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

“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

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

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.

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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WHAT TIME IS ITTTTTTTTTTTTT?? It’s time for another episode of the podcast telling the stories of the 40 biggest-selling songs from this week 20 years ago of course!

This week in 2006 had the most new entries of any chart the whole year, and it’s an embarrassment of 2000s riches and rubbish including the incredible debut of Hot Chip, the final single by Charlotte Church and the return of Shakira with her passive aggressive anthem Don’t Bother.

This week’s episode of The 2000s Chart Show features the following tracks:

Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down

Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug - Check On It

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

The Darkness - Is It Just Me

Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round

Fall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going Down

The Feeling - Sewn

Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson - Watchin’

Graham Coxon - Standing On My Own Again

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

Hot Chip - Over and Over

Jack Johnson - Better Together

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Keisha White - The Weakness in Me

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

Liz McClarnon - Woman in Love/I Get the Sweetest Feeling

Madonna - Hung Up

Madonna - Sorry

Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again

Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Mystery Jets - The Boy Who Ran Away

Nizlopi - JCB Song

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

The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys

Orson - No Tomorrow

The Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - Beep

The Rakes - All Too Human

Shakira - Don’t Bother

Shayne Ward - That’s My Goal

Simon Webbe - After All This Time

The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the Love

Sunblock - I’ll Be Ready

The Upper Room - All Over This Town

Westlife - Amazing

Will Young - All Time Love

The Young Knives - Here Comes the Rumor Mill

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