Oscar Goff247

All good picks, but I’m afraid the correct answer is “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.”

economymedicine.bsky.social235

Phoenix "lisztomania" popular enough AOC made a music video featuring it but largely stayed within millennials.

Liam171

Two omnipresent for a couple years: Fuck You - CeeLo Green Paper Planes - M.I.A.

Alissa Wilkinson163

It’s really gotta be Such Great Heights

Joel Mayward153

Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" also comes to mind.

buildmore🔰128

Way too much indie rock on here. The real answer is in another genre. Think Temperature by Sean Paul, Milkshake by Kelis, Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson.

Darth Calculus 🏳️‍🌈74

Hoobastank - "the reason" Snow Patrol - "chasing cars" Death cab for cutie - "I'll follow you into the dark" These are the three songs I think of as being very relevant in the mid-2000s and then never hearing them again except for nostalgia

Gene Parmesan60

It’s Mr Brightside and Ms Jackson. They’re a couple. They’re dating

asura58

No Sum41 or Lit? No one knows Flagpole Sitta anymore

Wes Rose49

“Float On” by Modest Mouse

Todd45

Postal Service is probably it but millennials also have a fondness for wheatus “Teenage Dirtbag”, which I am not sure I’ve ever heard aside from millennials singing it at karaoke.

doom boy39

this is a white ass list my friend

Themlock32

I'm afraid to tell you that it is Beverly Hills by Weezer

Renee31

Gorillaz’ “Feel Good Inc.” maybe, too?

Abby Olcese28

By this logic (which I kind of agree with) it should be Rebecca Black's "Friday."

Sara, no H25

Has anyone mentioned Avril yet? Complicated was every 14 year old girl's anthem it felt like and I couldn't even tell you the last time I heard it

THISISKYLE23

Comments making me feel like this is a ”two americas” sort of thing.

David McGinnis22

As a high school teacher I have to eliminate “Maps,” it was a TikTok meme as recently as last year

AK22

"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People is probably the answer both for its ubiquity and it's lyrics' relevance

John Penus 𓅸20

like it or not its “party rock anthem”, you couldn’t escape it for a few years no matter how hard you tried, it was there, wherever you turned.

Morbo the News Monster20

Every single millenial, no matter what their race, culture, religion, or musical preferences, knows every goddamned word to I Want It That Way.

man w smol pan19

tbh it’s All Star by Smash Mouth Did it reach other generations? Nope, it’s mainstream foray in Shrek is still exclusively a millennial obsession

Anthony Strand19

I'm 41, born and raised in the Upper Midwest, and "Such Great Heights" is the only one of these I know by name, for whatever that's worth.

Greer16

Other contenders: Phoenix's 1901 or maybe Lisztomania; Something by Fitz and the Tantrums. Probably Outta My League or Handclap Also... Does the entire Garden State soundtrack scan more as Gen X or Millennial (as it's *extremely* Xennial)?

Caldé time16

Its obviously "Thong Song" by Sisqó. I mean, what are we doing here? Make your booty go!

Lilly ⭐️15

this list really does paint a beautiful picture

Anxiyeti15

Florence + The Machine "Dog Days Are Over" has gotta be up there

R. Hunter Whitworth15

I Believe in a Thing Called Love feels relevant

Christo Silvia15

So the real way you measure this quantitatively is by going to the weddings of people in their late 20s early 30s and using a decibel meter for the crowd reaction to each song

Contingency Fee14

Is 'Fat Lip' by Sum 41 too early? 'What's My Age Again' by Blink 182 also.

Frog Suit Mario14

I'm a Xennial our anthems are already codified (Longview, Torn, and Tubthumping)

Cab13

"Are you gonna be my girl" by Jet or Le Tigre's "Deceptacon". Any song that played in either a mobile phone company or an iPod ad is a strong contender.

rando54.bsky.social13

I think it broke contain slightly with later memes, but “Fireflies” by Owl City has to be in the running

JJ12

I regret to inform you it's Drops of Jupiter

Jonno12

It's absolutely panic at the disco - I write sins not tragedies

Chris Weber12

As someone who has listened to five of these songs in the last week (six if you count Midnight City, which you absolutely should)...oh no.

