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

Joel and David are summoning every remaining ounce of "Teen Spirit" within for this absolute floor-filler of an episode. Our 2000s pop explorers are jumping into A*Teens, the iconic Swedish pop group who made their mark halfway around the world from Stockholm to Singapore, Mexico City to Malibu and... Romford! Originally formed as a new generation ABBA tribute group, the "ABBA-Teens" quickly evolv...

Please fasten your seatbelts. Our names are Joel and David, and we'll be your 2000s pop guide. Join us on this fabulous journey flying back 21 years to celebrate Kylie Minogue's iconic "Light Years" album! After a 'dead edgeh' and experimental indie phase in the 90s, our Aussie legend made the comeback of all comebacks in 2000 with a return to her pop roots. The glamorous disco and Eurodance-flavo...

Your fave 2000s pop throwback guides are joined by very special guest Tina Barrett of S Club 7! The legendary group, created by Simon Fuller, sold over 10 million albums worldwide, earned two Brit Awards, and scored four UK No.1 singles - ‘Don’t Stop Movin’’, ‘Bring It All Back’, ‘Never Had A Dream Come True’ and ‘Have You Ever’. In this catch up, Tina talks about her moment in Mis-Teeq with Sabri...

What You Waiting For? It’s time for a Sweet Escape back to the 2000s with Joel and David as they celebrate Gwen Stefani’s iconic solo career! For a handful of years, Gwen ruled the charts. The charismatic No Doubt frontwoman blossomed before our eyes from a reluctant solo artist to an unstoppable, global chart-dominating superstar and fashion mogul. The influence of her “Love Angel Music Baby” and...

Our nostalgic celebration of Sugababes - one of Britain’s greatest 2000s pop groups - continues in this Part Two extravaganza.  In this episode, the Right Back At Ya! boys revisit the band's landmark albums “Three” and “Taller in More Ways”, as well as their greatest hits “Overloaded: The Singles Collection”.  Joel and David embark on a giddy deep dive into all the singles and fan-favourite tracks...

This is a hun-tastic cultural exchange like no other as London native Joel takes his Aussie co-host David through the UK's most iconic soap stars turned pop stars in the 1990s and 2000s from Eastenders, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, and Brookside . The Right Back At Ya! boys pay homage to Martine McCutcheon , a British national treasure and beloved "Love Actually" star who rose to fame through Eas...

It's about time we are celebrating one of Britain's greatest pop groups of the 2000s: Sugababes. In the first part of what would hopefully be a growing series, Joel and David tap into the origins of Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the debut Sugababes album "One Touch" this month, the Right Back At Ya! boys dive into the musicality, frivolity and challenges of one...

Now it's time to get down with the Right Back At Ya! boys as they celebrate 20 years of the last Spice Girls' album "Forever". #JusticeForForever, anyone?  For two decades, this R&B-infused Spice Girls era - highlighted by the UK No.1 single 'Holler' and 'Let Love Lead The Way' - has felt somewhat underappreciated or even misunderstood.  Together, Joel and David trace the journey of this third...

It's literally scandalous that Right Back At Ya! hasn't done a Mis-Teeq episode until now... but here we are at last. Joel and David are celebrating the Goddesses of Garage in this banging throwback fest that follows the origins of Mis-Teeq, from their early line-up to their meteoric rise that saw them score seven consecutive UK Top 10 hits and achieve international success. Together they fondly r...

It's after midday and she's on the phone ... Joel and David are beyond shook to be speaking with Grammy-winning, multi platinum-selling superstar Mýa in this very special episode of Right Back At Ya!. For over two decades, Mýa has been a force to be reckoned with in the industry, turning out global hits like 'Case of The Ex', 'Ghetto Superstar', 'Lady Marmalade', 'Free' and more. She can sing, she...

Get ready get set, Saturdays fans - this one's for you! Due to overwhelming demand for a Part 2, Joel and David are completing their journey into The Saturdays' discography with this fun (and wine-filled) nostalgic episode.  In a podcast first for the Right Back At Ya! boys to be diving into the 2010s... they pick up the pace at 2011 with 'Notorious' and 'All Fired Up', the mega bangers that signa...

Why have one fabulous British girl group when you can have two? Join Joel and David as they celebrate Cleopatra and Precious in this special episode... with more than a few nods to their fave pop hun Jenny Frost of Atomic Kitten! Thank you, baby. In the late 90s, Manchester trio Cleopatra made a big splash with their debut single 'Cleopatra's Theme' (their first of 3 consecutive UK Top 5 hits). Wi...

This summer marks 18 years since Kelly Rowland's breakout as a solo star with the Grammy-winning smash 'Dilemma'. In celebration of this milestone for our beloved Queen of R&B bops, Queen of Dance-Pop crossovers, and Destiny's Child icon... Joel and David throwback to Kelendria's first two albums "Simply Deep" and "Ms Kelly", plus her renaissance moment 'When Love Takes Over' with David Guetta...

