The Ultimate Throwback Playlist
It’s already 2018, I can still remember singing along to single ladies (which came out 10 years ago! feel old yet) even though I was 12 and didn’t fully understand what “put a ring on it” meant. Here are over 50 songs, some older than others and some you will have completely forgotten about, which you need to add to your throwback playlist:
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Most of these songs are the ones you will not be able to get out of your head once you listen to them and you’re going to remember how much you loved them before. (Most of these are cheesy songs, some of which you’d rather leave in the past)
1. Hey there Delilah – Plain white T’s – this song is a huge throwback to 2005, to before phones and easy access to computers, can anyone even remember when they first even heard this song?
2. Rude – Magic – this is more recent but I bet you forgot all about this song
3. Hot and Cold – Katy Perry
4. Payphone – Maroon 5
5. Young – Tulisa – I can’t be the only one who remembers Tulisa in the top charts back in 2012, this song will bring back memories
6. Beauty and a beat – Justin Bieber – this song marked Justin’s transformation from boy to man, this was back when he and Selena Gomez were a thing
7. Can’t say no – Conor Maynard
8. Mirrors – Justin Timberlake
9. Call me maybe – Carly Rae Jepson – little did I know the music video would be a representation of my life a few years later
10. Shut up and drive – Rihanna
11. Cry me out – Pixie Lott
12. Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne – I know you can already picture the music video
13. E.T – Katy Perry – my innocent 10 year old self had no idea what was going on in the music video
14. Domino – Jessie J
15. DNA – Little Mix
16. She said – Plan B – you might not know this song by it’s name but you will definitely remember it if you listen to it
17. All fired up – The Saturdays
18. Telephone – Lady Gaga
19. Stereo hearts – Gym Class Heros and Adam Levine
20. Happiness – Alexis Jorden
R & B
00’s R&B may just be the best kind of music, these include some of the best tracks from Beyonce, Ne-yo and Rihanna.
21. Closer – Ne-yo – Ne-yo may just be the best 00’s R&B artist
22. No Air – Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
23. Impossible – Shontelle
24. Miss Independent – Ne-yo – my 8 year old self was too young to appreciate this precious song
25. Sparks – Cover Drive
26. Hate that I love you – Rihanna and Ne-yo
27. Say my name – Destiny’s Child
28. Take a bow – Rihanna
29. Unfaithful – Rihanna – this song got me feeling sorry for cheating on my boyfriend I didn’t have when I was 6, I can’t be the only one
30. Battlefield – Jordin Sparks
31. Beautiful Monster – Ne-yo
32. What’s my name – Rihanna and Drake
33. Let me love you – Ne-yo
34. Independent women – Destiny’s Child
35. Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
Break Up Songs
These are the best break up songs from back in the day, you know the time we were all like 12 and had no one to cry over but still felt these songs in the depths of our hearts.
36. Irreplaceable – Beyonce – this is hands down the best break up song past present and future
37. The one that got away – Katy Perry – was I the only one who cried a little at the end of the music video?
38. Give your heart a break – Demi Lavato
39. So what – P!nk – this song got me so mad at my non existent boyfriend
40. Love the way you lie – Eminem and Rihanna
41. Part of me – Katy Perry
42. Hit em up style – Blu Cantrell and Foxy Brown
43. Grenade – Bruno Mars – I sang this song as a child without even knowing what a grenade was
44. Blow me one last kiss – P!nk
45. Better in time – Leona Lewis
Songs your 12 year old self loved
These are songs which will take you back to when you were 12 and you used to watch Disney Channel when Selena Gomez, Hilary Duff, and Demi Lovato were the biggest stars.
46. Hit the lights – Selena Gomez
47. Heart attack – Demi Lovato – I remember singing this and relating to every single lyric
48. You belong with me – Taylor Swift – ahh I miss the old Taylor, also I know you secretly had a crush on the guy from the music video
49. A year without rain – Selena Gomez and The Scene – remember when Selena Gomez made loads of songs with The Scene whilst she was on The Wizards Of Waverly Place
50. Popular Song – MIKA and Ariana Grande – we can all relate to this song, maybe not poisoning everyone at the end of the music video though
51. Tell me something I don’t know – Selena Gomez – this song was the movie Another Cinderella Story where Selena Gomez was Cinderella, this was one of the best movies from my childhood including Starstruck and Twitches.
52. Love story – Taylor Swift – I still believe this is one of the greatest love songs ever
53. I Wish – Cher Lloyd
54. Wings – Little Mix – this was Little Mix’s first song after the X-Factor and everyone fell in love with them
55. The Climb – Miley Cyrus – this was back in her Disney Channel days before the mental breakdown
What are your favorite throwback songs? Tell us in the comments!
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