Well I've just finished listening to all this on iPlayer, so many classics. I even enjoyed the ones I used to hate.

My favourites were: Beggin, F**k It, Ridin', We Own It, Jerk It Out, Welcome To JamRock & Mr Saxobeat.

And I'd never heard United States Of Whatever before and now I'm obsessed. :)

 

(Well done everything one for hosting this thread.) :)

J-Kwon - Tipsy (2004)

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LOVE THIS SONG OMG :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

N.O.R.E. - Nothin' (2002)

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Pretty decent, "Oye Mi Canto" tho

 

Sam Sparro - Black and Gold (2008)

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Pretty much got noticed by me when it appeared on Fame because ASHER MONROE :wub: :wub:

 

Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah (2007)

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NOOOOO SCREEEEEECH

I, too, have just finished listening to it all on iPlayer. It was just as wonderful as I expected, with more great discoveries than I could keep track of. So I'm genuinely considering another listen of the entire thing! I do recall "Nasty Girl", "Glorious", and "Love Shy (Thinking About You)" being highlights of the songs I didn't know.

 

Hopefully these 'of the millennium' specials keep happening every year or so. I worry that Radio 1 will eventually want to stop playing songs from as early as 2000. Enjoying them while they last, though, for sure :wub:

 

The Bravery - An Honest Mistake (2005)

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Huh, I was pretty sure "Believe" was a hit in the UK... where did that peak?

"Believe" didn't chart. That surprised me too when I found out. Great song!

 

"Ready For The Floor": Didn't Hot Chip get another hit with Wiley or something?

 

I wouldn't have put it past them to collaborate, but as far as I know the only connection is this classic Live Lounge cover:

 

I'm still surprised they played them anyway. I thought 'Ready For The Floor' was a great example of a song that's the acts's only Top 20 hit but necessarily their best-known song.