This week on the podcast where we discuss the 40 biggest selling singles from this week in 2005…After 12 years away, the enigma that is Kate Bush took this week in 2005 to return to music with her song about what would have happened had Elvis never died, King of the Mountain.Also singing about mountains are Westlife, who become the 100th band to cover the definitive granny-bothering track You Raise Me Up. Never say Shane, Kian et al aren’t original...

Elsewhere in the top 40 from this week 20 years ago:

* Will Smith tries to clap back at the haters and prove he’s a hard man, with unsurprisingly disasterous results

* Backstreet Boys try to prove they’re men rather than boys...and lose a member in the process

* 16-year-old Hilary Duff dates a 25-year-old pop punker

* Someone faints on stage after cutting open their toe with a broken beer bottle

All that plus discussion of the following tracks:

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Audio Bullys - I’m in Love

Backstreet Boys - Just Want You to Know

Bloc Party - Two More Years

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Bow Wow feat. Omarion - Let Me Hold You

Charlotte Church - Call My Name

Coldplay - Fix You

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekerz - Perfection

Dons feat. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam

Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta Control

Gorillaz - Dare

Hilary Duff - Wake Up

James Blunt - High

Kate Bush - King of the Mountain

Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes

KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

Lee Ryan - Turn Your Car Around

Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers

Love Bites - You Broke My Heart

The Magic Numbers - Love’s a Game

Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off

Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

McFly - I Wanna Hold You

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care

The Rifles - Local Boy

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Roll Deep - Shake a Leg

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Sugababes - Push the Button

The Test Icicles - Circle Square Triangle

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

Will Smith - Party Starter

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