The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2011

[@wetwatermelon6384]

Todd to Kanye: “Don’t Let it go to your head” Kanye: “poopidy scoop”

[@cosmicdib4823]

c'mon guys let's get it to 69 likes babeeyy!

[@mikeholcomb9013]

Scoop de whoop Poopidy scoop scoop

[@cosmicdib4823]

Yee

[@InsomniacBasilisk]

P O O P I D Y S C O O P

[@edvarderikson5614]

And now he's running for President.

[@katelynpringle5506]

Whenever Todd in the Shadows puts a Katy Perry song in his Top Ten Best list, its always my favorite part of the review because he's just so embarrassed. It's hysterical.

[@harleymitchelly5542]

I'd feel embarassed too. Katy Perry should be ear grating garbage, but she doesn't grate my ears!

[@Jess-yh4mc]

Lmao same I'd be embarrassed

[@Heck0642]

I wouldn't be. I like most of her songs.

[@harbingersev-oh-wohne]

Katelyn Pringle 113th like

[@TheWonkster]

I'll give you two, big, chest-mounted reasons why Todd likes Katy.

[@jsmountain]

Watching this in 2022, I realize that I am definitely a victim of the whole "Popular music will never be as good as it was when I personally was in high school" effect.

[@fredroberts8275]

Well I liked my first year of high school's music and hated everything after.

[@vinceeager8553]

I was in high school in 2003/4 and I have the same effect. But I think you're right, pop music was better in 2011 than it is in 2022

[@fredroberts8275]

@@vinceeager8553 Pop music post-spotify and the end of radio will never be as good as it was previously. Even bad music had to be interesting, now with a few exceptions in my eyes (MGK, Oliva) most pop is just filler.

[@vinceeager8553]

@@fredroberts8275 I agree. Prime example, the two albums Drake has released this year. Very little of it is even memorable, never mind entertaining to listen to

[@williamd2989]

@@fredroberts8275 It's true what you say about how music isn't interesting *right now,* but I think it's ridiculous to be so fatalistic about the future. Pop music will _never_ be as good as it was before? Even saying it won't recover within our lifetimes is a stretch - Spotify has only been available to the public since 2011, and you're behaving as though in the ~12 years since then the entire course of popular music has been determined. In fact, we've had interesting music both good and bad *since* 2011, for that matter. I'm not asking for optimism (I'm definitely not enthused about the state of the charts myself), but some open-mindedness would be reasonable, no?

[@aacsmiles]

5 years later and Rolling in the Deep still makes me want to run around my house belting the song and smashing glassware (in a good way).

[@no1takethisname]

(in a cool way)

[@ikeekieeki]

i arrived 5 years even later to say that this song still sends me into shivers

[@francoaranda6499]

5 years after this comment and shit still goes hard

[@AhsimNreiziev]

11 years later (6 while years after you) and honestly? Same. I don't think that feeling will ever go away.

[@KingProbherbs]

I seriously for all these years thought that "forget you" was just how the song went. I didn't know it was a censored version

[@ComeToTheFeastOfWar]

Me neither! And honestly I kinda prefer the censored version because of how the words work rhythmically, 'for-GET you' which sounds a bit unsual and cool, as opposed to the regular pause. I've actually noticed a lot of the time censored versions force the songs to include rhythms or other features that break the mold a bit and it ends up making the song sound more interesting.

[@SeanStrife]

@@ComeToTheFeastOfWar I might have to disagree with you on the censored version; "Fuck You" just has that punch to it "Forget You" completely lacks.

[@trucetruce335]

Sean Strife eh,, Forget you and fuck you have different messages I kinda like forget you better but they both great

[@MrSilnev]

I dislike the forget you version due to it always being tethered to Glee. The problem with the censored version is that it loses the emphasis of the song's message. Cee Lo isn't singing about some girl he didn't get he's singing about a girl who actively took a shit on all his attempts of love only for him to ultimately to get over her. His response to her in the end the "Fuck You" almost comes across that the girl is trying to get back with Cee Lo only for him to remember how she treated him. Forget you just doesn't work that same way in the context of the song. Funny enough in a lot of ways it's basically a role reversal of the song Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne.

[@adhdweirdo4314]

@@trucetruce335. yep. Fuck you is just fuck you. Forget you is “I don’t NEED you, you are WORTHLESS to me. Fuck you is what I say to a video game character who’s annoying me. Forget you is looking at your ex who cheated on you and saying you don’t matter

[@hankhill1964]

Pumped up kicks was the another one bites the dust of our generation.

