Hits 21 - Goodbye (For Now!) - 2000s Review Show

Episode Date: August 27, 2024

Hello again, everyone, and welcome back to Hits 21, the show that's taking a look back at every UK #1 hit single of the 2000s. Twitter: @Hits21UK Email: [e-mail] Vault: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5O5MHJUIQIUuf0Jv0Peb3C?si=e4057fb450f648b0

Hits21 where me, Rob, me and me, Lizzie have looked back and have discussed every single UK number one of the two thousands. Over the first era of our show many of you have gotten in touch with us and if you still want to get in touch with us after this, you can. Get in touch with us on Twitter, Hits21UK, that is at Hits21UK on there, and you can email us too, it's Hits21Podcast at gmail.com. Thank you so much for joining us again, as you have across the previous however many episodes we have done.

We have looked back at the entire 2000s and this week we will be looking at them as a block and we'll be looking at our show. We'll be looking at the history of our show, we have some awards, we have some stats, we have a couple of trophies to hand out and we have an introduction at the end of the episode. Obviously everybody knows that Ed's going to be joining us anyway but Ed's going to formally introduce himself. He's currently away on the continent, he's in Spain, so we've decided to dial him in from there and we've got him to record a little piece for you all. So usually there's a bit of a structure and an order, but there sort of isn't to this one. We've kind of had to make it up on the hoops.

Chaos reigns! Yes, exactly, we'll do it live. We'll do it live. Through the week I got an email actually asking us, because it wasn't going to be part of our original final episode schedule, but then this email came through and I thought, yeah, that's a good idea. And so I went through and I put together a list of the average ratings that all three of us have given each year. So obviously in the background we all quietly give a numerical rating to every song that we listen to. We add all those up, we find the averages and then we work out what's best. And so the year with the highest average score was 2006. So according to us, 2006 was the strongest year out of all 10 in the 2000s. So well done to 2006. Do you know I would have maybe guessed at that just because well for me personally 2006 had the best short run we've ever had. I will

always always remember that period of Don't Feel Like Dancing, Star Girl and Welcome to the Black Parade that were all together punctuated only by America by Razorlight which let's skip over that one. But I remember those three together that is like one of the best little runs we've ever had that's why I remember from 2006. The next highest year was 2002 so only just missing out by an average of 0.03 so it was that close between 2002 and 2006. Oh it's bloody Ronan it's Ronan that's lost it for 2002. Yeah Ronan might have let you down there and in third place sneaking on to the podium was 2003. So 2003, 2002 and 2006 are the bronze, silver and gold medal winners. Before we get going, we are going to discuss some music

in this episode, I promise you, we can't have a Hits 21 episode without like having full songs play for a bit just to give everybody a break from our voices but before we do that I've collated a small number of stats, not many, I didn't want to go too far into it but these are just a handful so I'm gonna see if Lizzie and Andy have been A. paying attention over the previous two episodes but B. just to see if they may know already, they may guess and get it right, but so Lizzie, what do you think the song is with the lowest rating? Overall average rating to still be vaulted by one of us rolling by limp biscuit. It is rolling by limp biscuit Yes, yes an average score of 4.8 from the three of us, but I vaulted it

I think is that the only song that's been both vaulted and pie-holed? Is that the only one? I did, well I vaulted and pie-holed Boom Boom Pow but I think it's the only song to be vaulted and pie-holed by two people on the show. Now the song with the highest rating to still be pie-holed is I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry with a 5.8 but that was because it was a bit of a technicality because Andy you gave it a 6 overall but you did pie-hole it for reasons that we discussed on that episode. Yes it was purely due to the queer baiting I thought I had to make a stand against

that and pie-hole it no matter the quality of the song. It wasn't a shall we say a traditional pie-hole if we will so I looked for the next highest that was pie holed in a more traditional fashion where one of us just full-on did not like the song and decided to give it a low rating and pie hole it so Andy I'll come to you first what do you think the highest rated song is to still be pie holed and it's not one that'll jump out at you immediately I don't think right I can only base it on if one of us has really disliked the song far more than the other two a little bit of a clue a little bit of a clue is that Lizzie pie-holed it but me and you didn't okay do you know I really't know. I'm gonna take a random guess at

Mambo number five by Bob the Builder. It is all I can think of. It is not Mambo five. Mambo number five by Bob the Builder. Lizzie, I will give you a chance to guess before I reveal the answer. You pie-holed it, me and Andy didn't. We didn't vault it, but we didn't pie-hol it. This is pure stab in the dark Dakota by the stereophonics. No but that's slightly closer it was Who's David by Busted. Yeah. Oh yes. An average rating of 5.7 and Lizzy you put it in the pie hole me and Andy kept it above halfway but only just a couple more now the

number of songs that were triple vaulted across the entire show so I'm just gonna let people know for a sort of sense of scale so the number of songs that we covered from beginning to end of the 2000s there were 244 number one singles in the 2000s and 39 of them were triple vaulted so we triple vaulted 39 songs which is a pretty pretty solid percentage I think. Aren't we generous? We are and I I'll tell you what, as well, I also looked at the number of songs that we have all pie hold all three of us. And it's 18. So we've been kind to the 2000s. Yeah, we have been very kind to the 2000s I think. A nice decade for pop I think, some good periods and some bad periods but definitely a solid one I think. The

lowest ranked year was still above half and so I think you know we can look back on the noughties as a time of change and definitely a time of good and bad but pretty good especially in I think that period between sort of like the early 2000s up to about 2003 and then the mid 2000s up to about 2008 mid-way through 2008 I think that's those are two really good runs that we've had I completely agree Andy looking back at some of the runs that we've had some of the episodes that we've had, some of the episodes that we've had. And in 2006, I think we get some great runs, you know, we get from Orson to Nars Barkley, Manny to Smile, I Don't Feel Like Dancing, Black Parade and Stargirl, as you said, you know, that's a good,

you know, a good spring to summer run there, where every other song was basically, was vaulted. There was one episode in 2006 where a song wasn't vaulted and that was in the middle of the year, Don't Stop Me Now, Please Please by McFly, Deja Vu by Beyonce and Jay-Z and Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake. What an average episode that was. That was aggressively made to that episode. Wow. But they they even saw the average rating was still a good solid six And so I think you know we had I don't feel like dancing getting nine point three out of all three of us and still not

Winning the year Nine point five was the highest score that year for Nars Barkley And it also had one of the lowest scores as well Which I won't go into yet because that might spoil a little bit year for Niles Barkley and it also had one of the lowest scores as well which I won't go into yet because that might spoil a little bit of the podcast later on so we're gonna jump ahead we're gonna jump out of the stats and we're gonna go back into sort of like I say a normal episode nothing about this episode is normal we're gonna call this section Revolt, Re-Vault, shall we say.

