2008

Credit crunch, Boris Johnson, Dark Knight, Usain Bolt, Barack Obama... Tracklisting: – Taken – Nickelback – Rockstar – Lehman Brothers bankrupt – Credit crunch – Sam Sparro – Black & Gold – Fidel Castro steps down – Slumdog Millionnaire – Israel strikes on Gaza Strip – The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved – David Cameron declares end of New Labour – Boris Johnson elected Mayor of London – The Killers – Human – Shoes thrown at George W Bush – Beijing Olympics opening ceremony – Basshunter – Now You’re Gone – Michael Phelps breaks Olympic record – Usain Bolt wins two golds, breaks two world records – Rebecca Adlington & Christine Ohuruogu win gold – Chris Hoy wins Sport Personality of the Year – Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008 – Portsmouth win FA Cup – Manchester United beat Chelsea in Champions League final – That Mitchell & Webb Look: Football! – Pink – So What – Nadal beats Federer in ‘greatest’ Wimbledon final – Lewis Hamilton wins F1 – Iron Man – Medvedev is Russian President – Zimbabwe election – Girls Aloud – The Promise – Islamabad hotel bombing – Kanye West – Love Lockdown – Sichuan earthquake – Grand Theft Auto IV – Breaking Bad – US Presidential Election: John McCain chooses Sarah Palin for VP, Barack Obama wins Democratic nomination – Estelle & Kanye West – American Boy – Mark Speight dies – Beyonce – If I Were a Boy – Phoenix Rover lands on Mars – Large Hadron Collider – Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire – Heath Ledger dies – The Dark Knight – Mumbai attacks – Leona Lewis – Run – Bill Gates retires – The Inbetweeners – Duffy – Mercy – Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’ Sachsgate row – Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe – Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl – Twilight – Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air – Twitter rise – Kid Rock – All Summer Long – John Sergeant leaves Strictly Come Dancing – Coldplay – Viva La Vida – OJ Simpson jailed – Flo Rida & T-Pain – Low – QE2 retired – Take That – Greatest Day – Barack Obama elected US President – Elbow – One Day Like This