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25.10.04
Pop Bollox (2)

Back so soon? 'Fraid so. Listeners to the Radio 1 Top 40 today had to put up with Darius wittering on about Hear'say. He managed two untruths in the space of one breath. First, he declared that 'Pure And Simple' was "the biggest-selling single ever", which I think Elton John might challenge. It's not even the biggest-selling single to emerge from the Popstars/Pop Idol format; that honour belongs to Will Young. What he probably meant was that it's the fastest-selling single (in its first week on sale) by a group, which is true, but slightly more specific. Hear'say's debut is currently the 65th best-selling single of all time in the UK.

Darius then said that Hear'say "never got further than one album". Oh, really? Could have fooled me. Mind you, this BBC review does explain why people have tried to forget.

Hear'say's first album...........and an optical illusion.

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