The 2000s Chart Show

65:31

Robbie's 'Rudebox', Nelly Furtado's 'Promiscuous' and...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/09/09

Few pieces of pop music have dented a career quite like Robbie Williams’ Rudebox, so I’m so glad to finally be able to talk about this weird electro-rap song about how TK Maxx costs less and how you don’t sweat much for a fat lass. Once called the worst song ever, is it (whisper it) actually a brilliant piece of 2000s pop? We find out on the latest episode of the music history podcast where every week we relive the singles chart from this week 20 years ago.Elsewhere on the pop music charts this week

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56:53

Justin Timberlake Brings Sexy Back and Pink Brings Dr...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/09/02

Justin Timberlake is trying to become the white Prince, Pink is inviting men to ‘shake hands with the milkman’ and even Thom Yorke from Radiohead is writing funky protest songs...it must be another episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast where every episode we’re reliving the biggest songs of this week 20 years ago.This week’s episode features some of the biggest pop music icons of the 00s. As well as Timberlake, we have two of the decade’s defining producers teaming up as Kanye and Pharrell

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66:08

Beyoncé's Return, the Arctic Monkey's Off-Cuts and...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/08/26

This week on the 2000s pop music history podcast reliving every song from the singles charts of the 00s…“I just want you to know who I am,” bellowed Ronan Keating this week in 2006, as our most anonymous pop star covers The Goo Goo Dolls and derails his career. On the more successful side of things, Beyoncé is back - and it takes a brave pop star to so obviously rip off their own biggest hit and literally call it Deja Vu! Plus, we get the debut of Britain’s Beyoncé, Alesha Dixon.Elsewhere in the

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63:07

Cascada, Panic! at the Disco and Choking to Death on...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/08/19

They see us rollin’ (to another week of 2000s pop music), they hatin’. After a week off, we return to the last quiet week before the record industry comes back from their summer holidays.Not that there aren’t amazing 00s pop nuggets to enjoy this week 20 years ago on your favourite 2000s pop music history and commentary podcast! Cascada shocked everyone by getting Europop into the US top 10, grotty dance music videos are all over TV, and The View are getting arrested with Pete Doherty.

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60:57

‘Chasing Cars,’ Christina Aguilera and a Vicious...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/08/05

We’re the pop music history podcast reliving the biggest songs from every week in the 2000s. This week 20 years ago on the 2006 pop charts, one of the biggest songs of the decade quietly appeared in the middle of the chart. Little did we know that Chasing Cars would just lay here and just forget the world for week upon week.In this episode of your favourite 00s nostaglia podcast, we tell the story of the making of that track, and how its lyrics were nearly very different (and much worse), as well as

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55:36

McFly's Song About Lindsay Lohan and a Pirate Rave...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/07/29

Yo ho me pop music history-loving hearties, let’s sail on the good ship The 2000s Chart Show for another trip round the high seas of the 2006 pop charts.And we’re surely going to meet some gruesome sights on this voyage through 2006 music. Like the man who died five times! The reanimated corpse of a Queen song that should have been left in the grave! Lil Wayne!All that, landlubbers, plus ‘new’ music from Red Hot Chili Peppers, McFly, Tiesto, Sean Paul, Chris Brown and Franz Ferdinand.This week’s

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61:14

Rihanna, Gnarls Barkley and James Morrison (16 - 22...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/07/22

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, WE HAVE A FLOP GIRLBAND ON THE SHOW!!! Rejoice as we explore the career of Nylon, Iceland’s answer to the Spice Girls but without the tunes on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast dedicated to exploring every single UK singles chart of that most nostalgic of decades.Elsewhere on this week’s UK top 40 in 2006, Gnarls Barkley have the very hard task of following up Crazy, but luckily have an amazing song to do it with, while Rihanna is trying to

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62:44

George Michael, Paolo Nutini and (Maybe) the Best...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/07/15

