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10 Gunther and the Sunshine Girls :heart: So amazingly good

9 O-Zone :heart:

8 Special D :heart:

7 Gladiator feat Izzy

6 EyeOpener

5 Duncan James and Keedie

4 Hoobastank

3 LMC vs U2

2 3 of a Kind

1 Danzel

 

10 Dancing DJ's vs Roxette :wub:

9 DHT feat Edmee

8 Sunset Strippers

7 The Bravery

6 Daddy Yankee

5 Cabin Crew

4 Jo O'Meara

3 Nizlopi

2 Inaya Day

1 The Lovefreekz

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2004

 

1. Special D - Come With Me (fave)

2. O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

3. Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock

4. 3 Of A Kind - Baby Cakes

5. Eamon - F*** It (I Don't Want You Back)

6. Gunther & The Sunshine Girls - Ding Dong Song

7. Nina Sky - Move Ya Body

8. FYA feat. Smujji - Must Be Love

9. LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

10. J-Kwon - Tipsy

 

The year I first started getting into the charts so some great early memories :)

 

2005:

 

1. Daddy Yankee - Gasolina (fave)

2. Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars

3. Caesars - Jerk It Out

4. Nizlopi - JCB Song

5. The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

6. Herd & Fitz feat. Abigail Bailey - I Just Can't Get Enough

7. Phantom Planet - California

8. Inaya Day - Nasty Girl

9. The Lovefreekz - Shine

10. Bodyrockers - I Like The Way

 

Easily the weakest year so far. Gasolina wouldn't even make my top 10 on some of the others but there's a few decent tracks here if nothing individually amazing.

2004

+10 Damien Rice - Cannonball

+9 Gladiator feat. Izzy - Now We Are Free

+8 LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

+7 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body

+6 Khia - My Neck, My Back (Lick It)

+7 O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

+4 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

+3 Mario Winans feat. Enya & P Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know

+2 J-Kwon - Tipsy

+1 50 Cent & G Unit - If I Can't/Them Thangs

 

2005

+10 Phantom Planet - California

+09 Daniel Powter - Bad Day

+08 Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars (The original of this song is an absolute tune)

+07 Daddy Yankee - Gasolina

+06 Nizlopi - JCB Song

+05 Bodyrockers - I Like The Way

+04 Inaya Day - Nasty Girl

+03 Studio B - I See Girls

+02 Caesars - Jerk It Out

+01 Tyler James - Foolish

 

2005 - outrageously strong year, easily the best so far.

2004

 

10pts Candee Jay - If I Were You

09pts The Pirates ft Shola Ama - You Should Really Know

08pts Marques Houston ft Joe Budden - Clubbin

07pts Gladiator - Now We Are Free

06pts FYA - Must Be Love

05pts 3 Of A Kind - Babycakes

04pts LMC vs U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

03pts Houston - I Like That

02pts Oceanlab - Satellite

01pts Dannii Minogue vs Flower Power - You Wont Forget About Me

 

2005

 

10pts Dana Rayne - Object Of My Desire

09pts Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved

08pts Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice

07pts Daniel Powter - Bad Day

06pts Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars

05pts Jo O'Meara - What Hurts The Most

04pts Freeloaders - So Much Love To Give

03pts Daddy Yankee - Gasolina

02pts Herd & Fitz - Just Cant Get Enough

01pts Mattafix - Big City Life

 

2004 was actually super hard, many songs I liked, although the order has changed from the one I would've probably done back then.

2005 was much easier, which doesnt surprise me since its my least fav year of the 2000s.

2004

 

+10 The Pirates feat. Enya, Shola Ama, Nalia Boss & Ishani - You Should Really Know :wub:

+09 LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

+08 O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

+07 3 Of A Kind - Babycakes

+06 I Dream feat. Frankie & Calvin - Dreaming

+05 Damien Rice - Cannonball

+04 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me

+03 Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock

+02 Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom

+01 Frankee - F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)

 

2005

 

+10 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake :wub:

+09 The Lovefreekz - Shine

+08 Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars

+07 Nizlopi - JCB Song

+06 Soul Central feat. Kathy Brown - Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own)

+05 Bodyrockers - I Like The Way

+04 Caesars - Jerk It Out

+03 Daniel Powter - Bad Day

+02 Inaya Day - Nasty Girl

+01 Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Makes Me Sweat)

2004

 

+10 LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

+09 J-Kwon - Tipsy

+08 Frankee - F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)

+07 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body

+06 Mario Winans feat. Enya & P Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know

+05 Khia - My Neck, My Back (Lick It)

+04 Eamon - f*** It (I Don't Want You Back)

+03 Cassidy feat. R. Kelly - Hotel

+02 Damien Rice - Cannonball

+01 Ice Cube feat. Mack 10 & Ms Toi - You Can Do It

 

2005

 

+10 Inaya Day - Nasty Girl

+09 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice

+08 Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low

+07 Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley - Welcome To Jamrock

