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Hi everyone. So I posted a list of my 250 favorite songs of the past decade last week, and it was really fun to hear some of your responses. Since that time, I've been revamping and extending the list. I just kept thinking of more and more epic singles from the 00s, and now the list has finally reached 500 songs. (Sorry for the loooong post!) Anyway, I just thought I would share this with you. I have a lot of fun making lists like these, and I hope this one will generate more good-natured arguments and fond memories of listening to the radio. By the way, this time I've left out the snarky cousin list with "worst singles."

The Top 500 Best Singles of the Past Decade, According to Rob aka @TheArtOfTheComment

1. “Lose Yourself” Eminem
2. “The Rising” Bruce Springsteen
3. “Idioteque” Radiohead
4. “Seven Nation Army” The White Stripes
5. “Ms. Jackson” OutKast
6. “Fallin’” Alicia Keys
7. “Lua” Bright Eyes
8. “Drop It Like It’s Hot” Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
9. “Hot in Herre” Nelly
10. “The Middle” Jimmy Eat World
11. “My City of Ruins” Bruce Springsteen
12. “Jesus Walks” Kanye West
13. “99 Problems” Jay-Z
14. “Fell in Love With a Girl” The White Stripes
15. “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” Death Cab for Cutie
16. “Ignition (Remix)” R. Kelly
17. “In My Place” Coldplay
18. “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” Eminem
19. “Good Life” Kanye West featuring T-Pain
20. “Californication” Red Hot Chili Peppers
21. “Ride Wit Me” Nelly
22. “Silver Lining” Rilo Kiley
23. “Grindin’” The Clipse
24. “Crazy in Love” Beyonce
25. “Stan” Eminem
26. “Four Winds” Bright Eyes
27. “Comin’ From Where I’m From” Anthony Hamilton
28. “Maps” The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
29. “Wish You Were Here” Incubus
30. “Use Somebody” Kings of Leon
31. “Paper Planes” M.I.A.
32. “All My Life” Foo Fighters
33. “Flashing Lights” Kanye West featuring Dwele
34. “Down the Line” Jose Gonzalez
35. “Hey Ya” OutKast
36. “How We Do” The Game featuring 50 Cent
37. “Last Nite” The Strokes
38. “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)” Jay-Z
39. “Mr. Brightside” The Killers
40. “A Milli” Lil Wayne
41. “Get Ur Freak On” Missy Elliott
42. “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” Radiohead
43. “Get Low” Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz
44. “Dakota” Stereophonics
45. “In Da Club” 50 Cent
46. “No Such Thing” John Mayer
47. “Lover I Don’t Have to Love” Bright Eyes
48. “I Wanna Love You” Akon featuring Snoop Dogg
49. “B.O.B.” OutKast
50. “New York, New York” Ryan Adams
51. “Time to Pretend” MGMT
52. “Dat New New” Kid Cudi
53. “Stand Up” Ludacris
54. “Feeling This” Blink-182
55. “What Light” Wilco
56. “Float On” Modest Mouse
57. “B.Y.O.B.” System of a Down
58. “My Doorbell” The White Stripes
59. “Golden” Jill Scott
60. “Low” Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
61. “U Remind Me” Usher
62. “Home” Marc Broussard
63. “Tiny Cities Made of Ashes” Modest Mouse
64. “Sugar, We’re Going Down” Fall Out Boy
65. “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” The Arctic Monkeys
66. “The Man Comes Around” Johnny Cash
67. “Beautiful Day” U2
68. “Laughing With” Regina Spektor
69. “So Fresh, So Clean” OutKast
70. “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows” Brand New
71. “King Without a Crown” Matisyahu
72. “What Are We Fighting For?” Tyrone Wells
73. “Perfect Gentleman” Wyclef Jean
74. “The New Year” Death Cab for Cutie
75. “Empire State of Mind” Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
76. “Black Swan” Thom Yorke
77. “Only” Nine Inch Nails
78. “Like a Boss” Slim Thug
79. “Spaz” N.E.R.D.
