20. Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre (feat. Eminem)
(chart-run: 7-13-13-16-26-37-50-63-75)

19. Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers
(chart-run: 2-4-8-9-10-17-21-27-39-49-68-72-62R(407))

18. All Saints - Black Coffee
(chart-run: 1-3-7-9-22-33-37-43-40-43-41-52-47-51-66-73-71R(4)-69R(2))

17. B-15 Project - Girls Like Us (feat. Crissy D & Lady G)
(chart-run: 7-12-19-33-47-62-58-58-69R(2)-55)

16. Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler
(chart-run: 2-4-4-6-7-9-16-20-26-29-33-54)



Kicking off today's countdown is a rap collaboration courtesy of Dr Dre and Eminem! This may have been released in 2000 but is actually taken from the Dr Dre album '2001'. It was the second single released from the record after 'Still D.R.E', so another one that incorporates his name. This one is particularly narcissistic as it pretty much exists as a reminder of how much of a legend he is in his field. I mean... the credentials are right there in the song, so fair enough. This includes reeling off names such as Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg, whom he had an influence on. The song also served the purpose of hitting back at critics (one example in the lyrics is because he "turned pop") and he certainly does that in a confident manner. Eminem joins the ride for some seriously chaotic verses and an earworm of a chorus. This team-up hit #25 in the U.S. and #7 in the U.K. chart, although didn't have the greatest longevity. Still, its legacy lives on through Kisstory as that radio station's insistence on spamming it is what made it properly click for me! The main draw in my opinion is the killer bouncy electronic sounds that loop throughout the whole song. Then, if that wasn't enough, guitar elements make for quite an epic portion later on! For me, 'Forget About Dre' is very unforgettable, although the Hittman song that gets exposure at the end of the video... yeah, that one is perhaps less of a classic.

Next up is a song that has witnessed a recent revival! Sugababes tackled a respectable cover of it last year and Nathan Dawe recently made the chart with a... pretty tacky and questionable version. But at #19 we have the original and best version of 'Flowers' by Sweet Female Attitude! 20 years ago the dance act first unleashed this song on our eardrums as their debut single and it made an impressive #2 in the chart! I guess it's not too much of a surprise as UK Garage music was absolutely thriving at the time. In fact, this is not even the only garage song to make this section! It is often mentioned in lists of best UK Garage songs - with the likes of The Guardian, Mixmag and NME taking this approach. Deservedly so! The lyrics demonstrate the singer's devotion to her love interest, as she will bring him flowers in the pouring rain just to make his day and defiantly admits that she's here to stay. So this flips a sad scenario into more of a positive one. That, coupled with the UK Garage grooves, make for a very feel-good dancefloor stomper. I particularly love the stuttery conclusions to the choruses. The video is a fairly straightforward affair as the Mancunian double act are in a packed club singing the song. That's pretty much it. Although there are some rather poor floral graphics added in for the fun of it. Now, can we have no more rap covers of this please?

All Saints are back at #18 after previously featuring in the 1997 portion of this countdown with 'I Know Where It's At'! Now, for 2000, they appear with two songs. What a smashing year it was for their output. 'Black Coffee' was the group's fifth and final UK #1 single. They were only the second girl-group ever, after the Spice Girls of course, to achieve five number 1 singles in the U.K. Wow! 'Black Coffee' was originally supposed to be released by a lady named Kirsty Bertarelli, as she wrote it and everything, but way more excitement was garnered by the prospect of an All Saints version. So that is exactly what happened. Bertarelli made thousands from royalties so I'm sure she's doing just fine. 'Black Coffee' is the only All Saints single that does not involve Shaznay Lewis on writing as a result. It's a sad love song, as it's about love at first sight but also disharmony that later arises in the relationship. I guess the beauty of music is that we can interpret a song in our own way. For me, I tend to forget about any animosity suggested and just treat it as a relaxing song. This is largely helped by William Orbit's stunning ambient production style. But also it's easy to take "I wouldn't wanna be anywhere else but here" and run away with it as a comforting lyric about living in the present. I guess it's harder to do that when watching the video, as it features a lot of frozen shots that include some of a couple arguing. But yes, in a standalone scenario I can easily get lost in all of its heavenly glory. On top of the production, All Saints just have the most wondrous harmonies. That's a huge part of their appeal for me. I was introduced to this single on SingStar as a kid so I found it very easy for the chorus to get lodged in my brain too when singing it all the time. I also feel that it was a trailblazing moment for experimental girl-group music as the structure is a bit unusual. Speaking of which... can we just talk about THAT ending? *.* as it's a song that peaks right at the final hurdle. I do love the ambience but wow, that sudden kick of explosive production right at the end, rounded off finally by some underwater sounding harmonies, is genius. What a song! The Saint & Sinners era was such a treat. Well, in terms of music, because the group were unfortunately fighting behind the scenes at around that period. Thankfully time heals, so they reunited and gifted us with some further projects.

