200 Songs 2000s Teens in Europe Grew Up With (Part 1: 2000-2004)
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It was honestly an incredible time to be a teenager. Music didn’t just appear instantly in your hand, you had to wait for it, kind of chase it (either record it on the radio or have some friend burn you a CD with them, and in doing so, every new release really felt special and that's maybe why I really appreciate most of this and that I'm able to pin point most of this songs to a time/event in my life.
Sure, you could spot patterns or recurring themes that come and go, but nothing ever felt truly predictable in this years. Everything was a little chaotic, a emotional, incredibly original and that's cemented in the very core our generation.
These days it seems people just recycle most trends and keep outputting more of the same. Don't get me wrong as there's plenty of good artist nowadays that I love but it's nothing compared to the variety of the buffet we had in the 2000s.
Date: 2025-05-10
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nvrmnde
I suppose my Nordic bias is showing, but I feel like there should've been 1-2 more Outlandish songs and at least one by HIM. Especially since there were lots of songs included that probably weren't that big outside of western or central Europe. But this was a good nostalgia trip anyhow, thanks for all the effort! Finally got names to a lot of songs I knew, but didn't know-know.
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I suppose my Nordic bias is showing, but I feel like there should've been 1-2 more Outlandish songs and at least one by HIM. Especially since there were lots of songs included that probably weren't that big outside of western or central Europe. But this was a good nostalgia trip anyhow, thanks for all the effort! Finally got names to a lot of songs I knew, but didn't know-know.
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the-best-music
Music was so variable back then. No one knew what they were doing because the electronic music wasn't yet sophisticated to sound good enough and because there wasn't a standard uniform sound to conform to. So everyone was basically experimenting with whatever they had which pushed their creativity to the max, resulting in such unique songs. It was a hit or miss time.
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Music was so variable back then. No one knew what they were doing because the electronic music wasn't yet sophisticated to sound good enough and because there wasn't a standard uniform sound to conform to. So everyone was basically experimenting with whatever they had which pushed their creativity to the max, resulting in such unique songs. It was a hit or miss time.
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LuceGlaciale24
I'm Italian. I was a little kid when Sunrise came out, and I causally heard it on the radio while I was in a perfumery shop with my mom.
The chorus stuck in my head from that moment. I had been looking for that song for years without knowing the words and the name and then I found it in your video. I couldn't believe it. Thank you so much, it means a lot for me
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I'm Italian. I was a little kid when Sunrise came out, and I causally heard it on the radio while I was in a perfumery shop with my mom.
The chorus stuck in my head from that moment. I had been looking for that song for years without knowing the words and the name and then I found it in your video. I couldn't believe it. Thank you so much, it means a lot for me
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davidekstrand8713
Listening to Independent Women pt 1 brought home that those are the values that our generation were brought up with. Men and women, strong and caring for themselves, choosing to be together out of love and free will, not economic necessity. It seems like the current generation have forgotten lessons their parents learned at a heavy price.
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Listening to Independent Women pt 1 brought home that those are the values that our generation were brought up with. Men and women, strong and caring for themselves, choosing to be together out of love and free will, not economic necessity. It seems like the current generation have forgotten lessons their parents learned at a heavy price.
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Diskmaskin09
I was prepared for just the occasional song being correct with a lot of songs you've never -ever- heard. Like in most other compilation.
But I am sitting here listening it's like.
Boom - heard it.
Boom - Heard it.
Boom - heard it.
Boom - heard it.
Good work, like really good work with this one, buddy.
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I was prepared for just the occasional song being correct with a lot of songs you've never -ever- heard. Like in most other compilation.
But I am sitting here listening it's like.
Boom - heard it.
Boom - Heard it.
Boom - heard it.
Boom - heard it.
Good work, like really good work with this one, buddy.
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Skaitania
For 20 minutes you took me back to 6th grade, at the height of the yo-yo craze and my sister making me watch all of OC California with her.
Back then I barely understood any of the songs' lyrics. or none (it was always Drago ice-tea to us. and we didn't care one bit. Thank you for uploading.
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For 20 minutes you took me back to 6th grade, at the height of the yo-yo craze and my sister making me watch all of OC California with her.
Back then I barely understood any of the songs' lyrics. or none (it was always Drago ice-tea to us. and we didn't care one bit. Thank you for uploading.
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TheVANDERLAND100
Can anyone help me find a video/dance song of a girl driving in a car on a straight road circa 2003-2004 hit please I can't seem to find it anywhere. The song goes something like. Lara ra rarara, ra rarara, lara ra raaaaaa. I don't know if that's useful whatsoever.
