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The best indie rock songs of the 2000s

This ranking of the 2000s combines 1 year-end countdowns from 2000 through 2009. The top song of the '00s is “Home” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, which charted on 1 countdowns and reached number one one times. The decade’s most-charted artists are Phoenix, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Metric and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.

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Top 100 songs of the '00s

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	100	1	#1	1	2010
2	My Girls Animal Collective	99	1	#2	–	2009
3	I and Love and You Avett Brothers	98	1	#3	–	2009
4	1901 Phoenix	97	1	#4	–	2009
5	Two Weeks Grizzly Bear	96	1	#5	–	2009
6	The Field Mason Jennings	94	1	#6	–	2009
7	Dominos Big Pink	93	1	#7	–	2009
8	The Rake's Song The Decemberists	92	1	#8	–	2009
9	Lisztomania Phoenix	91	1	#9	–	2010
10	Help, Im Alive Metric	90	1	#10	–	2009
11	Fresh Air Brother Ali	89	1	#11	–	2009
12	Crystalised The xx	88	1	#12	–	2010
13	Love Vigilantes Iron and Wine	87	1	#13	–	2009
14	Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs	85	1	#14	–	2009
15	The Tornado Loves You Neko Case	84	1	#15	–	2009
16	Stillness Is The Move Dirty Projectors	83	1	#16	–	2009
17	While You Wait for the Others Grizzly Bear	82	1	#17	–	2009
18	Summertime Clothes Animal Collective	81	1	#18	–	2009
19	Horchata Vampire Weekend	80	1	#19	–	2009
20	Aint no Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant	79	1	#20	–	2009
21	I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked Ida Maria	78	1	#21	–	2009
22	Get Over It Solid Gold	76	1	#22	–	2009
23	Don't Haunt This Place The Rural Alberta Advantage	75	1	#23	–	2009
24	French Navy Camera Obscura	74	1	#24	–	2009
25	Zero Yeah Yeah Yeahs	73	1	#25	–	2009
26	Gimme Sympathy Metric	72	1	#26	–	2009
27	The Reeling Passion Pit	71	1	#27	–	2009
28	Fitz and the Dizzy Spells Andrew Bird	70	1	#28	–	2009
29	I'll Fight Wilco	69	1	#29	–	2009
30	Tenuousness Andrew Bird	67	1	#30	–	2009
31	Heavy cross The Gossip	66	1	#31	–	2009
32	Strange Overtones David Byrne and Brian Eno	65	1	#32	–	2009
33	I Cut Like A Buffalo The Dead Weather	64	1	#33	–	2009
34	Fresh Blood The Eels	63	1	#34	–	2009
35	40 Day Dream Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	62	1	#35	–	2009
36	The Fear Lily Allen	61	1	#36	–	2009
37	Little Secrets Passion Pit	60	1	#37	–	2009
38	Never Had Nobody Like You M. Ward	58	1	#38	–	2009
39	(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To Weezer	57	1	#39	–	2009
40	Drumming Song Florence And The Machine	56	1	#40	–	2009
41	Daniel Bat For Lashes	55	1	#41	–	2009
42	Optimist (We Are Not For Them) P. O. S.	54	1	#42	–	2009
43	Pull My Heart Away Jack Penate	53	1	#43	–	2009
44	Us Brother Ali	52	1	#44	–	2009
45	Percussion Gun White Rabbits	51	1	#45	–	2009
46	The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) The Decemberists	49	1	#46	–	2009
47	People Got A Lotta Nerve Neko Case	48	1	#47	–	2009
48	Prizefighter The Eels	47	1	#48	–	2009
49	Uprising Muse	46	1	#49	–	2009
50	Bruises Chairlift	45	1	#50	–	2009
51	Geraldine Glasvegas	44	1	#51	–	2009
52	Meet Me On The Equinox Death Cab for Cutie	43	1	#52	–	2009
53	No You Girls Franz Ferdinand	42	1	#53	–	2009
54	Laughing With Regina Spektor	40	1	#54	–	2009
55	Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun	39	1	#55	–	2008
56	Dreams Brandi Carlile	38	1	#56	–	2009
57	The '59 Sound The Gaslight Anthem	37	1	#57	–	2009
58	These Are My Twisted Words Radiohead	36	1	#58	–	2009
59	Relator Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson	35	1	#59	–	2009
60	Ambling Alp Yeasayer	34	1	#60	–	2010
61	Crying lightning Arctic Monkeys	33	1	#61	–	2009
62	Hell Tegan and Sara	31	1	#62	–	2009
63	Tightrope Yeasayer	30	1	#63	–	2009
64	Death By Diamonds and Pearls Band Of Skulls	29	1	#64	–	2009
65	Velvet Big Pink	28	1	#65	–	2009
66	Hang You From The Heavens The Dead Weather	27	1	#66	–	2009
67	Just Breathe Pearl Jam	26	1	#67	–	2010
68	When We Swam Thao W/The Get Down Stay Down	25	1	#68	–	2009
69	The Fixer Pearl Jam	24	1	#69	–	2009
70	Never Forget You The Noisettes	22	1	#70	–	2009
71	Kick Drum Heart Avett Brothers	21	1	#71	–	2011
72	Not Fair Lily Allen	20	1	#72	–	2009
73	Ain't No Friend Of Mine Mason Jennings	19	1	#73	–	2009
74	Wilco (The Song) Wilco	18	1	#74	–	2009
75	Hurt Feelings Flight of the Conchords	17	1	#75	–	2009
76	The Calculation Regina Spektor	16	1	#76	–	2009
77	My Love The Bird And The Bee	15	1	#77	–	2009
78	Love Long Distance The Gossip	13	1	#78	–	2009
79	Bible Thumper Solid Gold	12	1	#79	–	2009
80	You and I Wilco	11	1	#80	–	2009
81	Heartbroken In Disrepair Dan Auerbach	10	1	#81	–	2009
82	Savion Glover P. O. S.	9	1	#82	–	2009
83	Panic Switch Silversun Pickups	8	1	#83	–	2009
84	Oh No Andrew Bird	7	1	#84	–	2009
85	Laundry Room Avett Brothers	6	1	#85	–	2009
86	First Train Home Imogen Heap	4	1	#86	–	2009
87	Beach Baby Bon Iver	3	1	#87	–	2009
88	Daylight Matt And Kim	2	1	#88	–	2009
89	Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap	1	1	#89	–	2010

About this ranking

The 2000s ranking adds together two kinds of evidence: the year-end countdowns from each year of the decade, and the retrospective “songs of the decade” countdowns that stations aired afterwards. Year-end lists capture what listeners loved at the time; decade countdowns capture what lasted. Every appearance earns percentile-based points, and the totals are ranked. See the methodology for details.