+06 Max Graham vs. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

+05 Caesars - Jerk It Out

+04 Tyler James - Foolish

+03 Daddy Yankee - Gasolina

+02 Nizlopi - JCB Song

+01 The Lovefreekz - Shine

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Voting has now closed, so let's take a look at which 10 songs have made it through to the final 75. We'll start with 2004:

 

In fifth we have a song I was really rooting for to make the final, so I'm very glad it has. Such a forgotten gem :heart: 'Move Ya Body' becomes the only urban jam to make the top 5 (poor Khia and 3 Of A Kind could only make the top 10)

 

 

Next up, an undeniable indie classic, a genre buzzjack seem to be getting behind more of lately, with 'Mr Brightside' being top 10 in pop-dominated Record of the Decade year after year. It's quite good actually but wouldn't get points from me. It ties with Nina Sky on points but beats it to fourth on more +10s, not that it matters as both are in the final.

 

 

In the top 3 was a song I really did not expect to be anywhere near this high, but trance anthem 'Now We Are Free', which samples the Gladiator soundtrack gets more than enough points to make it here! :heart: The artist appropriately is called Gladiator and unsurprisingly had no other hits. Which makes it difficult to find on YouTube unless you include Izzy's name in the search.

 

 

The only UK #1 in this section comes from the really famous band U2 with one-hit wonders LMC who everyone completely forgot about after this song. Not that U2 actually did anything here, they just forced LMC to credit them for using a sample despite the more prominent Whitney sample not having an artist credit (though of course the vocal was re-recorded)

 

 

The winners of 2004 then are O-Zone with the iconic 'Dragostea Din Tei', better known as 'Ma ya hi' and 'Numa Numa'. Basically the 'Gangnam Style' of the 00s except they never had another hit.

 

 

Here is the full recap of 2002, including the songs that didn't qualify for the final:

 

1 O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei 92

2 LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above 81

3 Gladiator feat. Izzy - Now We Are Free 70

4 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl 62

5 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body 62

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6 Damien Rice - Cannonball 58

7 Khia - My Neck, My Back (Lick It) 56

8 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me 43

9 3 Of A Kind - Baby Cakes 42

10 Special D - Come With Me 40

11 Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom 36

12 Frankee - F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back) 35

13 The Pirates feat. Enya, Shola Ama, Nalia Boss & Ishani - You Should Really Know 34

14 Eamon - f*** It (I Don't Want You Back) 34

15 Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes 29

16 Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock 28

17 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? 26

18 Narcotic Thrust - I Like It 25

19 Gunther & The Sunshine Girls - Ding Dong Song 23

20 Hoobastank - The Reason 22

21 Candee Jay - If I Were You 21

22 Oceanlab - Satellite 21

23 Stellar Project feat. Brandi Emma - Get Up Stand Up 21

24 J-Kwon - Tipsy 21

25 Shaznay Lewis - Never Felt Like This Before 20

26 Ice Cube feat. Mack 10 & Ms Toi - You Can Do It 20

27 Ana Johnsson - We Are 19

28 Delays - Long Time Coming 19

29 Mario Winans feat. Enya & P Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know 18

30 Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man 17

31 Eyeopener - Hungry Eyes 16

32 FYA feat. Smujji - Must Be Love 13

33 Agnetha Faltskog - If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind 12

34 Danzel - Pump It Up 12

35 I Dream feat. Frankie & Calvin - Dreaming 9

36 Wolfman feat. Pete Doherty - For Lovers 9

37 Marques Houston feat. Joe Budden & Pied Piper - Clubbin 8

38 Jentina - French Kisses 6

39 Merrion, McCall & Kensit - I Got You Babe/Soda Pop 6

40 Duncan James & Keedie - I Believe My Heart 5

41 DT8 Project - The Sun Is Shining (Down On Me) 4

42 Cassidy feat. R. Kelly - Hotel 4

43 Houston feat. Chingy, Nate Dogg & I-20 - I Like That 3

44 JC Chasez - Some Girls (Dance With Women) / Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love) 3

45 Slipknot - Duality 3

46 50 Cent & G Unit - If I Can't/Them Thangs 1

47 Lil' Flip feat. Lea - Sunshine 1

48 3rd Wish feat. Baby Bash - Obsesion (Si Es Amor) 0

49 4-4-2 - Come On England 0

50 ATL - Calling All Girls 0

51 Girls Of FHM - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? 0

52 Hope Of The States - The Red The White The Black The Blue 0

53 Lloyd Banks - On Fire 0

54 Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds 0

55 The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk 0

56 Twisted X - Born In England 0

 

Here's how the final 75 is looking so far~

 

2000 Andreas Johnson - Glorious

2000 Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence

2002 DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven

2004 Gladiator feat. Izzy - Now We Are Free

2004 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

2001 Kate Winslet - What If

2003 Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On

2002 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje)

2004 LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

2003 Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh Oooh Uh Oooh)

2002 Mad'house - Like A Prayer

2000 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)

2003 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World

2004 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body

2004 O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

2001 PPK - Resurection

2002 Puretone - Addicted To Bass

2001 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance

2001 Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me

2000 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

2001 The Supermen Lovers feat. Mani Hoffman - Starlight

2003 Tomcraft - Loneliness

2002 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles

2003 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

2000 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

Next up, the 2005 results.

