My Top 100 Favourite Songs 2010-14 Edition: #100

Five years ago I revealed my 100 favourite songs between the years 2000 and 2009. If I were to do the list again I'm sure certain entries would change but it got me thinking, what were my favourite songs from the last half decade? I could wait another five years and do the full decade but I thought, well, simply that five years is a long time so I can do both lists can't I!

If you want to know what my 100 favourite songs were from the last decade click here.

Like my other list, there's a couple of rules. The first one is that the songs are singles only. There's no album tracks on here that weren't released as a single. And secondly, I've once again set a cap of three songs per artist, with the exception of if it's a duet or something special like that.

Another thing that's different this time round is that I'm not setting limits on any genres. Last time I tried to stick with mainly rock and metal, but this time round I've put whatever songs I like in the list. Put it this way, there's a lot more RnB, rap, pop and dance in here than I'd expect from myself but that's no matter!

But without further ado, for the next 100 days, here's my favourite songs from the last half decade! Enjoy!

#100. “Madness” – Muse

Released: 20/8/12

Album: The 2nd Law

The last two or three Muse albums have been underwhelming in my opinion. That's not to say they're bad but just... inferior to their earlier stuff. But one thing that's consistent is that there's always some very good singles. "Madness", even if there's a not-so subtle homage/ripoff of Queen in there, is still a very enjoyable single. It got decent airplay as well, but then again, Muse haven't exactly lost their popularity over the years, even if I don't fancy their music as much as I used to.

Here's the music video if you want to hear it!

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Q&A with Johnny Mercyside: Part 7

Hey there, welcome to my newest Q&A session. Before I get to that though I just want to say this is also the last post of 2011. It's been a good year. For this site, it's actually been a great year, I'm closing in on 50,000 page views, and over 42,000 of those came in this actual year. That really makes me proud.

On this site in the past year I've reviewed more games and music than I ever have in my life. I've started covering football matches on here, and still do bits on wrestling here and there. My Noughtie series is the largest project I've ever done and while I have mixed feeling on how it all turned out I'm still proud of it. My Yearly Music Review is a much better piece of work and that's great. More things? Erm, I love my Transformations of William Birkin article, that was great to write about and it's been really well received.  And my beefy Rise and Fall of Guitar Hero article was good too. It's been a fantastic year for this site and I hope 2012 will be better. I have a lot planned already.


On a personal level 2011 was also pretty decent. It was certainly better than 2010. I got married, I went to Argentina, I went to Ireland twice, and had an absolutely brilliant time. I went to Bunn Leisure Selsey again. My daughter Vivi has grown up to be an awesome little girl and my wife and I are expecting another child. It's been very good. But I also think 2012 will be better on a personal level. We're moving back to North Wales, where I grew up, where my family and friends are. Portsmouth has been good to me but 2012 brings me back to Wales, which has been even better.

So Happy New Year tomorrow, I hope it's as good to you as you want it to be.


Back to the actual topic at hand, Q&A Part 7. These questions are all taken off my Formspring account, which you can find here. These were answered a while ago, and I've changed the answers if the situation has changed since then. 

Q: If you could move to any foreign country, where would you move to?

A: I've always wanted to go to Japan, Switzerland and a little island in the middle of nowhere called Tahiti, so one of those three. I also loved Argentina when I went there so that's somewhere I wouldn't say no to either.

Q: Do you believe in luck?
A: If you mean luck as in it affects every day life all the time then no. The world works its way to make things happen. But sometimes something can happen that goes in your favour, so that in itself is "lucky".

Q: What's the furthest you've ever traveled?
A: Well I went to Argentina at the end of October. We stopped at Spain, so in one journey, the difference between Madrid and Buenos Aires.

Q: What's the first thing that you usually notice about someone you meet?
A: Depends what way round I see them and their gender. For girls, from the front, their eyes. From behind, their (hopefully) fine behind. For guys, erm, probably their clothes. That's both sides.

Q: If you could eat at any restaurant in the world tonight, which one would you choose?
A: As pathetic as it sounds, I really would like to go for a burger from next store at the kebab shop. I'm not someone that needs a fancy restaurant to have food I'm satisfied with.

Q: Who is the most important person in the world to you?
A: My daughter. I have a lot of people who are important to me but nothing comes close to Vivi. She is the most important person in my life, there is no replacement for my love for her.

Q: What language would you like to learn how to speak?
A: Japanese, one, because I want to go there one day. And two, because I could finally know what the fuck all the Japanese people in Britain are actually saying.

Q: If the Internet and TV didn't exist, what would you spend most of your time doing?
A: Play music on a CD... or play on a DS or PSP! Aha!

Q: What's your daily morning routine?
A: Set an alarm 15 minutes before I have to leave for work, get up, get dressed, leave for the train to work. If it's a weekend, get as much sleep as possible and then go downstairs. My life can be very simple.

Q: What fear would you most like to conquer?
A: I'm not really particularly scared of anything, so I can't say. I mean, I'm not fearless, but I'm not consistently bothered about anything.

Q: What's your favorite Sci-Fi movie?
A: I can't say, I really am not into Sci-Fi movies much.

Q: Who deserves to have a sandwich named after them?
A: Richard Cheese? I don't want a Richard Cheese sandwich though.

Q: Have you cried during a movie?
A: Erm... I can't remember... I probably have but I can't remember what one specifically.

Q: If you could own any kind of pet, what would it be?
A: I love cats and rats. I've had four or five cats and seven rats in my lifetime. In an ideal situation I'd to be able to afford a cat and a few rats, and hope that the cat has no interest in nomming the rats. We can all dream.

Q: Are you better at using your brain or your brawn?
A: My brain but I can use my brawn quite well too.

Q: What country's cuisine is your favorite?
A: I'd probably say Italian food, you can't go wrong with pizza and pasta really.

Q: Should WWE Ice Cream bars make a comeback?
Absolutely! I can't remember seeing any but I live in the UK. I'd buy them!

Q: Do you tend to be shy or an attention seeker?
A: I'm neither really but if this is the line of shy <---> attention seeker, I'd probably be closer to shy as I can be insecure at times.

Q: What's your favorite pasta dish?
A: Bacon carbonara. Mmmm.

Q: Would you rather take a picture or have your picture taken?
A: I'd rather take a picture, I'm not very photogenic. Or attractive.