Andy 🐈‍⬛🍺🧦🇺🇦🇵🇸↙️↙️↙️11

"Hey Ya!" belongs on there.

Bill H11

Hey there Delilah was ubiquitous there for a while

NaK Eutectic Enjoyer10

I hear Stacy's Mom has got it going on

Zach Malm10

Throwing my "House of Jealous Lovers" by The Rapture hat into the ring.

Avs Von Rockie9

Anyway, “Wolf Like Me”, TV On The Radio

Gabe Lynch8

Maybe “We Are Young” by fun?

Dan8

Ok fun exercise, but I think the problem here is that trying to nail down "definitively millennial" is like a 3-card monte game of our pre-9/11, post-9/11, and Great Recession eras. You point to one and a thousand people pop up and make the totally valid point that it's gotta be another.

Hank Single8

Postal Service and Strokes are X-ennial jams, to me, an X-ennial.

Transfer portal poster 8

How to save a life- The Fray

Em, midly8

I know Kids charted higher, but I’d argue Time to Pretend is the MGMT track to beat

Augh8

dawg i know its on me but i never heard of any of these let alone heard them

Pat Gallen, CBS Sports Philadelphia8

I'd vote Seven Nation Army

UncannyKyle7

I regret to inform it’s likely “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyes Peas. It was inescapable through like all of 09-10 but it’s disappeared since, because if you weren’t at prime drinking and partying age when it was guaranteed to be on at a club, you think it’s fucking corny.

Stephie7

I replied to a quote but Flo Rida’s “Low” is one for me. Kanye’s “Flashing Lights” hits me more in the nostalgia. A few more: Sleepyhead by Passion Pit, L.E.S. Artistes by Santigold

Chris7

Sufjan Stevens: “Chicago” Phoenix: “1901” The Shins: “New Slang”

シェパード, Shepard7

I'm an American millennial, I have never in my life heard any of these.

old kenfucky shart7

My wife just made a strong case for “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age” based primarily on the lyrics

Rainne7

As an elder millennial (but still millennial), I don't recognize any of those. Probably more definitive for my age group is Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.

themolluskk7

Don't forget Passion Pit's Sleepyhead!

ohara302.bsky.social7

If 25% or millennials know "All my friends" (one of my favorite songs) I'll eat my hat

Michael Yarbrough (he/him)6

Whatever with the no Rihanna rules, the correct answer is "Umbrella."

Mark Histed6

Bloc Party “blue light” Regina Spektor “fidelity” modest mouse “float on” or “the world at large” probably also the shins and broken bells Could also add “pumped up kicks” and stretching layer “call me maybe”

Stefan Magnussen6

I'd put New Slang on that list, especially as its a key moment of one of the definitive millennial movies.

Max Headroom Incident6

Fallout Boy - Sugar, we’re going down

Robbie, sometimes5

The answer is Mr. Brightside. Now i would also contend that it's possibly "Clint Eastwood" but I don't know if we're ready to have conversation.

Richard Stromberg5

Okay I still say Mr Brightside even with the follow-up disclaimer but will also posit The Scientist or Chasing Cars. Maybe Float On. In my heart An Honest Mistake by The Bravery deserved more but it never got there.

Jason Fliegel5

It's obviously Fireflies by Owl City.

Golf Art5

All Star and Californication were huge when I was in 5th grade

Taylor5

Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" is up there.

Sean Howe5

I have a feeling you're going to be having this debate for another night or two

Nora 🐝5

It’s Such Great Heights. Clearly and definitively

HOTOL Vuh5

Ladytron’s ‘Destroy Everything You Touch’? although they’ve just released a new album and it’s pretty solid, so maybe too enduring for the brief

blakeswenson.bsky.social5

What about Modest Mouse "Float On"?

