Every Friday, I’m publishing my top ten songs from a single year and this week it’s the turn of 2004.
For previous top ten tunes, please click on the year: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Just Batman hanging out at Buckingham Palace, nothing to see here.
In 2004, the Daily Mirror publishes the blacked out portion of a letter written by Princess Diana where she claims that someone is trying to kill her, serial killer Dr Harold Shipman is found dead in his prison cell, the Hutton Inquiry into Dr David Kelly’s death is published and condemns the BBC’s handling of the affair and exonerates the government, Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe are caught up in the nighttime tides, which results in the drowning of 23 pickers, landmark office building The Gherkin is opened in London, children’s animation Peppa Pig debuts on TV, Fathers 4 Justice stage a protest in the House of Commons by throwing purple powder at Tony Blair, the Olympics take place in Athens, a Fathers 4 Justice campaigner breaches security at Buckingham Palace dressed as Batman, British hostage Ken Bigley is beheaded in Iraq, a train is derailed in Berkshire when a car is deliberately left on the train tracks- 7 people are killed, British aid worker Margaret Hassan is taken hostage and killed in Iraq, fox hunting is banned in the UK, the CIA admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a terrorist attack takes place in Madrid as 5 suicide bombers detonate bombs on rush hour trains and kill 190 people, one million people in Sudan flee their homes following ethnic cleansing, 335 people die in a siege in a school in Northern Ossetia and 700 are injured, President George W Bush wins the US election for a second term, Facebook is launched, Hurricane Jeanne kills 3000 people in Haiti, in the Indian Ocean the strongest earthquake in 40 years results in a tsunami that kills over 280,000 people with around 1,500 of them being British.
The films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shaun of the Dead, Saw, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Aviator and the Incredibles are released and I turn 28 years old.
2004 is the year that saw me and my better half pack our bags and drive around the US of A for the summer. We started in New Orleans and ended up in San Fransisco. Honestly, the customs officers thought we were mad when we told them our plans on arrival. Musically, 2004 wasn’t a strong year, but there was still a few songs that I absolutely loved and here they are! In no particular order.
1. Ladyflash by The Go Team!
2. Trick Me by Kelis
3. Fit But You Know It by The Streets
4. Thank You by Jamelia
5. Amazing by George Michael
6. Call On Me by Eric Prydz
7. Freakin’ Out by Graham Coxon
8. Mr. Brightside by the Killers
9. Remember Me by the Zutons
10.1980 by Estelle (this song isn’t available on Spotify, so the playlist is only 9 songs long this week. Here’s the video for it instead)
The Killers are my favourite this week (obvs), which one is yours?
See you next week for 2005!
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Mr Brightside is my number 1 from 2004 – it’s still such a tunnnne it’s still in the top 100 songs in the UK (floats in and out) because it’s such a good song!
Shaun of the Dead is still a great film was actually thinking about it this morning. I watched it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was weird seeing them smoking in the pub – we’ve had the ban since 2007.
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Blimey, yes you’re right, it does seem odd now seeing any scenes with people smoking in pubs. Can’t believe they used to be so full of smoke. I think Mr Brightside is going to be a clear winner for most people this week.
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The Killers are my choice for the week. Shaun of the Dead is one of my all time favorite movies!!! I love anything Simon Pegg does!!!
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LOVE Shaun of the Dead. It’s one of my favourites too. Simon Pegg is a hero.
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I just rewatched the episode of Spaced when they had to win back their landlord. “I want you back for good”. I think I will spend this rainy day watching Simon Pegg movies
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Haha excellent. Spaced is my very British sitcom. Yep me too.
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I was so busy trying for a baby 2004 whipped past me music wise!
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It’s so funny how many people have said they can’t remember music from the years their children were born. The year I struggled the most with thinking of 10 songs let alone 10 songs I loved? 2010. I think you can guess what year my child was born haha.
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He he! Well 2005 was the year he was born… So let’s see what I remember from then next week lol!! 2004 was us in treatment mode and trying!
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Ah yes, you were absolutely pre-occupied with the baby making process. I can just imagine that your focus could not have possibly been interested in anything else and yay for 2005!
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Kinda lol!!!
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Coxon for moi, love that tune.
Where is Britney’s Toxic though? Where are you Britney?!! That has to be the best part of 2004 which was possibly the shitest year overall in my life rahahaha x
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Boo to 2004 then. So glad we have a vote for Coxon, but one can only apologise for the lack of Britney. She almost made the list, but not quite. Soz Brits.
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Got to love the Streets so of their time! Loved all the film’s you mentioned.
What about In the Shadows by Rasmus ? Omg good job you can’t see me dancing round the living room! Or Green Day American Idiot
And y favourite Streets song. Dry your eyes mate. 💜💜
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I’m not a fan of any of those songs apart from Dry Your Eyes Mate. That song is great too. That whole the Streets album is basically a piece of art.
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I so agree it has me intears everytime I listen to it 💜
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You’ve inspired me to go and listen to the album now.
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Oh! Do do, can I tempt you to some Scandinavian Rock… Do love Rasmus! 😉❤️❤️
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Yeah. Would have to be The Killers for me too. By 2004 I was in the job I’m still in now but had only just met my husband
#slipperyslope 😂
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Haha- uh-oh!
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The Killers for the win!
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The Killers are definitely “killing it” this week.
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Love the new font! Also, must admit the only one I recognize is the Killers!
I went to a concert of theirs though and I was SOO disappointed. They were jerks and clearly didn’t want to be there—which is a total shame because they do have some great music. Ah well, bygone and all that.
🙂
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Do I have a new font?! Is it the title or all of the text? That must’ve been something WordPress did haha. Oh I’ve heard that the Killers aren’t great people, such a shame. What a disappointment for you.
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It was a disappointment! Your heading for “Just Another Blog” is in cursive now–or it was. It looks like it’s not anymore! I don’t think I’m that crazy…I definitely saw a cursive font, but now your original is back. The world is weird.
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Haha how odd. The world is indeed weird.
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I don’t know all of these! I was just thinking about why I have such a gap in my memory…but i think I was living in Japan that year, so many of these songs never made it big out East!!
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Ah yes there’s a few obscure tracks here too. Weirdly, I was just talking about how Japan isn’t known internationally for its music, last night!
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Yeah, they don’t really bother to export it much outside of Asia. Their musicians are often massive in China, Korea and SE Asia though.
I think more young people know it from anime…
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Whatever I was doing in 2004 it wasn’t keeping up with music! I don’t remember any of these )-:
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Not even the Killers?
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Good times, good memories. The Killers. Obvs
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It’s got to be the Killers, hasn’t it?
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I remember hearing the killers on the radio a lot as I was driving home from work. I was fascinated by the song but doubted if I was hearing the lyrics correctly.
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That’s a good point, I’m not actually sure I know the lyrics properly!
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