BK's Top 102 Songs of the Oughts- Part 2

Sorry for the delay, been a crazy few days. As promised, here's the top 50:

50. Five For Fighting- 100 Years
49. Eminem- The Real Slim Shady
48. Coldplay- The Scientist
47. No Doubt- It's My Life
46. Sheryl Crow- The First Cut Is The Deepest
45. Garth Brooks- Lost In You (mine & Lynn's song)
44. Justin Timberlake- SexyBack
43. Shinedown- Second Chance
42. Norah Jones- Don't Know Why (likely my favorite newcomer of the decade)
41. Nickelback- Photograph
40. Kylie Minogue- Can't Get You Out Of My Head (1st dance and kiss with Staci- shows that you can't always control the soundtrack of your life :))
39. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys- Empire State Of Mind
38. Kanye West- Gold Digger
37. Staind- It's Been Awhile (another top newcomer)
36. 50 Cent- In Da Club (Oh, my 30th B-day- no dudes in the cage!)
35. Creed- With Arms Wide Open (already a solid song, more meaningful with the pending arrival of Addison)
34. The Fray- How To Save a Life
33. John Mayer- No Such Thing (saw him at the height of this song during my LA Trip)
32. Evanescence- My Immortal
31. Switchfoot- Meant To Live
30. Foo Fighters- Times Like These
29. Estelle f/Kanye- American Boy
28. Outkast- Hey Ya
27. Michelle Branch- Everywhere
26. 3 Doors Down- Be Like That
25. Fuel- Hemorrhage (In My Hands) (my last-ever (hopefully) break-up song)
24. Norah Jones- Sunrise
23. Muse- Uprising
22. Maroon 5- She Will Be Loved (always reminds me of Staci & I at the beginning- this and the cicadas)
21. TI f/Rihanna- Live Your Life
20. Kings Of Leon- Use Somebody
19. Creed- Higher
18. Coldplay- Viva La Vida
17. Goo Goo Dolls- Better Days (lifted me during hard times)
16. Default- Wasting My Time
15. Keane- Everybody's Changing (last MB trip in original format- general truthiness at time of release)
14. Eminem- Without Me (MB 4 in '02)
13. Foo Fighters- All My Life (ironically playing during worst accident of my life)
12. John Mayer- Why Georgia (released during my last months in ATL)
11. Vertical Horizon- Everything You Want
10. Sheryl Crow- Safe & Sound (song I most relate to 9/11- played live during concert week after)
9. Staind- So Far Away (theme song while I waited "patiently" to meet Staci in '03)
8. Kanye West- Stronger
7. Gnarls Barkley- Crazy
6. Rascal Flatts- Bless The Broken Road (what did I say about not picking your own soundtrack? This country song will always take me back to the moment I saw my beautiful bride walking down the aisle)
5. Justin Timberlake- Rock Your Body
4. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- Face Down (theme during the "Mom incident")
3. Evanescence- Bring Me To Life
2. Black Eyed Peas- I Gotta Feeling (became the theme to just about everything- for me the top 2 were MB 10 & the fantastic Cowboys video in Dallas)
1. 3 Doors Down- Here Without You (the only song to span 3 years for me- first while waiting to meet Staci, then as a great song, then when Staci moved to UVA, our "See you next weekend" song. Sitting in a parking lot at UVa, hugging and crying, waiting for our long-distance to be over. The fact that we defied the odds makes it even more poignant.)

So, there you have it. Another decade in the books, and the songs that went with it. Hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have!