This week on the 2000s pop music podcast counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago…

his week in 2005...Busted were at war, as James took every opportunity to come for his former bandmate Charlie in the press. An Australian icon takes one step closer to coming out. One of the most emotionally moving charity singles of all time comes out. Eurythmics forget their constant simmering sexual tension for long enough to put out a new song. Sharleen from Texas insults all her former bandmates. Craig David dates the most unexpected celebrity.

Featuring the following 2000s pop music anthems:

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

Coldplay - Fix You

Craig David - Don’t Love You No More

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Darren Hayes - So Beautiful

Dons feat. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam

Eurythmics - I’ve Got a Life

Fightstar - Grand Unification (Part 1)

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

Goldfrapp - Number 1

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

Kray Twinz feat. Twista & Lethal B - What We Do

KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers

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

Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

The Rakes - 22 Grand Job

Ray J - One Wish

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Status Quo - All That Counts is Love

Sugababes - Push the Button

Texas - Can’t Resist

Westlife - You Raise Me Up

Will Smith - Party Starter

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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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One of the rare, exciting singles charts of the 2000s where we get the debut of a group of icons. Arctic Monkeys released their debut I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor this week in 2005, where it took on the more processed pop rock on McFly as well as Dannii Minogue, The Kooks, Pete Doherty and even Clea (’memba them?!!)Also this week on the 2000s pop music history podcast discussing the 40 biggest selling songs from this week in 2005:- Not one but TWO flop girlbands, one of which is releasing a song I ADORED at the time.- How Kylie inadvertedly sabotaged Dannii’s single campaign- Which girlband member Harry McFly may have been texted literal DAYS before meeting his wife- Plus of course much more 2000s nostalgia, pop music trivia, unsolicited opinions and discussion about these great 2005 pop songs:

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Bloc Party - Two More Years

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Bow Wow feat. Omarion - Let Me Hold You

Bratz Rock Angelz - So Good

Charlotte Church - Call My Name

Coldplay - Fix You

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekerz - Perfection

Da Playaz vs Clea - We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off

Depeche Mode - Precious

Feeder - Shatter/Tender

Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

Friday Hill - Baby Goodbye

50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta Control

Gorillaz - Dare

James Blunt - High

Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel Eyes

The Kooks - Sofa Song

KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

Lee Ryan - Turn Your Car Around

Lethal Bizzle - Fire

Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers

Littl’ans feat. Peter Doherty - Their Way

Love Bites - You Broke My Heart

Mariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It Off

McFly - I Wanna Hold You

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)

Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Roll Deep - Shake a Leg

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin’

Simply Red - Perfect Love

Sugababes - Push the Button

Tatu - All About Us

U2 - All Because of You