Completely happy New Yr! Oh yeah, mine was good, simply chilled. Yours? Beautiful, glad to listen to it. Anyway, let me deliver you again right down to Earth by telling you the songs which can be turning 20 this yr.
Ageing is a privilege and nostalgia might be scrumptious however let’s be actual, listening to that songs you swear got here out lower than a decade in the past are literally turning 20 this yr is… extremely humbling.
The songs turning 20 in 2024
In line with the Official Charts, 2004 was an enormous yr for Britney Spears, Busted, McFly and Usher who all claimed two Quantity 1s in the course of the yr. For Busted, it was the anguished love tune ‘Who’s David’ and their double A-side launch ;Thunderbirds/3am’ whereas Britney launched the ICONIC pop banger ‘Poisonous’ and the devastating ballad ‘Everytime’ as a result of she has what? Vary.
2004 was additionally the yr that McFly burst onto the pop scene and reached No 1 with singles ‘5 Colors in Her Hair’ and ‘Clearly’. Their album ‘Room On The First Flooring’ additionally hit No 1 within the album charts. Clearly, I really feel historical.
And do you bear in mind the Eamon tune ‘Fuck It’ (I Don’t Need You Again) and the response from Frankee ’F.U.R.B (Fuck You Proper Again)? Sure, these are additionally 20 this yr. What a time that was.
Would you consider me if I informed you that ‘Milkshake’ by Kelis turns 20 this yr nevertheless it was by no means a Primary? Someway, the tune that’s nonetheless in popular culture lexicon to today didn’t fairly deliver all of the singles gross sales to the yard and in 2004, it reached Quantity 2 in charts. Kelis’s observe ‘Trick Me’ additionally reached Quantity 2 that yr.
2004 was additionally the yr that The Killers made their debut onto the Official Singles Chart with ‘Mr Brightside’, a tune that has gone on to spend extra weeks within the prime 100 than every other. I reckon with gross sales from that tune alone, the band might be doing JUST FINE. I’ll see myself out.
Ladies Aloud additionally didn’t fairly make it to No 1 however did attain Quantity 2 within the charts with two basic pop bangers: ‘The Present’ and ‘Love Machine.’
The ultimate No 1 of 2004 was ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ By Band Assist 20. This was the third iteration of the supergroup following the unique in 1984 and 1989′s Band Assist II. Performers on the 2004 recording included Busted, Sugababes, Dizzee Rascal, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Beverley Knight, Dido, Jamelia, Joss Stone and Will Younger. The only spent 4 weeks at No 1 within the charts.
You may see the total record of 2004′s prime 100 hits on the Official Charts web site however for now, I’m off to use some anti-wrinkle cream.
