The 75 Song Ultimate Late 2000s Playlist

Is it too early for a “late 2000s” playlist? Probably. But for the sake of honoring these premature throwbacks, consider the following:

  • In 2009, the cast of Saturday Night Live featured Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Kenan Thompson, Jason Sudeikis, Abby Elliott, Bobby Moynihan, Nasim Pedrad, and Jenny Slate
  • In 2009, Iyaz’ i-pod was stuck on Replay.
  • In 2009 Tiger Woods was arguably considered the premier role model in sports, both on and off the course
  • In 2008, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen — all in their prime —  joined forces to lead the Celtics to an NBA title.
  • In 2008, AMC premiered a show called Breaking Bad, which averaged only 1.2 million viewers during the first season (the series finale hit 10.3 million)
  • “You’re so two-thousand and late” was thing people said.

With that, here’s a playlist of jams from 2008-2010; which, despite being like 3 days ago, was also a time when household names like Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and Drake were just making their initial mainstream splash, and Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne was a truly lethal combination. Whip out those flip phones and jam out to these (soon to be) classics:

1. Live Your Life – T.I. ft. Rihanna 

2. I’m So Paid – Akon, Lil Wayne, Jeezy

3. Raise Your Glass – P!nk

4. Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship ft. Leighton Meester

5. Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun

6. Best I Ever Had – Drake

7. Tighten Up – Black Keys 

8. Little Secrets – Passion Pit

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9. Fireflies – Owl City

10. Airplanes – B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams 

11. America’s Suitehearts – Fall Out Boy

12. Your Love Is My Drug – Ke$ha 

13. Turn My Swag On – Soulja Boy 

14. Let It Rock – Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne

15. Just Dance – Lady Gaga, Colby O’Donis

16. Leavin’ – Jesse McCartney

17. Up, Up, & Away – Kid Cudi

18. Who Says – John Mayer

19.  I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

20. Toes – Zac Brown Band

21. Two Is Better Than One – Boys Like Girls ft. Taylor Swift

22. Daylight – Matt and Kim

23. Replay – Iyaz

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24. Party In The U.S.A. – Miley Cyrus

25. Fire Burning – Sean Kingston

26. Sexy Can I – Ray J ft. Yung Berg

27. Bedrock – Young Money ft. Lloyd

28. Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

29. 2 Atoms In A Molecule – Noah And The Whale

30. Down – Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne

 31. If I Were A Boy – Beyonce 

32. Rude Boy – Rihanna

33. Like A G6 – Far East Movement, The Cataracs, DEV 

34. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas 

35. She Wolf – Shakira

36. Bulletproof – La Roux 

37. Gives You Hell – All-American Rejects

38. My Girls – Animal Collective

39. DONTTRUSTME – 3OH!3

40. Patron Tequila – Paradiso Girls ft. Lil Jon, Eve

41. Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida ft. David Guetta

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42. Love In This Club – Usher, Jeezy

43. When I Grow Up – The Pussycat Dolls

44. A Milli – Lil Wayne

45. Hotel Room Service – Pitbull, Lil Jon

46. That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings

47. Burnin’ Up – The Jonas Brothers

48. My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson

49. A-Punk – Vampire Weekend

50. Nine In The Afternoon – Panic! At The Disco

51. (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To – Weezer

52. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap

53. Wavin’ Flag – K’NAAN

54. It’s Not My Time – 3 Doors Down

55. Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon

56. Bromance – Tim Berg 

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57. L.E.S. Artistes – Santigold

58. Love Lockdown – Kanye West 

59. Knock You Down – Keri Hilson, Kanye West, Ne-Yo

60. I’m On A Boat – The Lonely Island ft. T-Pain

61. Damaged – Danity Kane

62. Human – The Killers

63. Young Forever – Jay-Z, Mr. Hudson

64. Magic – B.o.B. ft. Rivers Cuomo

65. All I Do Is Win – DJ Khaled ft. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, & Rick Ross

66. Swagga Like Us – T.I. & Jay-Z ft. Kanye West and Lil’ Wayne

67. Not Afraid – Eminem

68. Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down – Alicia Keys

69. Viva La Vida – Coldplay

70. If U Seek Amy – Britney Spears

71. Naturally – Selena Gomez ft. The Scene

72. Dog Days Are Over – Florence + The Machine

73. 1901 – Phoenix

74. Skinny Love – Bon Iver

75. All The Above – Maino ft. T Pain

*Bonus / Not on orig playlist due to spotify drama*

76. You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift Thought Catalog Logo Mark

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