Title says it all, here's my examples, from 2006 and 2007 respectively

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sSOtIHUJbjk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OIRE6iw-ws4

Title says it all, here's my examples, both from 2007

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sSOtIHUJbjk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OIRE6iw-ws4
Wasn't the first one from 2006? I remember listening to that song throughout the year.

Wasn't the first one from 2006? I remember listening to that song throughout the year.
I remember hearing it in late 2006 so I just lumped it in with 07, but the song was released in April 2006 so it would be more of an 06 song I guess, oops.

I remember hearing it in late 2006 so I just lumped it in with 07, but the song was released in April 2006 so it would be more of an 06 song I guess, oops.
No big deal. Although, I would say it wouldn't pass for a 2010s song because the melody is missing some elements that could qualify it as a 10s song in a way.

"Drop It Likes It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg ft Pharrell - It was released in 2004, but it could probably pass as a song from 2010 or 2011, in my opinion. I hate this song. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaCodgL9cvk

"Fix You" by Coldplay.  Released in 2005, but could have been released in the Early 2010s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4V3Mo61fJM

These songs could pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCw1ggftuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdAj-dBNCi4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TXaaVpiJYI

I would say these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6XpLQM2Cs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkyhvCdJ_vM

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Gt7MJuvxL.jpg
(not so much the leadoff single, "Boom Boom Pow")

https://kniftonholdingcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/the-fame-monster.jpg

Nothing else posted in this thread so far, aside probably from "Young Folks," really strikes me as anything but 2000s, but even then, "Young Folks" was not an anomaly for its decade, either, at least if you focused on the flourishing indie rock scene at the time. I guess "Right Round" and "I Kissed a Girl" could have still sounded current in 2010, but there were plenty other songs from the late 2000s similar to them and hardly any by the time 2010s culture completely took off. "Drop It Like It's Hot" sounds 2010/2011-ish? Hardly. Just look at how Pharrell appears in the video.

Don't Stop The Music (Rihanna) from 2007* sounds like it could've come out 2011.

Gimme More (Britney Spears) from 2007 also sounds a bit 2010s, but also late 2000s and very appropriate for its time too.

To list a bit of music that came out well before the end of the 2000s and not in 2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDjI3SD4Cr4
Not so much the video or girl group format, but the sound, which still reminds me a lot of Katy Perry's "E.T." and clearly differs from most 2000s music in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tm7TLaQKDk
A lot of people have commented that this song's parent album was well ahead of its time, even though electronic dance music was already common in Europe in 2005. Like "He Loves U Not," though, I really only see this fitting in with 2010 or 2011, not so much the core of the 2010s. Both songs are too substantive for that.

"Drop It Like It's Hot" sounds 2010/2011-ish? Hardly. Just look at how Pharrell appears in the video.


You could say the exact same thing about all of the other music videos posted. "He Loves U Not" definitely doesn't look something from the Y2K era, does it...

Don't Stop The Music (Rihanna) from 2005 sounds like it could've come out 2011.

Gimme More (Britney Spears) from 2007 also sounds a bit 2010s, but also late 2000s and very appropriate for its time too.
The first one was released in 2007.

"Drop It Likes It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg ft Pharrell - It was released in 2004, but it could probably pass as a song from 2010 or 2011, in my opinion. I hate this song. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaCodgL9cvk


That song sounds typically mid 2000s, in my opinion.

You could say the exact same thing about all of the other music videos posted. "He Loves U Not" definitely doesn't look something from the Y2K era, does it...


I mean more because he went from presenting himself as a hardcore gangsta in the 2000s to dancing around in small clothes and a pill box hat about getting happy in the 2010s. The look of teen pop in 2000 was definitely a lot different from what it was a decade later, but the basic appeal is still the same to this day.

It's a long shot, but what do you guys think of Do Somethin' by Britney Spears (2004)?

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Sounds more late 2000s than early '10s, but I think it could've passed.

These songs could pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCw1ggftuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdAj-dBNCi4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TXaaVpiJYI
The 2nd song peaked in 2010 I believe.
I don't really count 2008/9 songs since it's obvious they're going to have mor in common with the current decade.

To list a bit of music that came out well before the end of the 2000s and not in 2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDjI3SD4Cr4
Not so much the video or girl group format, but the sound, which still reminds me a lot of Katy Perry's "E.T." and clearly differs from most 2000s music in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tm7TLaQKDk
A lot of people have commented that this song's parent album was well ahead of its time, even though electronic dance music was already common in Europe in 2005. Like "He Loves U Not," though, I really only see this fitting in with 2010 or 2011, not so much the core of the 2010s. Both songs are too substantive for that.
The first song sounds like typical Y2K era pop music IMO.

The first song sounds like typical Y2K era pop music IMO.


Typical how? The video sure epitomizes Y2K-era teen pop, but what other songs from around that time can you name that have that type of beat?

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It's got that "2009-10 school year and the summer after shuffle beat'' to it despite being from 2006.

This song from 2009 seems to sound a bit mid 2010s to me for some reason https://youtu.be/EPFWtWb9w1Q

Darude - Sandstorm

Seriously. :P

Darude - Sandstorm

Seriously. :P
That song came out in 1999 but I guess that's close enough.
Sandstorm could pass for being 2008, maybe 09, but that's really pushing it.

These songs could pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCw1ggftuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdAj-dBNCi4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TXaaVpiJYI

Those songs are already 2010s songs in my opinion. 2010s music started in 2008.

There really isn't anything from the 2000s that can pass for 2010s because the sound didn't exist yet. All of these examples prior to 2008 sound 2000s to me.

There really isn't anything from the 2000s that can pass for 2010s because the sound didn't exist yet. All of these examples prior to 2008 sound 2000s to me.


