Sometimes on this podcast we're talking about the absolute best pop music of 2005...and other times we're listening in horror as Elvis sings "Old MacDonald had a farm." And in tribute to the king, this week we have a Ciara here, a Chemical Brothers there, there an Athlete, there an Ian Brown, everywhere a Feeder Feeder.

Plus the usual fascinating pop music trivia, forgotten stories from 2000s history and all the throwback tunes you could want.

This week, we're talking about the following songs:

Athlete - Wires

Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Ciara feat. Petey Pablo - Goodies

Dana Rayne - Object of My Desire

Darius - Live Twice

Elvis Presley - A Fool Such as I

Elvis Presley - One Night/I Got Stung

Erasure - Breathe

Eric Prydz - Call On Me

Feeder - Tumble and Fall

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For

Ian Brown - Time is My Everything

Ice Cube feat. Mack 10 and Ms Toi - You Can Do it

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Kasabian - Cutt Off

The Killers - Somebody Told Me

Kylie Minogue - I Believe in You

Lemar - If There’s Any Justice

Lucie Silvas - Breathe In

Manic Street Preachers - Empty Souls

Mercury Rev - In A Funny Way

The Mooney Suzuki - Alive & Amplified

Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

Nelly and Christina Aguilera - Tilt Ya Head Back

The Others - Lackey

Pop! - Serious

Rachel McFarlane - Lover

Ronan Keating and Yusuf - Father and Son

Roni Size feat. Beverley Knight - No More

Rooster - Staring at the Sun

Roots Manuva - Colossal Insight

Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Drop It Like It’s Hot

StoneBridge - Take Me Away

Soul Central feat. Kathy Brown - Strings of Life (Stronger on My Own)

Soulwax - E Talking

Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds

Uniting Nations - Out of Touch

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