2015

Part 15 of Sounds of the 21st Century, the year of the Paris attacks, FIFA scandal, Jeremy Clarkson’s fracas, and The Force Awakens.

Tracklisting:

• Eastenders – Who Killed Lucy
• Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
• Buckingham Palace denies Andrew claims
• Poldark
• Charlie Hebdo attacks
• Hozier – Take Me to Church
• Australia allowed in Eurovision
• Piers Morgan joins GMB
• OMI – Cheerleader
• Princess Charlotte born
• The Dress
• Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
• Justin Bieber – Sorry
• General Election – debates/Tories win/SNP success/resignations
• James Bay – Hold Back the River
• Tunisia beach attack
• Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
• Calais migrant crisis
• Furious 7
• Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth – See You Again
• Nepal earthquake
• Lost Frequencies – Are You With Me
• Jeremy Clarkson fracas
• Love Island
• Jason Derulo – Want to Want Me
• Same sex marriage in US and Ireland
• Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand
• Snapchat
• Major Lazer – Lean On
• Britain win Davis Cup
• Jess Ennis wins Heptathlon
• Lewis Hamilton wins F1
• Walk the Moon – Shut Up and Dance
• Tyson Fury beats Klitchscko
• Sepp Blatter arrested, FIFA scandal
• Jurassic World
• Elon Musk
• Little Mix – Black Magic
• Alton Towers crash
• Trump announces Presidency run
• Drake – Hotline Bling
• Hatton Garden raid
• The Weeknd – Cant Feel My Face
• James Corden
• Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader
• Years & Years – King
• Caitlyn Jenner
• Nadiya wins Bake Off
• Queen is longest reigning monarch
• Calvin Harris – How Deep is Your Love
• Germanwings crash
• Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
• Tim Peake in space
• Star Wars the Force Awakens
• Paris attacks
• Adele – Hello

2014

Part 14 focuses on 2014, the year of Indyref, Benefits Street and Brazil’s World Cup humiliation.

Tracklisting:

• Donald Trump does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
• Pharrell Williams – Happy
• UKIP and Nigel Farage win at European elections
• Magic – Rude
• Nude celebrity photo iCloud hack
• Ed Sheeran – Sing
• Ukraine revolution / Russia annexes Crimea
• Ariana Grande – Problem
• Bake Off‘s Bingate
• Ella Henderson – Ghost
• Rocket lands on comet 67P
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Robin Williams dies
• Mr Probz – Waves (Robin Schultz remix)
• Teacher Ann Maguire killed
• Sam Smith – Stay With Me
• Scotland votes to stay in the UK
• Clean Bandit – Rather Be
• Facebook buys Whatsapp
• Benefits Street
• Lewis Hamilton wins second F1 Championship
• Rory McIlroy wins two Majors
• Meghan Trainor – All About that Bass
• World Cup: England out at group stage, Luis Suarez bite, Germany thrash Brazil, Germany beat Argentina in final
• Sigma – Nobody to Love
• Philip Hughes death
• Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong
• Streaming included in charts
• True Detective
• Max Clifford jailed / Rolf Harris jailed / Bill Cosby allegations
• Katy Perry – Dark Horse
• Solange vs Jay Z elevator fight
• Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX – Fancy
• Peaches Geldof dies
• George Ezra – Budapest
• PewDiePie on YouTube
• Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
• Hong Kong’s umbrella revolution
• Ferguson protests / Black Lives Matter
• Route 94 & Jess Glynne – My Love
• Flight MH370 goes missing
• Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine
• Sia – Chandelier
• Ebola outbreak
• Barack Obama warns of global pandemic
• John Legend – All of Me
• Boko Haram kidnap schoolgirls
• Rise of ISIS
• Kiesza – Hideaway
• Boris Johnson to stand as MP
• Take That – These Days
• Tower of London poppies
• Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

2013

Part 13 focuses on 2013, the year of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon triumph, Prince George’s arrival, and the death of Nelson Mandela.

