Posted December 28, 20231 yr The OCC look back at 2004: There's only one possible response to this list of 100 songs turning 20 next year: "2004, what a time to be alive!" The first new Number 1 of the year was Michelle McManus' Pop Idol winner's single All This Time, which topped the Official Singles Chart for three straight weeks after being released in January. Once Pop Idol was succeeded by The X Factor, it became standard practice for winners' singles to drop in December just in time for the annual festive chart battle. In fact, from 2005 and 2014, seven Christmas Number 1s in 10 years were claimed by the latest X Factor winner. Anyway, back to 2004. It was a year where four beloved artists – Busted, Britney Spears, McFly and Usher – claimed two Number 1s apiece. Busted reached the top with Who's David and their double A-side release Thunderbirds/3AM, while Britney scored Number 1s with her iconic dance-pop banger Toxic and gorgeously haunting ballad Everytime – that's what we call range. Meanwhile, McFly gatecrashed the mainstream in style by reaching Number 1 with their first two singles – the perky pop nuggets 5 Colours in Her Hair and Obviously – and then scoring a Number 1 album with their debut, Room on the 3rd Floor. Like Britney, Usher displayed his range by making Number 1 with a club banger (Yeah!) followed by a more reflective ballad (Burn). Other notable Number 1s included Eamon's scathing break-up bop f*** It (I Don't Want You Back) and Frankee's equally salty answer record F.U.R.B. (f*** You Right Back). Though Frankie claimed at the time to be his real-life ex, Eamon insisted this was just a clever marketing ploy. "I have never met Frankee and she is definitely not my girlfriend or ex-girlfriend," he told MTV News at the time. "The only way I was associated with [her song]was when I was asked for licensing permission by Frankee's representatives, which makes me a writer on her song by copyright law." The final Number 1 of the year was a much more family-friendly effort: Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20, the third iteration of the charity supergroup following 1984's original team-up and 1989's Band Aid II. Performers who featured on the 2004 recording of Do They Know It's Christmas? included Busted, Sugababes, Dizzee Rascal, Coldplay's Chris Martin, Beverley Knight, Dido, Jamelia, Joss Stone and Will Young. Their collaborative single went on to spend four weeks at Number 1 – just one less than the 1984 version managed. Meanwhile, 2004 also yielded some absolutely classic Number 2s – among them Girls Aloud's The Show and Love Machine, Rachel Stevens' Some Girls, Kelis' Milkshake and Kylie Minogue's I Believe in You. On top of this, it brought the Official Singles Chart debut of The Killers' Mr Brightside, which has gone on to spend more weeks in the Top 100 than any other song in history. We'll say it again: what a time to be alive! Here were the biggest UK hits during the year: #1s: 3 of a Kind - Baby Cakes Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? Brian McFadden - Real to Me Britney Spears - Everytime Britney Spears - Toxic Busted - Thunderbirds / 3AM Busted - Who's David? DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide Eamon - f*** It (I Don't Want You Back) Eminem - Just Lose It Eric Prydz - Call on Me Frankee - F.U.R.B. (f*** You Right Back) Girls Aloud - I'll Stand by You Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly and Ashanti - Wonderful LMC vs. U2 - Take Me to the Clouds Above Mario Winans feat. P. Diddy and Enya - I Don't Wanna Know McFly - Five Colours in Her Hair McFly - Obviously Michelle McManus - All This Time Natasha Bedingfield - These Words Nelly - My Place / Flap Your Wings Robbie Williams - Radio Sam & Mark - With