And that's my latest Formspring update. Once again if you want to follow me on Formspring you can do so here. Happy New Year everyone! I'll be back on Monday for my 1994 in Music review. Enjoy your festivities!

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Mixtape: Best Collaborations in Music

Hey there, welcome to my new Mixtape. The Noughtie series aside, this is the first Mixtape I’ve done for this site. This is a Mixtape of my favourite collaborations in music. By collaboration, the definition I’ve used is a group and a singer, or two singers, who don’t work together on a regular basis, in the same song. There’s has to be at least two voices, for instance, as great as Mark Ronson’s version of “Just” is, he doesn’t sing so it’s not even in contention. Not familiar with my Mixtapes? Here are the rules of the Mixtape.

A Mixtape is a playlist of a certain genre, band or era. The list is generally 80 minutes long, the same length of a blank CD, with further recommendations if some of the songs aren't to your taste. Remember kids, downloading is wrong!

So with that out of the way, here are my favourite music collaborations!

1. I Just Had Sex - The Lonely Island and Akon
2. Stan – Eminem and Dido
3. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
4. Walk This Way – Aerosmith and Run-DMC
5. Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre and Eminem
6. Throw it on Me – Timbaland and The Hives
7. Another Way to Die - Jack White and Alicia Keys
8. Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Young Ones
9. Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
10. Meds – Placebo and Alison Mosshart
11. This Mess We're In - PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke
12. Nightclubbing - David Bowie and Iggy Pop
13. Hands of Death - Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
14. Break You Down – Godhead and Marilyn Manson
15. Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer - Linkin Park and Jay-Z
16. Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare) - Saul Williams and Zach de la Rocha
17. Get It Up - Mindless Self Indulgence and Chantal Claret
18. I'm Afraid of Americans (V1) - David Bowie and Trent Reznor
19. Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) - Tenacious D and Dave Grohl

Want some alternatives? Here’s five more:

1. The Omen - DMX and Marilyn Manson
2. Gold Digger - Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
3. Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
4. The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck - The Eagles of Death Metal and Brody Dalle
5. Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter

Well I hope you like this list. I’ve covered rap, rock and metal here, which is good. There will be songs you like, and songs you don’t. I think in a list as diverse as this, everyone’s going to have a different personal list. If you’ve heard and liked stuff by some of these artists but have not heard these particular collaborations, check them out, they’re all good songs, well I think so anyway!

Do you have any suggestions for Mixtapes? I don't like doing artist Mixtapes to often, so a certain era, genre or distinctive element (like this collaborations one) is what I prefer. Any suggestions are welcome in the comments section below. Until next time, take care.

Happy Birthday JohnnyMercyside.Blogspot.Com !

Hey everyone, I hope you like the new website layout. You can comment below if you want to give me feedback on it.

One year today I started this website. I had roughly a three year 'hiatus' before then, having finished my education in Wales, I moved to Hampshire and my computer broke down. I then started working full time. Not long later, my now wife, got pregnant. Everything  that was happening in my life was new to me and with no computer, I stopped writing. 

Then last year I got a computer, with the help of a good friend in Michele, I was determined to write again. In those three years beforehand, I was gathering ideas, and developing interests, the main one being the Noughtie series that you might have been witnessing for the last six months. So I started this site, and in the past 12 months I've written more than I ever did in the past eight years.  Whether it's been a review, or a 3000+ word opinion piece, a mixtape or a listing, it's been a great journey for me personally, I'm really developing my writing skills and I'm exploring my interests further. A year ago I had never written about football or wrestling, I had only written about games and music, the latter very infrequently. I still find writing about video games to be the easiest thing to do, but I hope my opinions and writing style are pleasing to some of you in the other fields. 

I just wanted to write a few paragraphs thanking everyone who has supported me not only for the past 12 months, but in my writing in general. I still have high ambitions to do this professionally one day, just on my terms. At the moment though it remains a hobby, one I'm passionate about. I've had nearly 28000 page views in that time. For me personally, that's an incredible statistic. I'm sure a lot of bloggers are out there with much more than me, but I don't mind, I'm just hoping I can continue to grow. I average around 3000 page views per month, the peak being April, where I had over 4100. These stats are just awesome, for me anyway.

Just in case you're relatively new to my work, or spontaneously found this website by chance, here are the Top 10 projects in order of pageviews that I've done on this site in the past year:

#10 - CM Punk - Legitimate World Champion

Type: The Mercy Side Opinion Article

Pageviews: 138

I only wrote this days ago and it's already my tenth highest viewed section of the site. Here I explain how CM Punk's amazing surge in popularity in recent weeks solidifies his position amongst the elite in drawing power in wrestling.

#9 - Left 4 Dead 2

Type: Video Game Review

Pageviews: 182

This is the only video game review to make the Top 10, which is a shame. I rated the game ****1/4 stars and I compare it with the original game, explaining why I personally, rate the first one more.

#8 - My Top 10 Games Featured on the GameFAQs.com Game of the Decade List

Type: Listing

Pageviews: 187

Just in case you didn't know, in the winter GameFAQs did a competition to find out what is considered the best game of the last decade, with The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask winning the entire competition. It started off with 128 games, and from that list, I picked my personal 10 favourites.

#7 - My Top 10 Favourite Levels on Platformer Games

Type: Listing

Pageviews: 252

I reminisce over my favourite levels in platformer titles. There's some great nostalgia here, as the platformer is a dying art unfortunately.

#6 - Gimmick and Shock Value in Music

Type: The Mercy Side Opinion Article

Pageviews: 256

An article going back in time at all the shock rockers of the past, and how they all eventually all are influences on Lady Gaga's rise to superstardom. To answer the question of whether or not she'll be a long term success or fall to mediocrity and outlive her gimmick, it still remains to be seen but her second album is a commercial and critical success so things are still going in her favour. Good luck to her I suppose.

#5 - Why I Want a Final Fantasy VI Remake

Type: The Mercy Side Opinion Article

Pageviews: 291

My first major opinion article on the site. It's still one I'm proud of and I still feel the same way 10 months later. I'd love a FF6 remake, it'd be fricking awesome. It sparked some decent debate too, some purists think it'd be a bad idea, an opinion I understand but disagree with. It's a good read if you haven't read it yet.

And then, there's the big four...

