A kung fu fighter in a disco

Hi, Kelly Clarkson here. Sorry there was no chart last week - a boot to the head for the admins at last.fm who seem to have missed out an entire week of pop life in our charts. But here's the full run down for last week:
( took her for a drink on Tuesday )

( Pie Chart Filling )

Morningwood still at the top, but now sharing their slice of the pop pie at 9 plays each with Pop World Cup entries: Bodies Without Organs (yay the all conquering* swedes) and Sir Lancelot (plucky Trinidad/Tobago). England trailing behind in 4th place... BREAKING NEWS swedes swizzed as England qualify!! What mad science is this?

However winning on points - as predicted last week- are Teh Knife with FOUR songs. My that's almost an entirely new album there. I suspect that the mysterious TARWATER may feature here next week. SEE YOU THEN

Stoopid me only just realised that this image changes every week (how else could it be??) ( so under here is the text version )

Amy still in the big writing at the top, but it's a joint #1 Joint places look like they are alpha sorted so my prediction that Bouncey would be this weeks #1 sort of came off. EXCEPT SORT OUT YR METADATA PPL - this is clearly not Density's Child, but Bouncey on her ownsome (well apart from that feat. there). Bad mp3 tags withstanding (naughty mp3 sharers in not caring about metadata shoXoR), Bouncey Knowles would not sort any higher than Amy Diamond i spose.

Anyway... *scans down the top 10 tracks*, Robyn, yup, Rachel, sure , The Chirpy Chappies, Ashlee, right... HANG ON

The Chirpy Chappies "Girl, You Know It's Shrewsbury". Not only is this transparently a "comedy record" only played 4 times by poptimists - but lastFM sez that only 5 ppl have listened to it ever. I SMELL A CHART FIX. Own up whoever you are.

Maybe when the UK charts first started in '52, Al Martino's agents spotted a flaw in the low sample size, that only 20 people were buying records anyway, and quickly went round and bought 5 copies of his smash "Here in My Heart" thus assuring an early sensation for the strange-haired crooner. This does not make it right.

An unusal week for obvious reasons, and this week's "Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" slot is filled by... ROOTS MANUVA:



He's reet proper. Not yr typical Poptimists #1, but that's what Januarys are for. So when is that Jose Gonzales track out then?

Join us on http://www.last.fm/group/poptimists - i promise not to kick you off. Unless you are called Pete.