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Popchartfreak View member profile	Yesterday, 01:37 PM Post #321
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 23,056 User: 17,376	...and to catch up... Public Domain? Whoosh! Destiny's Child, a great pop song, and still sounds fab on it's many radio playtimes, 9/10. Paul Van Dyk, another Whoosh! Over my head. Ditto Bomfunk MC's, but Walkin' Away was my fave Craig David song to date, a chart-topper for me, though I'd knock it down to a 9/10 in retrospect. Lovely record. MJ Cole? Blank. Point Break? What About Us indeed. True Party. I hated that Wazzup. Ronan Keating, formulaic yes, but at least it sticks in the brain a bit, 7/10. Truesteppers step off unnoticed by me, and *Nsync was a tad too drippy even for me, a fan of their pop tunes. Destiny;s Child Record OTW for me, just ahead of Craig. Most of them mean nowt to me


JulianT View member profile	16 hours ago Post #322
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 20 April 2009 Posts: 8,939 User: 8,705	The current #1 artist has to take the win here. Spoiler: “Houdini” won’t do so well if I ever reach 2024. 9 Eminem Stan 885th #1: an very arresting rap record that started Dido's career and likely provided the sung chorus template for many others 8 Warp Brothers Vs Aquagen Phat Bass 1st hit for this German DJ group based on the same New Order sample as "Operation Blade" that I really find quite thrilling 8 Britney Spears Stronger A really well remembered Britney hit and rightly so: it is the same formula as "Oops…" and "Lucky" but still a powerful song 7 Jay-Z I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) Pharrell features on this though is uncredited: I think it's his best for a while; a really gritty, well produced and enjoyable track 7 Madonna Don't Tell Me An interesting country tinged song from her: it has a lovely warmth and rhythm to it and I like the way the atmosphere builds 6 Wyclef Jean Featuring Mary J. Blige 911 An interesting collaboration and a rather unusual stripped back track: it's quite dramatic and emotional though and I do like it 6 Melanie C If That Were Me It's rather a comedown from the 2 awesome chart toppers but a very sweet simply produced charity track about homelessness 6 Mystikal Shake Ya Ass A 2nd uncredited Pharrell feature here and the debut hit for this US rapper: it's raucous but a high octane and catchy track 5 Mystikal Charlie's Angels 2000 The last Top 40 for this electronic group and an instrumental for the film: it certainly sounds like film music but it's enjoyable 5 Bob The Builder Can We Fix It? 886th #1 and the year's biggest seller: not a musical great but a really cleverly composed, catchy and joyous children's theme 4 S Club 7 Never Had A Dream Come True 884th #1: the "Children In Need" song that outdid the total sales of "Reach" in a few weeks; a well crafted but unexciting ballad 4 Lost Witness 7 Colours 3rd hit for Lost Witness which is UK DJ Simon Paul: it's quite a pleasant female vocal led dance track but nothing very exciting 3 Junior Jack My Feeling Debut hit for this Italian DJ using the 80s soul song "Saturday Love" by Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal: doesn't do much for me 3 Sisqo Incomplete His 4th hit and to me he always sounds a bit whiny: "Thong Song" was such great material that it didn't matter; this not so much 2 Bon Jovi Thank You For Loving Me This only narrowly escapes a 1 as the others are dire but it's a clichéd and saccharine ballad not saved by the presence of guitars 1 Da Muttz Wassuup This is the catchphrase shouted over "U Can't Touch This": the True Party version had at least some creativity but this is awful 1 Daniel O'Donnell Morning Has Broken The 3rd time that this hymn from the 30s has charted after Cat Stevens and Neil Diamond's versions: definitely not needed gOMhN-hfMtY 2000 Weeks 51 and 52: #526 23/12/2000 Robbie Williams Supreme 4 {4}-10-11-15-25-37-46-61-71-73->10 #527 23/12/2000 Kylie Minogue Please Stay 10 {10}-18-19-25-39-52-70->7 #528 23/12/2000 Craig At This Time Of Year 14 {14}-21-30-48-73-56R(3)->6 #529 23/12/2000 Storm {DE} Storm Animal 21 {21}-39-34-40-58->5 #530 23/12/2000 Billie Piper Walk Of Life 25 {25}-37-35-41-65->5 #531 23/12/2000 Green Day Warning 27 {27}-40-39-45->4 #532 23/12/2000 Lionel Richie Don't Stop The Music 34 {34}-41-45-52-63->5 #533 23/12/2000 Keith 'N' Shane Girl You Know It's True 36 {36}-53-52->3 #534 30/12/2000 Westlife What Makes A Man 2 {2}-4-9-20-31-38-29-17-24-17-39-48-72->13 #535 30/12/2000 Oxide And Neutrino Featuring Megaman No Good 4 Me 6 {6}-6-8-14-27-40-53-70->8 #536 30/12/2000 Sugababes New Year 12 {12}-13-22-30-45-62-60-64-58->9 #537 30/12/2000 Wombles With Roy Wood I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday 22 {22}-37-55->3 #538 30/12/2000 Whitney Houston Featuring Faith Evans And Kelly Price Heartbreak Hotel 25 26-{25}-36-53-65->5


