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MGMT top the NME TV chart

MGMT                                                                                           Pic: Guy Eppel

MGMT Pic: Guy Eppel

'Time To Pretend' reigns supreme on NME TV

MGMT have claimed the top spot in the NME Chart on NME TV this week (Feb 20).

The New Yorkers' single 'Time To Pretend', from their debut album 'Oracular Spectacular', just pipped Does It Offend You Yeah?’s 'We Are Rockstars' to the Number One spot.

Elsewhere in the Top Ten, Late Of The Pier are at Number Five with 'The Bears Are Coming', while Radiohead’s 'Nude' and The Ting Tings' 'Great DJ' are at Six and Seven.

Shockwaves NME Awards Tour headliners The Cribs are at Number Eight with their single 'I'm A Realist'.

To vote on your favourite videos for next week’s chart, go to NME TV’s website.

The full chart is:

1 MGMT – 'Time To Pretend'
2 Does It Offend You, Yeah? – 'We Are Rockstars'
3 Panic At The Disco – 'Nine In The Afternoon'
4 Mystery Jets – 'Young Love'
5 Late Of The Pier – 'The Bears Are Coming'
6 Radiohead – 'Nude'
7 The Ting Tings – 'Great DJ'
8 The Cribs – 'I'm A Realist'
9 Young Knives – 'Up All Night'
10 We Are Scientists – 'After Hours'


To watch NME TV simply head to Sky Channel 377.


The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 are coming soon – and it’s time to have your say. Vote now by heading to NME.COM/awardsvote and you could win VIP tickets to the ceremony, which takes place in London on February 28.

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