The Top 100 Singles of the Decade : Part 4

Finally, the finest of the finest. The 25 best singles to have existed in the 00s...

• -25. JUMP Madonna (2006) [#1 x 3 wks]
• -24. SUMMER MOVED ON a-ha (2000) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -23. SONG 4 MUTYA Groove Armada (2007) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -22. CAN'T SPEAK FRENCH Girls Aloud (2008) [#1 x 7 wks]
• -21. MAYBE Emma Bunton (2003) [#1 x 3 wks]
• -20. DON'T GIVE UP Chicane ft. Bryan Adams (2000) [#1 x 5 wks]
• -19. SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW Keane (2004) [#1 x 3 wks]
• -18. PRECIOUS Depeche Mode (2005) [#1 x 6 wks]
• -17. RUN FOR COVER Sugababes (2001) [#1 x 6 wks]
• -16. THE FEAR Lily Allen (2009) [#1 x 4 wks]
• -15. THE SCIENTIST Coldplay (2002) [#1 x 6 wks]
• -14. SOMEBODY TOLD ME The Killers (2004) [#1 x 4 wks]
• -13. BACK WHEN YOU WERE GOOD The Hours (2007) [#1 x 6 wks]
• -12. ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID t.A.T.u. (2003) [#1 x 2 wks]
• -11. THE NIGHT STARTS HERE Stars (2008) [#1 x 4 wks]
• -10. TAKE ME OUT Franz Ferdinand (2004) [#1 x 5 wks]
• --9. RABBIT HEART Florence + The Machine (2009) [#1 x 4 wks]
• --8. CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue (2001) [#1 x 4 wks]
• --7. HEAD The Cooper Temple Clause (2007) [#1 x 4 wks]
• --6. TIME TO PRETEND MGMT (2008) [#1 x 9 wks]
• --5. NO GOOD ADVICE Girls Aloud (2003) [#1 x 5 wks]
• --4. NO CARS GO Arcade Fire (2007) [#1 x 8 wks]
• --3. HERE WITH ME Dido (2000) [#1 x 18 wks]
• --2. WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani (2004) [#1 x 7 wks]
• --1. RIPPIN KITTIN Golden Boy with Miss Kittin (2002) [#1 x 8 wks]

And there we have it. The greatest record of the decade is one that probably very few people actually know. Some of the others listed above have started careers, ended careers, been absorbed into the cultural mainstream (how posh), or just completely ignored (see: The Hours and Cooper Temple Clause).

2000-2009 gave Depeche Mode their biggest-ever single on my charts (and this a band who have had 22 #1s thus far), saw Bryan Adams contribute towards a classic electronic pop anthem, and provided Madonna with the Best Single Of 2006 award after 5 years of underwhelming releases which often failed to trouble my weekly Top 40s.

See you in 2010.