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Can anyone help me find a video/dance song of a girl driving in a car on a straight road circa 2003-2004 hit please I can't seem to find it anywhere. The song goes something like. Lara ra rarara, ra rarara, lara ra raaaaaa. I don't know if that's useful whatsoever.
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thedarkside7508
German here. Every song hit the right spot. This is a masterpiece. Thank you so much. Can't believe it's been 25 years since then. I want the same feeling of being young for my own kids, but the world seems so different these days. I won't give up on humanity.
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German here. Every song hit the right spot. This is a masterpiece. Thank you so much. Can't believe it's been 25 years since then. I want the same feeling of being young for my own kids, but the world seems so different these days. I won't give up on humanity.
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WeisserPaladin
Ha, the cheap nostalgia trick again, eh You won't get me that easily.
Holy crap, that's basically a copy of my mp3 collection from university! Plus the annoying parts the radio played to death. Damn, you got me there!
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Ha, the cheap nostalgia trick again, eh You won't get me that easily.
Holy crap, that's basically a copy of my mp3 collection from university! Plus the annoying parts the radio played to death. Damn, you got me there!
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Erdfreak
You are a good man. Thank you.
Like, I knew 95% of the songs and most of them are still bangers compared to modern radio stuff. I never thought i'd say this, but I take Nickelback over Drake 11 out of 10 times.
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You are a good man. Thank you.
Like, I knew 95% of the songs and most of them are still bangers compared to modern radio stuff. I never thought i'd say this, but I take Nickelback over Drake 11 out of 10 times.
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Thobela-h3x
Music truly is universal. I grew up in Southern Africa and l know 98% of the songs here and l know lost of the lyrics. Fallen Evanescence was one of my favourite albums of all time. Had it on cassette!
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Music truly is universal. I grew up in Southern Africa and l know 98% of the songs here and l know lost of the lyrics. Fallen Evanescence was one of my favourite albums of all time. Had it on cassette!
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the-best-music
It was the best era ever, nowadays we have arrogant teenagers, horrible music, useless artists etc back then music had a soul nowadays music is boring and rubbish for useless and pathetic gen z
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It was the best era ever, nowadays we have arrogant teenagers, horrible music, useless artists etc back then music had a soul nowadays music is boring and rubbish for useless and pathetic gen z
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mistihd5638
1: 32 you put je ne t'aime plus instead of bongo bong, they have the same instrumental but are different songs with different lyrics, bongo bong is in english and je ne t'aime plus is in french
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1: 32 you put je ne t'aime plus instead of bongo bong, they have the same instrumental but are different songs with different lyrics, bongo bong is in english and je ne t'aime plus is in french
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Dwesk
Cool nostalgic list aside it's always so interesting to see which songs stood the test of time and became all time classic and which were kind of. products of it's time that got popular just because.
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Cool nostalgic list aside it's always so interesting to see which songs stood the test of time and became all time classic and which were kind of. products of it's time that got popular just because.
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slowlywakingup
I've just travelled through time. Thanks for reminding me of much happier times when I almost failed a couple of classes in high school because I couldn't stop watching mtv.
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I've just travelled through time. Thanks for reminding me of much happier times when I almost failed a couple of classes in high school because I couldn't stop watching mtv.
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CoL_Drake
I was like how do I know every single song I don't even listen to music often and then I remembered that's when I was 14-18 years old like THE time for such music
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I was like how do I know every single song I don't even listen to music often and then I remembered that's when I was 14-18 years old like THE time for such music
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TaRatTinCan
After finding out that Robbie Williams is relatively unknown in the US, I wonder for Americans growing up in 2000s which of these songs stand out as unfamiliar
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After finding out that Robbie Williams is relatively unknown in the US, I wonder for Americans growing up in 2000s which of these songs stand out as unfamiliar
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the-best-music
Wow, I literally remember all of them! Such a nostalgia, such a beautiful time. Thank you for awakening these warm feelings, may the universe keep you safe!
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Wow, I literally remember all of them! Such a nostalgia, such a beautiful time. Thank you for awakening these warm feelings, may the universe keep you safe!
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migueltf4398
I came to see this list to compare it with the actual hits on America during the same era, and I did find a lot of songs that I never heard over here.
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I came to see this list to compare it with the actual hits on America during the same era, and I did find a lot of songs that I never heard over here.
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