Crazy In Love best song of the noughties

Published: 7:12AM Friday November 27, 2009 Source: BANG Showbiz

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eyonce Knowles' song Crazy In Love has been voted the best song of the decade by NME magazine.

The 2003 single, which features her now husband Jay-Z, was released as the lead single from her album 'Dangerously in Love' and went on to massive success.

It topped both the UK and US charts, as well as landing Beyonce two Grammy awards.

The former Destiny's Child singer beat MGMT, whose 2008 song Time To Pretend came second, to the top spot, while The Strokes' Hard To Explain, from 2001, was third.

At number four was MIA's 2008 track Paper Planes and at number five was Outcast with Hey Ya!, which included the memorable line "shake it like a Polaroid picture".

The Klaxons, with their 2007 song Golden Skans, Blur, with their 2003 track Out Of Time, and Arctic Monkeys' A Certain Romance all made the top ten.

NME magazine Top 100 tracks of the decade top 20:

1 Beyonce Knowles - Crazy In Love

2 MGMT - Time To Pretend

3 The Strokes - Hard To Explain

4 MIA - Paper Planes

5 OutKast - Hey Ya!

6 The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers

7 Klaxons - Golden Skans

8 Blur - Out Of Time

9 Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

10 Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance

11 The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

12 The Streets - Dry Your Eyes

13 The Walkmen - The Rat

14 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

15 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bang

16 Rihanna - Umbrella

17 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

18 OutKast - Ms Jackson

19 Radiohead - Reckoner

20 Hot Chip - Over And Over

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