The 2000s: Guilty Pleasure or Secret Genius?
Choose a song released from 2000 to 2009 that people might have dismissed as cheesy or overplayed, but that you now recognize as secretly brilliant.
Oct 25, 2025
PlaylistHighlights
- Winner
- Michael Sugar with 12 points
- Scoring
- 14 scored submissions imported
Submissions
- T112 pointsFirst-time
- T112 pointsFirst-time
- #210 pointsFirst-time
- #39 pointsFirst-time
- T48 pointsFirst-time
Maybe not cheesy, but I remember feeling like this was overplayed in the 2000s. It has aged well, though
- T48 pointsFirst-time
No 00s playlist is complete without Lil Jon
- T56 pointsFirst-time
- T56 pointsReturning
I typically dislikes songs with cliché lyrics. But this one grew on me.
- T65 pointsFirst-time
I’m not sure if this was just on repeat where I hung out in the 2000’s but I can’t get tired of it. And it’s a cool look at anxiety, drugs, and reaching for the brass ring.
- T65 pointsReturning
This song was absolutely everywhere in the early 2000s. Looking back on it now I still think it's one of their better songs and stood the test of time.
- #74 pointsFirst-time
Going from I’m Like a Bird to Promiscuous Girl was a real “whoa, Nelly!” moment at the time, but her reinvention as an artist was pretty successful in retrospect.
- #81 pointsFirst-time
I dunno. It wasn’t played enough to be hated, but it was on a good album.