Words by Maria

Inspired by Nollnolltalet.se a lot of bloggers have started to list their 100 best tunes from this decade during the past weeks. When I first saw this I thought I would never manage to list 100 tunes I like and on top of that rank them. But I couldn’t get the thought out of my mind so last night I thought that I might as well should give it a try. And as soon as I got started I couldn’t leave it behind. And to be honest it was far from as hard as I thought it would be.

What I realised though is that I listen mostly to the same artists and over and over again instead of trying to find musicians I never heard of before. In my younger years I was more influenced by my friends and what they listened to. And it’s not that I’m not sensitive to what my friends want to tell me, but nowadays I rarely get any music tips from friends to be honest. It just Stefan who once in a while tells me he’s found some good music he likes, and looking at my list below there are some bands there that from the beginning were tips from him. I don’t listen to the radio either more than when I drive a car, which isn’t that often. The conclusion of this is that there are probably lots of good music out there who would qualify for a position on my list if I had heard it, but I haven’t. So if you miss something that you think I might like, please tell me, I could use some more variation in my Spotify lists.

Talking about Spotify, there are five tracks on my list who aren’t found on Spotify but here are the 95 other tunes. To compensate the five lost tunes I have made them bold in the list below.

1. Coldplay – Fix you
2. 12 stones – Photograph
3. U2 – Beautiful Day
4. Earshot – Fall apart
5. Sigur Rós – Glósóli
6. Coldplay – Viva la vida
7. Gavin Degraw – Just friends
8. Coldplay – Green eyes
9. Melody Club – Electric
10. Jason Mraz – Love for a child
11. Eskju Divine – Struck by the halo
12. Coldplay – In my place
13. The Hives – Hate to say I told you so
14. Marit Bergman – This is the year
15. Pillar – Bring me down
16. Coldplay – Don’t panic
17. Jack’s Mannequin – Miss Delaney
18. Coldplay – What if
19. Eskju Divine – Darkness all around
20. Gavin Degraw – In love with a girl
21. Raymond & Maria – Ingen vill veta var du har köpt din tröja
22. Kleerup & Titiyo – Longing for lullabies
23. Coldplay – The scientist
24. 12 stones – The way I feel
25. Laleh – Live tomorrow
26. Coldplay – Lost
27. Sigur Rós – Hoppípolla
28. Coldplay – Talk
29. Marit Bergman – I will always be your soldier
30. Hoobastank – The reason
31. Takida – Curly Sue
32. Gavin Degraw – Chariot
33. Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
34. Gustaf Spetz – You and me
35. Coldplay – Yellow
36. Håkan Hellström – En vän med en bil
37. Bad Cash Quartet – Big day coming
38. Green Day – Boulevard of broken dreams
39. Marit Bergman – Julia
40. Gavin DeGraw – More than anyone
41. Coldplay – Trouble
42. Melody Club – Destiny calling
43. Blink 182 – Anthem, Part 2
44. Laleh – Call on me
45. Ceasars Palace – Jerk it out
46. Kent – Dom andra
47. Lars Winnerbäck – Jag vill gå hem med dig
48. Håkan Hellström – Det är så jag säger det
49. Melody Club – Cats in the dark
50. Snow Patrol – Shut your eyes
51. Salem Al Fakir – Good song
52. Bon Jovi – It’s my life
53. Paolo Nutini – New shoes
54. Melody Club – Play me in stereo
55. Hoobastank – Same direction
56. Amanda Jenssen – Our last goodbye
57. Raymond & Maria – Min pappa
58. The Hives – A little more for little you
59. Avril Lavigne – Complicated
60. Hello Saferide – If I don’t write this song someone I love will die
61. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
62. Green Day – Warning
63. Blink 182 – First date
64. Gustaf Spetz – Every word I know
65. MxPx – Prove it to the world
66. Laakso – Norrköping
67. Miss Li, Lars Winnerbäck – Om du lämnade mig nu
68. The Ark – Calleth you, Cometh I
69. Håkan Hellström – Den fulaste flickan i världen
70. Múm – Green grass of the tunnel
71. Staind – It’s been a while
72. Jack’s Mannequin – Mixed Tape
73. Kent – Kärleken väntar
74. Carola – Genom allt
75. Salem Al Fakir – This is who I am
76. Christian Walz – Wonderchild
77. Sugarplum Fairy – Love’s turning to boredom
78. Lars Winnerbäck – Dunkla rum
79. Erik Hassle – Hurtful
80. Lene Marlin – Sorry
81. Jack’s Mannequin – I’m ready
82. The Ark – It takes a fool to remain sane
83. Christian Walz – Never be afraid again
84. Lars Winnerbäck – En tätort på en slätt
85. Avril Lavigne – Sk8er boi
86. Evanescence – Going under
87. Titiyo – Come Along
88. Timbuktu – Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
89. Dido – Don’t leave home
90. NoFX – What’s the matter with parents today?
91. Jason Mraz – I’m yours
92. Kleerup & Robyn – With every Heartbeat
93. Martin Stenmarck – Nästa dans
94. Lisa Miskovsky – Driving one of your cars
95. Sophie Zelmani – To know you
96. Lilleman – Vart tog pappa vägen?
97. Anna Ternheim – Such a lonely soul
98. Markus Fagerwall – Close but no cigar
99. Oh Laura – Release me
100. Bob Hund – Ska du hänga med? Nä!!

Others who have listed the last decade in music:

• Niklas Jakobsen
• Pelle Sten
• Jonk
• Pella Myrstener
• Kim Grönqvist
• Sofia Mymlan Mirjamsdotter