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 2022
| Artiest | Nummer | Jaartal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince & The Revolution | When Doves Cry | 1984 |
| 2 | The Sex Pistols | Holidays In The Sun | 1977 |
| 3 | Parliament | Flash Light | 1977 |
| 4 | D’Angelo | Untitled (How Does It Feel) | 1999 |
| 5 | Zapp | Dance Floor | 1982 |
| 6 | Stereo MC’s | Connected | 1992 |
| 7 | The Smiths | Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me | 1987 |
| 8 | Kate Bush | Wuthering Heights | 1978 |
| 9 | Sugar | The Slim | 1992 |
| 10 | David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto | Bamboo Houses | 1982 |
| 11 | Frank Ocean | Super Rich Kids | 2002 |
| 12 | Roxy Music | Psalm | 1973 |
| 13 | Sly & The Family Stone | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | 1970 |
| 14 | Al Green | How Can You Mend A Broken Heart | 1973 |
| 15 | Frank Sinatra | Goodbye (She Quietly Says) | 1970 |
| 16 | Joni Mitchell | River | 1971 |
| 17 | Linton Kwesi Johnson | Street 66 | 1980 |
| 18 | Marvin Gaye | I Want You | 1976 |
| 19 | Kendrick Lamar | The Heart Part 5 | 2022 |
| 20 | Grace Jones | Pull Up To The Bumper | 1981 |
| 21 | The Cure | Faith | 1981 |
| 22 | Jill Jones | Violet Blue | 1987 |
| 23 | Public Image Ltd | Rise | 1986 |
| 24 | LCD Soundsystem | How Do You Sleep? | 2010 |
| 25 | The Clash | The Call Up | 1980 |
| 26 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Trenchtown Rock | 1975 |
| 27 | Outkast | Ms. Jackson | 2000 |
| 28 | Japan | The Art Of Parties | 1981 |
| 29 | The Specials | Hey Little Rich Girl | 1980 |
| 30 | Neil Young | Oh Lonesome Me | 1971 |
| 31 | The Waterboys | A Pagan Place | 1984 |
| 32 | Maze | Joy And Pain | 1980 |
| 33 | Sufjan Stevens | Fourth Of July | 2015 |
| 34 | Joy Division | Dead Souls | 1980 |
| 35 | The Rolling Stones | Jumpin’ Jack Flash | 1968 |
