2004 Is the Best Year Yet
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2023
- Ranking and roasting the 10 most popular songs of the year 2004.
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Do 1796 next🙏☝️
he should do one on 257bc 🔥
oh god the nostalgia
Please include The Empire of The Senses
He should do one for the year 3000
Turn that mf YANKY DOODLE UP!!!
Outkast is one of the best rap groups of all time and they also happen to have one of the best pop songs of the whole 2000s. What a flex.
" it goes Reggie. Jay z. Tupac and biggie
André from outkast. Jada. Kurupt. Nas and then me
But in this industry I'm the cause of a lot of envy
So when I'm not on these list it does not offend me"
**one of the best pop songs of all time
@@brandonayong5823 nice Till I Collapse reference
@@philly_sports1558 Gotta know your classics 😉
Hey, Ya is one of the best songs of all time. And The Way You Move is a bop
2004 (and end 2003) honorable mentions:
Toxic - Britney Spears
Mr brightside - the killers
Numb - Linkin Park
Jesus walks - kanye west
Let’s get it started - black eyed peas
Take me out - franz Ferdinand
It’s my life - no doubt
Are you gonna be my girl - Jet
Float on - modest mouse
Drop it like it’s hot - snoop dogg
A lot of iconic hits
Jet, Franz Ferdinand, Snoop, The Killers and Ye´s songs are straight up bangers.. what a wild year!
*Let’s Get Retarded
@@MichaalHell and britney spears
Don't forget Green Day - American Idiot
I know more songs on this list than the actual top 10 lmao
2004 was a great year for entertainment as a whole, we got Shrek 2, Spider-Man 2, College Dropout, Gta San Andreas, MF Doom’s album, The Incredibles, The First SpongeBob movie, Halo 2, and so much more
Damn bro that got me good
ong 2004 was my favorite year as a kid and my nostalgia for it is unmatched. so much heat was being released and I was in pure bliss
@@EmDub01 same fr
World of warcraft too
How the fuck can you forget Half Life 2?
Hoobastank prevailing over "The Way You Move" is truly the stuff of nightmares.
Burn not being in the s tier was wild too 😅
This is a patented Fantano bad call for the ages. I think it's embarrassing that he gets swept up in "The Reason" because I don't and frankly I don't think you should. I don't think you should and I love my guilty pleasures. But there are guilty pleasures and then there' crap and "The Reason" is a straight F.
Meanwhile "The Way You Move" is at least better than OutKast predecessor "The Whole World" which is actually probably their worst single. Yeah, it may point towards their groundbreaking double album achievement and document perhaps Andre 3000's first singing on record but it is SO OUT OF TUNE! Couldn't they have corrected that? Couldn't someone have maybe taken Andre aside? Couldn't they have put Sleepy Brown in the booth for that instead?
Wasted opportunity, but back to "The Way You Move" if this is not an S then it is an A but in my heart of hearts it is an S, it did deserve to also be #1 besides "Hey Ya" and it is part of a larger picture that put the B.O.B. bombastic duo even more over the top than Stankonia whether you're a fan of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below or not.
Yeah, I liked Hoobastank, but The Reason is literally the reason I stopped listening to them. F Tier.
It's honestly criminal how far maroon five declined after the first album. Really sad
Girls Like You was the worst thing on the radio for a while.
Their second album has some good tracks on it, too. Then, at album 3, they went into panic mode, selling out with moves like jagger, and its been downhill since then
Songs About Jane was one of the first albums I ever bought.
Yeah their first album is a really solid pop rock album and their second had a few good songs. Let's not talk about after...
i thought they only made songs about jane i just learned they made moves like jagger what??????
My favorite aspect of this series is Anthony’s renditions of the songs
“Yeah!” by Usher is still played at every NBA game to this day. It’s definitely a bop that has withstood time thus far.
Who would have thought a Crunk song would be that bop.
That song is awesome.
Triangle
Of all the years that fell between 2003 and 2005, 2004 was by far the best for music.
What about 2004
@@letsfindsomepeace9207 pretty overrated year if you ask me. 2004 was leagues better
@@coffeedude nah let's stop with the hipster opinions and just admit that 2004 was the real best year. Everyone knows this deep down.
I don't know, 2004 has a special place in my heart.
