The 2000s Chart Show

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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This week on the podcast telling the stories of the biggest songs from this week 20 year ago…This is a baffling week on the 2000s charts for me. Why is Kelly Clarkson being beaten by a less good version of herself literally using the same songwriter? How could the pop music industry fumble the singles from Girls Aloud’s best album so badly? Why don’t the British record buying public appreciate Beverley Knight and Massive Attack more? And maybe most importantly of all...why do those three wise men get a semi by the sea?
All of these questions about 2006 pop will (hopefully) be answered in our latest episode alongside the following tracks:
Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down
Battle - Tendency
Beverley Knight - Piece of My Heart
Be Your Own Pet - Adventure
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
Bow Wow feat. Ciara - Like You
Charlotte Church - Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That)
Chico - It’s Chico Time
Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santana - Run It
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Craig David - Unbelievable
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going Down
The Feeling - Sewn
Girls Aloud - Whole Lotta History
Hi-Tack - Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)
Hilary Duff - Fly
Jack Johnson - Better Together
James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
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
Madonna - Sorry
Massive Attack - Live With Me
Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl
The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys
Orson - No Tomorrow
Placebo - Because I Want You
The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep
Ray J - One Wish
Shakira - Don’t Bother
The Shapeshifters - Incredible
The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the Love
Sugababes - Red Dress
Will Young - All Time Love
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A NEW ERA IN THE UK TOP 40 CHARTS....but enough about Amelle replacing Mutya in the Sugababes, some long-awaited rule changes came in force which gave more power than ever to downloads.
Instantly, there are some winners (Black Eyed Peas), some losers (James Blunt), and a lot of chaos in between.
Let me be your guide as I tell you the stories of some of the best songs of 2006. From what will.i.am is probably saying behind all those Pussycat Doll bleeps, to the strange role Craig David had in the breakup of the Royal Family, let’s get into another chart!
Featuring the following tracks:Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down
Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug - Check On It
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
Bow Wow feat. Ciara - Like You
Charlotte Church - Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That)
Chico - It’s Chico Time
Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santana - Run It
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Craig David - Unbelievable
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going Down
The Feeling - Sewn
Fightstar - Waste a Moment
Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson - Watchin’
Hi-Tack - Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)
Jack Johnson - Better Together
James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
José Gonzalez - Heartbeats
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco - Touch the Sky
Keisha White - The Weakness in Me
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
Madonna - Hung Up
Madonna - Sorry
Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Nizlopi - JCB Song
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl
The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys
Orson - No Tomorrow
Placebo - Because I Want You
The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep
The Rifles - Repeated Offender
Shakira - Don’t Bother
The Shapeshifters - Incredible
The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the Love
Sugababes - Red Dress
Sunblock - I’ll Be Ready
Westlife - Amazing
Will Young - All Time Love
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