Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson & Katie Melua (1 Oct 2005)

There are FAMOUSLY nine million bicycles in Beijing, but only 40 songs in this week’s podcast. There are some amazing tracks among them though, from the return of my teenage favourites Franz Ferdinand, the chart debut of Pendulum, and the most nepo-tastic track of all time.This week’s episode of the pop music podcast celebrating the 40 biggest selling songs of this week in 2005 also contains new tracks from Katie Melua, Bullet for My Valentine, Kelly Clarkson, Stereophonics and Kanye West.The full list of nostalgic bangers we’re discussing this episode reads as follows:Black Eyed Peas - Don’t LieBon Jovi - Have a Nice DayBullet for My Valentine - Suffocating Under Words of SorrowColdplay - Fix YouDamien ‘Jr Gong’ Marley - Welcome to JamrockDaniel Powter - Bad DayDavid Gray - The One I LoveFaithless - Insomnia 2005Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep - Outta ControlGoldfrapp - Ooh La LaGoldie Lookin’ Chain - Your Missus Is a NutterGorillaz - DareGwen Stefani - CoolHard-Fi - Living for the WeekendHIM - Wings of a ButterflyJames Blunt - You’re BeautifulJamesy P - NookieJem - Wish IJessica Simpson - These Boots Are Made For Walkin’Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a RiotKano - Nite NiteKatie Melua - Nine Million BicyclesKanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold DiggerKelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel EyesKT Tunstall - Suddenly I SeeLes Rhythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)Mariah Carey - We Belong TogetherMylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor PressureOasis - The Importance of Being IdlePendulum - Slam/Out HerePretty Ricky - Grind With MePussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t ChaRihanna - Pon De ReplaySean Paul - We Be Burnin’Simon Webbe - Lay Your HandsStatus Quo - The Party Ain’t Over YetStereophonics - DevilTony Yayo feat. 50 Cent - So Seductive2Pac feat Elton John - Ghetto GospelIf you still want more 00s pop music fun, subscribe to our Patreon and Substack, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories. 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