Oscar Goff232

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

economymedicine.bsky.social229

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

Liam165

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

Alissa Wilkinson155

It’s really gotta be Such Great Heights

Joel Mayward150

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

buildmore🔰125

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 🏳️‍🌈72

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 Parmesan56

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

asura55

No Sum41 or Lit? No one knows Flagpole Sitta anymore

Todd43

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.

Wes Rose42

“Float On” by Modest Mouse

doom boy37

this is a white ass list my friend

Themlock30

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

Renee28

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 H22

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

THISISKYLE22

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

AK22

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

David McGinnis20

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

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.

John Penus 𓅸18

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.

man w smol pan18

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

Morbo the News Monster17

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

Greer15

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)?

Lilly ⭐️14

this list really does paint a beautiful picture

Caldé time14

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

Christo Silvia14

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

Frog Suit Mario13

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

Anxiyeti13

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

Contingency Fee12

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

rando54.bsky.social11

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

Jonno11

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

R. Hunter Whitworth11

I Believe in a Thing Called Love feels relevant

Cab10

"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.

NaK Eutectic Enjoyer10

I hear Stacy's Mom has got it going on

Andy 🐈‍⬛🍺🧦🇺🇦🇵🇸↙️↙️↙️10

"Hey Ya!" belongs on there.

Zach Malm10

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

Bill H10

Hey there Delilah was ubiquitous there for a while

Chris Weber10

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.

JJ9

I regret to inform you it's Drops of Jupiter

Avs Von Rockie8

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

Transfer portal poster 8

How to save a life- The Fray

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

Hank Single7

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

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!

Gabe Lynch6

Maybe “We Are Young” by fun?

Michael Yarbrough (he/him)6

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

Stephie6

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

Em, midly6

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

Chris6

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

ohara302.bsky.social6

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

Stefan Magnussen6

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

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.

Dan5

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.

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

Mark Histed5

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”

blakeswenson.bsky.social5

What about Modest Mouse "Float On"?

Max Headroom Incident5

Fallout Boy - Sugar, we’re going down

UncannyKyle4

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.

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 Stromberg4

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.

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.

Taylor4

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

pokeypete.bsky.social4

Not every millennial is a weirdo indy kid.

Kelly J. Crawford4

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

Wooks Koepka4

Literally any Modest Mouse song.

tarallo4

Friday - Rebecca Black Semi-ironically, but genuinely

Wearing a HR Monitor while taking a poo 3

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

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

Jason Fliegel3

It's obviously Fireflies by Owl City.

Golf Art3

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

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

Pearl River Flow3

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.

Ryann Liebenthal3

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

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

Andrew Bernhard3

Can we just say Super Bon Bon and move on?

alias: hummingbird3

no linking park? red hot chilli peppers?

■Khanwald/Nielsen■3

Electric Feel -Mgmt Midnight City - m83

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

Merlin Blackwell of Clearwater🇨🇦2

Does Awolnation Sail count as millennial?

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?

PureNRK2

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

Stefan Müller2

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

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.

JAIL FOR ICE THUGS2

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

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)

Kay@foodnpolitics ✨🗽💙Bend that arc ✨🗽💙Find your joy2

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.

Blue S'guy2

The Killers / Mr. Brightside

Noelle Schultz2

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

skrtskrtskrtskrt.myatproto.social2

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.

Jack Hanford the Manford2

It’s the anthem by good Charlotte.

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 =^)11

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

Rich Ferguson8

Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5

Sanmei7

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.

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...

DGM3

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?

binary phase diagram11

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

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)

Andrea3

Blister in the Sun is a banger, they played it a lot on Y100 in Philly. RIP Y100.

Scott2

well now I need to go listen to "Pepper" several times

Lost In The Supermarket2

Keeping to the brief, I was trying to think of something early 00s. That said, Pepper was on *heavy* rotation for me when it dropped. That song did stuff to my brain.

Luna5

My biggest Hill I Will Die On is that generations are a social construct & most of the discourse over them are being pushed by the Big Grumpy Curmudgeon Industry