The 2000s Chart Show: A 00s Pop Music Podcast
The 2000s Chart Show: A 00s Pop Music Podcast

The 2000s Chart Show: A 00s Pop Music Podcast

Samuel Spencer

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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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Recent Episodes

Gwen Stefani, G4 and Green Day (26 March 2005)
MAR 26, 2025
Gwen Stefani, G4 and Green Day (26 March 2005)

Was Gwen Stefani always secretly lame, or did she has lameness thrust upon her? In the latest episode of the pop show reliving the 40 biggest selling songs from this time in 2005, we ask this very important question.

We're also answering these very important pop music conundrums - why did Beverley Knight try to do a Jamelia, and why did it fail? Which member of G4 is to blame for one of the most pathetic break-ups of all time? Why did Green Day do something unspeakable on a Belfast bowling green? And most importantly of all: What would it take for the British record buying public to give Jem's song They the respect it deserves?


Alongside these crucial answers, we're talking about the following iconic bits of 2000s pop:

Akon - Locked Up

Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh

Beck - E-Pro

Beverley Knight - Keep This Fire Burning

The Black Velvets - 3345

The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

Britney Spears - Do Somethin’

Cabin Crew - Star to Fall

Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm

Elvis Presley - She’s Not You

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers

G4 - Bohemian Rhapsody

The Game feat. 50 Cent - How We Do

Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up

The Glitterati - You Got Nothing on Me

Green Day - Holiday

Gwen Stefani ft Eve - Rich Girl

Howard Brown - You’re the First the Last My Everything

Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Jem - They

Jennifer Lopez - Get Right

John Legend - Used to Love U

Joss Stone - Spoiled

Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God

LL Cool J feat. 7 Aurelius - Hush

The Mars Volta - The Widow

McFly - All About You/You’ve Got a Friend

Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over and Over

New Order - Krafty

Paul Weller - Early Morning Rain

Phantom Planet - California

Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister

Shapeshifters - Back to Basics

Stereophonics - Dakota

Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars

Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo

Tyler James - Foolish

U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

Usher - Caught Up

Verbalicious - Don’t Play Nice

If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.


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McFly, Missy Elliott, My Chemical Romance (and Howard from Halifax)
MAR 19, 2025
McFly, Missy Elliott, My Chemical Romance (and Howard from Halifax)

The podcast where every week we explore the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago is back with more tales of sex, drugs and 2000s pop music. In this week's episode... one of New Order burn through their stomach lining, Donny Tourette gets glassed in the face, two identical songs makes the top 10 and McFly release their biggest track yet.


This week's episode of The 2000s Chart Show features the following songs:


Akon - Locked Up

The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem - Almost Here

Britney Spears - Do Somethin’

Cabin Crew - Star to Fall

Destiny’s Child - Soldier

Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm

Elvis Presley - Rock-a-Hula Baby

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers

The Futureheads - Hounds of Love

The Game feat. 50 Cent - How We Do

Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up

Howard Brown - You’re the First the Last My Everything

Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Jennifer Lopez - Get Right

Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God

Kano - Typical Me

LL Cool J feat. 7 Aurelius - Hush

LNM Projekt feat. Bonnie Bailey - Everywhere

McFly - All About You/You’ve Got a Friend

Moby - Lift Me Up

My Chemical Romance - I’m Not Okay (I Promise)

Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over and Over

New Order - Krafty

Nine Black Alps - Shot Down

Ocean Colour Scene - Free My Name

Phantom Planet - California

Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need to Feel Loved

SLK - Hype Hype

Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Let’s Get Blown

Stereophonics - Dakota

Styles & Breeze feat. Karen Danzig - Heartbeatz

Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars

Towers of London - On a Noose

Tweet feat. Missy Elliott - Turn Da Lights Off

Tyler James - Foolish

U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

Uniting Nations - Out of Touch

Usher - Caught Up

Verbalicious - Don’t Play Nice


If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.