[@WeDwellinaFiefdom]

>bassline driven >lyrics about homicide >easily sung along to It checks out

[@ethanlampe5820]

"We already have an amy winehouse" that earns a big oof from me todd

[@EatMoreCarbs256]

😢

[@peelslowly28]

Is it fair to say that Todd may have accidentally killed Amy Winehouse?

[@kodyeldridge5847]

@@peelslowly28 totally fair and warranted.

[@faeriegraver]

@@peelslowly28 so both Todd *and* Fantano are killers 😱

[@peelslowly28]

@@faeriegraver Todd? Noooo, he's a sweetheart! Fantano on the other other hand is a cold blooded murderer

[@maxsoto6015]

Fun fact: the lead singer in foster the people used to make commercials and write jingles which is why it’s so catchy

[@kevinyoung796]

Even more fun fact: their drummer is "Pretty Boy" Mark Pontius from GSN's "Extreme Dodgeball."

[@johnindigo5477]

@@kevinyoung796 any reaction to Chris pontius

[@MisterFoxton]

"I wish I could have this moment for life" is a very Drake sentiment. He seems aware fame has an expiration date. >ten years later...

[@BROJANGSTER]

*11

[@idab9958]

Imagine if only the power of Toddstradamus had worked on Drake

[@ringss_]

13 years later and he's still the biggest rapper in the world

[@Edgeperor]

It’s happening, ever so slowly

[@liamk.6389]

lmaaaoooooo

[@princesstarah2]

"We didn't want to dance, we wanted revenge, and this was a song to load ammo to." It's been 4 years since I first saw this video, and I still think of that line. It remains one of the best and most accurate things anyone has ever said about Rolling in the Deep.

[@jacobbrown9894]

I am glad that even back in the day at like TGWTG’s peak, Todd never got like heavy with lore or cutaways. Makes the older stuff still watchable

[@francyflynn]

Idk I still feel like I saw way more Alison than I would like while binging these.

[@cfredrics]

​@@francyflynnTodd's running bit with Alison's exists just fine outside the TGWTG universe.

[@uglyaniimals]

@@francyflynni'm not gonna say it never gets a bit cringey (see: his want u back review) but 90% of the time it's totally tolerable and it easily could've been SO much worse

[@leaffinite2001]

​@@cfredrics still dont like it tbh

[@cfredrics]

@@leaffinite2001 That's fair. I don't really think it aged great.

[@liquifieddonatsu1423]

Todd revealing that his friends call him Nostradamus makes so much sense watching these in hindsight.

[@owenrdkennedy]

'More' is on literally every work-out playlist

[@annietrinity1833]

+Owen Kennedy Same

[@vishishify]

Along with work bitch

[@shmorange]

and smells like teen spirit

[@galactor123]

I have to say, Toddstradomus is often wrong, but his review of "Rolling in the Deep" in hindsight is spot fucking on. That song really was a game changer in terms of showing off a sort of darker, more introspective, moody, and as he says, really pissed attitude. Think about it, this is still the year of LMFAO. This is right after the decade long span of party party party jams. And while those didn't go away literally immediately? Which song could be played on the radio today and sound recent and relevant today? Because I guarantee it's not Pitbull or LMFAO.

[@TheTortuga58]

The Todd×KatyPerry lore is so rich

[@shonkywonkydonkey]

Todd to Kanye: Just don't let it go to your head *Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays*

[@bullmonty764]

shonkywonkydonkey More like the Seinfeld/Numb mashup

[@zeyfuller]

...Or Trump's WWE entrance theme

[@micaharies]

seeing as this video came out a year after mbdtf that had to be a joke

[@joseflovgren343]

@@micaharies He reguraly reuploads these because of copyright strikes, most likely the video was first released in 2011 not 2015.

[@auerbacher69]

ah yes, todd back at it again with his predictions

[@mr.goodboi2780]

this made me realize that even at it's worst the early 2010's were a pretty solid time for music. The ones that were great were amazing and the ones that were shit were still catchy as hell.

[@SilverShade1008]

I agree. For all of Todd's valid complaints at the time, he still put some of the most popular songs in his Top 10. Now, ten years later, most of his list is comprised of artists or songs few have heard of. I think it says a lot about how mediocre pop music has become in the 20s.

[@321gofast7]

@@SilverShade1008 It also says something about how there aren't really that many big pop stars anymore. We don't have many Lady Gagas, Katy Perrys, or Rihannas nowadays.

