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Sidney Samson featuring Wizard Sleeve fell one to no.3 with ' Riverside (Let's Go)' while 3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry also went down a place to no.4 with 'Starstrukk'. The Glee Cast got a new entry at no.5 with their cover of 'Don't Stop Believin'' while Journey's original version was a non mover at no.6. Lady Gaga went down three to no.7 with 'Bad Romance' and Florence & The Machine also fell three to no.8 with 'You've Got The Love'. Plan B got a new entry at no.9 with 'Stay Too Long' and proceedings were rounded off by Alexandra Burke who climbed two places to no.10 with 'Broken Heels'. 

There were a further three climbers in what remained of the top twenty. Justin Bieber climbed three to no.11 with 'One Time' while Jay-Z featuring Mr Hudson went up six places to no.13 with 'Forever Young'. The final cllimber went to N-Dubz featuring Mr Hudson who went up a further place to no.15 with 'Playing With Fire'. 

There were four new entries and two climbers in the lower half of the chart.  Alicia Keys was the weeks highest climber as 'Empire State Of Mind Part II' went up twelve to no.23 while OneRepublic got a new entry at no.30 with 'All The Right Moves'. JLS got a new entry at no.32 with 'One Shot' and 30 Seconds To Mars went back up four to no.36 with 'Kings & Queens'. Biffy Clyro got a new entry at no.38 with 'Many Of Horror' while Vampire Weekend entered at no.39 with 'Cousins'. 

The Glee phenomenon saw a further four tracks from the show inside the top 75. 'Take A Bow' was to be found at no.43, 'Gold Digger' was at no.49, 'Rehab' was at no.62 and 'On My Own' was at no.73.  Last week was only the shows first airing so we could see further covers hit the charts in the coming weeks.  Other tracks of note were 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. which re-entered at no.61 following the showing of 'Slumdog Millionaire' on terrestrial TV last week and 'Poker Face' by Lady Gaga which celebrated a whole year of chart action by falling seventeen places to no.56. 

'Many Of Horror (When We Collide)' is the new single by Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro and is released on a CD and two 7" vinyl formats. The CD comes backed with 'Toottoottoot' while the vinyl editions feature the new tracks 'Creative Burns' and 'Lonely Revolutions'. All tracks feature on the digital download bundle version. To date they have notched up twelve top forty hits with only 'Mountains' and last years 'Golden Rule' going on to make the top ten. This the fourth single to be taken from their current studio album 'Only Revolutions' which made the top ten last year and was certified Gold with sales of 100k despite initially peaking at just no.8. They do however have a strong fanbase and with it already inside the top forty on download sales it looks set to be top thirty next week.   

'Echo' is the second single from Girls Can't Catch and is a drastic improvement on their debut single 'Keep Your Head Up' which dropped short of the top twenty. They supported Girls Aloud on their Out Of Control tour and are currently playing live with the Jonas Brothers on their UK dates. The band consist of Phoebe Brown (who fronted Hope on X Factor), Jess Stickley (who came to the attention of the management via a Motorokr competition) and Daizy Agnew who features on MTV's Urban Base and who sang the original version of Jade Ewen's Eurovision Song Contest entry 'My Time'. They desperately need this to be a hit, but with Girls Aloud and The Saturdays leading the way there may not be enough of an appetite for another girl band on the block. 

'Could This Be Real' is released this week by dance act Sub Focus and it is available to purchase on both CD and 12" formats. Sub Focus is a pseudonym for English drum and bass producer Nick Douwma who has been releasing records for almost seven years now. The single is lifted from his current album which was released in October of last year. This week sees Douwma making appearances in Bath , Nottingham, London and Liege while next week he is booked to appear in St Petersburg in Russia . To date he has achieved just one top forty hit which came last year in the shape of 'Rock It / Follow The Light'. The single topped the dance charts and made it onto the B playlist at Radio One.  Watch out for this inside the lower reaches of the chart next Sunday afternoon.  

'Space Shot' is the latest single from Ash and has been given more promotion than some of its predecessors on the A-Z singles series. To date the series has featured 'True Love 1980' (#148), 'Joy Kicks Darkness' (#171), Arcadia (#114), 'Tracers' (#140), 'The Dead Disciples' (#139), 'Pripyat' and 'Ichiban'. While each single is guaranteed 1,000 sales from those fans that have signed up to the subscription for the 7" formats of each release the download sales have been very disappointing. The band already have 44 songs in the locker to cover the 26 single releases, but are also due to undertake another studio session later this month which may see some further tracks added.  As an Ash fan and subscriber to the series I have my fingers crossed that this will finally be a hit for them. 