Of all the years, 2004 certainly was
Did not expect Fantano to talk about the "Golden age" of Maroon 5 like it was Cliff Burton Era Metallica
Lmao its true tho those songs still hit
The hey ya cover art got the Snapchat caption. Truly ahead of its time
Would love to see a video, once you finish 2009, of 'My S tier songs of the 00's' and maybe pick out 10 songs that weren't included in this series that are S tier for you
absolutely criminal to put Yeah in the B tier, that's a SOLID A track
What I’ve noticed is this seemed to be the year that hip hop/rnb passed the popularity of other genres, interesting to see
2005 was the year that rock as a popular genre shriveled up and died. “American Idiot” was like the violinist on the Titanic
@@iansaunders2781didn’t black parade debut at number 2 in 2006 though?
@@iansaunders2781 eh, as someone who was in high school during the peak emo years of 2006-2007, this feels like a little bit of an exaggeration
It’s was the beginning of the end my friend. The start of the ‘bling era’ and the death of hip-hop.
@@dazady452001 Hip hop is absolutely thriving. Did you not listen to JID's "The Forever Story" last year? It was banger after banger.
'hey ya' is arguably the best single of all time. it's beatles level
@LFunkeyA I agree with you man. Hey Ya may single handely maybe the greatest song of the 2000s.
There maybe a few others that could conquer that title such as In Da Club, Yeah etc.
Can’t wait till he starts reviewing Billboard’s top 10 from the 1400’s. Gonna be straight Gregorian Chant bangers.
obviously because I was born
The Way You Move and Yeah! are criminally underrated here Melon
Agreed. There is no excuse for either song to
The Way You Move under This Love is racist
"Hey Ya!" was in regular rotation in September '03. So was "Way You Move"
@felix.4150 that's what crazy to me too thag Outkast released the singles in 03 but it didn't blow up until the end of 03/Early 04. Which I guess is not bad.
This might be a personal theory but maybe because of 50 Cent dominating in 03, Outkast just couldn't take the top spot at that time but of course they did. Hey Ya 9 weeks at #1, and The Way You Move #1 for 1 week.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Terror Squad - Lean Back (Ft. Fat Joe & Remy Ma)
1:24 Ciara - Goodies (Ft. Petey Pablo)
2:11 - OutKast - Hey Ya!
2:54 - Mario Winians - I Don’t Wanna Know (Ft. Enya & Diddy)
4:10 - Hoobastank - The Reason
5:14 OutKast - The Way You Move (Ft. Sleepy Brown)
6:22 Maroon 5 - This Love
7:40 Alicia Keys - If I Ain’t Got You
8:51 Usher - Burn
9:20 Usher - Yeah! (Ft. Ludacris & Lil Jon)
10:38 Outro
Millionaire by Kelis (feat. Andre 3000) was a lowkey classic cut from that year.
Facts!!!!
Thank you. I was literally singing that song to myself just now, no joke lol such a catchy tune
WTF, as soon as you mentioned the high pitched triangle sound on "Yeah" i went and listened and the first thing i hear is that god awful dog whistle tone.. i cannot unhear it now.. its wild that i havent picked this up after 19 years
He took the one song that’s not meant to be “listened to” and decided to knock it off it’s deserved “S” status for a bad mixing decision. This song is wedding playlist iconic.
Between Andre, Big Boi, Ciara, Usher, Lil Jon and Luda, Atlanta came to collect in 2004.
Don't forget T.I. too 🙂👍🏾
Patiently waiting for 2006 so I can get Melon’s take on the all-time classic Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
Same for Sara Bareilles - Love Song in 2007
@@stroervor 2008* 🤓
The fat chick national anthem
Toxic by Britney is definitely an honorable mention for 2004 aswell
one of the best pop songs of all time. it really is perfect
oh wow he missed that one??
@@davestephens3246 David chill
So much better than her early early stuff. I think slave for 4 was on that same album as well. She sat on the throne of 2000s pop that year
Wasn't that 2003?
OMG, Hoobistank's The Reason getting B and Outkast's The Way You Move getting a C is wild
wild = terrifying
For reallll
I swear to god that triangle gets louder ever year.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure there was no triangle in 2004 and now it's like mostly triangle. They changed it, right? Right?
If you factor in the Boondocks cover of Usher’s Burn, it should be in S tier
I listen to tom dubois version more than the original
Fantano, you're in a mood with this video. So many classics a tier or two too low. Goodies and way you move are excellent and Yeah! is an absolute banging track. One of the best club tracks of the decade
so glad anthony sees the light with "she will be loved"
Yeah hey ya is one of the absolute best singles ever
I'm APPALLED that you put The Way You Move in C-tier. As for the specific complaints, first off I think the verses are quite good (though I can concede that as a matter of opinion), but the variations in flow and rhythm are great, it's not like Big Boi is just chugging out lyrics at a steady, monotonous pace; I particularly love the ending of the first verse "I know you want that 808, can you gimme that B-A-S-S bass". No BVS in sight imo.