[@leeshdee9269]

Early 2010s were peak dance floor filler time. Even club artists like LMFAO and Flo Rida were bursting from the nightclubs to the mainstream radio. It was a time of happy, upbeat music that you can pump your fist to you in the supermarketwithout shame because everyone was doing it. Then "Royals" came out and in 2 years every artist hopped in that Lorde train and by 2014 the way of the dance club hit was long replaced by the slow, downlow tempo chill beat as singers like Alessia Cara, Halsey and Kiiara tried to be the next Lana Del Ray.

[@megaman3029]

I don’t know to be honest. I grew up in this time and as much as I do have a place in my heart for a lot of this music, a lot of 2010s pop is unlistenable and extremely cheesy in my opinion. Even a lot of the popular stuff is pretty bad, pretty tacky, that doesn’t mean there aren’t diamonds there but I think it’s disingenuous to say this was a period above others for music.

[@mesousagaby740]

Well...Foster The People got weirder...and kinda better, actually. Not much in terms of pop hits, but their indie cred did increase.

[@joeyolberding]

@William Apple sit next to me gets a ton of airplay in my area

[@lgstack2496]

William Apple Sit Next to Me actually made top 20 on the pop charts

[@elevatormaniacgames]

I’m not that interested in new music anymore. But I still like Foster the People.

[@mentalillness1574]

gamedemon24 yeah, peaked at 42 I believe. Most painful “just barely missed being a hit” of 2018

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

@@mentalillness1574 It really was. If there was any year where we needed a song like that the most it was 2018

[@pianoaddict772]

2011, the year of the revenge anthems. And Cee Lo Green had the best one.

[@Plunkcown]

todd: roots for Foster the People, Gotye and fun. to not just be fluke hit artists those bands: never get heard from again, todd u ain't the best at this predicting thing

[@dungeonsandturbos6417]

Didn't fun pop up again after we are young?

[@Plunkcown]

they only had 3 hits all from the "Some Nights" album released in 2012. that 2012 shit started and stopped right there my dude. also they're currently on hiatus and haven't released an album since then

[@SadistModeOn]

dragonjawLU after that the lead singer did a song with pink. So I guess, like her, they became much less relevant, but I still wouldn't say they were unsuccessful on the charts. Certainly lasted more than their contemporary Gotye

[@samuelesalvatico7259]

still less disappointing than when he was rooting for Imagine Dragons and they ended up making Demons

[@williamschulmeister3703]

fun. broke up because Nate Ruess is constantly in pursuit of being hipster. They got to mainstream. FTP has a new album and I've liked the songs a lot, but they'll never get any air play. Gotye is the stand out though. He's being doing side stuff since Making Mirrors. He may be just fine whenever he feels like releasing more music under that name. I may be wrong, but I believe he;s been working with his band, The Basics (I think that's their name).

[@gimlet7]

This was 6 years ago... wow... what have I done with my life?

[@DOSRetroGamer]

I guesd you watched a lot of Todd, a life well spent.

[@zainkhalil7494]

10 years ago now 😭

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

Hopefully more.

[@TuesdaysArt]

This comment was 7 years ago. How are you feeling?

[@YourPrivateNightmare]

Man, this just makes me remember how Katy Perry used to be fun...ever since that whole russell brand fiasco her stuff just got so much worse.....

[@portisheadthird3]

@cherry berry what about her song never really over?

[@dejanmarinkovic6471]

@@portisheadthird3 it's litteraly one of her best ever, and so is Electric from this year

[@Natibe_]

“Adele has the pipes for it” -Adele has ‘pipes’ surgery and can no longer sing “Adele is a fluke” -Adele isn’t a fluke “Kanye don’t let this go to your head” -Kanye 2020 “Foster the people might be around a while” -yeah right “We already have an Amy winehouse” -oof Oh, toddstradamus. We love you.

[@Mmk99062]

Drake “fame has an expiration date” wheezes in pain

[@chesspiece4257]

@@Mmk99062i’ve got good news for you

[@zetwave]

@@Mmk99062Wheeze no more, my friend.

[@BrokenSet]

Personally "Rolling in the Deep" reminds me of Gnarls Barkley. Maybe I'm crazy, I dunno.

[@irishhuskie2585]

Possibly.

[@gabe_s_videos]

+Swatch RIGHT!? That's the first thing I thought too! Which is why I was so surprised when he said he's never heard anything like this, because all I could think of until I listened to the whole thing was the hook from "Crazy."

[@BrokenSet]

Robogabriel Maybe you're crazy, just like meeeeee.~

[@gabe_s_videos]

I already know that I am. In fact, I distinctly remember when... I remember, I remember when I lost my mind.

[@KidSnivy69]

Who?

