Episodes

  • Shakira's Hips Don't Lie and Other Less Iconic Songs from 2006 (June 18-24 2006)
    Jun 24 2026

    I never really knew a girl could PODCAST like this, she makes a man wanna speak 2000s POP MUSIC HISTORY.

    I’m on tonight with another episode looking at the biggest selling tracks from this week 20 years ago, featuring the return of the Black Eyed Peas with a (shocker!) good song, a milestone in landfill indie from The Fratellis, the unfortunate end of Dannii Minogue’s pop career and more. Featuring the following tracks:Armand Van Helden - MyMyMy

    The Automatic - Monster

    Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions

    Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

    Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can’t Go Home

    Busta Rhymes - Touch It

    Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

    Crazy Frog - We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)

    Dannii Minogue - So Under Pressure

    Embrace - World at Your Feet

    The Feeling - Fill My Little World

    The Fratellis - Henrietta

    Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

    Keane - Is It Any Wonder

    The Kooks - Naive

    LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

    Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah

    Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)

    Michael Jackson - They Don’t Care About Us

    Nelly Furtado - Maneater

    Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

    Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat

    Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

    Orson - Bright Idea

    Pink - Who Knew

    Primal Scream - Country Girl

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Rihanna - SOS

    Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby - All Over Again

    Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

    Sergio Mendes & The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada

    Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don’t Lie

    Sham 69 & The Special Assembly - Hurry Up England

    Solu Music feat. Kimblee - Fade

    Stan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup Song

    The Streets - Never Went to Church

    TI - Why You Wanna

    Tonedef Allstars - Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?

    Tony Christie - (Is This The Way to) the World Cup

    Trinidad & Tobago Tartan Army - Scotland Scotland Jason Scotland

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Sugababes and The Streets Flop While World Cup Songs Fight for the Top (11 - 17 Jun 2006)
    Jun 17 2026

    This week on the 2000s pop music history podcast counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago… “it’s coming home...” by which I mean Three Lions is back on the chart for the (approximately) 28 millionth time. It is just one of the football tracks trying to knock Sandi Thom off the top spot, with Crazy Frog and a nasty piece of xenophobia backed by The Sun battling Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds.

    For those of you who actually prefer real 2000s pop music, we get Sugababes and The Streets both overwhelming with ballads, Morrissey going mental on his record company, and Duncan from Blue trying and failing to have a solo career.

    This week’s episode features the following songs:

    The Automatic - Monster

    Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions

    Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

    Busta Rhymes - Touch It

    Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

    Crazy Frog - We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)

    Depeche Mode - John the Revelator/Lilian

    Duncan James - Sooner or Later

    Embrace - World at Your Feet

    The Feeling - Fill My Little World

    Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

    Hope of the States - Sing It Out

    Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

    Keane - Is It Any Wonder

    The Kooks - Naive

    LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

    Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah

    Mariah Carey feat. Snoop Dogg - Say Somethin’

    Michael Jackson - Earth Song

    Morrissey - The Youngest Was the Most Loved

    Nelly Furtado - Maneater

    Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

    Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat

    Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

    Orson - Bright Idea

    Orson - No Tomorrow

    Pink - Who Knew

    Primal Scream - Country Girl

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Rihanna - SOS

    Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby - All Over Again

    Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

    Shayne Ward - No Promises

    Stan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup Song

    The Streets - Never Went to Church

    Sugababes - Follow Me Home

    Talksport Allstars - We’re England (Tom Hark)

    Tonedef Allstars - Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?

    Tony Christie - (Is This The Way to) the World Cup

    Trinidad & Tobago Tartan Army - Scotland Scotland Jason Scotland

    If you still want more 00s pop music fun, subscribe to our Patreon and Substack, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.



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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Nelly Furtado's Maneater and the Worst World Cup Songs You've Ever Heard 4 - 10 June 2006)
    Jun 10 2026

    The UK singles charts giveth and they taketh away. So this week 20 years ago, they gave us one of the best song of the 2006, from one of the biggest and best comebacks in pop music history...but they also gave us football-themed rewriting of Tony Christie’s Amarillo. I’d say it’s a game of two halves, but there’s quote enough football talk in this episode already.

