113. Riva feat. Dannii Minogue // Who Do You Love Now? // December 2001

As in real life, Dannii's start hasn't been as bright on my charts as Kylie's has but she's done quite well over the years with six top ten hits. The biggest of those was her 2001 hook up with Riva "Who Do You Love Now" is a TUNE

Edited January 1, 201312 yr by justinthomas92

112. Green Day // American Idiot // September 2004

And here it is the song that made me into a Green Day loon. First heard on summer holiday on the Isle of Skye in August 2004 I fell in love with this track immediately, got the album and fell in love with that. Other songs have overtaken American Idiot in my affections but I'll always love it purely for the fact it introduced me to my third favourite band of all-time

111. Cassie // Me & You // August 2006

Back to the summer of 2006 again I see. I can appreciate that having this infront of tracks like American Idiot, Beautiful Day and Wake Me Up might seem a little bad but I honestly do love this track a lot. At the time it was because I fancied Cassie and liked the music video for obvious reasons but I genuinally grew to love the song as well. Don't think this is all that popular now but I still give it a listen now and then

110. Samantha Mumba // Gotta Tell You // July 2000

I loved Samantha Mumba for the brief time she graced us with her presence this tune of course being the best of the bunch. It's just a simple nice little pop song, nothing all that special but I won't complain as simple pop's one of my favourite genre's of music - and 1997-2003 is crammed to the brim with it!

109. S Club 7 // Don't Stop Moving // May 2001

Not a song I so much love now, in fact I find it quite overrated, but it's just so synonymous with my childhood that I had to include it. S Club 7 had better for sure but in terms of nostalgia you're not gonna find another song in this countdown that makes me as nostalgic as this does

108. Britney Spears // Circus // December 2008

Britney's back with, in my opinion, the best thing she's done post 2007 until Till the World Ends came around. As a whole Blackout is a better album than Circus, however the singles from Circus are a lot superior and this particular track is the best one on there

107. A1 // Same Old Brand New You // October 2000

A1 were pretty easy to write off as "just another boy-band"; the below par original songs and the terrible Take on Me cover show this however thanks to this gem and another one coming up soon A1 actually managed to create two of my favourite boy-band songs (though nothing will ever beet NSYNC "Tearing up My Heart" :wub: ). Well done boys, well bloody done

106. Kelly Clarkson // Breakaway // July 2006

It's a shame Clarkson decided to release "Walk Away" the worst song from her sophomore collection as a single; if she'd released Gone, You Found Me or Hear Me then all the singles would've been amazing and eligible for this chart. Oh well, she still released the four best songs on it anyway and it is a fantastic album (my #1 of the decade in fact) so I can't complain too much. Gonna go before my Kelly loon breaks out, it's always on the verge of doing so wherever I go

Edited January 5, 201312 yr by justinthomas92

105. Rihanna // Disturbia // August 2008

So by late 2008 I'm a pretty big Rihanna loon, she captured my heart with SOS and has had it since. Disturbia's a great song and easily one the strongest from her 00s output and almost certainly her best video

104. Kate Nash // Foundations // June 2007

29 copies off number one this was one week. 29 COPIES :angry:. Rihanna had more than had her time by that point too, oh well at least this is a great song and it did manage a #1 on my chart anyway so it's not all doom and gloom

103. Gareth Gates // Anyone of Us // July 2002

I totally don't still listen to this when I'm alone........ :unsure:. OK maybe I do but it's a good, infectious pop song and if we've learnt anything by this point it's that I'm a sucker for these kind of songs. I'd voted for Gareth in Pop Idol I'll confess and was very dissapointed with his first single but this turned things around, briefly, but he never did another song I liked after this. A quid well bloody spent :teresa:

Also, look at his hair! Could anyone look more 2002?

102. Uniting Nations // Out of Touch // November 2004

I have never been able to explain why I love this song so much, it's just the same lyrics repeated over and over to a samey tune. Simply beyond me but I do know that I love it and it brings back some awesome late 2004 memories, I looked up to Wayne Rooney as a hero back then

101. Daft Punk // One More Time // December 2000

Daft Punk!!! One hit wonders, well in my charts anyway, with this brilliant little number but much like the Uniting Nations track I can't really explain why I love this so much. I think at the time I quite liked the video which, I recall, was played a lot on some kids TV channels. I wanna go back to late 2000 :wub:

Top 100 begins tomorrow!

