THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 2003 1. Hey Ya! - OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista) 2. Hurt - JOHNNY CASH Unearthed (American) and American IV: The Man Comes Around (American '02) 3. Time For Heroes - THE LIBERTINES Up The Bracket (Rough Trade '02) 4. Baby In Two - PERNICE BROTHERS Yours, Mine & Ours (Ashmont) 5. Caroline And I - THE GO-BETWEENS Bright Yellow Bright Orange (Jetset) 6. The Ballad Of The Sin Eater - TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS Hearts Of Oak (Lookout!) 7. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up (Sub Pop) 8. Maps - YEAH YEAH YEAHS Fever To Tell (Interscope) 9. Stacy's Mom - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve) 10. Ban Marriage - THE HIDDEN CAMERAS The Smell Of Our Own (Rough Trade) 11. Danger! High Voltage - ELECTRIC SIX Fire (XL '02) 12. Carry Me Ohio - SUN KIL MOON Ghosts Of The Great Highway (Jetset) 13. Almost Crimes (Radio Kills Remix) - BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE You Forgot It In People (Arts & Crafts) 14. Keep Me In Your Heart - WARREN ZEVON The Wind (Artemis) 15. Slipping Husband - THE NATIONAL Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (Brassland) 16. He War - CAT POWER - You Are Free (Matador) 17. Carrion - BRITISH SEA POWER The Decline Of British Sea Power (Rough Trade) 18. Hey Mami - FANNYPACK So Stylistic (Tommy Boy) 19. Step Into My Office, Baby - BELLE & SEBASTIAN Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Rough Trade) 20. Milkshake - KELIS Tasty (Star Trak/Arista) 21. The New Year - DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Transatlanticism (Barsuk) 22. Vanessa From Queens - STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS Pig Lib (Matador) 23. Seven Nation Army - THE WHITE STRIPES Elephant (Third Man/V2) 24. El Caminos In The West - GRANDADDY Sumday (V2) 25. Go Ask Yer Dad - THE TYDE Twice (Rough Trade) 26. I Luv U - DIZZEE RASCAL - Boy In Da Corner (XL UK import) 27. Kissing the Lipless - THE SHINS Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop) 28. Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) - THE MARS VOLTA De-Loused In The Comatorium (Gold Standard Labs/Strummer/Universal) 29. Ghettomusick - OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista) 30. That Great Love Sound - THE RAVEONETTES Chain Gang Of Love (Columbia) 31. Wide Eyed Fools - BETTIE SERVEERT Log 22 (Palomine/Hidden Agenda) 32. Don't Think You're The First - THE CORAL Magic And Medicine (Deltasonic UK import) 33. Frontin' - PHARRELL FEATURING JAY-Z The Neptunes Present... Clones (Star Trak/Arista) 34. Almost The Same - CLEARLAKE Cedars (Domino) 35. The Laws Have Changed - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Electric Version (Matador) 36. Rocked By Rape - THE EVOLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE Plagiarythm Nation (Seeland) 37. Band Camp - VIC CHESNUTT Silver Lake (New West) 38. What A Waster - THE LIBERTINES Up The Bracket (Rough Trade '02) 39. The Right Hand - THE NATURAL HISTORY Beat Beat Heartbeat (Startime International) 40. Shine A Light - CONSTANTINES Shine A Light (Sub Pop) 41. Don't Be Scared - A.R.E. WEAPONS A.R.E. Weapons (Rough Trade) 42. The Shy Retirer - ARAB STRAP Monday At The Hug & Pint (Chemikal Underground UK/Matador) 43. Up In The North - THE FIERY FURNACES Gallowsbird's Bark (Rough Trade) 44. Salvador Sanchez - SUN KIL MOON Ghosts Of The Great Highway (Jetset) 45. Ocean Rising - JUSTIN SULLIVAN Navigating By The Stars (Attack Attack UK import) 46. You Don't Know My Name - ALICIA KEYS The Diary Of Alicia Keys (J) 47. Such Great Heights - THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up (Sub Pop) 48. The Recluse - CURSIVE The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek) 49. Reptilia - THE STROKES Room On Fire (RCA) 50. War All The Time - THURSDAY War All The Time (Island) 51. Dance Commander - ELECTRIC SIX Fire (XL) 52. Danger - ERYKAH BADU Worldwide