80. “Ordinary People” John Legend
81. “Hold On” K.T. Tunstall
82. “Get Busy” Sean Paul
83. “Party Up (Up in Here)” DMX
84. “Electric Feel” MGMT
85. “8 Mile” Eminem
86. “Let Me Love You” Mario
87. “Outrageous” Paul Simon
88. “Hometown Glory” Adele
89. “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” Cake
90. “Peaches and Cream” 112
91. “Young’n (Holla Back)” Fabolous
92. “Otherside” Red Hot Chili Peppers
93. “Two” Ryan Adams
94. “Bartender” T-Pain
95. “Everything in Its Right Place” Radiohead
96. “Promiscuous” Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
97. “Anna Molly” Incubus
98. “Crazy” Gnarls Barkley
99. “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” Vampire Weekend
100. “If I Ain’t Got You” Alicia Keys
101. “Get Free” The Vines
102. “E-Pro” Beck
103. “My Life” The Game featuring Lil Wayne
104. “When the President Talks to God” Bright Eyes
105. “Hash Pipe” Weezer
106. “Area Codes” Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg
107. “Love Lockdown” Kanye West
108. “Young Folks” Peter, Bjorn, and John
109. “World Wide Suicide” Pearl Jam
110. “The Denial Twist” The White Stripes
111. “Yellow” Coldplay
112. “I Don’t Want to Die (In the Hospital)” Conor Oberst
113. “Mushaboom” Feist
114. “Make Her Say” Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West and Common
115. “Be Like That” Three Doors Down
116. “15 Step” Radiohead
117. “Hey Ma” Cam’Ron
118. “Country Grammar (Hot Shit)” Nelly
119. “Try Again” Aaliyah
120. “Off the Record” My Morning Jacket
121. “Soul Meets Body” Death Cab for Cutie
122. “The Real Slim Shady” Eminem
123. “Maybe Tomorrow” Stereophonics
124. “Mykonos” Fleet Foxes
125. “Gonna Be Some Changes Made” Bruce Hornsby
126. “Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)” N.E.R.D.
127. “Looking at the World From the Bottom of a Well” Mike Doughty
128. “Rollout (My Business)” Ludacris
129. “Mrs. Officer” Lil Wayne featuring Bobby Valentino
130. “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day” Bruce Springsteen
131. “Steal My Kisses” Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
132. “Stacy’s Mom” Fountains of Wayne
133. “Fiesta” R. Kelly featuring Jay-Z
134. “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage” Panic! At the Disco
135. “Encore” Eminem featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent
136. “No One Knows” Queens of the Stone Age
137. “Heart Songs” Weezer
138. “21 Questions” 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg
139. “Megalomaniac” Incubus
140. “Family Affair” Mary J. Blige
141. “Grave Digger” Dave Matthews
142. “The Sweetness” Jimmy Eat World
143. “Tear You Apart” She Wants Revenge
144. “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)” Wyclef Jean featuring Niia, Akon, and Lil Wayne
145. “I Came Around” Amie Miriello
146. “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” Jay-Z
147. “Love in This Club” Usher featuring Young Jeezy
148. “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” Destiny’s Child
149. “Meant to Live” Switchfoot
150. “Put Your Records On” Corinne Bailey Rae
151. “Go Let It Out” Oasis
152. “Southern Hospitality” Ludacris
153. “Someday” The Strokes
154. “Milkshake” Kelis
155. “The Whole World” OutKast
156. “Good Evening (Dream Big)” Outasight
157. “Dear God (Sincerely M.o.F.)” Monsters of Folk
158. “Hanging by a Moment” Lifehouse
159. “Take a Bow” Rihanna
160. “Love Is Noise” The Verve
161. “One Mic” Nas
162. “Wait (The Whisper Song)” The Ying Yang Twins
163. “You Know You’re Right” Nirvana
164. “What It Is” Busta Rhymes
165. “Move Along” The All-American Rejects
166. “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” Jason Mraz
167. “So Sick” Ne-Yo
168. “Best of You” Foo Fighters
169. “Work It” Missy Elliott
170. “I Need More Love” Robert Randolph and the Family Band
171. “Rainy Dayz” Mary J. Blige featuring Ja Rule
172. “Penny on the Train Track” Ben Kweller
173. “Tell Me When to Go” E-40
174. “Dashboard” Modest Mouse
175. “Bring ‘Em Out” T.I.
