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Oasis losing out to Pink in chart battle

The singer is beating the Manchester band... so far

October 1, 2008 | 25 Comments
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The midweek UK singles chart has revealed that Oasis are losing out to Pink in the battle to be Number One on Sunday (October 5).

Pink's single 'So What' is currently in the Number One slot, while Oasis' 'The Shock Of The Lightning' are in the Number Two slot, reports Music Week.

Pink's effort sat at Number 38 in the charts last Sunday (September 28), but physical sales of the single since have propelled it into the provisional top spot.

Check NME.COM on Sunday from 7pm (BST) to find out whether Pink or Oasis emerge victorious.

'The Shock Of The Lightning' is the first single from Oasis' forthcoming new album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', out on Monday (October 6).

Oasis are previewing 'Dig Out Your Soul' on MySpace from today (October 1).

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cobbyshambles

Oct 1, 2008

what an abomination!surely the charts are irrellevant now though,they have been since top of the pops buggered off.

bragdad

Oct 1, 2008

fwa fwa. Ah who cares, I'm sure the album will be a number 1.

rockgeek

Oct 1, 2008

Bah ha ha... seems less and less people care what the nothern monkeys get up to now

filmy

Oct 1, 2008

Maybe this'll teach Noel not to rush his comeback singles (he laughed about how he wrote it in minutes - not so amazing since it bloody sounds like it!). This sounds like The Hindu Times, Lyla and Lord Don't Slow Me Down, all melted down and recycled. Pink's single is actually good and deserves the number 1 spot in my opinion.

clavin99

Oct 1, 2008

The Singles Chart is irrelevant as formerly said.

mofoingsnakes

Oct 1, 2008

Owned!

killereditors

Oct 1, 2008

As Pink rightly says, 'So What'? Oasis are heavily overhyped for a band with two or three decent songs ten years ago - most people with any taste have moved on, and yet they're still overhyped by the Thugs.....Go on Pink is all I say....

o White Widow o

Oct 1, 2008

As are Oasis and Pink.

lex31

Oct 1, 2008

The singles charts are irrelevant. I thought we learnt that ages ago when Gareth Gates got to number 1 with unchained melody. anyway I haven't been a fan of Oasis' recent work but their new album is a major step up, definitely one of the albums of the year.

hness

Oct 1, 2008

pink beating out oasis? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Alchoholiday

Oct 1, 2008

It doesn't deserve to be number 1. Probably their worst single to date!

hness

Oct 1, 2008

nme are so up oasis' ass it's embarrassing...they just cant get a bad review no matter how hard they try, with their boring music and dad attitudes....are you afraid of them NME? ....time to stand up to daddy i think!

Geekpie

Oct 1, 2008

Noel always looks confused and Liam is always pouting (like Daniel Craig)

alex_01482

Oct 2, 2008

you obviously care what the "northern monkeys" get up to rockgeek as you seem to have this sad obsession of commenting on every single oasis article

MrSean

Oct 2, 2008

Couldnt give a shitbecause oasis will always be fucking amazingand as for pink.. so what? she's bollocksy pop

rpg_no15

Oct 2, 2008

typical comments from tight jean wearing indie students who think people like the foals r groundbreaking. go fcuk off and wear your bright pink sunglasses. if you dont like Oasis dont read the article, there is a reason why their roundhouse show sold out in 40 seconds...

RealMode

Oct 2, 2008

i agree, reaching top charts is not important to fans

Sonny.D

Oct 2, 2008

Take that oasis - i don't like pink but sure am glad shes spanking your ass!!

punkylass

Oct 2, 2008

Teenagers and little kids are fans of Pink..they're the ones who buy the singles...Oasis will be no.1 for their album without a doubt.

noeling

Oct 2, 2008

the best selling albums aren't always the best albums. a lot of amazing stuff happen on the US/Canada/Scandinavia indie scene and more went unoticed

mbe3204m

Oct 2, 2008

NME is in the business of selling magazines, hness. They'll latch onto whoever will get the job done. Right now, that's Oasis. You people bring this up every time Oasis is getting ready to release a new album. What about the White stripes news, the news about the Strokes and the members' side projects, Glasvegas, Gorillaz...you could make the argument about almost any band that charts.As for the chart position, does it matter? I think the fact that they've charted #1 for years and years (in the UK) is good enough, so what if they don't hit #1 this time on the first week of the single's release? It was moronic of them not to release it earlier anyway; everyone's already heard the song and gone are the days of 3 bsides which would get people out to the shops to buy the single.. Here in the US, chart position means nothing; fans of decent bans don't bother following this garbage.

rufoid

Oct 2, 2008

that Pink song is far superior. oasis, f*ck off and take ryan adams with you. if you cant find him, hes somewhere up your arses.

Soundedd

Oct 2, 2008

Fucking Gods aye hness haha!

darkdestroyer

Oct 2, 2008

Oasis are musicians, pink is a mnaufactured image. She's topping the charts 'cos at the moment her image is adhereing to the masses. Whats more respectable and honourable, some silly pop act having there songs presented to them and then asked to sing and jump around with skimpy clothes on or people playing instruments and writing there own music/lyrics...come on you know i'm right!