893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000

We hope you had as much fun listening as we did putting the countdown together. If you want to relive the countdown, we're sending you the official 893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000 playlist on Spotify, as well as the spreadsheet of all the songs and artists. It's also worth pointing out some of the great listener-created lists that were generated during the countdown — check out this community spreadsheet as well as this gorgeous chart by Tom Coyer!

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800
Severed
I'll Be Your Girl (2018)
The Decemberists
801
Fall in Love
Voices (2014)
Phantogram
802
Destroyer
Furnace (2016)
Dead Man Winter
803
Bushwick Blues
History From Below (2010)
Delta Spirit
804
Let The Good Times Roll
Let the Good Times Roll (2015)
JD McPherson
805
Kim and Jessie
Saturdays=Youth (2008)
M83
806
100 Yard Dash
The Way I See It (2008)
Raphael Saadiq
807
Alta
Freedom's Goblin (2017)
Ty Segall
808
Shine On Me
Waiting On A Song (2017)
Dan Auerbach
809
Baseball
Warm Glow (2017)
Hippo Campus
810
The Golden State
A Year in the Wilderness (2007)
John Doe
811
Stronger
Graduation (2007)
Kanye West
812
Tell Me A Tale
Home Again (2012)
Michael Kiwanuka
813
In The Waiting Line
Simple Things (2001)
Zero 7
814
Nothing Gets Me High
Lightning Round (2018)
Bad Bad Hats
815
Let Me Down Easy
Go Farther In Lightness (2017)
Gang of Youths
816
Oblivion
Visions (2011)
Grimes
817
Fit But You Know It
A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
The Streets
818
Shut Up Kiss Me
My Woman (2016)
Angel Olsen
819
Two Weeks
LP1 (2014)
FKA Twigs
820
Die Young
What Now (2017)
Sylvan Esso
821
Stay Positive
Stay Positive (2008)
The Hold Steady
822
Elephant
Lonerism (2012)
Tame Impala
823
The Walk
How Do You Do (2011)
Mayer Hawthorne
824
Let Go
Details (2002)
Frou Frou
825
You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone (2010)
Mavis Staples
826
Santa Fe
The Rip Tide (2011)
Beirut
827
Saying Goodbye
Tales of America (2019)
J.S. Ondara
828
This is Love
Stores from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
PJ Harvey
829
I'm Still Here
Miss Sharon Jones! (2016)
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
830
Thickfreakness
Thickfreakness (2003)
The Black Keys
831
Loud Places ft. Romy
In Colour (2015)
Jamie xx
832
It's Only Dancing
Heart Murmurs (2014)
jeremy messersmith
833
Light On
Heard it in a Past Life (2018)
Maggie Rogers
834
A Little Honey
Tearing at the Seams (2018)
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
835
Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
I And Love And You (2009)
The Avett Brothers
836
House of Jealous Lovers
Echoes (2003)
The Rapture
837
Plastic Cup
The Invisible Way (2013)
Low
838
Archie, Marry Me
Alvvays (2014)
Alvvays
839
Rocking The Suburbs
Rockin' the Suburbs (2001)
Ben Folds
840
Banquet
Silent Alarm (2005)
Bloc Party
841
Breakin' Up
Under the Blacklight (2007)
Rilo Kiley
842
Juicy Lucy
I'm Still Here (2014)
Sonny Knight and the Lakers
843
Team
Pure Heroine (2013)
Lorde
844
What The Water Gave Me
Ceremonials (2011)
Florence + the Machine
845
Prisoner
Bye Bye 17 (2013)
Har Mar Superstar
846
Dashboard
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)
Modest Mouse
847
Mr. Tough
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
Yo La Tengo
848
Not The Kid
Soundtrack to the End (2010)
Communist Daughter
849
Modern Girl
The Woods (2005)
Sleater-Kinney
850
The Seed (2.0)
Phrenology (2002)
The Roots
851
Make Some Noise
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2011)
Beastie Boys
852
Masterpiece
Masterpiece (2016)
Big Thief
853
Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
Let's Get Out of This Country (2016)
Camera Obscura
854
Funny Little Frog
The Life Pursuit (2006)
Belle and Sebastian
855
Put Your Records On
Corinne Bailey Rae (2006)
Corinne Bailey Rae
856
Youth without Youth
Synthetica (2012)
Metric
857
Where's the Revolution
Spirit (2017)
Depeche Mode
858
Two Silver Trees
Carried to Dust (2008)
Calexico
859
Drunken Lullabies
Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Flogging Molly
860
Tennessee Whiskey
Traveller (2015)
Chris Stapleton
861
Holding On
A Deeper Understanding (2017)
The War on Drugs
862
Huarache Lights
Why Make Sense? (2015)
Hot Chip
863
Victory
Palomino (2010)
Trampled By Turtles
864
Disparate Youth
Master of My Make-Believe (2012)
Santigold
865
We No Who U R
Push the Sky Away (2012)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
866
A More Perfect Union
The Monitor (2010)
Titus Andronicus
867
Woman
Wolfmother (2005)
Wolfmother
868
Cool
Clean (2018)
Soccer Mommy
869
Santiago
So It Is (2017)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
870
Kill The Fun
Last War (2014)
HALEY
871
River
River (2016)
Bishop Briggs
872
Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2
Evil Urges (2008)
My Morning Jacket
873
Rhinestone Eyes
Plastic Beach (2010)
Gorillaz
874
SGL
Saved (2018)
Now, Now
875
Strange Condition
musicforthemorningafter (2001)
Pete Yorn
876
You're A Wolf
Leaves in the River (2007)
Sea Wolf
877
Don't Haunt This Place
Hometowns (2009)
The Rural Alberta Advantage
878
Romance
Wild Flag (2011)
Wild Flag
879
Ragged Wood
Fleet Foxes (2008)
Fleet Foxes
880
Pulaski at Night
I Want to See Pulaski At night (2013)
Andrew Bird
881
All Your Favorite Bands
All Your Favorite Bands (2015)
Dawes
882
Under Cover Of Darkness
Angles (2011)
The Strokes
883
You Are Your Mother's Child
Upside Down Mountain (2013)
Conor Oberst
884
Feels Like Summer
Summer Pack (2018)
Childish Gambino
885
The Fear
It's Not Me It's You (2009)
Lily Allen
886
Sing Me Spanish Techno
Twin Cinema (2005)
The New Pornographers
887
That Old Black Hole
Be The Void (2012)
Dr. Dog
888
Line of Fire
Junip (2013)
Junip
889
Chop Suey!
Toxicity (2001)
System of a Down
890
Street Fighter Mas
Heaven and Earth (2018)
Kamasi Washington
891
How Did This Happen
Endless Scroll (2018)
Bodega
892
1000 X's and O's (2015)
HITNRUN Phase One
Prince
893
Wraith Pinned To The Mist (and other games)
The Sunlandic Twins (2005)
Of Montreal