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

By Samuel SpencerMusic Music Commentary

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

July 09, 2025 Charlotte Church goes pop while Backstreet Boys flop (9 July 2005)
Which pop star's former boyfriend got 12 years in prison after getting involved with £10 million worth of heroin? Which boy band member adopted Marcel the monkey from Friends? Which R&B singer forced their mother into an intervention on TV?
Find out the answers to these questions and more on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music podcast where every week we relive the 40 biggest songs of this week 20 years ago.
This week that means the following big 2000s pop tunes:

Alkaline Trio - Time to Waste
Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
Bizarre - Rockstar
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bobby Valentino - Slow Down
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
Crazy Frog - Axel F
DJ Sammy - Why
50 Cent - Just a Lil Bit
The Faders - Jump
Feeder - Pushing the Senses
Foo Fighters - Best of You
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jem - Just a Ride
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Mario - Here I Go Again
Missy Elliott - Lose Control
MVP - Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1 2)
Nelly - N Dey Say
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Royksopp - Only This Moment
Soulwax - NY Excuse
Stereophonics - Superman
The Tears - Lovers
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
2Pac feat Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Will Smith - Switch

If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.
1 hr 5 min
July 06, 2025 The 100 greatest number 1 singles: 100-91
February 2005 was a momentous moment in the chart, when the 1000th number one single was achieved by a very dead Elvis Presley.
As promised, we are celebrating this landmark with a 10 part series, in which I count down my absolute favourite number ones from the start of the UK top 40 in 1952 to the start of 2005. That means talking about some of the biggest acts in pop history: Beatles, Stones, Abba, Spice Girls, Madonna, Britney, Kylie, Blur, Elvis and many, many, many more. It also means talking about some of the maddest crap that ever graced the top spot of the top 40.
So what to expect from our first 10 entries? Expect animated bands, duos with weird psychosexual feelings for each other, a reality TV show single that's actually good and much much more.
1 hr 2 min
July 02, 2025 2Pac, Elton John and EVEN MORE 50 Cent Feuds (2 Jul 2005)
Will being dead stop Tupac getting his first number one? Did Richard Hard-Fi REALLY date Scarlett Johansson? What x-rated gift did Eminem give Elton for his wedding?
Find the answers to all these questions and more on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music podcast where ever week we relive the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago.
This week, we're discussing the following:
Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Bizarre - Rockstar
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bobby Valentino - Slow Down
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
Crazy Frog - Axel F
Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan - Unplayed Piano
DJ Sammy - Why
Erasure - Here I Go Impossible Again
50 Cent - Just a Lil Bit
Fightstar - Paint Your Target
Foo Fighters - Best of You
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Gavin Degraw - I Don’t Want to Be
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jem - Just a Ride
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Missy Elliott - Lose Control
MVP - Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1 2)
Nelly - N Dey Say
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Shakin’ Stevens - Trouble/This Ole House
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Stereophonics - Superman
Studio B - I See Girls
Subways - Rock & Roll Queen
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
2Pac feat Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
U2 - City of Blinding Lights
Will Smith - Switch

If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.
1 hr 21 min
June 25, 2025 Green Day, Nelly and Charlie from Busted's new band (25 Jun 2005)
Let's hear it for the boys this week as James Blunt, Green Day, DJ Sammy, Nelly and (bizarrely) Shakin' Stevens battle it out to be the biggest selling song of this week in 2005.

This episode of The 2000s Chart Show features the following songs:

Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Basement Jaxx feat. Lisa Kekaula - U Don’t Know Me
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
The Coral - In the Morning
Crazy Frog - Axel F
The Cribs - Mirror Kisses
The Dead 60s - Loaded Gun
DJ Sammy - Why
Eminem - Mockingbird
Fightstar - Paint Your Target
Foo Fighters - Best of You
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Garbage - Sex is Not the Enemy
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jem - Just a Ride
Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Nelly - N Dey Say
Oasis - Lyla
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Shakin’ Stevens - Trouble/This Ole House
Slipknot - Before I Forget
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Studio B - I See Girls
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
U2 - City of Blinding Lights
UB40 - Kiss and Say Goodbye
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

