Top 300 Songs of the 2000s

This is the fourth decade list I'm posting here, but it was the first one I made. In blatant disregard for the end of 2009, I finished the list around October 2009. Like the 90s list, I posted it first on Amazon listmania. I also made a CD of the top 40 countdown for a small group of friends.

As with the other lists, the rules are no more than one song per album and no artist can appear in the top 40 twice. In all its subjective glory, here's the 00s countdown:

300 Art Brut - DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake
299 Plus Ones - All The Boys
298 Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
297 Minus The Bear - Memphis And 53rd
296 Built To Spill - In Your Mind
295 Cut Copy - Midnight Runner
294 Jets To Brazil - The Frequency
293 John Cunningham - Losing Myself Too
292 Luna - Malibu Love Nest
291 Frank Boscoes - Steel Cube Sculpture
290 Finn's Motel - Arizona Sandstorm
289 Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
288 Tapes 'n Tapes - Cowbell
287 The Octopus Project - Truck
286 Some Velvet Morning - The Madness of Crowds
285 Shearwater - Rooks
284 Spoon - My Little Japanese Cigarette Case
283 Wolf Parade - Grounds For Divorce
282 Gomez - Hamoa Beach
281 Panda Bear - Good Girl / Carrots
280 Rapture - Heaven
279 Aloe Blacc - Long Time Coming
278 Calexico - Black Heart
277 B-Sides - Two Beautiful Beaches
276 Tortoise - Seneca
275 Psapp - Rear Moth
274 M's - Banishment Of Love
273 Schlammpeitziger - Quietschquarklaute
272 Howe Gelb - But I Did Not
271 The Blue Meanies - All The Same
270 Tindersticks - People Keep Comin' Around
269 Antipop Consortium - Bubblz
268 Cursive - Sink To The Beat
267 White Stripes - You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)
266 Kiosk - Agha! Nigah Dar
265 Belle & Sebastian - Act Of The Apostle
264 Okkervil River - Blanket And Crib
263 Luna - Renee Is Crying
262 Sam Prekop - Something
261 Carolyn Mark & The New Best Friends - Chantal And Leroy
260 Jeff Wave - Uptown Downtown
259 LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
258 Tranzmitors - Why Don't Boys Cry
257 Milk Cult - Mystery Oasis.
256 The Mountain Goats - Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into The Water, Triumph Of
255 Devotchka - The Enemy Guns
254 Organ - Brother
253 The High Strung - Standing at the Door of Self Discovery
252 Secret Machines - Marconi's Radio
251 Tulsa - Mass
250 The Gaslight Anthem - Miles Davis & The Cool
249 Mystery Jets - Inside Four Walls
248 The Bad Plus - Tom Sawyer
247 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Tenure Itch
246 Ekstrak - Mass Dampers
245 Mushroom - I got blisters on my fingers
244 Sunset Rubdown - The Taming of the Hands That Came Back To Life
243 Clinic - Internal Wrangler
242 Padded Cell - Are You Anywhere ?
241 Neko Case - If You Knew
240 Citay - People Person
239 Yeasayer - Sunrise
238 Beach House - Master of None
237 Mates Of State - Ha Ha
236 Sloan - Gimme That
235 Komeda - Victory Lane
234 Red Snapper - Bussing
233 Department Of Eagles - Herring Bone
232 Calexico - Alone Again Or
231 Delgados - I Fought The Angels
230 The Submarines - Modern Inventions
229 Gui Boratto - Hera
228 Say Hi To Your Mom - These Fangs
227 Pluxus - Djurens kavalkad
226 Datarock - Computer Camp Love
225 St. Vincent - Apocalypse Song
224 The Boggs - Poor Audrey James
223 Shins - Know Your Onion!
222 Capitol Years - Jewelry Store
221 The Evens - Cut From The Cloth
220 The National - Fake Empire
219 Lonesome Organist - The Moon Fugue
218 Slowreader - I Like You Most
217 Japancakes - Far From Here
216 The 1900s - When I Say Go
215 Ultrababyfat - Bored In Paris
214 Futureheads - Favours For Favours
213 Old 97's - The Fool
212 Duotang - Rise And Fall Of The Gqbc
211 The Mountain Goats - San Bernardino
210 Nada Surf - The Way You Wear Your Head
209 Aavikko - Oxaca (Oriental Baby MCD)
208 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - This Summers Been Good From The Start
207 The Format - Dog Problems
206 Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Godhopping
205 Woven Hand - Cripplegate (Standing On Glass)
204 The Black Keys - Things Ain't Like They Used to Be
203 The Heavy Blinkers - All That's Left Are Waves
202 Ryan Adams - Goodnight Rose
201 The Pipettes - It Hurts to See You Dance So Well

