In this episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast telling the story of the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2006:his week’s chart in 2006 was one for people who didn’t realise that time had passed them by. ‘80s legends a-ha and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon make another move for chart glory, Starsailor try to exist in a post-Arctic Monkeys world, and Notorious BIG tries for number one despite literally not being alive.

Elsewhere, I explore why Pharrell has always given me weird vibes, discover a very strange dance cover of a ‘90s alt rock classic and bemoan the fact that emo is about to enter these charts in a big way.

Featuring the following tracks:A-Ha - Analogue (All I Want)

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down

Belle & Sebastian - Funny Little Frog

Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug - Check On It

Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

Brian Kennedy & Peter Corry - George Best: A Tribute

Coldplay - Talk

DHT feat. Edmee - Listen to Your Heart

Editors - Munich

Eminem - When I’m Gone

Fall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going Down

Ferry Corsten - Fire

Hard-Fi - Cash Machine

Hi-Tack - Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

José Gonzalez - Heartbeats

Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot/Sink That Ship

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

The Kooks - You Don’t Love Me

LMC feat. Rachel McFarlane - You Get What You Give

Madonna - Hung Up

Nizlopi - JCB Song

Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl

The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys

Pharrell Williams - Angel

Protocol - Where’s the Pleasure

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu

Richard Ashcroft - Break the Night with Colour

Shayne Ward - That’s My Goal

Simon Webbe - No Worries

Son of Dork - Eddie’s Song

Starsailor - This Time

Sugababes - Ugly

Sunblock - I’ll Be Ready

Texas - Sleep

Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body

Will Young - All Time Love

Young Jeezy feat. Akon - Soul Survivor