# Most Iconic/Generation defining rock song 2000-2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421 "2015-06-02T04:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/1 "2015-06-02T04:38:59Z")
What, in your opinion, is the most Iconic/Generation defining rock song for the years 2000-2010? ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/2 "2015-06-02T04:47:48Z")
I would recommend: The Killers All These Things I’ve Done [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTpLvsYYHw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTpLvsYYHw) _or_ The Heavy How You Like Me Now [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM) I choose The Killers by a _very_ thin margin ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/3 "2015-06-02T06:45:18Z")
[“Seven Nation Army”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY) by the White Stripes ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/4 "2015-06-02T07:19:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [“Seven Nation Army”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY) by the White Stripes I second this, and also throw in **[Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAp96n9iL_g)** as an honorable mention. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/5 "2015-06-02T07:43:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [“Seven Nation Army”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY) by the White Stripes good choice! ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/6 "2015-06-02T09:33:54Z")
While those EA Sports FIFA anthems are good choices, I’d like to go a bit off the beaten path and nominate: [Pink-Get The Party Started](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1dbiD_zDk) [OutKast-Hey Ya](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/7 "2015-06-02T10:45:46Z")
_Wake Me Up When September Ends_, Green Day ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/8 "2015-06-02T12:31:54Z")
The Killers. [Mr Brightside](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2oj6jo_the-killers-mr-brightside-paradise-theater-evergig_music). You could not get away from it from about 2003-2010. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/9 "2015-06-02T12:49:35Z")
Agree with most of the rest and would also suggest “Sex On Fire” or “Use Somebody” by the Kings Of Leon. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/10 "2015-06-02T12:55:15Z")
[Nickelback, “Someday.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sriC7iOxwR8) (Unfortunately.) ---
**Author:** ![Mllz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mllz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mllz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/11 "2015-06-02T13:45:33Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > [Nickelback, “Someday.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sriC7iOxwR8) > > (Unfortunately.) Sheesh. No need to go _there_. That wasn’t even the ‘most iconic/generation defining rock song 2000-2010’ named “Someday”! [The Strokes - Someday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFnjZY1vRzk) ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/12 "2015-06-02T14:59:36Z")
I’m also going with _The Killers_, but **Somebody Told Me** is my jam. That or _Panic! At The Disco_ with **I Write Sins Not Tragedies** ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/13 "2015-06-02T15:08:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [“Seven Nation Army”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY) by the White Stripes > [@TheInimitableMaven](#): > > I second this, and also throw in **[Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAp96n9iL_g)** as an honorable mention. Winners right here. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/14 "2015-06-02T16:04:17Z")
My awareness of popular music during the period in question has been very sporadic. Almost all of the songs mentioned in this thread, I have no idea what they sound like (though it’s possible that I might recognize one or two if I listened to a sample). But these two are indelibly stuck in my head: > [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I’d like to go a bit off the beaten path and nominate: > > [Pink-Get The Party Started](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1dbiD_zDk) > > [OutKast-Hey Ya](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw) So, if “iconic” or “generation defining” implies a song that just about everybody knows, these are the strongest candidates so far. “Hey Ya” in particular was impossible to escape during its heyday. The main objection to them is that they’re arguably not **rock** songs (but rather, pop). The most ubiquitous unambiguously rock song I can think of off the top of my head is U2’s “Vertigo” (thanks partly to its use in those iPod commercials). But then, U2 as a band isn’t especially identified with that particular decade/generation. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/15 "2015-06-02T17:37:32Z")
Strictly rock: My 1-3 would be the previously-mentioned “Seven Nation Army,” “Take Me Out,” and “All These Things That I’ve Done.” If you’re looking for 2010s influence, you could maybe go with Mumford and Sons’ “Little Lion Man” or, more dubiously, Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up.” Including pop: “Hey Ya!” by a lot, then maybe something from Justin Timberlake – “Cry Me a River” has the Britney dis and the Pitchfork cred, but “Rock Your Body” has the drug/sex references and the wardrobe malfunction. I’ll pick the latter, but just barely. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/16 "2015-06-02T18:00:07Z")
Although “Seven Nation Army” is a strong answer, I feel that [“Float On”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAud5O7Qqk) by Modest Mouse gets at least an honorable mention. Other songs to think about: [“Radioactive”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU) by Imagine Dragons, which I believe is the song from the 2010s that has received the most airplay so far. [“Second Chance”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H25ORRgLxdA) by Shinedown is a typical example of a whole bunch of songs from the late aughts that have a similar sound and/or feel. This would also include songs like [“Paralyzer”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk6gZuPKRE) by Finger Eleven and ["How To Save A Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk)" by The Fray. Pop punk was also big during this time. Besides Green Day (for whom [“Boulevard of Broken Dreams”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c) is probably a stronger candidate than “Wake Me Up When September Ends”), there’s [“Fat Lip”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMX2lPum_pg) by Sum 41 and ["Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-jC3H_8Dk4)by Good Charlotte. One last song to consider is [“Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhG-vLZrb-g) by Fall Out Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/17 "2015-06-02T18:12:19Z")
> [@TheInimitableMaven](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by **Little Nemo** > > “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes > > I second this, and also throw in Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out” as an honorable mention. I second this, and also throw in **[Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAp96n9iL_g)** as an honorable mention. Yes. And yes. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-generation-defining-rock-song-2000-2010/721421/18 "2015-06-02T18:20:18Z")
Perhaps because I dislike it so much, [“Bodies” by Drowning Pool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodies_%28Drowning_Pool_song%29) seemed ever present to me throughout the entire decade. Just about every 20 year old in Iraq considered this their theme song in 2003 when I was there. I’ve seen many tattoos based on this song. I don’t _want_ this to be “the song of the decade”, but I’m afraid it probably is.