Take That on top once more

The only thing predicable about the UK charts is their unpredictability. A few weeks back it seemed the lights had gone out on Take That’s second single from their comeback album. But this week said single “Shine” jumps from ten to land at the top of the heap.

This latest number one marks their tenth number one out of their last eleven to do so. Take That’s former number one from last December sits comfortably at 14, one step up from last week.

“Ruby” slips to number two for the Kaiser Chiefs while Gwen Stefani climbs to number 3 with “The great Escape”.

Debuting inside the top ten at number 8, just below the brilliant “Standing in the way of control” by Gossip, Cascada arrive with their third top tenner. “Truly Madly Deeply” sits at 48 while Everytime we touch climbs 71-65 in its two millionth week on the chart.

That Cascada’s latest track should be titled “Miracle” seems slightly ironic considering it is nothing short of a miracle that this German 80’s revival euro cheese group has managed to chart with more than one track. While not a horrible song, “Miracle” doesn’t rewrite history exactly and remains slightly less than “Everytime we touch” but less memorable.

At 16, Camille Jones teams up with Fedde Le Grande on “The Creeps” a funky bass driven dance track complete with bleeps and pumps in all the right places. Jones whispers-stutters-sings about going down to the creeps, a place she and she alone knows but it sure sounds like she likes to get her groove on there. Anyone checking out this track will be wise to follow.

Two ladies make their comebacks this week in the very bottom of the chart. Avril Lavigne drops in at 73 with “Girlfriend” (the English version – no less than six language versions exist) while two spots below Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl fame charts with “It’s all True”. Thorn’s new track comes from her second solo album, the follow up to her first project, all the way back in 1982.