Since I celebrated my birthday at the weekend, I thought I'd take a moment to let this little fact sink in-2000 was 25 years ago.🤯Wild, right?!
I was in year 7 shuffling through secondary school with my ridiculously short tie (seriously why was that a thing though?!). It feels like a lifetime ago and back then if a song was 25 years old, it was from 1975-WILD!
I looked forward to Top of the Pops every Friday night and CD:UK (which I've only just found out at 37 years old stood for CountDown:United Kingdom-ohhhhh-who knew?!) on the Saturday morning. You honestly had to be there to 100% get it.
If you're craving a time-travel like me, here are 25 tracks are 25 years old in 2025.
1.Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did it Again
2.Geri Halliwell - Bag It Up
3.Mya - Case of the Ex
4.Billie Piper - Day And Night
5.Melanie C - I Turn To You
6.All Saints - Pure Shores
7.Pink - Most Girls
Pink’s early R&B era deserves way more credit than it gets and that muscley guy playing the the cello contributed to my gay awakening.👀
8.True Steppers and Dane Bowers featuring Victoria Beckham - Out of Your Mind
9.Anastacia - I'm Outta Love
10.Aqua - Cartoons Heroes
11.Moloko - The Time Is Now
12.Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
13.Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You
14.Daphne and Celeste - U.G.L.Y.
15.Architechs featuring Nana - Body Groove
16.LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight
17.Nelly Furtardo - I'm Like A Bird
18.Kylie Minogue - Spnning Around
19.Modjo - Lady (Hear me Tonight)
20.Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost a Thing
21.Sugababes - Overload
22.Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I
23.Crazy Town - Butterfly
24.Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)
25.Madonna - Music
What a time to be alive. This list could be never ending so let’s build it together. Add your ultimate throwbacks in the comments section below below.
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