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Queens Of The Stone Age top the NME Chart

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‘Burn The Witch’ is the first number one of 2006

Queens Of The Stone Age are the first band to hit the NME Chart top spot in 2006.

‘Burn The Witch’ is your favourite video this week, firmly keeping The Strokes in second place with ‘Juicebox’ and Editors in third with ‘Munich’.

New entries this week come from Arctic Monkeys at Four with ‘When The Sun Goes Down’, at Nine with ‘Twelve’ and The Go! Team at Ten with ‘Ladyflash’.

The first NME Chart of 2006 looks like this:

1. Queens Of The Stone Age – ‘Burn The Witch’
2. The Strokes – ‘Juicebox’
3. Editors – ‘Munich’
4. Arctic Monkeys – ‘When The Sun Goes Down’
5. We Are Scientists – ‘It’s A Hit’
6. Sigur Ros – ‘Hoppipolla’
7. Hard-Fi – ‘Cash Machine’
8. Arcade Fire – ‘Wake Up’
9. iForward Russia! – ‘Twelve’
10. The Go! Team – ‘Ladyflash’

To vote for your favourite video, visit nmechart.com.

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