At #17 we have another tune that peaked at #7 like 'Forgot About Dre' earlier! This time it's 'Girls Like Us' by B-15 Project with vocals from Crissy D and Lady G. Hearing this so soon after 'Flowers' is really making me realise how similar the two are. I guess it's easy to compare when they're both UK Garage songs with exclusively female vocals. But the stuttered bits in the chorus here are really reminiscent of that song too. I guess what gave this the edge was the extra feel-good factor. Plus it has an iconic rap from Lady G on it - there's not much information on the featured singers but I'm pretty sure it's her. Yeah, that really adds another exciting layer to the song. A slight gripe I have with this single is that it's called 'Girls Like Us' when it definitely says "girls like this" in the chorus. So I wonder what that's about. Another niggle is the video as it goes over my head each time. Girls just seem to be giving each other evils and laughing at one another... until it closes with two guys thinking of this whole scenario the entire time. Yeah I don't know, it just doesn't quite fit the vibes of the song that well for me. Even a basic club video would've done the job! Well, these things aside, this song is always an instant pick-me-up for me and one of the finest tunes to come out of the UK Garage world. It's a shame that both Sweet Female Attitude and B-15 Project seemed to fade into obscurity.

Finally, we round off this section with an absolute classic! 'Freestyler' by Bomfunk MC's spent 6 weeks in the top 10 which is the most of any song in this section. It had to settle for a #2 peak but it can certainly boast staying power. Bomfunk MC's are a Finnish hip-hop group so this impacting the U.K. chart (and many other charts around the world) is a rather cool feat considering that nationality. The group may adopt a hip-hop style but this is more of a breakbeat song. I think this was the first exposure I had to this kind of music! It has a massive bassline running through it and the chorus is so infectious. Gotta love the rhymes here like "microphone" and "dome", plus "Celine Dion" and "Karma Chameleon". It just really doesn't take itself seriously at all and is a fantastic song for feeling pumped thanks to its frantic nature. This music video is much better than the last in this section thankfully. It features a young boy on a train who is able to control the flow of time on other humans. The device he uses for this? Oh, on his MiniDisc. Honestly, why not! He makes the most of these newfound powers and just vibes with them - controlling dancing and the movements of escalators, looking quite pleased with himself. Bomfunk MC's apparently went on to have another top 40 hit - in fact it peaked as high as #11?! Well, I can safely say that I haven't heard that before. But this one is an enduring classic.

:wub: for Bomfunk MC's, Sweet Female Attitude (much as Nathan Dawe is trying to taint the memory of that song x) and Dr. Dre from that section. 2000 a weirdly prolific year for Finnish dance classics with both 'Sandstorm' and 'Freestyler' :magic:

 

Don't think I know the B-15 Project song unless it's another one that I heard once in a plug.dj Now! listenthrough and since forgot about - Googling the lyrics to try and jog my memory hasn't helped much as the top result transcribes the lyrics as just '[instrumental] [Weird lyrics]' :lol: !

Freestyler is a banger :wub: Did you see they did a new 2019 video for it? It was pretty much exactly the same so I'm not sure what the point was but at least the song got attention! :lol:

 

Have a lot of love for Flowers and Black Coffee as well <3

 

 

Sandstorm is way too low here though! one of my absolute faves of the 00s.

really like Flowers too,

Freestyler and Girls Like Us two other good dance tracks

from the non-dance I think Shackles may be my fave of the last 10

Not sure if I remember Freestyler! Giving a listen now, almost certain this was in an NMTBJ (was it one of yours?) nice track though! I wish the rap in the charts now was more like this.

