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

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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

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

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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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