Romain's Top 200 of the 2000s [#01 REVEALED]

by **innocenteyes** » Tue May 22, 2012 4:59 pm

7. The Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up

Second and last entry for The Black Eyed Peas. Unlike in many other countries, Shut Up was the band's breakthrough single in France. Where Is The Love? fared well, charting within the Top 20 but the second single from Elephunk was the first of their several chart topping singles. This song came out a bit of nowhere and became incredibly popular. I've always got fond memories of my travel to Spain with my class back in March 2004, with everyone singing this song in the bus :lol:

. It's a shame that Black Eyed Peas have gone into a downhill spiral for a few years. Don't think they'll ever be able to match the quality of their earlier singles.

Tomorrow we'll find an act who's had several entries further down the chart.

by **Spartan** » Tue May 22, 2012 6:26 pm

Lost Without You and Behind These Hazel Eyes are probably two of my favourite songs from teh respective artists!

Not amazed by any of your Top 10 so far, sorry.

by **Play** » Tue May 22, 2012 6:28 pm

I'm not familiar with your taaste, but I chose Coldpaly Clocks :wink:

by **toni_pest** » Wed May 23, 2012 12:30 am

18. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You - Amazing! My favorite Kelly single!

17. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars - Amazing again, one of my favorites of the past decade too!
14. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird - It was great at the time, but I can't stand it anymore!
13. Gwen Stefani - What U Waiting For? - A true masterpiece, Gwen's finest!
12. Beyoncé Feat. Jay Z - Crazy In Love - Good, but overrated as hell!
11. Lady GaGa Feat. Colby O'Donis - Just Dance - My favorite Gaga single along with Bad Romance, still sound so fresh!

10. Spiller Feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet - Totally forgot about this, loved it at the time!
9. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. - Just amazing!

7. The Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up - I miss them doing this kind of music, always loved this one!

LOVE your chart!

by **innocenteyes** » Wed May 23, 2012 5:05 pm

^ Thank you

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6. Coldplay - Trouble

And here is another gem from Coldplay. Trouble was the band's second Top 10 hit in the UK and is their best known single from Parachutes here in France. This is a gorgeous follow-up to Yellow. I love the melancholy and the sadness of the song. This is also perfect to chill out in summer. Not the last entry for them. Will Clocks top the chart?

by **Virgostar** » Thu May 24, 2012 3:16 am

Don't like #7, #6 is my favourite Coldplay tune so WOOT. 8-)

by **Tiger** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:12 am

19. Josh Pyke - Middle Of The Hill
17. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
15. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
14. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird
13. Gwen Stefani - What U Waiting For?
12. Beyoncé Feat. Jay Z - Crazy In Love
11. Lady GaGa Feat. Colby O'Donis - Just Dance
9. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
6. Coldplay - Trouble

Coldplay

Actually a great chart

by **innocenteyes** » Thu May 24, 2012 8:44 pm

^ Thank you.

Time to enter the Top 5:

5. Coldplay - In My Place

A Coldplay song can hide another. The band is probably my favourite act ever, possibly even above Delta Goodrem. In My Place is the very first Coldplay song I've ever heard. I remember finding it gorgeous upon first listen and I still love it just as much ten years later. Their last but one entry in my chart.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Thu May 24, 2012 8:48 pm

Trouble is among my fave from them.

by **Spartan** » Thu May 24, 2012 8:49 pm

Prefer Trouble to In My Place but both are brilliant!

by **Tiger** » Fri May 25, 2012 6:37 am

5. Coldplay - In My Place

Nice

by **Virgostar** » Fri May 25, 2012 1:12 pm

Nice tune in at #5 R!

by **innocenteyes** » Fri May 25, 2012 7:15 pm

Virgostar wrote:Nice tune in at #5 [ b]R[/b]!

First time someone calls me like this :lol:

. Interesting...

Here's #4::

4. Delta Goodrem - Born To Try

How predictable (no pun intended)! Aussie songtsress Delta Goodrem lands just outside the Top 3 with her debut. Well, I know it's not her best song. I know that the lyrics are cheesy. Yet, this is an incredibly solid pop record. I think I like it because of her voice, or because of the tune, or because of the harmonies, or because this is the first Delta song I've ever heard, thinking it was utter crap at first. Or because it's a combination of all of this. I still enjoy listening to Born To Try and thought it was a very good debut single and an amazing introduction to Delta's music.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Fri May 25, 2012 7:16 pm

She doesn't appeal to me generally, a lot of the stuff I've heard from her just sounds corny or syrupy, sorry. :lol:

by **Tiger** » Sat May 26, 2012 5:02 am

4. Delta Goodrem - Born To Try

Oh I remember your obsession!

by **innocenteyes** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:17 am

^ Talking about it...

