# Best of the Rest of the Top 40: 2001

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 28, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216 "2015-03-28T16:24:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216/21 "2015-03-29T13:39:04Z")

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I was going to resign myself to voting for Lifehouse until I scrolled down and saw someone mentioned Moby. I didn’t even see “South Side” the first time I scanned the list. It’s notable as the only song where I can stand Gwen Stefani.

Train is horrible and I hate them. To borrow from the world-renowned\*\* Ponch8 Rating System,\*\* they need to finish dead-ass last.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216/22 "2015-03-29T15:38:06Z")

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My vote was for the surprisingly-underperforming “If You’re Gone”, which I always thought was one of Matchbox Twenty’s best songs.

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**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216/23 "2015-03-29T18:11:43Z")

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Dido.

I do NOT understand Train’s popularity, then or now. Talk about lame lyricists.

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**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:** [March 30, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216/24 "2015-03-30T11:32:24Z")

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Dido for me. No contest, and I definitely don’t agree with the characterization of it as “crappy”.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216/25 "2015-03-30T13:54:27Z")

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Hey, I still recognize some of the songs on this list!

I’ll join the “Drops of Jupiter” group.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-2001/716216/26 "2015-03-30T16:24:34Z")

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> [@Helena330](#):
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> Dido.
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> I do NOT understand Train’s popularity, then or now. Talk about lame lyricists.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Dido for me. No contest, and I definitely don’t agree with the characterization of it as “crappy”.

It’s ditto.

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