#4 - The British Invasion in Wrestling

Type: The Mercy Side Opinion Article

Pageviews: 3209

I couldn't believe how much interest there was in this article. It's got the most pageviews for a single post on the site. I still get people reading it today, and it's just awesome. I basically talk about how there's a lot of British talent in the WWE and TNA now and it's about time we break our duck in terms of getting our first ever British World Heavyweight Champion. 

#3 - The Top 50 Greatest Wrestling Catchphrases Past and Present

Type: Listing

Pageviews: 4330

The above post may have the most pageviews individually, but the above project was only three posts long, and they take up the spaces of 2nd, 3rd and 6th place in the Top 10 individual pageview tallies. The best part for me personally is the fact that if you seach the term "wrestling catch phrases" in Google, my site is the top option, which is brilliant. It's a good set of wrestling catchphrases, even if you're not the biggest wrestling fan in the world you must have heard of some of them. The first of the three posts is above.

#2 - Noughtie: The Best in Music 2000-2009

Type: Listings and Mixtapes

Pageviews: 4764

My six month project finally came to an end around two weeks ago. I cover everything to do with the decade of music, from my personal favourite tracks each year to the songs I think will be cemented in music history as the greatest tracks of all time. It's a very long read, the total project is over 70,000 words long, but I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. The first post is above and you can follow the links in the logo section.

#1 - My Top 50 Final Fantasy Characters

Type: Listing

Pageviews: 6094

Yep, in total for pageviews my most successful project was my first major one, my personal favourite Final Fantasy characters. I absolutely adored writing this list out and I think people enjoyed reading it too which is a good bonus. All the 11 posts in the series all have a decent amount of pageviews, unlike the Noughtie series above where some posts weren't popular, so it's the combined effort of consistency that decided this one. So it may not be the biggest, but according to the pageviews, it's the best. So if you haven't read my Top 50 FF Characters, give it a look above if you like the series. It's a project I'm proud of. The first of eleven posts is above.

And there we go. Thanks for reading my work, I thoroughly appreciate it. If you like it, you can 'like' me on Facebook, the link is now to the right after a site reshuffle. Here's to the next 12 months! Take care.

The Mercy Side: The Transfer Season and the Midfield Clutter

I haven’t written as much about football as I’d have liked to. The last article I wrote in fact was on my account on The Kop, (to avoid interruption with the Noughtie series) which you can find here. On this actual site my last football activity was part of my quick Bitesize update a few days before the new year. While I thoroughly enjoyed my Noughtie series the whole thing took me out of action for six months in terms of writing about other things. I mean, that’s a block that I made for myself, but I wanted to be committed to the music series that I was doing and doing random posts in between that project would have made my website a bit of a mess. So, here’s my first publically documented writing on football in around six months! Groundbreaking! Okay, enough sarcasm, let’s just get to the article.

I want to talk about the transfer window today, naturally. We’re around halfway through the transfer season now, and around this time of the window we tend to have little activity happen. You’ll see a signing here, and a signing there, but it doesn’t really build up until the second week in August time. But Liverpool hasn’t gone around their business in that fashion this time. In fact, according to King Kenny (who, as I haven’t written about his tenure on my site, has done a tremendous job back at the club where he belongs eternally) we’ve done most if not all our transfers already, as we have to sell to buy if we are going to get any more players.

We’ve reportedly spent around £50 million on four players in the past month or so, which is an incredible statistic when you round that up to on average £12.5 million per player. The four signings are intriguing in different ways. Here's a small bio on each of them.

Jordan Henderson
 

Sunderland born Henderson is only 21 years of age, and has been described by his previous manage Steve Bruce as “the best young British footballer there is”. Coming from Sunderland’s youth system. his career is quite young, and has only really started to gain major recognition in the past season. He can play on the right hand side of midfield, but has played centrally more often than not. He’s took the #14 number off Milan Jovanovic, which was also Xabi Alonso’s old jersey number. He doesn’t score too many goals as of yet, in fact he’s only scored 6 goals so far in 92 professional appearances (for Sunderland and Coventry) but he’s improving his trade, and he does contribute to a decent amount of assists. His progress so far has been at a decent pace and should be playing some games next season, whether or not he can become a regular player for us or not, will have to be seen. There is a lot of competition in the centre of the pitch, and he may find himself on the right more often that he may like, due to his versatility. He won the Young Player of the Year award for the two previous seasons for Sunderland, and also won his first England cap, where he played alongside our own Stevie G. To add to his obvious potential, FIFA placed him down on their list of “13 Young Players to Watch in 2011” alongside Manchester United’s new keeper David De Gea and Anderlecht’s highly rated Romelu Lukaku, calling him "composed, athletic and powerful".

Charlie Adam 

Charlie Adam was named after his father Charles Adam, who played for many Scottish teams in the eighties and nineties. He is a Dundee United youth, but spend the majority of his career at Rangers, six years of it in total. Adam is another central midfielder however, unlike Henderson above, Adam has a knack of finding the net, having done so a total of 63 times in 237 games in total, which is roughly one in four games. A lot of these goals have come from penalties, as Adam is an extremely clinical penalty taker, rivalling Gerrard and Kuyt for the spot takers next season. Like a lot of Rangers players, Adam spent a lot of time on loan I his career, finding mosts of his early success winning the Scottish Challenge Cup and First Division title with St. Mirren back in 2006. After finishing his loan at St. Mirren he started scored a hat-trick in a pre-season friendly, which helped him start to become a regular at Rangers. He scored 14 goals that season, which lead him to being crowned Young Player of the Year for Rangers. He eventually become part of the team that got to the UEFA Cup Final in 2008. Around 2009 he found himself falling out of favour at the club, and spent the second half of the 08/09 season at Blackpool, his first taste of football in England. A highlight that second half season was a goal he scored against Accrington Stanley reserves from the halfway line. He joined them permanently at the end of that season, and not long won the captains armband with the club. He was named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year, before leading the team to playoff victory, also scoring from a freekick.

He spent his first season in the Premier League last season, scoring 13 goals in total, not bad for a team that eventually got relegated. Liverpool attempted to sign Adam back in January but the bid was rejected. Adam handed in a transfer request which was also rejected. His fantastic contribution last season for Blackpool got him nominated for a PFA Player of the Year award. We then signed him a few weeks ago, and he was given the #26 shirt, a shirt he often chooses as it’s the birthdate of his child. Jay Spearing was wearing the shirt at the time and let Adam have it (Spearing has since now starting wearing the #20 shirt).  Charlie Adam has been often compared to Xabi Alonso, due to his fantastic range of passing ability and also his fantastic accuracy from the penalty spot. Many Liverpool fans see him as Alonso’s long term successor, hopefully forming a nice partnership with Gerrard in the middle of the pitch. However, Adam’s Scotland career has had mixed results, he is yet to score for the team and isn’t often chosen. If his career continues to excel at Liverpool, it’ll be difficult for him not to be chosen on a regular basis for country.

