Head First

Only the most fervent fans of Reggie Yates' Radio 1 chart show could straight-facedly argue that the singles charts still matter as much as they used to. That said, it must still be pretty galling for a pop act to discover that their comeback single has entered the charts at Number 47. It must be especially galling when that comeback single is a pop song extraordinaire - packed with hooks, instantly appealing and addictively replayable. But that's precisely what happened earlier this month to Goldfrapp's Rocket, the first single off their fifth album Head First.