

Read on to see our ranking - skip right to the chorus of each song in our embedded YouTube link, and check out our full Spotify playlist at the bottom - but make sure your coworkers (or more judgmental friends) are out of earshot first: It’s only gonna get harder as we go to resist singing along. (We considered songs from near the turn of the millennium eligible as long as they peaked on the Hot 100 in the ’00s.) And perhaps most importantly: When you see the song title, does the chorus immediately jump to mind, not to leave anytime soon? If so, it’s the right song for this list.

We voted, we debated, and we have our answers: Billboard‘s list of the 100 greatest choruses of the 21st century, ranked by no metric other than the songs that most immediately came to mind when thinking about everything that a great chorus should be - clever, catchy, singular, and utterly unforgettable.
