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 this week 20 years ago.

Featuring the following songs:

The Automatic - Monster

Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

Busta Rhymes - Touch It

Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping

Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

Embrace - World at Your Feet

The Feeling - Fill My Little World

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

Jack Johnson - Upside Down

Keane - Is It Any Wonder

The Kooks - Naive

LeAnn Rimes - And It Feels Like

LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 06

Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

Matt Willis - Up All Night

Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone

Nelly Furtado - Maneater

Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat

Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

Orson - Bright Idea

Orson - No Tomorrow

Paul Simon - Father and Daughter

Pink - Who Knew

Primal Scream - Country Girl

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

Rihanna - SOS

Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby - All Over Again

Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

Shayne Ward - No Promises

Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

Stan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup Song

Sunblock feat. Robin Beck - First Time

Tony Christie - (Is This The Way to) the World Cup

Will Young - Who Am I

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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 is. And while one hugely successful band from 2003 continues their success three years later, another is falling apart in a spectacular style as The Darkness release their last top 40 hit.This week’s ep features the following songs:The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It

Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

Busta Rhymes - Touch It

Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

The Darkness - Girlfriend

Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead

Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance

The Feeling - Fill My Little World

The Futureheads - Skip to the End

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

Jack Johnson - Upside Down

Keane - Is It Any Wonder

The Kooks - Naive

Little Man Tate - What What You Got

LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

Matt Willis - Up All Night

Michael Jackson - Heal the World

Ne-Yo - So Sick

Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat

Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

Orson - Bright Idea

Orson - No Tomorrow

Pink - Who Knew

Primal Scream - Country Girl

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

Rihanna - SOS

Robbie Williams - Sin Sin Sin

Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

Shayne Ward - No Promises

Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

Sunblock feat. Robin Beck - First Time

Taking Back Sunday - Make Damn Sure

Will Young - Who Am I

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 Boys get away with releasing on old Lady Sovereign remix as a single? And how many times can you say the word ‘jam’ without losing your mind? All will be revealed!

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

Angels & Airwaves - The Adventure

The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It

Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me

Boy Kill Boy - Suzie

Busta Rhymes - Touch It

Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in Love

Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say I

Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead

Eddie Thoenick & Kurd Maverick - Love Sensation 2006

Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance

The Feeling - Fill My Little World

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

The Kooks - Naive

LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself

Mary J. Blige and U2 - One

Michael Jackson - Jam

Ne-Yo - So Sick

Nerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to War

Ordinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

Orson - Bright Idea

Orson - No Tomorrow

Pet Shop Boys - I’m With Stupid

Pink - Stupid Girls

Primal Scream - Country Girl

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

Rihanna - SOS

Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)

Shayne Ward - No Promises

Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have

Sunblock feat. Robin Beck - First Time

T-Pain - I’m Sprung

Towers of London - Air Guitar

Upper Room - Black and White

Will Young - Who Am I

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