At the end of the 2000-2009 period, Billboard named Mariah Carey’s ‘We Belong Together’ the Song of Decade and made her the only artist to capture the title twice. However, continuing the pattern of timely propaganda started earlier this year by the Billboard Music Awards, Vh1 has honored Beyonce with the accolade for her song ‘Crazy In Love’.

Interestingly, the record even ranked higher than OutKast’s monster hit ‘Hey Ya!’ and Eminem’s cult classic ‘Lose Yourself’. See the full Vh1′s ’100 Greatest Songs Of The ’00s’ list below, which also strangely includes an appearance from Lady Gaga’s relatively recent 2008 release, ‘Poker Face’, at #3:

1. Beyonce featuring Jay-Z, ‘Crazy in Love’
2. OutKast, ‘Hey Ya!’
3. Lady Gaga, ‘Poker Face’
4. Eminem, ‘Lose Yourself’
5. Kelly Clarkson, ‘Since U Been Gone’
6. Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, ‘Gold Digger’
7. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland, ‘SexyBack’
8. Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’
9. Mariah Carey, ‘We Belong Together’
10. 50 Cent, ‘In Da Club’
11. Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, ‘Umbrella’
12. Black Eyed Peas, ‘I Gotta Feeling’
13. Green Day, ‘American Idiot’
14. Gnarls Barkley, ‘Crazy’
15. U2 , ‘Beautiful Day’
16. Beyonce, ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’
17. Coldplay, ‘Clocks’
18. Christina Aguilera, ‘Beautiful’
19. Destiny’s Child, ‘Bootylicious’
20. Britney Spears, ‘Toxic’
21. Jay-Z , ’99 Problems’
22. Alicia Keys, ‘Fallin’’
23. Pink, ‘Get the Party Started’
24. Missy Elliott, ‘Get Ur Freak On’
25. Nelly, ‘Hot in Here’
26. The White Stripes, ‘Seven Nation Army’
27. Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, ‘Yeah!’
28. Madonna, ‘Music’
29. Foo Fighters, ‘The Best of You’
30. Gwen Stefani, ‘Hollaback Girl’
31. Amy Winehouse, ‘Rehab’
32. Maroon 5, ‘This Love’
33. Johnny Cash, ‘Hurt’
34. Janet Jackson, ‘All For You’
35. John Mayer, ‘Daughters’
36. *NSYNC, ‘Bye Bye Bye’
37. Britney Spears, ‘Oops!…I Did It Again’
38. Miley Cyrus, ‘Party in the U.S.A.’
39. Adele, ‘Chasing Pavements’
40. Fall Out Boy, ‘Sugar, We’re Going Down’
41. R. Kelly, ‘Trapped in the Closet’
42. Train, ‘Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)’
43. Katy Perry, ‘I Kissed a Girl’
44. Red Hot Chili Peppers, ‘Californication’
45. Eve featuring Gwen Stefani, ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’
46. Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow, ‘Picture’
47. Christina, Lil’ Kim, Mya, Pink, ‘Lady Marmalade’
48. Kings of Leon, ‘Sex On Fire’
49. Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
50. Taylor Swift, ‘You Belong With Me’
51. Natasha Bedingfield, ‘Pocketful of Sunshine’
52. Shakira feautring Wyclef, ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
53. Blink-182, ‘All the Small Things’
54. Norah Jones, ‘Don’t Know Why’
55. The Killers, ‘Mr. Brightside’
56. DMX, ‘Party Up (Up In Here)’
57. Mary J. Blige, ‘Family Affair’
58. Jason Mraz, ‘I’m Yours’
59. Justin Timberlake, ‘Cry Me a River’
60. Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’
61. Kelis, ‘Milkshake’
62. Avril Lavigne, ‘Complicated’
63. Andrew W.K., ‘Party Hard’
64. Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule, ‘I’m Real (Murder Remix)’
65. Aaliyah, ‘Try Again’
66. Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell, ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’
67. Leona Lewis, ‘Bleeding Love’
68. Ludacris featuring Shawnna, ‘Stand Up’
69. Evanescence, ‘Bring Me to Life’
70. Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana, ‘Run It!’
71. Colbie Caillat, ‘Bubbly’
72. Jet, ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’
73. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland, ‘Promiscuous’
74. Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone, ‘Ridin’’
75. Gavin Degraw, ‘I Don’t Want to Be’
76. T.I. featuring Rihanna, ‘Live Your Life’
77. Nickleback, ‘How You Remind Me’
78. Plain White T’s, ‘Hey There Delilah’
79. Enrique Iglesias, ‘Hero’
80. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins, ‘Get Low’
81. Bruce Springsteen, ‘The Rising’
82. Matchbox Twenty, ‘Unwell’
83. D’Angelo, ‘(Untitled) How Does It Feel’
84. Linkin Park, ‘In the End’
85. Macy Gray, ‘I Try’
86. Aerosmith, ‘Jaded’
87. The Darkness, ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’
88. Fountains of Wayne, ‘Stacy’s Mom’
89. M.I.A., ‘Paper Planes’
90. Mystikal, ‘Shake Ya Ass’
91. Creed, ‘With Arms Wide Open’
92. Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, ‘Low’
93. Ok Go, ‘Here It Goes Again’
94. Daughtry, ‘It’s Not Over’
95. James Blunt, ‘You’re Beautiful’
96. Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes, ‘Don’t Cha’
97. Shaggy, ‘It Wasn’t Me’
98. 3 Doors Down, ‘Kryptonite’
99. Carrie Underwood, ‘Before He Cheats’
100. Sisqo, ‘Thong Song’

