22 The Best Songs of the Decade, Pt. 1 (No Chapters)
50. Coldplay – Clocks
49. Bon Iver – Skinny Love
48. Fleet Foxes – He Doesn’t Know Why
47. Animal Collective – Fireworks
46. The National – Slow Show
45. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Upon This Tidal Wave
44. Outkast – Ms. Jackson
43. Madonna – Hung Up
42. Roisin Murphy – Ramalama (Bang Bang)
41. Animal Collective – Brother Sport
40. Eminem – Lose Yourself
39. Wilco – Jesus, Etc.
38. TV on the Radio – DLZ
37. LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
36. Arcade Fire – Intervention
35. Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
34. Dizzee Rascal – I Luv U
33. Burial – Archangel
32. The Strokes – Hard To Explain
31. The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??
30. Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place
29. Panda Bear – Bros
28. Sia – Breathe Me
27. Hercules and Love Affair – Blind
26. Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
AAC (iPhone/iPod): pmaCAST #23 The Best Songs of the Decade, Pt. 2 (Chapters Enabled) [ALT]
MP3: pmaCAST #23 The Best Songs of the Decade, Pt. 2 (No Chapters)
25. Lil Wayne – A Milli
24. The Knife – Heartbeats
23. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
22. Jay-Z & The Beatles – 99 Problems (Danger Mouse)
21. The Strokes – The Modern Age
20. Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
19. LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
18. Beyonce – Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)
17. Kanye West – Jesus Walks
16. Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before The Lights Come On
15. Panda Bear – Comfy In Nautica
14. The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done
13. Spoon – The Way We Get By
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
11. Daft Punk – One More Time
10. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
09. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
08. Outkast – Hey Ya!
07. TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
06. Arcade Fire – Wake Up
05. Animal Collective – My Girls
04. Britney Spears – Toxic
03. Outkast – B.O.B.
02. Radiohead – Idioteque
01. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
AAC (iPhone/iPod): pmaCAST #24 The Best Songs of the Decade, Pt. 3 [FINAL] (Chapters Enabled) [ALT]
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I like a lot of the songs you’ve listed, and looking forward to exploring your list. However, I’ve listened to All My Friends and didn’t like it much. Sounded like they were playing the same tune over and over again for the whole 7 minutes.
@samantha
Oh, why don’t you go check out a billboard chart.
im disgusted.
eminem’s lose yourself should be higher up.
blink-182? whered they go?! the offspring?
lady gaga? the killers?!!!! when you were young!
britney fucking spears made the fucking list?!
whoever made this list doesnt even know what music is.
this is a joke. im embarrassed by my generation.
green day??? wheretf did they go?
so true, i hate 8/10s of the songs on this list. jesus, this decade was terrible
mostly indie. i like it
no death magnetic songs?
aww. what a shame
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Good call on “Toxic,” which is brilliant. You hit most of the big pop songs of the decade, although I would have gone with Madonna’s “Music” in addition to “Hung Up,” “Poker Face” for sure and possibly “Just Dance” from Gaga, and certainly “What You Waiting For” by Gwen, not to mention Kylie’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.”
Also, Santigold?! “L.E.S. Artistes” would possibly be my #1.
hmmm..pretty good list, but i probably would have included Switchfoot’s, ‘Dare You To Move’ or ‘Meant To Live’
Explain in comprehensive English how “Toxic” by Britney is a top 1,000,000 song of this decade…
Otherwise it’s not a bad list… I love the Wilco, Arcade Fire, and Radiohead songs selected.
The choices and locations of the Strokes songs selected is questionable, but I’m glad they’re included.
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Glad “Toxic” got some love!
Umbrella, only 64! You ought to share some of that crazy shit you were smoking.
Happy New Year from Glasgow! I have throughly enjoyed the last three pod casts and have had them running over the Christmas break (subjecting all visitors to this compilation). Rather than argue about order or point out personal favourites that have been skipped I’d just like to say thanks.
So many titles missing… Bloc Party’s Banquet; Blur’s Out Of Time; Portishead’s The Rip; Mum’s Green Grass Of Tunnel; Damien Rice’s The Blower’s Daughter; Athlete’s Wires; Sigur Ros Gong or Glosoli; The Notwist’s Consequence; Florence And The Machine’s Dog Day’s Are Over; Sebastien Telleir’s La Ritounelle… And many, many more. Outkast nr 1 – No way!
I love your choices…got very confused at your site…what language…your music I LOVE!! and your site….please help me so I can translate…I saw list of songs then they were gone…thanks.
Peace + LOVE + Understanding!!
Hi Kelly:) That is written in polish, my native language. But I,ll translate if You like. I,m still learning blogging so I,ll try to find out how to employ automatic translator on the web page, but for the time being I can do it myself
Many thanks to your compliments and enjoy the year!!:)
i like this list alot
i was surprised that electric feel by mgmt wasn’t on there! but that’s probably just me.
that iz da best shit i heard in years
Already leistened to your list and im working out to drag and undrag you all those tracks im agree with. Most of theam are really the most important hits on this nearly ended deccade
Congratulations keep doing it
hey how do i get the chapters to work on my ipod or on itunes???? help plz
internpol? lol
American life? at top 25
Where’s the obligatory Jacko shout-out? I hope This Is It (Orchestra version) or You Rock My World manages to crack the top 25!
