The 2000s Chart Show

This week on the podcast where every week we revisit the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2004 we're discussing the following huge 2000s pop music tunes:Anastacia - Welcome to My TruthAvril Lavigne - Nobody's HomeBlue - Curtain FallsBritney Spears - My PrerogativeChristina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott - Car WashDaniel Bedingfield - Nothing Hurts Like LoveDeep Dish - FlashdanceDelerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence 2004Delta Goodrem - Out of the BlueDestiny's Child - Lose My BreathDizzee Rascal - DreamEmbrace - AshesEminem - Just Lose ItEric Prydz - Call On MeEye Opener - Hungry EyesFabolous - BreatheGirls Aloud - I'll Stand By YouGwen Stefani - What You Waiting ForI Dream feat. Frankie & Calvin - DreamingJa Rule feat. R. Kelly and Ashanti - WonderfulJamelia - DJ/StopJamie Cullum - Everlasting LoveJay Sean - StolenJojo feat. Bow Wow - Baby It's YouKelis feat. André 3000 - MillionaireKhia - My Neck My Back (Lick It)Lemar - If There's Any JusticeMcFly - Room on the 3rd FloorMichael Gray - The WeekendNas - Bridging the GapPaul Weller - Thinking of YouR. Kelly - Happy People / U Saved MeSteriogram - Walkie Talkie ManThe 411 - TeardropsThe Thrills - Not For All the Love in the WorldThe White Stripes - Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)U2 - VertigoUnkle feat. Ian Brown - ReignUsher - Confessions Pt II/My BooV - You Stood UpTimecodes for this week's new releases (spoilers ahead):Reign - 1:02Not For All the Love in the World - 5:36Silence 2004 - 7:37Breathe - 18:45Welcome to My Truth - 22:58Nobody’s Home - 28:15Teardrops - 33:05Thinking of You - 42:12Jolene - 46:31Ashes - 52:17Baby It’s You - 55:58Room on the 3rd Floor - 1:01:42What You Waiting For - 1:06:45If There’s Any Justice - 1:13:08I’ll Stand By You - 1:17:18

This week on the podcast where we're celebrating the music of the 2000s one UK top 40 at a time we're talking about the following songs:3 of a Kind - Baby CakesAngel City - Do You Know (I Go Crazy)Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of MeBloc Party - HelicopterBrandy - AfrodisiacChristina Milian - Whatever U WantDaniel Bedingfield - Nothing Hurts Like LoveDannii Minogue - You Won't Forget About MeDanzel - Pump it UpDarius - Kinda LoveDeep Dish - FlashdanceDepeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 04Duncan James - I Believe My HeartEric Prydz - Call On MeEstelle - FreeGirls Aloud - Love MachineGoldie Lookin Chain - Your Mother's Got a PenisGood Charlotte - PredictableGraham Coxon - Freakin' Out / All Over MeJa Rule - WonderfulJay Sean - StolenKelis - MillionaireKhia - My Neck My Back (Lick It)Kings of Leon - The BucketLil' Flip - SunshineLucie Silvas - What You're Made OfManic Street Preachers - The Love of Richard NixonMylo - Drop the PressureR. Kelly - Happy People / U Saved MeRachel Stevens - More More MoreRobbie Williams - RadioRooster - Come Get SomeScissor Sisters - MarySnow Patrol - How to Be DeadThe Dualers - Kiss on the LipsThe Libertines - What Became of the Likely LadsThe Noise Next Door - Lock Up Ya Daughters / Ministry of MayhemThe Others - Stan BowlesThe Zutons - Don't Ever Think (Too Much)Tina Turner - Open Arms

This week on the podcast celebrating the pop music of the 2000s one UK top 40 singles chart at a time: 'New' (for 2004) music from Björk, The Cure, Darius, Depeche Mode, The Dualers, Kelis, Lil Flip, Manic Street Preachers, Mylo, Placebo, R Kelly, Rammstein, Slipknot, Travis, The Zutons and much more