a Little Help from My Friends Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme The Streets - Dry Your Eyes U2 - Vertigo Usher - Burn Usher feat. Ludacris and Lil' Jon - Yeah! Top 10s: Anastacia - Left Outside Alone (3) Anastacia - Sick and Tired (4) Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of Me (4) Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending (5) Beverley Knight - Come As You Are (9) Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama (6) Blue - Breathe Easy (3) Britney Spears - My Prerogative (4) Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott - Car Wash (4) Christina Milian - Dip It Low (2) D12 - My Band (4) Daniel Bedingfield - Nothing Hurts Like Love (3) Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me (7) Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath (2) Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall (10) Duran Duran - (Reach Up for The) Sunrise (5) Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (3) George Michael - Amazing (4) George Michael - Flawless (Go to the City) (8) Geri Halliwell - Ride It (4) Girls Aloud - Love Machine (2) Girls Aloud - The Show (2) Goldie Lookin' Chain - Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do (3) Green Day - American Idiot (3) Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? (4) Jamelia - See It in a Boy's Eyes (5) Jamelia - Thank You (2) Jay Sean - Stolen (4) Jennifer Lopez - Baby I Love U! (3) Jessica Simpson - With You (7) JoJo - Leave (Get Out) (2) Joss Stone - You Had Me (9) Kanye West - Through the Wire (9) Keane - Everybody's Changing (4) Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (3) Kelis - Milkshake (2) Kelis - Trick Me (2) Kelis feat. Andre 3000 - Millionaire (3) Khia - My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (4) Kylie Minogue - Chocolate (6) Kylie Minogue - I Believe In You (2) Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman (5) Lemar - If There's Any Justice (3) Manic Street Preachers - The Love of Richard Nixon (2) Maroon 5 - This Love (5) McFly - That Girl (3) N.E.R.D. - She Wants to Move (5) Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (6) Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (6) O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (3) Outkast - Roses (4) Peter Andre - Insania (3) R.E.M. - Leaving New York (5) Rachel Stevens - Some Girls (2) Razorlight - Golden Touch (9) Ronan Keating feat. Yusuf Islam - Father and Son (2) Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb (10) Shania Twain - Party for Two (10) Shaznay Lewis - Never Felt Like This Before (8) Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot (10) Snow Patrol - Run (5) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - I Won't Change You (9) The 411 - Dumb (3) The Darkness - Love Is Only a Feeling (5) The Killers - Mr. Brightside (10) The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now (2) The Rasmus - In the Shadows (3) Twista - Slow Jamz (3) V - Hip to Hip/Can You Feel It? (5) Victoria Beckham - This Groove/Let Your Head Go (3) Will Young - Friday's Child (4) Will Young - Your Game (3) Top 20s: 15 – 3rd Wish Featuring Baby Bash – Obsession (Si Es Amor) 11 – Agnetha Faltskog – If I Thought You'D Ever Change Your Mind 15 – Alcazar – This Is The World We Live In 13 – Alex Parks – Cry 18 – Alicia Keys – If I Ain't Got You 18 – Alistair Griffin – You And Me (Tonight) 18 – Angel City – Touch Me 15 – Armand Van Helden – My My My 13 – Ash – Orpheus 12 – ATL – Calling All Girls 12 – Basement Jaxx Featuring Lisa Kekaula – Good Luck 14 – Beenie Man – King Of The Dancehall 14 – Belle And Sebastian – I'm A Cuckoo 20 – Belle And Sebastian – Books 11 – Beyonce – Me Myself And I 15 – Big Brovaz – Yours Fatally 17 – Big Brovaz – We