Sugababes and The Streets Flop While World Cup Songs Fight for the Top (11 - 17 Jun 2006)

This week on the 2000s pop music history podcast counting down the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago… “it’s coming home...” by which I mean Three Lions is back on the chart for the (approximately) 28 millionth time. It is just one of the football tracks trying to knock Sandi Thom off the top spot, with Crazy Frog and a nasty piece of xenophobia backed by The Sun battling Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds.For those of you who actually prefer real 2000s pop music, we get Sugababes and The Streets both overwhelming with ballads, Morrissey going mental on his record company, and Duncan from Blue trying and failing to have a solo career.This week’s episode features the following songs:The Automatic - MonsterBaddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - 3 LionsBeatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching MeBusta Rhymes - Touch ItChristina Milian feat. Young Jeezy - Say ICrazy Frog - We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)Depeche Mode - John the Revelator/LilianDuncan James - Sooner or LaterEmbrace - World at Your FeetThe Feeling - Fill My Little WorldGnarls Barkley - CrazyHope of the States - Sing It OutInfernal - From Paris to BerlinKeane - Is It Any WonderThe Kooks - NaiveLL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control MyselfLordi - Hard Rock HallelujahMariah Carey feat. Snoop Dogg - Say Somethin’Michael Jackson - Earth SongMorrissey - The Youngest Was the Most LovedNelly Furtado - ManeaterNerina Pallot - Everybody’s Gone to WarOakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill PussycatOrdinary Boys and Lady Sovereign - Nine2FiveOrson - Bright IdeaOrson - No TomorrowPink - Who KnewPrimal Scream - Country GirlRed 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 PromisesStan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup SongThe Streets - Never Went to ChurchSugababes - Follow Me HomeTalksport Allstars - We’re England (Tom Hark)Tonedef Allstars - Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?Tony Christie - (Is This The Way to) the World CupTrinidad & Tobago Tartan Army - Scotland Scotland Jason ScotlandIf 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