With a sentiment that’s powered classic refrains by everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Katy Perry, it’s no wonder that it’s still a marvel every time the waves of Yellowcard’s best chorus crash down and take us away. In the pop-punk realm, few songs evoke as much nostalgia as “Ocean Avenue,” and that’s only heightened by its familiar chorus, a heart-punching ode to young love, and the desire to escape your hometown and run for-ehh-verrrrrr. Bottoms up! - KATIE ATKINSONĪguilera dominated the early 2000s with fun, frothy hooks, but her powerful voice gained unexpected gravitas when she released the show-stopping “Beautiful,” an anthem of inclusion that smartly bounces between pronouns (“I am beautiful” becomes “You are beautiful” becomes “We are beautiful”) to turn the personal into the universal.
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Has there ever been a more persuasive chorus - let alone one consisting almost entirely of a single word? We hope Redfoo and SkyBlu bought stock in Jagermeister before releasing this song, because the repetitive refrain serves as a siren call for the deep-pocketed member of your club-going crew to make a beeline for the bar and return with a tray full of regrets. Read on to see our ranking - skip right to the chorus of each song in our embedded YouTube link, and check out our full Spotify playlist at the bottom - but make sure your coworkers (or more judgmental friends) are out of earshot first: It’s only gonna get harder as we go to resist singing along. (We considered songs from near the turn of the millennium eligible as long as they peaked on the Hot 100 in the ’00s.)
And perhaps most importantly: When you see the song title, does the chorus immediately jump to mind, not to leave anytime soon? If so, it’s the right song for this list. We voted, we debated, and we have our answers: Billboard‘s list of the 100 greatest choruses of the 21st century, ranked by no metric other than the songs that most immediately came to mind when thinking about everything that a great chorus should be - clever, catchy, singular, and utterly unforgettable.
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