Tuesday at 23:302 days Absolutely love Release Me, such a brilliant tune. I remember my friend thinking it was Leona Lewis at first.
Wednesday at 20:171 day Author 191. SOMETHING STUPID- Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman (361,900) YEAR: 2001PEAK POSITION: 1WKS IN CHART: 12 The festive chart topper for the year was quite a rouse for Robbie Williams who secured the services of a Hollywood A-Lister in Nicole Kidman. The song was written by C Carlson Parks and initially performed by he and his wife Gaile for their album in 1966, of course it reached a far greater level of fame when covered by Frank and daughter Nancy Sinatra a year later as it became a chart topper on both sides of the Atlantic. Fast forward 24 years and Williams recorded it for his big band album “Swing When You’re Winning” enticing Kidman who had recently shown she could sing thanks to “Moulin Rouge”.
Wednesday at 20:221 day Author 190. FREESTYLER- Bomfunk MC’s (362,000) YEAR: 2000PEAK POSITION: 2WKS ON CHART: 12The third release in their native Finland from their debut album, this was the first song released here in the UK and remains their biggest. It was denied the top spot by Craig David but did make No 1 on 10 European charts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n867LKnGgc&list=RD9n867LKnGgc&start_radio=1
Wednesday at 20:241 day Author 189. HEY YA- Outkast (362,800) YEAR: 2003PEAK POSITION: 3WKS ON CHART: 21 For a song to spend 21 weeks in the chart back in 03/04 pre downloads was quite a feat, still more impressive that reached its peak some 12 weeks into that run! Apparently it was the first track to record 1 million downloads on i-Tunes way back in 2005 and caused a short lived revival in the sale of polaroid cameras in 2004 thanks to the namecheck in the song.
Wednesday at 20:261 day Echoing the love for 'Release Me'! Agnes may not touch the charts here now but has still been releasing some great stuff in recent years.Nice to see even more Nordic representation with 'Freestyler', what a banger.Crazy that 'I Turn To You' was as late as single #4 in the campaign. The Hex Hector facelift was a wonderful makeover.'Hey Ya!' rivals 'Toxic' as my favourite so far another behemoth sadly bogged down by a poor sales period.
Wednesday at 20:291 day That is quite low for Mel C and one of my favourite songs from the Noughties.
23 hours ago23 hr Always disliked Release Me.Both Toxic and Something Stupid are 9/10 material. Ghetto Gospel was interesting # 1.
22 hours ago22 hr On 05/01/2026 at 18:35, vibe said:This sales for toxic are crazy low !That's 2004 for you!They certainly aren't now though.
16 hours ago16 hr Toxic and Hey Ya being so low is criminal! Release Me is great though I prefer her more recent material.I Turn To You is Mel C at her solo best. Again far too low.
14 hours ago14 hr Author 188. THE BOY DOES NOTHING- Alesha Dixon (364,600) YEAR: 2008PEAK POSITION: 5WKS ON CHART:24 A tumultuous decade for Dixon who saw Mis-Teeq disband, a high profile divorce from So Solid Crew member Harvey after he had an affair with fellow popstar Javine, and a flop solo career which saw her dumped by the record label. Things changed however when she won “Strictly Come Dancing” in late 2007 and saw her snapped up by a new label to produce a new album from which this was the re-launch lead single. Co written by Xenomania, it was performed on “Strictly” and in an instant outsold not only her previous singles but also all of her Mis-Teeq hits.
14 hours ago14 hr Author 187. I WISH I WAS A PUNKROCKER (WITH FLOWERS IN MY HAIR)- Sandi Thom (365,100) YEAR: 2006PEAK POSITION: 1WKS ON CHART: 23 Much was made at the time of Thom’s route to stardom which consisted of 21 “tour dates” which were actually webcasts from her basement, a PR stunt which brought her to the attention of the media. She was eventually signed to RCA after label boss Craig Logan (ex-Bros member) saw a webcast (indeed the record contract signing was itself a webcast), her debut single was released and bam- a chart topper! It was written after Thom had been mugged losing her phone and without a means of contacting her family so it’s nice that some good came from the experience!
14 hours ago14 hr Author 186. TAKE A BOW- Rihanna (365,800) YEAR: 2008PEAK POSITION: 1WKS ON CHART:23 Written by Ne-Yo and Stargate, this was an additional track recorded by Rihanna for “Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded”. It became her second No 1 in the UK and her second appearance on this list.
11 hours ago11 hr The Boy Does Nothing still holds up as a great bop. I did find it a little cheesy at the time but it has an undeniable fun factor.…Punk Rocker is nothing groundbreaking as a song but I appreciate the idea behind it and can certainly relate in ways.Take A Bow is pretty basic and hasn’t aged well for me. Disturbia from that year blows it out the water.
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