Joel and David celebrate one of the UK’s best loved 2000s girl bands: The Saturdays! Since their shimmering 2008 debut Frankie, Rochelle, Mollie, Una and Vanessa have work, worked their way into becoming pop royalty… and we just can’t get enough!  Together Joel and David reminisce on the excitement around The Saturdays’ launch with ‘If This Is Love’ and the iconic banger ‘Up’, followed by their hi...

Bardot queens Belinda Chapple and Katie Underwood chat with Joel and David in Right Back At Ya!’s first ever interview episode. Dialling in from Australia and Singapore, the Aussie Popstars open up about celebrating 20 years of Bardot… together we reminisce on the monumental Series 1 auditions, uncover stories of Bardot’s second album recording sessions in London (with Katie just before she left t...

* Recorded earlier this year - stay home and safe, everyone* Forever obsessed with 2000s pop groups, Joel and David get into "Popstars" Australia acts Bardot and Scandal'Us . The groundbreaking TV series shook the music industry and paved the way for UK bands like Girls Aloud, Hear'Say, Liberty X - but better yet, introduced Joel to his new Aussie fave: Jackie O. It's the Y2K reality show binge yo...

* Recorded earlier this year - stay home and safe, everyone* With the Super Bowl and Hustlers propelling this entertainment icon back to the top of the game, Joel and David take us back to the beginning of Jennifer Lopez's music career! From her star-making (and Golden Globe-nominated) performance as Selena... a star was born in Jennifer Lynn Lopez. Soon the dancer and actress added 'bona fide 200...

Dannii once prophesied, 'You Won't Forget About Me'... and never have truer words been spoken. Pop a bottle of bubbly, get your disco heels on, and join Joel and David in celebration of The People's Minogue. They start with 1997's "Girl" era where Dannii's reign as the UK's undisputed Queen of Clubs began. Together they breakdown the singles from the stomping dance hit 'All I Wanna Do' through to...

Season 3 is here! And we're coming Right Back At Ya with Part 2 of our Solo Spice Girls episode. This time we’re following Geri, Emma, Victoria, Melanie C and Mel B's solo adventures between 2001 to 2005 - a time of real iconic highlights and also moments of uncertainty.  We cover Emma Bunton's huntastic debut album and the triumphant "Free Me" era, deep dive into Victoria Beckham's solo career, a...

Get festive! As Christmas approaches and the 2010s draw to a close, David and Joel share their favourite 2000s Christmas songs and live out their Top of the Pops dreams by announcing their ultimate 00s Christmas number 1s (on the prestigious David Lim and Joel Babbington charts respectively of course). Expect classic bops, obscurities, tacked-on bonus tracks, honourable mentions, general love for...

The wait is over! Join David and Joel for the second and final part of their S Club 7 episode (plus a little chat about their experience of the mind-blowing "Spice World" 2019 tour). In this season finale, they run through S Club 7's rollercoaster years starting with "Hollywood 7" followed by glittering moments like: 'Have You Ever', winning a Brit Award for 'Don't Stop Movin', and the "S Club Car...

Join David and Joel for part one of a mega two-part series finale as they celebrate 20 years of knowing that there ain’t no party like an S Club Party! #facts They cover; Simon Fuller creating the band, Miami 7 (S Club’s first of many hit TV shows), their debut single 'Bring It All Back' going straight to the top of the UK charts, 'S Club Party', their debut album "S Club", 'Reach' and the band's...

Joel is living his best life on this episode as we celebrate the fabulous Disney and pop breakout star Ashley Tisdale. The High School Musical icon, best known for her role as the campy theatre queen Sharpay Evans, gave us so much on screen and on MP3. Joel and David take us through the High School Musical phenomenon, Ashley's poptastic debut album "Headstrong" - including the singles 'He Said She...

David and Joel celebrate two Y2K pop girls who didn't want to be like 'Most Girls'. At the dawn of the Britney-Xtina-Mandy-Jessica Pop Princess era, P!nk (Alecia Moore - no relation to Mandy) and Vitamin C (aka Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick) exploded on the scene full of attitude and determined to rule on their own terms. We cover P!nk's breakout years with her first two albums - the feisty R&B-flav...

This is a big one guys! Things are about to get ‘So Good’ as David and Joel give a thorough deep-dive into the music career of the UK Princess of Pop, Rachel Stevens. They cover; Rachel’s S Club 7 beginnings, her solo debut with the Cathy Dennis-penned smash ‘Sweet Dreams My LA Ex’, her eclectic first album "Funky Dory", the maga-hit ‘Some Girls’ which set the tone for her second album, the cult-c...