Tracklisting:

• ‘Let me take a selfie’
• Bastille – Pompeii
• Horsemeat scandal
• Lorde – Royals
• North Korea’s nuclear tests, truce with South Korea ends
• GTAV
• Boston Marathon bombings
• will.i.am & Britney Spears – Scream & Shout
• Pope Benedict retires, Pope Francis announced
• OneRepublic – Counting Stars
• Russia meteor
• Selfies
• Miley Cyrus and twerking
• Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
• Dhaka garment factory collapse
• Naughty Boy & Sam Smith – La La La
• Nigel Farage’s UKIP rise
• Bauer – Harlem Shake
• David Cameron promises EU referendum
• Ellie Goulding – Burn
• Murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich
• Passenger – Let Her Go
• Ghouta chemical attack
• Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
• Morsi removed as President of Egypt
• Les Miserables
• Prince George born
• Daft Punk – Get Lucky
• Hugo Chavez dies
• Margaret Thatcher dies
• Avicii – Wake Me Up
• Edward Snowden
• Icona Pop – I Love It
• Wigan win FA Cup
• Sir Alex Ferguson retires
• Andy Murray wins Wimbledon
• Katy Perry – Roar
• HMV saved from administration
• Blurred Lines controversy
• Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
• Oscar Pistorius arrested
• Ian Watkins jailed
• House of Cards on Netflix
• Paul Walker dies
• Richard III’s body found
• Gogglebox
• Bedroom tax
• The Lumineers – Ho Hey
• Gay marriage passed
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop
• Plebgate
• Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble
• Clutha bar disaster
• Nelson Mandela dies
• Pink & Nate Ruess – Just Give Me a Reason
• Frozen
• Idina Menzel – Let It Go

2012

Part 12 focuses on 2012, the year of the London Olympics, the Jimmy Savile scandal, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Tracklisting:

• Benedict Cumberbatch’s Olympics intro
• Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
• Felix Baumgartner
• Boat race is hijacked
• Emeli Sande – Next to Me
• Diamond Jubilee
• Gary Barlow – Sing
• Typhoon Bopha
• Rudimental – Feel the Love
• Man City win Premier League in final seconds
• Chelsea win Champions League
• England knocked out of Euro 2012 on penalties, Spain win
• Alex Clare – Too Close
• Andy Murray beaten in Wimbledon final
• Bradley Wiggins wins Tour de France
• Europe win Ryder Cup
• Chris Moyles leaves Radio 1
• Whitney Houston dies
• James Arthur – Impossible
• Israel-Hamas ceasefire
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians
• Lance Armstrong stripped of titles
• Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know
• Stephen Lawrence killers jailed
• Dark Knight Rises shooting
• Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
• Shard is opened
• Catfish
• Olympic flame
• London 2012 opening ceremony
• David Guetta & Sia – Titanium
• 2012 Olympics highlights
• Nicki Minaj – Starships
• Paralympics
• Avengers
• Jimmy Savile scandal
• Schofield vs Cameron
• Adele – Skyfall
• Philpott house fire
• Rihanna – Diamonds
• Prince Harry naked
• Fifty Shades of Grey sales
• Psy – Gangnam Style
• Trayvon Martin shooting
• Sandy Hook
• Fun – We Are Young
• Syria civil war
• Malala shot
• Andy Murray wins US Open
• Robbie Williams – Candy
• Donald Trump’s Presidential ambitions
• Obama wins second Presidency
• Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
• Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant, Australian radio prank call
• Gabrielle Aplin – Power of Love

2011

Part 11 focuses on 2011, the year of the UK riots, the phone hacking scandal and a royal wedding.

Tracklisting:

– Mrs Brown’s Boys
– Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
– News of the World shuts down
– Phone hacking scandal, Murdoch trial
– Jessie J – Price Tag
– Occupy Wall Street
– Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar
– Unemployment levels at record low
– UK riots
– Rizzle Kicks – Down with the Trumpets
– Japan earthquake
– Christina Perri – Jar of Hearts
– Amy Winehouse dies
– Steve Jobs dies
– Nicki Minaj – Super Bass
– Obama releases birth certificate, Donald Trump takes credit
– The Great British Bake Off
– Amanda Knox released
– Olly Murs – Heart Skips a Beat
– Tucson shooting, Gabrielle Giffords survives
– Norway attacks
– Lana Del Rey – Video Games
– Vincent Tabak guilty of Joanna Yeates murder, Christopher Jeffries innocent
– Adele – Someone Like You
– David Cameron rejects EU referendum, Nigel Farage not happy
– The Wanted – Glad You Came
– Conrad Murray guilty of causing Michael Jackson’s death
– One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
– Ryan Giggs super injunction
– The Only Way is Essex/Made in Chelsea
– Jimmy Savile dies
– LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem
– Rory McIlroy wins first golf major
– Novak Djokovic dominates tennis, wins first Wimbledon
– Man Utd 1 Man City 6
– Gary Speed dies
– Ed Sheeran – The A Team
– Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding
– Final Harry Potter movie
– Osama bin Laden killed
– Professor Green & Emeli Sande – Read All About It
– Kim Jong Il dies
– Coldplay – Paradise
– Burqa ban in France
– Italy PM Silvio Berlusconi resigns
– Rihanna & Calvin Harris – We Found Love
– Richard Keys and Andy Gray sexism row
– Game of Thrones
– Egypt President Hosni Mubarak resigns
– Colonel Gaddafi killed in Libya
– Iraq War ends
– Military Wives – Wherever You Are