Doni 

 
In the early part of the year, John Henry talked of us signing younger players on a long term basis. Naturally Doni, being 31, doesn’t fit that bell. However with Pepe Reina at 307 appearances and counting, it’s not going to be easy to knock the Spanish stopper off his perch as Liverpool’s goalie. Last season we signed Brad Jones, who’s in his late twenties, however Doni, gives us great experience between the sticks, having won multiple cups at Roma, and also is a Copa America winner.

Doni, born Doniéber Alexander Marangon, is an experienced and dependable Brazilian goalkeeper. He doesn’t often make mistakes, and enjoyed a good few seasons at Corinthians, before ending up in Roma in 2005. He was initially bought as an understudy to Gianluca Curci and was only used in UEFA Cup games but after impressing in that competition, he took over as the main keeper for Roma. A few years later he was in a three-way battle for the keeper’s jersey with Artur and Julio Sergio, after he let in 4 goals against Juventus. The end of his career at Roma ended badly as he wasn’t even on the bench for most of it. He signed for us on a free transfer and is likely to be the understudy for Reina, where as one or two of our goalkeepers are likely to go on loan for more experience.

Stewart Downing
 
Unless you're not familiar with the Premier League and/or the England national team, you'll already know more than enough about Downing. Born in Middlesbrough, Downing went through the youth ranks all the way to the first team. A natural left winger, he tried and failed to establish himself in the first team before going on loan to Sunderland, then in the first division. An injury crisis at the Boro was what made him find himself in the first team long term. In the 2004/05 season he really started to find himself becoming an integral part of the Middlesbrough first team, when scored six goals and starting using his great left foot to cross the ball and provide many assists. One of his best games for the Boro was in a UEFA cup game against Steaua Bucharest in the semi finals when he assisted three of the four goals scored. It was around this time he started to rack up appearances for England, he took part in the World Cup in 2006, mainly as a back up for now team-mate Joe Cole. He also started to take part in the Euro qualifiers, in Steve McClaren's torrid tenure as England manager, Downing became one of the scapegoats due to his attachment to McClaren at the Boro beforehand. In the 2008/09 season, Middlesbrough got relegated. It was a particular poor season for Downing too, as he looked the frustrated figure with the poor run of results that were occurring around him. He handed in a transfer request in the spring, which got rejected. At the end of that season, Downing was sold to Aston Villa.

Things started to turn round for Stewart Downing at Villa, he started to find the form that he found in his first few years in the first team at the Boro, racking up assists and a handful of goals. You could argue that last season at Villa, where he scored eight goals, was his best season yet. Now 27, arguably the peak age for a footballer, he has now joined Liverpool to face competition with Maxi Rodriguez, Milan Jovanovic and Joe Cole for the left wing berth.

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So what of these four players? Well signing two central midfielders is intriguing. Adam and Henderson above, now join Raul Meireles, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Jay Spearing, Lucas Leiva, Christian Poulsen, Jonjo Shelvey and Alberto Aquilani, which total in NINE players all vying for two (or three) positions. While Joe Cole usually plays on the left for us (so can Meireles, and Gerrard can play left and right), he always maintains he wants to be in the middle. Something has to give. Nine players for two positions is quite frankly ridiculous. We need to sell some. But who? For me, Christian Poulsen by default gets sold. Not only is he 31 years old, he had a very poor debut season last year. He just didn't seem to gel with the team, and he didn't perform to the standard a Liverpool player should. But that leaves eight players, eight players quite frankly, I actually like. I can't say a bad thing really about any of the eight players who would then be left at the club. I mean yeah, Joe Cole had a disappointing campaign, but he was also injured a lot and didn't really get the best of opportunities. He can also as I said earlier, play on the left wing. I like him a lot. I always have. I want him to desperately be a success here. I think he deserves one more season. In honesty, if I were manager, I'd probably loan Jonjo Shelvey out to an ambitious team in the Championship, like Nottingham Forest or Cardiff, so he can get a good amount of experience in a decent quality side where he can shine. I think a season in the Championship will do him the world of good, he has bags of potential at the age of 19, and I reckon he could rack up at least half a dozen goals somewhere in that league if given the chance. It still leaves seven players though! It's really difficult, and while I have no problem with us signing Charlie Adam, who I think could be an incredible player for us at a decent transfer fee of around £9 million, or Jordan Henderson, who at 21 could be one of the best English midfielders of the next decade (I do think £15-20 million is a bit excessive though). But it does leave major question marks over the nine midfielders. Aquilani seems destined to go back on loan in Italy, which disappoints me as I think he has something to prove here at Liverpool, and deserves another chance. If he's going back on loan, why don't we just sell him? I've never understood the logic of loaning an established player presumably just to wind his contract down.


As for the other signings I think we've signed Stewart Downing at the right time. He had a great season last year for the Villa, and his crosses are imperative for Andy Carrol to head the ball into the back of the net. There are a few question marks over his consistency, but I think he answered those critics last season when he was one of Villa's best players. If he brings that form to the Reds, we have a very good left winger, who gives us a different option to the free-scoring Maxi Rodriguezz of the end of last season. For Doni, I thoroughly welcome him. He was a very good keeper at Roma, and has been the understudy for the Italian side and for Brazil in the past. I think he's a better keeper than Brad Jones, and I don't see where Jones fits in next season. That being said we have Péter Gulácsi on loan to Hull, so he's pretty much trying to make sure he's ahead of Doni for the backup shirt.


So what happens now? Well we need to sell more players, it's as simple as that. There are rumours of Aquilani, Lucas and Cole all being sold or loaned out. I like all three players, and they all offer us something different. But Kenny can't have nine central midfielders. I trust he'll sell or loan the right players, and make us as strong for next season as possible. It's definitely salivating stuff though, to have so many options for the midfield. We just need another backup striker and a left back now! Sell the right midfielders Kenny, and get some more depth in our squad.