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Britney Spears on the brink, Shania's Lyme disease and 'knob touching' Trump (12 March 2005)
MAR 12, 2025
Britney Spears on the brink, Shania's Lyme disease and 'knob touching' Trump (12 March 2005)

Your favourite podcase celebrating the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago is back for another episode!


This time in pop music in 2005...Britney was teasing a new album while throwing milkshakes at the press. Hyped band The Bravery were claiming to have slept with someone from every major record label. Shania Twain was taking a break from music to fight a nasty disease. One of my favourite songs got stuck in the 30s. And most shocking of all...Stereophonics might have released a good song!


On this week's episode of The 2000s Chart Show, we're talking about these iconic pieces of Noughties pop:


Akon - Locked Up

Angel City - Sunrise

Athlete - Wires

Björk - Triumph of a Heart

The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem - Almost Here

Britney Spears - Do Somethin’

Cabin Crew - Star to Fall

Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Destiny’s Child - Soldier

Elvis Presley - (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame

Elvis Presley - Rock-a-Hula Baby

Elvis Presley - Surrender

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers

Fatboy Slim - The Joker

The Futureheads - Hounds of Love

The Game feat. 50 Cent - How We Do

Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up

Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Jennifer Lopez - Get Right

Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God

Kano - Typical Me

KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at My House

LL Cool J feat. 7 Aurelius - Hush

Moby - Lift Me Up

Nathan - Come Into My Room

Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over and Over

R.E.M - Electron Blue

Raghav - Angel Eyes

Rammstein - Keine Lust

Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need to Feel Loved

Shania Twain - Don’t

Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Let’s Get Blown

Stereophonics - Dakota

Styles & Breeze feat. Karen Danzig - Heartbeatz

U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

Uniting Nations - Out of Touch

Usher - Caught Up

Verbalicious - Don’t Play Nice


But if you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at
The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.



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Girls Aloud vs. British indie vs. American hip hop (5 Mar 2005)
MAR 5, 2025
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:

If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.


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Jennifer Lopez, another petty 50 Cent feud and Atomic Kitten (26 Feb 2005)
FEB 26, 2025
Jennifer Lopez, another petty 50 Cent feud and Atomic Kitten (26 Feb 2005)

J.Lo's back with a new single, a new husband...and a new singer singing her chorus for her. Can she get to number one, or will the self-described "greatest rapper of all time" LL Cool J beat her to it?


Also on this week's episode of the podcast where every week we relive the 40 biggest selling songs of this date 20 years ago: Why are Atomic Kitten back just a year after splitting up? Will Elvis ever release a song not based on a 19th century ballad? Who got banned from Ciara's 2005 BET Awards party? Answers to all those revealed on this week's episode, as well as the following songs:


Angel City - Sunrise

Ashanti - Only U

Ashlee Simpson - La La

Athlete - Wires

Atomic Kitten - Cradle

Biffy Clyro - Only One Word Comes to Mind

Bloc Party - So Here We Are/Positive Tension

Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem - Almost Here

Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Ciara feat. Petey Pablo - Goodies

Daniel Bedingfield - Wrap My Words Around You

Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands

Destiny’s Child - Soldier

Doves - Black and White Town

Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight

Elvis Presley - Surrender

Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart

Embrace - Looking As You Are

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers

Freefaller - Do This! Do That!

The Game feat. 50 Cent - How We Do

Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Hanson - Penny and Me

Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Jennifer Lopez - Get Right

LL Cool J feat. 7 Aurelius - Hush

The Lovefreekz - Shine

Lucie Silvas - Breathe In

Mark Joseph - Lady Lady

New Rhodes - You’ve Given Me Something That I Can’t Give Back

The Noise Next Door - Calendar Girl

Raghav - Angel Eyes

Rooster - Staring at the Sun

Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

Trick Daddy feat. Twista and Lil’ Jon - Let’s Go

U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

Uniting Nations - Out of Touch

Willy Mason - Oxygen

Xzibit - Hey Now (Mean Muggin)


But if you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at
The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories.

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71 MIN