2010

Part 10 is all about 2010 – the year of the Chilean Miners, Glee, the coalition and the disaster in Haiti.

Tracklisting:

– David Tennant leaves Doctor Who
– Usher – OMG
– BP oil spill
– Glee
– Glee Cast – Don’t Stop Believin’
– Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
– Snow in Britain
– Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts
– Haiti earthquake
– Chile earthquake
– China earthquake
– Pakistan floods
– Iceland volcano halts flights
– Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed
– Sherlock
– Alexander McQueen dies
– Adele – Rolling in the Deep
– Gordon Brown’s bigot gaffe
– Lady Gaga & Beyonce – Telephone
– John Terry’s affair and captaincy axe
– Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We No Speak Americano
– Isner v Mahut at Wimbledon
– AP McCoy wins Grand National and Sports Personality
– Chelsea win the Double
– Vuvuzelas
– Rihanna – Only Girl in the World
– England thrashed by Germany at the World Cup
– Spain win World Cup
– Qatar wins World Cup 2022 bid
– Despicable Me
– Wikileaks Afghanistan war logs
– Eminem & Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie
– General Election: TV debates, Tories win, Brown resigns, Tory/Lib Dems coalition
– Plan B – She Said
– Ed Miliband beats David in Labour leader election
– Justin Bieber – Baby
– Polish President Lech Kaczynski killed in plane crash
– Norman Wisdom dies
– Owl City – Fireflies
– 6 Music saved
– Take That reunite with Robbie Williams
– Take That – The Flood
– Greece bailout
– Downton Abbey
– Steve Jobs launches Apple’s iPad
– Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
– US/Russia arms treaty
– Chris Evans first Radio 2 breakfast show
– Inception
– Cumbria massacre
– BoB & Hayley Williams – Airplanes
– Raoul Moat manhunt
– Facebook reaches half a billion users
– The Social Network
– Prince William and Kate Middleton engagement
– Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
– Old Spice advert
– One Direction formed on X Factor
– Matt Cardle – When We Collide
– Tony Blair faces Chilcot inquiry
– Cee Lo Green – Forget You
– Chilean miners freed
– Katy Perry – Firework

2009

Part 9 of Sounds of the 21st Century, the year of the recession, Lady Gaga and the death of Michael Jackson.

Tracklisting:

– Jedward on X Factor
– Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
– Christian Bale meltdown
– Barack Obama inauguration
– Lily Allen – The Fear
– UK is in recession
– La Roux – In for the Kill
– Woolworths closes down
– Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
– Somali pirates hijack US ship, Captain Phillips praised
– Kesha – Tik Tok
– Josef Fritzl sentenced
– Susan Boyle audition on Britain’s Got Talent
– Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin’s pension, RBS losses
– MPs expenses scandal
– Lady Gaga – Poker Face
– Gurkhas granted UK settlements, Joanna Lumley celebrates
– Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
– Manchester United win Premiership, lose Champions League final
– Thierry Henry handball against Ireland
– Jenson Button wins F1
– Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick in Wimbledon final
– England win the Ashes
– Sir Bobby Robson dies
– Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
– Swine flu outbreak
– Go Compare, Compare the Meerkat ads
– Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
– Gaza ceasefire
– Jay Z and Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
– Pilot lands plane in Hudson River
– Red Dwarf returns
– Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift, Obama calls him a ‘jackass’
– Taylor Swift – Love Story
– Stephen Gately dies
– Jade Goody dies
– David Guetta and Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over
– Tiger Woods affair scandal
– Cheryl Cole – Fight for this Love
– Rihanna beaten by Chris Brown
– Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys
– Amanda Knox sentenced for Meredith Kercher murder
– Oasis split
– BNP’s Nick Griffin on Question Time
– Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
– Terry Wogan’s final breakfast show
– Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
– Harry Patch dies
– Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
– UK soldiers in Afghanistan
– Avatar
– Michael Jackson dies
– Michael Jackson – This Is It
– Rage Against the X Factor
– Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name

