Best Song of the Noughties

Absolute Radio are kicking off voting today for the Best Song of the Decade (or Best Song of the Noughties).

You can vote for any song that has been in the UK charts (top 75) at any point in the last decade.

It's so difficult to choose. In a way I wish there was a list of all the songs, but in another, I guess it forces you to think of which songs are still in your mind...so forget Crazy Frog or Bob The Builder (got to love the UK Chart) who made it to #1 on the weekly chart but hopefully won't for the decade list.

Often I am choosing the most popular song by some artists because for it to represent the decade, it shouldn't be personal to me although obviously the artists are personal to me (so no Rihanna, Shakira, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Girls Aloud, Pussycat Dolls, Britain's Got Talent/X-Factor/Pop Idol, etc. who will be high on the list but don't do it for me).

I also tried to select from various years and various styles. I could easily have chosen 10 for each year and 10 bands, 10 female, 10 male, 10 Brit, 10 Canadian, 10 American...you get the idea. There has been some amazing music in the last decade!!

So here are my top choices.

1. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
2. Somewhere Only We Know by Keane
   
3. Beautiful Day by U2
4. Where is the Love by Black Eyed Peas
5. American Idiot by Green Day
6. You're Beautiful by James Blunt
7. Bad Day by Daniel Powter
8. Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol (spent almost 2 years on the charts - 91 weeks)
9. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys
10. All These Things That I've Done by The Killers
11. These Things by Natasha Bedingfield
12. Smile by Lily Allen
    

Well, that's my top 12 (I couldn't keep it to 10)...what are your choices?

Check out www.songofthedecade.com to see if your favourites are eligible (it's the UK chart so not much Canadian content (Nelly Furtado, Shania Twain, Hot Hot Heat, Nickelback, Arcade Fire, Avril Lavigne, etc.) or American rock (there is Bon Jovi though, just for you C.)...there's lots of rap and dance though.

You can view #1's over the years here.