So in the past week or two, as we've been putting this episode together, I asked Lizzie and Andy, and I also made a point of doing this myself, to look at a song that hasn't been vaulted by, you know, one of us that we wish we had looking back. And so Lizzie, I'm going to come to you first. So which song didn't you vault at the time that you would like to vault now and why? I would like to vault Touch Me by Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra. Oh, okay. Bit of a deep cut there. Bit of a deep cut there. So what we're going to is we're gonna play the song

as we would usually play it, first verse and chorus, and then we're gonna pop back in, and Lizzie, you're gonna take the lead. We don't need to read all the stats out again. You're just gonna jump straight in and let us know. So here is Touch Me. You'll always be my baby I'm always thinking of you baby Touch me in the morning And last thing at night I'm taking it too Tell me what you're feeling I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you

I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you

I'm feeling with you I'm feeling with you So, Lizzie, yeah, why? Because I think it was mentioned in passing by Andy recently that this was like our perfect average song. I think we'd all gave it like a six or a six and a half. Yeah. And that instantly felt wrong because, well, for a number of reasons, this had found its way sort of into my regular rotation. And I think as the podcast has gone on, particularly in the early half of it, I really fell in love with a lot of those like dance number ones, things like Another Chance by Roger Sanchez and Don't Call Me Baby by Madison Avenue.

And this is one of those. I think I mentioned at the time that this coming out as the first number one of 2001 is so perfect because it's kind of, it's one of those where you try and imagine what people of the 1960s would have thought music would have sounded like in 2001 and I think that's a perfect sort of summation of it. I think it's got a really great sort of driving rhythm, there's a lot of tension that kind of builds and the energy. The longer mix is obviously better but the single mix doesn't waste any time either and yeah you get that Spandau Ballet sample that comes in to just kind of underpin the whole thing and yeah I think it's a genuinely

really exciting record. I can't believe I only gave it like a six or a six and a half. So yeah, I think it deserves to be in the vault. Amazing. That's wonderful to hear. And Andy, what is your choice for Re-Vault? What song didn't you vault back when we covered it initially that you would like to address a few things and maybe have a go at yourself

like I will do in a minute for my song. First of all, I love the phrase revolt and you've got to let me do this. I'm really sorry. Mrs. Tweedy, the chickens are revolting. Anyway, so I came at this pretty much from the same angle as Lizzie actually that I had to think about, well, what's had the most kind of relisten value for me, what's entered

my regular rotation, which otherwise wouldn't have done if not for Hits 21. And I also based it on sort of not what I was too harsh on at the time, but perhaps needed a bit longer to percolate in my head because although we, you know, we listened to these over a longer period of time than just in the week we're doing them, sometimes it just isn't long enough. Sometimes the song really needs to sit with you for a while.

So I think most of the songs that I thought about for this were at the start of the decade with ones that, you know, have really been with us for about two years now since we started the show. And there was one that I kept coming back to that has entered my regular rotation. I will say first of all, I'm really glad that Lizzie mentioned Don't Call Me Baby because I nearly went with that because I did give that a nine at the time and I was very complimentary of it. But because it was the weird early days of the show, I didn't vault it even though I gave it a nine I think I just didn't really get the vault system yet but I thought that would be a stupid

technical pick so I won't do that but I'm really glad that was mentioned. The song I have gone with ultimately is Breathless by The Cause from way back in 2000. That's a great choice Andy yeah okay so we're gonna play a tribute to it by allowing it to play. Gonna insert the clip and then we'll come back and discuss it. This is Breathless by The Cause. The daylight's fading slowly, but time with you is standing still For you only, you're sliced, touched and I feel weak I cannot lie, from you I cannot hide I'm losing will to try, can't hide it, I can't fight it Fight it, so go on, let us know why. I just, this is, like I said, this is one of those ones that needed more time, that I just needed to get to know this song a bit more.

And I also needed to hear it out of the context of the show and in context of other music really. And I will tell you this, this is such a good one for a playlist. I make a lot of playlists like for the car or for a walk or for just so-called daily life or for moods and Breathless is so versatile. I've put it into loads of different playlists over the past couple of years. Generally as a kind of mood lifter, as a kind of summer bounce kind of thing, it's just full of joy, it's just full of rhythm and drive

and has that kind of, I don't want to say X factor because there's been a lot of X factor in this decade but it does have that kind of unique X factor quality to it where there's just a real sense of optimism and fun about it that I think perhaps only comes out after a good few lessons because the cores are not a band that I've listened to very much and you know at the time we mainly used that section I think to talk about the beautiful chorus which we did quite a lot of, including me, I'm very guilty of that. But since then I've really got into this kind of stuff and you know I was already kind of into this sort of thing because I like Shania Twain, I love the likes of like the chicks and

this is something that I've listened to more and I've also listened to Runaway by The Chorus a lot which sadly never got number one but I've listened to that a lot over the last couple of years as well and I've really really got to like them and I think they deserve a re-evaluation and they deserve to come back to the forefront. As a lot of stuff from the early 90s gets re-evaluated now by the kids on the block, by the new kids on the block, I'd love them to re-evaluate the chorus because this is just such a lovely, fun, energetic song.

It's really tightly put together. It's got a great little vocal trick in the chorus and it's just a pleasure to listen to and I'm really glad that it came up on the show so we could re-enter my regular rotation. Yeah. Okay. I will give a few tiny little shout outs though for some that I considered. I also thought about Rise by Gabrielle from the very first episode of the show. Oh yes.