176. “Radio Nowhere” Bruce Springsteen
177. “Over My Head (Cable Car)” The Fray
178. “Rebellion (Lies)” Arcade Fire
179. “Kiss Kiss” Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
180. “Lollipop” Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
181. “Do You Realize??” The Flaming Lips
182. “No One” Alicia Keys
183. “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” U2
184. “Thank You” Dido
185. “Another Way to Die” Jack White and Alicia Keys
186. “Lean Back” Terror Squad
187. “Sex on Fire” Kings of Leon
188. “Alive With the Glory of Love” Say Anything
189. “Porcelain” Moby
190. “Can’t Believe It” T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne
191. “‘03 Bonnie and Clyde” Jay-Z featuring Beyonce
192. “Shine Over Babylon” Sheryl Crow
193. “Supermassive Black Hole” Muse
194. “U Don’t Have to Call” Usher
195. “What You Got” Colby O’Donis featuring Akon
196. “Touch It” Busta Rhymes
197. “Get Right With God” Lucinda Williams
198. “What Would You Do?” City High
199. “Clocks” Coldplay
200. “Keep Me in Your Heart” Warren Zevon
201. “A Lifetime” Better Than Ezra
202. “The Seed 2.0” The Roots
203. “Fidelity” Regina Spektor
204. “Main Offender” The Hives
205. “Rehab” Amy Winehouse
206. “You’re Missing” Bruce Springsteen
207. “Don’t Let Me Get Me” Pink
208. “Dani California” Red Hot Chili Peppers
209. “I Might Be Wrong” Radiohead
210. “Roses” OutKast
211. “Lark on My Go-Kart” Asher Roth
212. “Someday Baby” Bob Dylan
213. “Run This Town” Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
214. “Ain’t No Reason” Brett Dennen
215. “It’s All Happening” Brother
216. “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” Fuel
217. “Slash Dot Dash” Fatboy Slim
218. “Life on a Chain” Pete Yorn
219. “Rock the Boat” Aaliyah
220. “1901” Phoenix
221. “It’s Like That” Mariah Carey
222. “The Sound of Settling” Death Cab for Cutie
223. “Fix You” Coldplay
224. “Ch-Check It Out” Beastie Boys
225. “The Fixer” Pearl Jam
226. “Come Tomorrow” Mars in Furs
227. “Heartbeats” Jose Gonzalez
228. “Ridin’” Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
229. “Hurt” Johnny Cash
230. “I’m Like a Bird” Nelly Furtado
231. “Level” The Raconteurs
232. “All Good?” De La Soul featuring Chaka Khan
233. “Miss Independent” Ne-Yo
234. “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’” The Scissor Sisters
235. “Music” Madonna
236. “O Mary Don’t You Weep” Bruce Springsteen
237. “Can’t Stop” Red Hot Chili Peppers
238. “Just Fine” Mary J. Blige
239. “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” K.T. Tunstall
240. “Rock and Roll” Eric Hutchinson
241. “With My Own Two Hands” Ben Harper
242. “Nausea” Beck
243. “The Reeling” Passion Pit
244. “I Can” Nas
245. “Heaven” Live
246. “Temperature” Sean Paul
247. “The Hand That Feeds” Nine Inch Nails
248. “Lost Without You” Robin Thicke
249. “Pork and Beans” Weezer
250. “Duffle Bag Boy” Playaz Circle featuring Lil Wayne
251. “Fit But You Know It” The Streets
252. “I Miss You” Blink-182
253. “Poison Cup” M. Ward
