Arctic Monkeys vs. McFly: The battle for the soul of British indie rock (29 Oct 2005)

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 DancefloorBloc Party - Two More YearsBob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love GenerationBow Wow feat. Omarion - Let Me Hold YouBratz Rock Angelz - So GoodCharlotte Church - Call My NameColdplay - Fix YouDaniel Powter - Bad DayDannii Minogue & Soul Seekerz - PerfectionDa Playaz vs Clea - We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes OffDepeche Mode - PreciousFeeder - Shatter/TenderFranz Ferdinand - Do You Want ToFriday Hill - Baby Goodbye50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta ControlGorillaz - DareJames Blunt - HighKatie Melua - Nine Million BicyclesKanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold DiggerKelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel EyesThe Kooks - Sofa SongKT Tunstall - Suddenly I SeeLee Ryan - Turn Your Car AroundLethal Bizzle - FireLiberty X - Song 4 LoversLittl’ans feat. Peter Doherty - Their WayLove Bites - You Broke My HeartMariah Carey - Get Your Number/Shake It OffMcFly - I Wanna Hold YouMylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor PressurePussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t ChaRachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)Ricky Martin - I Don’t CareRobbie Williams - TrippingRoll Deep - Shake a LegSean Paul - We Be Burnin’Simply Red - Perfect LoveSugababes - Push the ButtonTatu - All About UsU2 - All Because of You This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit the2000schartshow.substack.com