CHARTS ANALYSIS: David and Kelly take over.

Alan Jones

PIXIE LOTT HAS HAD HER LOT, as When Love Takes Over takes over at the top of the singles chart. A collaboration between 41-year-old French house DJ David Guetta and 28-year-old Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland, When Love Takes Over sold 78,108 copies last week - the fifth highest tally of the year - and rockets 7-1.

The seventh number one single for EMI's 16-year-old dance imprint Positiva - and its first since Shapeshifters' topped with Lola's Theme nearly five years ago - it is the introductory single from Guetta's upcoming (fourth) album, and provides his first UK number one. It is the fourth number one for Kelly Rowland, who topped with Independent Women (2000) and Survivor (2001) as a member of Destiny's Child, and paired with Nelly for Dilemma (2002). Guetta's new album is called One Love, and he does seem to be a man who loves to love - four of his eight hits to date have love in their titles, and they are his biggest hits, namely: When Love Takes Over (number one), Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) (three), Love Is Gone (nine) and Just A Little More Love (19). These are heady days for Guetta: he also produced and co-wrote Black Eyed Peas' new single I Gotta Feeling, which tops the US sales chart this week.

Another club smash making major inroads is Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer), which debuts at number 15 (17,889 downloads) to provide the sixth career hit for The Freemasons. It features guest vocals from Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and marks a major improvement on her last single, Today The Sun's On Us, which peaked at number 64 in 2007.

On tour and on TV, Take That are doing all that is necessary to secure a big improvement in the chart fortunes of latest single Said It All and parent album Circus. Said It All is Take That's 23rd hit and debuted lower than any of its predecessors when it entered at number 74 a fortnight ago. It improved to number 48 last week, and - helped by a physical release - jumps to number nine (27,564 sales). It is the third single from The Circus, following Greatest Day (number one) and Up All Night (number 14). The Circus rebounds 20-12, achieving its highest chart placing for 12 weeks on sales of 17,370 copies. It has sold 1,787,169 copies since it was released 30 weeks ago.

Depeche Mode have also resumed their tour, following lead singer Dave Gahan's recovery from illness. Their new single Peace only makes it to number 57 (4,025 sales), despite simultaneous release on download, two CDs and a seven-inch. It is their 44th Top 75 entry, of which just two have peaked lower.

While Pixie Lott's Mama Do dips to number two (44,522 sales), another singer compared to Amy Winehouse joins her in the Top 20. Paloma Faith's Stone Cold Sober arrives at number 17 (16,800 sales).