Wanna Thank You (Things That You Do) 11 – Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started 11 – Brandy – Afrodisiac 13 – Calling – Our Lives 14 – Candee Jay – If I Were You 13 – Cliff Richard – I Cannot Give You My Love 16 – Corrs – Angel 11 – Danzel – Pump It Up 12 – Darren Hayes – Pop!ular 16 – Delays – Long Time Coming 14 – Dizzee Rascal – Dream 16 – DJ Casper featuring The Gap Band – Oops Upside Your Head 17 – DT8 Project – The Sun Is Shining (Down On Me) 20 – Elton John – All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) 11 – Embrace – Ashes 15 – Emma – Crickets Sing For Anamaria 14 – Estelle – 1980 15 – Estelle – Free 16 – Eye Opener – Hungry Eyes 12 – Fatboy Slim – Slash Dot Dash 11 – Ferry Corsten – Rock Your Body Rock 20 – Flip And Fill Featuring Junior – Irish Blue 11 – Flip And Fill Featuring Karen Perry – Discoland 11 – Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy's Mom 17 – Franz Ferdinand – Michael 19 – Funeral For A Friend – Escape Artists Never Die 13 – Fya Featuring Smujji – Must Be Love 20 – Gabrielle – Stay The Same 19 – Gladiator Featuring Izzy – Now We Are Free 20 – Goldfrapp – Strict Machine 14 – Goldie Lookin' Chain – Your Mother's Got A Penis 12 – Good Charlotte – Predictable 19 – Graham Coxon – Freakin' Out / All Over Me 11 – Groove Armada – I See You Baby 14 – Gunther And The Sunshine Girls – Ding Dong Song 18 – Hilary Duff – Come Clean 15 – Him – The Funeral Of Hearts 13 – Hives – Walk Idiot Walk 12 – Hoobastank – The Reason 15 – Hope Of The States – The Red The White The Black The Blue 19 – I Dream Featuring Frankie And Calvin – Dreamin' 18 – Ian Brown – Keep What Ya Got 16 – Jaimeson – Take Control 13 – James Fox – Hold On To Our Love 12 – Jamie Cullum – These Are The Days/Frontin' 20 – Jamie Cullum – Everlasting Love 15 – Janet – Just A Little While 19 – Janet – All Nite (Don't Stop)/I Want You 16 – Javine – Don't Walk Away 18 – Javine – Best Of My Love 12 – Jay-Z – 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder 14 – Jay-Z & Linkin Park – Numb/Encore 13 – JC Chasez – Some Girls (Dance With Women)/Blowing Me Up 13 – Jennifer Ellison – Bye Bye Boy 20 – Jentina – French Kisses 16 – Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl 12 – Joe Featuring G Unit – Ride Wit U/More And More 18 – Joss Stone – Fell In Love With A Boy 18 – Joss Stone – Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin On Me?) 16 – Kanye West – Jesus Walks 17 – Kasabian – Processed Beats 19 – Kasabian – Club Foot 19 – Katie Melua – Call Off The Search 18 – Keane – This Is The Last Time 14 – Kelly Llorenna – This Time I Know It's For Real 18 – Killers – All These Things That I've Done 16 – Kings Of Leon – The Bucket 13 – Kristian Leontiou – Shining 11 – Lethal Bizzie – Pow! (Forward) 13 – Liberty X – Everybody Cries 14 – Lil' Flip – Sunshine 20 – Lionel Richie – Just For You 19 – Lloyd Banks – On Fire 13 – Lostprophets – Last Summer 18 – Lostprophets – Wake Up (Make A Move) 16 – Marillion – Don't Hurt Yourself 13 – Marilyn Manson – Personal Jesus 13 – Maroon 5 – Harder To Breathe 15 – Marques Houston Featuring Joe Budden And Pied Piper – Clubbin' 17 – Method Man Featuring Busta Rhymes – What's Happening 16 – Michelle – The Meaning Of Love 11 – Motorcycle – As The Rush Comes 14 – Muse – Butterflies And Hurricanes 16 – Muse – Sing For Absolution 15 – Music – Freedom Fighters 19 – Mylo – Drop The Pressure 18 – Nas Featuring Olu Dara – Bridging The Gap 15 – Nelly Furtado – Try 17 – No Doubt – It's My Life/Bathwater 12 – Noise Next Door – Lock Up Ya Daughters / Ministry Of Mayhem 19 – Oceanlab – Satellite 11 – Offspring – Hit That 17 – Ordinary Boys – Talk Talk Talk 11 – Paul Weller – Wishing On A Star 13 – Paul Weller – The Bottle 18 – Paul Weller – Thinking Of You 