But for the more specific specific complaints, I do hear maybe a little bit of either double-tracking or a delay effect in the verse vocals, but it's very subtle and there's a very prominent singular vocal track taking the lead. And as for intelligibility, well, I can make out the lyrics just fine, and I'm autistic and, as a result, I'm not very good at parsing speech. Granted, I'm listening at lower volume levels so the low end is probably significantly less than the typical listening experience (turning up the volume emphasizes the lows and highs and deemphasizes the midrange), but idk man, if I can make out the words, I don't think the track has intelligibility issues.
I'd put it a strong A-tier. It might not be quite as timeless as Hey Ya!, but it still slaps hard.
Putting “The Way You Move” in the C tier is wild melon! S tier track easily
Yeah his whole take was objectively wrong
I’d put it at least in B at most an A but definitely not an S tier
@@NoahIsThaGOAT put it on at any function and tell me that song doesn't deserve S tier
The skeletal aspect of the verses is the whole point, such a great contrast with the huge chorus. It's maybe not S-Tier like Hey Ya, Spottieoppiedopalicioius, B.O.B. and a few others, but easily A-Tier. There were a few other tracks on Speakerboxxx that I liked better but they weren't as big hits at The Way You Move.
The Way You Move in the same tier as The Reason is comical. Haha.
Big Boi slays on that track.
I do appreciate the Tipsy love!!! That song will always be 💣💣💣
I absolutely love this series melon. Its a cool trip back to my childhood or adolescence, and i love just hearing new thoughts about these songs. Its like visiting the house you haven't lived in since you were 7 and realizing the inside was bigger or smaller than you remember.
Completely agree about tipsy. Clippings cover of it from that Save Stereogum album is dope too
8:54 He uses the Boondocks Usher! 😂😂😂
it's so funny that the one let's argue comment abt the triangle in "yeah!" stuck with him
Relatable, I can't unhear that shit either
It's truly a terribly annoying sound that also ruined the song for me
I think it sticks with anyone who notices it
I actually love the triangle part in that song haha I want Yeah! in S tier
04 and 06 are probably my top years for 2000s popular music.
Real talk though, it is just absolutely wild that THIS was the outkast album that won album of the year. Because it's they have 3 projects that are just better. That's just an insane level of consistency despite being as experimental as they were. They were beasts not only for their time, but forever. Shoutout to them.
shout out to them frfr. their solo careers also had great projects
Andre making arguably the greatest pop song of all time might’ve put it over the edge
OutKast will always be top for music. Nothing but classics!
Hey Ya will always hit a soft spot for me because hearing it always puts me back in my aunt’s kitchen with me and my cousins dancing. It was her favorite song we played for her ❤🙏🏽🕊🥹
"Crack a lack in this track?" I will take this and make it my catchphrase.
getting me through this month man , seriously. One upload at a time
You should do the SoundCloud Top 50s for given year starting with 2016 lol
after your done with all years you should tier list all of your tier list year videos
You must really love the tier lists 😂
It's that time again. I do know MOST of these tracks but here's what was happening in the UK!
10. Frankee - F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)
9. Britney Spears - Toxic
8. Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl
7. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
6. Michelle McManus - All This Time
5. Usher - Yeah! (ft Lil. Jon & Ludacris)
4. Erik Prydz - Call On Me
3. DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
2. Eamon - Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)
1. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas
Shockingly we only have one song on both lists Usher's Yeah.
2004 in the UK was the year of this very famous and terrible song Fuck It by Eamon, marketed as a song by some random guy about his ex girlfriend and how shit their relationship was AND THE RESPONSE by Frankee, FURB. If you're not familiar, these two songs are the exact same song but with slightly changed lyrics from the different viewpoints and they're just terrible but excellent marketing saw them absolutely take over the UK charts for most of the year.
You might also be confused about Peter Andre's 1995 hit coming back to sell this well, well that's all due to reality TV and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Peter Andre's relationship with "glamour model" Jordan in the Australian jungle. It was truly a bizarre time.
God what a year.
Not much else to say, 2004 in the UK was pretty terrible, saving graces being Toxic and Anastacia they were pretty good songs. Shocked to not see Toxic on the US list, shocked to not see Hey Ya on the UK list.
What a cringe list 😅 especially when I saw Peter Andre & Michelle McManus. Half this list is a gimmick or novelty song. Funny bc Brits tend to think they have superior taste to Americans. Not on this list!
