The Strokes managed to distill the best parts of rock and pop into their ... popular throughout the 2000s. “Mr. Brightside” was one of the first songs that Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning ...

By 2000, not so much. Matchbox Twenty’s “Bent” and Creed’s “Arms Wide Open” were the hardest rock songs to make it to the top ...

pop music in the 2000s was just different than it is today. If you need some inspiration for your throwback playlist, you can check out some of the best pop songs of the decade here.