[@niccage6375]

I feel like in 6th/7th grade with these songs

[@Heck0642]

Same. For me it was 7th/8th grade.

[@destiny236231]

This is like 3rd and 4th grade for me but also my whole middle school because apparently that's all you can play at middle school dances

[@CykaBlyatAlex]

It was 7th and 8th for me. I miss it greatly mostly cause of foster the people really.

[@DeathshotSociety]

6th/7th grade

[@Sckeza]

nic cage 1st/2nd for me. So much nostalgia.

[@sephyfan]

Revisiting all of his best songs of the year countdowns before his latest one is a great trip down memory lane.

[@coredumperror]

Still my favorite video of yours, Todd. You are just ridiculously entertaining in this, and all the songs are great, too. I would come back and watch this every six months or so for several years. But when Blip died, and I could no longer find it on Channel Awesome, I was lost! Thank goodness it's still up here, in its entirety.

[@bluesnowfox361]

omg.. what happened? why hasn't pop sounded this good in almost half a decade? Change it back people. Make pop music sound happy and/or energetic again! D:

[@Dawnbreakerr]

BlueSnowfox it's because you got older

[@herrneureiter9611]

BlueSnowfox Pop music has barely gotten better or worse over the time. There were obviously weaker and stronger years, but it’s not like there’s a larger trend towards “bad” music. It’s likely that you only feel like pop music used to be better because you forgot about the bad stuff. If you want proof, go revisit the 2010 Year-End Chart; it’s an enormous pile of shit, but you likely remember the few good songs the year had. If anything, I would say music has improved over the time. For example, take a look at the early 90s, when the lack of today’s technological possibilities is really apparent when taking a look at the music from a retrospective. Virtually all ballads from the time sounded the same because it was almost always the same synth track being used.

[@tecwynjones6532]

I don't like most modern pop songs. The trap is… too bland, and drones on. The vocals are… not stand out enough. The lyrics… normal, nothing special, which they need to be in my opinion if you're peeling back the instruments. One of the main reasons I went from pop to vocaloid and other, more indi stuff. I can find more interesting songs in my opinion.

[@bannanaapples1656]

@@tecwynjones6532 But Old town road SLAPS

[@tecwynjones6532]

@@bannanaapples1656True. The lyrics are quite unique on that one.

[@1101Archimedes]

Musically, All of the Lights is pretty much everything We Are the World 25 should have been- a grand, powerful production complementing passionate delivery, successfully integrating the different styles of multiple highly famous singers (including rappers).

[@Coolsomeone234]

I'm seeing this comment 4 years later and holy crap you're right

[@riverbay6482]

Todd in 2011-we live in a Katy Perry world Me in 2020- you sure about that?

[@aditya_raina_]

She kinda fell of but she has already passed her prime and had a massive peak

[@isaiaharmand8841]

Well To be fair from like 09-14 Katy Perry was one of the biggest if not the biggest artists in the world, it's just that her career didn't really have any Longevity and her music was kinda dated in terms of making big hits imo so her career just stayed stagnant after that.

[@alexanderdiazsanchez1579]

She ruled the world from 2009 to 2014, here in México even the Witness singles were radio hits, she was the biggest pop star at that time and even if she's not successful anymore her old songs are still played to these days so he was basically right, we were living in a Katy Perry world and the proof is that she leave her print in the pop culture

[@brifox]

Thought it was done, but I guess it’s never really over

[@dejanmarinkovic6471]

Her songs are still on radio, from Hot 'n Cold which is old, to Swish Swish which is from "fLoP" era, and i all the way in Serbia...

[@nftmonkey4506]

That's some fricking nostalgia there man...

[@shadowlinkbds]

Man you sound awesome singing float on from modest mouse. Wish I was there at magfest that year to see the full performance.

[@williameyelash8053]

Right?!

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

"Rolling In the Deep" reminds me a bit of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain".

[@t4nkychannel921]

It reminds me more of Tusk, because Tusk is angrier and I have no idea what that song's about either.

[@luciddreaming4478]

Pumped Up Kicks is about school shootings. It was confirmed in an interview with the band. Also I recommend the Late Night Reading cover. It's pretty good too.

[@MacanWigit]

I can't believe this is the first time I watched this video and I've been following Todd since 2010 :|.

[@MacanWigit]

+Macan Wigit AND THERE'S LUPE ON IT, FFS.

[@neverlandhunter6988]

+Macan Wigit What's FFS stand for?