:wub: for Bomfunk MC's, Sweet Female Attitude (much as Nathan Dawe is trying to taint the memory of that song x) and Dr. Dre from that section. 2000 a weirdly prolific year for Finnish dance classics with both 'Sandstorm' and 'Freestyler' :magic:

 

Don't think I know the B-15 Project song unless it's another one that I heard once in a plug.dj Now! listenthrough and since forgot about - Googling the lyrics to try and jog my memory hasn't helped much as the top result transcribes the lyrics as just '[instrumental] [Weird lyrics]' :lol: !

Hey there Bray :hi: :heart:

 

Glad you picked out as many as 3/5 from that one! Don't get me started on the Nathan Dawe song -_- it's amusing when Rob hypes the rap up on Skype and all but I'm finding it hard to ironically stan otherwise. Just why x Oh yes of course that Finnish dance connection is right there :o well then, that is very cool *.*

 

Yeah the B-15 Project song would definitely have been played at a Now plug session as those compilations was how I discovered it :lol: Now 46 to be exact, one of my favourite editions and it's full to the brim with dance hits :wub: OMG at that top lyrical result !!! that's hilarious :lol: didn't come across that haha.

 

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Freestyler is a banger :wub: Did you see they did a new 2019 video for it? It was pretty much exactly the same so I'm not sure what the point was but at least the song got attention! :lol:

 

Have a lot of love for Flowers and Black Coffee as well <3

Hey there Chez :hi: :heart:

 

Ooh yes I did correctly remember that you were a 'Freestyler' fan *.* (I think from it being played on plug.dj before or something) - I have not seen the 2019 video for this :o I am now intrigued so will have to check it out :lol: lmao at it being virtually the same though :') much creativity. x

 

Woo, both of those songs still sound so fresh *.*

 

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Sandstorm is way too low here though! one of my absolute faves of the 00s.

really like Flowers too,

Freestyler and Girls Like Us two other good dance tracks

from the non-dance I think Shackles may be my fave of the last 10

Hey there Dan :hi: :heart:

 

Ahhhh the ordering for 2000 was the most brutal so far </3 'Sandstorm' is indeed a classic though *.* glad you like 'Flowers' too, I'd have been shocked otherwise! The quality of dance is really jumping out this year - still more to come too :heart: and ooh cool, 'Shackles' is such a feel-good fave <3

 

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Not sure if I remember Freestyler! Giving a listen now, almost certain this was in an NMTBJ (was it one of yours?) nice track though! I wish the rap in the charts now was more like this.

Hey there Pete :hi: :heart:

 

I don't think I've included 'Freestyler' in one of my own NMTBJ rounds but I do think you're right about it being in somebody's! :lol: Good to hear that you're a fan anyway. Oh I would live for something like this in the charts again one day. Here's hoping!

 

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Hi there Jade!

Been a long time since I've commented here!

Here are some of my favourites in your 1999 chart, since my last comment:

01. Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

05. Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

06. Wamdue Project - King of My Castle

09. Fatboy Slim - Praise You

12. The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

15. Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me

17. Smash Mouth - All Star

19. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

26. TLC - No Scrubs

And here are some of my favourites in your 2000 chart:

16. Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

20. Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre (feat. Eminem)

22. Britney Spears - Stronger

23. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

24. Darude - Sandstorm

28. Coldplay - Trouble

29. Aaliyah - Try Again

30. Craig David - Fill Me In

36. LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight

39. Daft Punk - One More Time

Great selection of songs!

Oops I've fallen behind a bit :kink:

 

Fill Me In :wub: My favourite Craig David track. I'm also going to have to write a paragraph about it for my "R&B/Hip-Hop #1's" thread and I think you've put almost everything I was going to write :lol:

 

Rock DJ is one of Robbie's best I think (I'd probably rank it 3rd or 4th behind Radio, Angels and maybe Candy). The video is certainly something!

 

Shackles (Praise You) is a song I've always enjoyed and my appreciation of it has only grown since 'Rainfall' which was my favourite track from Stormzy's latest album.

 

Forgot About Dre is certainly a classic and my favourite song you've included from 2000 so far. It's mad how good of a streak Dre was on with this, Still D.R.E. & The Next Episode being released consecutively. Memorable is a very apt word to describe it; it's one of those songs where I've seemed to have memorised every word without even thinking about it.

