Brit Sweep: February 2, 2014...

Hey gang, it may be Super Bowl Sunday, but like clockwork it's time to check out the just-released official chart in the UK to sample the songs making their first appearance, as Clean Bandit spend a second week at #1 with "Rather Be"...

The top entry on the chart at #2 is from current The Voice UK mentor will.i.am, "Feelin' Myself" featuring Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa, and DJ Mustard. It's the sixth single from his #willpower album to make the chart; five of those have made the top-3 in this country, with both "This Is Love" and "Scream And Shout" going all the way to #1...

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North London-based electronica duo Gorgon City score their first top ten single on their second try with "Ready For Your Love" featuring Nigerian/English singer MNEK (real name Uzoechi Emenike) at #4...

Katy B returns at #5 with my "Brit Pick of the Week", "Crying For No Reason". It's the second single from her upcoming sophomore album Little Red. The first, "5AM", went to #14 last year..

American progressive-house musician Chris Malinchak follows up his #2 hit "So Good To Me" with "If U Got It" which enters at #23. You may recognize the chopped up "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" in the midst...

Sidenote: there was a campaign to bring the Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men" back to the charts in protest of a homophobic UKIP councillor David Silvester, who blamed the country's rains on same-sex marriage. Although popular London club G-A-Y promised a 1000 pound contribution to charity if the record made the top-20, it managed to place at #31. It originally went to #2 in 1984...

In another case where the record company holds back the release of a single (usually an import) and a "copy-cat" recording makes the chart, Zedd's "Stay The Night" gets pre-empted by "DJ Stay The Night" at #57...

Texan teen idol Austin Mahone places his second hit on the UK chart as "MMM Yeah" featuring Pitbull lands at #67....

Sheryl Crow's dabble into country music, "Easy", two-steps in at #80. She's racked up four top ten singles in Britain, with "All I Wanna Do" peaking at #4 back in 1994 (twenty years ago!)...

Paterson, New Jersey's Just Blaze teams up with the man responsible (or should I say liable) for the #3 UK hit "Harlem Shake", Baauer, on "Higher"  featuring Jay-Z, at #82...

Ellie Goulding places her sixth single from her expanded Halcyon Days album, "Goodness Gracious", at #86. Half of those have made the top ten, and last year she went to #1 with "Burn"...

Well that does it for tonight. To those in America, enjoy the game, and I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, part two of this week's "Album Sweep", and my "robbed hit" of the week. Cheers!