Which I think I overlooked at the time to be honest. I think that was actually quite good. Um, and in terms of one that has entered my regular rotation more than any other, but I did vault it at the time and I loved it at the time, but I only really know it because of this show and it's been a constant for me ever since. Bag it up by Jerry Halliwell. I have to mention that as well. Absolute banger. Yeah. But thatanger, yeah.

But that's, yeah. I will go with Breathless by the Cords. That gets the top spot from me. Okay. Mine was not that hard to pick, actually. I had a little look at a few, but it was one that had constantly stuck out in my mind. I think I went back to Loneliness by Tom Craft,

who we should say has died recently, Tom Craft, aged 49, which was obscene. It was ridiculous and so sad. But before we did this revolt thing, it was a few years ago actually in terms of the podcast, I vaulted Loneliness by Tom Craft. I think it was after we covered it. I found the found the 12 inch mix in a charity shop near my house and so I thought actually no I'm really into this I'm gonna I'm gonna put this in the vault. But there was one that I had to come to a bit later and it's one that every time I've heard it since on the radio or out and about or wherever I've always thought I should have given that more I should have given it more and so my pick which we're gonna play now is Hole Again by Atomic Kitten. Great pick. If you see me walking down the street, staring at the sky, and running my two feet, You just pass me by, it still makes me cry, but you can't make me whole again

If you see me with another man Laughing and joking Doing what I can I won't put you down Cause I want you around But you can't make me whole again Yeah, I just think this is so, it's just so beautifully melancholic and vulnerable and open and naked with its emotions and their performances are so ordinary in such a charming way and it makes it feel so human and so real and I don't know why I don't know what I was thinking or what I'd have for breakfast that week really when I decided not to put it in the vault

I think I gave it like a 7.5 anyway so it was on the edge of the vault but I'm gonna bump its ranking up by a whole point to an 8.5 but so it was on the edge of the vault but I'm gonna bump its ranking up by a whole point to an 8.5 but you know I still think that Atomic Kitten were a rather unremarkable girl group but they had this remarkable moment and it's a lovely story to tell people as well because I'm on the pop heads subreddit or poptivism or whatever it is and there was this question that went out and it was like you know what's the best surprise hit for a group and so you know you run through the Atomic Kitten story where you know they get signed to a label, their album doesn't do that well, their first four singles do okay but not great compared to

label expectations. And then they release Hole again as like a, oh sod it, let's do it, you know, fifth single, see how it goes, if this doesn't work, I'm sorry girls, it's over. And then it becomes the, I think it's the third biggest selling song by a girl group in the history of the UK now. Yeah. And so what an unexpected, like sort of an overnight success thing where it's like you know they sort of did okay as the girl group and then like you know not enough for labels to be happy and then all of a sudden this goes over the top and it's just some b-side thing that was left over from some members of OMD that ended up writing this. Yes it was. And so you get such a lovely story out of it

and it sets them up for life and that felt nice to look back on and it's such a lovely song anyway. Its legacy hasn't been tarnished by the Southgate version that they did when England reach the Euro 2021 or 2020 final in 2021. Yeah, I just I find it like I said, it's kind of open and vulnerable with itself and I find that I still find that very appealing and very sweet. So if there's nothing left to say about songs that we wish that we would have vaulted earlier and get the chance to now. We're going to move on to something that we've been hyping up a bit this week. I'm going to leave it. I'm going to leave the floor to Andy. So this is the Born to Runner Up champion of champions. And I think that the song that finishes in second should get a special award.

Yeah, don't worry. I've thought of that, don't worry. So just to recap for those who might not have listened to last week's episode, obviously each year we've done the Born to Runner Up trophy for the best song of the year that peaked at number two and didn't make it to number one. We've had a winner every year because we've gone back and rated the first few years where we didn't do it so we now have a winner for all ten years of the Noughties. This week we have put them into a Champion of Champions where we have ranked secretly I say secretly I've been the secret keeper of these results where all three

of us have individually ranked the ten songs and now we will reveal that ranking and which will win the Born to Rutter Up champion of champions trophy for the 2000s and just want to mention again how lovely it is that it could be shortened to be true cock which I also have to mention that in the past couple of days or so I've found that I've been singing it in the style of Good Luck Babe by Chappell Rowan. Be true, cock. Be true, cock. Gonna stop making an idiot out of myself. But anyway, yes let's do this! It's been years in the making but here are the results of our champion of champions. So in 10th place from 2008 it's Black and Gold by Sam Sparrow slash One for the Radio by McFly Which it should be said even though it's come in 10th place all of these songs won the trophy for their year so they're all good

We'd like them all, there's no loser in this there's just nine runner-ups And I thought it would also be worth mentioning for each of these what beat it to number one that these songs have made it all the way to the final episode of this era of the show but what beat it to number one this one was beaten by well black and gold was beaten by American Boy which I think we'd all say is fair enough and one for the radio was beaten by dance with me which again possibly fair enough there. In 9th place, from 2006, it's When You Were Young by The Killers, which probably the most surprising winner that we've had. It was a bit of a random trick of the match that that won, but it did

win, nonetheless. That was beaten to number one by Don't Feel Like Dancing by Scissors Sisters, which I think, yeah, had no chance that week, did it? Yeah. In eighth place, from 2009, it is Don't Upset the Rhythm by The Noisettes, which was newly crowd just last week. That was beaten to number one by Poker Face by Lady Gaga. Also fair enough. Yeah, yeah, there's a bit of a theme with the ones that have beaten this, beaten these, that they really had no chance to be honest. The next one on that point, in seventh place from 2003, it's Cry Me A River by Justin Timberlake. That's a bit lower than expected.

It's a little bit low. Yeah, and that, it should be said as well was technically the inaugural winner of this contest because we didn't do 2000 2001 and 2002 we didn't do those until a few weeks ago so big legacy there for Cry Me A River which by the way it was beaten to number one by all the things she said by tattoo. Yeah, fair enough. Yes, I think that's fair. Yeah. In sixth place from 2007, it's Brian Storm by Arctic Monkeys.

Yeah, yeah. And that was beaten to number one by Beautiful Liar by Beyonce and Shakira. I would have had Brian Storm every time. I would have had Brian Storm. Yeah, yeah. I think the wrong one won that week. Yeah, maybe so.

