Absolute Radio's Ultimate 00s Anthem: The 150 greatest songs of the noughties revealed
As voted by you, our esteemed listeners
Last updated 2nd Oct 2026
As voted by thousands of listeners over the past two months, we’re delighted to reveal Absolute Radio's Top 150 Ultimate 00s Anthems.
Our epic countdown of the greatest songs of the 00s started at midday on Monday (29th September) with Leona Graham and Ben Burrell revealing 150 to 101.
Leona and Ben continued the countdown every day, and the Ultimate 00s Anthem was revealed at Friday shortly after 2pm - Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black'.
Other artists who featured on the countdown include Coldplay, Oasis, Adele, Queens of the Stone Age, Doves, The Killers, Muse, Biffy Clyro, Muse, The Verve, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Lily Allen, Gorillaz, Linkin Park and many more.
The 150 Greatest Songs of the 00s:
150) The Wombats - Moving To New York
149) Muse - Time Is Running Out
148) Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
147) Oasis - Songbird
146) The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
145) Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
144) The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division
143) Sum 41 - In Too Deep
142) Razorlight - In The Morning
141) Razorlight - Golden Touch
140) Doves - Pounding
139) Queens Of The Stone Age - Go with the Flow
138) Paramore - Ignorance
137) Muse - Starlight
136) Kate Nash - Foundations
135) Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle
134) The Killers - When You Were Young
133) Coldplay - In My Place
132) Sum 41 - Fat Lip
131) Snow Patrol - Chocolate
130) Razorlight - America
129) Coldplay - Trouble
128) Caesars - Jerk It Out
127) The Verve - Love Is Noise
126) Train - Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)
125) Snow Patrol - You're All I Have
124) Alien Ant Farm - Movies
123) Bloc Party - Helicopter
122) MGMT - Kids
121) The Killers - Read My Mind
120) Paolo Nutini - New Shoes
119) The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
118) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
117) Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
116) Coldplay - Speed of Sound
115) Bloc Party - Banquet
114) My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
113) Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
112) The Fratellis - Whistle for the Choir
111) Bloc Party - Flux
110) Adele - Chasing Pavements
109) Biffy Clyro - The Captain
108) Linkin Park - What I've Done
107) The Kooks - Naive
106) Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
105) Blink 182 - The Rock Show
104) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
103) Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
102) Maximo Park - Our Velocity
101) Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling
100) Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
99) Jamie T - Sheila
98) Gorillaz - 19-2000
97) The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
96) The Strokes - Someday
95) Hard Fi - Living for the Weekend
94) Biffy Clyro - Bubbles
93) Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
92) Reverend and The Makers - Heavyweight Champion of The World
91) Muse - Uprising
90) Feeder - Just a Day
89) Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.
88) Ash - Shining Light
87) Travis - Flowers in The Window
86) The Fray - How To Save A Life
85) Foo Fighters - All My Life
84) Panic at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
83) Lily Allen - The Fear
82) Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
81) The Killers - Somebody Told Me
80) Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
79) The Coral - Dreaming Of You
78) Travis - Sing
77) The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
76) All American Rejects - Gives You Hell
75) Kasabian - Club Foot
74) Green Day - Holiday
73) Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
72) Feeder - Buck Rogers
71) Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Going Down
70) Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
69) Paramore - Misery Business
68) The Strokes - Last Nite
67) Arctic Monkeys - 505
66) Gorillaz feat. Shaun Ryder - Dare
65) Keane - Everybody's Changing
64) Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
63) Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day
62) KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
61) Fall Out Boy - Thanks For The Memories
60) Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want
59) The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
58) Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
57) Courteeners - Not Nineteen Forever
56) Snow Patrol - Run
55) The Zutons - Valerie
54) Kasabian - Fire
53) Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
52) Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
51) Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror
50) Muse - Plug in Baby
49) Nickelback - How You Remind Me
48) Oasis - Little by Little
47) Ash - Burn Baby Burn
46) The Killers - Human
45) Coldplay - The Scientist
44) Foo Fighters - The Pretender
43) David Gray - Babylon
42) Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
41) Coldplay - Clocks
40) Amy Winehouse - Rehab
39) Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
38) Blink 182 - I Miss You
37) Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight
36) Linkin Park - Numb
35) Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
34) Foo Fighters - Times Like These
33) Stereophonics - Handbags & Gladrags
32) Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down
31) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
30) Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
29) Coldplay - Fix You
28) Florence and The Machine - You've Got the Love
27) Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
26) Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
25) The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
24) Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
23) Johnny Cash - Hurt
22) Foo Fighters - Best of You
21) Linkin Park - In the End
20) Coldplay - Viva La Vida
19) Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
18) U2 - Beautiful Day
17) Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
16) Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
15) My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
14) Green Day - American Idiot
13) Blink 182 - All The Small Things
12) Stereophonics - Dakota
11) Coldplay - Yellow
10) Florence and The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
9) Elbow - One Day Like This
8) Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
7) The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
6) Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire
5) Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
4) Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
3) Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
2) The Killers – Mr Brightside
1) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black