

In the summer of 2000, everyone and their grandmother were singing the tongue-in-cheek chorus of Wheatus’ runaway hit “I’m just a teenage dirtbag, baby.” The catchy outsider anthem is based on frontman Brendan B. It has since been featured in a number of television shows including “Cold Case” and “Dancing With the Stars.” Wheatus - “Teenage Dirtbag” Interestingly, the song about sticking by someone when things are breaking their way was written by vocalist and drummer Brad Arnold when he was only 15 and was one of the first songs he ever wrote. It also charted in the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It quickly became the number one requested song at a local radio station before it charted on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, where it remained at No. The energetic, driving debut single from Mississippi rockers 3 Doors Down, “Kryptonite” was originally released as a radio demo in their home state. The title track shows Spears at the height of her powers: confident, fearless and fun, boldly proclaiming, “I’m not that innocent.” 3 Doors Down - “Kryptonite” 1 in more than 15 countries and became the fastest-selling album by a female artist, a record that wasn’t broken until 15 years later when Adele released her album, 25. It’s no surprise, given the album debuted at No. With one of the catchiest choruses in pop history, everyone from tweens to octogenarians couldn’t stop singing this song in the summer of 2000, shortly after it was released. The title track of Britney Spears’ 2000 album of the same name, “Oops!…I Did It Again,” is pure pop magic. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, became one of the band’s most recognizable tunes. The single, which tackles themes of addiction and reached No. Opening with a thoughtful and melancholy guitar riff woven into a bassline, frontman Anthony Kiedis croons, “How long will I slide?” “Otherside” is more downtempo than many of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ hits, which is fitting given that it was reportedly written about the SoCal rockers’ late former band member, Hillel Slovak.

The utterly likable and easy to sing along to, heart-felt tune received Grammy nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and catapulted the band to superstardom around the world. The simple video features a fresh-faced Chris Martin strolling along the sand, long before he would become one of the world’s biggest rock stars. This melodic and romantic soft-rock anthem from Coldplay’s debut album, 2000’s Parachutes, put the British rockers on the map. The big-hearted singer donated her fees and royalties from the song to fund a therapeutic rehabilitation wing at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville - just another reason to love it. “I Need You” was so popular that Rimes re-released it on her 2003 Greatest Hits album and again on two subsequent greatest hits albums in 20. LeAnn Rimes - “I Need You”Ī very young LeAnn Rimes made this romantic country power ballad a hit, showing off her sizable singing talents when it was released on the soundtrack of Jesus, an Italian-American historical drama miniseries. The politely defiant song encourages people to live the life they want and to “do it my way,” referencing Tommy and Gina, the fictional working-class couple chronicled in Bon Jovi’s biggest hit, “Livin’ on a Prayer.” “It’s My Life” quickly became a classic Bon Jovi anthem for the new millennium and introduced them to a new generation of fans.

The song topped the charts in several countries and became the New Jersey rockers’ most popular post-’80s hit, streamed more than 1.1 billion times on YouTube and counting. Bon Jovi - “It’s My Life”Ī fist-pumping, sing-along pop-rock anthem, “It’s My Life” is the lead single from Bon Jovi’s seventh studio album, Crush, released in May 2000.

The song helped catapult blink’s career into the stratosphere, going from playing clubs and theaters to arenas seemingly overnight. The video was played on heavy rotation on MTV for several months and parodies the boy bands and pop stars that were popular at the time, including Backstreet Boys and NSYNC as well as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Released in the first month of the 2000s, blink-182 gave us a true pop-punk anthem in “All The Small Things,” which would go on to become the most successful single of the band’s career in all of its “na-na-na-na-na” glory. Loading Events blink-182 - “All The Small Things”