What are your thoughts? Who should Kenny sell? Should we put out established players on loan? Comment below. Thanks for reading.

Noughtie: Facts and Stats from the 100 Important Songs Listing

Overall Favourite Artists | Best of 2000 | Overall Least Favourite Artists | Best of 2001

Where Are They Now? | Best of 2002 | Best New Artists | Best of 2003 | My Guilty Pleasures
Best of 2004 | My Favourite Riffs | Best of 2005 | Underrated Artists | Best of 2006
 My Favourite Albums | Best of 2007 | Best Videos | Best of 2008 | Most Important Artists
Best of 2009 | 100 Favourite Songs of the Decade | 100 Most Important Songs of the Decade

To view part 1, click here.
To view part 2, click here. 
To view part 3, click here. 
To view part 4, click here. 
To view part 5, click here. 
To view part 6, click here. 
To view part 7, click here. 
To view part 8, click here.
To view part 9, click here.
To view part 10, click here.
To view the winner, click here.
To view my methods and explanations, click here.


Just as a for your information, this is the 100th official post on this blog. Here's to one hundred more!

We're finally here. The last post to do with this listing. This is just a page full of interesting facts and stats to do with the 100 Most Important Songs of the Decade listing, what media had multiple songs appear in its soundtrack and/or background music. Also, the awards and other reputable listings that had multiple songs in it appear too. Also, it shows what artists and albums had multiple entries. There's probably more but let's just get into it. Enjoy. 

Here’s a list of movies with multiple listing entries:

Movies


American Pie 2 - #62 - Fat Lip - Sum 41, #27 - Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
Clockstoppers - #78 - Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols, #13 - All the Small Things - Blink-182
Daredevil - #96 - Bodies - Drowning Pool (trailer), #42 - Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
The One - #96 - Bodies - Drowning Pool, #38 - Last Resort - Papa Roach


Here’s a list of TV shows with multiple listing entries:


TV


90210 - #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT, #59 - That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings, #41 - Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings, #17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay
The Andy Milonakis Show - #58 - Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz, #1 - American Idiot - Green Day
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - #78 - Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols, #13 - All the Small Things - Blink-182
Cold Case - #38 - Last Resort - Papa Roach, #31 - Run - Snow Patrol, #4 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Doctor Who/Doctor Who Confrontational - #76 - Monster - The Automatic, #36 - Supermassive Black Hole - Muse, #31 - Run - Snow Patrol
Entourage - #81 - Time is Running Out - Muse, #51 - Dance Wiv Me - Dizzee Rascal
ER - #25 - Clocks - Coldplay, #4 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Generation Kill - #96 - Bodies - Drowning Pool, #56 - Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Gossip Girl - #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT, #41 - Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings
Hollyoaks/Hollyoaks Later - #97 - The Kill - 30 Seconds to Mars, #81 - Time is Running Out - Muse, #76 - Monster - The Automatic, #24 - Misery Business - Paramore, #6 - One Day Like This - Elbow
House MD - #98 - Grounds for Divorce - Elbow, #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
One Tree Hill - #31 - Run - Snow Patrol, #4 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Rescue Me - #98 - Grounds for Divorce - Elbow, #31 - Run - Snow Patrol
The Simpsons - #74 - Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six, #69 - Cochise - Audioslave, #17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Skins - #96 - Bodies - Drowning Pool, #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT
Smallville - #62 - Fat Lip - Sum 41, #58 - Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz, #8 - Last Resort - Papa Roach

Top Gear - #98 - Grounds for Divorce - Elbow, #85 - Empire - Kasabian, #75 - The Shock of the Lightning - Oasis
Torchwood/Torchwood Declassified - #93 - 99 Problems - Jay-Z, #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz, #88 - Filthy/Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters, #81 - Time is Running Out - Muse, #76 - Monster - The Automatic, #6 - One Day Like This - Elbow


Here’s a list of video games with multiple listing entries:


Video Games



Band Hero - #83 - Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects, #67 - Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy
Dance Dance Revolution Series - #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz, #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
DiRT 2 - #98 - Grounds for Divorce - Elbow, #89 - Warriors Dance - The Prodigy
DJ Hero Series - #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz, #71 - Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal, #12 - Somebody Told Me - The Killers
FIFA Series - #76 - Monster - The Automatic, #36 - Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
Guitar Hero - #69 - Cochise - Audioslave, #62 - Fat Lip - Sum 41 , #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - #91 - Slither - Velvet Revolver, #49 - Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs, #36 - Supermassive Black Hole - Muse, #35 - The Pretender - Foo Fighters, #20 - When You Were Young - The Killers
Guitar Hero World Tour -  #97 - The Kill - 30 Seconds to Mars, #24 - Misery Business - Paramore, #23 - Human - The Killers
Guitar Hero 5 - #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz, #83 - Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects, #62 - Fat Lip - Sum 41, #52 - Brianstorm - Arctic Monkeys, #13 - All the Small Things - Blink-182
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock - #96 - Bodies - Drowning Pool, #87 - Uprising - Muse, #26 - I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance, #22 - Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades - #35 - The Pretender - Foo Fighters, #27 - Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm, #14 - I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Other Guitar Hero Titles - #84 - Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance, #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand, #13 - All the Small Things - Blink-182
Karaoke Revolution - #47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne, #27 - Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
Other Karaoke Revolution Titles - #67 - Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy, #14 - I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Lego Rock Band - #76 - Monster - The Automatic, #49 - Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
Lips - #67 - Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy, #24 - Misery Business - Paramore
Madden NFL Series - #79 - Duality - Slipknot, #68 - Feeling This - Blink-182, #1 - American Idiot - Green Day
NHL Series - #62 - Fat Lip - Sum 41, #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT, #24 - Misery Business - Paramore, #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand, #7 - Rollin' - Limp Bizkit
Rock Band - #97 - The Kill - 30 Seconds to Mars, #96 - Bodies - Drowning Pool, #83 - Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects, #79 - Duality - Slipknot, #72 - Tribute - Tenacious D, #63 - Gay Bar - Electric Six, #43 - All My Life - Foo Fighters, #39 - Fell in Love With a Girl - The White Stripes, #38 - Last Resort - Papa Roach, #35 - The Pretender - Foo Fighters, #27 - Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm, #22 - Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance, #20 - When You Were Young - The Killers, #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand, #13 - All the Small Things - Blink-182
Rock Band 3 -  #24 - Misery Business - Paramore, #21 - In the End - Linkin Park
Other Rock Band Titles - #46 - Chop Suey! - System of a Down, #43 - All My Life - Foo Fighters
SingStar Pop - #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz, #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand, #4 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Other SingStar Titles - #49 - Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs, #20 - When You Were Young - The Killers, #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand, #14 - I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness

