2021 marks the start of many new things: a new decade, a new appreciation of life following the onset of a pandemic, a new U.S. presidential administration, new music, the list goes on and on. 2021 also marks the year where many songs from our childhood become just as old as we are. Check out these 21 songs that are turning 21 in 2021.
- “Bye Bye Bye” by the Backstreet Boys (Jan. 17, 2000)
- “Beautiful Day” by U2 (Oct. 9, 2000)
- “Who Let the Dogs Out?” by The Baha Men (July 25, 2000)
- “Doesn’t Really Matter” by Janet Jackson (May 23, 2000)
- “Simple Kind of Life” by No Doubt (June 13, 2000)
- “Macy’s Day Parade” by Green Day (Oct. 3, 2000)
- “Oops! … I Did It Again” by Britney Spears (March 27, 2000)
- “Californiacation” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (March 20, 2000)
- “It’s Gonna Be Me” by NSYNC (June 12, 2000)
- “Music” by Madonna (Sept. 18, 2000)
- “Adam’s Song” by Blink-182 (March 14, 2000)
- “Jumpin’, Jumpin’” by Destiny’s Child (July 18, 2000)
- “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down (Jan. 11, 2000)
- “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus (Aug. 1, 2000)
- “Lucky” by Britney Spears (Aug. 8, 2000)
- “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)” by Nine Days (April 15, 2000)
- “It’s My Life” by Bon Jovi (May 23, 2000)
- “Can’t Fight The Moonlight” by LeAnn Rimes (Aug. 22, 2000)
- “Optimistic” by Radiohead (Oct. 2, 2000)
- “Bent” by Matchbox Twenty (July 4, 2000)
- “There You Go” by P!nk (Feb. 20, 2000)
