Each year Dutch radio listeners compile a list known as the Top2000, a list of 2000 songs that the listeners see as the best ever. On average, some 6 or 7 million lists are compiled and sent in. There are no real rules: all songs are welcome, the number of songs per artists is no issue, just as long as the same song doesn’t enter the same list more than once. The max number of songs that can be entered is 35.
From 2020 onwards me and some colleagues organize our own localized version of the Top2000. From then on out I have sent in my list as well. My list differs every year, with the exception of the number 1 position.
Year 2021
| Artist | Song | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince & The Revolution | When Doves Cry | 1984 |
| 2 | LCD Soundsystem | Someone Great | 2007 |
| 3 | Sly & The Family Stone | Hot Fun In The Summertime | 1969 |
| 4 | D’Angelo | Untitled (How Does It Feel) | 2000 |
| 5 | Bee Gees | Night Fever | 1978 |
| 6 | Mazzy Star | Into Dust | 1993 |
| 7 | David Bowie | Sound And Vision | 1977 |
| 8 | Neil Young | Oh Lonesome Me | 1970 |
| 9 | Roxy Music | Both Ends Burning (Live) | 1976 |
| 10 | Sufjan Stevens | Casimir Pulaski Day | 2005 |
| 11 | The Sound | Winning | 1981 |
| 12 | Alanis Morissette | Thank U | 1998 |
| 13 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Racing In The Street | 1978 |
| 14 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | By The Time I Get To Phoenix | 1986 |
| 15 | The Specials | Do Nothing | 1980 |
| 16 | The Smiths | This Charming Man | 1983 |
| 17 | Public Enemy | Fight The Power | 1989 |
| 18 | Talking Heads | Burning Down The House | 1983 |
| 19 | Eric B. & Rakim | I Know You Got Soul | 1987 |
| 20 | Grace Jones | Pull Up To The Bumper | 1981 |
| 21 | Parliament | Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) | 1975 |
| 22 | Outkast | Rosa Parks | 1998 |
| 23 | Marvin Gaye | Inner City Blues | 1971 |
| 24 | Maze | Joy And Pain | 1980 |
| 25 | Underworld | Jumbo | 2000 |
| 26 | The Cure | All Cats Are Grey | 1981 |
| 27 | The Blue Nile | Tinseltown In The Rain | 1984 |
| 28 | Cheap Trick | Surrender | 1979 |
| 29 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Exodus | 1977 |
| 30 | Joy Division | Transmission | 1979 |
| 31 | Pixies | Monkey Gone To Heaven | 1989 |
| 32 | Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | 1976 |
| 33 | Arcade Fire | No Cars Go | 2007 |
| 34 | Miles Davis | One And One | 1972 |
| 35 | Genesis | Carpet Crawlers | 1974 |
