List of UK top 10 singles in 2000

Baha Men became one-hit wonders when their single "Who Let the Dogs Out" reached number two in October.

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.^[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart.^[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2000, as well as songs which peaked in 1999 and 2001 but were in the top 10 in 2000. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time.

Two-hundred and twenty-three singles were in the top ten in 2000. Thirteen singles from 1999 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo" by Mr Hankey, "Two in a Million"/"You're My Number One" by S Club 7 and "Say You'll Be Mine"/"Better the Devil You Know" by Steps all first charted in 1999 but reached their peak in 2000. Forty-seven artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2000.

The 1999 Christmas number-one, "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" by Westlife, remained at number-one for the first three weeks of 2000. The first new number-one single of the year was "The Masses Against the Classes" by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers. Overall, forty-three different songs peaked at number-one in 2000, with Westlife (4) having the most songs hit that position.

Background

S Club 7 had four top 10 singles in 2000, including the Children in Need chart topper "Never Had a Dream Come True".

Bob the Builder, the Children's BBC character voiced by Neil Morrisey, recorded the best-selling song of the year, the theme song "Can We Fix It?".

Multiple entries

British singer-songwriter and rapper Craig David and Irish group Westlife shared the record for the most top ten singles in 2000 with five entries. The most successful of these were "Fill Me In" and 7 Days", which both reached the top of the chart. His other solo single that year, "Walking Away" peaked two places lower at number 3. David had two hit songs in collaboration with Artful Dodger - "Re-Rewind" charted at number 2 in the last weeks of 1999 and remained in the top ten throughout January 2000, while "Woman Trouble" reached a high of number six. Artful Dodger had two further top 10 singles without David, namely the number 2 hit "Movin' Too Fast (with Romina Johnson) and "Please Don't Turn Me On" featuring Lifford, peaking in fourth spot.

Westlife saw all but one of their singles in 2000 reach number-one, beginning with "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun", the 1999 Christmas number-one. "Fool Again" repeated the feat in April, and their duet with Mariah Carey - "Against All Odds" - did the same in September. "My Life" became their fourth chart topper of the year in November and "What Makes a Man" peaked one place lower in December 2000.

Britney Spears, Eminem, Kylie Minogue, S Club 7 and Steps also had four hit songs in 2001. Spears had two number-one singles - "Born to Make You Happy and "Oops!... I Did It Again" among her top ten entries, which were rounded off by "Lucky" (number 5) and "Stronger" (7). Steps took "Stomp!" to the top of the charts and also appeared in the top ten with "Say You'll Be Mine"/"Better the Devil You Know" and "Deeper Shade of Blue" (both number four) and "When I Said Goodbye/Summer of Love", which reached number five.

Pop group S Club 7's hit singles in 2000 included the chart-topping Children in Need single "Never Had a Dream Come True", number two entries "Reach" and "Two in a Million"/"You're My Number One", and "Natural which peaked one place lower. Rapper Eminem had two number one singles - "The Real Slim Shady" and the duet with Dido, "Stan". He also placed in the top ten with his Dr Dre collaboration "Forgot About Dre" (number seven) and solo single "The Way I Am" at number eight.

Australian singer Minogue's biggest hit of the year was July's "Spinning Around" which spent a week at the top. Her other entries were "On a Night Like This", missing out on being her second number one of the year by one position, and "Please Stay", a single week in tenth spot. Her fourth single to chart was "Kids" at the end of the year with Robbie Williams - the song peaked at number one.

Spice Girls member Melanie C was one of a number of artists with three top-ten entries, including number-one solo single "I Turn to You" and "Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way" with the group, which also reached the top spot. A1, Destiny's Child, Oasis, Sonique and Vengaboys were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 2000.

Best-selling songs

Bob the Builder, the children's TV character voiced by Neil Morrissey, had the best-selling single of the year with "Can We Fix It?". The song spent six weeks in the top 10, including 3 at number one, sold over 850,000 copies and was certified platinum by the BPI. "Pure Shores" by All Saints came in second place, selling more than 685,000 copies and losing out by around 165,000 sales. Sonique's "It Feels So Good", "Who Let the Dogs Out?" from Baha Men, and "Rock DJ by Robbie Williams made up the top five. Songs by Eminem featuring Dido, Fragma, Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor, S Club 7 and Craig David were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.

Top-ten singles

Entries by artist

"Fill Me In" was the first of two number-one singles that year for Craig David, in March. "7 Days" repeated the success in July. He had three further top ten singles in 2000.

Eminem scored a total of four top ten hits in 2000, the biggest of these his duet with British singer-songwriter Dido, "Stan".

The following table shows artists who achieved three or more top 10 entries in 2000, including songs that reached their peak in 1999 or 2001. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2000 is also shown.

Notes

• ^a "Back In My Life" slipped to number eleven on 25 December 1999 for one week before returning to the top 10.
• ^b "Barber's Adagio for Strings" re-entered the top 10 on 15 January for two weeks.
• ^c "Steal My Sunshine" re-entered the top 10 on 15 January for two weeks.
• ^d "Imagine" spent four weeks at number one in 1981.
• ^e "Don't Call Me Baby" peaked at number 30 in 1999.
• ^f "It Feels So Good" peaked at number 26 in 1998.
• ^g "The Power of Love" spent one week at number one in 1984.
• ^h The original version of "Silence" (without Sarah McLachlan) peaked at number 73 in 1999.
• ⁱ "Operation Blade" slipped to number eleven on 30 December for one week before returning to the top 10.
• ^j "I Put a Spell on You" peaked at number 36 in 1998.
• ^k Bob the Builder was voiced by Neil Morrissey
• ^l "Stronger" returned to the top 10 on 6 January 2001 for one week.
• ^m Figure includes song that peaked in 1999.
• ⁿ Figure includes song with Spice Girls.

See also

• 2000 in British music
• List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)

References

General

• "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 March 2011. 
• "2000 Year-End Chart" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 14 March 2011. 

Specific

External links

• 2000 singles chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)