Tap Tap Revenge 2 (iPhone game) -  #83 - Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects, #38 - Last Resort - Papa Roach
Tony Hawk Series - #35 - The Pretender - Foo Fighters, #88 - Filthy/Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters

Here’s a list of other parts of the Noughtie Series with multiple listing entries:

Johnny Mercyside Listings


Best Riffs - #98 - Grounds for Divorce - Elbow, #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Best Video - #99 - Shut Me Up - Mindless Self Indulgence, #63 - Gay Bar - Electric Six, #32 - Hurt - Johnny Cash, #27 - Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm, #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes, #13 - All the Small Things - Blink-182
Top 100 Favourite Songs of the Decade - #99 - Shut Me Up - Mindless Self Indulgence, #98 - Grounds for Divorce - Elbow, #96 - Bodies - Drowning Pool, #82 - B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down, #70 - Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet, #54 - Paper Planes - MIA, #46 - Chop Suey! - System of a Down, #45 - Fire - Kasabian, #32 - Hurt - Johnny Cash, #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes


Other Listings

Here’s a list of other sourced lists with multiple listing entries. To avoid confusion, the number with the '#' sign is where it got to on my listing, and the number in the (bracket) is where it got to in the listing specified. The golden font are songs that got to #1 on their respective lists.

Absolute Radio's Best Songs of the Decade - #23 - Human - The Killers (25), #12 - Somebody Told Me - The Killers (60)
Blender's Top 144 Songs of 2008 - #54 - Paper Planes - MIA (2), #17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay (5)
Blender's Top 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born - #47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne (197), #21 - In the End - Linkin Park (121), #14 - I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness (493), #5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast (15)
CMT's Songs of the Decade - #32 - Hurt - Johnny Cash (2), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (1)
MTV's Best Songs of 2009 - #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT (4), #28 - Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z (8)
NME's Best of the 2000's - #100 - Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire (9), #86 - Last Nite - The Strokes (1), #75 - The Shock of the Lightning - Oasis (96), #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT (2), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (5), #12 - Somebody Told Me - The Killers (41)
NME's Greatest Indie Anthems Ever - #100 - Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire (29), #86 - Last Nite - The Strokes (9), #60 - Standing in the Way of Control - The Gossip (23), #40 - I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs (36), #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (16), #8 - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys (10)
Pitchfork's Top 100 Singles from 2000-04 - #25 - Clocks - Coldplay (68), #5 - Hey Ya!    OutKast (2)
Pitchfork's Top 500 Tracks of the 2000's - #100 - Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire (69), #93 - 99 Problems - Jay-Z (14), #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz (308), #74 - Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six (234), #53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (11), #25 - Clocks - Coldplay (155), #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (44), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (30), #14 - I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness (276)
Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks - #86 - Last Nite - The Strokes (66), #43 - All My Life - Foo Fighters (94), #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (41), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (8), #14 - I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness (47)
Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2006 - #53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (1), #22 - Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance (17)
Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2008 - #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT (3), #41 - Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings (27), #23 - Human - The Killers (1), #17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay (9), #2 - Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon (40)
Rolling Stone's Top 100 Songs of the 2000's - #93 - 99 Problems - Jay-Z (2), #86 - Last Nite - The Strokes (16), #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT (12), #54 - Paper Planes - MIA (5), #53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (1), #44 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day (65), #32 - Hurt - Johnny Cash (15), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (6), #5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast (4), #1 - American Idiot - Green Day (13)
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - #93 - 99 Problems - Jay-Z (172), #86 - Last Nite - The Strokes (478), #61 - Time to Pretend - MGMT (493), #54 - Paper Planes - MIA (236), #53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (100), #25 - Clocks - Coldplay (490), #18 - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (327), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (286), #1 - American Idiot - Green Day (432)
Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004 - #77 - Dry Your Eyes - The Streets (19), #12 - Somebody Told Me - The Killers (4), #1 - American Idiot - Green Day (12)
Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2007 - #54 - Paper Planes - MIA (17), #49 - Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs (13), #35 - The Pretender - Foo Fighters (6)
Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2008 - #51 - Time to Pretend - MGMT (4), #2 - Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon (1)
Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time - #32 - Hurt - Johnny Cash (60), #18 - Take Me Out = Franz Ferdinand (100), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (20)
VH1's Best Hard Rock Songs of All Time - #91 - Slither - Velvet Revolver (85), #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (75), #14 - I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness (94)
Village Voice's Top 40 Singles of 2008 - #54 - Paper Planes - MIA (1), #17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay (8)
XFM's 100 Greatest Songs of All Time - #23 - Human - The Killers (77), #20 - When You Were Young - The Killers (37)
Y2KROQ's Top 200 Songs of the Century - #82 - B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down (134), #21 - In the End - Linkin Park (1)


Awards

Here’s a list of award ceremonies with multiple listing entries. The golden font are the winners, the standard text are nominations.

BRIT Awards - #11 - Valerie - The Zutons/Mark Ronson - Best British Single, #4 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol - Best Single
Grammy Awards - #93 - 99 Problems - Jay-Z - Best Rap Performance, #91 - Slither - Velvet Revolver - Best Hard Rock Performance, #90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz - Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals; Record of the Year, #82 - B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down - Best Hard Rock Performance, #54 - Paper Planes - MIA - Record of the Year, #53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley - Best Urban/Alternative Performance, #47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne - Song of the Year, #44 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day - Record of the Year, #43 - All My Life - Foo Fighters - Best Hard Rock Performance, #42 - Bring Me to Life - Evanescence - Best Hard Rock Performance, #35 - The Pretender - Foo Fighters - Best Rock Song; Record of the Year, #34 - Use Somebody - Kings of Leon - Record of the Year; Best Rock Performance by a Group with Vocals; Best Rock Song; Song of the Year, #29 - Best of You - Foo Fighters - Best Rock Song, #28 - Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z - Record of the Year, #25 - Clocks - Coldplay - Record of the Year, #20 - When You Were Young - The Killers - Best Rock Song, #17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay - Song of the Year; Record of the Year, #16 - Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes - Best Rock Song, #12 - Somebody Told Me - The Killers - Best Rock Song, #5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast - Best Urban/Alternative Performance; Record of the Year, #4 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol - Best Rock Song, #3 - How You Remind Me - Nickelback - Record of the Year, #2 - Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon - Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Group; Best Rock Song
Ivor Novello Award - #98 - Grounds for Divorce - Elbow - Best Contemporary Song, #55 - For Lovers - Wolfman feat. Pete Doherty - Songwriting, #47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne - International Hit of the Year, #6 - One Day Like This - Elbow - Best Song
NME Awards - #20 - When You Were Young - The Killers - Best Track, #8 - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys - Best Track
UK Record of the Year Award - #56 - Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus, #53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley, #10 - Rockstar - Nickelback