I wanted that to be higher. You were alone in that, I'm afraid. In wanting that to be higher, I will say that. Into our top five now. In fifth place, it's one of our newly announced winners last week, so from 2002, it's Love at First Sight

by Kylie Minogue which was beaten to number one by A Little Less Conversation by Elvis. Kylie every time. Yeah definitely. I would say Kylie every time as well but I mean those are two kind of classics of 2002. Into our top four now in fourth place from 2005 it's Feel Good Ink by Gorillaz. Wow this is gonna be a top three yeah it's gonna be a hell of a top three do you want to know what beats feel good ink to number one I don't know if you remember this because this is heinous Oh feel good ink. It was before dare it was the summer of 2005 it wasely by Akon, which beats it into our top 3 then.

So these are the very best number 2 singles of the noughties here. Big congratulations to all of them. In third place, from 2001, it's Murder on the Dance Floor by Sophie Ellis Bexter. It peaked at number two twice across a more than 20 year period. So yes, there's two songs left and which one of them has done it. So in second place from 2004, it's Girls Aloud with Love Machine. Okay. Yeah.

Okay. That is a, I've got to say I did not expect it to be that high I didn't expect it to merely win the whole thing I absolutely love love machine and we all love Girls Aloud. Yeah, so I'm made up to see it this high But it wasn't to be we're getting to the top spot. By the way, it was beaten to number one by call on me We're definitely disagree with that one. Yeah By the way, it was beaten to number one by Call On Me, which I definitely disagree with that one. Yeah, I would have preferred this. Yeah. Which means, for those of you who have been following what it was that got nominated,

our winner of the Born To Runner-Up Champion of Champions that we have declared the best number two single of the decade, it's One More Time by daft punk. We're right yeah we are right on that. Would you like to know what beat it to number one what was such a titan of the charts that it managed to beat the best number two single of the whole decade? I think I know this one was it Can't Fight the Moon like? It was can't fight the moon light it was can't fight the moon light Yeah, okay Yeah, I really like conflict yeah, but I would have let anything

Like slip aside so that one more time could get number one Yeah, huge huge congratulations to the boys from the now dearly departed Daft Punk Well done. That is our best number two single of the decade. Hope you're all happy at home. All three of us, I can see from our voting, are all very happy about this. Yeah. Oh Andy, thank you very much for running that throughout the 2000s. We'll look forward to you running that through the 90s as well

when we come back in in a few weeks. So from the sublime to the ridiculous, Lizzie, you are going to count down the 20 songs which have received the lowest average rating from all three of us across the history of the show. So the 20 songs which we consider to be at least on a point basis the worst, the very worst of the two thousands. Okay, so I'm going to bring back some bad memories for everybody. I hope you're ready. I hope you're sitting comfortably. So at number 20 we have Hey Baby by DJ Otzi. See, I didn't mind that.

It was you, Lizzie, who really hated that, wasn't it? Yeah. Oh, right. I thought it was just Lizzie. At number 19, he may have made it out of Westlife, but he hasn't made it out of our bottom 20. It's Brian McFadden with Real To Me. Ugh. In retrospect, having that be the 19th worst 20. It's Brian McFadden with Reels and A.

In retrospect, having that be the 19th worst song we've covered may be a little harsh, but I may just need to listen to it again to remind myself why. No, it's crap. Yeah, that was really, really bland, that one. At number 18, he may believe in miracles, but can't believe his way out of the bottom 18. It's Leon Jackson with When You Believe. Poor Leon, I feel so bad for him. Is he the only X Factor winner solo artist to be... Well, if you don't count group efforts, yes. Oh, Leon, I'm not sure that is the worst, you know.

Actually, yes, I am. Yeah, that is the worst. Yeah. At number 17, we're going to need someone to kiss them and stop them from shaking. It's Westlife with Mandy. That's awful. Move on. At number 16, they're not kings of our bottom 20, but they are the queen of my heart. It's Westlife. I thought I was gonna be kings of Leon heart. It's Westlife. I thought I was going to be Kings of Leon. You kept me going there.

These are going to get more esoteric as they go on because my brain doesn't have the function that it used to. At number 15, he just lost it. It's Eminem with Just Lose It. Showing up in our bottom 20. I wouldn't have called that one. Just lose it is just that bad. At number 14, she christened our pie hole, but she's not christening our bottom 20. It's Madonna with American Pie. Ugh, yeah.

That was me that dragged that in. I'm not exactly going to go to bat for it it but I really don't dislike it as much as you two do to the point where the whole pie hole is named after it I think is really really harsh on that song I don't think it's that bad at all but yeah at number 13 this was gonna be lower but then it got high it's Afro Man because I got high that's my kind of one for, like with you Andy with American Pie, where I don't dislike that as much as you two. And I'm a bit surprised it's that low. But do carry on Lizzie.

At number 12, I can't make a joke about it because I can't remember how this one goes, it's Unbreakable by Westlife. This love is unbreakable. No, it all just blends into one for me after a while I confused this with Queen of my Heart, so yeah Oh, it is NAF though, yeah Okay, number 11 At number 11 is Andy's favourite song of 2002

If Tomorrow Never Comes by Ronan Keating Oh god Oh my god Andy, it's not the bottom 10. How do you feel? I think that should be in the bottom one probably. Oh I hate that song so much. Alright bottom 10 time. At number 10 of our bottom 10 from 2003 with an average score of 2.3 of our bottom ten from 2003 with an average score of 2.3 it is Kelly and Ozzy Osbourne with Changes. Shannon!

Shannon! I just got in a corner and a single without Kelly! You're gonna spend the money on a PS5 VR2! Oh dear. Ugh. In at number 9 from 2004, again with an average score of 2.3, her song was whack. It's Frankie with Ferb. Forky Ryback. Hahaha!

Oh, I love that line so much. Your sex was whack. It's just... Oh, so bad. Well, her sex was whack, but at number 8, from 2008, again with an average score of 2.3, is King of Leon and their sex is on fire. Oh my god, that's lower than Frankie and Kelly Osborne. Only on fire because it's flaming hot garbage.

