Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

El Salvadoreno · Post by **El Salvadoreno** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:39 pm

Can't believe that Crazy, Jesus Walks, and 99 Problems are no longer here. Those are a lot better than some of the songs on this list.
Anyway, on with the ballot:
Mr. Brightside: I do not think either should win, but Toxic is still no different than any other pop song of the 2000s to me. At least Brightside is something different.
Paper Planes: I simply do not get why people like Chicago even though Sufjan Stevens can't sing to save his life.
Hey Ya!: Take me out is good and all, but Hey Ya! has a certain energy and vigor that Take Me Out does not.
Hurt: American Boy has had a great run as an underdog, but Hurt is simply too deep.

Auger recombination · Post by **Auger recombination** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:59 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers
I will never not love this song

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Despite the scurrilous libel being hurled its way by some people, Chicago is in fact a Good Song

Hey Ya! by Outkast
Not really close

Hurt by Johnny Cash[/quote]
As above so below

ProfessorIanDuncan · Post by **ProfessorIanDuncan** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:21 pm

Toxic

Chicago

Take Me Out

Hurt

$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy · Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:52 pm

Toxic
Paper Planes
Hey Ya!
American Boy

p-vs-vp · Post by **p-vs-vp** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:58 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:00 pm

rylltraka wrote:Also, I do actually want to see Fred's mini-bracket of the 16 worst takes, perhaps because I might appear on said list.

The real worst takes are anything I say, probably, but yeah, I can do this if people take it as the good fun it'll be intended as.

Post by **Unicolored Jay** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:46 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

db0wman · Post by **db0wman** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:53 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Paper Planes by M.I.A
Hey Ya! by Outkast
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West

Muriel Axon · Post by **Muriel Axon** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:51 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens -- these are both very good songs, and it breaks my heart to be on the same side as the (very, very wrong) Sufjan-haters
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

merv1618 · Post by **merv1618** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:55 pm

AKKOLADE wrote:
rylltraka wrote:Also, I do actually want to see Fred's mini-bracket of the 16 worst takes, perhaps because I might appear on said list.
The real worst takes are anything I say, probably, but yeah, I can do this if people take it as the good fun it'll be intended as.

the subposting is strong with this one

But no, this sounds amusing.

Wartortullian · Post by **Wartortullian** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:00 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Toxic has two things going for it: good production and a great sample. Otherwise, it's just a generic 2000s pop song. Mr. Brightside is just a great song throughout.

Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hot take: the Paper Planes love in this bracket is almost entirely nostalgia. As someone who lived under a rock for most of the 00s, it's good, but it's not that good. Speaking of nostalgia, Chicago makes me feel nostalgic for things I never even experienced. That's quite an accomplishment, so it gets my vote.

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
This was a hard one. I'm pissed at y'all for kicking out Bad Romance, but I'm still voting for Hey Ya. It's just so ... distinctive. Take Me Out is a well-executed rock song with an amazing riff, but the repetitiveness of the second half just reeks of wasted potential.

Side note: whenever I see the title of Take Me Out, I think of Out Tonight from RENT.

American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
I'm a sucker for a good underdog story, but Hurt is incredible.

Ndg · Post by **Ndg** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:17 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears. Shame on me for forgetting to vote last round and letting Crazy lose by one vote. Mr. Brightside is kind of boring apart from the high point in the chorus.
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens. As much as I love Sufjan, Chicago is... not one of the top four songs of the decade, but I'll keep voting for it as long as it keeps getting matched up against songs I can't stand.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand. I like Outkast, but not enough to vote for them twice in a row.
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash. American Boy, a song I was only vaguely aware of before this bracket, is by far my favorite among the remaining songs.

Nabonidus · Post by **Nabonidus** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:00 pm

Toxic
Paper Planes
Hey Ya
Hurt

Aaron's Rod · Post by **Aaron's Rod** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:03 am

username1 wrote:Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

everdiso · Post by **everdiso** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:27 am

Mr. Brightside
I love this song. I like but don't love Toxic.

Chicago
I do like Paper Planes. But it doesn't stand up to Chicago for me. (Also, I don't think either of these are their artsits' best, but oh, well.)

Hey Ya!
The archetypal example of a meme song also being good. This one was close for me.

Hurt
I feel bad voting for a cover over an original song, but I really like this. It's also one of my favourite song-music video combos, they work great together,

Panayot Hitov · Post by **Panayot Hitov** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:33 am

Toxic - the only good song that routinely gets played at carleton's god-awful parties
Paper Planes - the best song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! - not a big fan of this one, but much better than take me out, which is lame and boring
Hurt - only for this

Rococo A Go Go · Post by **Rococo A Go Go** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:20 am

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

Votre Kickstarter Est Nul · Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:35 am

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens is Abstain a thing? not rlly feeling it
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

Off To See The Lizard · Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:05 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Paper Planes by M.I.A
Hey Ya! by Outkast
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West

Bosa of York · Post by **Bosa of York** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:32 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

L.O.V.E. · Post by **L.O.V.E.** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:15 pm

Mr. Brightside
Chicago
Hey Ya
American Boy

Good Goblin Housekeeping · Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:42 pm

TOXic abstain hey ya abstain

adosreme · Post by **adosreme** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:08 pm

The grandmother is {wise, dead}. wrote:Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

Same

Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone · Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:45 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

Maury Island incident · Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:51 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash - this is too hard

Quinctilius Varus · Post by **Quinctilius Varus** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:14 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens- the people who are abstaining on this matchup because they think neither song is worthy to be here or the ones who hate Sufjan Stevens have... interesting opinions.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash- this is a tough decision. However, Hurt has a total of zero Kanye West features, so I'm going to have to vote against it.