200 Quasi - Master & Dog
199 Tunng - Mother's Daughter
198 Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
197 Rex Aquarium - Rex Aquarium
196 Midlake - Roscoe
195 Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman
194 Bobby Conn - A Taste Of Luxury
193 Cold War Kids - We Used to Vacation
192 Brendan Benson - The Pledge
191 The Books - That Right Ain't Shit
190 Sloan - Too Many
189 Gazetteers - Twenty-Four Hour Ska Festival
188 Amor Belhom Duo - Introduction
187 The Starlight Mints - The Killer
186 Sleepy Jackson - This Day
185 Vigil - Silverstone
184 Prefuse 73 - Uprock And Invigorate
183 Citay - A Riot Of Color
182 Neko Case - Prison Girls
181 Smog - White Ribbon
180 Scissor Sisters - Lovers in the back seat
179 Son Volt - Medication
178 Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
177 Tullycraft - Wild Bikini
176 Mexican Institute of Sound - El Microfono
175 Earl Zinger - Saturday Morning Rush
174 Monolith - Heart Like a Diamond
173 Crystal Stilts - Love Is a Wave
172 Dr. Dog - Alaska
171 Jett Brando - Well Well
170 Calexico - Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)
169 Ambulance LTD - New English
168 Peggy Honeywell - Green Mountain
167 Sam Roberts - The Gate
166 Mr. Scruff - Beyond
165 Santogold - Say Aha
164 Triangle - Political Song
163 Emma Pollock - If Silence Means That Much To You
162 Haiku D'Etat - Kats
161 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
160 Jurassic 5 - Swing Set
159 Amerie - 1 Thing
158 Jenny Lewis - The Next Messiah
157 Headlights - TV
156 M. Ward - Chinese Translation
155 My Brightest Diamond - Golden Star
154 The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad And The Queen
153 Iron & Wine - The Rooster Moans
152 Menomena - Running
151 The Knife - Forest Families
150 Beirut - Postcards from Italy
149 Strokes - Last Night
148 Maxïmo Park - Graffiti
147 The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show
146 Carolyn Mark And The Room-Mates - Country in the City
145 Jens Lekman - Black Cab
144 Waco Brothers - Walking on Hell's Roof Looking at the Flowers
143 King Geedorah - Monster Zero
142 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
141 The Concretes - Song For The Songs
140 Field Music - You Can Decide
139 Colossal Yes - Just Like a Mademoiselle
138 Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You
137 Calexico - Letter To Bowie Knife
136 The Evens - All These Governors
135 Vampire Weekend - Ladies Of Cambridge
134 The Raconteurs - Steady, As She Goes
133 Blackalicious - Powers
132 Landslide - The Jupiter Effect
131 Cotton Jones Basket Ride - Gotta Cheer Up
130 Broadcast - Colour Me In
129 Jurassic 5 - What's Golden
128 Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
127 Paul McCartney - Mr. Bellamy
126 Dismemberment Plan - Ellen and Ben
125 Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
124 Carey Ott - To Get Lost
123 Rilo Kiley - Does He Love You?
122 The Aislers Set - Emotional Levy
121 Yo La Tengo - Black Flowers
120 Zutons - Havana Gang Brawl
119 Pest - Chicken Spit
118 Spoon - Something To Look Forward To
117 Department Of Eagles - Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002
116 Vert - Velocity
115 Sufjan Stevens - For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti
114 Mountain Goats - Oceanographer's Choice
113 Maroon 5 - This Love
112 Atari Logic produced by El Rasoul - Therapeutic
111 The Aliens - The Happy Song
110 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - The Dap Dip
109 Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
108 Pink Martini - Hang On Little Tomato
107 Groove Collective - Some People
106 Hawksley Workman - Jealous Of Your Cigarette
105 Let's Wrestle - I Won't Lie To You
104 Linda Hoyle / Gracious / Nirvana / Aphrodite's Child - Morning For One / Introduction / Modus Operandi / The Battle Of The Locusts
103 Josh Ritter - Girl in the War
102 Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
101 Kaiser Chiefs - The Angry Mob

