# George Michael, Paolo Nutini and (Maybe) the Best Dance Song of the 2000s (9-15 July 2006)

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Podcast: [The 2000s Chart Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-2000s-chart-show-7423772)
Published: 2026-07-15T07:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://the2000schartshow.substack.com/p/george-michael-paolo-nutini-and-maybe
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## Resource

Things are splintering in the pop music charts by this point in the 2000s. Some chart icons are struggling to get top 10s, while new genres like emo bite at their heels and social media mints a new generation of stars. Men are starting to think that becoming singer-songwriters or doing acoustic guitar covers of pop songs is a good idea (it isn’t), while women dominate the upper reaches of the chart like never before.Let me tell you the story in the latest episode of The 2000s Chart Show, the pop music history podcast where every ep we’re reliving the 40 biggest selling songs of this week 20 years ago and telling the stories of all the new episodes. This week’s episode of The 2000s Chart Show features the following songs: All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret Armand Van Helden - MyMyMy The Automatic - Monster Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me Bob Sinclar feat. Steve Edwards - World Hold On (Children of the Sky) Busta Rhymes - I Love My Chick Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles… The Feeling - Fill My Little World George Michael - An Easier Affair Infernal - From Paris to Berlin Jamie T - Sheila José Gonzalez - Hand on Your Heart Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends Keane - Is It Any Wonder Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway The Kooks - Naive The Kooks - She Moves in Her Own Way Lily Allen - Smile LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push Muse - Supermassive Black Hole Nelly Furtado - Maneater Ne-Yo - Sexy Love Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat Paolo Nutini - Last Request Pink - Who Knew The Pipettes - Pull Shapes Primal Scream - Country Girl Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg - Buttons Razorlight - In the Morning Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California The Rifles -…

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