Even though you said that 2009 sounds like the 2010s.  ???

Even though you said that 2009 sounds like the 2010s.  ???

I said it does sound 2010s. Some 2008 songs too. Nothing before 2008 does.

This Madonna song from 2002 sounds like something from Electro-Pop/Lady Gaga's peak, say, 2009-2011:

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This Madonna song from 2002 sounds like something from Electro-Pop/Lady Gaga's peak, say, 2009-2011:

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Nice example!
Another singer named Kate Ryan released a song in 2009 that actually sounded really similar.

I would say these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6XpLQM2Cs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkyhvCdJ_vM

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Gt7MJuvxL.jpg
(not so much the leadoff single, "Boom Boom Pow")

https://kniftonholdingcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/the-fame-monster.jpg

Nothing else posted in this thread so far, aside probably from "Young Folks," really strikes me as anything but 2000s, but even then, "Young Folks" was not an anomaly for its decade, either, at least if you focused on the flourishing indie rock scene at the time. I guess "Right Round" and "I Kissed a Girl" could have still sounded current in 2010, but there were plenty other songs from the late 2000s similar to them and hardly any by the time 2010s culture completely took off. "Drop It Like It's Hot" sounds 2010/2011-ish? Hardly. Just look at how Pharrell appears in the video.


Completely agree with these 100 percent.  I would also add anything from Britney Spears' "Circus" album.  It was one of "the" albums in 2009 for me and I think it's a great hybrid between '00s pop and early '10s electropop.

That song sounds typically mid 2000s, in my opinion.


"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a contender for one of the most annoying, overplayed songs of the '00s.  The song itself isn't bad, it's just too overplayed.  Where I live, it's still played often in the nightclubs and on the radio.  It's become like Sir Mix-A-Lot's "I Like Big Butts", a club anthem that won't die.

"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a contender for one of the most annoying, overplayed songs of the '00s.  The song itself isn't bad, it's just too overplayed.  Where I live, it's still played often in the nightclubs and on the radio.  It's become like Sir Mix-A-Lot's "I Like Big Butts", a club anthem that won't die.


Frankly, Drop Like It's Hot is way better than Baby Got Back. I never fully enjoyed Sir Mix-A-Lot, since he was never a great musician in my eyes.

This was released in 2007, but I think it could easily have been released in 2010 or 2011. This song is slightly ahead of its time, in my opinion. What's your take on it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZe9YxJNs48

This was released in 2007, but I think it could easily have been released in 2010 or 2011. This song is slightly ahead of its time, in my opinion. What's your take on it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZe9YxJNs48

Yeah that definitely sounds like an early 10s song. It did, in part, help to kickstart the 2008-2012 electro pop era. Will.I.Am even said that the Black eyed peas' sound on their 2009 The E.N.D album was inspired by this song.

Yeah that definitely sounds like an early 10s song. It did, in part, help to kickstart the 2008-2012 electro pop era. Will.I.Am even said that the Black eyed peas' sound on their 2009 The E.N.D album was inspired by this song.


Yep. Even though it was released in 2007, it didn't actually become popular until Late 2008/Early 2009. I remember it was a huge hit at the time.

Nothing from before 2008 could pass as a '10s song.  Even songs that have some similarities to today's music usually have aspects that make them very '00s.  Once you get into 2009, you have a lot of stuff that could pass for '10s up to 2012.

Nothing from before 2008 could pass as a '10s song.  Even songs that have some similarities to today's music usually have aspects that make them very '00s.  Once you get into 2009, you have a lot of stuff that could pass for '10s up to 2012.


So you don't think the song I posted above could have been released in the Early 2010s?

So you don't think the song I posted above could have been released in the Early 2010s?


The beat, definitely.  The vocals have a distinct '00s rock sound to them.  Upon listening, I would date it mid '00s because of the vocals.

Nothing from before 2008 could pass as a '10s song.  Even songs that have some similarities to today's music usually have aspects that make them very '00s.  Once you get into 2009, you have a lot of stuff that could pass for '10s up to 2012.


Would you say "So Good," which I posted earlier in this thread, could at least pass for early '10s? It came out in 2005.

Would you say "So Good," which I posted earlier in this thread, could at least pass for early '10s? It came out in 2005.


Possibly, but to me it sounds like something that would have been popular in 2008 or 2009.  Possibly 2010 at the latest.  I would pair it up with stuff like Britney Spears' Circus album.  Electropop, but not quite as progressive as Lady Gaga or Ke$ha were in their primes.

Possibly, but to me it sounds like something that would have been popular in 2008 or 2009.  Possibly 2010 at the latest.  I would pair it up with stuff like Britney Spears' Circus album.  Electropop, but not quite as progressive as Lady Gaga or Ke$ha were in their primes.


Really? I don't think it sounds much like Britney Spears' Circus at all. I guess there are a few tracks on that album with a similar basic feel, but the production itself is way more typical 2000s-style, non-electro or vaguely urban pop. "So Good" is way more electro-synthy and seems pretty ideal for 2010 or 2011. It's more in the basic style of Ellie Goulding's "Lights," in my opinion.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold", both from 2008, sound very 2010s-ish.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold", both from 2008, sound very 2010s-ish.

I agree.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold", both from 2008, sound very 2010s-ish.


I Kissed A Girl sounds 2000s to me. I thought Katy was going to be a punk rocker when I first heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq4OtRsdXls

This was released in 2007, but it wouldn't have sounded out of place if it had come out in 2010 or 2011. It was a big hit in the UK and Australia at the time of release.

I Kissed A Girl sounds 2000s to me. I thought Katy was going to be a punk rocker when I first heard it.


I agree.  Katy Perry's first album was quite a bit edgier and less bubblegum than her second album.  I really liked her early sound.