For a hot minute it looked as if Dutch DJ Sidney Samson was about to knock Lady Gaga off the top of the U.K. singles chart this week, with the Wizard Sleeve-featuring (and Tupac-sampling) "Riverside (Let's Go!)."Alas, it's Iyaz's "Replay" that has the honor of kicking Gaga to the curb. Aptly titled, that one is, since it comes off like a redux of everything Sean Kingston and Jason Derulo have foisted onto the public in recent memory. (Incidentally, Derulo and J.R. Rotem co-wrote "Replay"—which, of course, is fascinating information.)
Florence And The Machine's "You've Got The Love" cracks the Top 10 this week and moves up to #5, besting her/their previous-best chart peak of #12 with "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)." I played this broad's CD Lungs in the car this past fall, but ended up ejecting it by track six or seven because I felt the need to hear good music, like A*Teens. I think I frisbee'd Florence out the car window while I was flying down the freeway.
FATM also see "Dog Days Are Over" debut at #23. Flo, luv, I said it before and I'll say it again: Tori Amos wants her pussy back.
What are we talking about? Ah, yes—The Saturdays. "Ego" jumps up to #9 this week, marking the group's sixth Top 10 hit in under two years. Depressing, isn't it, that the dismal "No Air" knockoff "Here Standing" is scheduled as the Sats' next single, no?
The U.K. Top 10:
1. "Replay" - Iyaz *1 week*
2. "Riverside (Let's Go!)" - Sidney Samson
3. "Starstrukk" - 3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry
4. "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga
5. "You've Got The Love" - Florence And The Machine
6. "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
7. "Look For Me" - Chipmunk feat. Talay Riley
8. "TiK ToK" - Ke$ha
9. "Ego" - The Saturdays
10. "Meet Me Halfway" - The Black Eyed Peas9. "Ego" - The Saturdays