"Sucker" was the perfect comeback song for this century's most beloved trio. She slays. The 50 Best TV Theme Songs of All Time By Paste Staff December 11, 2020 MF DOOM Dead at 49 By Scott Russell December 31, 2020 The 40 Best Rock Albums of 2020 By Paste Staff December 23, 2020 In 2018, Rolling Stone ranked "Royals" as No. It felt righteous, intoxicating, and impressively ahead of its time. by: Pitchfork… It sort of sounds like an arcade video game, and also like the work of a chill David Bowie enthusiast who makes beats in Brooklyn, and also like aliens crash-landing on our planet in a spaceship that resembles a disco ball. that burrowed into our collective consciousness. On "Beyoncé," she shines multi-colored spotlights on different facets of her guarded life, and "Partition" is her raw sexual power. Yet as 'Delicate' proves, All That is what she was born to say. Did it pioneer a totally unique sound, or does it perfectly harness a musical trend that you already enjoy? We'll likely never see anything like this song ever again. The duo's palpable tension makes this song feel like a living, breathing, growing creature. The beat slowly returns, the synth drums continue to build, and then by the end of the song, Puth has you convinced. It made major waves in rap-obsessed circles — but Minaj didn't become a cultural touchstone until "Super Bass" caught fire. "Elegant and mellow, the song's lyrics read as a deliberate ode to duality and non-heteronormative binaries — an ambition, that since the death of Prince Rogers Nelson, is sorely missed in black music.". "Ultralight Beam" was its halo. "Everything Is Embarrassing" is the sonic equivalent to being on the dance floor at prom and watching your boyfriend flirt with other girls, but still refusing to break up with him (if you know, you know). Check out the best songs of the 2010s below. List of 100 Greatest Dance Songs from 2010 through 2018 including EDM, House, Electro, Europop, Synth-pop, Post-disco, and more dance music as compiled by digitaldreamdoor.com. Featuring top rock songs you might've forgotten about and some you haven't, this list of 2010s rock hits includes the most popular music from some of the biggest rock artists today. Instead, it was the toned-down "Antidote," intended just for the "real fans," that heralded the domination of Scott's hallucinatory brand of rap in the latter half of the decade. 1 hit for nine straight weeks the following year, would help the teen inherit. Remember when Kanye West was sort of punk rock? ", Fittingly, "Dance Yrself Clean" is the opening track on the band's 2010 album, "This Is Happening," which was intended to be their final release. "They'll forget your name soon," she titters. The song has entered legendary territory, and it helped Glover do the same. "Somebody Else" is also strikingly modern. Take a ride down Dresden Street as we revisit the Top 10 Eminem Songs of the 2010s. I’ve embedded or provided links to the YouTube videos for each one, as well as a Spotify playlist at the end of the post. But as the pop-rock ballad builds and the instruments swell, Swift begins to lose her cool. Here at Insider, we don't have definitive answers — only educated suggestions. And, in a gloriously poetic turn of events, "Sorry" was up to the task. But it's also true that "This Is America" is a disturbingly danceable earworm, blending Atlanta trap and Soundcloud rap and gospel pop and shrewd lyrics in a way that, it seems, only Donald Glover can. The answer is yes. Despite SZA's years-long cascade of beautiful music — from 2014's "Sweet November" to her 2017 album's lead single "Drew Barrymore" — her defining anthem has become "The Weekend," a graceful fusion of a young Justin Timberlake's trance-infused R&B and modern, glittering synths. 100 Best Songs of the 2000s From Beyonce and Lady Gaga to Radiohead and Kanye West, these are the best songs from the first decade of the 21st Century Swift and her lover are suspended there, driving in the dark, unseen and timeless. "Didn't I take you to higher places that you can't reach without me?" Kanye West is still reeling from the death of his beloved mother, and he's essentially in hiding after he crashed the stage at the 2009 VMAs to steal the mic from 19-year-old Taylor Swift. The pulsing two-part showpiece heralded a new dimension to our most private superstar, who had created her most personal album yet. Without the swagger and smirk of "Hold Up," the rage and apathy and acceptance and forgiveness that follows in Beyoncé's redemption tale would have felt incomplete. Given the very public relationship drama that preceded its release, the hungry masses would've been perfectly satisfied with a kiss-off anthem, even if it had been shallow or self-indulgent. 