These are the top 20 songs from albums released between December 1, 1999 and November 30, 2000 in the United States. As I do every year, I factored in the following criteria when ranking the top songs: originality, composition/arrangement/production, lyrics, catchiness/memorability, energy, emotion.

1. At the Drive In “One Armed Scissor” Relationship of Command (Grand Royal)

2. Eminem “The Real Slim Shady ” The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope)

3. Eminem “The Way I Am ” The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope)

4. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women, Pt. 1 ” Charlie’s Angels Soundtrack (Columbia)

5. The New Pornographers “Mass Romantic” Mass Romantic (Matador)

6. Jay-Z – I Just Wanna Luv U (Give it 2 Me)” The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (Roc-A-Fella)

7. DMX “What’s My Name ” …And Then There Was X (Def Jam)

8. Eminem “Stan ” The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope)

9. Aimee Mann “Momentum ” Magnolia Soundtrack (Reprise)

10. Bright Eyes “The Calendar Hung Itself” Fevers and Mirrors (Saddle Creek)

11. Eminem “Drug Ballad ” The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope)

12. Jay-Z “So Ghetto ” Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter (Roc-A-Fella)

13. Dead Prez “They Schools” Let’s Get Free (Relativity)

14. At the Drive In “Arcarsenal” Relationship of Command (Grand Royal)

15. Linkin Park “One Step Closer” Hybrid Theory (Warner Brothers)

16. Outkast “B.O.B.” Stankonia (La Face)

17. Mya “Case of the Ex ” Fear of Flying (Interscope)

18. Queens of the Stone Age “The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret” Rated R (Interscope)

19. Cypress Hill “You Can’t Get the Best of Me” Skull & Bones (Columbia)

20. Sunny Day Real Estate “Disappear” The Rising Tide (Time Bomb)