SINGLES

The third hit by Ant & Dec under their Byker Grove alter-egos PJ & Duncan, Let's Get Ready To Rhumble reached number nine in 1994 but the duo's performance of the song on their Saturday Night Takeaway programme on ITV nine days ago triggered renewed interest in the track, which now dashes to number one on sales of 83,748 downloads.

In terms of its original release date, it is the oldest single to reach number one since Rage Against ...