3. Delta Goodrem - Predictable

And here she is again, this time with the fifth and last single from Innocent Eyes. This classy song really grabbed me upon first listen. I've rarely seen the music and the overall atmosphere of a song match its parent lyrics so well. This is my favourite Delta song.

So who will be #1? Lady GaGa or Coldplay? Coldplay or Lady GaGa? The top 2 will be revealed tomorrow.

by **JimJim** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:34 am

Okay! Time for a bulk catch-up, I have been forgetting to leave comments. So many songs here that I love! Where to begin...

Delta's Predictable & Born To Try
- I find the latter too cheesy and even though I like it, I think it is the weakest of the five singles. However, 'Predictable' is amazing, I even loved the live performance they used for the video, I must have watched that Channel [V] concert a good 5 or 6 times on TV back in 2003-04! I remember at the end, the little crowd wanted more and Delta was happy to oblige, so her and her guitarist put on an impromptu performance of 'Butterfly'.

Coldplay - Trouble
- Not familiar with this track at all as it didn't chart in Australia.

Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up
- Amazing song, the structure, the intricacy and the lyrics are so fantastic. This is one of my all-time favourites songs to rap along to.

Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
- This never fails to put a smile on my face! The animated video is one of the most memorable of the entire decade.

Spiller - Groovejet
- Really nice dance track, but not quite top 50 of the decade material IMO

Lady GaGa - Just Dance
- I think everyone here knows I love this song, it was my #1 track of 2008

Empire of the Sun - Standing On The Shore
- A really nice album track, but that was about it for me, I would have preferred 'Half Mast' to have been the single.

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
- This song is absolutely beautiful and their best by far. Luckily it wasn't a hit in Australia, because it has become a well kept secret.

Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You
- Possibly the best ballad of the entire decade, this just hits the mark and then some. Phenomenal stuff.

by **innocenteyes** » Sun May 27, 2012 10:50 am

Time to revel the Top 2 and what's my fav song of the decade.

2. Lady GaGa - Poker Face

Just Dance was probably my fav song of the summer 2008. Yet, I did consider GaGa as a one hit wonder back then and I didn't know that there were better things to come with her second single. Poker Face didn't really hit me upon first listen in September that year. I thought it was way too similar to Just Dance and found it flat. A few weeks later, I became obsessed to this, I needed to listen to this several times a day. I suppose that this pounding beat, the 'mamamama' and those 'can't read my, can't read my', had unconsciously buried well into my brain.
I just want to dance like an idiot when that chorus blows out. The melody is just irresistible. This is what pop music should be.

The video increased my love for this song even more. It's very simple and quite basic. I mean what we have here: a girl with a fairly terrible blonde wig in a hella weird blue outfit dancing to a poor choregraphy next to a swimming pool. I would normally hate it. Yet, it works extremely well here for some reason that still eludes me. The magic of pop I suppose. As strange as it may sound, this is possibly one of my fav videos of the past decade.

Poker Face is my favourite GaGa song. I've listened to this so many times I've lost count. However, I've never got bored of it. Even though I've enjoyed the Born This Way album, I'd like her to come back to this kind of music / videos, not overproduced songs like some stuff of her latest LP was. This is exactly where she excels.

And the #1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS *drumroll*

Crazy Frog - Axel F

NOPE, I'M JOKING. That dirge's nowhere near #1 (thank God).

The real #1 actually is:

1. Coldplay - Clocks

Congratulations to Spartan and Play who guessed my #1 correctly. My favourite band take the top spot with the second single of A Rush Of Blood To The Head. To be honest, I like it almost as much as Poker Face. I decided to put Clocks at the top for two reasons: I've had more time to fully digest it: 10 years against heardly 4 for Poker Face.
This song, and even the parent album, have accompanied through many important and stages of my life. I have so many memories related to this song actually. Well, this is very subjective but all of this gave Clocks the edge of Poker Face.

Musically, this sounds like your typical Coldplay song. That atmospheric piano grabs you just as soon as the song starts. It also has a slight nightly feel that I just love too. This is really great to listen to it after midnight. I don't have much else to say about it. Overall, this is one of my favourtie songs of all time, the best Coldplay song and my favourite song this decade.

Thanks to everyone (i.e. 5 people :lol:

) who has followed and commented my countdown. It's always a pleasure to read feedback.