[@MacanWigit]

for fuck's sake

[@IraShinigami]

+NeverlandHunter Google is your friend

[@Dalejr88rox]

Same here. Following since 2012, and I went through his back catalog pretty early, and just never got around to watching this

[@madamefluffy4788]

The creepiest thing about that Katy Perry vid was that the character she was portraying was supposed to be about 13? Which makes what happened in that vid really, really, REALLY wrong.

[@hcanes100]

Ah 2011.

[@superjoshman7588]

+Madame Fluffy I'd say about 17. Nobody there looks close to 13.

[@yousexythang208]

+Madame Fluffy Personally, find the whole song to be pretty peculiar. Maybe it's just me, but that chorus with that melody sounds like a remix of a 'dangers of alcohol' PSA, or maybe that same girl from the video singing out of a jail cell. It's less of a party anthem, and more like a thinly-disguised cry for help.

[@Spike-Prime]

+Madame Fluffy I thought she was supposed to be portraying someone between 16-18, so around graduation age.

[@madamefluffy4788]

Nope - Katy's character was 13 in this vid.

[@killingthemood2000]

"The men want him" might be accurate

[@comerosas]

Wish mainstream pop still sounded upbeat like this

[@mannym8ker]

watching this in 2021 post vaccine and a over a year of lockdown really strikes the nostalgia nerves.

[@itzlucaaa6789]

Pumped up Kicks was ironically more popular recently

[@KyleRayner12]

"Pumped Up Kicks" is good, but for me, Foster the People's best song will always be "Houdini."

[@dugtyler]

ReneeMontoya12 Helena beat...

[@Dawnbreakerr]

SHC is dope on their new album

[@shearerfoo8099]

Greg Sloan SHC, pay the man, sit next to me are all absolute bangers

[@SRLovesPandas1]

Static Space Lover is great too

[@otterhero6229]

Yh i agree Houdini is sick.

[@percedurza]

and now, all these years later, foster the people is still situated right in one hit wonderland

[@someonesomewhere5008]

By 2 spots on the Hot 100, and that doesn’t really count as a one hit wonder

[@rykami14]

I definitely remember hearing torches quite a bit around the same time as pumped up kicks though so it cant be too much of a OHW

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

​@@someonesomewhere5008It's a one hit wonder in the same way as Hanson

[@Lunabug2021]

I didn't realize how funny it would be to watch these again years later 😂

[@Seanakin]

Todd, before running across this it had been YEARS since the last time I had heard Last Friday Night. I wanna thank you for reminding me of how much I enjoyed this guilty pleasure driving around town in the summer of 2011, digging the octave bounces and changing the lyrics in my head. Really made me nostalgic for when this shit was FUN. Then I went and saw the video for the first time...hoo boy. As a child of the 80s I had to admire the tropes, all the way down to Feldman and Gibson being named Kirk and Tiffany, respectively. Not sure if that was homage or diss...maybe both?

[@julianacantu3402]

YOU CANT JUST START PLAYING PUMPED UP KICKS AND CALL YOURSELF THE "HOMICIDALLY UNFASHIONABLE" I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK

[@drummr1313]

Rolling in the Deep reminds me of Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

[@wefubmadness1922]

YES!

[@tibitibi9417]

2011 era "doing a plot in the middle of a movie Review KZbin" was CRAZY

[@jordanmelven]

Aww man, during the "The Edge of Glory" part, I thought before you made that your #4 you were going to say the "You and I" was your #4. So disappointed because that song was fucking awesome now and then in 2011 when it was released.

[@CraftezUnited]

So sad to have watched Cee Lo Green become a one hit wonder after watching Todd's review of Fuck You from my comfortable seat in 2016.

[@superjoshman7588]

+Sam Rosenblum Travel and Gaming He was in Gnarls Barkley, so he's not a one-hit wonder.

[@ohlookanarrowarentthesegam6767]

Crazy? Technically its from a different group but I'm counting it.

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

He plead no contest to having sex with a woman who he supplied ecstasy to, wenceforth he tweeted insensitive things about how "it's only rape if the victim remembers it". He became Billboard Chart-poisonous immediately after that. www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/02/cee-lo-green-it-isnt-if-the-victim-is-unconscious

[@theshevirgo]

thekidfromnyc Ceelo is so not a one hit wonder

[@carltonhanks6679]

I would have agreed with you if this video didn't just make me realise that Gnarls Barkley isn't a person but a band with Cee Lo as the singer hahahahahaha I feel so fucking retarded

[@pinkeyephone6965]

I’m watching this in 2018 and I just got hit with 400 cc of nostalgia. Thank you Todd

[@alembicsystem]

"i'm looking forward to more from you, foster the people. don't screw it up!" welp.