 

One More Time, Try Again, Sandstorm & Flowers are all really good tunes too :D

Hi there Jade!

Been a long time since I've commented here!

Here are some of my favourites in your 1999 chart, since my last comment:

01. Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

05. Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

06. Wamdue Project - King of My Castle

09. Fatboy Slim - Praise You

12. The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

15. Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me

17. Smash Mouth - All Star

19. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

26. TLC - No Scrubs

And here are some of my favourites in your 2000 chart:

16. Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

20. Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre (feat. Eminem)

22. Britney Spears - Stronger

23. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

24. Darude - Sandstorm

28. Coldplay - Trouble

29. Aaliyah - Try Again

30. Craig David - Fill Me In

36. LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight

39. Daft Punk - One More Time

Great selection of songs!

Hey there Sergej :hi: :heart:

 

Great to have you back in here commenting again! Ooh lots of highlights to see - especially impressive to have 10 for 2000 so far when the top 15 is yet to be revealed *.*

 

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Oops I've fallen behind a bit :kink:

 

Fill Me In :wub: My favourite Craig David track. I'm also going to have to write a paragraph about it for my "R&B/Hip-Hop #1's" thread and I think you've put almost everything I was going to write :lol:

 

Rock DJ is one of Robbie's best I think (I'd probably rank it 3rd or 4th behind Radio, Angels and maybe Candy). The video is certainly something!

 

Shackles (Praise You) is a song I've always enjoyed and my appreciation of it has only grown since 'Rainfall' which was my favourite track from Stormzy's latest album.

 

Forgot About Dre is certainly a classic and my favourite song you've included from 2000 so far. It's mad how good of a streak Dre was on with this, Still D.R.E. & The Next Episode being released consecutively. Memorable is a very apt word to describe it; it's one of those songs where I've seemed to have memorised every word without even thinking about it.

 

One More Time, Try Again, Sandstorm & Flowers are all really good tunes too :D

Hey there Lewis :hi: :heart:

 

No worries, welcome back to the thread :D 'Fill Me In' is an excellent choice of favourite Craig David song! Away from the collabs I think it'd be my favourite of his too. Looking forward to seeing the commentary for that in your thread (sorry for the unintentional crossover with your own thoughts though :lol:) - I have been following along but need to comment more! Glad you also think that 'Rock DJ' is a Robbie highlight *.* and 'Angels' would definitely be up there for me too (as seen in the 1997 part of this :o) - the video a very memorable moment in his back catalogue for sure, if not for the best reasons :') :lol:

 

Pleased to see so much appreciation for 'Shackles (Praise You)' so far! I haven't heard that Stormzy album yet but did get exposure of 'Rainfall' thanks to the BRITS as mentioned - what a genius use of a sample *.* yay for 'Forgot About Dre' love too :heart: shall see if any of the top 15 ends up topping it for you! Omg 'The Next Episode' too, what a tune! That's interesting, I think I'd probably be able to recite every word too, aided by Kisstory's spamming of it :lol:

 

Yay for some dance favourites for you too :cheer:

 

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Freestyler what a tune that is, Forgot About Dre some classic rap there with Dr Dre/Eminem. 'Flowers' the far superior version to Nathan Dawe's which is terrible.

 

:wub: at your 25-21. Particular favourites of mine which appeared in My Top 100 Songs of the 00s I did a few years back in 'Sandstorm ' what a tune that is and also 'Rock DJ' I would unashamedly listen to this any day.

Freestyler what a tune that is, Forgot About Dre some classic rap there with Dr Dre/Eminem. 'Flowers' the far superior version to Nathan Dawe's which is terrible.

 

:wub: at your 25-21. Particular favourites of mine which appeared in My Top 100 Songs of the 00s I did a few years back in 'Sandstorm ' what a tune that is and also 'Rock DJ' I would unashamedly listen to this any day.