 

A recap of 200-101

 

101. Daft Punk – One More Time – 2000

102. Uniting Nations – Out of Time – 2004

103. Gareth Gates – Anyone Of Us – 2002

104. Kate Nash – Foundations – 2007

105. Rihanna – Disturbia – 2008

106. Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway – 2005

107. A1 – Same Old Brand New You – 2000

108. Britney Spears – Circus – 2008

109. S Club 7 – Don’t Stop Moving – 2001

110. Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You – 2000

 

111. Cassie – Me & U – 2006

112. Green Day – American Idiot – 2004

113. Riva feat. Danni Minogue – Who Do You Love Now? – 2001

114. U2 – Beautiful Day – 2000

115. Sara Bareilles – Love Song – 2008

116. Hoobastank – The Reason – 2004

117. Girls Aloud – Wake Me Up - 2005

118. The Kooks – She Moves In Her Own Way – 2006

119. Good Charlotte – Girls & Boys – 2003

120. Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me – 2009

 

121. Jordin Sparks – Tattoo – 2008

122. Bowling For Soup – Girl All The Bad Guys Want – 2002

123. Girls Aloud – Untouchable – 2009

124. Sugababes – Change – 2007

125. Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath – 2004

126. The Hoosiers – Goodbye Mr. A – 2007

127. Bowling For Soup – 1985 – 2004

128. Melanie B – Tell Me – 2000

129. Liberty X – Holding On For You – 2002

130. Darius – Colourblind – 2002

 

131. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black – 2007

132. Christina Aguilera – Keeps Getting Better – 2008

133. Pink – Just Like a Pill – 2002

134. Rob Thomas – Lonely No More – 2005

135. The Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway – 2009

136. Sinead Quinn – I Can’t Break Down – 2003

137. 2Play – So Confused – 2004

138. S Club 7 – Have You Ever – 2001

139. Alicia Keys – Karma – 2004

140. Delta Goodrem – Lost Without You – 2003

 

141. Kate Winslet – What If – 2001

142. Lindsay Lohan – Over – 2005

143. Kevin Little – Turn Me On – 2003

144. DJ Sammy – Heaven – 2002

145. Sugababes – Stronger – 2002

146. Plain White T’s –So Damn Clever – 2007

147. La Rue – Bulletproof – 2009

148. Keane – Everybody’s Changing – 2004

149. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance – 2009

150. Liberty X – Just a Little – 2002

 

151. Usher – Yeah – 2004

152. The Kooks – Oooh La – 2006

153. Blue – One Love – 2002

154. S Club Juniors – New Direction – 2002

155. Girls Aloud – The Show – 2004

156. Usher – U Remind Me – 2001

157. JoJo – Leave – 2004

158. Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own – 2007

159. The Kooks – Naive – 2006

160. Eminem – The Way I Am – 2000

 

161. Sugababes – Ugly – 2005

162. Taylor Swift – Love Story – 2009

163. Darius – Live Twice – 2005

164. Hilary Duff – Come Clean – 2004

165. Damien Rice – Cannonball – 2003

166. Green Day – Holiday – 2005

167. Alistair Griffin – Bring It On – 2004

168. Anastacia – One Day In Your Life – 2002

169. Girls Aloud – Life Got Cold – 2003

170. Atomic Kitten – It’s OK - 2002

 

171. Girls Aloud - Biology – 2005

172. Sugababes – About You Now – 2007

173. U2 – Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – 2005

174. Fall Out Boy – Thanks for the Memories – 2007

175. Anastacia – Left Outside Alone – 2004

176. Vanessa Hudgens – Say OK – 2007

177. Calvin Goldspink – Don’t Fail Me - 2009

178. The Script – Breakeven – 2009

179. Rihanna – Unfaithful – 2006

180. The Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Phunk With My Heart – 2005

 

181. Vanessa Amorosi – Absolutely Everybody – 2000

182. Fall Out Boy – Dance, Dance – 2006

183. Britney Spears – Born To Make You Happy – 2000

184. Nelly Furtardo – Try – 2004

185. The Veronica’s – 4Ever – 2006

186. Girls Aloud – Something Kinda Oooh – 2006

187. Son of Dork – Ticket Outta Loserville – 2005

188. Razorlight – America – 2006

189. TATU – All The Things She Said – 2003

190. Hilary Duff – Wake Up – 2005

 

191. Sugababes – Too Lost In You – 2009

192. Angel City – Sunrise – 2005

193. Nelly Furtardo – All Good Things – 2006

194. Chris Brown – Forever – 2008

195. Jay Sean – Down – 2009

196. Arctic Monkeys – When The Sun Goes Down – 2006

197. Busted – You Said No – 2003

198. Britney Spears – Ooops! I Did It Again – 2000

199. Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland – Dilemma – 2002

200. Atomic Kitten – If You Come To Me – 2003

 

100. Vanessa Carlton // A Thousand Miles // November 2002

Peak: #1
Weeks on Chart:18
Points: 540

"Mum, I'm just taking the piano for a drive"

