We must have all been on the naughty list in Christmas 2005, because Santa gave us the horrible gift of the best singer ever to be in a girlband exiting the group.

This huge news eclipsed everything in the chart this week, which is very much a dumping ground before the big race for the Christmas number 1 begins. But we are getting new stuff like an incredibly ill-advised single from Charlotte Church, one of Franz Ferdinand’s best-ever songs and a dance cover of an 80s ballad classic.This week’s The 2000s Chart Show features the following tracks

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Babyshambles - Albion

Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Braund Reynolds - Rocket (A Natural Gambler)

Charlotte Church - Even God Can’t Change the Past

Craig David - Don’t Love You No More

The Cribs - You’re Gonna Lose Us

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

The Darkness - One Way Ticket

DHT feat. Edmee - Listen to Your Heart

50 Cent - Window Shopper

Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away

Girls Aloud - Biology

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry

Herd & Fitz feat. Abigail Bailey - I Just Can’t Get Enough

Kanye West feat. Adam Levine - Heard ‘Em Say

Katie Melua - I Cried For You/Just Like Heaven

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

KT Tunstall - Under the Weather

Liberty X - A Night to Remember

Madonna - Hung Up

Mystery Jets - Alas Agnes

Oasis - Let There Be Love

Paul Weller - Here’s the Good News

Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu

Rihanna - If It’s Lovin That You Want

Robbie Williams - Tripping

The Rolling Stones - Rain Fell Down

Royksopp - What Else Is There

Sean Paul - Ever Blazin’

Simon Webbe - No Worries

The Strokes - Juicebox

Sugababes - Push the Button

Sugababes - Ugly

Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

Will Young - Switch It On

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If it’s lovin’ (of 2000s pop music) that you want, you’ve come to the right place, as we count down the 40 biggest selling songs of this week in 2005.Is Rihanna destined to be a one hit wonder following Pon De Replay? Will Oasis manage to stop squabbling enough to campaign properly for a number one single? How many times can Pete Doherty get arrested in one year? Will Sean Paul ever release a song not about fire? All will be revealed.

Featuring discussions of the following tracks:Antony & The Johnsons - You Are My Sister

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Babyshambles - Albion

Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

Blink-182 - Not Now

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Craig David - Don’t Love You No More

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

The Darkness - One Way Ticket

David Gray - Hospital Food

50 Cent - Window Shopper

Freefaller - She’s My Everything/Basket Case

The Futureheads - Area

Girls Aloud - Biology

Gorillaz - Dare

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry

Hilary Duff - Wake Up

Jamie Cullum - Mind Trick

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

Liberty X - A Night to Remember

Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up

Madonna - Hung Up

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Oasis - Let There Be Love

Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu

Rihanna - If It’s Lovin That You Want

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Sean Paul - Ever Blazin’

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

Simon Webbe - No Worries

Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville

Sugababes - Push the Button

Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

The White Stripes - The Denial Twist

Will Young - Switch It On

On the 2000s charts this week, Christmas is coming, and the charts are getting in the mood with such festive topics as... America’s obsession with guns! Being in love with a straight man (relatable TBH)! Doing things with a radio that would get my episode shadowbanned if I put it in this description!

Winter for many represents the end of things, and so it’s fitting that we also have the end of another attempted boyband, with Freefaller going out with one of the most abysmal covers of the entire 2000s. And no one told 50 Cent that Christmas was a time for goodwill towards all men, as he dedicates his latest single Window Shopper to keeping four different feuds going.In our latest episode, we’re talking all this plus the following 2005 tracks:Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Craig David - Don’t Love You No More

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

The Darkness - One Way Ticket

The Dead 60s - Ghostfaced Killer

50 Cent - Window Shopper

Foo Fighters - Resolve

Freefaller - She’s My Everything/Basket Case

Girls Aloud - Biology

Goldie Lookin Chain - R’n’B

Gorillaz - Dare

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry

Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

Hilary Duff - Wake Up

Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes

Korn - Twisted Transistor

Liberty X - A Night to Remember

Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up

Madonna - Hung Up

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Paul McCartney - Jenny Wren

Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Simon Webbe - No Worries

Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville

Stereophonics - Rewind

Sugababes - Push the Button

Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body

Uniting Nations feat. Laura More - Ai No Corrida

Various Artists - Ever Fallen in Love With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

The White Stripes - The Denial Twist

Will Young - Switch It On

It is a truth of 2000s pop universally acknowledged that you can’t mistake my biology...but did the British public in the 00s have enough musical taste to put the best Girls Aloud song (and maybe best song of all time?) to number one?Or did they prefer Fergie and her humps, bumps and lovely lady lumps? Or perhaps Will Young’s first attempt at an overtly gay single? The Darkness’ too late comeback? Or even Liberty X’s desperate attempt to stay on the charts with a sad cover for Children in Need?Find out on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast where every week we’re counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2005. This week’s ep also features:-The hilarious feud between Charlotte Church and Cheryl Tweedy-Donny Tourette being thrown off buses, banned from Download Festival and generally being the biggest berk of all time-An inspired ballad take on My Humps-Jack White sending out copies of his single via balloonsPlus the usual 2000s pop music nostalgia, and discussions of the following tracks:Arcade Fire - Wake Up