Hey there Mack :hi: :heart:

 

Glad you're continuing to enjoy so many of these hits! The Nathan Dawe version of 'Flowers' is truly naff :') can't believe how high it's charting right now! Ooh yes that countdown of yours sounds familiar - hooray for 'Sandstorm' featuring *.* I will happily play 'Rock DJ' all these years later too :heart:

 

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top 15 of 2000 kicking off later tonight ^_^

15. Oasis - Go Let It Out
(chart-run: 1-4-17-38-55-59-54-44-56-67-52R(2)-74)

14. David Gray - Babylon
(chart-run: 5-9-14-15-19-24-28-33-33-42-53-64)

13. Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast
(chart-run: 2-4-7-12-19-25-32-36-43-60-68-64R(4))

12. Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again
(chart-run: 1-2-3-6-9-16-18-20-27-34-38-46-49-55)

11. Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
(chart-run: 1-1-3-5-10-17-19-19-26-36-40-45-57-61-65-54-53-57-69-74)



Oasis, like All Saints in the previous section, are another group who are now back in my countdown after previously appearing in the 1997 part of it! Although with less members this time - as guitarist Bonehead and bassist Guigsy were out of the band, with just Alan White accompanying the Gallagher brothers here. Oasis reached an impressive #3 for my 1997 favourites with 'D'You Know What I Mean?' and now return as my 15th favourite chart hit of 2000 with 'Go Let It Out'. This was the single that kicked off the 'Standing on the Shoulder of Giants' era. The band could not put a foot wrong as this was yet another #1 single for them. Noel Gallagher was the writer behind this hit and confessed to thinking that 'Go Let It Out' was "head and shoulders" above any other songs he had written during this time, and "up there with some of the best things I've ever done." - high praise for a group who already had a string of signature songs by this point. 'Go Let It Out' appears to be a social commentary about the class system. It points out that rich people (such as "princes and kings") would be nowhere without the working class. My favourite lyric is probably "ordinary people that are like you and me, we're the keepers of their destiny" as it feels quite unifying and powerful. Really the world could rebel at any minute if it truly wanted to. This anger about the system feels really relevant to the protests currently happening around the world actually, albeit a different issue to racism. Away from the lyrics, it's unmistakably Liam who takes on vocals here. I personally think that it's a really triumphant moment for him vocally. His snarling tone matches up to the frustration of the lyrical content well. The production of the song is a massive highlight too - a particularly euphoric moment is the "pick up the bass" line followed by a seriously killer bassline. There are pretty psychedelic moments to the production that are reminiscent of 'Strawberry Fields Forever' by The Beatles also. In fact, it's no coincidence that I've always thought that, as Noel stated that this song was "the closest we came to sounding like a modern day Beatles". The accompanying video is fairly simple but also gave me psychedelic Beatles feelings too - as the bus Liam is travelling on, coupled with rainbow filters in places, reminded me of the gloriously terrible 'Magical Mystery Tour' movie. Hey at least the accompanying album was good. 'Go Let It Out' is easily my favourite single to come from the 'Standing on the Shoulder of Giants' era and a general Oasis highlight of the 2000s too. Nothing will top Oasis' 90s material, they churned out so many classics during that period, but they still took some strong stabs at continuing the magic throughout the noughties. Still patiently waiting for fresh music of course.

Now we depart from the Oasis bus and join David Gray in the train station that he's hanging around at here. 'Babylon' by Lady Gaga may be on everyone's lips right now, including my own, but it's time to briefly exit Chromatica and focus on Gray's biggest ever hit of the same name. 'Babylon' was originally released in 1999 but it took a re-release in 2000 for it to reach its eventual #5 peak. It even charted at #57 in the U.S. too. 'Babylon' is taken from his monstrously massive fourth album 'White Ladder' which was riding high in both the EOY charts for 2000 and 2001. In fact it was within the top 5 best selling albums of the entire 2000s decade here. Wow. The nation took to 'Babylon' and I can definitely see why. It's a folktronica song so that is a unique but welcomed piece of genre blending for a chart hit. This song makes me feel like I'm floating on air or something as it personifies freedom - with lyrics such as "let go of your heart, let go of your head and feel it now". It seems to be about leaving behind fear and doubt for maximum fulfilment. It's certainly a journey of emotions throughout. The soothing vocals, plus gentle strokes of guitar and ambient electronic elements, only add to the feeling of relaxation. The delivery of the bridge and chorus in particular are so satisfying. The video features pretty normal locations - from the train station, to a newsagents, to a club. But such simplicity is really heightened right now when sights of this kind have been pretty alien for a while, in the midst of a global pandemic. This song holds a particularly special place in my heart due to positive quiz night memories. At our local pub, back when they hosted a music quiz, my team had tied with another so it was taken to a tiebreak. The quiz master would play a few seconds of a song and the first to slap their hand down and name it would win. So, in comes that intro and my hand was straight down after about a second. David Gray, I have you to thank for securing the jackpot that week.