Artists with Multiple Entries



Two Songs


30 Seconds to Mars - #97 - The Kill, #65 - Kings and Queens
Electric Six - #74 - Danger! High Voltage, #63 - Gay Bar
Dizzee Rascal - #71 - Bonkers, #51 - Dance Wiv Me
System of a Down - #82 - B.Y.O.B., #46 - Chop Suey!
Kasabian - #85 - Empire, #45 - Fire
The Ting-Tings - #59 - That's Not My Name, #41 - Shut Up and Let Me Go
Jay-Z - #93 - 99 Problems, #28 - Empire State of Mind
The White Stripes - #39 - Fell in Love With a Girl, #16 - Seven Nation Army
Blink-182 - #68 - Feeling This, #13 - All the Small Things
Mark Ronson - #33 - Oh My God - #11 - Valerie
Florence and the Machine - #95 - Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up), #9 - You've Got the Love
Arctic Monkeys - #52 - Brianstorm, #8 - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Limp Bizkit - #73 - Break Stuff, #7 - Rollin'
Elbow - #98 - Grounds for Divorce, #6 - One Day Like This
Snow Patrol - #31 - Run, #4 - Chasing Cars
Nickelback - #10 - Rockstar, #3 - How You Remind Me
Kings of Leon - #34 - Use Somebody, #2 - Sex on Fire



Three Songs (maximum cap on songs in the listing) 

Kaiser Chiefs - #80 - Everyday I Love You Less and Less, #49 - Ruby, #40 - I Predict a Riot
Gorillaz - #90 - Feel Good Inc., #58 - Clint Eastwood, #37 - Dare
Muse - #87 - Uprising, #81 - Time is Running Out, #36 - Supermassive Black Hole
Foo Fighters - #43 - All My Life, #35 - The Pretender, #29 - Best of You
My Chemical Romance - #84 - Famous Last Words, #26 - I'm Not Okay (I Promise), #22 - Welcome to the Black Parade
Coldplay - #25 - Clocks, #19 - The Scientist, #17 - Viva la Vida
The Killers - #23 - Human, #20 - When You Were Young, #12 - Somebody Told Me
Green Day - #50 - Wake Me Up When September Ends, #44 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams, #1 - American Idiot


Albums with Multiple Entries

Two Songs 

Fire - Electric Six - #74 - Danger! High Voltage, #63 - Gay Bar
Tongue 'n' Cheek - Dizzee Rascal - #71 - Bonkers, #51 - Dance Wiv Me
We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings -  #59 - That's Not My Name, #41 - Shut Up and Let Me Go
Employment - Kaiser Chiefs -  #80 - Everyday I Love You Less and Less, #40 - I Predict a Riot
Demon Days - Gorillaz -  #90 - Feel Good Inc., #37 - Dare
The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance -  #84 - Famous Last Words, #22 - Welcome to the Black Parade
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay -  #25 - Clocks, #19 - The Scientist
Version - Mark Ronson -  #33 - Oh My God - #11 - Valerie
Lungs - Florence and the Machine -  #95 - Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up), #9 - You've Got the Love
The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow -  #98 - Grounds for Divorce, #6 - One Day Like This
Only by the Night - Kings of Leon -  #34 - Use Somebody, #2 - Sex on Fire

The only artist with three songs by the same artist on the same album is Green Day. Their album, American Idiot, featured the songs at #50 - Wake Me Up When September Ends, #44 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams and #1 - American Idiot.

#1 Hits by Country


United Kingdom 

#77 - Dry Your Eyes - The Streets
#71 - Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal
#59 - That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
#53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
#51 - Dance Wiv Me - Dizzee Rascal
#49 - Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
#42 - Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
#37 - Dare - Gorillaz
#22 - Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
#17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay
#15 - All Summer Long - Kid Rock
#8 - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
#7 - Rollin' - Limp Bizkit
#2 - Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon

Australia 

#56 - Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
#47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne
#42 - Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
#27 - Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
#15 - All Summer Long - Kid Rock
#5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast
#2 - Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon

Canada 

#97 - The Kill - 30 Seconds to Mars
#53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
#50 - Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
#47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne
#10 - Rockstar - Nickelback
#5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast
#1 - American Idiot - Green Day

Ireland 

#77 - Dry Your Eyes - The Streets
#53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
#49 - Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
#15 - All Summer Long - Kid Rock
#7 - Rollin' - Limp Bizkit
#3 - How You Remind Me - Nickelback
#2 - Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon

Norway 

#58 - Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
#57 - Butterfly - Crazy Town
#47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne
#23 - Human - The Killers
#5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast

United States 

#57 - Butterfly - Crazy Town
#29 - Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z
#17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay
#5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast
#3 - How You Remind Me - Nickelback

Austria 

#56 - Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
#53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
#15 - All Summer Long - Kid Rock
#3 - How You Remind Me - Nickelback

Czech Republic 

#49 - Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
#29 - Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z
#17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay

Italy 

#58 - Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
#47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne
#42 - Bring Me to Life - Evanescence

Poland 

#87 - Uprising - Muse
#19 - The Scientist - Coldplay
#12 - Somebody Told Me - The Killers

Spain 

#90 - Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
#58 - Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
#23 - Human - The Killers

Switzerland 

#57 - Butterfly - Crazy Town
#53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
#15 - All Summer Long - Kid Rock

Denmark 

#57 - Butterfly - Crazy Town
#3 - How You Remind Me - Nickelback

Germany 

#57 - Butterfly - Crazy Town
#15 - All Summer Long - Kid Rock

Mexico 

#47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne
#41 - Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings


