Girls Aloud vs. British indie vs. American hip hop (5 Mar 2005)
This week on the pop music charts in 2005 saw 19(!!) new entries make the top 40, and there are fascinating changes afoot.
British indie is kicking off in a huge way, with Kaiser Chiefs, The Futureheads and Maximo Park all having hits. Meanwhile, Akon and Verbalicious (the future Natalia Kills) are possibly telling tall tales about their pasts, Nelly is going country, KT Tunstall has to come out as straight and Girls Aloud are coming out as RAWK CHICKS.
On this week's episode of The 2000s Chart Show, we're talking about the following tracks:
Akon - Locked Up
Angel City - Sunrise
Ashanti - Only U
Athlete - Wires
Atomic Kitten - Cradle
Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem - Almost Here
Charlotte Hatherley - Bastardo
Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
Ciara feat. Petey Pablo - Goodies
Daniel Bedingfield - Wrap My Words Around You
Destiny’s Child - Soldier
Dogs - She’s Got a Reason
Doves - Black and White TownDT8 Project feat. Andrea Britton - Winter
Elvis Presley - (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame
Elvis Presley - Surrender
Embrace - Looking As You Are
Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
The Futureheads - Hounds of Love
The Game feat. 50 Cent - How We Do
Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Groove Cutters - We Close Our Eyes
Idlewild - Love Steals Us From Loneliness
Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb/Encore
Jennifer Lopez - Get Right
Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
Keisha White - Don’t Care Who Knows
KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
LL Cool J feat. 7 Aurelius - Hush
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over and Over
Raghav - Angel Eyes
Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need to Feel Loved
Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Let’s Get Blown
Tears for Fears - Closest Thing to Heaven
U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
Uniting Nations - Out of Touch
Usher - Caught Up
Verbalicious - Don’t Play Nice
Join host Samuel Spencer for this week's episode of The 2000s Chart Show, the pop music podcast where each week we revisit the 40 biggest selling songs of 20 years ago and reveal fascinating pop music trivia, forgotten stories from 2000s history and all the throwback tunes you could want.This week, that means we're talking about the following songs:
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The 2000s Chart Show: A 00s Pop Music Podcast
The pop music podcast reliving the UK Top 40 singles charts of the 2000s, one week at a time.
Every week, culture writer Samuel Spencer relives the singles chart from that day 20 years ago. If you miss cutting out the posters and lyrics from Smash Hits in the 00s, this is the podcast for you.
On The 2000s Chart Show, Y2K big hitters like Britney Spears, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Robbie Williams, Shakira, Pink, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga meet forgotten icons like Lisa Scott-Lee, Delta Goodrem, Rachel Stevens, The 411, Sonique and Samantha Mumba.
If you loved '00s chart pop like S Club 7, Steps, Mis-Teeq, the solo Spice Girls, Liberty X, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Blue and Natasha Bedingfield, you'll love this hilarious and informative podcast.
Every episode has nostalgia, incredible noughties songs you haven't heard for years and tunes you forgot about for a good reason. Plus fun pop facts, forgotten moments from Top of the Pops and more!
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- No. of episodes: 108
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