Next up is one of the first singles I ever owned on vinyl! Rewind back to my 17th birthday on 4th August 2014 and my parents kindly gifted me a record player that year. They started off my collection with a Clean Bandit vinyl and some records from the Now! That's What I Call Music franchise. However, this brand new exciting collection would still build up that day, as I popped into a charity shop that was next to the location of my birthday meal. In here I picked up 'Scandalous' by Mis-teeq on vinyl and also... the song at #13 for 2000... 'Movin' Too Fast' by Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson! I've recently been working my way through my entire record collection alphabetically so this already came up pretty quickly. I got to that vinyl while Bray was staying with me so we listened to it together. I hope he didn't mind me putting him through various versions of the same song in a row :kink: in all fairness - what a TUNE! A 2000 section would apparently not be complete without a UK Garage hit so here we go. This was another #2 peaking single for Artful Dodger after 'Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)' - how frustrating - but it was a massive improvement on the original just by Romina Johnson, that didn't make much of a dent in 1999. But bring on a new millennium and a fresh team-up and voila, it fared much better this time. This is more subdued compared to the in-your-face nature of 'Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)' but still every bit as catchy for me. Plus I enjoy the added twinkly element to the production in addition to the essential UK Garage ingredients. 'Movin Too Fast' is unsurprisingly about not wanting to rush into taking things further. "Gotta sit back, relax" is a lyric I'll happily take on board right now. Earlier I mentioned that 'Flowers' had been covered by Sugababes for the DJ Spoony 'Garage Classical' album. Well, 'Movin' Too Fast' appears on there too so 2000 was clearly a point of reference! It's Paloma Faith who tackles this and I quite enjoy her voice on it too. The video for 'Movin' Too Fast' is pretty basic, with singing, dancing and a backing band all in front of a plain background, but at least Romina featured in it, after 'Movin' Too Fast' was originally just her song and all.

At #12 we have Britney Spears' second and final appearance of 2000! The pop princess is back with the lead single from her sophomore album 'Oops!...I Did It Again'. I have been revisiting each song for this countdown anyway but this one is extra fresh in my mind. This is because the Britney AF hosted a listening session of this album yesterday and I attended! So it's great timing for this to come up when I've had a complete refresh of what the whole era was about. Every artist worries about the sophomore slump but Britney got it just right and bagged herself another #1 hit in the U.K. with this lead single. I remember being shocked to learn that 'Oops!...I Did It Again' 'only' peaked at #9 in the U.S. but the performance of the accompanying album well and truly made up for that at least. Britney was now 18 years old by this point and wasn't afraid to state that "I'm not that innocent". This era felt like a really natural progression from teen-pop star to adulthood. She stayed in a safe lane sonically, with Max Martin still a driving force, but the whole record was a bit more mature thematically, without pushing it too far. 'Oops!...I Did It Again' really feels like a '...Baby One More Time' moment all over again - it was a ready made smash hit with a punchy chorus, Max Martin and Rami Yacoub involvement, the ellipsis title was there once more, it plays to the endearing strengths of her voice and the video was iconic again. It generally has the same aura of a perfectly aligned launchpad - this time for a new era. 'Oops!...I Did It Again' is about a female who views love as a game, but the lover thinks it's a serious relationship. Hence the 'Oops!'. I guess it was different of Britney to put herself in the shoes of a player, as it so often seems to be from a guy's perspective in music. I already mentioned that this song generally seemed like quite safe territory for Britney, but something wildly different about 'Oops!...' is a spoken word middle 8 referencing the film Titanic! It's so random but quotable. The accompanying album has spoken word parts in boatloads though, so this definitely isn't an isolated moment. Britney herself was the mastermind behind the video concept - everything from the space theme to the red outfit was requested by her. That red latex bodysuit is truly one of her most standout costumes! Plus I used to recreate that hairstyle sometimes when I used to wear it straight. The space theme really clicked too. She kills the dance moves as ever and would do so for the VMAs mash-up of this song and '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' also. My favourite recent fact that I've found out about this song is that it was nominated for a Kids Choice Award - for 'favourite song' - but lost out to 'Who Let The Dogs Out?'. Wow. Poor Brit failed to win any of her 4 VMA nominations either, but at least the aforementioned performance was hailed, as all of hers seem to be... minus the messy 'Gimme More' year. Yeah let's forget about that one.