12 – Pet Shop Boys – Flamboyant 14 – Peter Andre – The Right Way 12 – Phixx – Wild Boys 13 – Phixx – Love Revolution 11 – Pink – God Is A Dj 18 – Placebo – Twenty Years 14 – Pop! – Heaven And Earth 19 – Prodigy – Girls 15 – Raghav Featuring Jahaziel – Let's Work It Out 15 – Rasmus – Guilty 18 – Razorlight – Vice 20 – Razorlight – Rip It Up 11 – S Club 8 – Don't Tell Me You're Sorry 19 – Sam And Mark – The Sun Has Come Your Way 14 – Sarah Connor – Bounce 12 – Scissor Sisters – Laura 14 – Scissor Sisters – Mary 17 – Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama 15 – Slipknot – Duality 12 – Speedway – Can't Turn Back 14 – Status Quo – You'll Come 'round 14 – Stellar Project Featuring Brandi Emma – Get Up Stand Up 19 – Steriogram – Walkie Talkie Man 17 – Strokes – Reptilia 19 – Styles And Breeze – You're Shining 16 – Super Ferry Animals – The Man Don't Give A **** 20 – Travis – Walking In The Sun 17 – Tupac Featuring The Notorious BIG – Runnin' (Dying To Live) 16 – Twista – Overnight Celebrity 19 – UD Project – Saturday Night 12 – V – You Stood Up 11 – Vs – Call U Sexy 14 – Wet Wet Wet – All I Want 16 – White Stripes – Jolene 15 – Zutons – Don't Ever Think (Too Much) 19 – Zutons – Pressure Point What songs from 2004 have aged the best 20 years on? ;)
December 28, 20231 yr Just looking at the chart toppers: 3 absolute classics in Toxic, Lola’s Theme and Yeah! A few other really good ones like These Words, Take Me To The Clouds Above, Vertigo and Everytime. But also a huge shower of rubbish. :D Overall you have to say the quality had really slipped since 2000, as well as sales going through the floor.
December 28, 20231 yr Only the OCC could discuss 2004 without mentioning Anastacia at all. The singles charts are a poor indication of what was popular at the time anyway. People weren’t buying singles, they were buying albums and there were lots of classics in that regard back in 2004. But as usual, the OCC only focuses on the singles chart and more specifically no.1s.
December 28, 20231 yr 2004 being 20 years ago is going to feel so weird :cry: It was the year I discovered this very community in its first incarnation!
December 28, 20231 yr One of the peak eras of my chart music listening tbh! LOOOOVE this year. 2004-2009 is my favourite period.
December 28, 20231 yr Author These were the Top 50 singles and albums of the year (top 200s available in the linked quote) 001 Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid 20 [1] 1,065,749 002 f*** It (I Don't Want You Back) - Eamon [1] 552,407 003 Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper [1] 351,421 004 Call On Me - Eric Prydz [1] 315,000 005 Yeah - Usher [1] 299,000 006 All This Time - Michelle [1] 292,000 007 Left Outside Alone - Anastacia [3] 275,000 008 Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre [1] 261,000 009 Toxic - Britney Spears [1] 260,000 010 f*** U Right Back - Frankee [1] 246,000 011 I Don't Wanna Know - Mario Winans [1] 242,000 012 Baby Cakes - 3 Of A Kind [1] 230,000 013 Milkshakes - Kelis [2] 224,000 014 Take Me To The Clouds Above - LMC vs. U2 [1] 223,000 015 Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child [2] 221,000 016 My Band - D12 [2] 210,000 017 These Words - Natasha Bedingfield [1] 199,000 018 Everytime - Britney Spears [1] 197,000 019 Thunderbirds/3am - Busted [1] 188,000 020 Dry Your Eyes - Streets [1] 188,000 021 Lola's Theme - Shapeshifters [1] 183,000 022 In The Shadows - Rasmus [3] 176,000 023 Just Lose It - Eminem [1] 174,000 024 Thank You - Jamelia [2] 174,000 025 Hey Ya - Outkast 168,000 [3] 026 My Place/Flap Your Wings - Nelly [1] 163,000 027 Burn - Usher [1] 159,000 028 Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone [3] 157,000 029 Mad World - Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules [1] 154,000 030 Against All Odds - Steve Brookstein [1] 153,770 031 Somebody To Love - Boogie Pimps [3] 151,000 032 5 Colours In Her Hair - McFly [1] 150,072 033 Trick Me - Kelis [2] 147,000 034 I'll Stand By You - Girls Aloud [1] 147,000 035 Changes - Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne [2] 136,000 036 Leave (Get Out) - JoJo [2] 131,000 037 Dip It Low - Christina Milian [2] 129,000 038 Hotel - Cassidy [3] 128,000 039 This Love - Maroon 5 [3] 128,000 040 Some Girls - Rachel Stevens [2] 126,000 041 My Neck My Back - Khia [4] 117,000 042 Obviously - McFly [1] 110,000 043 If There's Any Justice - Lemar [3] 108,000 044 Vertigo - U2 [1] 101,000 045 Amazing - George Michael [4] 99,000 046 Breathe Easy - Blue [4] 95,000 047 Slow Jamz - Twista [3] 95,000 048 Car Wash - Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliot [4] 94,000 049 Love Machine - Girls Aloud [2] 94,000 050 I'm Still In Love With You - Sean Paul [6] 94,000 001 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters [1] 1,594,259 002 Hopes And Fears - Keane [1] 1,593,677 003 Greatest Hits - Robbie Williams [1] 1,531,000 004 Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 [1] 1,490,000 005 Call Off The Search - Katie Melua [1] 1,357,000 006 Anastacia - Anastacia [1] 1,112,000 007 Confessions - Usher [1] 1,109,000 008 Feels Like Home - Norah Jones [1] 994,000 009 Final Straw - Snow Patrol [3] 991,000 010 Il Divo - Il Divo [1] 968,460 011 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses [1] 913,000 012 10 Years Of Hits - Ronan Keating [1] 881,000 013 A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets [1] 880,000 014 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2 [1] 851,000 015 Encore - Eminem [1] 790,000 016 The Soul Sessions - Joss Stone [4] 774,000 017 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand [3] 773,000 018 American Idiot - Green Day [1] 746,364 019 Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield [1] 689,000 020 Patience - George Michael [1] 658,000 021 Friday's Child - Will Young [1] 648,000 022 Ultimate Kylie - Kylie Minogue [4] 591,000 023 Speakerboxxx - Outkast [8] 590,000 024 Allow Us To Be Frank - Westlife [3] 589,000 025 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - Britney Spears [2] 584,000 026 Elephunk - Black Eyed Peas [3] 580,000 027 Twentysomething - Jamie Cullum [3] 577,000 028 Greatest Hits - Shania Twain [6] 547,000 029 Room On The 3rd Floor - McFly [1] 542,000 030 Life For Rent - Dido [1] 522,000 031 Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne [1] 510,000 032 O - Damien Rice [8] 501,000 033 Mind Body & Soul - Joss Stone [1] 500,000 034 The College Dropout - Kanye West [12] 459,000 035 Thank You - Jamelia [4] 426,000 036 Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child [5] 419,000 037 Best Of - Blue [6] 412,000 038 The Best Of - LeAnn Rimes [2] 411,000 039 Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New - Phil Collins [10] 408,000 040 The Singles - No Doubt [5] 407,000 041 Hot Fuss - The Killers [5] 405,349 042 Stardust: The Great American Songbook III - Rod Stewart [3] 399,000 043 Live A Ticket For Everyone - Busted [11] 396,000 044 What Will The Neighbours Say - Girls Aloud [6] 392,000 045 Up All Night - Razorlight [3] 389,000 046 Who Killed... - The Zutons [6] 388,861 047 Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA [4] 377,000 048 Singles - Travis [4] 368,000 049 Out Of Nothing - Embrace [1] 365,000 050 Time To Grow - Lemar [8] 365,500
December 28, 20231 yr Oh wow, I didn't actually realise Lose My Breath was 20 years old?! Still sounds SO fresh to me personally, an absolutely HUGE track that never lets up. Left Outside Alone is another all time fave here.
