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They aren't going to break any sales records with this comeback but in a way it is a nice feeling to see them still having hits. They once made what can still rank as one of the best pop records of the 90s and deserve more than to have people sniggering behind their hands at the way they looked.

Just missing out on the Top 10 is Ashlee miniature Jessica Simpson with her second hit single, the follow up to Pieces Of Me which made Number 4 back in October. La La is actually quite the reverse of what you would expect, a raucous rock track that comes across as Avril Lavigne with washed hair and makeup if you take my meaning. Surprisingly inoffensive and a record that makes you fear the inevitable music career of Jamie Lynn Spears just a little less.

In at Number 15 is Mylo with Destroy Rock And Roll (hey, it would mean no more Elvis if nothing else). Again this is the second hit for the man from the Isle Of Skye, the follow up to Drop The Pressure which made Number 19 back in October. Destroy Rock And Roll was the single that first brought him to people's attention two years ago, Mylo boasting that the original version was mixed on nothing more sophisticated than Pro tools Free.

The track is based around a processed vocal sample from a female preacher denouncing the likes of Duran Duran and Michael Jackson as the work of the devil. No mention of Darius, strangely.

Say farewell to Phixx as I suspect that this will be the last we see of them. The boy band made up of the male rejects from Popstars - The Rivals in 2002 have tried their hardest but after four singles they are no nearer to matching the Number 10 peak of Hold On Me, their November 2003 debut. That they never really took off is something of a shame as the concept of a boy band performing in the style of various 80s legends was a good one.

Strange Love is actually their best single since the aforementioned Hold On Me and had it been released in 1986 would have been massive. Quite why the sound of the 80s doesn't work when we have a recording from 1960 at the top of the charts this week is something that it is best we don't dwell on too much.

A better prospect, despite being two places lower, are Lemon Jelly. This is their second hit single from the latest album from the twisted pair, the follow up to Stay With You which crept to Number 31 just before Christmas. The Shouty Track is a typical four minutes of drift away and dream loops and nicely becomes their biggest hit single since Nice Weather For Ducks gave them what is for now their one and only Top 20 hit when it made Number 16 almost exactly two years ago.

To wrap things, lets us consider the track at Number 23, Attention by Commander Tom. The German mixer has until now never had a UK hit single but charges the Top 30 thanks to this remixed version of a track he first released way back in 2000. The vocals from Attention are actually lifted from Superstar, a 1998 hit single by Novy. Oh yes, and the video features a gyrating woman (fully clothed for a change). What more could you wish for?

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