Yet Another Year In Pop: 12

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Lady Gaga nabs her second number one with the slow-burning 'Poker Face' and Beyonce elbows her way into the top ten with 'Halo'.

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Lower reaches watch: Heads Shoulders Kneez & Toez just misses out on the top 40, plus there are some new entries from Royksopp, Skepta and that 'I Love College' song argh. Also, Ronan Keating covering Cyndi Lauper = NO THX.

A quick clarification on the matters of the La Roux single through the medium of nonvids.

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So, if you've only just been looking up stuff because it's shown up in this week's singles, you'll probably find that La Roux's In For The Kill sounds like this:

This is the official release. And it's bouncy and frankly, not very good. But!

But, but, but.

This is the Skream remix:

which is, obviously, a million miles better. Needless to say, the Youtube version doesn't quite have the bass of the actual release. But you get the drift. Apart from being about four minutes too short, and clearly needing a full 12" mix, it's so much better it really isn't funny. Even the radio stations play the Skream version from time to time.

So: just to clarify, you know.