The 2000s Chart Show: A 00s Pop Music Podcast

No episode last week means an absolutely bumper episode this week featuring new songs from pretty much every major pop music star of 2004: Britney Spears, Eminem, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Destiny's Child, Blue, U2, Jamelia and many more.

On this week's episode of the pop music podcast where we celebrate the music of the 2000s one top 40 singles chart at a time, we're talking about the following songs:

Angel City - Do You Know (I Go Crazy)

Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of Me

Blue - Curtain Falls

Britney Spears - My Prerogative

Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott - Car Wash

Daniel Bedingfield - Nothing Hurts Like Love

Dannii Minogue vs Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me

Danzel - Pump it Up

Deep Dish - Flashdance

Delta Goodrem - Out of the Blue

Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath

Dizzee Rascal - Dream

Duncan James feat. Keedie - I Believe My Heart

Elton John - All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)

Eminem - Just Lose It

Eric Prydz - Call On Me

Eye Opener - Hungry Eyes

Finn Brothers - Nothing Wrong With You

Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly and Ashanti - Wonderful

Jamelia - DJ/Stop

Jamie Cullum - Everlasting Love

Jay Sean - Stolen

Jo Jingles - Wind the Bobbin Up

Kelis feat. André 3000 - Millionaire

Khia - My Neck My Back (Lick It)

Mase - Welcome Back/Breathe Stretch Shake

Michael Gray - The Weekend

Nas - Bridging the Gap

R. Kelly - Happy People / U Saved Me

Rachel Stevens - More More More

Robbie Williams - Radio

Rooster - Come Get Some

Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man

The Noise Next Door - Lock Up Ya Daughters / Ministry of Mayhem

Twista feat. R. Kelly - So Sexy

Tyler James - Why Do I Do

U2 - Vertigo

Usher - Confessions Pt II/My Boo

V - You Stood Up

Wet Wet Wet - All I Want

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This week on the podcast where we're celebrating the music of the 2000s one UK top 40 at a time we're talking about the following songs:

3 of a Kind - Baby Cakes

Angel City - Do You Know (I Go Crazy)

Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of Me

Bloc Party - Helicopter

Brandy - Afrodisiac

Christina Milian - Whatever U Want

Daniel Bedingfield - Nothing Hurts Like Love

Dannii Minogue - You Won't Forget About Me

Danzel - Pump it Up

Darius - Kinda Love

Deep Dish - Flashdance

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 04

Duncan James - I Believe My Heart

Eric Prydz - Call On Me

Estelle - Free

Girls Aloud - Love Machine

Goldie Lookin Chain - Your Mother's Got a Penis

Good Charlotte - Predictable

Graham Coxon - Freakin' Out / All Over Me

Ja Rule - Wonderful

Jay Sean - Stolen

Kelis - Millionaire

Khia - My Neck My Back (Lick It)

Kings of Leon - The Bucket

Lil' Flip - Sunshine

Lucie Silvas - What You're Made Of

Manic Street Preachers - The Love of Richard Nixon

Mylo - Drop the Pressure

R. Kelly - Happy People / U Saved Me

Rachel Stevens - More More More

Robbie Williams - Radio

Rooster - Come Get Some

Scissor Sisters - Mary

Snow Patrol - How to Be Dead

The Dualers - Kiss on the Lips

The Libertines - What Became of the Likely Lads

The Noise Next Door - Lock Up Ya Daughters / Ministry of Mayhem

The Others - Stan Bowles

The Zutons - Don't Ever Think (Too Much)

Tina Turner - Open Arms

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On this week's episode of the pop music podcast where we celebrate the music of the 2000s one top 40 singles chart at a time:

• Which 2000s pop rock band started out doing Pokemon-based tunes - and what huge part did they play in the future of streaming?
• Why is Duncan James releasing solo singles even before Blue have broken up?
• How did Robbie Williams and Morrissey end up in a feud?
• Why Cliff Richard was once called "too sexy for TV"
• What is the tragic history of the song Mary by the Scissor Sisters?
• Which indie rocker started throwing Monster Munch at people in a plane?
• Which 90s soft rockers covered S Club 7's Don't Stop Moving?
• Why Marvin Humes' ex released a version of JLS' Beat Again called Cheat Again

All that plus new 2004 releases from The Beautiful South, Cliff Richard, Duncan James and Keedie, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Kasabian, Morrissey, Rooster, Rhian Benson, Scissor Sisters, Velvet Revolver and VS.

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This week 20 years ago, a new chart record was broken as SEVEN (!) songs are new entries on the top 10, with 17 (!!) new entries in total from the likes of Rachel Stevens, Robbie Williams, Good Charlotte, Brandy, Eamon, DJ Casper and Khia.