[@t4nkychannel921]

+Venice Apparently, one of the founding members left and the remaining members are going to be making a hip-hop influenced album.

[@prideguy3233]

+Adam Sherman That's either going to be amazing or awful.

[@t4nkychannel921]

Pride Guy You mean like all of 21 Pilots' output?

[@myname8635]

Ya

[@bettyjojoeharperre-imagina7322]

J All of their albums since Torches are still great.

[@thegameshowguy1]

This year, all these songs will be 10 years old. Good God, 2011 was 10 years ago. Can't believe it.

[@ShakespearsCyst]

I just went to a casino near me and they were playing Sit Next to Me by Foster the People. I'm so glad they're still making such good music!

[@CloudsAndDays]

Do I come back to these videos to return to a simpler time? Do I miss the music? To remember those who fell? Why am I here?

[@mimmikyute]

I checked out The Show Goes On because of this video and it's safe to say it's become one of my all time favourite rap songs since then. Thanks Todd

[@TheJetsetMike]

"Quite possibly the only thing lady gaga can do to surprise me is to present a song and sing it like she actually meant it" Oh she *MEANS* it. Especially if you know what the song is about. It's like the epitomal sad Gaga song

[@supertramp9333]

Last Friday Night is one my favorite pop songs of the last decade not ashamed to admit it

[@InaZeaAnaZazi]

while we're on the subject of saxophone solos, anyone remember Moldova's 2010 addition to the Eurovision song contest? Let me just answer that for you: Yes you do remember Epic Sax Guy. Just half a minute ago I was thinking about how the Eurovision Song Contest has never had an impact on pop music as a whole and then Todd goes on talking about saxophone solos in 2011. I choose to believe that that started with SunStroke Project's "Run Away".

[@gummy6489]

Man, I miss Foster the People.

[@gregorybest6580]

Bob Same, man. Same.

[@dugtyler]

Same

[@SRLovesPandas1]

They're still around lol Their most recent album is great

[@jvanapi1136]

Sit next to me became a hit❤

[@ikeekieeki]

#3 still has the power to send me shivers after all these years

[@AReaderOfHorror]

"I'm rooting for Drake" is a Todd line that was a ripple in space-time

[@t4nkychannel921]

Yeah, that really strikes a chord right now, especially if you look at Todd's 2023 Worst list.

[@janerecluse4344]

For me, 'Pumped Up Kicks' is the theme song of every single superhero who runs with gods and monsters while their own power is just to shoot real good.

[@pokexchespin012302]

I really wish I had been subbed to league of super critics back here, instead of discovering it just before it was abandoned

[@kaliora7047]

Rolling in the Deep is one of the few songs I remember exactly where I was when I first heard it (being half asleep on the couch recovering from surgery). I was surprised it was getting radio play but in a good way lol

[@protohunters]

2011 was a great year, with almost every entry I felt like "How is this only here?! What could be better it's so good!" and then the next entry would be better. Only thing I'd switch about honestly is dropping Kanye some, but not by much. Maybe put him at 4 and the others move up. But Fuck You is without a doubt the best from 2011 and 2010.

[@Heck0642]

I totally agree! 2011 was such a fantastic year for music! I deeply miss it!

[@DoleMemes]

All of the lights is the best song ever made

[@ffjreviews9029]

2011 is definitely up there with 2015 and 2012 for best years of the decade.

[@nritsch]

10. Good song, good energy 9. Look! A Young Money song that doesn't suck! 8. Someone Like You is good, but I prefer Rolling in the Deep, and even Rumor has it. 7. Great song with totally unique lyrics. Would be close to the top for me. 6. Very good song, the sample is well used, and the chorus works really well. 5. Pretty good for a Katy Perry song, but wouldn't not be on my list. (There's songs that do this lyrical subject better, like My Own Enemy by Lit, or Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time) 4. Todd likes Lady Gaga more than I do. 3. My number one. Perfect in nearly every way. Great vocals with an amazing beat. 2. Kanye's best hit song yet. 1. This song is hilarious, but doesn't beat Rolling in the Deep, Good Life, or Pumped Up Kicks for me.

[@yourchaoticadhdfriend3523]

Hey, 1, Nicki Minaj has a few good songs... And 2, the edge of glory, is one of my favorite songs. But other than that, I respect and agree with everything else you said. ✌️

[@pokedexter3337]

Why did you say “But I prefer”. He put Rolling in the Deep on the list

[@emilywilkins5124]

@@pokedexter3337 I’d imagine they were writing it as they were watching

[@eilonwy0360]

Man, I genuinely love 'Pumped up kicks'. It's such an interesting and atmospheric song! Even regarding its context. It even made its comeback in 2017-2018 as a meme, and then with that mainstream cover 'Pumped Up' (don't remember the artist's name tho). It often plays at the radio, at least in my region ;]

[@mykha.]

