Oh, and there was an abundance of body glitter in the air.
Additionally, some of our favorite artists stepped into the spotlight at this time.
Whether on the radio, your favorite mixed CD (remember those?

The timelessness of many 2000slove songshas us listening on repeat 20-plus years later.
As a songwriter, it’s a dream come true."
Their hit single “Yellow” became an instant classic and even helped the group wintheir first Grammy Award.

In an interview withBBC News, Chris Martin spoke about the making of “Yellow.”
The band was under pressure knowing this was their one opportunity.
Martin said, “It was really mind-blowing.

I was looking at it from an outside perspective.”
Levine continued, “I just knew … it was lightning in a bottle.”
If that doesn’t scream timeless love song, what does?

She’d beendiscovered on Myspaceand quickly rose to fame after “Bubbly” went viral.
It’s hard not to smile when listening to the uplifting acoustic pop song.
Delilah DiCrescenzo spoke toESPNabout how the song affected her at the time.

DiCrescenzo and Higgenson met through mutual friends while she was studying at Columbia.
Higgenson told DiCrescenzo, who was dating someone else, that he planned to write a song about her.
After hearing the song, DiCrescenzo remembers thinking, “Oh no!

Did I lead Tom on?”
and feeling guilty about the effort Higgenson went to.
And, so would she “We Belong Together” was widely considered a big part of hercomeback.

That was one of those songs."
The hard work paid off, and it remains one of her favorite songs to perform.
The song will certainly live on as one of the best love songs of the decade.

It does come at a price, though."
Snow Patrol’s lead singer and guitarist, Gary Lightbody, actually wrote the song after getting sober.
There’s no knife-in-the-back twist.

When I read these lyrics back, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s weird.'"
His dad would say, “You’re like a dog chasing a car.
Swift is renowned for writing songs based on her real-life romances and heartbreaks.

She wasdating Joe Jonasat the time but has not revealed whether or not the song is about him.
“I feel really lucky that people responded to it the way that they did and continue to.”
Originally, “Bleeding Love” was written by Ryan Tedder for Jesse McCartney.

He ended up including this song on the album, “We Dance.
We Steal Things.”
And from then on, you could hear the tune wherever you went.

Mraz said the song changed him in a big way.
The song undoubtedly launched his career and has led us to associate his bubbly lyrics with true love.
I never quite got down what I was really feeling in those songs, though.”

She explained that her manager played her the Bob Dylan classic and it deeply resonated with her.
It’s no wonder it was a monumental success.
(Tell Me So)" by Chi-Lites.

She said, “It has this go-go feel to it, this old-school feel.
I wasn’t sure if people were going to get it.”
Thankfully, Beyonce warmed up to the track.