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). 

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.

Beautiful Liar is going to be all over the radio in the next few days like a rash, so get ready for the onslaught. As usual, the eye candy element is not lost on me. There are others who feel the same way:

Beyonce’s been trying her damnedest to look Latina for quite some time now. A few years back I turned on Saturday Night Live and thought I was looking at Jennifer Lopez. She’s been Beyonce K. Starr ever since. In this video, I can’t even always tell who’s Shakira and who’s not… until they start moving.

Final thought: I can’t remember Beyonce collaborating with a female artist in her post-Destiny’s Child career, so this is a notable event! Anyway, with its hypnotic beat and diva-grade singers, Beautiful Liar definitely earns the rank of Stripper Music! Congratulations girls!