I binge listened to these rankings from the 2023 one to this one instead of listening to music. Todd, What a great series you made

[@TheAnxietyCloset]

So much for Foster the People right now unless they make a comeback with their next album.

[@RGS_1520]

One member broke up last year and I think they are in a hiatus

[@micahamyx]

+TheAnxietyCloset Pretty sure Mark Foster said they were working on an album, due out later this year. Plus they released a song a couple of months ago.

[@MizzNoire]

+Micah Amyx Hope so, Torches was a fantastic album, one of the first and only new groups I had gotten into that year at all.

[@dariomocha]

Theyre back

[@thunderboltll]

Yeah, their teaser EP dropped a bit back and it fucking awesome. It's a longshot but we may see their 3rd album put a single on the charts this summer.

[@babypurplebat2610]

Each one of these videos is a nostalgia fest for me, I love these little time capsules so much.

[@ThePhl4ever]

The Killers a one album wonder? Please their music up to Battle Born were all great.

[@mastergreymon9483]

I don't know if I can ever forgive The Killers for their shitty cover of Four Winds.

[@TheEggrollSupreme]

mastergreymon

[@ZazarStudios]

Their cover of Four Winds was solid. Get over yourself.

[@ofanichan]

My mum actually dislikes Fuck You. Like I had it on a spotify list because, like anyone else I expected it to be a nice song to listen to in the car. But the "fuck you" part got her complaining and saying things like "ughhh" all the time so I had to skip it. Granted, she doesnt understand english that well, so she didnt quite understand the plot behind the song. Weirdly enough, she swears a lot so I'm surprised.

[@hcanes100]

Yeah God forbid vulgarity is accepted in mainstream society. /s I don't mind the censoring for children to a point but it's literally everywhere, and has only gotten worse given how much artists are antagonizing the FCC

[@ofanichan]

I agree with you there, but still it's like what Todd said; changing what the artist originally wanted is sort of messing with the artist's vision. But changing lines from "fuck you" to "forget you" shouldnt be something people should get mad about, it has the same meaning. Andrew Taylor

[@hcanes100]

Nova Blast Forget and Fuck are two totally different words though, the vulgarity is the point of it. I mean I agree it's a tough call, but it kills the song; best to not put it on the radio at all if you're going to neuter the song.

[@inafridge8573]

Ceruliver its not as cathartic

[@justanotherperson9409]

Ceruliver this is one of the cringiest comments on youtune jesus christ

[@cheezdoodle96]

I would absolutely love it if you made a Top 10 Best & Worst Songs of the 2010s list, Todd! You could make it as simple as taking your number one picks for both lists for each year and then rank them all based on what you now think to be the best and worst, or you could make it harder by choosing which songs to include all over again, if your taste has changed significantly. Either way I'd watch the shit out of it!

[@EddieJrReid]

Thinking the exact same thing.

[@maddyclere4080]

pumped up kicks scared the shit of of me as a kid and it still does today

[@gabe_s_videos]

There's actually a different censored version called "FU," (as in "eff you") and I actually like that version a LOT more. It just makes the juvenile novelty of this song all the funnier. Which is not to say I dislike this song, I sincerely love it, and Im no prude, but the profanity just didnt work with me here.

[@KidSnivy69]

I says all versions work fine

[@emilyoswin3830]

the version that says "forget you" (while still good) sort of loses the whole bitterness of the song.

[@tegantalks9612]

Thank you Todd for introducing me to The Show Goes On. I started blasting it as celebration music during the Oiler’s playoff run this year and now it’s one of my 6 year old daughter’s favourite songs lol

[@Astrithor]

I know this is now 7 years old, but let me say this: I do have ONE song, only one, that even comes close to making me think of Rolling in the Deep. It's nowhere as good, it wasn't nearly as popular, BUT...Big Black Horse and a Cherry Tree. At he very least, a similar swing and sound to it.

[@babypurplebat2610]

I think Crazy by Gnarls Barkley is pretty similar.

[@skullsouljah2836]

It's now 2019 and pop music is dark, sad, and uses snaps as its main production.

[@eviloverlady9162]

激怒Sentirion I can’t tell if you’re talking about bad guy or not but it’s a dark song with snaps and Todd put it #1 for 2019

[@louisemarymorris8011]

"2011 has been a strange year" [laughes in 2020]

[@alannahfisherman1321]

Strange, not bleak.

