Pick of the Year: 2000

‘Let’s all meet up in the year 2000 won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown’ – Pulp

Dad’s ‘Pick of the Year’ tapes were always a firm family favourite where he would make a compilation cassette of his favourite songs form that year. He stopped in 1992 however, when music got a bit too modern for him. It’s something over the years I’ve tried to carry on, and did for a while but, no one listens to CDs anymore and they don’t have the same impact as mp3 playlists. I’ve often thought about restarting it all from 1982 on my blog though just so I have somewhere to put them all for prosperity sake.

The first rule of POTY is DON’T TALK ABOUT PICK OF THE YEAR, sorry, that’s the illegal underground fight club I’m part of.

The first rule of POTY is that you can only pick songs that charted in the top 75 in the UK. The second rule of POTY is that you can only pick enough songs that would fit onto an old C120 cassette (between 30-40 tracks). The final rule, one which I’ve imposed myself, is that you must include that year’s Christmas number 1 (highlighted in green)

1. Robbie Williams – Rock DJ
2. Gabrielle – Rise
3. Sisqo – The Thong Song
4. Damage – Ghetto Romance
5. Ronan Keating – Life is a Rollercoaster
6. Donnell Jones – You Know What’s Up
7. Kelis – Caught Out There
8. Billie Piper – Day & Night
9. N Sync – Bye Bye Bye
10. Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue – Kids
11. Bon Jovi – It’s My Life
12. Coldplay – Trouble
13. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
14. Kylie Minogue – Spinning Around
15. Jamelia – Money
16. Aaliyah – Try Again
17. Moby – Porcelain
18. Madonna – Music
19. Madasun – Don’t You Worry
20. Spiller – Groovejet
21. Santana feat. Rob Thomas – Smooth
22. All Saints – Pure Shores
23. Matchbox 20 – If You’re Gone
24. Sonique – Feels So Good
25. Toploader – Dancing in the Moonlight
26. Madison Avenue – Don’t Call Me Baby
27. David Gray – Babylon
28. Destiny’s Child – Jumpin, Jumpin
29. Gabrielle – Should I Stay
30. Matchbox 20 – Bent
31. Anastacia – I’m Outta Love
32. Eminem – Stan
33. Britney Spears – Oops I Did it Again
34. Leann Rimes – Can’t Fight The Moonlight
35. Melanie C – Never Be The Same Again
36. A1 – Same Old Brand New You
37. Mary Mary – Shackles
38. Fragma – Toca’s Miracle
39. 5ive – We Will Rock You
40. Bob the Builder – Can We Fix It