A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

TRYING TO ANAESTHETISE THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL: Fear for the future. Hell, fear for the present -- here's a list of the ten most-played songs on the radio for 2002:

1. Nickelback, "How You Remind Me" (421,770 plays on US radio in the last year)
2. Puddle Of Mudd, "Blurry"
3. Linkin Park, "In the End"
4. Jimmy Eat World, "The Middle"
5. The Calling, "Wherever You Will Go"
6. Vanessa Carlton, "A Thousand Miles"
7. Avril Lavigne, "Complicated"
8. Ashanti, "Foolish"
9. Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland, "Dilemma"
10. Nelly, "Hot in Herre"

By my count, that's maybe three decent songs out of ten, with the Lavigne and Carlson songs becoming really annoying with the repetition, but "Hot In Herre" somehow got better each time I heard it. Give the boy from the 'Lou his propers; that's one catchy song.

If Missy Elliot's "Work It" doesn't top this list next year, there's some serious injustice in the world.