[@BEEEELEEEE]

I hate Katy Perry because her songs always get stuck in my head and refuse to make room for other songs I'd rather be thinking of.

[@Ash-op2ql]

BEEELEEE that's Taylor swift for me

[@babypurplebat2610]

Toddstradamus strikes again.

[@morphogenetic_]

"[Kanye] is probably genuinely insane" flashforward to 2018 when we learn he's bipolar

[@sebastiaan3265]

I'm sorry, is that Linda Schiller as your profile pic? If so, you earned my respect.

[@typacsk]

I'm here from the future. The plot has continued to thicken >_>

[@DeathshotSociety]

Wow. It's already been 6 years. Damn.

[@weirdTedE91]

Super Bass is still my favourite Todd Joke.

[@yonkers_millyrock]

almost 10 years since this video was made and im still mad that the world thought it was too good for MGMT after 2008... of course i totally respect and love the creative direction they have taken since but little dark age has smash pop hits lined up like ducklings that im upset never got traction outside of the rock and alternative charts

[@agonzalez7095]

Here from 2022 to say little dark ages lead single blew up on tik tok in 2021 I think and it was MGMT that turned its back on the mainstream. They didn't want a hit so got more psychedelic over two albums until they eroded alot of their original fanbase and turned to more conventional pop.

[@lukewright9031]

24:03 Hey. Future guy here, just want to say that hit hard in my timeline.

[@PineappleLiar]

Does anyone find that the music of 2011 sounds a little... metallic? Tinny? I'm not sure how to quite describe it, it could just be the sound quality, I'm just trying to parse out how precisely music has changed in the last five years.

[@nyanfish1]

Its definitely the sound quality

[@UBvtuber]

Music back then was a lot more transparently electronic and manufactured, with Adele and Foster the People as exceptions. Most people attribute the big early 2010s pop era going out-of-style to Lorde, but i'd place it more with Adele or Gotye because you could see the shift happening as far back as 2011 and especially in 2012. By 2013, the pop landscape was almost guaranteed to change.

[@xSwordLilyx]

'he's probably genuinely insane' 😭

[@ffjreviews9029]

Remember when Pumped Up Kicks wasn’t a tiktok song.

[@ffjreviews9029]

wonderful remember when there was no such thing as a viral meme song

[@santanalopez4073]

wonderful Those were the days

[@slamwall9057]

@@faro8784 there was tiktok back in the early 2010s, just a different tik tok

[@TuesdaysArt]

...it's a TikTok song?

[@GweenOfTea]

Listening to this song list really makes me miss the early 2010's all this music is so nostalgic bc thats when I started getting into my teen years and really truly heard pop music for the first time since my parents only played rock or country music, and i grew up in the middle of nowhere where everyone liked country music until i moved to a city I still prefer rock genres over Pop but man early 2010's pop has a special place in my heart

[@mattiabel7448]

I remember these songs 2016 has been a awkward for music

[@Heck0642]

It really was an awkward year. 2011 was a better time for music.

[@kiel183]

@@Heck0642 umm...

[@SeanStrife]

2019 wasn't much better... 2020 ain't looking too good, either.

[@ffjreviews9029]

2016 is the worst year of the century for music. That includes 2005, which was the worst of its decade for music.

[@ruby_waffle]

Todd is like the only OG youtuber whose style just.. still fucking works! He found a silly gimmick and just commits so hard that it feels effortless and timeless. Even nearly 15 years later jesus christ

[@notmomoayase]

todd in the shadows is the equivalent of AVGN talking about pop music instead of video games for the last decade or so

[@aditya_raina_]

The lists are so nostalgic , let me cry 🥺😥😢😭😭

[@arithefierysecretary6411]

Its 2024, and I still love pretty much every song on this list. Especially Last Friday Night. Because I have no shame.

[@alexmesser2147]

That Ferris Bueller reference was awesome.

[@SRLovesPandas1]

This video takes me back to sophomore year of high school, especially listening to Adele and Foster The People's albums.

[@dom4293]

If Midnight City charted higher I swear it will be your number 1

[@1101Archimedes]

Nope!

[@lopezfan24]

Dom almost forgot that Midnight City was released in 2011. Damn 2011 had so many great songs

[@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314]

this video has made me realize how influential friday was. songs from unknowns becoming hits off the strength of memes is the most normal shit in the world now

[@yourchaoticadhdfriend3523]

Honestly I REALLY love "the edge of glory"

[@squireaudra]

2016 and someone like you is still the best Adele song ever.