2008

Part 8 of Sounds of the 21st Century, the year of the credit crunch, Iron Man and Barack Obama.

Tracklisting:

– Taken
– Nickelback – Rockstar
– Lehman Brothers bankrupt
– Credit crunch
– Sam Sparro – Black & Gold
– Fidel Castro steps down
– Slumdog Millionnaire
– Israel strikes on Gaza Strip
– The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
– David Cameron declares end of New Labour
– Boris Johnson elected Mayor of London
– The Killers – Human
– Shoes thrown at George W Bush
– Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
– Basshunter – Now You’re Gone
– Michael Phelps breaks Olympic record
– Usain Bolt wins two golds, breaks two world records
– Rebecca Adlington & Christine Ohuruogu win gold
– Chris Hoy wins Sport Personality of the Year
– Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008
– Portsmouth win FA Cup
– Manchester United beat Chelsea in Champions League final
– That Mitchell & Webb Look: Football!
– Pink – So What
– Nadal beats Federer in ‘greatest’ Wimbledon final
– Lewis Hamilton wins F1
– Iron Man
– Medvedev is Russian President
– Zimbabwe election
– Girls Aloud – The Promise
– Islamabad hotel bombing
– Kanye West – Love Lockdown
– Sichuan earthquake
– Grand Theft Auto IV
– US Presidential Election: John McCain chooses Sarah Palin for VP, Barack Obama wins Democratic nomination
– Estelle & Kanye West – American Boy
– Mark Speight dies
– Beyonce – If I Were a Boy
– Phoenix Rover lands on Mars
– Large Hadron Collider
– Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
– Heath Ledger dies
– The Dark Knight
– Mumbai attacks
– Leona Lewis – Run
– Bill Gates retires
– The Inbetweeners
– Duffy – Mercy
– Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’ Sachsgate row
– Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe
– Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl
– Twilight
– Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air
– Twitter rise
– Kid Rock – All Summer Long
– John Sergeant leaves Strictly Come Dancing
– Coldplay – Viva La Vida
– OJ Simpson jailed
– Flo Rida & T-Pain – Low
– QE2 retired
– Take That – Greatest Day
– Barack Obama elected US President
– Elbow – One Day Like This

2007

Part 7 of Sounds of the 21st Century, the year of the smoking ban, the Celebrity Big Brother race row and the iPhone.

Tracklisting:

– Charlie Bit My Finger
– Mika – Grace Kelly
– Celebrity Big Brother race row
– Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
– Cash for honours
– Just Jack – Starz in their Eyes
– Transformers
– Kanye West – Stronger
– Man Utd win the Premiership
– Chelsea win the FA Cup
– Timbaland – The Way I Are
– Roger Federer wins 5th Wimbledon
– David Beckham joins LA Galaxy
– Gavin & Stacey
– The Hoosiers – Worried About Ray
– Boris Yeltsin dies
– Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
– Flooding in Britain
– Rihanna – Umbrella
– Virginia Tech shooting
– Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah
– Final Harry Potter book launch
– Take That – Shine
– 300
– The Big Bang Theory
– Writers Guild of America strike
– Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse – Valerie
– Rhys Jones killed
– The Fray – How To Save a Life
– Tony Blair stands down as PM, replaced by Gordon Brown
– Celebrity Apprentice: Piers Morgan sacked
– Hellogoodbye – Here in Your Arms
– Marion Jones stripped of medals
– Superbad
– Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend
– Madeleine McCann goes missing
– JoJo – Too Little Too Late
– Paul Potts on Britain’s Got Talent
– Luciano Pavarotti dies
– Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
– Alex Salmond becomes Scotland First Minister
– Outnumbered
– Kate Nash – Foundations
– Terrorist attack attempt at Glasgow airport
– Freemasons – Uninvited
– Northern Rock crisis
– Sugababes – About You Now
– Benazir Bhutto killed
– Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry
– Apple launches iPhone
– Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls
– Nick Clegg is leader of Liberal Democrats
– Gordon Ramsay on Hell’s Kitchen
– The Simpsons Movie
– Robyn – With Every Heartbeat
– Smoking ban
– Take That – Rule the World

2006

Part 6 of Sounds of the 21st Century, the year of Richard Hammond’s crash, Danish cartoons, and a whale stuck in the Thames.