@@nameisamine yeah this year is particularly bad for it. I think it's weird because the UK does do music REALLY well and there are a lot of people with good taste here but the vast majority of charts stuff, especially back then, was just stuff aimed at kids because kids were the only people who bought singles.
Had to check out the triangle on the Yeah! production.
Crazy. Never noticed that before.
Lean Back - B
Goodies - C
Hey Ya - S+
I Don't Wanna Know - C
The Reason - B
The Way You Move - C
This Love - B
If I Ain't Got You - A
Burn - C
Yeah! - S
Outkast and especially Andre are so versatile and experimental. Having some of the greatest rap albums off all time and one of the biggest pop songs is insane.
2004 was insane for sure. So many huge songs I remember that year.
It's so interesting seeing these lists from the 00s. I went to high school in northern Europe during the mid 00s and I remember most of these songs vividly, but some not at all. ALL of the songs I don't remember being successful here are Rap/R&B lol.
yeahhh year I was born
Not putting “Yeah!” in S-Tier should be considered some kind of cardinal sin
I wouldve put in s teir if i didn't notice the triangle cause now i cant unhear it
The triangle legit hurts the song.
It's amazing how many hits came out of that year. Crazily enough I had a friend ask everyone on FB if we all had a time machine what year would we go back to and 95% said '04. They were baffled and I saw it as a no brainer. My favorite year easily. Especially for music. So many that didn't make the list that bang till this day.
I knew the music in 2004 was great while I was there lol it was undeniable. Damn near every song on the radio was a bop.
Your videos get me through tough days
This love over the way you move gonna earn u another fader hit piece
Wow, 2004 might be the best. You got Usher Bangers, Maroon 5’s best single, Outkast all-timer song. Alica Keys's best song?!?? It's great!
URSHER
This comment feels ai generated
The top 4 Maroon 5 songs are the singles from the debut album(bangers)
@@Beetlebum55 I feel like Makes Me Wonder is as good or better than those even if it is from the 2nd album
"*I AM NOT A ROBOT... YOU'RE THE ROBOT*"
So interesting to see how different the Billboard top 10 was in the US in the 2000's compared to Europe. Would love to hear his opinion about the Europe one since I honestly haven't heard of some of these songs.
Hey Melon can you mention Shiny Toy Guns in your 2006 list? They debuted that year with their "We Are Pilots" album and it was an absolute banger. Le Disko was the first single to be released from that album, accompanied by You Are The One, and Rainy Monday. Would love to see your thoughts on this band as not many people know who they are.
nailed the way you move. the B section is SO tight.
Surprised to not see something from American Idiot on this list. The title track and Blvd of Broken Dreams felt inescapable at the time.
2005 Billboard
Boulevard of Broken Dreams will be in the 2005 video. ;)
Putting "I like the way you move" below A tier is criminal.
I've returned baring goods of that glorious year. Can't forget these.
Mario-Let Me Love You
OutKast-Roses
Trick Daddy-Let's go
Eamon-I Dont Want You Back
Usher- My Boo
Britney Spears- Toxic
Twista -Slow Jamz
Kelis-Milkshake
Snoop-Drop It Like It's Hot
Petey Pablo-Freek A Leek
Crime Mob-Knuck If You Buck
D12-My Band
I could listen to anthony talk about the conflict in his brain about hoobastank for hours
2004 was also a banger year for videogames
- Half-Life 2
- GTA San Andreas
- World of Warcraft
- Halo 2
- Ninja Gaiden
- Burnout 3
- KOTOR 2
- Rome Total War
- Katamari Damacy
And many more
It was a good time to own any console that year
I remember checking out the comment section of a hoobastank video once and it was filled with genuinely sad people saying sad things like "this was supposed to be the father-daughter dance song at my daughters wedding, but she died from an overdose".
the face i made reading this lmao. that blinking guy gif
What’s worse is people who do it for songs that make no sense. Look at the comments for “Stripped” by Christina Aguilera if you think I’m kidding.
@@AliceYobby f*ck, me too.😳
Wow people feel genuine emotion towards certain songs, what a shocking discovery.
This is White Culture™
I love how you still remember the excessive triangle from that one let's argue. I sure as hell do
Lean Back gives me NFS memories 😭
5:00 you could say you're not a perfect person
2004 whether you agree or disagree in my opinion has to be one of the best years in music history.
I don't think there are enough words to explain how awesome 2004 was for music. Two OutKast hits, not to mention they won the Grammy for album of the year being the second hip hop act to ever win it.
