Beyonce And Shakira have managed to retain the top spot in the UK singles chart with their track, Beautiful Liar.

They fought off stiff competition from The Manic Street Preachers who took the number two spot with Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, a duet with The Cardigans singer Nina Persson.

The highest new entry in the singles chart came from new US rock band Hellogoodbye at number 10 with Here (In Your Arms). 

I caught the video for this Shakira/Beyonce collaboration for the first time today. Funnily enough, it’s hard to tell the difference between Shakira and Beyonce. It’s a bit like that sex scene in The Devil’s Advocate where the woman morphs between Keanu’s wife and his co-worker….

Anyhoo, you don’t pair up these particular singers without having one hell of a hot track to play, and Beautiful Liar is red hot! You’ve got a smouldering Eastern-influenced track which opens with one or the other panting some lyrics.

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