Things are splintering in the pop music charts by this point in the 2000s. Some chart icons are struggling to get top 10s, while new genres like emo bite at their heels and social media mints a new generation of stars. Men are starting to think that becoming singer-songwriters or doing acoustic guitar covers of pop songs is a good idea (it isn’t), while women dominate the upper reaches of the chart like never before.Let me tell you the story in the latest episode of The 2000s Chart Show, the pop

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55:27

Lily Allen's Debut and The Kooks vs Razorlight Feud...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/07/08

On this episode of your new favourite 2000s pop music history podcast…A great episode for fans of musicians who love to shout their mouths off. Johnny Borrell is here to slag off every single other indie band, and Lily Allen is moving from MySpace and straight into the UK top 40. Plus, we’re getting the chart debut of literally my favourite band of the entire 2000s. Nostalgia levels highFeaturing the following tracks:All-American Rejects - Dirty Little SecretArmand Van Helden - MyMyMyThe Automatic -

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56:55

Pussycat Dolls vs Muse (aka Buttons vs Holes) (25 Jun...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/07/01

Loosen up your buttons, babe, and enjoy another episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast reliving the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2006! Why did Luke from The Kooks kick Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys in the face? How did Amy Winehouse and The Zutons end up having a drunken row? And why did Melody Thornton from Pussycat Dolls do THAT performance where she tried to upstage Nicole Scherzinger?Find out answers to all those questions in our latest ep, plus the best 2000s music

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68:29

Shakira's Hips Don't Lie and Other Less Iconic Songs...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/06/24

I never really knew a girl could PODCAST like this, she makes a man wanna speak 2000s POP MUSIC HISTORY.I’m on tonight with another episode looking at the biggest selling tracks from this week 20 years ago, featuring the return of the Black Eyed Peas with a (shocker!) good song, a milestone in landfill indie from The Fratellis, the unfortunate end of Dannii Minogue’s pop career and more. Featuring the following tracks:Armand Van Helden - MyMyMyThe Automatic - MonsterBaddiel, Skinner & The Lightning

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73:50

Sugababes and The Streets Flop While World Cup Songs...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/06/17

This week on the 2000s pop music history podcast counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago… “it’s coming home...” by which I mean Three Lions is back on the chart for the (approximately) 28 millionth time. It is just one of the football tracks trying to knock Sandi Thom off the top spot, with Crazy Frog and a nasty piece of xenophobia backed by The Sun battling Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds.For those of you who actually prefer real 2000s pop music, we get

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63:30

Nelly Furtado's Maneater and the Worst World Cup...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/06/10

The UK singles charts giveth and they taketh away. So this week 20 years ago, they gave us one of the best song of the 2006, from one of the biggest and best comebacks in pop music history...but they also gave us football-themed rewriting of Tony Christie’s Amarillo. I’d say it’s a game of two halves, but there’s quote enough football talk in this episode already.It’s another ep of The 2000s Chart Show, the pop music history podcast where every episode we count down the 40 biggest selling songs of

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66:41

Pink, a Robbie Williams Flop and Keane Getting Emo...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/06/03

It’s another week in 2006, and Robbie Williams is casually bankrupting EMI, Pink is releasing her last good ballad and Matt from Busted is having a go at a solo track after both Charlie and James’ careers are all but over.Elsewhere in the pop charts...Brittany Murphy launches a pop career tragically cut short, Jack Johnson is calming things down a bit, and Keane are getting through a lot of rock and roll shenanigans for such a mild-mannered band, but the biggest shocker of all is how good their song

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60:57

Sandi Thom....Industry Plant? (feat. Donny Tourette,...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/05/27

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

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60:43

Eurovision 2006, Pet Shop Boys, and the sinking ship...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/05/20

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

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67:36

LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez and a sassy indie vs rock...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/05/13

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 ItBeatfreakz -

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70:35

Snow Patrol, Spanish icons and gummy candy brains...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/04/29

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 PrisonsThe Black Eyed Peas - Pump

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73:51

Rihanna's SOS and 39 other less good songs from 2006...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/04/22

“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

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66:56

U2, Mary J Blige and some candy-based sexual innuendo...

The 2000s Chart Show ·

2026/04/15

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

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