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Craig David - Don’t Love You No More

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

The Darkness - One Way Ticket

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

Funeral for a Friend - History

Girls Aloud - Biology

Goldfrapp - Number 1

Gorillaz - Dare

Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

Hilary Duff - Wake Up

Jamiroquai - (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance

Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way

Kate Bush - King of the Mountain

Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes

Kubb - Wicked Soul

Liberty X - A Night to Remember

Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up

Madonna - Hung Up

The Modern - Jane Falls Down

My Chemical Romance - I’m Not Okay (I Promise)

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Simon Webbe - No Worries

Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville

Sugababes - Push the Button

Towers of London - How Rude She Was

Uniting Nations feat. Laura More - Ai No Corrida

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

The White Stripes - The Denial Twist

Will Young - Switch It On

“Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...” after a brief delay due to some snotty children, The 2000s Chart Show is back LIVE FROM MY BED. Just in time to talk about the return of a true icon.

....But enough about James from Busted, Madonna also returned with a storming comeback from her iconic Confessions of a Dancefloor. Which involved some serious grovelling to ABBA and way too many trips to see Mamma Mia!

Elsewhere on the 2000s pop music history podcast where every week we count down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2005....

- James from Busted lauches into a public feud with Kelly Osbourne

- Lil’ Kim goes to prison for a reason you’ll never expect and starts a feud with (WHO ELSE) 50 Cent

- Kaiser Chiefs take on Dave Grohl at bowling

- Jamiroquai break the record for the highest gig of all time (and this time we don’t mean dr*gs)

- Weird facts about the city of Hartlepool

Plus the following tracks:

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Bananarama - Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Coldplay - Fix You

Corinne Bailey Rae - Like a Star

Craig David - Don’t Love You No More

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Darren Hayes - So Beautiful

Duallers - Truly Madly Deeply

Eurythmics - I’ve Got a Life

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

Goldfrapp - Number 1

Gorillaz - Dare

Hilary Duff - Wake Up

James Blunt - High

James Blunt - You’re Beautiful

Jamiroquai - (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance

Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way

Kate Bush - King of the Mountain

Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes

Kubb - Wicked Soul

Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers

Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up

Madonna - Hung Up

Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off

Monkey Hangerz - 2 Little Boys/Never Say Die 2005

My Chemical Romance - I’m Not Okay (I Promise)

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Simon Webbe - No Worries

Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville

Sugababes - Push the Button

Uniting Nations feat. Laura More - Ai No Corrida

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

This week on the 2000s pop music podcast counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago…

his week in 2005...Busted were at war, as James took every opportunity to come for his former bandmate Charlie in the press. An Australian icon takes one step closer to coming out. One of the most emotionally moving charity singles of all time comes out. Eurythmics forget their constant simmering sexual tension for long enough to put out a new song. Sharleen from Texas insults all her former bandmates. Craig David dates the most unexpected celebrity.

Featuring the following 2000s pop music anthems:

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

Coldplay - Fix You

Craig David - Don’t Love You No More

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Darren Hayes - So Beautiful

Dons feat. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam

Eurythmics - I’ve Got a Life

Fightstar - Grand Unification (Part 1)

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

Goldfrapp - Number 1

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

Kray Twinz feat. Twista & Lethal B - What We Do

KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers

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

Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

The Rakes - 22 Grand Job

Ray J - One Wish

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Status Quo - All That Counts is Love

Sugababes - Push the Button

Texas - Can’t Resist

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

Will Smith - Party Starter

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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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One of the rare, exciting singles charts of the 2000s where we get the debut of a group of icons. Arctic Monkeys released their debut I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor this week in 2005, where it took on the more processed pop rock on McFly as well as Dannii Minogue, The Kooks, Pete Doherty and even Clea (’memba them?!!)Also this week on the 2000s pop music history podcast discussing the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2005:- Not one but TWO flop girlbands, one of which is releasing a song I ADORED at the time.- How Kylie inadvertedly sabotaged Dannii’s single campaign- Which girlband member Harry McFly may have been texted literal DAYS before meeting his wife- Plus of course much more 2000s nostalgia, pop music trivia, unsolicited opinions and discussion about these great 2005 pop songs:

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Bloc Party - Two More Years

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Bow Wow feat. Omarion - Let Me Hold You

Bratz Rock Angelz - So Good

Charlotte Church - Call My Name

Coldplay - Fix You

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekerz - Perfection

Da Playaz vs Clea - We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off

Depeche Mode - Precious

Feeder - Shatter/Tender

Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta Control

Gorillaz - Dare

James Blunt - High

Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes

The Kooks - Sofa Song

KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

Lee Ryan - Turn Your Car Around

Lethal Bizzle - Fire

Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers

Littl’ans feat. Peter Doherty - Their Way

Love Bites - You Broke My Heart

Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off

McFly - I Wanna Hold You

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)

Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Roll Deep - Shake a Leg

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Simply Red - Perfect Love

Sugababes - Push the Button

Tatu - All About Us

U2 - All Because of You