Wearing a HR Monitor while taking a poo 4

Midnight City - M83 This is it. This is the answer

Just Chris4

I'll actually go with The Lonely Island's "I'm on a Boat."

vILLAGE GENIOUS4

kesha, tik tok or die young

Richard Hayes4

I would say “Kids” even though it is borderline annoying (just like Millennials tbh)

💚𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐠𝐢💚4

Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin, Paper Planes by MIA, Hey Ya, Party in the USA by Miley, Numb by Linkin Park, Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day, and I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic all feel definitively millennial

Craig Can’t Even4

I think we’re overestimating how many millennials would know this list of songs. I know charts are not everything, but the only one of these to make any sort of chart impact is All of the Lights. Thinking back to high school I know the specific friend group who would have been listening to these.

Pearl River Flow4

I can't believe so few people are skeeting Aww Skeet Skeet You have to Get Low On the list to find it. And that's not right. Also it might be Outkast.

pokeypete.bsky.social4

Not every millennial is a weirdo indy kid.

Ryann Liebenthal4

I’m sorry, but it’s either “Waterfalls” or “Say My Name”

Kelly J. Crawford4

EVERYBODY'S FREE (to wear sunscreen) m.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7...

Kay@foodnpolitics ✨🗽💙Bend that arc ✨🗽💙Find your joy4

The suggestions in this thread are covering 3 decades of music. As an elder millennial, I first thought of songs we all sang on the playground in the 90s before music fragmented. Like TLC’s Waterfalls 1995. I heard it playing in the wild last week & remembered every word. From 3rd grade recess.

Andrew Bernhard4

Can we just say Super Bon Bon and move on?

■Khanwald/Nielsen■4

Electric Feel -Mgmt Midnight City - m83

Merlin Blackwell of Clearwater🇨🇦3

Does Awolnation Sail count as millennial?

Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan3

The answer is anything ying yang twins

Musky Canadian3

While I too would prefer it was one of these cool songs, we all seem to be forgetting how Gangnam Style took over the world for a while and now we all know what K-pop is

zours.bsky.social3

The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers Beirut - Nantes Cat Power - The Greatest Amy Winehouse - Rehab Sleater Kinney - Jumpers

PureNRK3

Okay I’ve revised my opinion. Anything too early 90s won’t hit the young millennials. Anything too mid-2000s will miss the old millennials. So… I think it needs to be something in the ‘98-‘01 release range. So I’m going with: 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite Train - Drops of Jupiter

Jennifer Rose3

I am an elder millennial and I have heard precisely zero of these songs and, besides Kanye for all the wrong reasons, I am vaguely aware of maybe one other group.

Kelly3

While I understand your point about Beyoncé and most of her songs don’t apply, I think Single Ladies is a uniquely millennial song

i vote Such Great Heights

JAIL FOR ICE THUGS3

“I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz. Juuusst big enough to have not broken containment.

L A R S 🕯️🦉👁️3

it’s postal service collectively, but a personal runner-up is neutral milk hotel aeroplane over the sea

hambrother3

I think "Such Great Heights" might get my vote, but just because I haven't seen it mentioned I'd submit "Taking Back Sunday - You're So Last Summer" for consideration

alias: hummingbird3

no linking park? red hot chilli peppers?

skrtskrtskrtskrt.myatproto.social3

Gen Z was already in middle school for All Of the Lights, it’s way too late of a Kanye song to pick and that was his biggest radio hit by far, it definitely escaped containment. Gold Digger is right there, it’s so of its era it’s ridiculous.

Ken2

"Chop Suey" by System of a Down. In addition to its many obvious credentials, the album came out on 9/11.

Silly Rookie2

I know zero of these, even the Kanye one. I know other Kanye songs, but not that one. The rest of those I've never heard of in my life.

Minnesota Macroplastic Barbie2

going to have to go with Such Great Heights because I don't recognize any of the other songs, also I remember it being played at the first college house party I went to

dynamoxie.bsky.social2

My vote was going to be for "Hey Ya," but now I'm veering towards "I'm Really Hot" by Missy Elliott.

Avs Von Rockie2

You just ruled out half the definitive millennial songs

hanfinity 🚲2

We are Young by Fun, but probably only for mid to late millennials

Geoff Bowser2

I personally love MGMT "kids". I don't think Kanye can be on the list, because he got cancelled and also because trying to meet your cultural definition is impossible. Why "all of the lights" instead of "runaway" or "Heartless". Is OutKast "Hey Ya" too mainstream?

