It’s hard to believe that 2008 was a whole decade ago, but at the same time, it seems like it was just yesterday. Thinking back, how much do you remember about that year? “The Dark Knight” dominated movie theaters, “Breaking Bad” was just breaking big on the small screen, but what about the tunes? Here are some hits from that year. See if you were paying attention to the sounds of 2008!
This bi-curious anthem was Perry’s breakout hit. If you squint while watching the video, you can see a young and unknown Kesha hanging out in the background.
This song was an FU anthem written when P!nk was on the outs with husband Carey Hart, but luckily they reconciled and have now been married for 12 years.
Huge missed opportunity by Justin for not singing this at the Super Bowl with a marching band and Madonna in tow.
Put Estelle, will.i.am, John Legend and Kanye West in a recording studio together and you get this fun song about British Estelle’s American guy friends. As a result, this track has aged very well and still feels fresh today.
This song was like the musical version of soda -- it was unbelievably bubbly and bright. It also burrowed in like an earworm for days to come.
In 2008, Taylor Swift was still a simple country girl who liked to sit on the front porch and talk to her boyfriend late at night on the phone. Too bad she can’t come to the phone anymore, because, according to 2017’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” the old Taylor is dead.
Without a doubt, this was the official sports jam of 2008 with appearances on WWE’s “Royal Rumble” and “Madden NFL 11.”
Say what you want about Kanye, but there’s nothing like this pre-Kardashian 808-drum minimalist tune that would fit in perfectly with the Top 40 of 2018.
We’ve established that her name isn’t Bell, Stacey or Jane, but what the heck is it? As it turns out, it’s Jules.
Was this Sasha Fierce-era single ahead of its time as a feminist jam or stuck in old-fashioned gender clichés? Discuss.
This is Jim’s and Pam’s wedding song from “The Office,” and that’s probably all you need to know.
Thank you, Fergie, for using your video to point out how hot Milo Ventimiglia was. You were 10 years ahead of everyone else.
In the video for this song, RiRi goes to the “Waiting to Exhale” school of disposing of your cheating man’s clothes and setting them on fire.
I always thought the lyrics to this song were “I wanna have boobies,” when the word is actually “groupies.” That’s too bad, because when I was a kid, I don’t think I ever actually wanted groupies.
Was there a cooler track in 2008? The chorus was kind of hard to sing along to, as it was bangs and chings and not words, but it was the kind of song you make a slow-motion entrance to in your head.
Was Shawty wearing Apple Bottom jeans and boots with fur or baggy sweatpants and Reeboks with the straps? 10 years later and we still do not know.
Jesse’s music career may not be what it used to be, but he’s found success in voice-over work, such as his role as Theodore in the “Alvin and the Chipmunk” movies.
Aww, Weezy made a song about candy. How sweet.
This song was one of a string of hits T.I. released during a year of house arrest. This track samples the “Numa Numa” song so apparently he was watching a lot of viral videos during that time.
Sparks was the youngest American Idol winner at just 17 and one of the bestselling of all time, along with Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry.