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The debate is over. Geeks have won the culture wars, because we have subjugated popular music and bent it to our will. While the Billboard Top 40 may never be dominated by geek-centric songs that bespeak the awkward and lonely lifestyle of the unrequited Trekkie, there are entire virtual radio stations’ worth of geek band anthems out there for the listen. Don’t believe me. Here’s the top 20 geek band anthems as ranked by me. Feel free to add, subtract, and flame-war your own geek-favorite tunes in the comments section.

1. In The Garage - Weezer
2. Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton
3. Please Let That Be You - The Rentals
4. Wizard Needs Food Badly - Five Iron Frenzy
5. Maybe In An Alternate Dimension - Ozma
6. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
7. It Is Pitch Dark (You Are Likely to be Eaten by a Grue) - MC Frontalot
8. Boss of Me - They Might Be Giants
9. Hail to the Geeks - Deaf Pedestrians
10. If I Could Be A Geek - Ric Seaberg
11. Stack the Memory - Sniper Twins
12. Stop Talking About Comic Books or I’ll Kill You - Ookla the Mok
13. She Make It So - Warp 11
14. Geek Like Me - The Wonderstrucks
15. The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny - Lemon Demon
16. Rockin’ the Suburbs - Ben Folds
17. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
18. High School Never Ends - Bowling For Soup
19. Mr. Spock - Nerf Herder
20. We Are the Opening Band - Paul & Storm