This week on the pop music podcast where we celebrate the music of the 2000s one top 40 singles chart at a time:

• What did Rachel Stevens take from a former adult film actress....and what did Fidel Castro have to do with it?
• Why Eamon found himself being accused of misogyny whilst on a trip to Alton Towers
• Exactly how many times was Khia arrested for 'criminal mischief'?
• How did the Oops Upside Your Head rowing on the floor dance start?
• How will Enya get mentioned AGAIN in another episode despite not releasing any music in 2004?

All that plus the usual 2000s nostalgia, iconic pop music and crazy trivia you never knew about music's finest decade.

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It's time to get cheeky cheeky for the last time as the Cheeky Girls take their last bow on the UK top 40. Elsewhere in the pop music landscape, Jentina and Beverley Knight are flopping hard, Ashlee Simpson is getting humiliated on live TV and The Streets and Super Furry Animals are trying to see what they can get away with when it comes to drugs and swearing on the charts.

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To all those people who say "OK, but why isn't there a straight pride"...here it is. This episode is for you. For some reason, on this week 20 years ago the music industry conspired to get every middle-aged man on their rosters to release music all in the same week, with only Alacazar left to offer any sort of gay counterpoint.

But it's still a great episode of the podcast reliving the pop music of the 2000s one UK top 40 singles chart at a time, with answers to the following questions:

• Which Britpop star went to prison for threatening to chop an air hostess' hands off?
• Which eccentric 60s legend once bought 8 tonnes of sand?
• Which dance icon lived next door to Paul McCartney (who forced him to leave the country)?
• Which indie band started a fight with the entire town of Worthing?
• How many fun facts about Muse is too many?

All that plus a lorra lorra laughs and tunes from Alcazar, Biffy Clyro, Brian Wilson, Donny Osmond, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Ian Brown, Mark Knopfler, Muse, The Ordinary Boys and Paul McCartney

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Let's go, eskimo...Girls Aloud are back with Love Machine, a song that the band hated. And they're not the only ones who despise their own songs this week, as Joss Stone and Eric Prydz have also had very few words to say about their tracks either...

Also on this week's edition of the 2000s pop music podcast that's reliving the top 40 singles chart from this week years ago:

• Which singer went to prison for manslaughter and then just a few months later got amnesia from a car accident?
• Why is there huge controversy in the music industry about the song Call on Me (apart from that v. thrusty music video)?
• Which band's name is nearly an anagram of 'gay nerd'?
• Why were the 2005 Grammys refuse to give awards to anyone who was actually relevant?
• How did I deal with the break-up of my first (and only) heterosexual relationship?
• Which Irish legend told Jim from The Corrs that he needed to "get a life"?
• Why did everyone in 2004 know Johnny Borrell from Razorlight's phone number?

All that plus the usual pop music nostalgia, '00s trivia and new to 2004 tunes from Annie, Beastie Boys, Bryan Adams, Cassidy, The Corrs, Dido, Eric Prydz, Girls Aloud, Green Day, Interpol, Joss Stone, Razorlight, Status Quo, Thirteen Senses and The 22-20s.

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It's always a big moment when a boyband member goes solo, and 2004 saw Brian "Bryan" McFadden have a go with "Real To Me".

But will the results be more Robbie Williams or Louis Tomlinson (sorry Directioners)?

Find out on the latest episode of the pop music podcast celebrating the songs that were in the UK top 40 singles chart this week 20 years ago.

Also on this week's episode:

• A rapper gouges out his own eye in one of the most tragic tales we have ever told on the podcast;
• Loose Women ruins the relationship of Brian McFadden and Kerry Katona;
• Nick Cave tries to kick a journalist's head in;
• Peter Andre starts a fight with a photographer outside of Katie Price's court case;
• Natasha Bedingfield makes chart history;
• McFly fans fight on the SongMeanings forums;
• Pluss: we count down the 10 best ever novelty Europop number 1s in the latest edition of "The 2000s Chart Show Chart" and reveal that Agadoo by Black Lace is a cover

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In this week's episode of the pop music podcast reliving the top 40s charts of the 2000s:

• Which rap star of the 00s now teaches gun safety in Illinois?
• Which Australian singer did Simon Amstell (ALLEGEDLY) try to out on Popworld?
• How did Liam from The Prodigy meet his wife, Natalie Appleton off of All Saints?
• Which 80s movie icon dated a young Victoria Beckham?
• Which dance songwriter of the 2000s won a silver in boxing at the Commonwealth Games?
• What do Lady Gaga, Aaliyah and Tamar Braxton have to do with Jojo's solo career?
• Why are the X Factor 2011 contestants officially better than Paul Weller?
• Why did Nelly release two albums in 2004?

All this plus the usual deep dives into some of the most iconic pop songs of 2004, bad puns and UK pop culture fun

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