It will be very interesting to see the grading system that the good people at Vh1 used to compile this list. It was definitely not developed in relation to the commercial success because Beyonce’s own ‘Baby Boy’ would have easily outranked ‘Crazy In Love’. Furthermore, unless the Vh1 executives quietly announced it without any promotion, there wasn’t any widespread indication of a poll being conducted for fans to vote for their favourite songs.

Hence, this is probably just another example of a media outlet being manipulated to promote an artist without any regards given to actual merit. Indeed, it is difficult to take this list seriously as Vh1 was the network that ranked Beyonce and Justin Timberlake higher than Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, George Michael and Tupac on the list of ’100 Greatest Artists of All Time’ last year.

Show us the receipts Vh1.

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I DON'T AGREE.

LMAO @ Floptina being higher than Britney.

What the HELL are people smoking?

Artist of the Milennium ya'll!!!

This list is so full of garbage.... what a tragedy what mainstream music is now...and these are the greatest songs for Vh1 I can't imagine the baddest...

cindymay said:

This list reminds me how much I loathed the early to mid 00s when it came to American pop music.

Of those top 100 of the decade, I'd say maybe 5 qualify as classics.

VHI is invested in airplay, which explains this otherwise ridiculous list

HAPPYPERSON said:

At the end of the 2000-2009 period, Billboard named Mariah Carey’s ‘We Belong Together’ the Song of Decade and made her the only artist to capture the title twice. However, continuing the pattern of timely propaganda started earlier this year by the Billboard Music Awards, Vh1 has honored Beyonce with the accolade for her song ‘Crazy In Love’.

Interestingly, the record even ranked higher than OutKast’s monster hit ‘Hey Ya!’ and Eminem’s cult classic ‘Lose Yourself’. See the full Vh1′s ’100 Greatest Songs Of The ’00s’ list below, which also strangely includes an appearance from Lady Gaga’s relatively recent 2008 release, ‘Poker Face’, at #3:

