UK Pop Charts - 30 March 2008

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Whew. Strangest pop-related thing that happened me this week was Denial by the Sugababes came on the radio and I liked it before I realised what I was listening to. Guess that blows smoke all over my review!

Not a bad top ten this week. Most of the songs are actually listenable, even the Madonna/Justin Timberlake collaboration. Having said that, when two major stars release a single backed by Timbaland, surely the end result should be 10x more stunning than this?

1. Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy: Just. Purrrfect. Second week at #1 for this trans-Atlantic collaboration.
2. Flo Rida ft T-Pain - Low: I want to call this music for morons, but in the same vein of Soulja Boy, this rap track has one of those irresistible shout-along choruses that doesn’t require any sense of melody. A guilty pleasure.
3. Duffy - Mercy: I have been exposed to the video for Mercy so many times this week, it’s like being subjected to cruel and unusual torture. But could it be that I’m warming to Duffy this late in the game? Well, no actually.
4. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold: “Who is this Sam Sparro?” I hear you ask. I don’t know, I’ll find out for you before the end of the week.
5. Madonna ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes: Not a bad track, but absolutely scandalous that there’s no video for this on YouTube yet!!! And these people call themselves professionals. They’re probably waiting for an exclusive premiere on the ‘wireless’.
6. Leona Lewis - Better In Time: “It’s been the lawwwngest Win-der wit’out choo” Sing, Leona. Sing your bloody/bleeding heart out!
7. Nickelback - Rockstar: “Kroeger. This is the police, we have you and your band surrounded. Step away from the charts and nobody gets hurt.” A slow but welcome retreat from the top ten is now in progress.
8. Chris Brown - With You: I haven’t listened to it yet. Is it highly slick, Usher-esque R&B designed to lure the ladies in with empty promises of undying love? [one quick listen later] I was wrong about the Usher thing - nice use of acoustic guitar, and a very nice chorus. All is forgiven Chris. Still want to castrate Usher though.
9. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare: I’m watching OneRepublic carefully at the minute. This is a band that could release some very polished rock music. Or they could become very boring very quickly. Which will it be?
10. Alphabeat - Fascination: The happiest band in the Northern hemisphere are back in the top ten. Brilliant. I could do with a couple more weeks of this song.

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