Stefan Müller2

as non-American, so my entry is Wir sind Helden with „Denkmal". all good songs listed here though

bokunobeard.bsky.social2

Yeah by Usher. I cannot imagine anyone avoided that one and most people my age and at least 5 years on either side have always known it. Some of these other recs are wayyyy more obscure than I think yall realize.

LuBoo2

Pumped Up Kicks, but Kids is also a good one.

David Savage2

Sorry it's Mr Brightside there's no contest.

🔞Yeager Comics🔞2

The way this gives me an existential crisis, considering I don’t know any of these.

As a Gen Xer, I‘d want to know if there is something as thematically on-point for millennials as Smells Like Teen Spirit - which isn’t the “best” Gen X song, but the one that most clearly articulates what our generation is purportedly about. That’s our anthem, no question.

the king of england2

Personally I don’t even understand what anyone’s even debating, when we all know what the real answer is

sarah(a_lalala)2

this is an excellent list. I will say that as someone on the other end of the millennial cohort I understand why younger genx people take issue with some of these lol. eventually I listened to some of these songs in high school but was a child when they came out.

Drew from Detroit2

Chief Keef's "Sosa," Avicii "Levels," Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball," Kanye West "Good Life," Sia "Elastic Heart"

Jordan2

As an elder millennial (‘83) this conversation is fascinating to me. “Time of your Life” - Green Day was a big hs graduation era song. John Mayer - “why Georgia” early college. I went to see him a few years ago and it was a bunch of millennials singing “am I living it right?”

Mike (seasonal allergies version)2

I think a stomp clap song has to be on the list for better or worse. One of “ho hey”, “I will wait” or “home” (the Alabama/arkansas song)

Josephine Jellybean2

Iron & Wine's Such Great Heights* (I know it's a cover but it was so much more iconic and widespread in my corner of the world)

Blue S'guy2

The Killers / Mr. Brightside

Noelle Schultz2

I think Mr Brightsides, if that is a millennial song.

Georgia G2

Peter Bjorn & John's Young Folks with that drum intro & whistle. Takes me right back to late aughts.

Cannon4

Someone picked up the phone while we were trying to download it from Limewire

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner3

Gin and juice cover by Blink 182

JM =^)13

There is no point in debating when we can just simply reminisce

Freakbeat Takeshi6

this is our "we drank from the hose"

Citizen of Somewhere Else3

Chris Farley interviewing millennials on bsky

Eric Garment3

remember some guys, remember some songs, two sides of the same coin

Evan Prellberg10

Not necessarily good songs, but the collective memory is a genuinely enjoyable experience.

The Pumpkin Dipshit9

I haven't seen anybody mention green day's good riddance which was absolutely our melancholy graduation song for every level of schooling below high school

Sanmei8

I had a little bit of an existential breakdown the other day when I realized it had been more than twenty years since I first heard All the Things She Said.

Rich Ferguson8

Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5

Baba Yaga’s Chicken Shack7

I legit unfollowed someone who tried to drop yuck on that thread. Any conversation about music and the memories it creates is a good conversation. And any music that elicits feeling is meaningful music.

Theodora Ruhs6

Music discourse is fun, but as someone born barely on the X side, I’m aghast at all the songs of my youth that millennials are claiming. I was hoping some follow cuspers would chime in on this to make me feel better. bsky.app/profile/theo...

DGM4

This week, I saw a group of high school kids in my town circled up, kicking a hacky sack, and listening to shaggy on a boombox. This discourse is important—the youths are looking to us for guidance.

Keir DuBois3

I understand that as an Xer my opinion doesn't count, but I will warn you that our brains did not really survive similar discourse when it happened to us

Dr. Kiki2

WHY CAN'T WE DO THE GEN X VERSION OF THIS? IF I VOTE IN THIS, DO I MESS UP THE RESULTS? WHAT HAPPENS IF I MESS UP THE RESULTS?

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief7

oh my god i'm a millennial

GentleOx (Dave)7

I HAVE A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT AND I NEED CASH NOW *30-some people on a bus for some reason*:

Condor Puma Serpiente: Remix5

"F R E E that spells FREE, credit report dot com, baby" has so much more aura

Flat Pluto Society5

Millennials have an official slogan, and it's "collect call from Bob Wehadababyitsaboy."

