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No Doubt will go on TOUR in 2009!
I’m having an OMFG moment right now…
Okay, I’m better.
No Doubt and its multiple-levels of amazing will go on tour… soon! Gwen is hiring nannies and everything! Holy shit, people.Â
This calls for a list!Â
10 Favorite No Doubt Songs
10. Spiderwebs
I think I love everything about this song. The lyrics, the music, Gwen Stefani’s vocal delivery. I’m pretty sure my outgoing message was very similar to “Spiderwebs” for a few years — at least. I used to always crack up when people would ask me why it was their fault I screened my phone calls.
This is probably the most ridiculous song No Doubt has ever recorded. At the same time, I find the instrumentation irresistible and sexy. And when push comes to shove, I really do like what Gwen’s doing with her voice. This is the original Panic! at the Disco song.
Just one of the extremely fun songs in No Doubt’s back catalogue, but I think I like this one best because an ex of mine actually made me listen to this song once, shortly after we broke up. Seriously, classic.
Equipped with one of the sickest bass lines I’ve ever heard, “Sunday Morning” is a rockin’ track that I usually include in my playlist when I run/swim laps. Fantastic beat.
6. Hey Baby
Seriously, how can you not like this song? It was released when No Doubt were at the peak of their popularity (or somewhere around there). “Hey Baby” was terrifically danceable single. The perfect preface for No Doubt’s best song yet…
5. Just A Girl
This was actually one of the first, if not the first, No Doubt song I’ve ever heard. I just a kid watching Clueless when the song came out in the opening credits. As soon as the move was over, I got up and asked my mommy for some No Doubt credentials.
4. It’s My Life
I’ve always liked Talk Talk just fine, but when I heard No Doubt’s cover of “It’s My Life,” I was blown away. Being the most recent piece of music we’ve heard from No Doubt in years, I can only wish that their next album sounds like this.
3. Bathwater
I almost didn’t want to put “Bathwater” at #3. Sanjaya really ruined it for me a couple years ago, but after drowning his memory in sounds of the original, I’m feeling a lot more comfortable about this positioning. “Bathwater” is simply one of the most aurally pleasing song ever. The keys, the drums, the guitar all work in perfect harmony, even when they weren’t meant to. Also, we can’t forget the crucial, hard questions the song poses: Why do we choose the boys that are nasty? I don’t fit in so why do you want me?
2. Don’t Speak
Yes this song was the #1 on the radio for 16 weeks straight. Yes, it’s true that before this song, nobody knew who the fuck No Doubt was. And yes, “Don’t Speak” is truly one of the best songs ever written.
1. Hella Good
Ushered in by the irresistible “Hey Baby,” my favorite No Doubt song, “Hella Good” topped, the song that I thought would be remembered as No Doubt’s best single — a whopping 7 years later. While “Hella Good” isn’t as sentimentally perfect as “Don’t Speak,” it offers perfection in another field: meshing the best elements of pop music in the 80’s and in the 00’s, creating an inexorable force that made it impossible to keep your body away from the dancefloor.
What are your favorite No Doubt songs?
Tags: Gwen Stefani, No Doubt
wow. this is great news. I think you really covered the best NO Doubt songs around.
I heard they were playing Bamboozle next year!!
No way is Hella Good their best song! And what about their older stuff?
I absolutely love your list. I’d probably just arrange them differently.
Where’s Underneath It All? Running? New?
I actually liked Sanjaya’s rendition of Bathwater. I didn’t like the other Idol’s versions of other No Doubt songs. Like, didn’t one of them butcher Don’t Speak?
Thanks for your list!
It’s amazing!!
Underneath it all Plz.
scratch off hella good, move spiderwebs to #1, and put in underneath it all @ #10 and that sounds about right.
I cannot seem to get any of these dowloads to work……only seem to get 2-3 seconds of each track?????
Great news! I too would add “Underneath It All” and “Running,” but that’s a pretty good list.
I couldn’t agree more with what you said about “Its my life.” Last year I went to the Gwen Stefani show that No Doubt ended up closing. They sang Just a girl, spiderwebs and Its my life… Unbelievable. I also had an OMFG moment this morning when I read that. I can not wait until next year.
BTW- after discovering your blog I know make sure to tell everyone I know about how your blog is the best !
Yeah, I would add some “Underneath It All” and “Running” to the list, and bump up Spiderwebs. Also, you need some Beacon Street on that list! I would add “Total Hate ‘95″ and or “Open The Gate” – they’re my favorite tracks of all time. What about “Six Feet Underground”, “Magic’s In The Makeup”, and “Artificial Sweetener”? OH, and “Hey You”!
“Dear John” and “Saw Red” are also some of my personal un-released favorites.
Gah, it’s so hard choosing JUST 10 songs.
I can’t believe you didn’t have Running – in the running.
Also, I know it’s not technically No Doubt, but Gwen Stefani – Cool is just too much for me. I’m watchin the video right now…
Omfg best list ever.
I love No Doubt’s POP songs! I like that you LOVE them too!
GREAT list but i think it’s missing a little tragic kingdom [that bit where shits gets crazy in the end]. and maybe excuse me mr.
my love for the entire tragic kingdom album knows no bounds.
Great post! I miss No Doubt – can’t wait for them to reunite and make some music. I’m surprised “Hella Good” is number 1, never really did it for me, but your list is pretty on point, I’d just put “Just a Girl” in the #1 spot since it technically broke ND (in public minds aka mainstream). A little selfish of me, but I love love love when Gwen covered Brad Nowell (Sublime’s) “DJs” after he died. Such a great reggae influenced song – ND made it come alive once more.
Wow – now I’m going to listen to all my old ND tracks in honor of this post – awesome!
If it were me, I’d put “It’s My Life” at number 1. It’s got incredible energy!! Sorry Talk Talk, but ND totally outdid your version.
“New” is awesome. I’m going to have to play it now.
Thanks a bunch for these goodies… I used to love/hate their songs, especially “Don’t speak”. The first I’ve heard of No Doubt, undoubtedly
Ever since, Gwen’s amazes me.
You babes= my savior
i waited and waited and hope you guys and girl lol would go on stage again!
I am stoked and ecstatic for May 2009!
I plan to make it to the concert in l.a or anywhere near!
Hellagood?!? That song seemed way to commercail to me.
no rock steady? really???
Here’s the list:
10. Spiderwebs
9. Just a Girl
8. Ex-Girlfriend
7. Bathwater
6. Simple Kind of Life
5. Excuse Me Mr.
4. New
3. Leftovers
2. Greener Pastures
1. Sunday Morning (best song. ever. by anyone.)
good list…but what about the songs that AREN’T singles…????
my list………in no particular order……..
squeals
bathwater—awesome anytime, anywhere, anyhow
doghouse
waiting room
sad for me
stricken (acoustic is the BEST)
new
beauty contest
home now
big city train
by the way… dear john and saw red are covers….
i love the simple kind of life the best the song of my life
Here’s My 2 cents…..
1. Sunday Morning
2. Open the Gate
3. Spiderwebs
4. Hella Good
5. New
6. It’s my Life
7. Just a Girl
8. Ex-Girlfriend
9. Oi to the World
10. Tragic Kingdom
Generally i prefer the rockier ones, and Tony Kanal is arguably the best American Bassist of his generation (flea? pah!). I also think that most people’s list are singles-heavy, is that they’re an amazing singles band. I must admit my fave album is the greatest hits, because it’s so relentless