100 Travis Morrison - My Two Front Teeth II & III
99 Luna - Astronaut
98 Blue Giant - Clean the Clock
97 Asa-Chang & Junray - Hana
96 Oranges Band - White Ride
95 Versus - You'll Be Sorry
94 Lindstrøm - Cane It For The Original Whities
93 Robbie Fulks - It's Always Raining Somewhere
92 Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
91 Babyshambles - La Belle Et La Bête
90 Ha Ha Tonka - Up Nights
89 Franz Ferdinand - This Fire
88 Beulah - A Good Man Is Easy to Kill
87 Decemberists - 16 Military Wives
86 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - You Are What You Love
85 Calexico - Sonic Wind (instrumental mix)
84 Scott Miller - Absolution
83 Pinback - Fortress
82 Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Mood To Burn Bridges
81 Up, Bustle & Out - Coffee Contamination
80 Elope - Pride Approaching
79 Incredible Moses Leroy - Beep Beep Love
78 Kid Koala + Dynomite D - Third World Lover (Kid Koala & Dynomite D)
77 Sloan - If It Feels Good Do It
76 Interpol - Obstacle 1
75 White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
74 TV On The Radio - Hours
73 The Bees - Got To Let Go
72 Sprengjuhöllin - Worry 'til Spring
71 Yo La Tengo - Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
70 Pink Martini - Hey Eugene!
69 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away
68 Chris Difford - Tight Rope
67 Jets To Brazil - Pale New Dawn
66 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
65 The Tallest Man On Earth - I Won't Be Found
64 The Bad Plus - Smells Like Teen Spirit
63 Outkast - Hey Ya!
62 The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
61 Futureheads - Decent Days And Nights
60 King Changó - I Don't Care
59 Blackalicious - Do This My Way
58 Stephen Malkmus - The Hook
57 Love Is All - Turn The Radio Off
56 Giant Sand - The Beat Goes On
55 Evangelicals - Snowflakes
54 Camera Obscura - Dory Previn
53 The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny
52 Delgados - Coming In From The Cold
51 Kiosk - Afsoos
50 American Princes - TV Keeps Me Up
49 Handsome Hank And His Lonesome Boys - Black Hole Sun
48 Von Bondies - Shallow Grave
47 Great Lakes Myth Society - Midwest Main Street
46 Archer Prewitt - Tear Me All Away
45 Shins - Fighting In A Sack
44 The Mighty Underdogs - Victorious
43 Bright Eyes - Bowl Of Oranges
42 The Mountain Goats - Woke Up New
41 or, the whale - Call and Response
40 Beta Band - Lion Thief
39 Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
38 Maxïmo Park - Russian Literature
37 Peter Bjorn & John - Amsterdam
36 Noisettes - Scratch Your Name
35 Arctic Monkeys - Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
34 Gotan Project - Una Música Brutal
33 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Do I Let A Good Man Down?
32 Elope - Misbehaving In The Summernight
31 Hazeldine - Miss Ordinary
30 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over And Over Again (Lost And Found)
29 Josh Fix - Jethro
28 Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
27 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
26 Blackalicious - 4000 Miles
25 Art Brut - Emily Kane
24 Amy Winehouse - Rehab
23 The Starlight Mints - Black Cat
22 Dr. Dog - The World May Never Know
21 Jens Lekman - You Are The Light (By Which I Travel Into This And That)
20 Calexico - Ballad of Cable Hogue
19 Spoon - Everything Hits At Once
18 The Mountain Goats - Dance Music
17 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?
16 The Hold Steady - Teenage Liberation
15 Go! Team - Bottle Rocket
14 The Push Kings - Runnin' From Something
13 Rilo Kiley - Go Ahead
12 Blomkrag - Aalwyne, Aalwurms En Aavoels
11 TV On The Radio - Satellite
10 Aqueduct - Growing Up With GNR
9 Ryan Adams - Gonna' Make You Love Me
8 Beachwood Sparks - Silver Morning After
7 Dengue Fever - Tiger Phone Card
6 The Bees - Punchbag
5 Old 97's - Up The Devil's Pay
4 The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed
3 The Delgados - Accused of Stealing
2 Elliott Smith - Son of Sam
1 Neko Case - Things That Scare Me

This is the list most in need of revision. It needs revision because I probably missed a lot more stuff in the 00s than the other decades due to being less plugged into the music scene. It also needs revision because there are a lot of great songs from the end of the decade that I didn't discover until after I made this list.