Tracklisting:

– Jackie Stallone in Celebrity Big Brother
– Orson – No Tomorrow
– Danish cartoons controversy
– The Da Vinci Code
– Steve Irwin dies
– The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way
– Charles Kennedy resigns from Lib Dems
– Amy Winehouse – Rehab
– Alexander Litvinenko killed
– Razorlight – America
– Ricky Gervais Podcast with Stephen Merchant & Karl Pilkington
– Lordi – Hard Rock Hallelujah
– John Prescott admits affair
– Beyonce – Irreplaceable
– BBC’s ‘Wrong Guy’
– Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancing
– Ariel Sharon suffers stroke
– Heroes
– Gary Glitter jailed
– The Automatic – Monster
– Michael Schumacher retires
– Infernal – From Paris to Berlin
– Chelsea win Premiership
– Barcelona win Champions League over Arsenal
– England knocked out of World Cup on penalties
– Fedde le Grand – Put Your Hands Up for Detroit
– Zidane headbutts in World Cup Final
– Italy win World Cup
– Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal in Wimbledon final
– Paul Hunter dies
– Paolo Nutini – Last Request
– Egyptian ferry disaster
– Borat
– Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
– Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
– Tony Blair plans resignation
– IT Crowd
– Lily Allen – Smile
– Richard Hammond’s crash and recovery on Top Gear
– Nelly Furtado – Maneater
– Al-Zarqawi killed
– Casino Royale
– Chris Cornell – You Know My Name
– Paul McCartney separates from Heather Mills
– Justin Timberlake – Sexyback
– James Brown dies
– Shakira – Hips Don’t Lie
– Whale stuck in the Thames
– Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
– First single to reach #1 on downloads alone
– Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
– Steven Wright charged over Ipswich prostitute killings
– Take That – Patience
– Top of the Pops axed
– Sandi Thom – I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker with Flowers in my Hair
– Saddam Hussein hanged
– My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade

2005

The year of a new Pope, Live 8, Doctor Who’s return and the 7/7 bombings.

Tracklisting:

– Crazy Frog
– Snoop Dogg & Justin Timberlake – Signs
– Prince Charles marries Camilla
– McFly – All About You
– London win 2012 Olympics bid
– Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Phunk with My Heart
– 7/7 London bombings
– 2Pac & Elton John – Ghetto Gospel
– 7/7 bombers
– 21/7 bombing attempts
– Gorillaz – DARE
– Jean Charles de Menezes killed
– IRA disarmament
– Batman Begins
– Gaza withdrawal
– Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha
– Michael Jackson acquitted
– Daniel Powter – Bad Day
– Prince Harry’s nazi costume
– Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
– George Best dies
– Stereophonics – Dakota
– Terri Schiavo case
– James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
– Brokeback Mountain
– Sudan peace deal
– Madonna – Hung Up
– Take That reunite
– Bodyrockers – I Like the Way
– Chelsea win Premiership
– Liverpool win Champions League
– Kanye West – Gold Digger
– England win the Ashes
– Labour win election
– The Killers – Mr Brightside
– David Cameron becomes Tory leader
– Deal or No Deal
– Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
– 24 hour pubs
– Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot
– Live 8 (Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Bob Geldof, Pink Floyd)
– Doctor Who
– Foo Fighters – Best of You
– Hurricane Katrina
– Coldplay – Fix You
– Jamie Oliver vs school dinners
– Tony Christie – Is This the Way to Amarillo?
– Star Wars Episode III
– Ronnie Barker dies
– Sugababes – Push the Button
– PS3 vs Xbox 360
– Pope John Paul II dies, Pope Benedict XVI appointed
– Nizlopi – JCB Song

2004

The year of the Arsenal the Invincibles, Lost and the tragedies of Beslan and Madrid.

