Chart Review 30th May 2005 with DJ Chris Plant (3/4)	(1/4), (2/4), (3/4), (4/4).

Nobody is more a victim of this than the almighty Oasis who see Lyla lose momentum in a big way, the single tumbling 1-6 this week in only its second week on the chart. Lyla doesn't even have the excuse of the availability of its parent album to harm sales - and compare this with Feel Good Inc which clings on at Number 5 despite the album Demon Days soaring to the top of the charts after its full release last week. It is actually very unusual for an Oasis single to fall this quickly. Until today their most spectacular fall was the 1-5 move undertaken by All Around The World way back in 1998. Where did it all go wrong ?

By the way... Oasis's new album Don't Believe The Truth is outstanding. I gave it a 9/10 in a music magazine last week. Go and buy it!!!

With effortless ease Gwen Stefani notches up a third solo hit single with Hollaback Girl slipping in to Number 8, just a few places down from the Number 4 peak scaled by both What You Waiting For and Rich Girl. As you would expect the new single innovates yet again, the track treading an intriguing line between out and out rap and US-style cheerleading. It is a world away from your average pop hit and all the better for it frankly.

Still if you want a genuine surprise then look no further than the single at Number 9, Shot You Down which sees the Audio Bullys return to the charts for the first time in two years. The mixers unique selling point is their willingness to create club records out of the strangest possible sources. Having in the past created Top 20 singles out of obscure blues and easy listening tracks they turn their attention now to Nancy Sinatra's rendition of the old standard (Bang Bang) My Baby Shot Me Down) which is duly torn apart, sampled and reassembled to create a work for beauty.

The song is perhaps best known in the original version as performed by Cher, her rendition hitting Number 3 here back in 1966.

That same year Nancy Sinatra hit the charts for the very first time, going to Number One with her classic single These Boots Are Made For Walking. A year later she would be back on top once again dueting with dad Frank on Somethin' Stupid which of course returned to the top a few years ago thanks to Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman. Shot You Down marks her first Top 40 appearance since 1969 but her last chart hit of any kind was actually only last year, her version of Let Me Kiss You having hit Number 46 in tandem with the original version by Morrissey which did rather better, hitting Number 8.

Next up is a very welcome debut at Number 15 for Forever Lost by the Magic Numbers. The New York foursome specialise in the same kind of sun-drenched sixties melodies as Turin Brakes but somehow infuse their work with an uplifting spirit that is a world away from the formula pioneered by the aforementioned melancholy duo. Forever Lost is the best single the Beatles never got around to recording, the band worthy of becoming Jellyfish for the 21st century, the kind of single that makes you glad summer is on the way and its cute animated video only serves to add to its charm.

If the thought of Crazy Frog at the top of the charts brings you down, prescribe a swift dose of Magic Numbers to restore your faith in music once more.

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