The Sawing-Off of Manhattan Island · Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:59 pm

Mr. Brightside
Chicago
Hey Ya
American Boy

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:51 pm

Tibetan literature wrote:Mr. Brightside by The Killers

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens

Hey Ya! by Outkast

Hurt by Johnny Cash

Ditto

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:56 pm

Hi everyone,

I wanted to announce that I'll be doing another bracket in about a month or month and a half (between prepping for it and the conclusion of this one). It'll be covering songs from the 1970s.

A Dim-Witted Saboteur · Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:01 pm

Nate714 wrote:My body is ready

rylltraka · Post by **rylltraka** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:18 am

AKKOLADE wrote:Hi everyone,

I wanted to announce that I'll be doing another bracket in about a month or month and a half (between prepping for it and the conclusion of this one). It'll be covering songs from the 1970s.

Hmm, maybe the interim would be a good time to talk to the kids about metal.

Muriel Axon · Post by **Muriel Axon** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:17 am

matt2718 wrote:Hot take: the Paper Planes love in this bracket is almost entirely nostalgia. As someone who lived under a rock for most of the 00s, it's good, but it's not that good.

It don't really get this take. What is it supposed to make people nostalgic for? The Bush administration? Or are there thousands of huge Slumdog Millionaire fans out there whom I have (thankfully) managed to avoid? Does it remind people of the music of the late 2000s, even though it was the only song of the time on the radio that sounded at all like it did? I think it's more believable that many people just think it's a great song.

vinteuil · Post by **vinteuil** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:23 am

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

kady · Post by **kady** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:13 am

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

rylltraka · Post by **rylltraka** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:43 pm

Muriel Axon wrote:
matt2718 wrote:Hot take: the Paper Planes love in this bracket is almost entirely nostalgia. As someone who lived under a rock for most of the 00s, it's good, but it's not that good.
It don't really get this take. What is it supposed to make people nostalgic for? The Bush administration? Or are there thousands of huge Slumdog Millionaire fans out there whom I have (thankfully) managed to avoid? Does it remind people of the music of the late 2000s, even though it was the only song of the time on the radio that sounded at all like it did? I think it's more believable that many people just think it's a great song.

Yeah, I'd have to agree here. I find people's tastes often inexplicable (with this same song, even), but I try not to ascribe them unspoken motivations.

Steeve Ho You Fat · Post by **Steeve Ho You Fat** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:29 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears. I still don't know what the best song of the 2000s, and I don't think it's Toxic, but I'm pretty sure it's not Mr. Brightside.
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash Looks like the semifinals will be the rightful finals.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:10 pm

FYI, voting will close Saturday at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Martin-Baker Mk.5 · Post by **Martin-Baker Mk.5** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:39 pm

Toxic
Chicago
Hey Ya!
Hurt

tksaleija · Post by **tksaleija** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:28 am

Mr. Brightside
Hey ya!
Paper Planes
Hurt

I've got a good feeling as to what the final 2 are gonna be.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:29 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers 34, Toxic by Britney Spears 31
Paper Planes by M.I.A. 34, Chicago by Sufjan Stevens 27
Hey Ya! by Outkast 51, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand 14
Hurt by Johnny Cash 39, American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West 24

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:31 pm

Voting is open until 2/3 at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Song: Mr. Brightside
Artist: The Killers
Album: Hot Fuss
Year: 2003

Song: Paper Planes
Artist: M.I.A.
Album: Kala
Year: 2007

Song: Hey Ya!
Artist: Outkast
Album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Year: 2003

Song: Hurt
Artist: Johnny Cash
Album: The Downward Spiral
Year: 2002

Your ballot:

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:34 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

sephirothrr · Post by **sephirothrr** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:36 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

Bosa of York · Post by **Bosa of York** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:54 pm

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

alexdz · Post by **alexdz** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:37 am

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

Irreligion in Bangladesh · Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:46 am

Mr. Brightside
Hey Ya!

Quinctilius Varus · Post by **Quinctilius Varus** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:03 am

Paper Planes
Hey Ya!

Panayot Hitov · Post by **Panayot Hitov** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:06 am

Paper Planes
Hurt

Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams · Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:08 am

Mr. Brightside
Hurt

Charm Bison · Post by **Charm Bison** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:10 am

Paper Planes
Hey Ya!

People docking Paper Planes for being too repetitive need to listen to Mr. Brightside again.