“Would you like me to be the cat?”The start of 2006 is a quiet one for the pop music industry before everything starts getting a little weird. But there’s still plenty of nostalgic 2000s pop bangers to enjoy in this our countdown of the 40 biggest-selling songs from this week 20 years ago.

Preston off of Ordinary Boys is in the Big Brother house, the Baywatch theme is being ransacked for two different dance tracks, Richard Ashcroft believes he can fly and Hard-Fi are breaking into Heathrow Airport. So business as usual in terms of the 2000s being berserk then, and we are the only music history podcast to take you through it all.Also on this ep:*We learn how that amazing Sony Bravia ad with the bouncy balls bouncing down the hill to the sound of José Gonzalez was done

*We discover Annie Mac’s brother’s band

*We learn which comedy icon is obsessed with the band Texas Plus the following incredible moments of 2000s pop music nostalgia:Aaron Smith feat. Luvli - Dancin’

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

Brian Kennedy & Peter Corry - George Best: A Tribute

Coldplay - Talk

Crimea - Lottery Winners on Acid

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

DHT feat. Edmee - Listen to Your Heart

Editors - Munich

Eminem - When I’m Gone

Girls Aloud - See the Day

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry

Hard-Fi - Cash Machine

Herd & Fitz feat. Abigail Bailey - I Just Can’t Get Enough

Hound Dogs - I Like Girls

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

James Blunt - You’re Beautiful

José Gonzalez - Heartbeats

Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot/Sink That Ship

Kanye West feat. Adam Levine - Heard ‘Em Say

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

The Kooks - You Don’t Love Me

Madonna - Hung Up

Mylo - Muscle Car

Nizlopi - JCB Song

The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys

Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don’t Cha

Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu

Richard Ashcroft - Break the Night with Colour

Robbie Williams - Advertising Space

Shayne Ward - That’s My Goal

Simon Webbe - No Worries

Sugababes - Push the Button

Sugababes - Ugly

Sunblock - I’ll Be Ready

Texas - Sleep

Tom Novy feat. Michael Marshall - Your Body

Westlife feat. Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me

Westlife - You Raise Me Up