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Two chart records are smashed in the week Radio One turns 40.
On the day Radio One is 40, two Top 40 chart records are shattered. Sugababes' About You Now, rockets 35-1 on download sales to complete the biggest jump to the summit from within the Top 40 to date, beating the previous 33-1 record established by Captain Sensible's cover of the South Pacific song Happy Talk in 1982.
Meanwhile, the record for the shortest Top 40 hit changes hands for the third time this year. Just nine weeks ago, Green Day's version of The Simpsons Theme, which they recorded for The Simpsons Movie, reached number 19. It has a playing time of 81 seconds. A week later, another track from the movie soundtrack, Hans ...
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