December 28, 20231 yr Scissor Sisters having the EOY #1 album that year is so fabulous :wub: as for the #1 hits - 'Toxic' and 'Lola's Theme' are two of my favourites of the noughties. 20 years ago, though... :drama: I'd say 2005 is when my early signs of chart geekery were creeping in, thanks to the Now series, but very much remember a lot of this year musically as well.
December 28, 20231 yr This was the year I first remember actively listening to the Sunday chart show and I have vivid memories of it being the week that Lola's Theme was #1.
December 28, 20231 yr Oh wow, I didn't actually realise Lose My Breath was 20 years old?! Still sounds SO fresh to me personally, an absolutely HUGE track that never lets up. Left Outside Alone is another all time fave here.LMB is so timeless! It's incredible. Definitely my favourite Destiny's Child song!
December 28, 20231 yr Toxic top single, Scissor Sisters top album for me. As it was a terrible year for me personally for the second in a row, I have no rose-tinted spectacles, but there is a mix of top classics versus a load of rather mundane chart stuff. Pretty much par for the course then! Quite a few of the chart-toppers I can happily never hear ever again and quite a few are fabulous. :)
December 28, 20231 yr Top 10s: ... The Killers - Mr. Brightside (10) A forgotten classic right there!
December 28, 20231 yr Author A forgotten classic right there! yeah, such a shame it bombed right out the chart within a month of its entry and was never heard of again :no:
December 29, 20231 yr 20 years? Wow! Can still remember it clearly. It does make me feel slightly though. I was starting the 10 at high school.
December 29, 20231 yr My favourite period in UK charts (1999-2003) is over and YVA started their glorious music career only in 2005 year. I don't know which retro year will be the next in my "Gražios Dainos" cycle after 2003. 2004 is the one of possible options (others are 1974, 1989 and 1994). On the first looking... Album of the year : Mango - Raskila It's their best LP and the one from the most important Lithuanian pop albums. Best track : Vaikyste RSJ2l2-JF4Y Single of the year : Courtney Love - Mono S2SmHALECBw Yes, it's not "Toxic", "Show" and even not "Give You One For Christmas ". A little bit unpredictable choice, but it's the second most successful rock entry in all history of my chart (# 1 is LaFee - Prinzesschen).
December 29, 20231 yr Illegal cover version of "Dragostea Din Tei" also was big hit in Europe. (# 1 in Austria and Sweden, # 2 in Germany and Switzerland, # 4 in Netherlands and Norway, # 7 in Denmark) TVFWu4iKpCo
December 29, 20231 yr Much preferred Kylie's Red Blooded Woman to Britney's Toxic at the time and still do - there was a lot of media hype about both songs at the time I remember, like it was to be a chart battle. You forgot one song in the list danG. Its a nostalgic favourite of mine. I won't give it away..... Edited December 29, 20231 yr by TheSnake
December 29, 20231 yr Much preferred Kylie's Red Blooded Woman to Britney's Toxic at the time and still do - there was a lot of media hype about both songs at the time I remember, like it was to be a chart battle. You forgot one song in the list danG. Its a nostalgic favourite of mine. I won't give it away..... Both are songs that i dont really rate from either, both have far far better singles.
December 31, 20231 yr Some classics from 2004 despite it not being a particularly spectacular year for music overall for me!
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