Tracklisting:

– Windows XP / MSN Messenger
– Outkast – Hey Ya!
– Hutton Inquiry findings
– Usher – Yeah!
– Marlon Brando dies
– Kelis – Milkshake
– Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction
– Harold Shipman suicide
– House
– Madrid bombings
– Mario Winans – I Don’t Wanna Know
– Tony Blair visits Gaddafi
– Anchorman
– Fox hunting ban
– Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme
– Chris Moyles begins Radio 1 breakfast show
– Strictly Come Dancing
– Gay marriage law passed in Massachusetts
– Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For?
– Roger Federer dominates tennis
– Jose Mourinho joins Chelsea
– Eric Prydz – Call on Me
– Invincible Arsenal
– Man Utd win FA Cup
– England knocked out of Euro 2004 on penalties
– Greece win Euro 2004
– 2004 Greece Olympics opening ceremony
– Kelly Holmes wins two golds
– O-Zone – Dragostea din Tei
– GB wins relay gold
– Liu Xiang wins hurdles gold for China
– Michael Phelps dominates swimming
– GB win rowing gold, Matthew Pinsent’s fourth
– EU welcomes 10 new countries
– Lost
– Christopher Reeve dies
– Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
– Beslan siege
– The Rasmus – In the Shadows
– Iraqi prisoner abuse by US soldiers
– Piers Morgan sacked for fake photos
– U2 – Vertigo
– Lord of the Rings dominates the Oscars
– Friends finale
– The Streets – Dry Your Eyes
– Alistair Cooke dies
– Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
– John Peel dies
– Google on the Stock Exchange
– Shaun of the Dead
– Eamon – I Don’t Want You Back
– David Blunkett affair scandal
– George W Bush beats John Kerry to Presidency
– Green Day – American Idiot
– Ronald Reagan dies
– Maroon 5 – This Love
– Yasser Arafat dies
– Britney Spears – Toxic
– Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami
– Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

2003

The year of the Iraq War, the Hutton Inquiry and Jonny Wilkinson.

Tracklisting:

– Michael Winner ad
– Busted – Year 3000
– Iraq War protests
– Black Eyed Peas – Where is the Love?
– Britain in the Iraq War
– Saddam Hussein statue fall
– 50 Cent – In Da Club
– Peep Show
– The OC
– Phantom Planet – California
– SARS outbreak
– Dido – White Flag
– Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
– TATU – All the Things She Said
– Iran earthquake
– Mark Owen – Four Minute Warning
– Pirates of the Caribbean
– David Blaine’s London box
– Johnny Cash dies
– Johnny Cash – Hurt
– Lockerbie bomber sentenced
– Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
– Dirty Den back in EastEnders
– Cheryl Tweedy charged with assault
– Blu Cantrell & Sean Paul – Breathe
– Andrew Gilligan story, Parliament vs BBC
– David Kelly dies
– Hutton Inquiry launched
– Evanescence – Bring Me to Life
– David Beckham hit by a boot by Alex Ferguson
– Junior Senior – Move Your Feet
– David Beckham joins Real Madrid
– England win the Rugby World Cup
– R Kelly – Ignition
– Roger Federer wins first Grand Slam
– Roman Abramovich buys Chelsea
– Finding Nemo
– Beyonce – Crazy in Love
– Little Britain
– Robbie Williams at Knebworth
– Robbie Williams – Something Beautiful
– UK get nil points at Eurovision
– Living with Michael Jackson documentary
– Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body
– Bob Hope dies
– QI
– The Darkness – I Believe in a Thing Called Love
– Concorde’s final flight
– Will Young – Leave Right Now
– Saddam Hussein captured
– Fatman Scoop – Be Faithful
– Arnold Schwarzenegger is Governor of California
– Love Actually
– Ian Huntley sentenced
– Michael Andrews & Gary Jules – Mad World

2002

The year of the Golden Jubilee, the War on Terror, and TV talent shows.