5 on her 2012 album "Red," it has been hailed as Swift's most iconic musical triumph by fans and critics alike. She adopts more of a playful eye-roll. Frank Ocean's piercing falsetto on its own ("'Cause I've been thinkin' 'bout forevaaaa") was enough to make this song one of the decade's best. The song's narrative builds and smolders, gradually, until the climactic lament ("Take me home!") The top 10 most-played songs of the 2010s on UK TV and radio: 10. Recently awarded the prestigious Song of the Decade Gong at The Q Awards and also the Best Contemporary Song honour at the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards, Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough anthem is a baroque pop masterpiece. Here are the best 25 pop punk albums from the 2010s. And yet, none of them come close to the transcendent experience of listening to "Style," which is sheer pop perfection from start to finish. And so the song is a force of nature either way: standing confidently on its own, but also playing an essential role to enhance a larger narrative. Ocean's voice becomes slightly distorted, pitched higher than before. ", Of course, "Swimming Pools" doesn't actually encourage its listeners to drink, but rather warns them not to. These are the top 150 songs of the 2010s. But her lyrics don't just recall details, they immortalize them. Generally, Grande's futuristic-angel album is best heard as a complete experience, with each song playing off and elevating the others. The magic may have been best described by Grande's fellow singer-songwriter, Lorde, who called the song "maybe the closest thing to pop perfection i've ever heard. At a time when pop music was still comfortably discredited — when purists would insist that it was shallow or somehow less "authentic" than "real music" — "Dancing On My Own" emerged exultant and unbothered, burning an effigy of loss and betrayal and heartbreak before scattering the ashes under a disco ball. 1 hits, nominated for record of the year at the 2019 Grammys, he built the track using lines from real-life conversations, arguments, and text messages, Rob Sheffield (Rolling Stone's resident Taylor Swift expert) wrote, Disclosure felt sure it wouldn't be well-received, one of the most successful singles of all time, "Chanel" was intended as an ode to bisexuality, Austin Williams wrote for The Undefeated after its surprise release, "Despacito" broke the dam holding reggaetón back, the first-ever on YouTube to pass 3 billion views, still has more views than any YouTube video in history, the words of legendary Beats 1 host Zane Lowe, Lorde once wrote of "Antidote" on Twitter, Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal wrote at the time, a small but important moment in American history, "maybe the closest thing to pop perfection i've ever heard. But which songs can be pulled out from an album or discography and still be just as good, if not better? In its ferocious second verse, Lamar adopts the slightly deranged voice of his own conscience to tell him he's spiraling. It's just a beautiful record. — because, despite the lyrics hinting at a breakup, the two rappers sound contagiously happy, grateful to be alive, and inspired by love. To this day, if that single opening piano note rings out from a speaker, people lose their minds. Even as we whine and pine for new music from our High Priestess of punk-pop, no one needs reminding anymore who's in charge. All its instrumentals were built around a single drum beat he spontaneously came up with. The sinister, industrial production of "Prblms" intensifies a lyrical message that's shockingly blunt and actually kind of cruel, but in a disturbingly real and relatable way. (They returned seven years later, proving that dancing yourself clean really can do the trick.). “Love the Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna (Recovery 2010) Eminem has always had a … Each winking detail has been carefully chosen; each image is precisely painted. You'd never expect to love a song so much that includes the lyric, "I guess that c--- getting eaten" — until you can practically hear Azealia Banks grinning in the first verse of "212," her nimble voice strutting through Belgian house music. The first number-one song of the decade was "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys.In 2012, Drake broke the record for the most Hot Rap Songs number-one songs, previously held by Diddy. Swift brings you into the story and by the end, you're as invested in her failed relationship as she is. As Jason Parham wrote for Pitchfork, this song "is not consumed with the moment, as Drake songs routinely are, but with forever. )," and "Firework." It might be the closest thing we have to a national dance. Despite her absence for much of the decade, despite the sorrow she's had to turn into glass, Robyn and her euphoria remain unvanquishable. 