Just missing out on a spot in the top 10, but instead rounding off this section on a glorious high, is 'Lady (Hear Me Tonight)' by Modjo! The dance duo achieved the rare 2000 feat of producing a #1 single that spent more than a singular week at the top - this time 2. It became a chart topper in September of that year, so it feels like the music video would've been keeping the vibes of summer alive amongst collective groans of children returning back to school. It features three teenagers getting up to typical summer activities such as going for drives and attending some kind of county fair / festival type affair. A random aesthetic point that I really appreciate is the sky often looking beautiful with its clear blue state - this is made even better when one of the kids in the video is in front of it playing a blue guitar! Anyway, away from that, the kids find themselves in tough situations (like being hit by a bottle when performing and their car breaking down) - but the finale really exudes joy with them all taking in a cliff view of the city. I could really absorb the feeling of appreciating a moment together. 'Lady (Hear Me Tonight)' is such an warm song itself! The lyrics are seriously romantic with lines such as "can't you see you're my delight?" and "I won't get you out of my mind" - so it's pretty easy to sense the feel-good factor. I love the loopy nature of the song too and those glorious French House grooves. The song actually contains a guitar sample of 'Soup for One' by Chic, so that adds a fun disco flavour to it too. Modjo would later have a #12 follow-up hit 'Chillin' the following year, but the next single 'What I Mean' failed to crack the top 40 and then they tailed off. At least their biggest hit feels really well remembered to this day.

Oops! is such a classic!! It stands up so well now, and the spoken word section *_*

 

I love Black Coffee too, such a sophisticated track :heart:

Oops! is my favourite from your 11-15 section (probably not a surprise :kink: ) but I really like the Modjo and Artful Dodger songs too - dance classics! :wub:

Oops! is such a classic!! It stands up so well now, and the spoken word section *_*

 

I love Black Coffee too, such a sophisticated track :heart:

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Ahhh tell me about it! Definitely one of Britney's most enduring hits <3 the spoken word section was such a whacky but genius move *_* :lol:

 

Glad that you're a fan of 'Black Coffee' too - definitely up there with All Saints' very best!

 

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Oops! is my favourite from your 11-15 section (probably not a surprise :kink: ) but I really like the Modjo and Artful Dodger songs too - dance classics! :wub:

Hey there Jay :hi: :heart:

 

Haha, yes, with you being a Britney mod I would've had a slight suspicion :kink: yay, I still hear both of them a lot nowadays <3

 

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Movin' Too Fast my favourite from your 15-11 section. The female vocalist sounds like Whitney Houston to me but could be just me that thinks. Great song that.I really like Modjo, classic dance track that. Oops... Some classic Britney there. Great tracks from Oasis and David Gray.

Movin' Too Fast my favourite from your 15-11 section. The female vocalist sounds like Whitney Houston to me but could be just me that thinks. Great song that.I really like Modjo, classic dance track that. Oops... Some classic Britney there. Great tracks from Oasis and David Gray.

Hey there Mack :hi: :heart:

 

Cool to hear that you're a big 'Movin' Too Fast' fan! I'll have to listen out for the Whitney comparison next time :o 'Oops!' is definitely up there as a Britney classic <3

 

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Lady (Hear Me Tonight), a classic! one of the few songs here I knew from a very young age as it was on some random compilation of party songs I had.

Movin Too Fast is great too, it's narrowly my fave of theirs over Rewind for how smooth it is.

Lady (Hear Me Tonight), a classic! one of the few songs here I knew from a very young age as it was on some random compilation of party songs I had.

Movin Too Fast is great too, it's narrowly my fave of theirs over Rewind for how smooth it is.

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Yesss 'Lady (Hear Me Tonight)' is a song I can remember from a young age too - not quite in 2000 but maybe a couple of years later. I think it was on some kind of compilation in our house too - perhaps a #1s one. Its impact *.* yay, 'Movin Too Fast' was a completely different direction in terms of energy but a welcomed one <3

 

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Lady (Hear Me Tonight) is a real blast to the start of my life *.* Definitely a song I remember being around all the time when I was younger!