TheSnake View member profile	15 hours ago Post #323
Say that hiss with your chest, and... Joined: 24 May 2016 Posts: 18,635 User: 23,308	Yep trance was still popular but from it there seems to have been a short lived 'hard house' trend of the end of 2000 with Public Domain and Warp Brothers and then Norman Bass in early 2001 (and probably more low peaking top 40 hits between that which I don't know) 'Eat Sleep Rave Repeat' by Calvin/Fatboy Slim near the end of 2013 brought back that sort of sound a bit.


Jade View member profile	5 hours ago Post #324
The light will cast me aside Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,624 User: 12,810	Both 'Can We Fix It?' and 'Never Had A Dream Come True' stand out as nostalgic there! As a 3-year-old at the time, I definitely watched Bob The Builder and my parents bought the single (and an album ) for me and my brother. The song really reminds me of school discos and rebellious kids replying "no we can't" to "can we fix it?" then, with the S Club song, we sang it for my Year 6 leavers' assembly (Same Difference had recently done it on X Factor) and I had a solo _ how impressive that it managed to go top 10 in the U.S. as well as becoming another chart-topper for the group here. I was really unsure about 'Don't Tell Me' when I first heard it, as the off-kilter production was a bit overwhelming to my ears, but I've grown to love it after getting used to it over time. It's a unique moment in her singles discography for sure with the country-meets-electronica sound. Mirwais was a brilliant production partner for her, as well as William Orbit sticking around on the Music album too, one of my favourite records of hers. I agree that 'Stronger' was a great Britney single! Very punchy, empowering and I love the callback to her debut with the "my loneliness ain't killing me no more" line. The video really sticks in my mind too with the impressive chairography on display . 'Stan' is my favourite of this batch too my top Eminem single let alone #1 hit. The storytelling is still tense for me no matter how many times I've listened to it and the dark Dido sample works so well. What an impact its had with the term "stan" sticking around in popular culture even now.


Popchartfreak View member profile	4 hours ago Post #325
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 23,056 User: 17,376	Stan is a 9/10 for me a genuine classic (and I rate the new Eminem track too! TBC in my next charts ) Got me into Dido, and I had never heard th term "stan" till I joined Buzzjack around 2012 and someone asked me if I stanned the Pet Shop Boys. I had to google that The only Warp I know is Warp 9 in Star Trek, which is pretty fast. Stronger went top 3 for me, and another 9/10 from Britney in her pop heyday. I don;t remember that Jay-Z single at all, but I liked it enough for a 7/10 - presumably the Pharrell influence as I always liked Mr. W, but I didnt give him a credit. Madonna - bought the album in Florida, loved Don't Tell Me the highlight of the album. 10/10. 911 was a goodie collab, 8/10, Mary J always fab, then and now, acting or singing. Mel C's was a a fairly average track by her then-standards, but still a 7/10. Mystikal's ass-shaking moved me not, Charlie's Angels 2000 I have down as Apollo 440 though, Mystikal the typo gets no credit from me! 6/10. Bob The Builder, oh how can anyone not at least quite like it. I was 42 and gave it a 4/10, and I may have been a bit meanie about it as it's the tune everyone can sing along to more than any other in this strong batch. I never entirely got the S Club ballad at the time, not even if Cathy Dennis had a hand in it! But it's a decent 7/10, and well done Jade on the solo! I have never sung in public, which (trust me) the world is very grateful for. "I sing all the right notes - but not necessarily in the right order" © Eric Morecambe 1972-ish. So jealous of people who can sing.... Incomplete was another Florida radio track and an 8/10 (holiday songs always tend to over-rate in my charts a bit when I'm denied access to UK chart music). The rest all meant not a jot to me.....