    It’s another ep of The 2000s Chart Show, the pop music history podcast where every episode we count down the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago.

    Featuring the following songs:

    The Automatic - Monster

    Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

    Busta Rhymes - Touch It

    Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

    Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

    Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping

    Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

    Embrace - World at Your Feet

    The Feeling - Fill My Little World

    Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

    Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

    Jack Johnson - Upside Down

    Keane - Is It Any Wonder

    The Kooks - Naive

    LeAnn Rimes - And It Feels Like

    LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

    Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 06

    Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

    Matt Willis - Up All Night

    Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone

    Nelly Furtado - Maneater

    Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

    Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat

    Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

    Orson - Bright Idea

    Orson - No Tomorrow

    Paul Simon - Father and Daughter

    Pink - Who Knew

    Primal Scream - Country Girl

    The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Rihanna - SOS

    Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby - All Over Again

    Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

    Shayne Ward - No Promises

    Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

    Stan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup Song

    Sunblock feat. Robin Beck - First Time

    Tony Christie - (Is This The Way to) the World Cup

    Will Young - Who Am I

    If you still want more 00s pop music fun, subscribe to our Patreon and Substack, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.



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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Pink, a Robbie Williams Flop and Keane Getting Emo (28 May - 3 June 2006)
    Jun 3 2026

    It’s another week in 2006, and Robbie Williams is casually bankrupting EMI, Pink is releasing her last good ballad and Matt from Busted is having a go at a solo track after both Charlie and James’ careers are all but over.Elsewhere in the pop charts...Brittany Murphy launches a pop career tragically cut short, Jack Johnson is calming things down a bit, and Keane are getting through a lot of rock and roll shenanigans for such a mild-mannered band, but the biggest shocker of all is how good their song is. And while one hugely successful band from 2003 continues their success three years later, another is falling apart in a spectacular style as The Darkness release their last top 40 hit.This week’s ep features the following songs:The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It

    Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

    Busta Rhymes - Touch It

    Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

    Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

    Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

    The Darkness - Girlfriend

    Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

    Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead

    Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance

    The Feeling - Fill My Little World

    The Futureheads - Skip to the End

    Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

    Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

    Jack Johnson - Upside Down

    Keane - Is It Any Wonder

    The Kooks - Naive

    Little Man Tate - What What You Got

    LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

    Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

    Matt Willis - Up All Night

    Michael Jackson - Heal the World

    Ne-Yo - So Sick

    Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

    Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat

    Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

    Orson - Bright Idea

    Orson - No Tomorrow

    Pink - Who Knew

    Primal Scream - Country Girl

    The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Rihanna - SOS

    Robbie Williams - Sin Sin Sin

    Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

    Shayne Ward - No Promises

    Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

    Sunblock feat. Robin Beck - First Time

    Taking Back Sunday - Make Damn Sure

    Will Young - Who Am I



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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Sandi Thom....Industry Plant? (feat. Donny Tourette, The Feeling and Primal Scream) (21-27 May 2006)
    May 27 2026

    Do you wish you were a punk rocker (with flowers in your hair)? Then do we have an episode for you! Sandi Thom seemed ready to change the music industry forever with her livestreamed gigs...but was the story a little too good to be true?

    We’ll find out in the latest episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast where every episode we count down the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago.

    Why did Primal Scream fall asleep in their dinners at a major music industry dinner? Can The Ordinary Boys get away with releasing on old Lady Sovereign remix as a single? And how many times can you say the word ‘jam’ without losing your mind? All will be revealed!

