Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2000 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2000, these are the rest of the best mainstream rock tracks of 2000. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 1999 and November 30, 2000.

1. No Doubt “Ex-Girlfriend” Return of Saturn (Interscope)

2. Green Day “Minority” Warning (Reprise)

3. Coldplay “Yellow” Parachutes (Parlophone/Capitol)

4. U2 “Elevation” All That You Can’t Leave Behind (Interscope)

5. Marilyn Manson “Disposable Teens” Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (Nothing/Interscope)

6. Linkin Park “Crawling” Hybrid Theory (Warner Brothers)

7. No Doubt “Bathwater” Return of Saturn (Interscope)

8. Green Day “Misery” Warning (Reprise)

9. Pearl Jam “Thin Air” Binaural (Epic/Sony)

10. Oasis “Go Let It Out” Standing On the Shoulder of Giants (Epic/Sony)

11. The Bloodhound Gang “I Hope You Die” Hooray for Boobies (Interscope)

12. Cypress Hill “Rock Superstar” Skull & Bones (Columbia)

13. Papa Roach “Never Enough” Infest (Dreamworks)

14. Everclear “When It All Goes Wrong Again” Songs From an American Movie Vol. 2: Good Time For a Bad Attitude (Capitol)

15. Green Day “Hold On” Warning (Reprise)

16. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “She Just Happened” Pay Attention (Island/Def Jam)

17. Blink 182 “Man Overboard” The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) (MCA)

18. Limp Bizkit “Take A Look Around” Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (Interscope)

19. Papa Roach “Broken Home” Infest (Dreamworks)

20. Green Day “Warning” Warning (Reprise)