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The official UK singles chart top 75.

Music Week

| April 05, 2003 | Jones, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2003 UBM Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SINGLES COMMENTARY

Proving that dance music is still very much alive and kicking, Room 5's Make Luv single sold more than 111,000 copies last week to debut at number one with a handsome 71% lead over Gareth Gates feat. The Kumars' Spirit In The Sky, which dips to number two after two weeks at the top of the chart. Although singles sales last week were nearly 28% below their level for the same week in 2002, the 802,000 singles sold represents their second best tally thus far in 2003--and the number one single has topped the 100,000 sales mark for three weeks in a row, a feat not achieved until May last year.

Sales of Spirit In The Sky were off 44% last ...

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