On this week's episode of the pop music podcast where we celebrate the music of the 2000s one top 40 singles chart at a time:Which 2000s pop rock band started out doing Pokemon-based tunes - and what huge part did they play in the future of streaming?Why is Duncan James releasing solo singles even before Blue have broken up?How did Robbie Williams and Morrissey end up in a feud?Why Cliff Richard was once called "too sexy for TV"What is the tragic history of the song Mary by the Scissor Sisters?Which indie rocker started throwing Monster Munch at people in a plane?Which 90s soft rockers covered S Club 7's Don't Stop Moving?Why Marvin Humes' ex released a version of JLS' Beat Again called Cheat AgainAll that plus new 2004 releases from The Beautiful South, Cliff Richard, Duncan James and Keedie, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Kasabian, Morrissey, Rooster, Rhian Benson, Scissor Sisters, Velvet Revolver and VS.

This week 20 years ago, a new chart record was broken as SEVEN (!) songs are new entries on the top 10, with 17 (!!) new entries in total from the likes of Rachel Stevens, Robbie Williams, Good Charlotte, Brandy, Eamon, DJ Casper and Khia.This week on the pop music podcast where we celebrate the music of the 2000s one top 40 singles chart at a time:What did Rachel Stevens take from a former adult film actress....and what did Fidel Castro have to do with it?Why Eamon found himself being accused of misogyny whilst on a trip to Alton TowersExactly how many times was Khia arrested for 'criminal mischief'?How did the Oops Upside Your Head rowing on the floor dance start?How will Enya get mentioned AGAIN in another episode despite not releasing any music in 2004?All that plus the usual 2000s nostalgia, iconic pop music and crazy trivia you never knew about music's finest decade.

It's time to get cheeky cheeky for the last time as the Cheeky Girls take their last bow on the UK top 40. Elsewhere in the pop music landscape, Jentina and Beverley Knight are flopping hard, Ashlee Simpson is getting humiliated on live TV and The Streets and Super Furry Animals are trying to see what they can get away with when it comes to drugs and swearing on the charts.

To all those people who say "OK, but why isn't there a straight pride"...here it is. This episode is for you. For some reason, on this week 20 years ago the music industry conspired to get every middle-aged man on their rosters to release music all in the same week, with only Alacazar left to offer any sort of gay counterpoint.But it's still a great episode of the podcast reliving the pop music of the 2000s one UK top 40 singles chart at a time, with answers to the following questions:Which Britpop star went to prison for threatening to chop an air hostess' hands off?Which eccentric 60s legend once bought 8 tonnes of sand?Which dance icon lived next door to Paul McCartney (who forced him to leave the country)?Which indie band started a fight with the entire town of Worthing?How many fun facts about Muse is too many?All that plus a lorra lorra laughs and tunes from Alcazar, Biffy Clyro, Brian Wilson, Donny Osmond, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Ian Brown, Mark Knopfler, Muse, The Ordinary Boys and Paul McCartney

Let's go, eskimo...Girls Aloud are back with Love Machine, a song that the band hated. And they're not the only ones who despise their own songs this week, as Joss Stone and Eric Prydz have also had very few words to say about their tracks either...Also on this week's edition of the 2000s pop music podcast that's reliving the top 40 singles chart from this week years ago:Which singer went to prison for manslaughter and then just a few months later got amnesia from a car accident?Why is there huge controversy in the music industry about the song Call on Me (apart from that v. thrusty music video)?Which band's name is nearly an anagram of 'gay nerd'?Why were the 2005 Grammys refuse to give awards to anyone who was actually relevant?How did I deal with the break-up of my first (and only) heterosexual relationship?Which Irish legend told Jim from The Corrs that he needed to "get a life"?Why did everyone in 2004 know Johnny Borrell from Razorlight's phone number?All that plus the usual pop music nostalgia, '00s trivia and new to 2004 tunes from Annie, Beastie Boys, Bryan Adams, Cassidy, The Corrs, Dido, Eric Prydz, Girls Aloud, Green Day, Interpol, Joss Stone, Razorlight, Status Quo, Thirteen Senses and The 22-20s.