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