The 2000s Chart Show

This week on the pop music history podcast reliving the 40 biggest selling songs from every week of the 2000s…As Rihanna, Infernal and Fall Out Boy head up the top 40 to challenge Gnarls Barkley for number one, we got a motley crew of new entries, including Snow Patrol on a major glow-up, The Flaming Lips’ chart peak and the return to the charts of Stevie Nicks with one of the most beautiful (and petty) songs ever written.
Featuring the following songs:
A-Ha - Cosy Prisons
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
Blaze feat. Barbara Tucker - Most Precious Love
Chico - It’s Chico Time
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks - Dreams
Embrace - Nature’s Law
Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance
The Feeling - Sewn
The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Hard-Fi - Better Do Better
Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
James Blunt - Wisemen
Jamie Foxx feat. Ludacris - Unpredictable
Joey Negro - Make a Move on Me
Juanes - La Camisa Negra
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco - Touch the Sky
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
The Kooks - Naive
Madonna - Sorry
Mary J. Blige and U2 - One
Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl
Orson - No Tomorrow
Pink - Stupid Girls
The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep
Richard Ashcroft - Music is Power
Rihanna - SOS
Sean Paul - Temperature
Shayne Ward - No Promises
Shayne Ward - That’s My Goal
Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have
Soundbwoy Ent - Never Wanna Say
The Streets - When You Wasn’t Famous
Sugababes - Red Dress
Trina feat. Kelly Rowland - Here We Go
The Zutons - Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love


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“SOS please someone help me. It’s not healthy for me to feel this way” about a pop song. But that’s just how I feel about Rihanna’s SOS, one of the true starmaking tracks of the decade. Which of course means it’s probably going to be beat by a drippy ballad from Shayne Ward off of that X Factor. So the 2000s charts go.
Do Rihanna and Shayne Ward have what it takes to knock Gnarls Barkley off the top, or will it be the job of Gorillaz, Infernal, Fall Out Boy, Hard-Fi or Jamie Foxx. Find out as we deep dive into another week on the 2006 charts.
Which pop stars has MULTIPLE family members in prison for murder? Which Danish band is basically forced into doing an England World Cup song? And which singer had to present a TV show with Holly Willoughby where every presenter had to be barefoot. Find out as we tell another set of tales from 2000s music, in the only music history podcast that every episode counts down the top 40 singles chart from this week 20 years ago.
This week featuring the following songs:Beverley Knight - Piece of My Heart
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
Chico - It’s Chico Time
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Embrace - Nature’s Law
Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance
The Feeling - Sewn
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Gorillaz - Kids With Guns/El Manana
Hard-Fi - Better Do Better
Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
James Blunt - Wisemen
Jamie Foxx feat. Ludacris - Unpredictable
Joey Negro - Make a Move on Me
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco - Touch the Sky
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away
The Kooks - Naive
Lorraine - I Feel It
Madonna - Sorry
Mary J. Blige and U2 - One
Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Mish Mash - Speechless
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - Grillz
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl
Orson - No Tomorrow
Pink - Stupid Girls
The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep
Ray J - One Wish
Rihanna - SOS
Sean Paul - Temperature
Shayne Ward - No Promises
Shayne Ward - That’s My Goal
The Streets - When You Wasn’t Famous
Studio B - C’mon Get It On
Sugababes - Red Dress
Trina feat. Kelly Rowland - Here We Go
Various Artists - Tribute to Jinky
The Zutons - Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love


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This week on our look at the music that came out this week in 2006, we’re going literally from the sublime to ridiculous, in a chart that takes us from one of the most emotional songs ever written in U2’s One’s to one of the stupidest tracks ever, D4L’s Laffy Taffy.
In between, we get Franz Ferdinand singing about Jesus, Morrissey discussing losing his virginity, Michael Jackson terrified by the idea of a woman’s sexuality and The Zutons’ ode to keeping women locked in your basement (do not try this at home, kids).In short, another typically weird look into the pop music of the 2000s.
This week’s episode features the following tracks:Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue
Beverley Knight - Piece of My Heart
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
The Charlatans - Blackened Blue Eyes
Chico - It’s Chico Time
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Depeche Mode - Suffer Well
D4L - Laffy Taffy
Editors - All Sparks
Embrace - Nature’s Law
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going Down
The Feeling - Sewn
Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen/L Wells
Girls Aloud - Whole Lotta History
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
James Blunt - Wisemen
Joey Negro - Make a Move on Me
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco - Touch the Sky
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away
The Kooks - Naive
Madonna - Sorry
Mary J. Blige and U2 - One
Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Mish Mash - Speechless
Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - Grillz
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl
Orson - No Tomorrow
Pink - Stupid Girls
The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep
Ray J - One Wish
Royal Ballet Sinfonia with Gavin Sutherland - The BBC Radio 4 UK Theme
Sean Paul - Temperature
The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the Love
The Streets - When You Wasn’t Famous
Sugababes - Red Dress
Various Artists - Tribute to Jinky
The Zutons - Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love


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This week 20 years ago on the pop music charts...the British record buying public goes Craaaaaaaayyyyyyyzzzaaaaaaayyyyyyyy for Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo’s Gnarls Barkley project while gossip-lovers everywhere wonder about what Mike Skinner and Cheryl Cole might have got involved in.
Elsewhere, more nails are put in the landfill indie coffin as The Automatic and Milburn debut and we get two of the strangest novelty records we’ve heard so far in our journey through the UK top 40s of the 2000s.All this and more on the pop music history/nostalgia podcast where every week we’re reliving the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago and telling the story of all the new releases.



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This week in 2006...Pink tries feminism and fails miserably. Michael Jackson jumps the shark. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs don’t release a concept album about a cat. The Kooks don’t annuciate properly. Nelly tells us all about his jewel-encrusted teeth, and we get 2000s nostalgic pop music bangers from Embrace, Sean Paul, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MVP.
Featuring the following tracks:
Beverley Knight - Piece of My Heart
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
Bow Wow feat. Ciara - Like You
Chico - It’s Chico Time
Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santana - Run It
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Craig David - Unbelievable
Embrace - Nature’s Law
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going Down
The Feeling - Sewn
Girls Aloud - Whole Lotta History
Hilary Duff - Fly
Jack Johnson - Better Together
James Blunt - Wisemen
Joey Negro - Make a Move on Me
José Gonzalez - Heartbeats
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco - Touch the Sky
Keisha White - The Weakness in Me
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away
The Kooks - Naive
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
Madonna - Sorry
Massive Attack - Live With Me
Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Michael Jackson - Bad
MVP - Bounce Shake Move Stop
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - Grillz
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl
Orson - No Tomorrow
Pink - Stupid Girls
The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep
Ray J - One Wish
Sean Paul - Temperature
The Shapeshifters - Incredible
The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the Love
The Strokes - Heart in a Cage
Sugababes - Red Dress
Will Young - All Time Love
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
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