Yes. Said it's on fire. Don't put it out. Set this on fire. Don't put it out. In at number 7, from 2000 with an average score of 2.2, it's Brian McFadden staring down Mariah Carey's top with Against All Odds. Oh dear, all the way back to the beginning with that one. I should have high-holed that one. I really should have put that one in. Yeah, you should.

You should. It took a long, long time. It took a long time for me should have put that one in. Yeah, you should. You should. It took a long, long time. It took a long time for me to find anything that I disliked more than that. At number six, from 2009 with an average score of 2.1, the X Factor finalist 2009 with You Are Not Alone. Ugh, sod off. Oh dear. If I say anything about this, it will be more than what I said on the show. I just kind of... I was recorded a few months ago by my partner while I was asleep

and that was the recording that was played for my thought. Oh dear. Into the bottom five, the absolute pits. At number five from 2000 with an average score of 2, it's got mud all over its face. What a big disgrace. It's We Will Rock You by 5 and Queen. 5 at 5! 5 at 5!

There's no bags. Don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid, don't be stupid Yeah, Kid Rock really didn't help anything. No. Just a general statement about life. Yeah. OK, here we go. Bottom three. We're going into the sub two zone. At number three, from 2008, with a score of one point six combined, it is Hero by the X x factor finalists of 2008

awful yeah that was an absolute stinker i think that's my personal bottom that's like my worst one i think for me that was you are not alone but for let's say extra musical reasons. Yeah, my very least favourite is Sultacom. Yeah, I will say that. Yeah. Well, Andy, Ivit number two from 2006 with a score of 1.6. Sandy Tom, she wishes she was a punk rocker. That is the one.

Yeah. And I remember I hated it so much, it inspired me to rewrite the song and briefly perform a bit of that. What is, Wizzy, the worst song according to the three of us together for the whole of the 2000s? What is the worst number one? So according to the three of us, the worst number one of the 2000s is from 2009 with a joint score of 1.5 it is Akon and David Guetta with Sexy Chick yeah wow indeed yeah what a revolting song that's really I

think I'm trying to think I think that and hero were the only songs I've given just a 1 out of 10 to half a star, like, just rubbish. Complete rubbish. I'm trying to find the words to describe that song without being disrespectful. Nice one Andy. Thank you. The jokes on that song. Okay, so that is it. That is the end of the bad stuff.

So now what we have to do is explain something. So there are going to be two more awards to give out. So we've got Champion of the Decade, which is the song that out of the ten yearly winners we think is best. And then I'm going to read out the top 40 songs based on the numerical rankings so we'll have a decade champion and a rankings champion they may end up being the same song they may end up not being the same song because there are several songs that we gave 10 out of 10 too but the order in which we prefer those songs might be something that can't really be separated just by numbers, it just has to be a preference thing, how we feel on the day. Our opinions may have changed since we covered them over the last

two years. So Andy, I will leave it to you that the top 10, I guess it's a bit of a bit of a top 10 countdown. So each representative from each year is gonna go up for this. It's kinda like born to runner up, but with number ones instead. So Andy, the decade champion, tell us who it is. Yes, well, I won't do it straight away.

That would be completely devoid of tension. Yes, in a list, in the all day. I will say as well for our dear listeners that Rob is not just building artificial tension there. We've done this in the same way as the Board to Honor Up, meaning that Rob genuinely doesn't know whether it's the same one, there's one, the other two, and nor does Lizzie. I hold the power here. And this, I think, is maybe the most exciting one of all, because I think, we really don't know.

I had no idea how this was going to shake shake out I was really excited to receive your votes it's also incredibly difficult we've been given ten absolutely absurdly good songs here almost all of them got a nine or a ten off all of us and ranking these has been a real huge herculean challenge to be honest but we've done it I will give you a teaser before we start all of us have picked a different number one yeah okay okay and I won't reveal what they are but it's been close it's been very very close so let's begin in 10th place and again there's no shame in that at all but in 10th place from 2005, it's I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys.

Oh, okay. I expected that to be much higher, okay. Yeah, again, no shame in that at all. That, I believe, was our first male winner of the year, that they'd all been either solo female artists or girl groups up to that point but yes Arctic Monkeys they are one of two acts as well who have appeared on both the Born to Runner Up and Yearly Winner trophies and they've sadly failed to come away with either of them and the

same is true unfortunately of our ninth place sung by Girls Aloud that's The Promise they have appeared on both charts as well. They very nearly won the Born to Runner Up trophy, but they're quite low down on this one. They were our 2008 winner, and yes, The Promise comes in in ninth place. Okay. Moving up from there, in eighth place, from 2009,

it's Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. Wow yeah I've expected that to be higher too okay I mean you can see the standard here though that I mean like that's true we've got massive songs appearing low down on this list here yeah this is hard this is very very hard unbelievably hard then we have in seventh place our 2006 winner Crazy by Nars Barkley. Okay yeah yeah I'm starting to be less outraged on the songs behalf now because we're getting quite high. I will always be not outraged but I'll always be mildly indignant to that crazy one in a year that had both Black Parade and Don't Feel Like Dancing and Stargirl but I respect that I'm in the minority on that one. In sixth place we'll go to the other half

of the decade now from 2001 it's Can't Get You Out of My Head by Kylie Minogue oh wow the standards are okay yeah the standards are high this is getting tense yeah okay yeah yeah and they are just all so good from here. In fifth place, we've got With Every Heartbeat by Robin featuring Clear Up. OK, I'm happy with basically any of the top four. Yep. Yeah, same.

