Nelly Furtado's Maneater and the Worst World Cup Songs You've Ever Heard 4 - 10 June 2006)

The UK singles charts giveth and they taketh away. So this week 20 years ago, they gave us one of the best song of the 2006, from one of the biggest and best comebacks in pop music history...but they also gave us football-themed rewriting of Tony Christie’s Amarillo. I’d say it’s a game of two halves, but there’s quote enough football talk in this episode already.It’s another ep of The 2000s Chart Show, the pop music history podcast where every episode we count down the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago.Featuring the following songs:The Automatic - MonsterBeatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching MeBusta Rhymes - Touch ItChicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned in LoveChristina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say ICorinne Bailey Rae - Trouble SleepingDaz Sampson - Teenage LifeEmbrace - World at Your FeetThe Feeling - Fill My Little WorldGnarls Barkley - CrazyInfernal - From Paris to BerlinJack Johnson - Upside DownKeane - Is It Any WonderThe Kooks - NaiveLeAnn Rimes - And It Feels LikeLL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control MyselfLoleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 06Mary J. Blige and U2 - OneMatt Willis - Up All NightMichael Jackson - You Are Not AloneNelly Furtado - ManeaterNerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to WarOakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill PussycatOrdinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2FiveOrson - Bright IdeaOrson - No TomorrowPaul Simon - Father and DaughterPink - Who KnewPrimal Scream - Country GirlThe Raconteurs - Steady As She GoesRed Hot Chili Peppers - Dani CaliforniaRihanna - SOSRonan Keating and Kate Rusby - All Over AgainSandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)Shayne Ward - No PromisesSnow Patrol - You’re All I HaveStan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup SongSunblock feat. Robin Beck - First TimeTony Christie - (Is This The Way to) the World CupWill Young - Who Am IIf 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