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We must have all been on the naughty list in Christmas 2005, because Santa gave us the horrible gift of the best singer ever to be in a girlband exiting the group.
This huge news eclipsed everything in the chart this week, which is very much a dumping ground before the big race for the Christmas number 1 begins. But we are getting new stuff like an incredibly ill-advised single from Charlotte Church, one of Franz Ferdinand’s best-ever songs and a dance cover of an 80s ballad classic.This week’s The 2000s Chart Show features the following tracks
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Babyshambles - Albion
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Braund Reynolds - Rocket (A Natural Gambler)
Charlotte Church - Even God Can’t Change the Past
Craig David - Don’t Love You No More
The Cribs - You’re Gonna Lose Us
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
The Darkness - One Way Ticket
DHT feat. Edmee - Listen to Your Heart
50 Cent - Window Shopper
Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away
Girls Aloud - Biology
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
Herd & Fitz feat. Abigail Bailey - I Just Can’t Get Enough
Kanye West feat. Adam Levine - Heard ‘Em Say
Katie Melua - I Cried For You/Just Like Heaven
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
KT Tunstall - Under the Weather
Liberty X - A Night to Remember
Madonna - Hung Up
Mystery Jets - Alas Agnes
Oasis - Let There Be Love
Paul Weller - Here’s the Good News
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu
Rihanna - If It’s Lovin That You Want
Robbie Williams - Tripping
The Rolling Stones - Rain Fell Down
Royksopp - What Else Is There
Sean Paul - Ever Blazin’
Simon Webbe - No Worries
The Strokes - Juicebox
Sugababes - Push the Button
Sugababes - Ugly
Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
Will Young - Switch It On
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If it’s lovin’ (of 2000s pop music) that you want, you’ve come to the right place, as we count down the 40 biggest selling songs of this week in 2005.Is Rihanna destined to be a one hit wonder following Pon De Replay? Will Oasis manage to stop squabbling enough to campaign properly for a number one single? How many times can Pete Doherty get arrested in one year? Will Sean Paul ever release a song not about fire? All will be revealed.
Featuring discussions of the following tracks:Antony & The Johnsons - You Are My Sister
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Babyshambles - Albion
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Blink-182 - Not Now
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Craig David - Don’t Love You No More
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
The Darkness - One Way Ticket
David Gray - Hospital Food
50 Cent - Window Shopper
Freefaller - She’s My Everything/Basket Case
The Futureheads - Area
Girls Aloud - Biology
Gorillaz - Dare
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
Jamie Cullum - Mind Trick
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
Liberty X - A Night to Remember
Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up
Madonna - Hung Up
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Oasis - Let There Be Love
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu
Rihanna - If It’s Lovin That You Want
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Sean Paul - Ever Blazin’
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
Simon Webbe - No Worries
Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville
Sugababes - Push the Button
Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
The White Stripes - The Denial Twist
Will Young - Switch It On
On the 2000s charts this week, Christmas is coming, and the charts are getting in the mood with such festive topics as... America’s obsession with guns! Being in love with a straight man (relatable TBH)! Doing things with a radio that would get my episode shadowbanned if I put it in this description!
Winter for many represents the end of things, and so it’s fitting that we also have the end of another attempted boyband, with Freefaller going out with one of the most abysmal covers of the entire 2000s. And no one told 50 Cent that Christmas was a time for goodwill towards all men, as he dedicates his latest single Window Shopper to keeping four different feuds going.In our latest episode, we’re talking all this plus the following 2005 tracks:Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Craig David - Don’t Love You No More
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
The Darkness - One Way Ticket
The Dead 60s - Ghostfaced Killer
50 Cent - Window Shopper
Foo Fighters - Resolve
Freefaller - She’s My Everything/Basket Case
Girls Aloud - Biology
Goldie Lookin Chain - R’n’B
Gorillaz - Dare
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
Korn - Twisted Transistor
Liberty X - A Night to Remember
Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up
Madonna - Hung Up
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Paul McCartney - Jenny Wren
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Simon Webbe - No Worries
Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville
Stereophonics - Rewind
Sugababes - Push the Button
Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body
Uniting Nations feat. Laura More - Ai No Corrida
Various Artists - Ever Fallen in Love With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
The White Stripes - The Denial Twist
Will Young - Switch It On
It is a truth of 2000s pop universally acknowledged that you can’t mistake my biology...but did the British public in the 00s have enough musical taste to put the best Girls Aloud song (and maybe best song of all time?) to number one?Or did they prefer Fergie and her humps, bumps and lovely lady lumps? Or perhaps Will Young’s first attempt at an overtly gay single? The Darkness’ too late comeback? Or even Liberty X’s desperate attempt to stay on the charts with a sad cover for Children in Need?Find out on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast where every week we’re counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2005. This week’s ep also features:-The hilarious feud between Charlotte Church and Cheryl Tweedy-Donny Tourette being thrown off buses, banned from Download Festival and generally being the biggest berk of all time-An inspired ballad take on My Humps-Jack White sending out copies of his single via balloonsPlus the usual 2000s pop music nostalgia, and discussions of the following tracks:Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Craig David - Don’t Love You No More
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
The Darkness - One Way Ticket
Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye
Funeral for a Friend - History
Girls Aloud - Biology
Goldfrapp - Number 1
Gorillaz - Dare
Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
Jamiroquai - (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance
Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way
Kate Bush - King of the Mountain
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
Kubb - Wicked Soul
Liberty X - A Night to Remember
Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up
Madonna - Hung Up
The Modern - Jane Falls Down
My Chemical Romance - I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Simon Webbe - No Worries
Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville
Sugababes - Push the Button
Towers of London - How Rude She Was
Uniting Nations feat. Laura More - Ai No Corrida
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
The White Stripes - The Denial Twist
Will Young - Switch It On
“Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...” after a brief delay due to some snotty children, The 2000s Chart Show is back LIVE FROM MY BED. Just in time to talk about the return of a true icon.
