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The 2000s Chart Show

10 May 2003 (feat. 50 Cent, Mis-Teeq and Smash Hits! Top Trumps)

Season 1, Ep. 2
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Samuel Spencer explores the music of the 2000s, one Top 40 singles chart at a time. This week, that means big tunes, massive nostalgia...and an absolute bloodbath as the era's biggest pop stars battle it out on the battlefield of Smash Hits! Top Trumps.


Songs featured in this week's episode: 50 Cent - In Da Club, Atomic Kitten - Love Doesn't Have to Hurt, Avril Lavigne - I'm With You, Blur - Out of Time, Busted - You Said No, Craig David & Sting - Rise & Fall, Daniel Bedingfield - I Can't Read You, Dana Glover - Thinking Over, David Sneddon - Don't Let Go, Delta Goodrem - Born to Try, DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya, D-Side - Speechless, DT8 - Destination, Enrique Iglesias - To Love a Woman, Gareth Gates - Spirit in the Sky, Jay-Z - Excuse Me Miss, Junior Senior - Move Your Feet, Kelly Rowland - Can't Nobody, Kid Creme - Hypnotising, Killer Mike - ADIDAS, Kym Marsh - Cry, Lil' Kim - The Jump Off, Lisa Maffia - All Over, Macy Gray - When I See You, Madonna - American Life, Mis-Teeq - Scandalous, Nivea - Laundromat, Plummet - Damaged, Puretone - Stuck in a Groove, Revelation - Just Be Dub to Me, Robbie Williams - Come Undone, Ronan Keating - The Long Goodbye, Room 5 - Make Luv, Simply Red - Sunrise, Tomcraft - Loneliness, Triple Eight - Knockout, VBirds - Virtuality, Westlife - Tonight and White Stripes - 7 Nation Army.

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