So we have one hell of a top four. We have one hell of a top four here. I think all four of these songs are just Absolute 10 out of 10 bangers. How would if the three of us have managed to separate these four songs? is something that will have to remain a mystery forever because Wow in fourth place from 2004 it's toxic by Britney Spears. Oh My top three my my personal top three are matched by the,

I mean, I don't know what order, but my top three are secure in the top three positions overall, which I'm happy about. I think I had toxic slightly higher, but four is nothing to shake a stick at. I will say that me and Lizzie both had toxic in the top three, so it's not quite true for us. So Rob, you've managed

to swing that one unfortunately and into that top three now Freak Like Me by the Sugar Babes which takes third place yeah oh my hat and then say this is my personal number one yeah I remember you really loving it at the time. I still do. Mine's not come up yet. Freak Like Me was my number two. Okay, so here we go then. I will tell you the two songs that are left for this trophy. Which one is it going to be? We've got Pure Shores by All Saints and we've got All the Things She Said by Tattoo. I think it is fair to say those genuinely are two of the songs that have received the most gushing praise in the whole time we've been doing

the show. Those are the two, maybe the two that we've raved about the most, but which one has won? So in number two, it's All Saints. Yes, pure shores by All Saints. Just, just misses out. I will say that was my personal number one. That is not just my favourite number one of this decade, that is one of my favourite songs, full stop, of all time. So I wish it had got number one, but it hasn't done it. It has achieved the monumental achievement of the number two song of the decade. But the winner of our yearly winners champion of champions, it is Tattoo with all the things she said.

Well done Tattoo. Oh my God. Wow. Yeah. Wow. We all rated it in our top three. We all agreed that not only was this great in its own context of 2003, but that this really stands up alongside all the other yearly winners. I will obviously chiefly remember all the things she said for the story I told about my connection to this song, but I think all three of us really had a really strong connection to all the things she said. It's a song that is important, it's a song that is gloriously bangerific to listen to, and it's pretty unique. I don't think we've had another song like it

in the whole decade really. So huge, huge congratulations to Tattoo for winning the yearly winner champion of champions Well, then it is now time to count down and we're gonna do it proper like, you know radio one Sunday afternoon style as it was in the 2000s gonna run down the full Top 40 and then I think we'll play the number one in all its glory Just as we do the Christmas number one every year will play it in full. So there's going to be some songs that we've not mentioned yet on this episode that come into this top 40.

I'll give you the name of the song and the artist and the average rating based on all three of us and which of us vaulted it as well. So here we go. At 40 it is whole again by AtomicKitten vaulted by me and Lizzy. 8.17 is the average to get into the top 40. So next up also with an average of 8.17 it is 39th place No Tomorrow by Orson and it was vaulted by me and Andy. In 38th place it is Be Faithful by Fatman Scoop featuring the Brooklyn Clan, vaulted by all three of us and average score of 8.2. In 37th it is Breathe by Blue Cantrell featuring Sean Paul, vaulted by me and Lizzie, average rating of 8.3.

At number 36, it is Oops! I Did It Again by Britney Spears. Vaulted by all three of us, also with an average score of 8.3. At 35, Killing in the Name, Rage Against the Machine. Vaulted by me and Lizzie, average score of 8.5. So there is no song that cost the entire podcast with an average score of 8.4, just want that noted. In 34, it is Bulletproof by La Roux, vaulted by me and Andy, an average score of 8.5. At 33, it is Another Chance by Roger Sanchez, vaulted by all three of us, average score

of 8.5. In 32, Black Coffee by All Saints, vaulted by all three of us, 8.5 on the average rating there. And, finishing this little segment in number 31, It Feels So Good by Sonique, vaulted by all three of us, average rating of 8.5. Now we move into the top 30. In 30th place it is American Boy by Estelle and Kanye West, vaulted by me and Lizzy, average score of 8.6. And in 29th, also with an average score of 8.6, The Real Slim Shady by Eminem, vaulted by me and Lizzy. In 28th place, Slow by Kylie Minogue, vaulted by me and Lizzy, average score of 8.7.

27th place, Bring Me To Life by Evanescence, vaulted by all three of us, average rating of 8.7. In 26th place, Every Time by Britney Spears, vaulted by me and Lizzie, average score of 8.8. Into the top 25 we have, we've heard it before, The Promise by Girls Aloud, vaulted by all three of us, average score of 8.83. Then we have in 24th place, Smile by Lily Allen, vaulted by all three of us, also with an average score of 8.3. Then in 23rd we have Dry Your Eyes by The Streets, vaulted by all three of us, 8.83

on the average rating. Well done to Mike Skinner. In 22nd place Pokerface by Lady Gaga, vaulted by all three of us nines across the board an average rating of nine. 21st place just missing out on the top 20 it is About You Now by the Sugar babes, voted by all three of us, also with an average score of 9. There's a run of 9s here because next up in the top 20 we go with Grace Kelly by Mika. 9s across the board again, average rating of 9. In 19th place, When the Sun Goes Down by Arctic Monkeys, again with an average score of 9. In 18th place this may disappoint some people, this maybe should have been higher, it is Groove

Jett in brackets if the Saint Love by Spiller and Sophie Ellis Bexter average rating of 9. Into the top 17 if that's a category. Lose Yourself by Eminem, an average rating of 9.16, vaulted by all three of us. At 16, It's Stargirl by McFly, given a 10 by Andy, but an average rating of 9.17, keeps it out of the top 15. Into that top 15, it's a song with two 10 out of 10s, Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance, vaulted by me and Andy, average score

of 9.17. 14. The Fear by Lily Allen, given a 10 by me, vaulted by all three of us an average score of 9.3 massive score. Into 13 with every heartbeat Robin with clear up. Vaulted by all three of us 9.3 on the average score. In 12th place Crazy in Love. Beyonce featuring Jay-Z 9.3 on the average score vaulted by all three of us. 9.3 on the average score, vaulted by all three of us. In 11, Girls Aloud, Sound of the Underground, vaulted by all three of us. It's a score of 9.3 again. And into the top 10, or this song.

This is tense, I might get the Strictly music out for this or something, where they're waiting to announce who's leaving. In 10th place, I Don't Feel Like Dancing, Scissor Sisters. Of course it's voted by all three of us. 9.33 on the votes. At number nine, DJ Sammy and Yenue featuring Doe, it's Heaven, voted by all three of us, 9.33.

In eighth place, getting so close now it is crazy by Niles Barkley vaulted by all three of us average rating of nine point five nine point five so close now so in seventh place sugar babes freak like me their highest entry It is a triple Volta, all three of us put it in, also 9.5. At number 6, Kylie, it's her highest entry, can't get you out of my head, also with a 9.5 score, also vaulted by all three of us and so the top five so many big hitters here at number five it is Stan by Eminem. Wow! Okay. Triple vaulted an average score of nine point five. But didn't win the year. Didn't win the year. Wow. Didn't win the year.

