Only 20 songs got my 10/10.

From 2000 year it was Britney Spears - Lucky.

2 minutes ago, Last Dreamer said:

Only 20 songs got my 10/10.

From 2000 year it was Britney Spears - Lucky.

In a good year, I will usually have about six or seven songs that I score 10/10. 2000 I had about that number, but for comparison in 2016 (my least favourite year) I had two.

Thanks for running this Rich, it's been a joy to follow along and listen to all the songs each day! The insightful reviews will be timeless for years to come!

“Pure Shores” will forever be my #1 but “Groovejet” and “Toca’s Miracle” are both wonderful examples 2 worlds colliding and produce something rare and magical.

Thanks Rich!

I'll take top 3 for 'Pure Shores' in a strong electronic field although it's my favourite of the year William Orbit's production and All Saints' dreamy vocals are a match made in heaven once again. 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)' is also my runner-up so snap there at least *.* love the house grooves, strings, percussion and of course Sophie's distinctive vocal delivering the romantic lyrics. I'm so pleased that they clinched the U.K. #1 spot in the end.

Fragma is still a great winner and would be within my top 10 of the whole year too <3 'Toca's Miracle' is the first song I can actually remember from the time. It's scary how well both 'Toca Me' and 'I Need A Miracle' fit together... a perfect mash-up!

Aw at Madison Avenue not getting much love in the thread aside from yourself, I think it's great too. A really stacked top 5.

To pivot away from dance music... 'Stan' is Eminem's best song for me. The storytelling is so vivid and hard-hitting. Love the intense beat and sample choice too.

Thank you for putting this together, Rich! I enjoyed the swift pace, your commentaries and reading the responses from others.

good rundown down the lower end - I'd drop the Billie and Westlife's down a bit, and bump Madonna and Geri a bit higher, but more or less it's quite similar to my list of chart-toppers.

Higher up the list we divert a bit, with A1 and Manics a bit flattered, and Rock Dj/Beautiful Day a bit low. I'd bung them in the top 20 in favour of S Club, Leanne dropping out. So how does the top 20 go up next......

Rise would be top 10 easily for me, but Craig and Mdonna are fine down t'lower end. Ronan ditto is easily top 10 for me, prob top 5, but Modjo and Craig 2 are decent enough, but they'd be down the lower end of the 20. Eminem fine where it is, Sonique top 5 for me.

Oops is about right I think, Mel C I'd drop out the 10, (I Turn To You) and swap with britney (Lisa Lopes). Black Coffee is another nice one that I rate 10 places lower maybe, while Breathless would be way lower. Stan needs to be top 10, it'd prob fall short of my top 5 though.

Madison Avenue is fun, but overplay annoyed me a bit at the time and wouldnt be top 20. Pure Shores, yes def top 5 and 3 sounds about right actually, behind Sonique and Groovejet. Toca's Miracle def top 10 for me but not top 5.

So all in all lots of agreement, great list! I tend to like Rockpop a bit more and singalongpop a bit less, and that's about it 👍

Gosh you commit when you do a countdown don't you? I hadn't even noticed it had begun and you're finished 😆

Broadly speaking I would be on a similar line to you, although there's a few you rank much higher than I do. If I was doing this I'd probably go for this as my top 10:

01 All Saints - Black Coffee

02 All Saints - Pure Shores

03 Eminem - Stan

04 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

05 Sonique - It Feels So Good

06 Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I

07 Madonna - Music

08 Gabrielle - Rise

09 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

10 Fragma - Toca's Miracle

Particularly please you also really like Don't Call Me Baby as I think that's often overlooked - and far superior to the much better remembered Modjo track.

Great top 5 here, Stan is indeed a real watershed moment for songwriting and hip hop music, both All Saints number 1s with William Orbit were phenomenal, and the other three are great dance number 1s - there was so much great dance around at the turn of the century and I loved that they could sometimes get turns at the top, just wish there was room for the likes of Darude, Artful Dodger and Zombie Nation amongst others x

And yeah, I'll also do my own (rough) top 10 because why not x

1. U2 - Beautiful Day

2. All Saints - Pure Shores

3. Eminem - Stan

4. Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

5. Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

6. All Saints - Black Coffee

7. LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight

8. Destinys Child - Independent Woman Part I

9. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

10. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

Actually a pretty good year overall despite so many of them, most of them have aged decently.

A very high-quality top 10 and excellent write-ups for them all, as my favourite song in this thread, especially enjoyed reading the writeup for Stan, such a hard-hitting track at the top of the charts was a real gem.

So many others though, the two All Saints #1s, Groovejet, Sonique, Toca Miracle, all have this really beautiful production quality to them that feels very nostalgic now (as they're all of that era I suppose), this sort of ethereal longingness that just feels great to listen to.

Thanks Rich, a really great countdown to read through over the past few days.

This was a fun way to revisit these songs and the unique variety at #1 within one single year! It's perhaps testament to the strength at the top that there were so few #2 peakers in 2000, as that spot was usually taken up by one of the #1s dropping down - very few of them crashed out of sight after a single week at #1.

'Stan' is my favourite #1 of the year - even before its single release I remember it being talked up as a standout moment on the album, and the way the story is told really takes the listener through the emotions. That and 'Groovejet' are the remaining ones I bought in their opening weeks, the latter after it had been announced as #2 on Saturday's CD:UK - I was pretty pleased with the chart conclusion the next day. I appreciate the glass of water write-in for 'Don't Call Me Baby' though that and 'Pure Shores' would be a little lower for me - the latter is the one I'm fairly indifferent to that most of Buzzjack seems to love (something of a once per decade occurrence, see also 'Take On Me', 'Frozen', 'Midnight Sky', possibly a 2010s one too but those four are the most extreme), nice production and harmonies but it just kind of drifts by for me and I'd probably rank 'Black Coffee' above it as well as keeping 'Never Ever' as their signature hit. That just leaves 'Toca's Miracle', whose wonderful musical alchemy is soured for me only by its subsequent licensing saga - the re-recording is a game attempt but clearly a different voice - but back in the early 2000s when all seemed rosy, it soundtracked the time perfectly.

Thanks Rich for this thread and your write-ups, always a great read!

Really enjoyed following this and re-living such a special year! ❤️

I shed a tear seeing Spice Girls so low, but I know I’m in a minority who really adores Let Love Lead The Way (those ad libs…)

Nice to see you give Same Old Brand New You some positive comments

Great to see All Saints so high. A lot of great pop songs