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Turn up the volume for a nostalgia trip! Join us as we count down the musical hits that shaped our formative years during the 2010s. From viral sensations to chart-topping anthems, these tracks weren't just songs – they were the soundtrack to our growing up. Which earworm still lives rent-free in your head? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the 10 songs from the 2010s
00:10that did the best job at summing the decade up.
00:19Number 10, Baby, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris.
00:30Justin Bieber's Baby was once the single most-viewed video on YouTube,
00:35so you can be sure that it stands out amongst its 2010 contemporaries.
00:46Justin's transition from teen icon to fully-fledged adult was in its early stages when he dropped this massive hit in January of 2010.
00:54In many ways, it gives us an insight into where his career would eventually go.
01:00Baby, baby, no, like Baby, baby, baby, oh.
01:06Whether you love it or hate it, Baby is a song that defined an era,
01:10and from time to time, you found yourself idly humming it without even realizing.
01:14You can join the club on that one.
01:16Now I'm all gone.
01:18Gone, gone.
01:21I'm gone.
01:23Number 9, Bad Blood.
01:25Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar.
01:27Cause baby, now we got bad blood.
01:30You know it used to be mad love.
01:33So take a look what you've done.
01:35Is there an argument to be made that Taylor Swift was the artist who defined the 2010s the most?
01:41Well, she's certainly on her way towards doing the same in the 2020s, that's for sure.
01:45It's so sad to think about the good times.
01:50While we could have gone for several of her tracks during this period,
01:57Bad Blood just ticks too many boxes.
02:00First of all, it's an insanely catchy banger, which always helps.
02:03Remember when you tried to write me off?
02:06Uh-huh.
02:06Remember when you thought I'd take a loss?
02:08Don't you remember you thought that I would need you?
02:10However, when you factor in the iconic music video and Kendrick Lamar's memorable feature,
02:16it should come as no surprise that the song absolutely cleaned up during 2015's awards season.
02:21You made a really dick cry
02:23And baby, now we got bad blood
02:27Hey!
02:28Number 8.
02:29Boom Clap, Charlie XCX
02:31You're picture perfect, girl
02:34Some breathing on the moon
02:36So soon as your bones allume me
02:39For as much as we love her feature on Iggy Azalea's Fancy,
02:43there's one Charlie XCX banger that we simply could not ignore.
02:48Known for its inclusion on the soundtrack to The Fault in Our Stars,
02:51Boom Clap was, in some ways, the song that put Charlie XCX on the map.
03:03It simultaneously manages to sound nostalgic and totally at home in 2014.
03:09For our money, it sums up an era in pop music where things were a little breezier.
03:21It would quickly become Charlie's first ever solo top 10 hit,
03:26providing the springboard that would eventually help her define the 2020s.
03:30Come on to me, come on to me now
03:33Number 7.
03:35We Found Love
03:36Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
03:38When Rihanna and Calvin Harris joined forces in 2011,
03:50little did we know that they would produce one of the most unavoidable hits of the decade.
03:55Everything about We Found Love is EDM pop done to perfection.
04:06There's a sense of euphoria to the whole track that made it an instant hit with listeners
04:11and a staple on dance floors right up to the present day.
04:14We Found Love
04:15Harris certainly had his finger on the pulse during this decade.
04:26Who better to enlist for this genre crossover than one of the most iconic voices in the business?
04:30We Found Love
04:32Number 6.
04:37Counting Stars
04:38One Republic
04:39One Republic really outdid themselves with this feel-good anthem.
04:52Counting Stars has an undeniable folk edge to it,
04:55delivered with a fresh and modern-sounding production.
04:58The band brings a message of hope and optimism packed with a melody that produces hook after hook.
05:11The track was a top 10 hit in virtually every major country it landed in,
05:15and even all these years later, its influence is still felt.
05:19In a sea of EDM-enriched pop, Counting Stars nails the formula better than anyone else.
05:33In many ways, it's a song that many artists are still trying to replicate in the 2020s.
05:37Sink in the river of the lessons I've learned
05:39Take out money and watch it burn
05:41Sink in the river of the lessons I've learned
05:43Miley Cyrus certainly felt like giving herself an overhaul prior to the release of her 2013 album,
06:00Bangers. Prior to that, she had slowly been shedding her teen icon image.
06:05Wrecking Ball wasn't just a pop hit for the ages.
06:08It also stood as a statement from Cyrus about her own metamorphosis.
06:12I came in like a rainbow
06:14I never hit so hard in love
06:19Of course, it would all be for nothing if the song itself didn't stand on its own two feet,
06:24and it certainly does.
06:26Bolstered by an iconic music video,
06:28this was Miley reintroducing herself to the world.
06:31To say that she followed through on this early momentum would be an understatement,
06:35an enduring hit for one of the decade's biggest stars.
