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What’s the best song of the last ten years?

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Help NME.COM celebrate its tenth birthday in style

What’s the best song of the last ten years?

From Beck’s ‘Devils Haircut’ back in 1996, to the Arctic Monkeys' ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ last year, what has been the one song that’s shone out over the last decade?

NME.COM is celebrating its tenth birthday this year and we need you to draw up the ultimate playlist of the last ten years.

All you have to do is nominate your favourite track that came out between 1996 and 2006, be it a single, album track, download, bootleg, or whatever - and tell us why it’s the best thing of the last decade.

Send your track, along with your name, age, and a short explanation of why it’s the best to features@nme.com with NME.COM List as the subject.

The most popular tracks will appear in specials features in NME and on NME.COM, while the best selections will be played by DJs at NME.COM’s party which Kasabian will be headlining at London’s KOKO on September 12.

Meanwhile stay tuned to NME.COM for more announcements, competitions and exclusive as we get set to celebrate ten years online.

If you need your memory jogging check out NME’s Tracks and Albums of the Albums Of The Year (from NME's End Of Year lists) below.

Tracks

1996 Underworld -Born Slippy
1997 The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
1998 Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
1999 Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
2000 Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
2001 Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
2002 Doves – There Goes The Fear
2003 Beyonce – Crazy In Love
2004 The Libertines – Can’t Stand Me Now
2005 The Futureheads – Hounds Of Love

Albums

1996 Beck - Odelay
1997 Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
1998 Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
1999 The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
2000 Queens Of The Stone Age – Rated R
2001 The Strokes - Is This It
2002 Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
2003 The White Stripes – Elephant
2004 Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
2005 Bloc Party – Silent Alarm

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