254. “Come Away With Me” Norah Jones
255. “Dance, Dance” Fall Out Boy
256. “Love Is Free” Sheryl Crow
257. “A Decade Under the Influence” Taking Back Sunday
258. “Gossip Folks” Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris
259. “Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones” The Hives
260. “On to the Next One” Jay-Z
261. “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” Radiohead
262. “First Time” Lifehouse
263. “I Feel a Change Comin’ On” Bob Dylan
264. “Ugly” Bubba Sparxxx
265. “Hey Mama” Black Eyed Peas
266. “Starlight” Muse
267. “Respect My Conglomerate” Busta Rhymes featuring Jadakiss and Lil Wayne
268. “Vultures” John Mayer
269. “Troublemaker” Weezer
270. “Take Me Out” Franz Ferdinand
271. “Wasted and Ready” Ben Kweller
272. “Sensual Seduction” Snoop Dogg
273. “One Big Holiday” My Morning Jacket
274. “The Boss” Rick Ross featuring T-Pain
275. “Notion” Kings of Leon
276. “Cool” Anthony Hamilton featuring David Banner
277. “Fluorescent Adolescent” Arctic Monkeys
278. “Hey World (Don’t Give Up)” Michael Franti and Spearhead
279. “Boom Boom Pow” Black Eyed Peas
280. “Hotel Yorba” The White Stripes
281. “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt” We Are Scientists
282. “LDN” Lily Allen
283. “By the Way” Red Hot Chili Peppers
284. “American Idiot” Green Day
285. “Juicebox” The Strokes
286. “Switch” Will Smith
287. “Hoist That Rag” Tom Waits
288. “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” Broken Social Scene
289. “Fresh Azimiz” Bow Wow
290. “Chicago” Sufjan Stevens
291. “Optimistic” Radiohead
292. “Boy With a Coin” Iron and Wine
293. “40 Dogs (Romeo and Juliet)” Bob Schneider
294. “Get Like Me” David Banner featuring Chris Brown
295. “Talk” Coldplay
296. “Survivalism” Nine Inch Nails
297. “Video” India.Arie
298. “Everything You Want” Vertical Horizon
299. “Doesn’t Remind Me” Audioslave
300. “One Man Wrecking Machine” Guster
301. “We Thuggin’” Fat Joe featuring R. Kelly
302. “Lose My Breath” Destiny’s Child
303. “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?” Bruce Springsteen
304. “Cash Machine” Hard-Fi
305. “One Evening” Feist
306. “Get Right” Jennifer Lopez
307. “I Tried” Bone Thugs-N-Harmony featuring Akon
308. “Who Says” John Mayer
309. “Kryptonite” Three Doors Down
310. “Superstar” Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
311. “How to Disappear Completely” Radiohead
312. “Wolf Like Me” TV on the Radio
313. “Square One” Tom Petty
314. “Let the Drummer Kick” Citizen Cope
315. “Get Over It” OK Go
316. “Somebody Told Me” The Killers
317. “Still Fighting It” Ben Folds
318. “Trouble” Pink
319. “Are You Alright?” Lucinda Williams
320. “Bad Boy For Life” P. Diddy featuring Black Rob and Mark Curry
321. “Best I Ever Had” Drake
322. “Without Me” Eminem
323. “Back in Your Head” Tegan and Sara
324. “Hate to Say I Told You So” The Hives
325. “You’re the World to Me” David Gray
326. “Put It on Me” Ja Rule featuring Vita
327. “Father and Daughter” Paul Simon
328. “She Wants to Move” N.E.R.D.
