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 pop tracks of 2000, volume one. 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. The Bloodhound Gang “The Bad Touch” Hooray for Boobies (Interscope)

2. Nelly “Country Grammar” Country Grammar (Uptown/Universal)

3. Shaggy “It Wasn’t Me” Hotshot (MCA)

4. Ja Rule featuring Vita “Put It On Me” Rule 3:36 (Def Jam)

5. Outkast “So Fresh, So Clean” Stankonia (La Face)

6. Sisqo “Thong Song” Unleash the Dragon (Def Soul)

7. Sonique “It Feels So Good” Hear My Cry (Uptown/Universal)

8. Aaliyah “Try Again” Romeo Must Die Soundtrack (Blackground)

9. En Vogue “Riddle” Masterpiece Theatre (East West)

10. Nelly featuring City Spud “Ride Wit’ Me” Country Grammar (Uptown/Universal)

11. Trina “Pull Over” Da Baddest Bitch (Slip-N-Side/Atlantic)

12. Outkast “Ms. Jackson” Stankonia (La Face)

13. R. Kelly “Fiesta” TP-2.com (Jive)

14. Sonique “Sky” Hear My Cry (Uptown/Universal)

15. Souldecision “Faded” No One Does It Better (MCA)

16. Madonna “Music” Music (Warner Brothers)

17. Toni Braxton “He Wasn’t Man Enough” The Heat (La Face/Arista)

18. Pink “There You Go” Can’t Take Me Home (La Face)