Tracklisting:

– Jackass
– Sugababes – Freak Like Me
– George W Bush State of Union address
– Guantanamo Bay hunger strike
– Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way
– War on Terror / search for Bin Laden
– Gujarat riots
– Nickelback – How You Remind Me
– Cherie Blair is not ‘superwoman’
– Spider-Man
– Ford job cuts
– Liberty X – Just a Little
– Top Gear
– Michael Barrymore allegations
– Will Young wins Pop Idol
– Will Young – Evergreen
– Michael Jackson dangles Blanket
– Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss
– Lennox Lewis beats Mike Tyson
– Winter Olympics opening ceremony
– Elvis vs JXL – A Little Less Conversation
– GB wins curling gold
– Arsenal win the Double
– England beat Argentina, lose to Brazil
– Brazil win the World Cup
– The Queen opens the Manchester Commonwealth Games
– Las Ketchup – Asereje (The Ketchup Song)
– Paula Radcliffe, Beth Tweddle, Chris Hoy win gold
– Serena Williams wins three Grand Slams
– Sir Alex Ferguson cancels retirement
– Chicago
– Myra Hindley dies
– DJ Sammy – Heaven (Candlelight Mix)
– Soham murders, Ian Huntley arrested
– Potters Bar train crash
– Nelly & Kelly Rowland – Dilemma
– Middle East violence
– Eminem – Lose Yourself
– Washington sniper killings
– Moscow theatre siege
– The Bourne Identity
– Bali bombing
– Enrique Iglesias – Hero
– Princess Margaret dies
– Catholic Church sex scandal
– Christina Aguilera – Dirrty
– Jade Goody in Big Brother
– UN inspection of Iraq
– Avril Lavigne – Complicated
– Harry Hill’s TV Burp
– Shakira – Whenever Wherever
– The Queen Mother dies
– Daniel Bedingfield – If You’re Not the One
– Phill Jupitus launches BBC Radio 6 Music
– Coldplay – Clocks
– Girls Aloud win Popstars The Rivals
– Girls Aloud – Sound of the Underground
– The Queen’s Golden Jubilee
– Brian May plays God Save the Queen

2001

The year of the iPod, The Office, Foot & Mouth and 9/11.

Tracklisting:

– 24 intro
– Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
– iTunes & iPod unveiling by Steve Jobs
– George W Bush inauguration
– Timothy McVeigh execution
– Crazy Town – Butterfly
– Darius sings Britney on Popstars
– Hear’Say – Pure & Simple
– Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone
– Foot & Mouth crisis
– Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This
– EastEnders – Who Shot Phil?
– Nepalese royal massacre
– So Solid Crew – 21 Seconds
– 24
– Limp Bizkit – Rollin’
– Enron bankruptcy
– The Office
– S Club 7 – Don’t Stop Movin’
– Tiger Woods domination
– DJ Otzi – Hey Baby
– Liverpool beat Arsenal in FA Cup Final
– Liverpool complete cup Treble with UEFA Cup
– England 5 Germany 1
– David Beckham scores freekick against Greece
– Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
– Tim Henman defeated in Wimbledon semi-final
– Goran Ivanisevic wins Wimbledon
– Ocean’s Eleven
– Jeffrey Archer jailed
– Blue – All Rise
– Brian wins Big Brother 2
– Jack Dee discusses Celebrity Big Brother
– Afroman – Because I Got High
– John Prescott throws a punch
– Destiny’s Child – Survivor
– Tony Blair’s Labour wins landslide election
– Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
– Gujarat earthquake
– Lord of the Rings
– Douglas Adams dies
– Atomic Kitten – Whole Again
– George Harrison dies
– Aaliyah dies
– Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
– Anthrax attacks
– Will Young takes on Simon Cowell on Pop Idol
– Shrek
– Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out of My Head
– Chris Evans sacked from Virgin
– Charles Ingram cheats on Who Wants To be a Millionaire?
– Shaggy – It Wasn’t Me
– Selby rail crash
– Outkast – Ms Jackson
– Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman divorce
– Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Somethin’ Stupid
– 9/11
– Linkin Park – In the End

Introduction

Welcome to Bootleg Sounds of the 21st Century, an unofficial continuation of Trevor Dann’s Company’s excellent BBC Radio 2 series Sounds of the 20th Century.

Featuring clips of the music, news, TV shows and films of each year from 2001 onwards, the series is made for the fans and is in no way affiliated with the original series or its makers. No copyright infringement intended.

You can now subscribe on iTunes, get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tom-eames-presents-sounds/id1014600350

Produced and presented by Tom Eames.