1. Beyonce featuring Jay-Z, ‘Crazy in Love’
2. OutKast, ‘Hey Ya!’
3. Lady Gaga, ‘Poker Face’
4. Eminem, ‘Lose Yourself’
5. Kelly Clarkson, ‘Since U Been Gone’
6. Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, ‘Gold Digger’
7. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland, ‘SexyBack’
8. Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’
9. Mariah Carey, ‘We Belong Together’
10. 50 Cent, ‘In Da Club’
11. Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, ‘Umbrella’
12. Black Eyed Peas, ‘I Gotta Feeling’
13. Green Day, ‘American Idiot’
14. Gnarls Barkley, ‘Crazy’
15. U2 , ‘Beautiful Day’
16. Beyonce, ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’
17. Coldplay, ‘Clocks’
18. Christina Aguilera, ‘Beautiful’
19. Destiny’s Child, ‘Bootylicious’
20. Britney Spears, ‘Toxic’
21. Jay-Z , ’99 Problems’
22. Alicia Keys, ‘Fallin’’
23. Pink, ‘Get the Party Started’
24. Missy Elliott, ‘Get Ur Freak On’
25. Nelly, ‘Hot in Here’
26. The White Stripes, ‘Seven Nation Army’
27. Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, ‘Yeah!’
28. Madonna, ‘Music’
29. Foo Fighters, ‘The Best of You’
30. Gwen Stefani, ‘Hollaback Girl’
31. Amy Winehouse, ‘Rehab’
32. Maroon 5, ‘This Love’
33. Johnny Cash, ‘Hurt’
34. Janet Jackson, ‘All For You’
35. John Mayer, ‘Daughters’
36. *NSYNC, ‘Bye Bye Bye’
37. Britney Spears, ‘Oops!…I Did It Again’
38. Miley Cyrus, ‘Party in the U.S.A.’
39. Adele, ‘Chasing Pavements’
40. Fall Out Boy, ‘Sugar, We’re Going Down’
41. R. Kelly, ‘Trapped in the Closet’
42. Train, ‘Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)’
43. Katy Perry, ‘I Kissed a Girl’
44. Red Hot Chili Peppers, ‘Californication’
45. Eve featuring Gwen Stefani, ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’
46. Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow, ‘Picture’
47. Christina, Lil’ Kim, Mya, Pink, ‘Lady Marmalade’
48. Kings of Leon, ‘Sex On Fire’
49. Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
50. Taylor Swift, ‘You Belong With Me’
51. Natasha Bedingfield, ‘Pocketful of Sunshine’
52. Shakira feautring Wyclef, ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
53. Blink-182, ‘All the Small Things’
54. Norah Jones, ‘Don’t Know Why’
55. The Killers, ‘Mr. Brightside’
56. DMX, ‘Party Up (Up In Here)’
57. Mary J. Blige, ‘Family Affair’
58. Jason Mraz, ‘I’m Yours’
59. Justin Timberlake, ‘Cry Me a River’
60. Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’
61. Kelis, ‘Milkshake’
62. Avril Lavigne, ‘Complicated’
63. Andrew W.K., ‘Party Hard’
64. Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule, ‘I’m Real (Murder Remix)’
65. Aaliyah, ‘Try Again’
66. Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell, ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’
67. Leona Lewis, ‘Bleeding Love’
68. Ludacris featuring Shawnna, ‘Stand Up’
69. Evanescence, ‘Bring Me to Life’
70. Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana, ‘Run It!’
71. Colbie Caillat, ‘Bubbly’
72. Jet, ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’
73. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland, ‘Promiscuous’
74. Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone, ‘Ridin’’
75. Gavin Degraw, ‘I Don’t Want to Be’
76. T.I. featuring Rihanna, ‘Live Your Life’
77. Nickleback, ‘How You Remind Me’
78. Plain White T’s, ‘Hey There Delilah’
79. Enrique Iglesias, ‘Hero’
80. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins, ‘Get Low’
81. Bruce Springsteen, ‘The Rising’
82. Matchbox Twenty, ‘Unwell’
83. D’Angelo, ‘(Untitled) How Does It Feel’
84. Linkin Park, ‘In the End’
85. Macy Gray, ‘I Try’
86. Aerosmith, ‘Jaded’
87. The Darkness, ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’
88. Fountains of Wayne, ‘Stacy’s Mom’
89. M.I.A., ‘Paper Planes’
90. Mystikal, ‘Shake Ya Ass’
91. Creed, ‘With Arms Wide Open’
92. Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, ‘Low’
93. Ok Go, ‘Here It Goes Again’
94. Daughtry, ‘It’s Not Over’
95. James Blunt, ‘You’re Beautiful’
96. Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes, ‘Don’t Cha’
97. Shaggy, ‘It Wasn’t Me’
98. 3 Doors Down, ‘Kryptonite’
99. Carrie Underwood, ‘Before He Cheats’
100. Sisqo, ‘Thong Song’

It will be very interesting to see the grading system that the good people at Vh1 used to compile this list. It was definitely not developed in relation to the commercial success because Beyonce’s own ‘Baby Boy’ would have easily outranked ‘Crazy In Love’. Furthermore, unless the Vh1 executives quietly announced it without any promotion, there wasn’t any widespread indication of a poll being conducted for fans to vote for their favourite songs.

Hence, this is probably just another example of a media outlet being manipulated to promote an artist without any regards given to actual merit. Indeed, it is difficult to take this list seriously as Vh1 was the network that ranked Beyonce and Justin Timberlake higher than Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, George Michael and Tupac on the list of ’100 Greatest Artists of All Time’ last year.

Show us the receipts Vh1.

beyonces-crazy-in-love-tops-vh1s-100-greatest-songs-of-the-00s

To be honest ''Crazy in Love'' really is a great song. I probably would have picked it as number one myself or ''Hey Ya'' by Outkast or ''Fallen'' by A.Keys

I agree with you about there 100 greatest artist list. Where was Janet? Where was R.Kelly?. Justin shouldn't even have been on the list

That list - ugh. Really - "milkshake" and "thong song"? Kelly Clarkson? Ugh. No wonder so many kids, the ones w/ a modicum of taste & wit, wish they lived in a different era.