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100 Greatest 2000s Alternative Songs

Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

Our take on the greatest alternative songs of the 2000's.

99 SONGS • 7 HOURS AND 2 MINUTES

1Wake Up
Wake Up
Arcade Fire
Funeral
05:35
2Kids
Kids
MGMT
Oracular Spectacular [Explicit]
05:03
3Do You Realize??
Do You Realize??
The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
03:33
4Hayloft
Hayloft
Mother Mother
O My Heart
03:01
5Walking with a Ghost
Walking with a Ghost
Tegan and Sara
So Jealous
02:30
61901
1901
Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
03:13
7Last Nite
Last Nite
The Strokes
Is This It [Explicit]
03:14
8Stadium Love
Stadium Love
Metric
Fantasies [Explicit]
04:14
9All These Things That I've Done
All These Things That I've Done
The Killers
Hot Fuss
05:02
10Take Me Out
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
03:59
11Bandages
Bandages
Hot Hot Heat
Make Up The Breakdown
03:32
12Float On
Float On
Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News [Explicit]
03:29
13Feel Good Inc.
Feel Good Inc.
E
Gorillaz
Demon Days
03:42
14Banquet
Banquet
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm [Explicit]
03:17
15Oxford Comma
Oxford Comma
E
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend [Explicit]
03:16
16Romantic Rights
Romantic Rights
Death From Above 1979
You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
03:15
177/4 Shoreline
7/4 Shoreline
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene
04:55
18I Will Follow You into the Dark
I Will Follow You into the Dark
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans
03:09
191234 (Album Version)
1234 (Album Version)
Feist
The Reminder
03:03
20Naive
Naive
The Kooks
Inside In / Inside Out
03:23
21I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
02:54
22Island In The Sun
Island In The Sun
Weezer
Weezer
03:20
23Hands Down
Hands Down
Dashboard Confessional
A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
03:06
24The Pretender
The Pretender
Foo Fighters
Greatest Hits [Explicit]
04:27
25Seven Nation Army
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
Elephant
03:52
26Highly Evolved
Highly Evolved
The Vines
Highly Evolved [Explicit]
01:34
27American Idiot
American Idiot
E
Green Day
American Idiot [Explicit]
02:54
28The Way We Get By
The Way We Get By
Spoon
Music From The O.C. Mix 1
02:41
29Paper Planes
Paper Planes
M.I.A.
Kala [Explicit]
03:25
30Rock Show
Rock Show
E
Peaches
The Teaches of Peaches [Explicit]
02:12
31Lola Stars and Stripes
Lola Stars and Stripes
The Stills
Logic Will Break Your Heart (U.S. Version)
03:51
32Evil
Evil
Interpol
Antics [Explicit]
03:36
33I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Radio Edit)
I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Radio Edit)
Scissor Sisters
How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
04:10
34Young Folks
Young Folks
Peter Bjorn And John
Writer's Block
04:37
35Wicked and Weird
Wicked and Weird
E
Buck 65
Talkin' Honky Blues
03:42
36Montréal -40
Montréal -40
E
Malajube
Trompe l'œil
03:20
37Red Morning Light
Red Morning Light
Kings Of Leon
Youth And Young Manhood [Explicit]
02:59
38We Might As Well Be Strangers
We Might As Well Be Strangers
Keane
Hopes And Fears
03:12
39Alice Practice
Alice Practice
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
02:41
40Civil Twilight
Civil Twilight
The Weakerthans
Reunion Tour
03:17
41My Rights Versus Yours
My Rights Versus Yours
The New Pornographers
Challengers
04:17
42Clocks
Clocks
Coldplay
A Rush of Blood to the Head
05:08
43Heart
Heart
Stars
Heart
05:55
44Sleeping Sickness
Sleeping Sickness
City And Colour
Bring Me Your Love
04:08
45Jesus, Etc.
Jesus, Etc.
Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Explicit]
03:51
46The Last Time
The Last Time
Julie Doiron & Wooden Stars
Julie Doiron & the Wooden Stars
03:03
47Loscil's Rubies (Loscil's Remix)
Loscil's Rubies (Loscil's Remix)
Destroyer
Loscil's Rubies
23:28
48Laura Palmer's Prom
Laura Palmer's Prom
You Say Party!
Arbitrage ((Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))
04:46
49Steady, As She Goes