06:38You wrecked me
06:40Yeah, you
06:42You wrecked me
06:45Number 4
06:46Royals
06:47Lorde
06:48Never seen a diamond in the flesh
06:51I cut my teeth on a wedding ring
06:56Lorde tapped into something truly special when she first burst on the scene with Royals.
07:01In a sea of overproduced and boisterous pop music,
07:04she brought something far more intimate, and in many ways, far more real.
07:16The song criticizes consumerism and attempts to explain the attitudes of the youth in a different way,
07:22or at least how Lorde herself sees things.
07:25It would go on to become a huge hit globally,
07:28and her biggest selling single of the entire decade.
07:30And we'll never be royals
07:33Royals
07:34It's a one in our blood
07:36That kind of luxe just ain't for us
07:39Sure, it ended up spawning a whole bunch of imitators,
07:42but no one truly summed up the general feeling of a generation quite like Lorde did here.
07:47You can call me Queen Bee
07:49And baby I'll rule
07:50I'll rule
07:52Let me live that fantasy
07:55Number 3
07:57Somebody That I Used To Know
07:59Gautier featuring Kimbra
08:01Somebody That I Used To Know simply doesn't sound like anything else on the market.
08:12It has a sparse and kind of exotic production,
08:14giving more than enough space for Gautier and Kimbra to do their thing.
08:17The song was an instant success,
08:20making Gautier a household name.
08:22However, he was quite happy to end things on his own,
08:33taking a huge backstep away from the music industry.
08:36For as much as fans would have loved to hear more from him,
08:39Somebody That I Used To Know is art pop done to absolute perfection.
08:43Let it go
08:44And I wouldn't catch you
08:46Hung up on somebody that you used to know
08:49But you did enough to cut me off
08:52It's all capped off with the most perfect music video imaginable.
08:56A home run for Gautier by Allmetrics.
08:59I said I don't need that gold
09:01Now you're just somebody that I used to know
09:05Somebody
09:06Number 2
09:07Rolling in the Deep
09:09Adele
09:09There's a fire
09:11Starting in my heart
09:14Reaching a fever pitch
09:16And it's bringing me out the dark
09:18Adele has crafted some of the most powerful anthems in pop music, period.
09:23For as much as her debut album, 19, announced her arrival to the world,
09:27She well and truly kicked down the doors with her follow-up, 21.
09:30See how I'll leave with every piece of you
09:35Don't underestimate the things that I will do
09:39In her entire catalogue, no song sums up Adele's sound quite like Rolling in the Deep.
09:44It's a powerful, uplifting anthem that comes with a huge instrumental backdrop.
09:49But right there in the center of it all are Adele's imitable vocals.
09:52There might not be a singer from the decade whose music will stand the test of time quite like Adele.
10:06And this is certainly one of her finest moments.
10:09But you played it, you played it, you played it, you played it through the beat.
10:16Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
10:21Rather B, Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynn, a song that delivers hook after hook.
10:26If you gave me a chance, I could take it.
10:31It's a shot in the door, but I'll make it.
10:34Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran, the 2010's most poignant slow dancer.
10:39Baby now, take me into your loving arms.
10:47Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and Goon Rock.
10:52The fun-loving anthem for an entire generation.
10:55Party Rock is in the house tonight, everybody just have a cool time.
11:02Gangnam Style, Sigh, the viral sensation that sent the internet ablaze.
11:08Gangnam Style, Gangnam Style, Oop, Oop, Oop, Oop, Oop.
11:15TikTok, Kesha, the 2009 single became the first Hot 100 number one of the 2010's.
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11:45Number 1.
11:47Thrift Shop, McLemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wands.
11:50Ice on the fringe is so damn frosty to people like.
11:53Damn, that's a cold-ass honky.
11:55The 2010's were never quite as fun as they were when McLemore and Ryan Lewis brought us
12:00Thrift Shop.
12:01The song never tries to take itself too seriously, as evidenced by its frankly ridiculous music
12:06video.
12:07It's not just a gimmick, though.
12:09I'm gonna pop some tags.
12:11Only got $20 in my pocket.
12:14I'm huntin', lookin' for a comer.
12:16Sure, the song champions the joys of shopping for clothes secondhand in a way that is undeniably
12:21tongue-in-cheek.
12:22However, the whole thing is just so light-hearted and catchy that it's bound to put you in a
12:27good mood.
12:28I bought a skeet blanket, then I bought an e-boy.
12:31Hello, hello, my ace man, my mellow.
12:33John Wayne ain't got nothin' on my fringe game.
12:35Hell no.
12:36McLemore would, of course, go on to have several other hits, but in many ways, he never truly
12:41managed to recapture the magic of this breakout sensation.
12:44I look incredible.
12:47I'm in this big ass coat.
12:49From that thrift shop down the road.
12:51But what 2010 song truly defined your childhood?
12:54Let us know in the comments below.
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