Right Back At Ya! - The 2000s Pop Music Podcast

"Face to face, it's Murder on The Dancefloor. Cut to the chase, just give us what we came for!" Pop fans, we hear you loud and clear. It's a new year and the dawn of the Sophiessance Age! Joel and David are jumping in that time machine with the dials set for 2009 to 2011 for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Make A Scene" era - her clubbiest body of work yet! This all-killer-no-filler fourth album marked the...

Happy New Year, pop fans! In celebration of Our Sophie returning to the Top 10 with her classic hit 'Murder On The Dancefloor' - thanks, Saltburn! - we are reissuing Episode 46, our very first Sophie Ellis-Bextor episode.  Recorded and launched back in 2021 (where did the time go?), Joel and David dived into Soph's first two albums "Read My Lips" and "Shoot From The Hip" - covering her career from...

Get those Cheetah-licious winter coats on because we are heading down Santa Claus Lane for a festive Disney Girlies Christmas Special! Join your RBAY! boys as they hand-pick some of their favourite 2000s holiday tunes by Disney Channel icons that lit up our screens and CD players. Whether they're beloved classics remade with "11-out-of-10" performance shimmer or originals you can't get out of your...

Welcome to our first ever Right Back At Ya! Book Club episode. It's a new thing we're doing to cross into the world of literature, just like so many of our popstars-turned-authors. For our very first attempt at this spin-off series; we're speaking with respected pop music journalist and author Michael Cragg, who released his first book - the very 'right up our street' - "Reach for the Stars - 1996...

This podcast truly loves a pop girl group - and it shows! For years we have talked about doing a special episode celebrating the 'lost' girl bands of the 2000s and now here we are. It felt absolutely right to kick things off with the three distinct British girl groups that were launched in 2009: Mini Viva, Dolly Rockers and Girls Can't Catch. While these groups sadly disbanded not long after their...

Do you like to Boogie Woogie? Because your Right Back At Ya! boys are covering the Queen of Pop for the first time, so grab that pink cowboy hat and tiara - and let's get to it! With The Celebration Tour going full throttle now (and yes we will give our thoughts on it!), it feels like the perfect moment to dive into Madonna's 2000 album "Music". Joel and David dive into this monumental album, incl...

Your 2000s pop podcasters Joel and David are looking for more than just a "ding-a-ling" on this episode! Widely recognised as one of Girls Aloud's most critically acclaimed albums, "Tangled Up" certainly holds a special place in the hearts of fans, thanks to hits like 'Sexy... No No No!', 'Call The Shots' and 'Can't Speak French'. 2007 saw Girls Aloud reach new heights artistically but also person...

Hang on to your knickers, girls! Because things are about to get MAJOR. For a 2000s podcast literally named after a Spice Girls album track, Joel and David will certainly be giving you everything for this very special episode celebrating VB's one-off reality show "Victoria Beckham: Coming to America"! 2007 was not just major for "The Pob" (Posh Bob) and the Spice Girls reunion; but for reality TV...

Pop fans, are you ready to be tempted with the Sweetest Sin by the podcasters with the Levis on and an open heart? It's finally time for us to continue our journey with Jessica Simpson's discography... and this era was truly bigger than Texas! Join the HBIC Successica from Essex, Joel, and David as they dive into Jessica Ann's iconic "In This Skin" era. Between 2003 and 2004, Jessica redefined her...

We've got to heat it up, got to got to heat it up! We can't possibly get through the long hot summer without a serotonin boost from Girls Aloud, can we? Your Right Back At Ya! boys are heading back to 2006 for a pit stop at the fabulous first Girls Aloud greatest hits compilation. Aside from the mega hit singles 'Something Kinda Ooooh', 'I Think We're Alone Now' and 'Walk This Way' (with their pop...

Can we truly call ourselves 2000s pop explorers if we don't scale one of the biggest albums of the decade: Nelly Furtado's "Loose"? This monumental album was the world's best selling album by a female artist in 2006 and third overall best-seller that year. It goes on to rack up over 12 million sales, spawning 8 hit singles including the classic 2000s floor-fillers 'Promiscuous' feat. Timbaland, 'M...

Can you hear what we hear? It's calling you, my dear. This is our very first All Saints episode and your 2000s pop explorers are headed to The Beach for a deep-dive into the "Saints & Sinners" album. In the 90s and early 2000s, this British girl group were the epitome of cool, renowned for their impeccable vocal harmonies, timeless tunes and enviable street style fashion. Join Joel and David a...

