I didn’t know such a thing existed. With the exception of a couple of these songs, I hope I never experience this playlist.
I’m guessing you’ve never heard of MINIVAN ROCK. But I promise that you’ve HEARD Minivan Rock . . . even if you didn’t know that’s what it was called.
According to “Billboard”, it’s music from, quote, “the turn-of-the-century golden age of pop-rock radio hits.”
It’s “accessible, catchy, cleanly produced rock music built on sonic foundations of processed guitars and/or driving piano.”
Think of it as the redheaded stepchild of Yacht Rock.
“Billboard” has put together a list of the 50 Greatest Minivan Rock Songs. Here’s the Top 20 . . .
1. “Hanging by a Moment”, Lifehouse (2000)
2. “Complicated”, Avril Lavigne (2002)
3. “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)”, Nine Days (2000)
4. “Slide”, Goo Goo Dolls (1998)
5. “All You Wanted”, Michelle Branch (2001)
6. “Never Let You Go”, Third Eye Blind (2000)
7. “Everything You Want”, Vertical Horizon (1999)
8. “A Thousand Miles”, Vanessa Carlton (2002)
9. “No Such Thing”, John Mayer (2002)
10. “3AM”, Matchbox Twenty (1997)
11. “Kiss Me”, Sixpence None the Richer (1999)
12. “She’s So High”, Tal Bachman (1999)
13. “Closing Time”, Semisonic (1998)
14. “Wherever You Will Go”, The Calling (2001)
15. “This Love”, Maroon 5 (2004)
16. “Soak Up the Sun”, Sheryl Crow (2002)
17. “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)”, Jason Mraz (2003)
18. “Stacy’s Mom”, Fountains of Wayne (2003)
19. “Semi-Charmed Life”, Third Eye Blind (1997)
20. “Save Tonight”, Eagle Eye Cherry (1997)
