This Week In Jams (TWIJ) is a sequenced weekly playlist featuring songs I think my friends and future friends (like you) may want to hear.
Update: If you’re seeing this post now, This Week In Jams has been refreshed. No need to fear, you can find this particular playlist here:
If you couldn’t tell by the quiet picture above, I’m continuing my TWIJ late 90s/early 2000s playlist series! My original plan wasn’t so focused on the Now! catalog, but as I started curating the songs all of a sudden I start having high definition flashbacks to these commercials:
TIL this series started in UK back in the early 80s! It wasn’t until 1998 that the first artist compilation landed in the United States.
However, my playlist is pretty spot on with the first US volume (without lookin)! The first two songs were on on the original US volume and the opening song was featured in the commercial above so you can’t tell me %!#* for the rest of the week!
I highly encourage you to watch this video and then go through all the other commercials. What a relic!
While there are too many jams to highlight, there are a handful that I had to mention:
TLC - “No Scrubs”
You can’t tell me with a straight face that this song would not be a #1 hit if it was released in 2022. You also can’t tell me William Shakespeare would not be floored with the opening and closing verses. A song without equal then and now (and a #1 smash at that) 😤
S Club 7 - “S Club Party”
Did I make this entire playlist just to feature this song? Uhhh yes, yes I did. Hey, I wasn’t the biggest Disney fan back in the day, but this song? This song right here? Straight. Fire! I know they had like 2-3 albums but this is the only song that matters.
Dream - “He Loves U Not”
Another impeccable pop song that is 100% the Year 2000 and still slaps in 2022. Also, I’m pretty sure they got some music video intro inspiration from the “No Scrubs” music video and driving through the desert inspiration from the S Club 7 video?
Ginuwine - “What’s So Different?”
“BABY TELL ME ONE THING! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?! WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU, DOES HE KNEW HE BLEW IT?” - Me, age 10
Sure, laugh at me, but I dare you to press play and try to deny the power of “Anakin! I have the higher ground” Ginuwine!
K.P. & Envyi - “Swing My Way”
Another song I had no business singing the lyrics to at my young age but heat is heat🤷🏿♂️ I’ve been waiting for the official song to get on streaming platforms and we made it! Props to this YouTube video for being my nicotine patch for so long 🥲
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This Week In Jams (TWIJ) Cinematic Universe
This Week In Jams
If you only want to follow one playlist, the primary This Week In Jams playlist is it. This playlist changes every week, so just check back in every week for new jams.
TWIJ Archived Playlists
If you really like a particular week’s playlist but see the TWIJ track list change, no worries! I archive every individual This Week In Jams playlist 😇 so follow me on Spotify to get access! Each one will be titled “TWIJ - Vol. [insert number]”
If you missed last week’s playlist, you can find it below:
All The Jams (TWIJ Full Library 2018-2022)
If I drop dead before the next TWIJ drops, you can follow this playlist to find every song I've shared in the last 4+ years. There’s over 4,000 songs in there, so I think you’ll find a few you like.