Mutya leaves Sugababes and The Strokes are too cool for their own good (17 Dec 2005)

We must have all been on the naughty list in Christmas 2005, because Santa gave us the horrible gift of the best singer ever to be in a girlband exiting the group.This huge news eclipsed everything in the chart this week, which is very much a dumping ground before the big race for the Christmas number 1 begins. But we are getting new stuff like an incredibly ill-advised single from Charlotte Church, one of Franz Ferdinand’s best-ever songs and a dance cover of an 80s ballad classic.This week’s The 2000s Chart Show features the following tracksArctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the DancefloorBabyshambles - AlbionBlack Eyed Peas - My HumpsBob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love GenerationBraund Reynolds - Rocket (A Natural Gambler)Charlotte Church - Even God Can’t Change the PastCraig David - Don’t Love You No MoreThe Cribs - You’re Gonna Lose UsDaniel Powter - Bad DayThe Darkness - One Way TicketDHT feat. Edmee - Listen to Your Heart50 Cent - Window ShopperFranz Ferdinand - Walk AwayGirls Aloud - BiologyGorillaz - Dirty HarryHerd & Fitz feat. Abigail Bailey - I Just Can’t Get EnoughKanye West feat. Adam Levine - Heard ‘Em SayKatie Melua - I Cried For You/Just Like HeavenKelly Clarkson - Because of YouKT Tunstall - Under the WeatherLiberty X - A Night to RememberMadonna - Hung UpMystery Jets - Alas AgnesOasis - Let There Be LovePaul Weller - Here’s the Good NewsPharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like ThatPussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t ChaPussycat Dolls - StickwituRihanna - If It’s Lovin That You WantRobbie Williams - TrippingThe Rolling Stones - Rain Fell DownRoyksopp - What Else Is ThereSean Paul - Ever Blazin’Simon Webbe - No WorriesThe Strokes - JuiceboxSugababes - Push the ButtonSugababes - UglyTom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your BodyWestlife - You Raise Me UpWill Young - Switch It OnIf 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