Joshua Failé5

I don’t care if this gif is a violation of the Geneva Convention.

Zilc3

I thought it was the Quiznos ad by Sponge monkies

Vince3

IF YOU HAVE AN ANNUITY AND NEED CASH NOWWWW

Frog Suit Mario2

Really? Not 1 877 Kars For Kids?

John David Pressman35

All these other posts drive a pretty hard bargain but why are we pretending it's anything other than this. youtu.be/kffacxfA7G4

Nanjing Narg21

By this criteria, we have to revise our submissions from good songs to Butterfly by Crazy Town

Future ex-Housewife 🐸13

All Star. I do not make the rules. Now I need a pennance spanking. Fuck.

Jessica Robot9

hey there delilah what's it like in new york city

Mechtroid9

As someone who had to listen to the radio during my high-school job at Red Robin, it's fucking Hey There Delilah. IT'S WHAT YOU DO TO ME OH IT'S WHAT YOU DO TO MEEEE

ChaoticHuman7

Crazy Frog - Axel F (and really anything else by Crazy Frog in my opinion)

Evil Eye Stalk7

I nominate Train - Hey Soul Sister

vakuu plays your turn for you7

Back off I'll take you on Headstrong I'll take on millennials

Tristan Palmgren6

The most millennial song must be from Shrek, sorry.

Gavin (who is back in town)5

Hold on. Kids was mentioned as a candidate, and Kids is among the 13 or 327 songs that is not *worse* than any other song (the boys are back in town, she loves you, all too well, Atlantic City, motion sickness, etc)

Doctor Wind Turkey5

You don't like Animal Collective My Girls??

Drift4

The answer is, of course All-Star.

Testudo Aubrei3

Hey ya is great and is the answer.

the man with the $100,000 fingertip3

Bring Me To Life is the one that keeps coming to mind for me

eli2

Exiting this thread for my sanity

Bedtime for Glonzo2

Mr Brightside is good, actually

Mark2

Too awful and a song gets referenced and remembered. I'm going with Come With Me Now by The Kongos as just mediocre enough to vanish. Think it only lives on soundtracks, where it is music-that-doesn't-distract on purpose.

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)8

This is Livin’ La Vida Loca erasure.

Nightmare Mommy, Kink Sommelier (semper infidelis)3

and i fucking hate the song

evil baby ✨🔵2

some santana album? was one of the like six CDs we had at my aunt's house growing up lmao

Cheyne7

R Kelly running away with the canceled region

simpcopter5

original post is very [liberal arts college]

Multi-Level Markkanen3

This thread could have been a listicle.

Big Fat Bartolo's Colon2

also only gen z should get to vote to make us all crazy

Julia Is Moisturized, Unbothered, Not Asking for Money12

it’s “Mr. Brightside” for white Millennials, “Hey Ya!” for a more inclusive demographic slice imo

Tollberg7

Grantland did the bracket. It was indeed “Hey Ya”

Matt Murphy3

I saw "Smooth" by Santana ft Rob Thomas as a candidate.

Charter School Abolitionist 🇮🇷2

Ah yeah. It's hey ya

jesse, dramatically changing display name2

Hey Ya can’t be the millennial song when the video was boomer nostalgia!!

Angry Cephalopod2

I like The Killers and Mr Brightside is bad, their worst song by far

binary phase diagram14

did you make the connection between T-Pain and Tallahassee yet?

Matt Murphy4

Just like the color orange is named for the fruit, the state was named for the performer

Bree (aka Kit Rocha)10

listen we were all there www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdDT...

stuart5

earnestly engaged is the millennial epitaph

Mark3

I regret bringing it up

your friend dusti2

Mr. Brightside spans from Gen X (I’m 50) to Gen Z (average age of my kids is 23.5). I find it to be the perfect example here.

Matthew Frye2

I don't much like it, but it's unquestionably true

Dottie Dog — Prehistoric Dino Poodle Girl2

My hate-state would stop that dancing (but my would not be invite for wedding)