What a year that was. What beat it it i wonder at number four it just missed out on the decades champion before and it's inches from winning the rankings champion it's pure shores by all saints vaulted by all three of us an average score of 9.6 okay so the top three the bronze medal for the 2000s Lady Gaga bad romance bolted by all while average score of nine point seven 9.7 but not enough in Second place it's down to two songs. I should say Britney Spears and tattoo Will tattoo be a double champion for the 2000s? In number two, it is... Britney Spears with a toxic average score of 9.8, vaulted by all three of us.

But it is not enough because at number one, I've already given it away. It is Tattoo! All the things she said, tens across the board, triple vaulted, an average score of 10. A perfect average score. It is a double champion. It is a double champion.

Rankings winner and the decade winner my god amazing well done to tattoo and you'll have noticed I haven't put any music in the background and that's because we are going to play it in full so the best number one of the 2000s, according to Hits 21, is this. Running through my head Running through my head All the things you said Running through my head All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said

All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said I feel totally lost if I'm asking for help It's only because being with you has opened my eyes Could I ever believe such a perfect surprise? I keep asking myself, wondering how

I keep closing my eyes but I can't look you out When I fly to a place where it's just you and me Nobody else, so we can be free Nobody else, so we can be free All the things you said, all the things you said Running through my head, running through my head Running through my head, running through my head All the things you said, all the things you said

Running through my head, running through my head All the things you said, all the things you said In the dark, in the night We have a lot to whine, whine In, in, in, in All the things you said, all the things you said All the things you said, All the things you said And I'm all mixed up, feeling colder than rushed They say it's my fault, but I wonder so much When I fly her away, for the summer rain

Coming over my face, where she will be ashamed When I stop and stare, don't worry in me Cause I'm feeling for her, but she's feeling for me I can try to pretend, I can't try to forget But it's driving me mad, going out of my head All the things she said, all the things she said All the things she said, all the things she said All the things she said, all the things she said All the things she said, all the things she said All the things she said, all the things she said

All the things she said, all the things she said All the things she said, all the things she said All the things she said, all the things she said All the things she said, all the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said

All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said All the things you said Mother Looking at me, tell me, what do you see? Yes, I lost my mind Daddy looking at me, will I ever be free?

Have I cross the line All the things you said, all the things you said Running through my head, running through my head Running through my head, running through my head All the things you said, all the things you said Running through my head, running through my head All the things you said, all the things you said In my head, in my head

In my head, in my head In my head, in my head In my head, in my head Okay, that was Tattoo. The decade is over. That's it. Oh my gosh, that's it. Wow. We've discussed every number one of the 2000s, sometimes twice, sometimes three times if they've gone to number one again, and we've discussed them on this episode as well. So there's nothing left to do really except to look forward but also look backwards because as the show moves forward we'll be going backwards in time, obviously everybody knows

we are going to be looking at the 1990s. We will say a fond farewell, hopefully it's only temporary to Lizzie in a second. But before we do that, I thought I would patch in a recording that Ed has made all the way from the hills just outside of Barcelona. He's made a little recording, he's introduced himself and his tastes, what his top 5 number ones would have been were he on this show and allowed to pick his own list. Here it is. Holla. Ed here, calling in from Spain. I just want to say I'm so flattered and really genuinely excited to have been asked to join the Hits 21 team as they go back to the 90s. I get the impression

they wanted to inject the podcast with some old stale blood. And I remember Rob asked me his one qualifying question for joining the podcast was, do you know what a skibbidy toilet is? And I can confidently say I don't have a bloody clue. So evidently that won him over. Yeah, I've been a listener to Hits 21 since the inception. I love the show. I love the dynamic of the existing trifecta, Rob, Andy and Lizzie, formidable, and I am not at all shitting my pants

to be standing in for Lizzie, who has been so insightful and eloquent in her breakdown of music and context. I'm going to do my best. What more can I say? I feel like Metallica circa 1986 have had to cancel, so they've had to draft in Testament instead. Because I'm not going to do myself down. Testament. They're good Testament they're good They're good to give you a bit of an indication or perhaps just mislead you entirely I'm gonna give you a little rundown of my top five favorite UK number ones of the

2000s so here we go And number five I remember many moons ago seeing the film adaptation of Alex Garland's book The Beach. I don't remember anything else about the movie at all apart from the gorgeous, ethereal Pure Shores by All Saints as produced by William Orbit. Just lovely, whooshy, shimmering turn of the noughties pop. Gorgeous stuff At number four, I get the impression I like, there's a little bit more than the Hits 21 crew. Ultimate grimy, noughties, dance floor, banger, as they say.

It's Sexy Back by Timbaland and Timberlake. At number three, the bright, buoyant, retro, futurist production, a wonderfully sung chorus hook, just such an upbeat, uplifting, summery track, and a couple of really classy verses by a real human train wreck. It's American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West. At number two, oh that moody, dangling flamenco guitar, those pendulous chord changes, the punchy chorus, the mood. It's closer by Neo. And at number one, say what you like about this chap and his output nowadays I say nowadays I'm basically talking about since the mid-naughties but I would be

willing to say that Stand By Eminem is one of the greatest singles of all time let alone number one singles an absolute emotional introduction toward a force. Gorgeous. Anyway, I've got to get back to my cicadas and insert Spanish stuff here. So I look forward to speaking to you all soon. Ta-rah! So we'll be welcoming Ed into our 90s coverage, but Ed coming in means that someone's going to be vacating a spot. Hopefully only for a while. I mean, everybody knows Lizzie that you are going to be working in the background anyway.

Yeah. You are still going to be, you know, instead of making a new group chat, we've simply added Ed into the current WhatsApp group chat. It's not like Lizzie's been moved out. It's not like Ed's been welcomed in. She's still on half pay plus overtime at Christmas. Yeah. Exactly.

