With a revolutionary music video and an instantly recognizable dance, this became a modern cultural anthem.
Serving as the theme to his semi-autobiographical film 8 Mile , "Lose Yourself" became the first hip-hop song to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Built around a tense, driving guitar riff, Eminem's masterclass in breath control and internal rhyming schemes made it the ultimate underdog anthem for generations to come. 5. Kelly Clarkson – "Since U Been Gone" vh1 100 greatest songs of the 2000s upd