Where to start.

Oops I did it again-britney spears

Cry me a river-timberlake

big girls don't cry-fergie

rihanna-umbrella

pussycat dolls-buttons

Dude, there's something wrong with you.

I would agree that Cry Me a River and Umbrella deserve a spot on that list, but the others...do not. Plus, wasn't Oops last millenium?

My guilty pleasures are definitely "Goodies" and "1 2 Step" by Ciara.

I'm well past the point of being ashamed about it, so now I just embrace it -- and crank it up when it comes on the radio.

Toxic, baby. The best thing Britney's ever touched.

My wife listens to a lot of top 40 radio, so sadly, I am familiar with many of these songs.

My favorite would probably be "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. I really do like this song.

How are you defining Pop? Would something like Missy Elliot's "Work It" count? Or would you consider that to be hip-hop. Pop itself, like indie, never seemed like a great definition of genre to me. If you look at the Top 40 songs in America, you'll see a pretty broad range of styles.

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Originally posted by Platypus Quest:
My guilty pleasures are definitely "Goodies" and "1 2 Step" by Ciara.

I'm well past the point of being ashamed about it, so now I just embrace it -- and crank it up when it comes on the radio.

I like me some "Promise" myself... when that song came out I couldn't take it off repeat.

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Originally posted by PRG:
My wife listens to a lot of top 40 radio, so sadly, I am familiar with many of these songs.

My favorite would probably be "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. I really do like this song.

Hollaback Girl is a good bootyshakin' song.

Timberlake's album from last year was pretty good, too.

Yeah, if we're counting things that are hip-hoppy like "Work It" I'd have to agree with Pitchfork and say "B.O.B." by Outkast is probably the best pop song of this millennium. If not, I'm tempted to say "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" by Kylie Minogue.

I think that the best pop songs are those have a bit of a hip-hop feel in them. This is keeping in mind that hip-hop is a culture, a feeling. So if I had to pick the best song of the millennium I would go with either Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” or any of Outkast’s singles (they’re all good!)—but check out all of their albums as well.

Definitely Cheap Shoes by The Welcome Kit.

Check it out, it's on their myspace! www.myspace.com/thewelcomekit

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So if I had to pick the best song of the millennium I would go with either Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” or any of Outkast’s singles (they’re all good!)—but check out all of their albums as well.

I agree with this. I would go with Crazy and Hey Ya as the best "pop songs" of the new millineum. I know they both became insanely popular and probably are trendy picks, but they are both fantastic songs.

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Originally posted by Besttasteinmusicever:
I know they both became insanely popular and probably are trendy picks, but they are both fantastic songs.

Exactly, I know that people like to dump on them because they were overplayed and because they were instantly popular. The “Crazy” song is utterly gorgeous; everything from the synths to the vocals to that trippy bass—talk about a perfect pop song.

And then you have Outkast’s immense catalog to choose from. They are still so far ahead of a lot of people. If the dictionary came with a CD for audio samples of words, any of their songs would be chosen for the word “innovative.”

Crazy, Hey ya, Don't feel like dancin', Jesus walks, Take Me Out...

Spice Girls - "Wannabe"

...yeah, it carries over - it's that good. I saw the "Maximum Homerdrive" Simpsons episode the other day and was informed that it was a trucker song.

Oh, and add to that any song by Outkast, except for "Roses".

Rihanna puts out some good singles. "Umbrella" of course, but "SOS" has a good sample and makes a good song out of it.

I’d say almost anything mentioned here are great pop songs.

I really like “Yeah” and “You Got It Bad” by Usher.

The only artist I’m not really a fan of is Rihanna. I’m actually shocked that you like any song by her hudson

Alicia Keyes' single "no one" is pure pop gold. Shameless joy. I love it.