329. “I Feel It All” Feist
330. “Attitude” Alien Ant Farm
331. “There It Go (The Whistle Song)” Juelz Santana
332. “Hypnotize” System of a Down
333. “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” The White Stripes
334. “Orange Sky” Alexi Murdoch
335. “Maybe” Ingrid Michaelson
336. “X Gon’ Give It to Ya” DMX
337. “Wanksta” 50 Cent
338. “You Can Bring Me Flowers” Ray LaMontagne
339. “Rodeo” Juvenile
340. “Stole” Kelly Rowland
341. “Right Moves” Josh Ritter
342. “Jockin’ Jay-Z” Jay-Z
343. “When I Dream of Michelangelo” Counting Crows
344. “I’m a Hustla” Cassidy
345. “I’m Gonna Be Alright” Jennifer Lopez
346. “Amsterdam” Guster
347. “Grapevine Fires” Death Cab for Cutie
348. “All These Things That I’ve Done” The Killers
349. “I Luv Your Girl” The Dream featuring Young Jeezy
350. “Act a Fool” Ludacris
351. “It Ends Tonight” The All-American Rejects
352. “Shake Ya Tailfeather” Nelly, P. Diddy, and Murphy Lee
353. “For Nancy (‘Cos It Already Is)” Pete Yorn
354. “Sing” Travis
355. “Times Like These” Foo Fighters
356. “Old” Paul Simon
357. “After Tonight” Justin Nozuka
358. “Quattro (World Drifts In)” Calexico
359. “Icky Thump” The White Stripes
360. “1 Thing” Amerie
361. “Sleepwalker” The Wallflowers
362. “Desert Sunrise” Brett Dennen
363. “Beautiful” Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell and Charlie Wilson
364. “Landed” Ben Folds
365. “Say” John Mayer
366. “Fall Back Down” Rancid
367. “Harder to Breathe” Maroon 5
368. “The Mixed Tape” Jack’s Mannequin
369. “Brother Lee” Citizen Cope
370. “Fuck It (I Don’t Want You Back)” Eamon
371. “Rain Fall Down” The Rolling Stones
372. “Sleeping In” The Postal Service
373. “Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That” Robert Randolph and the Family Band
374. “Lost Cause” Beck
375. “Speed of Sound” Coldplay
376. “Suddenly I See” K.T. Tunstall
377. “Irreplaceable” Beyonce
378. “Wheels” Foo Fighters
379. “How to Save a Life” The Fray
380. “Shut Us Down” Lindsey Buckingham
381. “Golden” My Morning Jacket
382. “Fortune Faded” Red Hot Chili Peppers
383. “Fight Outta You” Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
384. “Thnks fr th Mmrs” Fall Out Boy
385. “When I’m Gone” Three Doors Down
386. “Freeway” Aimee Mann
387. “Can’t Look Down” Zox
388. “Thugz Mansion” 2Pac featuring Nas and J. Phoenix
389. “Steady, As She Goes” The Raconteurs
390. “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” Jet
391. “It Feels So Good” Sonique
392. “Amber” 311
393. “Snap Yo Fingers” Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz
394. “Homecoming” Kanye West featuring Chris Martin
395. “That’s Not My Name” The Ting Tings
396. “Gimme” Jill Scott
397. “Fine Line” Paul McCartney
398. “Signals Over the Air” Thursday
399. “Jimmy Mathis” Bubba Sparxxx
400. “Volcano” Damien Rice
401. “Move by Yourself” Donavon Frankenreiter
402. “Photobooth” Death Cab for Cutie
403. “If You’re Wondering If I Want You To (I Want You To)” Weezer
404. “We Takin’ Over” DJ Khaled featuring Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Baby, and Lil Wayne
405. “Carolina” M. Ward
406. “Bad Day” R.E.M.