100. "Ultimately, 'Oblivion' galvanized Boucher's pain into a complex anthem of vulnerability and nihilism that defiantly eludes a clear reading — a reminder to never stop searching for nuance as you look ahead.". *Sighs wistfully.*. The simple elegance of the lyric, "I'm looking through you while you're looking through your phone," is relatable almost to the point of being obvious — as though you've written that lyric in your head one thousand times without realizing it. For a singer-songwriter who could be described as "punk" just as easily as "pop" — whose defiance, sincerity, and vulnerability seem just as important as her talents for singing and hit-making — what song could speak to her budding legacy more than an outsider's anthem on her debut album, only included on the deluxe version, that prematurely meditated on her own power and went platinum without any promotion? "Let's face it, Tay will always fail spectacularly at playing it cool, because she will never be able to resist saying way too much of All That. But in Beyoncé's hands, it feels positively transcendent — especially considering her iconic performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, when she revealed her first pregnancy onstage after nailing the song's four key changes. "I wouldn't call it cheesy, but it's not trying to be too cool, because the lyrics are pretty dorky and the groove is pretty dorky. This part is the most important: You don't need to know where Ocean went to school to appreciate the song. Drake dominates the list of 100 songs … For many of us who listened in awe — fascinated by this anonymous voice who promised, "You wanna be high for this" — that magic won't likely be recaptured. The 2017 posse cut "Slide" is the most fascinating, irresistible pop song from a traditional DJ in recent memory. One of the best things about "Nights" is how it feels hypnotic and captivating in any moment, on any playlist. The hauntingly beautiful, ornate sonic architecture is James Blake's finest work — perhaps best understood by fans of HBO's "The Leftovers," whose showrunners chose "Retrograde" to introduce audiences to its supernatural, rapturous reality. The outro's Soulja Boy sample is just the ingenious icing on top of the cake. Shares (Image credit: Future) Page 1 of 5: The 50 best rock albums of the 2010s: 50-41 The 50 best rock albums of the 2010s: 50-41 The 50 best rock albums of the 2010s: 40-31 The 50 best … But at the same time, for me, I love that kind of music.". "Dancing On My Own" feels like an epiphany every time you listen to it. Music has changed a lot over the past decade. "Nights" by Frank Ocean , "Formation" by Beyoncé , "Alright" by Kendrick Lamar , and "All Too Well" by Taylor Swift rounded out the top five. Despite its heart-wrenching lyrics ("Don't I know you better than the rest? and repackaged them with his own flavor added. ", "'And now I'm left behind, all the time,' she sang, a devastating sentiment rendered in succubus sing-song, and a setback transcended by the track's forward-thinking production," Snapes wrote. She knows you're not ready for what comes next. As NPR's Jenny Gathright noted, by allowing the details of the affair to unfold plainly, without judgment or a defined moral stance, SZA's messiness feels like radical self-care. After "Pumped Up Kicks" stormed our collective consciousness at the start of the decade, Foster the People hasn't had another massive radio hit, but has consistently released quality music — and "Sit Next to Me" is their shimmering, neo-psychedelic masterpiece. Drake's classic songs all capitalize on his characteristic rap-sung combination: "One Dance," "Passionfruit," "Nice For What," "In My Feelings," etc. To take inspiration from somewhere is always dope, but like, there's always this hunger to do something that no one is doing right now — a hunger to push people somewhere new," she said. "Don't act like you forgot / I call the shots." By Classic Rock (Classic Rock) 18 December 2019. It's the three-minute-and-48-second tornado that sucked us all into her world of emotional turmoil and emotional triumph. It's like D.R.A.M. Swift herself is particularly proud of the production on "Out Of The Woods.". But there is no song that better illustrates Lamar's rise as "hip-hop's trojan horse," both a master lyricist who has important things to say and a master producer who knows how to make you listen. Proud of his home, Staples is at ease within this discord, but he doesn't shy away from its costs. Songs about love gone wrong remained a pop staple in the 2010s: All the decade’s technological advances didn’t do much for romance, when all was said and done. Best-selling songs of the 2010s based on combined