1 hr 20 min
June 18, 2025 U2, Jamiroquai's hat collection and a Crazy Frog rip-off (18 Jun 2005)
Is that the ring (ding ding) of cash machines I hear? Why have one set of DJs try to shamelessly cash in on the Crazy Frog trend when you can have two - including an icon of the early episodes of The 2000s Chart Show.
Elsewhere in this week's episode of the podcast where every week we relive the 40 biggest selling songs of the week 20 years ago: We examine what went wrong with Ashanti's career, learn about a vicious feud in the band Good Charlotte and hear Jonathan Ross accuse Jay Kay of Jamiroquai of being a "sweaty man".
All that plus new releases from Ashanti, Audioslave, The Departure, Good Charlotte, Jamiroquai, John Legend, The Ordinary Boys, Pondlife, Saint Etienne, U2 and UB40. And discussion of the following tracks:
Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Ashanti - Don’t Let Them
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Audioslave - Be Yourself
Ben Adams - Sorry
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
The Coral - In the Morning
Crazy Frog - Axel F
The Departure - All Mapped Out
Eminem - Mockingbird
50 Cent - Candy Shop
Foo Fighters - Best of You
Funeral for a Friend - Streetcar
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Good Charlotte - The Chronicles of Life and Death
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Mylo - In My Arms
Oasis - Lyla
The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Saint Etienne - Side Streets
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Studio B - I See Girls
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
U2 - City of Blinding Lights
UB40 - Kiss and Say Goodbye
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

1 hr 14 min
June 15, 2025 Crazy Frog vs. Coldplay and the 10 biggest selling movie songs (June 4 2005)
Better late than never, here is a bonus episode, because we couldn't talk about 2005 and not talk about Crazy Frog vs. Coldplay.
Although as I put this episode together, I realise that the real battle is between two infinitely better songs further down the top 10 - Amerie's 1 Thing and Audio Bullys' Shot You Down.
And if that wasn't enough, Hollaback Girl!
This week's episode of The 2000s Chart Show features the following songs:
Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Arcade Fire - Power Out
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Brian McFadden - Demons
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
British Sea Power - Please Stand Up
Ciara feat. Missy Elliott - 1 2 Step
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
The Coral - In the Morning
Crazy Frog - Axel F
Destiny’s Child - Girl
Eminem - Mockingbird
Faith Evans - Again
50 Cent - Candy Shop
Gadjo feat. Alexandra Prince - So Many Times
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Javine - Touch My Fire
Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down
John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra - Battle of the Heroes
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Kelly Osbourne - One Word
KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low/Lovers & Friends
The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
Mario - Let Me Love You
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
My Chemical Romance - Helena
Mylo - In My Arms
Nine Black Alps - Not Everyone
Oasis - Lyla
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Sons & Daughters - Dance Me In
Stevie Wonder - So What the Fuss
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
Will Smith - Switch

If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

1 hr 23 min
June 11, 2025 A sad goodbye to Geri Halliwell (and sadder hello to James Blunt) (11 June 2005)
Can rock fans beat the evil Crazy Frog as Foo Fighters and The White Stripes both release new tracks? We will find out in the latest episode of the show where every week we relive the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago.

Also on this episode: bad news for both boy and girl bands as Geri Halliwell and Ben off of A1 release new tracks, as does James Blunt with a living world-dominating track called You're Beautiful.

On this week's episode of The 2000s Chart Show, we will discuss the following songs:

Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Ben Adams - Sorry
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Ciara feat. Missy Elliott - 1 2 Step
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
The Coral - In the Morning
Crazy Frog - Axel F
Destiny’s Child - Girl
Embrace - A Glorious Day
Eminem - Mockingbird
50 Cent - Candy Shop
Foo Fighters - Best of You
Funeral for a Friend - Streetcar
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Geri Halliwell - Desire
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Groove Coverage - Poison
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Kelly Osbourne - One Word
KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
Mario - Let Me Love You
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
My Chemical Romance - Helena
Mylo - In My Arms
The Noise Next Door - She Might
Oasis - Lyla
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Stevie Wonder - So What the Fuss
Studio B - I See Girls
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

1 hr 4 min
May 28, 2025 Oasis, Black Eyed Peas, J.Lo and JAVINE! (28 May 2005)
On this week's episode of the 2000s pop music podcast where every week we revisit the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago...We say a sad goodbye to Javine as she beats a v. pregnant Katie Price to become our Eurovision entrant for 2005. And we say and even sadder hello to Oasis, back again with yet another drummer and a single that even Noel Gallagher has slagged off.
Elsewhere on the chart, J.Lo returns, though her career is about to fall off a cliff, and the Black Eyed Peas return which a (shocker) good song.
We're also talking about the following iconic pieces of 2000s pop music this week:

