Singles club
Every week we round up the most significant new releases, herding them into the pen we call Singles club
Music Weekly podcast: DELS and Dream Beach Records
The British rapper performs live, while the team learn about the similarities between Kurdish wedding music and Metallica
The incontinent Kings of Leon pigeons review this week's singles
Their appreciation of Kings of Leon's recent show, which involved defecating into the drummer's mouth, has led many to rate these avian pests as the world's harshest music critics. So how would they fare with this week's singles?
Songs about dirtee dancing and indie romancing
It's all about throwing moves this week, whether on the dancefloor or on the mean streets of Croydon
Songs featuring Beyoncé and Bublé
Rosie Swash: This week, Christina Aguilera stages a desperate comeback, while Michael Bublé sounds desperately laidback. Thank God, Beyoncé is on hand for some tribal house
Songs inspired by camera tricks and fetish flicks
Keane and K'Naan go all Matrix on us with bullet-time effects, while Hurts take their cue from an S&M cult classic
Songs that are hungry and horny
It's all about appetite this week, as Timbaland and Mini Viva serve up songs full of food-as-sex metaphors
Songs that rope in Texas and tennis
This week, Erykah Badu strips off where JFK was assassinated, while Shakira gets sweaty with a Wimbledon champion
Songs against monogamy and melancholy
R Kelly makes the ladies an offer they can refuse, while Doves show that heaven knows they're not miserable now
Songs about cads, fads and ads
50 Cent assures the ladies that there's more to him than just money, the Drums prove they are this year's Black Kids, and Florence and the Machine's Channel 4 ident heads to the charts
Songs with telephones, teeth and Tiesto
Things 'in da club' have gone a bit Gaga this week. Elsewhere, Michael Buble provides further proof that he could be a robot
Songs that recycle retro anthems
This week it's all about classic tracks getting the remix treatment as Gabriella Cilmi and Wylie jump on the sampling bandwagon
Songs that hurt everybody
In this week's selection, we take inspiration from a reality star-infused charity single to inflict suffering on ourselves. But there is welcome pain relief, despite the return of rap-rock
Songs about life, death and low-cut tops
Plan B, 30h!3 and Kid Cudi are all in pursuit of happiness in this week's selection – drink driving, getting in fights, chasing women. Their mothers would be proud
Songs that go ra-ra-ro-ga-ga and ba-da-ba-da-ba
A lyrical feast for you this week, with Lady Gaga, Paramore, and Flo-Rida and Akon serving up their meagre morsels. While Sting offers us a piece of his soul cake. Yuk!
Songs that have come back from the brink
Rosie Swash: Whitney sings like the last 10 years never happened, TI raps about his impending release from prison, and Jon McClure finally writes a decent tune. Talk about triumph over adversity ...
Songs about rebels, roads and ringtones
Tinchy, Pixie and VV redefine the term 'soul rebel', Cheryl Cole takes some driving metaphors for a spin, and Jay Sean proves that his music is best heard on a mobile phone
Songs rehashed by reality TV show winners
Alexandra Burke and Jordin Sparks warble their way into the charts, while Robbie Williams looks on in wide-eyed despair
Songs that sound like the Beach Boys and Bo Diddley stuck in a lift
The ghosts of pop stars past and present can be heard in this week's brilliant batch of tunes
Songs about sentimentality and self-praise
This week, the man known to his mum as Marshall Mathers serenades us with a sappy song, while Simian Mobile Disco boast about their talents over bleeps and beats
Songs that are dull and disposable
Busta Rhymes's derivative lines, Dead Weather's tuneless blether and Green Day with nothing to say ... what a great week for singles!
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