sales. Whether "Chanel" was intended as an ode to bisexuality or not, Frank Ocean's first solo single as an independent artist was a massively earned flex. It's better than all three of the rapper's previous singles — brighter than "Bodak Yellow," far catchier than "Bartier Cardi," and more representative of her infectiously carefree personality than "Be Careful." The album, which he made with his touring band, Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment, is "a celebration of friendship, and a tribute to the alchemic power of collaboration," (Pitchfork). And then, a crescendo, and Swift wails the best set of lyrics she's ever written: "And you call me up again just to break me like a promise / So casually cruel in the name of being honest.". 1 song, "Thank U, Next. 1 song, steal the mic from 19-year-old Taylor Swift, which Insider ranked as the No. It's one that plunges you into a kaleidoscope. ", "'Malamente' jacked into a heretofore undiscovered matrix of possibilities, and a whole new world flashed into being.". And so, as she is wont to do, Beyoncé transformed a pop song into a grand statement that defies expectations, alters conversations — oh, and it slaps. The Attempted Coup at the Capitol Proves This Is the United States of QAnon, Twitter Takes Bold Action Against President Who Can’t Hurt It Anymore, Watch Mitch McConnell Warn of Democratic ‘Death Spiral’ Minutes Before Pro-Trump Mob Storms Capitol, John Fogerty Debuts New Gospel-Flavored Protest Song to See Trump Off, Gov. It captivated the world — and judging by the number of hopeful copycats that have popped up in the years since (Latin pop hits now regularly feature everyone from Beyoncé and Drake to Selena Gomez), it's not done yet. But with "Garden Shed," Tyler does something incredibly rare: He lays himself bare, insecurities and all, while capitalizing on his strengths as a rapper and producer. As an exquisite blend of tropical pop and R&B (with a last-minute, climactic swerve into punk-rock territory), it's both a product of its genre-bending era and a timeless, sexy slow burn. "Dancing On My Own" by Robyn took the top spot. "As an escapist fantasy of girl-power, it's a triumph, but as a rallying cry to buck the status quo, it's even better.". In the 2010s, streaming gave us a granular sense of the songs people loved and the artists they wanted to hear, and even as streaming services tried to segment taste into fabricated sub-sub-genre playlists, people pursued their own interests and artists were free to follow their arrows. "Ribs" is a singularly unique song that transports you back to high school — but not in the way that popular music from your adolescence is connected to specific memories. With its jarring honesty about monogamy's pitfalls, there is an open-ended strength within SZA's experience that feels available for listeners to latch onto. Kanye West's divisive 2016 album "The Life of Pablo" illustrated a Tale of Two Personas: the father and the philanderer, the legend and the naïf, the devoted disciple and the fallen angel. A Moment! But first, it'll piss you off." The power of "Call Your Girlfriend" — an instantly classic pop anthem with a painfully unique point of view — was bolstered by its iconic music video. "It's so hard to be original in this industry," Ariana Grande said in 2018, just a few months before she spontaneously wrote and surprise-released her first-ever No. If there's one song that can exit this carefully constructed mosaic and emerge triumphant, however, it's the album's opener and lead single, "Green Light." Our list of the decade’s best songs includes downhearted divas, country renegades, rap radicals, history-bending, feelings-sharing rock bands, and Latin-pop stars with global ambitions. The irresistibly animated song illustrates Cole's unshakable nostalgia and storytelling prowess, musing about father figures and Hollywood women and the nature of fame. When it hits you, it lights up your whole body. Pop that pretty question right now, baby") — but in reality, it's us she has wrapped around her finger. It stands out on purpose. "'Malamente' marked the arrival of one of the decade's most remarkable — and unexpected — talents," Philip Sherburne wrote for Pitchfork. We're looking back at the best of the 2010s including iconic TV characters and best Irish albums.It's been quite a decade for cinema and the movie soundtracks to … But rather than simply observing this pattern or offering a commentary, Lamar comes bearing "a message of unbreakable optimism in the face of hardship" and a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. "I Like It" is an important song within multiple narratives: For Cardi B, one of this decade's most prominent breakout stars, it made her the first female rapper with two No.