Recap is coming in a few seconds.

by **innocenteyes** » Sun May 27, 2012 10:53 am

Recap:

Code: Select all: 01. Coldplay - Clocks 02. Lady GaGa - Poker Face 03. Delta Goodrem - Predictable 04. Delta Goodrem - Born To Try 05. Coldplay - In My Place 06. Coldplay - Trouble 07. The Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up 08. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet 09. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. 10. Sophie Ellis Bextor – Groovejet 11. Lady GaGa Feat. Colby O’Donis – Just Dance 12. Beyoncé Feat. Jay Z – Crazy In Love 13. Gwen Stefani – What U Waiting For? 14. Nelly Furtado – I’m Like A Bird 15. Keane – Somewhere Only We Know 16. Empire Of The Sun – Standing On The Shore 17. Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars 18. Kelly Clarkson – Because Of You 19. Josh Pyke – Middle Of The Hill 20. Josh Pyke – Memories & Dust 21. Delta Goodrem – Lost Without You 22. Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body 23. Kelly Clarkson – Behind These Hazel Eyes 24. Nelly Furtado – Maneater 25. Dido – Here With Me 26. Destiny’s Child – Independent Women 27. Scissor Sisters – Laura 28. Limp Bizkit – Behind Blue Eyes 29. Norah Jones – Don’t Know Why 30. Delta Goodrem – Innocent Eyes 31. Coldplay – Yellow 32. Sugababes – Hole In The Head 33. Coldplay – Fix You 34. Alanis Morissette – Hands Clean 35. Girls Aloud - Biology 36. Kelis – Milkshake 37. Eamon – F**k It (I Don’t Want You Back) 38. Missy Higgins – The Special Two 39. Beyoncé – Me, Myself & I 40. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole 41. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black 42. Nelly Furtado Feat. Timbaland – Promiscuous 43. Rogue Traders – Voodoo Child 44. Coldplay – Speed Of Sound 45. The Veronicas – When It All Falls Apart 46. Sugababes – Push The Button 47. Timbaland Feat. Keri Hilson – The Way I Are 48. Brooke Fraser – Saving The World 49. Lady GaGa – LoveGame 50. Placebo – Song To Say Goodbye 51. Lady GaGa – Alejandro 52. Paramore – The Only Exception 53. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life 54. Eminem – Without Me 55. Jennifer Lopez – Let’s Get Loud 56. Estelle Feat. Kanye West – American Boy 57. Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People 58. The Veronicas – 4Ever 59. M.I.A. – Paper Planes 60. Flo Rida Feat. Timbaland – Elevator 61. Robbie Williams – Rock DJ 62. Lily Allen – Smile 63. Rogue Traders – Watching You 64. Colbie Caillat – Bubbly 65. Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby 66. Coldplay – Talk 67. Outkast – Roses 68. Lil’ Jon & The East Side Boyz – Get Low 69. Delta Goodrem – Not Me, Not I 70. Deep Dish – Flashdance 71. No Doubt – It’s My Life 72. The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love 73. Coldplay – Viva La Vida 74. Evanescence – My Immortal 75. Britney Spears – Break The Ice 76. All Saints – Pure Shores 77. Christina Aguilera – The Voice Within 78. Boogie Pimps – Somebody To Love 79. P!nk – Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely) 80. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy 81. Justin Timberlake – Sexy Back 82. Kelis – Caught Out There 83. Groove Armada – Song 4 Mutya 84. Vanessa Amorosi – Perfect 85. Savage Garden – Crash & Burn 86. Sugababes – Round Round 87. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out 88. Missy Higgins – Where I Stood 89. Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me 90. Katy Perry – Firework 91. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream 92. Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World) 93. Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie 94. P!nk – Most Girls 95. The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 96. Fabolous Feat. Tamia – Into You 97. Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are 98. Lady GaGa – The Edge Of Glory 99. Adele – Set Fire To The Rain 100. Lady GaGa – Born This Way 101. Liberty X – Just A Little 102. Shaggy Feat. RikRok – It Wasn’t Me 103. MGMT – Time To Pretend 104. Wolfmother – Woman 105. Starsailor – Four To The Floor (Thin White Duke Mix) 106. Delta Goodrem – In This Life 107. Adele – Someone Like You 108. Coldplay – Paradise 109. Lily Allen – Who’d Have Known 110. Lady GaGa – Bad Romance 111. No Doubt – Hey Baby 112. Amy Macdonald – Mr Rock & Roll 113. Mary J Blige – Family Affair 114. Katie Melua – The Closest Thing To Crazy 115. Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Somethin’ Stupid 116. The Veronicas – Untouched 117. Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten 118. Mario Winans Feat. P Diddy & Enya – I Don’t Wanna Know 119. P!nk – Who Knew 120. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Fortune Faded 121. No Doubt – Hella Good 122. Adele – Rolling In The Deep 123. Savage Garden – Affirmation 124. Ashanti – Only U 125. Blink 182 – I Miss You 126. Utah Saints – Something Good ‘08 127. Garbage – Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) 128. KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See 129. Mika – Love Today 130. Katy Perry – Hot N Cold 131. Shakira Feat. Wyclef Jean – Hips Don’t Lie 132. Duffy – Mercy 133. Nelly – Just A Dream 134. The Ting Tings – Shut Up & Let Me Go 135. Hilltop Hoods – The Nosebleed Section 136. Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chromeo – Dance Wiv Me 137. Shannon Noll – Shine 138. Destiny’s Child – Jumpin’ Jumpin’ 139. Delta Goodrem – I Can’t Break It To My Heart 140. Jennifer Lopez – Love Don’t Cost A Thing 141. Lady – Easy Love 142. Chris Brown – Crawl 143. LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock – Party Rock Anthem 144. OneRepublic – Stop & Stare 145. Beyoncé – Irreplaceable 146. Rogue Traders – Way To Go 147. Mark Ronson Feat. Lily Allen – Oh My God 148. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Universally Speaking 149. Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles 150. Snow Patrol – Run 151. Jessica Mauboy Feat. Flo Rida – Running Back 152. The Gossip – Heavy Cross 153. Ke$ha – Tik Tok 154. A.R.Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls – Jai Ho 155. Aaliyah – Try Again 156. U2 – Beautiful Day 157. Lily Allen – LDN 158. James Blunt – High 159. James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover 160. Daddy Yankee – Gasolina 161. Jamiroquai – Love Foolosophy 162. Beyoncé Feat. Sean Paul – Baby Boy 163. The Veronicas – Everything I’m Not 164. Paris Avenue Feat. Robin One – I Want You 165. Garbage – Why Do You Love Me 166. The Pussycat Dolls Feat. Snoop Dogg – Buttons 167. Amy Macdonald – This Is The Life 168. Jennifer Lopez – Play 169. Evermore – Light Surrounding You 170. Akon – Lonely 171. Adele – Cold Shoulder 172. Kylie Minogue – Giving You Up 173. Usher Feat. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris – Yeah 174. Pakito – Living On Video 175. Sia – You’ve Changed 176. MGMT – Electric Feel 177. Nelly – Hot In Herre 178. Gwen Stefani – Wind It Up 179. Ciara Feat. Petey Pablo – Goodies 180. KT Tunstall – Throw Me A Rope 181. Eve Feat. Gwen Stefani – Let Me Blow Ya Mind 182. Mason vs Princess Superstar (Perfect (Exceeder) 183. Brooke Fraser – Deciphering Me 184. Toni Braxton – He Wasn’t Man Enough 185. Shannon Noll – Learn To Fly 186. Ne Yo – Closer 187. Kings Of Leon – Revelry 188. Brooke Fraser – Better 189. Stacie Orrico – (There’s Goota Be) More To Life 190. Speedy Feat Lumidee – Sientelo 191. Benny Benassi – Satisfaction 192. Madonna – American Life 193. The Ian Carey Project – Get Shaky 194. Missy Higgins – The Sound Of White 195. Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song 196. Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over 197. Fragma – Toca’s Miracle 198. Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey Feat. The Flipmode Squad – I Know What You Want 199. OpShop – One Day 200. Maroon 5 – Harder To Breathe

