The 2000s Chart Show
The 2000s Chart Show
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The NEW HOME of the podcast where every week we're reliving the best and worst of 2000s pop music one UK top 40 at a time the2000schartshow.substack.com
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Examines the highs and lows of 2000s pop music by dissecting the UK top 40 charts, with topics including chart battles, artist highlights, and genre trends, as illustrated by episodes discussing songs like Elton John's chart duel and the emergence of indie bands like The Kooks.

The NEW HOME of the podcast where every week we’re reliving the best and worst of 2000s pop music one UK top 40 at a time
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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