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23.10.04
Pop Bollox (1)

The first in an occasional new series where Chig exposes the rubbish, lies and stupid mistakes in the pop media. (It'll mainly be quotes from the script of cd:uk, to be honest, judging from their recent levels of accuracy.)

First up, it's been on the Launch website for five days now and they still haven't corrected it, so it's time to expose the Pop Bollox in this week's chart commentary. It says there, bold as you like, talking about last Sunday's surprise return to the UK's number one spot;

"Eric Prydz's 'Call On Me' [...] has reversed its decline and once again ascends to the top of the charts. It is the first record to do so since Daniel Bedingfield's 'Gotta Get Thru This' sneaked back to Number One in early 2002 having been deposed from the top of the charts a full three weeks earlier. No other singles have managed this since the heady days of 1996-8."

No other singles have climbed back to number one since 1998, huh? Utter rubbish. As any self-respecting Sclubber knows, 'Don't Stop Movin'' also had two spells at number one in May 2001. It was one week each time, with two weeks off in the middle to give Geri Halliwell a go. In my calendar, May 2001 is "since 1998", so the first Pop Bollox award goes to James Masterton and Yahoo! Launch. Congratulations to them. And remember, pop kids, don't believe what you read.

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