Also Usher was in his prime/in his bag. The Confessions album was a smash. And let's not forget he had 3 #1 Hits that year. Yeah, Burn & Confessions Pt. 2. DAMN. Usher literally could have retired after this but he just took a break.
Shoutout to that twitter user who brought in that tweet for Fantano's Let's Argue where the mention of that obnoxious triangle sound goes blaringly hard throughout the single Yeah! because if it wasn't that post and Fantano talking about it, I would have overheard and not notice that sound. Now everytime I play Yeah! that sound would forever be noticeable 😆
Animal Collectives best album Sung Tongs also came out in 2004, banger year for good tunes
This Love seriously has one of the catchiest choruses ever period.
I look forward to him mocking 2000s rock/metal vocals every time
Yeah! seemingly played everyday on the bus ride home from school. I remember it so distinctly
Tipsy is a banger for sure.
Seeing many comments bring up other tunes from this year really just goes to show how many bangers pop music had in 2004.
hoobastank ranked above outkast hurts my heart lol
putting The Way You Move in the C-tier could be classified as treason, Anthony
I kinda feel like American Idiot was the last time a rock band really took over the world.
2004 is definitely the American Idiot year for me haha. First CD I ever bought
"sifat shams" The Black Parade would like to have a word with you
@@tthurlow American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Holiday and Wake me up When September ends were played on radios everywhere. It's kind of insane how huge that album was and how not a single one of those songs made it to the top 10
@@SonicKoolaid boulevard of broken dreams made the 05 list
@@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191 MCR still had a bit of an emo-stigma attached to them, but 2004 Green Day was for EVERYONE.
I'm still salty that Hoobastank's The Reason was given B tier, but Evanescence's Bring Me To Life got F tier. They are both just as corny and melodramatic as each other, but Evanescence was less whiny.
tbh you should have done 2003 with this! great video regardless. thanks for the content man
"I mess with the reason" bro is philosophical
My favorite 2004 cut is easily Fancy Clown!
I hear you in the background, whenever i phone
Hey ya is in my opinion the best pop song ever written everything about works and I don't think anything released In the past twenty years can compare to it
It's the most acclaimed track of the century thus far, so I'd say you are right. Runners up include Paper Planes, Crazy in Love, Seven Nation Army, and Crazy. I'd personally put Crazy pretty close to Hey Ya in quality.
@wowwow8617. I agree with you, Hey Ya is just such a phenomenal song not just of the 2000s but for all time.
There are few songs in music history that just stand the test of time. For me I would put Hey Ya in the same category as September by Earth Wind & Fire, Billie Jean Michael Jackson, Chic Good Times.
Hey Ya is truly timeless. There defitnelt should be discussions as to what people think is the greatest song of the 2000s?
My dad made my mom walk down the aisle at their wedding to Hoobastank's the Reason.
i've noticed that triangle years ago and truly love it. what a random delightful part of that amazing song 🥰
Just watching this video has solidly stuck the chorus of This Love in my head and I will never forgive you for it.
same
Outkast? More like I’m in a cast :(
My hip English teacher my senior year had a bonus question on a test which was “What’s cooler than being cool?”
Hoobastank over The Way You Move? TF melon
Putting Hoobastank in the B tier for that song is unforgivable.
Edit: Oh jesus, the other things you put in the B tier...how did you do this?
“I’m not a perfect person” - Anthony Fantano
Because... Excuses...
Modest Mouse’s Float On was an awesome track from ‘04. Well, their entire album was amazing but that was their most popular.
Please review 70's industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle
Fantano should do a classics review of Songs About Jane just so we can see what he thinks of it compared to their newer stuff.
I hope Anthony does a video on songs that suffer from the less talked "boring chorus syndrome"
Pain by Jimmy eat world always comes to mind for me because the buildup in the verses is just SO exciting, dramatic, and infectious and the. The chorus is just kinda typical.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below has remained my favourite double album of all time, I binged the music ever since it came out, almost 20 years 😅 it never gets old
Thinking about that one Reductress article that’s titled something like “5 desserts that are better than sex, but not as good as Hey Ya by OutKast”
just started watching you.. great stuff.. what is S level stand for? thx
It’s funny to me how OutKast’s overall weakest project (still great tho) (also forget about Idlewild for a sec) won album of the year and had some of the biggest hits from their discography considering how all of the albums that came before it were better 😂. Still love that we have the double album though cause it added so much more to love about Outkast 💜
Prototype and Ghettomusik 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 those songs and the music videos were amazing to me.
If someone asked me to pick a single song to define 2000-2009, it would be Hey Ya.