# Best #1 Modern/Alternative Rock Song of the Year: 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238 "2014-12-03T17:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/1 "2014-12-03T17:42:40Z")
Better than the last few (or more) years, if only because there are at least a couple songs that are actually good. Between the White Stripes and Queens of the Stone Age for me - I’m going with the latter. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/2 "2014-12-03T17:56:20Z")
And again, some of my favorite songs from '03 that didn’t make the list: The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight Belle & Sebastian - I’m A Cuckoo The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed My Favorite - Burning Hearts Joe Strummer - Coma Girl The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound M83 - America R.E.M. - Bad Day Wire - In The Art of Stopping The Notwist - Consequence ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/3 "2014-12-03T18:03:23Z")
Seven Nation Army gets chanted at soccer matches. Incredibly durable riff. Gets my vote. Also love the heartbeat riff of All my Life by the Foos and QotSA’s No One Knows. Nicely heavy representation… ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/4 "2014-12-03T18:04:24Z")
Jane’s Addiction “Just Because”, of course. That was easy. The also-rans of 2003 from [Playlist Research](http://www.playlistresearch.com/2000s/2003modern.htm). Looking at these also-rans always reminds of songs I forgot - anyone else remember FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - “Stacy’s Mom”. Favorite also-ran from the year - QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - “Go With The Flow” Also, IMO, most interesting cover of the year - JOHNNY CASH - “Hurt” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/5 "2014-12-03T18:32:29Z")
Finally, a handful of contenders I don’t have to be shy about voting for. “Seven Nation Army” gets my vote here. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/6 "2014-12-03T18:53:08Z")
Voted for Evanescence, it’s held up for me surprisingly well. Otherwise it’d have been the Stripes or RHCP. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/7 "2014-12-03T19:01:03Z")
The White Stripes, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/8 "2014-12-03T21:09:39Z")
Stopped when I got the White Stripes and just voted without bothering to read the rest of the list. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/9 "2014-12-03T21:23:02Z")
7 Nation Army in a walk-off home run. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/10 "2014-12-03T21:39:14Z")
Good songs overall though the White Stripes rule this poll deservedly. It does not need my vote so I went with Trapt’s “Headstrong” since it reminds me so much of being 16 in 2003. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/11 "2014-12-03T22:45:23Z")
_[Seven Nation Army](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY)_ is the only possible choice here. And it’s far from their best number. Evanescence is great but not in the same league IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/12 "2014-12-04T00:33:21Z")
Seven Nation Army is a no brainer. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/13 "2014-12-04T00:50:25Z")
I may be the only person who doesn’t love 7NA, but I find it kind of turgid. Queens of the Stone Age got my vote instead. That said, 2003 was a remarkable year for albums. Jay-Z, The Black Album Notwist - Neon Golden Radiohead - Hail to the Thief The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium The Wrens - The Meadowlands Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place I’m sure I’m missing some… ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/14 "2014-12-04T01:43:10Z")
“Seven Nation Army” won my vote. “Bring Me to Life” is dead-ass last, with a dishonorable mention going to “Headstrong.” For a short while, that song was in every commercial for every football game, every truck commercial, and the like. It annoyed the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-modern-alternative-rock-song-of-the-year-2003/706238/15 "2014-12-04T01:49:57Z")
Man, I love a lot of the songs on this list. But I had to give it to the White Stripes because 7 Nation Army rocks the most.