A Thousand Miles, along with songs such as Dj Sammy's "Heaven", Girls Aloud's "Sound of the Underground" and Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi", is a song I define as being the last of my childhood classics. A great time to be young too in terms of music as pop ruled the airways from The Spice Girls in 1996 right through to the end of 2004 when we all started to go a bit indie like Kylie circa 1994. A Thousand Miles is a simple little pop song but it's a lovely one and one I still whack on from time to time these days; I do that with most of the Top 100 to be honest

099. P Diddy feat. Christina Aguilera // Tell Me // November 2006

Peak: #2
Weeks on Chart: 20
Points: 542

Sometimes the unexpected collaboration's are the best

2006 saw difficult times for both Diddy and Aggy in my charts; I'd never really liked any P. Diddy record before. I remember being quite fond of "I'll Be Missing You" as a child but nothing Mr. Combes has done since impressed me like this did. Aguilera was a different case; I'd really, really liked her up until 2006 but I really had not taken to Aint No Other Man so she'd fallen from my affections a little bit (This was literally 2 weeks before I heard "Hurt" mind) so Tell Me was kind of a blessing. I don't think it's a particular favourite amongst either's fan base and it's largely forgotten now but I bloody love it and, though Christina has since come back into my affections, Diddy has had one good song since this - "Coming Home" in 2011 - which to be honest was largely down to Skyler Grey rather than Diddy himself; the same can be said for Tell Me now I think about it

098. S Club 7 // Reach // June 2000

Peak: #1
Weeks on Chart: 17
Points: 552

Everyone has those songs that just makes them :)

In my commentaries for both "Don't Stop Moving" and "Have You Ever" I mentioned that as a child of the late 90's/early 00's it was pretty much impossible NOT to be into S Club 7. It's seems so odd to say now but I recall the people who didn't like SC7 were branded as 'uncool' in the school playground - don't you just love 9 year old logic - but I was totally into them. I can see what they were now; a completely manufactured business singing cheesy pop songs but they were my childhood. I may find the music cheesy as hell now but at the same time it awakens the child in me, takes me back to a time when your biggest worry was if your crayola crayon broke and just makes me feel all warm, fuzzy and happy on the inside. You'd struggle to find someone born between 1990 and 1995 who wouldn't agree with me on that one

So here's to S Club 7 - Thanks for the amazing childhood guys!

097. Will Young // Leave Right Now // November 2003

Peak: #1
Weeks on Chart: 18
Points: 554

The sad thing is I have been to an office party like the one in that video :unsure:

So it's November 2003. Darius is all but forgotten and Gareth's new album has dissapointed me greatly, and it's time for Will to step into the limelight for me. Young wasn't a favourite of mine in 2002's Pop Idol I, and I seem to recall most people my age, much preferred Gareth and was rooting for him to win. Back in 2002 Pop Idol and the whole singing reality television show was still new and exciting, not as contrived as now and Simon Cowell was the most evil man in the world to me back then. I hadn't been pleased when Will young and I was happy that Gareth outshone him for the rest of 2002 as I much preferred his music and hated Will's. "Leave Right Now" opened my eyes to Will and made me realize that, in that case, the most talented guy really did and from here on out I was a Will Young fan (of sorts)

096. Shakira // Whenever, Wherever // February 2002

Peak: #1
Weeks on Chart: 21
Points: 559

"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains" :blink:

Shakira, Shakira, Shakira. I'm pretty sure ten year old boys shouldn't have lusted after a woman this much, and I'd only just turned ten at this point in time mind, but I was just completely fascinated by her in this music video. I recall Britney Spears, my first big crush, was going through her sexy reinvention at the time but after I saw this it all became about Shakira for me, well for 3 months until I got bored of this song anyway. Listening to this now I really fail to understand how it achieved such a high peak and stayed on the chart for so many weeks, don't get me wrong it's a great pop song but not THAT great, and I can only assume (as I measure my chart based on how many times I listen to songs per week) that 10 year old Justin kept this on the TV everytime it was on and it was on A LOT at the time

095. Kelly Clarkson // My Life Would Suck Without You // March 2009

Peak: #1
Weeks on Chart: 20
Points: 561

I genuinally do think my life would suck without Kelly Clarkson

I am one of the biggest Kelly stan's on the planet. I have loved her since I first heard Miss Independant on Top of the Tops some Friday September night in 2003 and from then on in she hasn't put a foot wrong with me, well except for Walk Away but I can get passed that (though for the record the fact You Found Me was never released still irks me to this day). Anyway, by 2009 I can appreciate the old Kelly formula may have been tiring for everyone but me and I do like the fact she has a nice poppy song in her discography that isn't about a break up and MLWSWY is a VERY good pop song. All in all, I prefer bitter angry Kelly but happy lovie Kelly was good too but I am glad she returned to her roots with the Stronger album

Earlier I thanked S Club 7 for my awesome childhood and I would now like to thank Kelly Clarkson for my awesome teenage years