*Rachel Stevens voice* "This is Part 2! This is the remix". No, not really but in celebration of our 5th anniversary, we asked you, our wonderful listeners, to send in your voice notes and messages... and we had so many to include, we wanted release them in two-parts.  Thank you, baby for sending in your questions and highlights of the podcast over the years. And music recommendations! It truly me...

In celebration of our 5th anniversary, we asked you to send in your voice notes and messages with any questions or highlights from over the years... and we are truly overwhelmed by the responses. Thank you, baby! Here is Part 1 of our 5th Anniversary Mailbag Special. Stay tuned for the second and final part coming very soon. It truly means everything to us to see you guys enjoying the podcast from...

Ahead of Kelly Rowland's hotly-anticipated headline set at Mighty Hoopla 2023 festival in London, we are calling all pop fans and fellow Rowland Stoners to unite for this very special episode! It has been three years since we covered Kelendria's first two albums, "Simply Deep" and "Ms Kelly", and now we are completing the journey with a sumptuous deep-dive into her third album era, "Here I Am", ta...

Pop fans, prepare to feel the Fever as your favourite 2000s pop explorers Joel and David dive into one of the most epic albums of the decade!  No one can deny the magnitude of Kylie Minogue's future nostalgic "Fever" album era; the music she was playing really blew our minds. This is our Kylie Ann's biggest album to date, selling over 6 million copies worldwide, and spawning a string of unforgetta...

Are you ready? 'Cause here we are! Get the prosecco out of the fridge because we are celebrating Booty Luv, the dazzling duo behind some of the UK's most fun and hun poppers o'clock dance bangers of the 2000s! Nadia and Cherise first shot to international fame as members of the British hip-hop and R&B group Big Brovaz. After a chance offer from Ministry of Sound to record and release a club-re...

Can you believe it has been 20 years since Delta Goodrem's iconic debut album "Innocent Eyes" shook the world? Over the years, so many of you have requested that Joel and David do a Delta episode and right now feels like the perfect moment to relive all the memories and da-da, da-da-da-DAHs together! "Innocent Eyes" is one of Australia's most successful albums ever. Not only was it the best-sellin...

Attention Lambs and Lambs-in-Training, this is a meauxment. Your RBAY! boys are going for the big one here in our second Mariah episode! Join Joel and David in this fabulous celebration of Mariah Carey's classic, smash hit album "The Emancipation of Mimi". This was the mother of all comebacks for The MC; selling over 10 million copies worldwide to become one of the best-selling albums of the 21st...

Your favourite 2000s pop explorers are tapping into some paranormal activity on this very special and dead spookeh fun episode. In honour of Cheryl making her West End debut in 2:22 A Ghost Story, Joel and David are revisiting the incredibly iconic ITV2 special "Ghosthunting with Girls Aloud". This absolute gold television moment forever lives rent free on Pop Twitter's collective minds but for ev...

Happy Valentine's Day, pop fans! We are celebrating the gorgeously romantic Jennifer Lopez album "This Is Me... Then" in a real full circle meauxment, revisiting this record and the inescapable mania that was Bennifer two decades ago! This album was inspired by that absolutely iconique pop culture moment in time surrounding our Jennifer Lynn and "Uncle" Ben Affleck. The album's incredible classic...

Get ready to rock out with the original Disney Channel Pop Crossover Queen, Hilary Duff, as your fave 2000s pop explorers Joel and David dive into her "Metamorphosis" album, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year!  This album's global success set the precedent and paved the way for countless teen Disney and Nickelodeon stars to crossover into the pop world. Think: Miley Cyrus, Selena...

We are kicking off the New Year with a very special get-together with This Is Disco - The Kylie and Dannii Minogue podcast - hosts Adem Eve and Ms Eliza Day! Your favourite 2000s pop explorers Joel and David are going all the way back to 2002 with Adem and Eliza to discuss some of our favourite songs and pop culture moments that defined that year for us.  Prepare for a fun round-table nostalgia tr...

It's boring at Christmas without a bit of 2000s throwback! Pour yourself a little mulled wine and get festive with Joel and David as they revisit the Christmas bonus disc on Girls Aloud's iconic "Chemistry" album. Eight tracks - a mix of covers and originals that sound like modern classics - this was the perfect continuation of the album's rocking vibes. If that wasn't enough, your RBAY boys also...

Racy Laceys, are you ready for a lesson in Chemistry? Coming to you straight from Swingin' London Town, your favourite 2000s pop defenders Joel and David are diving into Girls Aloud's iconic third album era. Together, we'll take a nostalgic ride in the back of a London black cab through the dizzying, fun and experimental Xenomania tracks of the "Chemistry" album - plus the accompanying UK tour, fa...