2004 songs: Staff picks for the 100 best singles.
By the time the 2000s reached 2004, the decade was hitting its stride, with an identity totally its own. Newly crossed over sub-genres like crunk, emo and reggaetón had found their way to the center of the mainstream, while dancehall and indie rock were reaching the charts and MTV in ways they rarely had previously.
The way 2004 redefined popular music for the ’00s can be best seen in perhaps the two biggest albums of the year, both by artists whose stardom was previously established in the ’90s. Usher’sraised the stakes on the pop and R&B that had made him a teen heartthrob at the turn of the century, with newly heavy and distinctly adult subject matter, and turbo-charged beats courtesy of producers of the moment like Lil Jon and Just Blaze.
Those were just two of the many huge albums and singles that helped the ’00s reach their midway peak in 2004: It was also a year for brand-new artists like Gretchen Wilson, Los Lonely Boys and Ashlee Simpson, as well as a comeback year for long-established legends like U2, the Beastie Boys and even Loretta Lynn.
Professional successes aside, though, “Since U Been Gone” endures two decades later as a flamethrower of a pop-rock song, setting fire to everything in its path with pristine production, enthralling soft-loud dynamics and a dynamite vocal throwdown by a breakup-healed Clarkson.
Is it the high-pitched strings from Bloodshy & Avant? Or the venomous lyrics from the Swedish production duo alongside Cathy Dennis and Henrik Jonback? Or maybe the cheeky superspy-spoofing list). It earned Spears her first, and so far only, Grammy . And even Jay-Z chose it as his favorite Britney song in a random 2013 Twitter Q&A and adding an electronic pop sound that put a legend who could have been forever linked to the ’90s instead at the forefront of top 40’s new frontier.
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