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Beyonce's 'Crazy In Love' voted NME's track of the decade

The Strokes, MGMT, MIA also make the run-down

Beyonce's 'Crazy In Love' has been voted the greatest track of this decade by NME.

It was announced today (November 25) that the 2003 single, which features Jay-Z, was Number One of the Top 100 poll, which was voted for by the staff at NME, NME.COM, NME TV and NME Radio.

MGMT were second in the run-down with their 2008 song 'Time To Pretend', while The Strokes' 'Hard To Explain', from 2001, was third.

The NME Top 20 tracks of the decade are:

1. Beyonce – 'Crazy In Love'
2. MGMT – 'Time To Pretend'
3. The Strokes – 'Hard To Explain'
4. MIA – 'Paper Planes'
5. OutKast – 'Hey Ya!'
6. The Rapture – 'House Of Jealous Lovers'
7. Klaxons – 'Golden Skans'
8. Blur – 'Out Of Time'
9. Arcade Fire – 'Rebellion (Lies)'
10. Arctic Monkeys – 'A Certain Romance'
11. The Libertines – 'Can’t Stand Me Now'
12. The Streets – 'Dry Your Eyes'
13. The Walkmen – 'The Rat'
14. The White Stripes – 'Seven Nation Army'
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Bang'
16. Rihanna – 'Umbrella'
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Maps'
18. OutKast – 'Ms Jackson'
19. Radiohead – 'Reckoner'
20. Hot Chip – 'Over And Over'


See the full 100 NME tracks of the decade on NME.COM now.

Plus:
Vote for your favourite tracks of the decade and debate the list and listen to all the songs featured on it at NME.COM/Blogs now.
 

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Comments (8)

hness 

Nov 26, 2009

I know that taste is subjective but that is a poor list.....Beyonce's is a great track but Reckoner???? Fuck off!

MartynDavenport 

Nov 26, 2009

And this is exactly why no self respecting music fan should ever put any faith in NME... ever

crayfish73 

Nov 26, 2009

A Shocking disgrace of a list. NME should hang your heads in shame. Who are you critics? Is it that mob off the xfactor? NME used to write about alternative, indie punk rock music. Now its just a pop magazine. I thought Smash Hits died years ago! Its lives on in the name of NME!!!

cowie86 

Nov 26, 2009

Well deserved, this was THE sound of summer 2003. You can't say enough bad stuff about the fucking awful video that goes with it, but the record is awesome.

The Felony 

Nov 26, 2009

Considering this is the NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS there is some seriously shit music in there, but hey this is the music industry and it's not based on good music but money £££

pistolpaul 

Nov 26, 2009

this is a wind up right? were you all drunk? these people should be named

indie_rock_and_roll_for_me 

Nov 26, 2009

The NME that we all once loved is long gone...

a_neeves 

Nov 26, 2009

You seem to have missed out "Shakespeares way with words" by One True Voice, a true modern classic.

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