10. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart – Wilco

9. Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons

8. New Slang – The Shins

7. Paper Planes – M.I.A.

6. Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros

5. Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4. Float On – Modest Mouse

3. Sleepy Head – Passion Pit

2. Staring at the Sun – TV on the Radio

1. Encore – DJ Danger Mouse

The oughts were a decade of rule breaking, fusion, and creative stealing. Every decade from the past century had its influence on this decade. Creativity and struggles abounded as an entire industry adapted to a new way of producing and consuming music.

20. Campus – Vampire Weekend

From the self titled album Vampire Weekend, released in 2008.

19. No one does it like you – Department of Eagles

From the 2008 album In Ear Park.

18. Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

From the 2009 album Up From Below.

17. Long Way Home – Tom Waits

Off the 2006 triple album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards.

16. Electric Feel – MGMT

Off the 2008 album Oracular Spectacular .

15. Sing – Travis

From the 2001 album The Invisible Band.

14. Do You Realize – The Flaming Lips

Off the 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

13. Love of my life… – Erykah Badu & Common

Erykah Badu & Common collaborated on this soulful tune for the soundtrack of Brown Sugar in 2002. The film barely made an impression, while this stand out track will likely last for many decades to come.

12. All These things that I’ve Done – The Killers

From the 2004 album Hot Fuss.

11. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

From the 2006 album St. Elsewhere.

30. Gone – Kanye West

From the 2005 album Late Registration.

29. Skinny Love – Bon Iver

From the 2008 album From Emma, Forever Ago.

28. Missing – Beck

Off the 2005 album Guero.

27. Boy with a Coin – Iron & Wine

From the 2007 album The Shepherd’s Dog.

26. Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z

From the 2008 album Blueprint 3.

25. Big Bird in a Small Cage – Patrick Watson

Off the 2009 album Wooden Arms.

24. The Modern Age – The Strokes

From the 2001 album Is This It?.

23. Get Your Freak On – Missy Elliot

From the 2001 album Miss E… So Addictive.

22. Dance, Dance, Dance – Lykke Li

From her debut album Youth Novels, released in 2008.

21. Sky Starts Falling – Doves

From the 2005 album The Last Broadcast.

40. The General Specific – Band of Horses

Off the 2007 album Cease to Begin.

39. Transatlanticism – Death Cab for Cutie

The title track from the 2003 album Transatlantism.

38. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones

The title track from her debut album Come Away with Me, released in 2002.

37. We Are Your Friends – Justice vs. Simian

Released in 2006.

36. Do Your Thing – Basement Jaxx

From the 2001 album Rooty.

35. Young Folks – Peter, Bjorn & John

Off the 2007 album Writer’s Block.

34. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes

From the 2003 album Elephant.

33. Lux Aeterna (LOTR Version) – Requiem for a Dream

32. Hoist that Rag – Tom Waits

From the 2006 album Real Gone.

31. Bombs Over Baghdad – Outkast

50. No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age

From the 2002 album Songs for the Deaf.

49. D.A.N.C.E. – Justice

From the 2007 album Cross.

48. Clocks – Coldplay

47. Young Love – Mystery Jets Ft. Laura Marling

From the album Twenty One released in 2008.

46. Ooh la la – Goldfrapp

From the exquisite album Supernature released in 2005.

45. Say Hello – Deep Dish

From the 2005 album George is On, which included a second disk with remixes.

44. Mad World – Gary Jules

From the soundtrack for the cult classic, Donnie Darko, released in 2002.

43. Floor to the Roof – Dragon Fli Empire

42. Dreamer – Jenn Grant

41. Lay Me Down – The Frames

From the 2001 album For the Birds.