'Won't Go Quietly' is the new single by twenty seven year old rapper Example (real name Elliot Gleave) and is the follow up to his top twenty hit 'Watch The Sun Come Up' which spent four weeks on the chart last year. It is also the title track from his forthcoming album which is due for release in the next few weeks. Rumours around the internet suggest that collaborators on the album could include the likes of Chase & Status and Calvin Harris but at the time of writing these remain unsubstantiated. His debut album 'What We Made' came out way back in 2007 but none of the five singles released from it managed to make it to the top forty. This week sees him playing his own headline gig at Derby which will serve as a warm up for his UK tour next month supporting Tinchy Stryder.  

The much hyped band Johnny Cola & The A Grades release their latest single 'Out Of Focus' on 7" vinyl this week, and it comes backed with the new track 'Budget Flight To Faro'. Last week saw the band play The Wilmington Arms in Clerkenwell while next week will see them appear at Sod Wednesdays at The Legion in Shoreditch. They are also due to play at Pull Up The Roots at The Old Queens Head in Islington in early February. Fans of this may be interested in picking up the bands highly rated mini album 'The Yellow Mini' although neither of these new tracks feature on that release.  The band are very much tipped for big things in 2010 and now this is finally seeing the light of day after a ten week delay it could well see them gain a debut top forty appearance. 

'Playing With Fire' is the new single from N-Dubz, and it also features Mr Hudson who came to prominence last year following his collaborations with Kayne West and Jay-Z. The band have had a great couple of years with an O2 Silver Clef and three MOBO awards to their name. Their last album 'Uncle B' made no.11 and spawned six singles while this is the second release from their top ten release 'Against All Odds'. The exact date of release has been moved due to clashes with Mr Hudson's collaboration with Jay-Z on 'Forever Young' though both tracks are already inside the top forty on download sales. This has been slowly moving up the chart over the past few weeks and could improve its position still further this weekend despite the adverse publicity around Dappy’s recent exploits! 

Huskey Rescue are an ambient pop band hailing from Finland who are fronted by Marko Nyberg. They are about to release their fourth studio album 'Ship Of Light' on the Catskills label, and from it comes their limited edition single 'Sound Of Love'.  While the band name may not be too familiar to the British record buying public, their song 'New Light Of Tomorrow' featured in a P&O television advertisment and 'My World' was used in Hyundai's 'Think About It' series of commercials.  They are due to undertake a short tour in March where they will be playing at venues in Bath , Brighton, London and Birmingham .  Fans can also download the track 'We Shall Burn Bright' for free from the bands website. They still only have a small following and so I don't see this making the top forty for them. 

'Trouble In Mind' is this weeks final single under review and it is released this week on 7" vinyl by Erland & The Carnival. It's the follow up to 'Was You Eversee' single and it precedes next weeks release of their self titled album. The digital download bundle features the additional tunes 'Honeytrap Killer' and ' Arabian Sea ' alongside the main track while the 7" comes backed with the J Star Mr Wallace Dub version of the track.  This week they are appearing at Rough Trade in London and Resident Records in Brighton before a series of headlining gigs in February, and some further concerts supporting Tunng in March.  The track has been played almost 4,000 times on their MySpace site but they will need to record substantially more sales than that if they are to score a hit with this. 

Also released this week are 'Broken Heels' by Alexandra Burke, Wonderful Life' by Hurts and 'Since You Went Away' by So Solid.  Download only releases this week include 'Next To Me' by Alan Cumming, 'Doctor Can' by Ben Dalby, 'The Infinites' by Bomb The Bass, 'One More Drink' by Charlie Sloth, 'Play Together' by Chew Lips, 'Supafly' by Fugative, 'Pump It Up' by Hot Rats, 'Your Hand In Mind' by Liam Frost featuring Martha Wainwright, 'My Secret Lover' by Private and 'Momma's Place' by Roisin Murphy. 

My money is on Iyaz to secure a third week at the top with any challenge likely to come from Owl City or the Glee cast. Don't forget to stop by next week when artists releasing new singles look set to include Daniel Evans, Editors, Jamie Cullum and Ocean Colour Scene.  Until then have yourself a good week.

JHME Music Correspondent