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The 2000s Chart Show

17 May 2003 (feat. The Cheeky Girls, Big Brovaz and Kym Marsh's Most Savage Interview Ever))

Season 1, Ep. 3
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"Why were you such a miserable cow in Hear'Say?" In this week's journey through the UK Top 40 singles charts of the 00s, we've unearthed an INCREDIBLE issue of Smash Hits from this week 20 years ago.


Listen in as host Samuel Spencer discusses all the shade thrown at Kym Marsh, discovers why the Smash Hits writers were horny on main for Busted, and learns more things than he ever wanted to know about forgotten boyband Triple Eight.


Music featured this week: 50 Cent - In Da Club, Androids - Do It With Madonna, Avril Lavigne - I'm With You, Bhangra Knights vs Husan - Husan, Big Brovaz - Favourite Things, Blur - Out of Time, Busted - You Said No, The Cheeky Girls - Take Your Shoes Off, Craig David & Sting - Rise and Fall, The Dandy Warhols - We Used to Be Friends, Daniel Bedingfield - I Can't Read You, David Sneddon - Don't Let Go, Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round, Delta Goodrem - Born to Try, DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya, Feeder - Forget About Tomorrow, Gareth Gates feat. The Kumars - Spirit in the Sky, Good Charlotte - Girls and Boys, Groove Armada - Easy, Hell is For Heroes - Retreat, HIM - Buried Alive By Love, Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J - All I Have, Kelly Rowland - Can't Nobody, Kym Marsh - Cry, Junior Senior - Move Your Feet, Lil' Kim - The Jump Off, Lisa Maffia - All Over, Madonna - American Life, Mis-Teeq - Scandalous, Plummet - Damaged, R. Kelly - Ignition Remix, Robbie Williams - Come Undone, Ronan Keating - The Long Goodbye, Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv, Saffron Hill feat. Ben Onono - My Love is Always, Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer, Terri Walker - Ching Ching (Lovin' You Still), Tomcraft - Loneliness, Triple Eight - Knockout and White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

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