....But enough about James from Busted, Madonna also returned with a storming comeback from her iconic Confessions of a Dancefloor. Which involved some serious grovelling to ABBA and way too many trips to see Mamma Mia!
Elsewhere on the 2000s pop music history podcast where every week we count down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2005....
- James from Busted lauches into a public feud with Kelly Osbourne
- Lil’ Kim goes to prison for a reason you’ll never expect and starts a feud with (WHO ELSE) 50 Cent
- Kaiser Chiefs take on Dave Grohl at bowling
- Jamiroquai break the record for the highest gig of all time (and this time we don’t mean dr*gs)
- Weird facts about the city of Hartlepool
Plus the following tracks:
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Bananarama - Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Coldplay - Fix You
Corinne Bailey Rae - Like a Star
Craig David - Don’t Love You No More
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Darren Hayes - So Beautiful
Duallers - Truly Madly Deeply
Eurythmics - I’ve Got a Life
Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye
Goldfrapp - Number 1
Gorillaz - Dare
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
James Blunt - High
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance
Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way
Kate Bush - King of the Mountain
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
Kubb - Wicked Soul
Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers
Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up
Madonna - Hung Up
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off
Monkey Hangerz - 2 Little Boys/Never Say Die 2005
My Chemical Romance - I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Simon Webbe - No Worries
Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville
Sugababes - Push the Button
Uniting Nations feat. Laura More - Ai No Corrida
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
This week on the 2000s pop music podcast counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago…
his week in 2005...Busted were at war, as James took every opportunity to come for his former bandmate Charlie in the press. An Australian icon takes one step closer to coming out. One of the most emotionally moving charity singles of all time comes out. Eurythmics forget their constant simmering sexual tension for long enough to put out a new song. Sharleen from Texas insults all her former bandmates. Craig David dates the most unexpected celebrity.
Featuring the following 2000s pop music anthems:
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Audio Bullys - I’m in Love
Backstreet Boys - Just Want You to Know
Bloc Party - Two More Years
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Coldplay - Fix You
Craig David - Don’t Love You No More
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Darren Hayes - So Beautiful
Dons feat. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam
Eurythmics - I’ve Got a Life
Fightstar - Grand Unification (Part 1)
Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye
Goldfrapp - Number 1
Gorillaz - Dare
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
James Blunt - High
Kate Bush - King of the Mountain
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
Kray Twinz feat. Twista & Lethal B - What We Do
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
McFly - I Wanna Hold You
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
The Rakes - 22 Grand Job
Ray J - One Wish
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Status Quo - All That Counts is Love
Sugababes - Push the Button
Texas - Can’t Resist
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
Will Smith - Party Starter
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This week on the podcast where we discuss the 40 biggest selling singles from this week in 2005…After 12 years away, the enigma that is Kate Bush took this week in 2005 to return to music with her song about what would have happened had Elvis never died, King of the Mountain.Also singing about mountains are Westlife, who become the 100th band to cover the definitive granny-bothering track You Raise Me Up. Never say Shane, Kian et al aren’t original...
