AIRPLAY ANALYSIS: Take That rule the airwaves.

Greatest Day - the first single from Take That's current album The Circus - spent four weeks at number one on the airplay chart last November/December but has fallen rapidly in the past four weeks in tandem with the rise of follow-up Up All Night, which has climbed 45-23- 5-3-1. It is one of only three songs aired by more than 100 radio stations on the 142-station Music Control panel last week, the others being Lily Allen's The Fear (number one for the past five weeks) and - less predictably - Daniel Merriweather's Change, which nevertheless ranks a comparatively lowly 42nd overall.

Although given significant radio support on the Continent, Seal's version of the James Brown classic It's A Man's Man's Man's World peaked at number 36 on the airplay chart in the UK in January. Its failure to attract more support does not seem to have damaged his Soul covers set, which has sold upwards of 350,000 copies since November. Nevertheless, he must be hoping for better things for second single, a cover of the Curtis Mayfield hit It's Alright - and it is off too a good start this week, debuting at number 43, with support from a clutch of early believers including Smooth FM, Magic 105.4 FM and, most importantly, Radio ...