I don't have to hand in my pass. Yeah, Lizzie, I think that, I mean, this started because me and you started a Game of Thrones podcast, and then we thought we should continue podcasting, but about something else. Something in this world as opposed to that world. And what a journey. It has been two whole years. I don't know if you'd like to say anything, I don't mean to put you on the spot, but... Yeah, no, like, I had no idea how this podcast was going to go because I'd obviously known you before Rob but I never

never knew Andy and I thought oh god this could be interesting but yeah I think the first time I recorded with Andy I thought yeah this is this is going to be great I think immediately I could tell we were all, you know, we all cared a lot about pop music and we all had similar but differing opinions that could make for something I feel was quite entertaining and yeah I'm gutted to be leaving but I'm really looking forward to A your coverage of the 90s and B hearing what Ed brings to the podcast I think it's gonna be onwards and upwards for Hits 21.

And yeah, who knows? I might stop in and say hi along the way. Oh, yeah. Well, we've got to get you on for some Christmas episodes at least. Definitely. Yeah, we'd be happy to. I would like to say as well, I echo everything Rob said. It's been an absolute delight having you on the show, Lizzie.

It's just been, yeah, like you say, we didn't even know each other before we started doing this. Don't know if we've ever revealed that on the air, that the first conversation in person that we ever had was our first episode. And I was quite nervous about that, but my nerves went away straight away because I was immediately struck by how easy you were to talk to, by how funny you were and by how brilliant your commentary was on all of the songs you will be dearly, dearly missed and we really do hope you come back

at some point. And you have given the world coffee pop. You have given the world a word to use to describe that kind of music. Ernest Manpain, Coffee Pop. Those were the two things you called... Well, sort of the Simpsons, but Born to Run a Rock was your idea. Pie Hall? I think I gave us the Pie Hall, yeah. Pie Hall as well.

So much of this show's lexicon and jargon and terminology all comes back to you. But do you know what, Lizzie, when you said there that you and Andy spoke for like, you know, that you didn't know each other before this podcast, I'd actually forgotten that. That you two didn't know each other. I had honestly forgotten. It's been such a long time. I know it's two years. I mean, God, is that how long it's going to take us to do the nineties as well?

It's going to take us two years to do the 90s. But we'll all be in completely different positions in two years as well. I just yeah, I. Whenever I have started a podcast in the past, apart from the Game of Thrones one, obviously, it's always kind of like it's been an idea. I've done a few episodes and it's kind of fizzled out and it doesn't really reach completion. But the only two podcasts I've ever done that have ever been completed from beginning to

end where they reach the destination they set out for at the beginning have been the podcast where you have been involved, Lizzie, to kick things off and make sure that they at least get to the end of a chapter, the end of an era in the show and then I can show it to people and be proud of it and That it's actually having more of an audience than anything else I've ever done before as well You know the longest night and hits 21 podcasts have both got so much bigger than I ever expected them to and we have built up such a lovely audience a Lovely audience on Hits 21. Because the Longest Night audience is mostly quite nice, but, you know, it's a fandom.

It's, it can get quite, you know. Whereas Hits 21 has never ever got like that. We have only ever had people speak to us who are friendly and informative. They tell us things that we can do a week's worth of research and they'll tell us something that even we didn't pick up while we've been looking at the songs. It's been a real, like it really has been a wonderful experience like doing the podcast with you and everything and you said onwards and upwards but really it's onwards and sideways. There is no up from what we have done. We've hit a peak and we're

sustaining it. I don't think that there's anywhere left to go, really. It's just, yeah, it's been made amazing by... I mean, it's been made amazing by all three of us, but I think, like, I look forward to coming to doing this every single week just to hear what you two have, you know, what you two have got to say about songs I've been in my own head about all week and then I come and learn something new or find a new perspective on something and every yeah it is it is such a highlight of every Thursday looking forward to knowing I'm doing this later in the evening and yeah

probably with the exception of when we talked about Never Leave You by Tinchy Strider that That was probably... Well, I didn't mind that one. We probably let you down in terms of our discussion on that one. Yeah. You couldn't. But yeah, so Lizzie, as much as it's as much as you're stepping away from the microphone, you're still going to be every bit of artwork that you see.

If you listen to this, every bit of artwork you see will have been designed by Lizzie She's still hanging around. She's still gonna be using our Twitter and social media and stuff Oh, yeah, you're not away. You're not you're not completely away. You're just not in front of the microphone This is not goodbye. This is to talk for now. Yes, exactly Exactly and hey, you know, we'll definitely make room if you want to if there's a a particular song in the night is where you feel like, yeah, I want to make an appearance with that. There's always room for it. I've earmarked one. So yeah, watch this face. Alright then. So I guess there is just nothing left to do but to wrap up the 2000s and say thank you to everybody who has listened to us across the, however many songs it was that we did what did I say before 244

245 something like that. God we've discussed all of them. God that's something we could cash can't we? We could take that to the bank We completed it. Yeah exactly. I must say you know there's been so many, I was looking through the list and there's been so many and I thought what we discussed that? I don't remember that at all like never gonna leave your side by Bedingfield as well but I was like what I remember talking about that it's just oh that's why we're going back to the start and we're doing it again yeah God oh my god guys I'm gonna leave all this in unedited because I've just had a thought because you know Andy you've just mentioned Tinty Strider there Never Leave You and I remember you saying

that's like the most middle average song that we've that you think we would have discussed and so I got I got curious just then and I thought what is Dead in the Middle so there's 244 songs that we've done which means that Dead in the Middle in 122nd place would you believe is Meet Me Half Way by the Jack of all the Hours. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. It is there in 122nd place with an average rating of 6.3, One Ahead of You Said No by Busted and One Below Holiday by Dizzy Rascal.

It is right there god that's amazing I cannot believe that what just what a beautiful serendipitous way to end it and just let everyone know about the future of hits 21 obviously I mentioned that we're gonna be taking some time off just while we get everything prepared for the 90s we'll probably be back in about like five six weeks weeks, sometime in October. If we reach the end of October and there's no new episode at the start of the 90s, something's gone wrong. So just anticipate that before Halloween,

there will be a new Hits 21 episode and we'll keep you updated throughout. I'm still gonna keep up with that Moments of Truth series as well, so you won't be entirely without content, but- Just like Scylla but that is it that is the end of the 2000s the end of the first era of hits 21 thank you so much for listening and we will we will see you next time thank you bye see ya thank you bye bye