by **Benny** » Sun May 27, 2012 11:09 am

"Born To Try" & "Clocks" are both nice. I was hooked on "Poker Face" for several months in late 2008/ early 2009 until I overplayed it.

Nice countdown

by **Virgostar** » Mon May 28, 2012 4:40 am

Top 2 are good songs, but I wouldn't rate either one as highly as you have R (:P)...although if I had to name my fave Gaga tunes, PF would be close to the top.

by **JSparksFan** » Mon May 28, 2012 4:47 am

"Poker Face" is undeniably brilliant, one of the best songs Gaga's ever recorded and the highlight of an equally epic parent album, The Fame.

"Clocks" isn't quite my fave Coldplay song as that honour would definitely go to "Fix You" but it's certainly up there in my Top 5 somewhere. It's definitely a worthy chart-topper though as the song's very atmospheric and Coldplay's vocals are haunting and beautiful.

All in all, fabulous countdown! You sorta lost me at the beginning of the Top 10 but you've wrapped the countdown up just wonderfully.

by **JimJim** » Mon May 28, 2012 5:03 am

'Clocks' is a great track, that piano section alone is perhaps the most well known piano piece of the last 15 years, so much so that it proved a hit in Potbelleez's 'Are You With Me' and David Guetta's 'When Love Takes Over'... and I'm sure that isn't the end of it.

I enjoyed this countdown, we have much more similar taste than you or I could have probably imagined.

by **GoodBoyGoneBad** » Mon May 28, 2012 6:17 am

Very good top 2.

by **Spartan** » Tue May 29, 2012 4:19 pm

The whole of your Top 5 is pretty brilliant.

All of Delta's songs are brilliant so I cna't argue with her inclusions in you chart. Poker Face is one of GaGa's best and Clocks is a great tune.

Romain's Top 200 of the 2000s [#01 REVEALED]

What's my fav song of the 2000s?