Steady, As She Goes
The Raconteurs
Broken Boy Soldiers
03:35
50The Middle
The Middle
Jimmy Eat World
Bleed American (Deluxe Edition)
02:48
51Lights & Music
Lights & Music
Cut Copy
In Ghost Colours (UK Version Delux)
04:39
52A Better Son/Daughter
A Better Son/Daughter
E
Rilo Kiley
The Execution Of All Things [Explicit]
04:39
53Skinny Love
Skinny Love
Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
03:58
54I Don't Blame You
I Don't Blame You
E
Cat Power
You Are Free [Explicit]
03:05
55The Great Escape
The Great Escape
Patrick Watson
Close to Paradise
03:07
56Bosses Hang, Pt. I
Bosses Hang, Pt. I
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Luciferian Towers
04:39
57Svefn-g-englar
Svefn-g-englar
Sigur Rós
Ágætis byrjun
10:07
58Everything In Its Right Place
Everything In Its Right Place
Radiohead
Kid A
04:11
59Time = Cause
Time = Cause
E
Broken Social Scene
Bee Hives
05:07
60NYC (2012 Remaster)
NYC (2012 Remaster)
Interpol
Turn On The Bright Lights (The Tenth Anniversary Edition - 2012 Remaster) [Explicit]
04:19
61Weighty Ghost
Weighty Ghost
E
Wintersleep
Juno Awards 2008
03:07
62Nowhere With You
Nowhere With You
Joel Plaskett Emergency
Make A Little Noise
03:02
63Rebellion (Lies)
Rebellion (Lies)
Arcade Fire
Funeral
05:11
64Fragments
Fragments
Grizzly Bear
Sorry for the Delay [Clean]
02:36
65Some Are Lakes
Some Are Lakes
Land Of Talk
Some Are Lakes
03:41
66All Gone
All Gone
Jim Guthrie
Now, More Than Ever
04:07
67Lightshow
Lightshow
Plants and Animals
The End of That
03:36
68When The Angels Make Contact
When The Angels Make Contact
Matt Mays
When The Angels Make Contact
04:13
69Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games
Of Montreal
The Sunlandic Twins
04:16
70Sure Thing
Sure Thing
Grizzly Bear
Sorry for the Delay [Clean]
06:49
71I'm a Cuckoo
I'm a Cuckoo
Belle And Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
05:26
72Destroy Everything You Touch
Destroy Everything You Touch
Ladytron
Best of 00-10 (Deluxe Version)
04:36
73The Only Exception
The Only Exception
Paramore
Brand New Eyes
04:27
74My Girls
My Girls
Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
05:41
75Dry Your Eyes
Dry Your Eyes
E
The Streets
A Grand Don't Come for Free [Explicit]
04:31
76The Rat
The Rat
The Walkmen
Sympathy For The Download 00 (DMD Internet)
04:22
77Maps
Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered) [Explicit]
03:40
78Accelerator
Accelerator
Primal Scream
Music From The Film Black To Comm
03:29
79Hate To Say I Told You So
Hate To Say I Told You So
The Hives
Veni Vidi Vicious
03:19
80The Cedar Room
The Cedar Room
Doves
The Places Between : The Best Of Doves
07:39
81Sugar, We're Goin Down
Sugar, We're Goin Down
Fall Out Boy
From Under The Cork Tree
03:49
82The Hand That Feeds
The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails
With Teeth
03:32
83All My Friends
All My Friends
LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
07:42
84Uprising
Uprising
Muse
The Resistance
05:04
85Chasing Cars
Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol
Greatest Hits
04:26
86Switched On
Switched On
Islands
Vapours
03:31
87Wolf Like Me
Wolf Like Me
TV On The Radio
Return To Cookie Mountain
04:37
88First Day of My Life
First Day of My Life
Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
03:08
89Welcome to the Black Parade
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts (The 10th Anniversary Edition) [Explicit]
05:11
90Somebody Told Me
Somebody Told Me
The Killers
Hot Fuss
03:17
91Sunrise (Original Mix)
Sunrise (Original Mix)
E
Pulp
We Love Life
05:53
92Deep, Desultory Dream
Deep, Desultory Dream
The Besnard Lakes
Volume I
06:39
93He Falls To Me
He Falls To Me
The Hidden Cameras
Origin:Orphan
04:09
94White Winter Hymnal
White Winter Hymnal
Fleet Foxes
Acoustic
02:27
95Druganaut
Druganaut
Black Mountain
Black Mountain (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
03:47
96No One Knows
No One Knows
Queens Of The Stone Age
Songs For The Deaf
04:39
97Woman
Woman
Wolfmother
Wolfmother (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
02:56
98Party Hard
Party Hard
Andrew W.K.
I Get Wet [Explicit]
03:05
99Sing
Sing
Travis
Sing
03:48