Sorry. No MJ shoutouts will be found on this list.
Except in the comments.
how the hell is #71 in your top 100 of the year, much less the decade?
barf.
huh. except for a few select songs, i think i prefer most of the songs 75-51!
I agree with your list, just not the placing. But I can’t really speak my mind until I see your Top 25. TvotR’s DLZ, Hercules and Love Affair’s Blind, and Arcade Fire’s Intervention are some of my all time favorites
I know what you mean. Those were originally in my Top 25. But they barely missed it
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah *
UGH. I keep adding the “and”. Been doing this for years. Old dog, new tricks.
when will you post the top 50?
Just posted up to 26 and will continue to post until we reach #1.
thanks! great list, by the way. looking forward to the top 25.
@luis: yes, i must have been half asleep, it’s a countdown!
i dont like it… why that song of sigur ros.. they have best :S
Great list so far. I’ve been listening to this mix all day. I would have had Sleepyhead in my top 10, but I’m interested to see where everything ends up.
no Strokes?? o_O
Songs #51-75 is a bit too early for The Strokes don’t you think?
“Just wanted to say thanks very much for all your hard work! I may not agree with one or two of the songs on the list, but I LOVE the fact that you’ve done this as it’s reminded me of some great songs. And I can’t wait for the next 2 parts. Happy Thanksgiving!”
Same here. Thanks guys, you’re awesome.
I think you should do write ups for the Top 25 songs(or atleast the Top 10) I’d like to know why you think they’re the best songs of the decade please.
Don’t worry, our Top 25 songs will come with stories for you to read.
Just wanted to say thanks very much for all your hard work! I may not agree with one or two of the songs on the list, but I LOVE the fact that you’ve done this as it’s reminded me of some great songs. And I can’t wait for the next 2 parts. Happy Thanksgiving!
http://www.freshandclean.blogspot.com
@ “Rehab” – seriously? she has tons of better songs… but either way, I don’t think Wino should be on any Best of Decade lists.
too many buzz bands. listen to something other than what the hype machine tells you to listen to.
These songs made the lowest tier of your list? Holy shit, the rest better be good, bc this just became my favorite episode of the pmaCAST.
Good list, but I think your song choices for Vampire Weekend and MGMT are odd (I’m assuming you’re only listing one song from each band?). “Oxford Comma” and “Time To Pretend” were bigger/more important singles, to me.
Favorites of this part of the list is: Emily by Joanna Newsom, Osla in the Summertime by of Montreal, and I Am Trying To Break Your Heart by Wilco -TRUE CLASSICS
Can’t really comment until the entire list is up, but it’s looking stronger than before already.
Good looking PMA. I’m glad you guys decided to revamp your list. Loving that I can download them in three parts.
I’m seeing a few parallels with our own list of tunes of the decade and I like it http://www.whatisthegrain.com/tunes-of-the-decade/
http://www.banamazing.com
Jesus,etc? You are missing Wilco. They had a ton of great songs: ashes of american flags.
The WHITE STRIPES?? hello? Seven Nation Army? anyone??
#52
1. Hey Ya- Outkast
2. Maps- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Atlas- Battles
4. Get Your Freak On- Missy Elliott
5. B.O.B.- Outkast
6. Lips- Micachu
7. All My Friends- LCD Soundsystem
8. Hope There’s Someone- Antony and the Johnsons
9. Milkshake- Kelis
10. I Luv U- Dizzee Rascal
I think you might have overlooked one band..M83
ps. check this out..one of your favorite songs to one of my favorite edits..though you might enjoy it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag2PRmTL3rI
Nice list, I guess I’ll have to make one soon. DLZ, NYC, and He Doesn’t Know Why are definitely some quality non-single pulls.
Easily one of the best lists I’ve seen. I rarely find people with nearly the exact same taste in music. Minus britney spears and some rap this looks very similar to my list. I like it…
“Good choices on the Radiohead songs, although the list could have been all Radiohead and I would not object. Arguably the best band of all time. If you know their album progression, there really is no other band that takes such a giant leap from their last album to their next one.”
What a load of bullocks! Radiohead is just a band that people want to be something larger than what came previously. I would take the Beastie Boys anyday over Radiohead as the best band of the last 20 years as at least the Beasties make sense to people who like rock AND rap music. Radiohead are super creative and arguably the best band of 2000’s. But that is all my friend. No need to hype them up as most people here have heard of bands far greater than Radiohead in last four decades.
its highly – not 100% – but highly subjective… i hate callings bands “the best”
if you feel it, you feel it, if you don’t, then you don’t.
Good choices on the Radiohead songs, although the list could have been all Radiohead and I would not object. Arguably the best band of all time. If you know their album progression, there really is no other band that takes such a giant leap from their last album to their next one.