Hey everyone! I love these end-of-decade music games, but some of them are taking forever (or they've been completely abandoned), so I'm starting my own. This musical chairs game will take the
25 biggest hits of each year in the 2000s, according to the
Billboard Hot 100, and slowly eliminate them until we find the
ultimate song of the decade... according to you, the members of ATRL! As usual, a couple of rules to keep in mind:
1. I will begin each round (unless I explicitly state otherwise).
2. You can only save one song each round (unless I explicitly state otherwise).
3. You cannot save the same song in back-to-back rounds (and I'm serious about this one).
At the end of the year 2001,
only two songs were left among the bloodbath:
"Thank You," by Dido, the
8th-biggest hit of the year, and Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink's
"Lady Marmelade," the
24th-biggest hit.
Now, we jump ahead one year to 2002. Who will survive the cut?
2002: Round 1
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ELIMINATED: 23.
ELIMINATED: 24.
ELIMINATED: 25.
The Contenders
1. "How You Remind Me" Nickelback
2. "Foolish" Ashanti
3. "Hot In Herre" Nelly
4. "Dilemma" Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland
5. "Wherever You Will Go" The Calling
6. "A Thousand Miles" Vanessa Carlton
7. "In The End" Linkin Park
8. "What's Luv?" Fat Joe ft. Ashanti
9. "U Got It Bad" Usher
10. "Blurry" Puddle Of Mudd
11. "Complicated" Avril Lavigne
12. "Always On Time" Ja Rule ft. Ashanti
13. "Ain't It Funny (Remix)" Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule
14. "The Middle" Jimmy Eat World
15. "I Need A Girl (Part One)" P. Diddy ft. Usher and Loon
16. "U Don't Have To Call" Usher
17. "Family Affair" Mary J. Blige
18. "I Need A Girl (Part Two)" P. Diddy and Ginuwine ft. Loon and Mario Winans
19. "Gangsta Lovin'" Eve ft. Alicia Keys
20. "My Sacrifice" Creed
21. "Without Me" Eminem
22. "Hero" Enrique Iglesias
23. "All You Wanted" Michelle Branch
24. "Get The Party Started" Pink
25. "Hero" Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott
Results: 2001
1st place: 8. "Thank You" Dido
2nd place: 24. "Lady Marmalade" Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink
3rd place: 1. "Hanging By A Moment" Lifehouse
Round 13: 23. "Survivor" Destiny's Child
Round 12: 2. "Fallin'" Alicia Keys
Round 11: 9. "Again" Lenny Kravitz
Round 10: 21. "Drive" Incubus
Round 9: 5. "I'm Real" Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule
Round 8: 10. "Independent Women Part I" Destiny's Child
Round 7: 15. "U Remind Me" Usher
Round 6: 3. "All For You" Janet
Round 6: 7. "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" Eve ft. Gwen Stefani
Round 5: 17. "Angel" Shaggy ft. Rayvon
Round 5: 18. "Ride Wit Me" Nelly ft. City Spud
Round 4: 11. "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" Blu Cantrell
Round 4: 22. "What Would You Do?" City High
Round 3: 12. "It Wasn't Me" Shaggy ft. RikRok
Round 3: 19. "Follow Me" Uncle Kracker
Round 3: 25. "Ms. Jackson" Outkast
Round 2: 4. "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)" Train
Round 2: 6. "If You're Gone" matchbox twenty
Round 2: 14. "It's Been Awhile" Staind
Round 1: 13. "Stutter" Joe ft. Mystikal
Round 1: 16. "Where The Party At" Jagged Edge and Nelly
Round 1: 20. "Peaches & Cream" 112
Results: 2000
1st place: 2. "Smooth" Santana ft. Rob Thomas
2nd place: 21. "Bye Bye Bye" 'N Sync
3rd place: 15. "Kryptonite" 3 Doors Down
Round 16: 13. "Jumpin' Jumpin'" Destiny's Child
Round 15: 6. "Say My Name" Destiny's Child
Round 14: 18. "Doesn't Really Matter" Janet
Round 13: 17. "Music" Madonna
Round 12: 7. "I Knew I Loved You" Savage Garden
Round 11: 9. "Bent" matchbox twenty
Round 10: 19. "What A Girl Wants" Christina Aguilera
Round 9: 16. "There You Go" Pink
Round 8: 12. "Try Again" Aaliyah
Round 7: 10. "He Wasn't Man Enough" Toni Braxton
Round 6: 25. "Incomplete" Sisqo
Round 5: 11. "Higher" Creed
Round 4: 1. "Breathe" Faith Hill
Round 4: 3. "Maria Maria" Santana ft. The Product G&B
Round 3: 14. "Thong Song" Sisqo
Round 3: 20. "Back At One" Brian McKnight
Round 2: 4. "I Wanna Know" Joe
Round 2: 8. "Amazed" Lonestar
Round 2: 5. "Everything You Want" Vertical Horizon
Round 1: 22. "You Sang To Me" Marc Anthony
Round 1: 23. "I Need To Know" Marc Anthony
Round 1: 24. "Get It On Tonite" Montell Jordan