407. “Tipsy” J-Kwon
408. “Trouble” Ray LaMontagne
409. “Dust” Van Hunt
410. “She Likes” Donny Goines featuring Che Grand and Izza Kizza
411. “No One Would Riot for Less” Bright Eyes
412. “White Flag” Dido
413. “Oxygen” Willy Mason
414. “The Adventure” Angels and Airwaves
415. “Air Force Ones” Nelly featuring St. Lunatics
416. “Come on Get Higher” Matt Nathanson
417. “Make It Rain” Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne
418. “Never Let You Go” Third Eye Blind
419. “The Execution of All Things” Rilo Kiley
420. “Jesus Christ” Brand New
421. “Side” Travis
422. “I Think They Like Me” Dem Franchize Boyz
423. “Ball and Biscuit” The White Stripes
424. “Catch My Disease” Ben Lee
425. “Moment of Forgiveness” The Indigo Girls
426. “Angels” Robert Randolph and the Family Band
427. “I Will Possess Your Heart” Death Cab for Cutie
428. “I’m So Paid” Akon featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy
429. “The Way I Live” Baby Boy da Prince
430. “We Will Become Silhouettes” The Postal Service
431. “Chocolate Rain” Tay Zonday
432. “People Got a Lotta Nerve” Neko Case
433. “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” Jennifer Lopez
434. “Dip It Low” Christina Milian
435. “Heavy Metal Drummer” Wilco
436. “Hard to Explain” The Strokes
437. “Empty Walls” Serj Tankian
438. “Pass the Courvoisier, Part II” Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy and Pharrell
439. “Sunrise” Norah Jones
440. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” Green Day
441. “Chemistry” Semisonic
442. “Breathe, Stretch, Shake” Mase
443. “1234” Feist
444. “Contagious” The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley
445. “Naïve” The Kooks
446. “What You Know” T.I.
447. “Missing You” Case
448. “Them Kids” Sam Roberts
449. “Big Wheel” Tori Amos
450. “Be Mine” David Gray
451. “We’re Going to Be Friends” The White Stripes
452. “I Love to Move in Here” Moby
453. “Check on It” Beyonce featuring Slim Thug
454. “Sooner or Later” N.E.R.D.
455. “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” Bob Dylan
456. “Vans” The Pack
457. “Wamp Wamp (What It Do)” The Clipse
458. “The Underdog” Spoon
459. “Viva La Vida” Coldplay
460. “I Can’t Stop” Al Green
461. “Can’t Deny It” Fabolous
462. “I Don’t Know What It Is” Rufus Wainwright
463. “Say Hey (I Love You)” Michael Franti and Spearhead
464. “Catch Me If You Can” Outasight
465. “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” Chris Brown
466. “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too” Say Anything
467. “Brand New” Amie Miriello
468. “We Are All Made of Stars” Moby
469. “Must Be Nice” Lyfe Jennings
470. “Funny the Way It Is” The Dave Matthews Band
471. “Devils and Dust” Bruce Springsteen
472. “Flap Your Wings” Nelly
473. “Soak Up the Sun” Sheryl Crow
474. “Music” Erick Sermon
475. “My Sweet Love” John Mellencamp
476. “Control Myself” LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez
477. “Deep Inside of You” Third Eye Blind
478. “Diddy” P. Diddy featuring The Neptunes
479. “Everybody’s Changing” Keane
480. “She Don’t Want Nobody Near” Counting Crows
481. “Lost” Coldplay
482. “Such Great Heights” Iron and Wine
483. “Delirious Love” Neil Diamond
484. “You and I Both” Jason Mraz
485. “Better Way” Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
486. “Broken Radio” Jesse Malin featuring Bruce Springsteen
487. “Ring the Alarm” Beyonce
488. “Rockin’ the Suburbs” Ben Folds
489. “The Hardest Button to Button” The White Stripes
490. “My President” Young Jeezy featuring Nas
491. “Vertigo” U2
492. “Take a Message” Remy Shand
493. “Peacekeeper” Fleetwood Mac
494. “Stronger” Kanye West
495. “You Don’t Know My Name” Alicia Keys
496. “Dance Tonight” Paul McCartney
497. “Keep the Car Running” Arcade Fire
498. “Kick, Push” Lupe Fiasco
499. “The Night Inside Me” Jackson Browne
500. “Follow Through” Gavin DeGraw