    This episode of The 2000s Chart Show features the following songs:

    Angels & Airwaves - The Adventure

    The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It

    Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

    Boy Kill Boy - Suzie

    Busta Rhymes - Touch It

    Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

    Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

    Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

    Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

    Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

    Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead

    Eddie Thoenick & Kurd Maverick - Love Sensation 2006

    Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance

    The Feeling - Fill My Little World

    Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

    Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

    The Kooks - Naive

    LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

    Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

    Michael Jackson - Jam

    Ne-Yo - So Sick

    Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

    Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

    Orson - Bright Idea

    Orson - No Tomorrow

    Pet Shop Boys - I’m With Stupid

    Pink - Stupid Girls

    Primal Scream - Country Girl

    The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Rihanna - SOS

    Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

    Shayne Ward - No Promises

    Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

    Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

    Sunblock feat. Robin Beck - First Time

    T-Pain - I’m Sprung

    Towers of London - Air Guitar

    Upper Room - Black and White

    Will Young - Who Am I

    If you still want more 00s pop music fun, subscribe to our Patreon and Substack, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.



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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Eurovision 2006, Pet Shop Boys, and the sinking ship of British indie (14-20 May 2006)
    May 20 2026

    Has it been a long time since you had a teenage life? Then you’ll probably remember Eurovision 2006, when Daz Sampson’s crap rap was our entry.It flopped on the Athens stage, but how well did it do on the charts? Can it defeat the best Pet Shop Boys single in a decade, the return of Christina Milian, Busta Rhymes sampling Daft Punk and Orson’s follow-up to No Tomorrow? Find out as we count down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago and tell the stories of some of the biggest pop music of the 2000s.

    Featuring the following tracks:

    The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It

    Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

    Boy Kill Boy - Suzie

    Busta Rhymes - Touch It

    Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

    Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

    Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

    Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

    Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

    Delays - Hideaway

    Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead

    Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance

    Feeder - Lost and Found

    Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

    Graham Coxon - You & I

    Hot Chip - Boy From School

    Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

    The Kooks - Naive

    LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

    Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

    Michael Jackson - In the Closet

    Ne-Yo - So Sick

    Nina Simone vs Groovefinder - Ain’t Got No (I Got Life)

    Orson - Bright Idea

    Orson - No Tomorrow

    Panic! at the Disco - But It’s Better If You Do

    Pet Shop Boys - I’m With Stupid

    Pink - Stupid Girls

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

    The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Rihanna - SOS

    Sean Paul - Temperature

    Shayne Ward - No Promises

    Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

    Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

    T-Pain - I’m Sprung

    Upper Room - Black and White

    We Are Scientists - Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt

    Will Young - Who Am I



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    1 hr and 1 min
  • LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez and a sassy indie vs rock feud (7-13 May 2006)
    May 13 2026

    Is Crazy by Gnarls Barkley about to match the record for longest number one we’ve covered on this show, or can Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beatfreakz, Feeder, Panic at the Disco, Goldfrapp or the dream team of LL Cool J and Jennifer Lopez stop them?

    Find out in the latest episode of the music history and commentary podcast where every episode we’re telling the stories of the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago.

    Featuring the following tracks: The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It

    Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

    Captain - Broke

    Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

    Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

    Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

    Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks - Dreams

    Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead

    Embrace - Nature’s Law

    Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance

    Feeder - Lost and Found

    Forward Russia - Nine

    Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

    Goldfrapp - Fly Me Away

    Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

    Jamie Foxx feat. Ludacris - Unpredictable

    The Kooks - Naive

    LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

    Madonna - Sorry

    Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

    Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again

    Michael Jackson - Remember the Time

    Ne-Yo - So Sick

    Nina Simone vs Groovefinder - Ain’t Got No (I Got Life)

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

    Orson - No Tomorrow

    Panic! at the Disco - But It’s Better If You Do

    Pink - Stupid Girls

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

    The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

    Rihanna - SOS

    Sean Paul - Temperature

    Shayne Ward - No Promises

    Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

    Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

    T-Pain - I’m Sprung

    Trina feat. Kelly Rowland - Here We Go

    We Are Scientists - Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt

    Will Young - Who Am I

    If you still want more 00s pop music fun, subscribe to our Patreon and Substack, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.



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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Snow Patrol, Spanish icons and gummy candy brains (23-29 Apr 2006)
    Apr 29 2026

    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



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    1 hr and 11 mins