Elsewhere in the top 40 from this week 20 years ago:
* Will Smith tries to clap back at the haters and prove he’s a hard man, with unsurprisingly disasterous results
* Backstreet Boys try to prove they’re men rather than boys...and lose a member in the process
* 16-year-old Hilary Duff dates a 25-year-old pop punker
* Someone faints on stage after cutting open their toe with a broken beer bottle
All that plus discussion of the following tracks:
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Audio Bullys - I’m in Love
Backstreet Boys - Just Want You to Know
Bloc Party - Two More Years
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Bow Wow feat. Omarion - Let Me Hold You
Charlotte Church - Call My Name
Coldplay - Fix You
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekerz - Perfection
Dons feat. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye
50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta Control
Gorillaz - Dare
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
James Blunt - High
Kate Bush - King of the Mountain
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Lee Ryan - Turn Your Car Around
Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers
Love Bites - You Broke My Heart
The Magic Numbers - Love’s a Game
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
McFly - I Wanna Hold You
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care
The Rifles - Local Boy
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Roll Deep - Shake a Leg
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Sugababes - Push the Button
The Test Icicles - Circle Square Triangle
Westlife - You Raise Me Up
Will Smith - Party Starter
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One of the rare, exciting singles charts of the 2000s where we get the debut of a group of icons. Arctic Monkeys released their debut I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor this week in 2005, where it took on the more processed pop rock on McFly as well as Dannii Minogue, The Kooks, Pete Doherty and even Clea (’memba them?!!)Also this week on the 2000s pop music history podcast discussing the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2005:- Not one but TWO flop girlbands, one of which is releasing a song I ADORED at the time.- How Kylie inadvertedly sabotaged Dannii’s single campaign- Which girlband member Harry McFly may have been texted literal DAYS before meeting his wife- Plus of course much more 2000s nostalgia, pop music trivia, unsolicited opinions and discussion about these great 2005 pop songs:
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Bloc Party - Two More Years
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Bow Wow feat. Omarion - Let Me Hold You
Bratz Rock Angelz - So Good
Charlotte Church - Call My Name
Coldplay - Fix You
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekerz - Perfection
Da Playaz vs Clea - We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off
Depeche Mode - Precious
Feeder - Shatter/Tender
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye
50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta Control
Gorillaz - Dare
James Blunt - High
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
The Kooks - Sofa Song
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Lee Ryan - Turn Your Car Around
Lethal Bizzle - Fire
Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers
Littl’ans feat. Peter Doherty - Their Way
Love Bites - You Broke My Heart
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off
McFly - I Wanna Hold You
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Roll Deep - Shake a Leg
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Simply Red - Perfect Love
Sugababes - Push the Button
Tatu - All About Us
U2 - All Because of You
This week on the podcast about the 40 biggest selling singles of every week on 2005, Duracell’s got nothin’ on me, I’m feeling the E, and baby, I’m electric.If that makes no sense to you, then buckle in, because we’re about to talk about one of the most tragic moments of 2005 pop music history, as Lisa Scott-Lee pledges to quit the music industry if her track Electric misses out on the top 10. Can she do it, and can she beat her sister-in-law/frenemy....?
Also on this week’s show...Blazin’ Squad drop nine members and becoming the East 17 nacho-reheaters Friday Hill (and Jodie Marsh reveals too much about her and Kenzie’s love life). Lee Ryan gives a typically deranged interview to The Observer. U2 hold crisis talks. Simply Red head to Cuba.All that and fascinating stories and nostalgic memories of the following 2005 tracks:
Bloc Party - Two More Years
Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation
Bow Wow feat. Omarion - Let Me Hold You
Bratz Rock Angelz - So Good
Charlotte Church - Call My Name
Coldplay - Fix You
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Depeche Mode - Precious
Feeder - Shatter/Tender
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye
50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta Control
Gorillaz - Dare
InMe - So You Know
James Blunt - High
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jo O’Meara - What Hurts the Most
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Lee Ryan - Turn Your Car Around
Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers
Lisa Scott-Lee - Electric
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle
The Prodigy - Voodoo People/Out of Space
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care
Rihanna - Pon De Replay
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Roll Deep - Shake a Leg
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Simply Red - Perfect Love
Sugababes - Push the Button
Tatu - All About Us
U2 - All Because of You
A very sad day on The 2000s Chart Show, as we say goodbye to the pop career of Rachel Stevens, even as she releases one of her best ever singles. She’s taking on Robbie Williams with his paranoid reggae bop Tripping, as well as new (for 2005) tracks from Mariah Carey, Depeche Mode, some slutty dolls and a cartoon crocodile. A very 2005 list, in other words.Also on this podcast:
* A jaw-dropping story about Ricky Martin that can’t possible be true
* Starsailor escaping the clutches of their murderous producer
* A member of Depeche Mode dying
* James Blunt having so much sex that it became village gossip among his neighbours.
All that and the following tracks:
Bedouin Soundclash - When the Night Feels My Song
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Lie
Bloc Party - Two More Years
Bratz Rock Angelz - So Good
Charlotte Church - Call My Name
Coldplay - Fix You
Damien ‘Jr Gong’ Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
David Gray - The One I Love
Depeche Mode - Precious
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta Control
Gorillaz - Dare
James Blunt - High
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jessica Simpson - These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
Jo O’Meara - What Hurts the Most
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off
Ms Dynamite - Judgement Day
Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle
The Prodigy - Voodoo People/Out of Space
Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha
Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care
Rihanna - Pon De Replay
Robbie Williams - Tripping
Schnappi - Schnappi
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’
Simon Webbe - Lay Your Hands
Starsailor - In the Crossfire
Sugababes - Push the Button
Tatu - All About Us
We Are Scientists - The Great Escape
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