Akon - Lonely
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Caesars - Jerk It Out
Ciara feat. Missy Elliott - 1 2 Step
Cliff Richard - What Car
The Coral - In the Morning
Destiny’s Child - Girl
Eminem - Mockingbird
Faith Evans - Again
50 Cent - Candy Shop
Gadjo feat. Alexandra Prince - So Many Times
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight Goodnight
Ian McNabb - Let The Young Girl Do What She Want To
Javine - Touch My Fire
Jem - They
Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Kelly Osbourne - One Word
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low/Lovers & Friends
Mario - Let Me Love You
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Mylo - In My Arms
New Order feat. Ana Matronic - Jetstream
Oasis - Lyla
Praise Cats feat. Andrea Love - Shined On Me
Razorlight - Somewhere Else
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Stevie Wonder - So What the Fuss
Stonebridge vs Ultra Nate - Freak On
Studio B - I See Girls
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
Turin Brakes - Fishing for a Dream
Weezer - Beverly Hills
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.
1 hr 21 min
May 21, 2025 Kelly Osbourne vs. Jonathan Ross, KT Tunstall vs. Dido and 50 Cent vs. The Game (22 May 2005)
The nostalgic 2000s pop music podcast where we look at the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago returns with an episode full of actors turned rockers, 65 year old men pretending to be teenagers and Kelly Osbourne out of nowhere delivering one of the best songs of 2005. Also, feuds
Plus new entries from The Coral, Ludacris, Doves, The Game and 50 Cent and our countdown of the best songs from actors turned singers.
This week on The 2000s Chart Show, we're talking about the following songs:
Akon - Lonely
Athlete - Half Light
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Caesars - Jerk It Out
The Chemical Brothers - Believe
Ciara feat. Missy Elliott - 1 2 Step
Cliff Richard - What Car
The Coral - In the Morning
Destiny’s Child - Girl
Doves - Snowden
Eminem - Mockingbird
Faith Evans - Again
50 Cent - Candy Shop
The Futureheads - Decent Days and Nights
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani ft Eve - Rich Girl
Jem - They
Juliette & The Licks - You’re Speaking My Language
Kelly Osbourne - One Word
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
Lemar - Time to Grow
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low/Lovers & Friends
Ludacris - Number One Spot
Mariah Carey - It’s Like That
Mario - Let Me Love You
Maximo Park - Graffiti
McFly - All About You/You’ve Got a Friend
Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver
Phantom Planet - California
Praise Cats feat. Andrea Love - Shined On Me
Razorlight - Somewhere Else
Rooster - You’re So Right For Me
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
The Stands - Do It Like You Like
Studio B - I See Girls
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
Weezer - Beverly Hills
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

1 hr 10 min
May 14, 2025 Eminem, The Killers and the possible end of Amarillo (14 May 2005)
This week on the pop music podcast where every week we celebrate the 40 biggest-selling singles of this week 20 years ago is a bit of a sausage fest, with Akon, The Chemical Brothers, Weezer, Eminem, The Killers and Maximo Park all trying to stop Tony Christie's 8th week at number one - extending his run as the longest chart-topper of the 2000s.
Also on the show...two very different songs about women falling foul of drugs laws from Faith Evans and Eminem. The latest flop post-Busted boyband flopping. Brandon Flowers being a sassy little beyatch. Plus discussion of the followinf pieces of 2000s pop music:

A - Rush Song
Akon - Lonely
Athlete - Half Light
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Caesars - Jerk It Out
The Chemical Brothers - Believe
Ciara feat. Missy Elliott - 1 2 Step
Destiny’s Child - Girl
The Dogs - Tuned to a Different Station
The Duke Spirit - Love is an Unfamiliar Name
El Presidente - 100 MPH
Elvis Presley vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation
Eminem - Mockingbird
Faith Evans - Again
50 Cent - Candy Shop
Freefaller - Good Enough For You
Freeloaders feat. The Real Thing - So Much Love to Give
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani ft Eve - Rich Girl
Idlewild - I Understand It
Jem - They
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
Lemar - Time to Grow
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low/Lovers & Friends
Lucie Silvas - The Game is Won
Mariah Carey - It’s Like That
Mario - Let Me Love You
Maximo Park - Graffiti
McFly - All About You/You’ve Got a Friend
Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver
Phantom Planet - California
Razorlight - Somewhere Else
Rooster - You’re So Right For Me
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Studio B - I See Girls
Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars
The Tears - Refugees
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
Weezer - Beverly Hills
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

1 hr 17 min