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added 29 November 2009 at 17.30

Xfm is counting down the greatest tracks of the 2000s... but who has made the final cut? Find out here.

30
Kings Of Leon - 'Use Somebody'
An instant classic from the Followills' "Only By The Night" album, released last year. Caleb claims he wrote the song in Glasgow after falling out with his siblings (again).
Download Use Somebody from iTunes

29
Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida'
The title track of Coldplay's 2008 album "Viva La Vida" was produced by the legendary Brian Eno and made number 1 in both the US and UK - a first for the band.
Download Viva la Vida from iTunes

28
Arctic Monkeys - 'Mardy Bum'
Mardy means "whiney" or "whingey" in the Northern vernacular. This album track is taken from the Sheffield band's debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", from 2006.
Download Mardy Bum from iTunes

27
Muse - 'Time Is Running Out'
From 2003's "Absolution" album, this is the track that broke the band in the US, and broke the UK Top 10.
Download Time Is Running Out from iTunes

26
Doves - 'There Goes The Fear'
Wilmslow's Doves recorded this track for their 2002 album "The Last Broadcast". It made number 3 in the charts after the single was released and deleted in the same day.
Download There Goes The Fear from iTunes

25
Kasabian - 'Fire'
The lead single from this year's "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum" album, released in June. It's the band's highest charting entry, at Number 3.
Download Fire from iTunes

24
Arctic Monkeys - 'Fluorescent Adolescent'
The second single from the Monkeys' second album "Favourite Worst Nightmare", released in summer 2007. It made number 5 in the UK charts. It's also the most misspelt song in the voting for this chart.
Download Fluorescent Adolescent from iTunes

23
Stereophonics - 'Dakota'
The 'Phonics' biggest hit, making number 1 in the UK charts. The track is taken from their fifth album "Language. Violence. Sex. Other?" It also gave the band some much-needed airplay in the US.
Download Dakota from iTunes

22
The Killers - 'All These Things That I've Done'
Epic track from The Killers' 2004 debut "Hot Fuss", the third track to be released as a single. Made No. 18 in the UK charts.
Download All These Things That I've Done from iTunes

21
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
The first single from the Foos' album "Echos Silence Patience And Grace". Dave Grohl told Xfm that the song was about "people not getting what they were promised".
Download The Pretender from iTunes

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