Underground (Motown) 53. Bring It On - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Nocturama (Mute/Anti-) 54. Young Liars - TV ON THE RADIO Young Liars EP (Touch And Go) 55. Bad Dreams - LYRICS BORN Later That Day... (Quannum Projects) 56. Cat Claw - THE KILLS Keep On Your Mean Side (Dim Mak '02/Rough Trade) 57. Pass That Dutch - MISSY ELLIOTT This Is Not A Test! (Elektra) 58. Should I? - KAITO UK Band Red (spinART) 59. I Need Your Love - THE RAPTURE Echoes (DFA/Strummer/Universal) 60. Butterflies Drowned In Wine - (SMOG) Supper (Drag City) 61. This Boy Is Exhausted - THE WRENS The Meadowlands (Absolutely Kosher) 62. Free - CAT POWER - You Are Free (Matador) 63. Don't You Know - THE SLEEPY JACKSON Lovers (EMI Australia/Astralwerks) 64. Hello Sunshine - SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Phantom Power (Epic UK/XL) 65. Looking Good For Radio - JON LANGFORD AND HIS SADIES Mayors Of The Moon (Bloodshot) 66. This Afternoon - JOE HENRY Tiny Voices (Anti-) 67. Hands - FOUR TET Rounds (Domino) 68. I've Been Riding With The Ghost - SONGS: OHIA Magnolia Electric Co (Secretly Canadian) 69. It Looks Like You - EVAN DANDO Baby I'm Bored (Bar/None) 70. Bluebird Of Happiness - MOJAVE 3 Spoon And Rafter (4AD) 71. Blood On Your Hands - KILLING JOKE Killing Joke (Zuma/Epic/Red Ink) 72. Night Nurse - BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM L'Avventura (Jetset) 73. I Can't Stop - AL GREEN I Can't Stop (Blue Note) 74. Mercury - THROWING MUSES Throwing Muses (4AD) 75. Jerk - BUZZCOCKS Buzzcocks (Merge) 76. Hard To Find - THE AMERICAN ANALOG SET Promise Of Love (Tiger Style) 77. Halfway - HAMELL ON TRIAL Tough Love (Righteous Babe) 78. The Drinks We Drank Last Night - AZURE RAY Hold On Love (Saddle Creek) 79. Stand Up - LUDACRIS FEATURING SHAWNNA Chicken 'N' Beer (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South) 80. I Don't Know What It Is - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Want One (Dreamworks) 81. Indestructible - RANCID Indestructible (Hellcat) 82. Big Darkness - CROOKED FINGERS Red Devil Dawn (Merge) 83. Little Eyes - YO LA TENGO Summer Sun (Matador) 84. Where Does All The Money Go? - EAST RIVER PIPE Garbageheads On Endless Stun (Merge) 85. Where Is The Love? - THE BLACK EYED PEAS Elephunk (A&M) 86. Useless Inventions - GUIDED BY VOICES Earthquake Glue (Matador) 87. Easy - THE FOLK IMPLOSION The New Folk Implosion (Artist Direct/BMG) 88. Snake Oil - KRISTIN HERSH The Grotto (4AD) 89. Love Like That - STEW Something Deeper Than These Changes (Smile) 90. The History Of Love - DUMP A Grown-Ass Man (Shrimper) 91. Haunted Melody - THE CLIENTELE The Violet Hour (Pointy UK/Merge) 92. On-T.V. - SLUMBER PARTY 3 (Kill Rock Stars) 93. When I See You - MACY GRAY The Trouble With Being Myself (Epic) 94. Everything Is New - FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS Show Me Your Tears (SpinART) 95. Don't Hold Your Breath - CALLA Televise (Arena Rock) 96. Tom The Model - BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN Out Of Season (Go! Discs UK '02/Sanctuary) 97. Ghost Trains - ERLEND OYE Unrest (Source UK/Astralwerks) 98. Trapped Under Ice Floes (Redux) - {PLUS/MINUS} You Are Here (Teenbeat) 99. Things I Miss The Most - STEELY DAN Everything Must Go (Reprise) 100. Coma Girl - JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Streetcore (Hellcat) The Top 10 EPs Of 2003 1. TV ON THE RADIO - Young Liars (Touch And Go) 2. YO LA TENGO - Today Is The Day! (Matador) 3. THE RAVEONETTES - Whip It On (Crunchy Frog Denmark '02/Columbia) 4. IRON & WINE - The Sea & The Rhythm (Sub Pop) 5. STEREOLAB - Instant O In The Universe (Elektra) 6. JEAN GRAE - The Bootleg Of The Bootleg EP (Babygrande) 7. JON AUER/KEN STRINGFELLOW - Private Sides (Arena Rock) 8. TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS - Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead (Lookout!) 9. THE KINGSBURY MANX - Afternoon Owls (Overcoat) 10. CLEM SNIDE - A Beautiful EP (spinART) David Rawson