Brit Sweep: September 8, 2013...

Hey gang, I'm back from an awesome beach day, and it's time to check out the songs making the official sales charts in Britain this week released this afternoon.....

The top-selling song in the country this week belongs to Katy Perry, who collects her fourth #1 hit (after "I Kissed A Girl", "California Gurls", and "Part Of Me") with "Roar"...

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British pop-punk band You Me At Six leap in at #11 with "Lived A Lie". It's their fifth top-40 hit in their homeland, and highest rank to date...

Female vocal group Neon Jungle nabs their first hit single as "Trouble" arrives at #12...

London-based indie-pop band London Grammar follow up their top-40 hit "Wasting My Young Years" with "Strong", which comes in at #17 and is by "Brit Pick of the Week"...

The original lineup of the British hitmaking trio Sugababes returns under their first names as "Flatline" enters at #50 billed to Mutya Keisha Siobhan...

Another pop-punk group scoring their best chart yet is Americans All Time Low with "A Love Like War" featuring Vic Fuentes from the band Pierce The Veil...

Singer/songwriter Tom Odell gets his fourth charting hit as "Grow Old With Me" is in at #70. Earlier this year, he took "Another Love" to #10...

The alt-rock band Arctic Monkeys continue their top-notch song-naming skills as "Stop The World I Wanna Get Off With You" sneaks in at #74. It's the "B-side" to the single for "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"..

Alt-dance duo Rizzle Kicks shuffle in at #87 with "Skip To The Good Bit", sampling the riff from EMF's #1 hit from 1991 "Unbelievable"...

The final debut of the week at #93 are indie-rock group the 1975 with "Girls"....

That's a wrap on this week's musical "tea time"...I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, part two of this week's "album sweep", and the "robbed hit" of the week.. Cheers!