Another excellent winner, shame Come With Me didn't make it but at least it was comfortably outside the top 5 & didn't just miss.
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Now we go to 2005 and see which 5 songs qualified:

 

No near misses here as Inaya Day is 13 points ahead of the #6 (DHT 'Listen to Your Heart') with Scott Mills fave 'Nasty Girl'. If only it swapped chart runs with The Notorious B.I.G.'s song of the same name though.

 

 

Next is a band who came top of BBC Sound Of and then went on to have one big single. Still better than Michael KiwanWHOka anyway. And the song is great too which is what matters the most really.

 

 

Well this was never going to miss the final really, the song was unbelievably massive, with 13 weeks in the top 10 but it could only peak at #2. Still very much remembered, unlike any other songs he released.

 

 

And another indie band making the final :o Caesars make the top 2 with the catchy 'Jerk It Out'

 

 

Sunset Strippers top the list then, proving that rip-off versions can be more popular than the originals (poor Cabin Crew only make #16 here). Not that they're much different anyway.

 

 

Here is the full recap of 2005, including the songs that didn't qualify for the final:

 

1 Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars 101

2 Caesars - Jerk It Out 88

3 Daniel Powter - Bad Day 87

4 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake 86

5 Inaya Day - Nasty Girl 80

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6 DHT feat. Edmee - Listen To Your Heart 67

7 Nizlopi - JCB Song 61

8 Bodyrockers - I Like The Way 59

9 Phantom Planet - California 58

10 Daddy Yankee - Gasolina 56

11 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice 53

12 Dana Rayne - Object Of My Desire 37

13 The Lovefreekz - Shine 37

14 Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved 32

15 Soul Central feat. Kathy Brown - Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own) 29

16 Cabin Crew - Star To Fall 28

17 Max Graham vs. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart 25

18 Dancing DJs vs. Roxette - Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave) 24

19 Jo O'Meara - What Hurts The Most 24

20 Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Makes Me Sweat) 23

21 Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekerz - Perfection 22

22 Freeloaders feat. The Real Thing - So Much Love To Give 18

23 Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low/Lovers And Friends 18

24 Herd & Fitz feat. Abigail Bailey - I Just Can't Get Enough 16

25 Love Bites - You Broke My Heart 11

26 Tyler James - Foolish 11

27 Bobby Valentino - Slow Down 10

28 Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg - We Laughed 9

29 Studio B - I See Girls 7

30 Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley - Welcome To Jamrock 7

31 Mattafix - Big City Life 6

32 The Tears - Refugees 5

33 Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body 5

34 G4 - Bohemian Rhapsody 4

35 Freefaller - Do This! Do That! 3

36 The Faders - No Sleep Tonight 2

37 The Mars Volta - The Widow 1

38 Ben Adams - Sorry 0

39 Bizarre - Rockstar 0

40 British Sea Power - It Ended On An Oily Stage 0

41 British Whale - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 0

42 Howard Brown - You're The First, The Last, My Everything 0

43 Jamesy P - Nookie 0

44 Keedie & The England Cricket Team - Jerusalem 0

45 One World Project - Grief Never Grows Old 0

46 Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding 0

47 Seagulls Ska - Tom Hark (We Want Falmer) 0

48 Thirteen Senses - Thru The Glass 0

 

Here's how the final 75 is looking now~

 

2000 Andreas Johnson - Glorious

2005 Caesars - Jerk It Out

2005 Daniel Powter - Bad Day

2000 Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence

2002 DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven

2004 Gladiator feat. Izzy - Now We Are Free

2005 Inaya Day - Nasty Girl

2004 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

2001 Kate Winslet - What If

2003 Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On

2002 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje)

2004 LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

2003 Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh Oooh Uh Oooh)

2002 Mad'house - Like A Prayer

2000 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)

2003 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World

2004 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body

2004 O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

2001 PPK - Resurection

2002 Puretone - Addicted To Bass

2001 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance

2001 Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me

2000 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

2005 Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars

2005 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

2001 The Supermen Lovers feat. Mani Hoffman - Starlight

2003 Tomcraft - Loneliness

2002 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles

2003 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

2000 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

Next up, 2006-8, which will be opened in a new thread shortly.

Pleased to see Jerk It Out, Are You Gonna Be My Girl and An Honest Mistake all make it through

UGH! I MISSED THIS ROUND AND THIS WAS THE ROUND I WANTED TO DO THE MOST! :cry: :cry:

 

FFS. (Yay at Sunset Strippers and Daniel Powter making it though <3)

I can't tell you how amazed I am to see Gladiator make the top 5!! I genuinely only thought I'd be the only one voting for it, I only even became aware of it because of its presence on Now 58 all those years ago. Awesome to see it get a lot of fellow Buzzjack love, it really is one of my last genuine dance faves of the whole decade. A 2000/2001 release would have had it chart much higher but sadly it arrived a bit too late to get a stronger release.

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