1 LADY GAGA
2 AR RAHMAN/PUSSYCAT DOLLS
3 NOISETTES
4 LA ROUX
5 NEW CALVIN HARRIS
6 BEYONCE
7 FLO RIDA
8 METRO STATION
9 TAYLOR SWIFT
10 AKON
11 NEW CIARA FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
15 NEW DEPECHE MODE

ALBUMS
1 NEW DOVES
3 NEW BAT FOR LASHES
4 NEW YEAH YEAH YEAHS
7 NEW EOGHAN QUIGG

Still nobody can explain the Noisettes to me.

The term "Major Label Hype" springs to mind.

not seeing much hype to be honest in the usual press.

Read your previous comment on them a week or two back and thought I'd check them out as for various reasons I'd listened to much less radio than usual recently and the track didn't ring a bell.

YouTubed the song and realised I immediately knew the chorus, so subliminally it was catchy enough to worm its way into my brain despite my reduced radio time.

Did a bit of digging and apparently the song is being used on a Mazda advert - catchy chorus + fits current market + advert = sales.

Looked up their chart history and apparently it's their 9th single (through a variety of indie labels then indie off-shoots of Universal/Mercury) and the first to chart Top 40.

Ah, a Mazda ad - well spotted IMP; I shall check it out.