New Zealand 

#53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
#47 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne

Countries with one #1 Hit 

Argentina - #44 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Belgium - #34 - Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Finland - #2 - Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
Holland - #11 - Valerie - Mark Ronson
Hungary - #53 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Israel - #22 - Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Slovakia - #17 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Sweden - #5 - Hey Ya! - OutKast

Here’s all the songs filtered by what year the single was released, with the number in the bracket the total amount of songs from that year on the listing:

2000 (7)

#78 – Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols
#73 – Break Stuff – Limp Bizkit
t#57 – Butterfly – Crazy Town
#56 – Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
#38 – Last Resort – Papa Roach
#13 – All the Small Things – Blink-182
#7 - Rollin’ – Limp Bizkit

2001 (9)

#96 – Bodies – Drowning Pool
#94 – Sing - Travis
#86 – Last Nite – The Strokes
#62 – Fat Lip – Sum 41
#58 – Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
#46 – Chop Suey! – System of a Down
#27 – Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm
#21 – In the End – Linkin Park
#3 – How You Remind Me - Nickelback

2002 (9)

#72 – Tribute – Tenacious D
#69 – Cochise – Audioslave
#64 – We’re All Made of Stars - Moby
#47 – Complicated – Avril Lavigne
#43 – All My Life – Foo Fighters
#39 – Fell in Love With a Girl – The White Stripes
#30 – By the Way – Red Hot Chili Peppers
#25 – Clocks - Coldplay
#19 – The Scientist - Coldplay

2003 (10)

#81 – Time is Running Out - Muse
#74 – Danger! High Voltage – Electric Six
#70 – Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
#68 – Feeling This – Blink-182
#63 – Gay Bar – Electrix Six
#42 – Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
#32 – Hurt – Johnny Cash
#16 – Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
#14 – I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
#5 – Hey Ya! - OutKast

2004 (12)

#93 – 99 Problems – Jay-Z
#91 – Slither – Velvet Revolver
#79 – Duality – Slipknot
#77 – Dry Your Eyes – The Streets
#55 – For Lovers – Wolfman feat. Pete Doherty
#44 – Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
#40 – I Predict a Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
#31 – Run – Snow Patrol
#26 – I’m Not Okay (I Promise) – My Chemical Romance
#18 – Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
#12 – Somebody Told Me – The Killers
#1 – American Idiot – Green Day

2005 (10)

#100 – Rebellion (Lies) – Arcade Fire
#92 – Wires - Athlete
#90 – Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
#88 – Filthy Gorgeous – Scissor Sisters
#82 – B.Y.O.B. – System of a Down
#67 – Sugar, We’re Going Down – Fall Out Boy
#50 – Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
#37 – Dare - Gorillaz
#29 – Best of You – Foo Fighters
#8 – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys

2006 (11)

#99 – Shut Me Up – Mindless Self Indulgence
#97 – The Kill – 30 Seconds to Mars
#85 – Empire - Kasabian
#76 – Monster – The Automatic
#60 – Standing in the Way of Control – The Gossip
#53 – Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
#36 – Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
#22 – Welcome to the Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
#20 – When You Were Young – The Killers
#10 – Rockstar – Nickelback
#4 – Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

2007 (8)

#84 – Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance
#66 – Foundations – Kate Nash
#42 – Brianstorm – Arctic Monkeys
#49 – Ruby – Kaiser Chiefs
#35 – The Pretender – Foo Fighters
#33 – Oh My God – Mark Ronson
#24 – Misery Business - Paramore
#11 – Valerie – Mark Ronson

2008 (15)

#98 – Grounds for Divorce - Elbow
#83 – Gives You Hell – The All-American Rejects
#80 – Everyday I Love You Less and Less – Kaiser Chiefs
#75 – The Shock of the Lightning - Oasis
#61 – Time to Pretend - MGMT
#59 – That’s Not My Name – The Ting-Tings
#54 – Paper Planes – MIA
#51 – Dance Wiv Me – Dizzee Rascal
#41 – Shut Up and Let Me Go – The Ting-Tings
#34 – Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
#23 – Human – The Killers
#17 – Viva la Vida – Coldplay
#15 – All Summer Long – Kid Rock
#6 – One Day Like This – Elbow
#2 – Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon

2009 (9)

#95 – Rabbit Heart  (Raise it Up) – Florence and the Machine
#89 – Warriors Dance – The Prodigy
#87 – Uprising - Muse
#71 – Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal
#65 – Kings and Queens – 30 Seconds to Mars
#48 – Don’t Upset the Rhythm – The Noisettes
#45 – Fire - Kasabian
#28 – Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z
#9 – You’ve Got the Love - Florence and the Machine

Noughtie: The Most Important Songs of the Decade Mixtape

(The caps for this Mixtape are one song per artist, and at least one song from each year will be chosen. If you're not familiar with my Mixtapes, look at the bottom of this website and click on the 'mixtape' tab to see the more Mixtapes, and to get a feel of what they're about.)

1. One Day Like This - Elbow
2. Viva la Vida - Coldplay
3. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
4. You've Got the Love - Florence and the Machine
5. How You Remind Me - Nickelback
6. By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
8. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
9. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
10. Somebody Told Me - The Killers
11. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
12. Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
13. All Summer Long - Kid Rock
14. Valerie - Mark Ronson
15. Hey Ya! - OutKast
16. In the End - Linkin Park
17. Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
18. Rollin' - Limp Bizkit
19. All the Small Things - Blink-182
20. American Idiot - Green Day

And the five alternative songs will be:

1. Misery Business - Paramore
2. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
3. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z
4. Best of You - Foo Fighters
5. Hurt - Johnny Cash

*collapses on the floor in exhaustion*

*...one hour later, gets up*

...and that's the end! Of the Noughtie Series! Officially! Finally! Thank you so much for taking part in this, regardless of how you got here, and how much you've actually read. One more stat before we go, the total Noughtie listing - from the first post on Wednesday, 26th January to today, 23rd July, the Noughtie Series is a grand total of 72, 041 words long. I've dedicated 6 months to put it all down on the internet, and around 18 months of getting the idea into my head, juggling ideas, doing research, and then actually creating everything. That's a very long time. I think it was worth it. I hope you agree. I'll be back in a few days when everything will be back to normal on this site, and I may keep away from discussing music for a little while anyway! Thanks again for your time and take care.