My Favorite Song for Every Year, Part 3: 2000-2023

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Here’s Part 3 of my favorite songs for each year from 2000 through 2023. In 2003, Coldplay became my favorite band, along with Green Day, Incubus and Weezer, and that lasted for about 10 years until they were replaced by Foster the People for a brief period. In 2015, twenty øne piløts became my favorite act, and in the years since, MISSIO, Foals, Lord Huron, Two Feet and, most recently, Beach Weather have been my favorites. I’ve written in varying detail about all of these songs in previous posts over my eight-plus years of blogging, so won’t write narratives about any of them here. Just the year, the song and the artist, and the best video I could find for each one.

2000 BENT – matchbox twenty

2001 FAMILY AFFAIR – Mary J. Blige

2002 LOSE YOURSELF – Eminem

2003 CLOCKS – Coldplay (my #1 song of the 2000s)

2004 THE REASON – Hoobastank

2005 BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS – Green Day

2006 SEXYBACK – Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland

2007 THE PRETENDER – Foo Fighters

2008 VIVA LA VIDA – Coldplay

2009 LOVE HURTS – Incubus

2010 NEED YOU NOW – Lady Antebellum

2011 ROLLING IN THE DEEP – Adele (my #1 song of the 2010s)

2012 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW – Gotye featuring Kimbra

2013 SWEATER WEATHER – The Neighbourhood

2014 LOVE ME AGAIN – John Newman

2015 TEAR IN MY HEART – twenty øne piløts

2016 STRESSED OUT – twenty øne piløts

2017 FEEL IT STILL – Portugal. The Man

2018 BROKEN – lovelytheband

2019 I SEE YOU – MISSIO

2020 BLINDING LIGHTS – The Weeknd

2021 FIRE – Two Feet

2022 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles

2023 TROUBLE WITH THIS BED – Beach Weather

26 thoughts on “My Favorite Song for Every Year, Part 3: 2000-2023”

  2. Chuck Jung's avatar Chuck Jung

    As your lists get to the more recent years I find I don’t know as many of the artists! Adele, I certainly would have know but it was you Jeff who introduced me to Cold Play at the concert in the Rose Bowl Stadium (?) That was a wild and wonderful concert. Then you also introduced me to 21 Pilots who I know also just love! Thanks for you love of music that you have introduced me to ( many artists but not all of them)! 🙂

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  4. While there are significantly less songs I recognized compared to the first two installments, of the ones I know, I like most.

    If I could only pick one song from 2023, it would be Cordovas’ “Falling Angels of Rock ‘n’ Roll”. For 2022, I’d go with Dawes’ “Ghost of the Machine”. Last but not least, for 2021, I would pick Lord Huron’s “Mine Forever”.

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      1. You’re absolutely right, Jeff. And, as I’ve said before, I like the fact that we dig different music. Otherwise, we’d all be writing about the same stuff, which at some point would become boring!

        Coincidentally, I came across “Mine Forever” again the other day – such a great-sounding song! I would include it in my next “Sunday Six” feature, except I already did in a previous installment! 🙂

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  6. In 2009, I watched a lot of MTV because I was hoping they’d play Justin Bieber’s music videos for “One Time” and “One Less Lonely Girl” eventually. There was some kind of phone commercial to like vote for your favorite song or something and “Need You Now” was one of the choices. Man, I miss those days!

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  11. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max)

    I loved this series Jeff…I thought I wouldn’t know many of these but I do. The last ones because of your site….great list Jeff…

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