Single of the Decade as voted by XFM listeners
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10
MGMT - 'Kids'
MGMT - formerly "The Management" are Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden and this track had been lurking around since 2005, before being re-recorded two years later for the debut album "Oracular Spectacular".
9
The Killers - 'Somebody Told Me'
The first proper single to be released by The Killers in 2004. Brandon Flowers claims it has a "lot of sexual energy". Good lord.
8
The Strokes - 'Last Nite'
The saviours of guitar rock in the Noughties, New York's The Strokes made a splash in 2001 with this single, taken from their debut EP "The Modern Age".
7
Ian Brown - 'F.E.A.R.'
FEAR is the first single from the former Stone Roses singer's third album "Music Of The Spheres". Each line features the acronym F.E.A.R., which is pretty impressive.
6
The White Stripes - 'Seven Nation Army'
The first White Stripes track to feature bass guitar, this riff was everywhere in 2003. It's the first single from the Detroit duo's breakthrough album 'Elephant'.
5
Elbow - 'One Day Like This'
Spent more weeks in the Top 100 UK chart than any other Elbow single. Second track to be released from the Barclaycard Mercury Music prize winning album "The Seldom Seen Kid"
4
Muse - 'Knights Of Cydonia'
The only track in our Top 100 to feature galloping horses. This epic track closes the Teignmouth trio's 2006 album "Black Holes And Revelations".
3
Kings Of Leon - 'Sex On Fire'
The Followill brothers' biggest hit to date, it was taken from their fourth album "Only By The Night" in 2008. It was given a chart boost a year after release by being covered by one of the X Factor hopefuls.
2
Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor'
Not the band's first single, but the one that brought them to international attention in 2006, it's taken from their debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not".
1
The Killers – 'Mr Brightside'
The Killers beat off competition from Arctic Monkeys with over 60% more votes for their 2004 single. It's a bittersweet tale of unrequited love, written by singer Brandon Flowers and guitarist Dave Keuning.
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Some Song Of The Decade facts...
* We received over 12,000 votes from Xfm listeners via Xfm.co.uk.
* The UK come out tops with 64 of the Top 100 Songs Of The Decade, compared to America's paltry 32. Australia have two (Jet and Temper Trap), Canada gets one (Arcade Fire), as does Sweden (Peter Bjorn And John).
* The most popular year of the decade for msuic is 2004 with 16 entries in the poll – least popular year was 2000 with just two.
* The most popular band of the decade was Muse, who notched up 8 entries in the poll, beating Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon and Kasabian into joint second place. Despite winning overall, The Killers were third most popular.
* The oldest track on the chart is "Yellow" by Coldplay from June 2000, while the most recent is "Little Lion Man" from Mumford And Sons, which was released on September 28 2009.
* There are six UK number one singles on the chart, 50 Top 10 hits and 73 Top 20 hits. The least commercially successful song on our chart (apart from album tracks) is "California Waiting" by Kings Of Leon, which only made Number 61.
Oh Rolling Stone, you piece of crap magazine rascal you.