We seem to be settling back into the routine of singles entering at number one.  This is the fourth consecutive new entry at number one, and probably the least interesting of the bunch.

1.  Ne-Yo – “Let Me Love You”

This is the lead single from Ne-Yo’s upcoming album, and it’s, y’know, above average, I guess.  It’s also very much a typical single for the year, with an equally typical video, and I’m kind of struggling to think of anything else to say about it.  Ne-Yo obviously rates it rather higher, describing it in his press release as a song that “if taken care of the right way, could help the world.”  By teaching us to love or something.

It does give Ne-Yo his fourth UK number one, following his debut “So Sick” from 2006, “Closer” in 2008, and “Beautiful Monster” in 2012.  He likes his years even numbered, does Ne-Yo.

It’s unlikely to manage a second week.

2.  The Script (featuring will.i.am) – “Hall of Fame”

It’s the collaboration we’ve all been dreading ever since Script singer Danny Donoghue turned up as a judge on The Voice UK alongside will.i.am.  The result, as you might expect, is to reposition the Script from an indie band of sorts, to a piano-led outfit making something American-radio-friendly.  Still, given the anaemic performance of the  Voice alumni, it’s certainly not selling merely on the strength of its association with the show – and the midweeks suggest it’s going to continue selling strongly.  (It may help that the Script haven’t had any new material out for around two years.)

“Hall of Fame” becomes the Script’s joint biggest hit, matching the number 2 peak of “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” in 2008.

3.  P!nk – “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”

Ha ha, you see what she did there?  It’s a witticism, like they have in books.

That said, the actual song doesn’t hammer the joke anywhere near as much.  It’s one of her shrieky pop anthems about being generally and non-specifically pissed off with stuff, and it’s one of the better ones.  While Pink may not quite be up there with the Lady Gagas of the world, it’s worth remembering that she has now been having hits consistently since 2000.  It’s a lot better than most people manage.

11.  Flo Rida – “I Cry”

With a discography like yours, I don’t blame you.

Once again, Flo Rida isn’t even using first-generation samples.  The sped-up vocal on the chorus ultimately comes from “Piano in the Dark” by Brenda Russell, which was a top ten hit in America in 1988.  (In Britain, it limped to number 23.)  But Flo Rida isn’t one to go to the original source when he can recycle a European dance single, so his record is actually based on “Cry (Just A Little)” by the Bingo Players, a largely forgettable dance track that just missed the UK top 40 last year, but did reach number 7 in its native Netherlands.

27.  Plan B – “Deepest Shame”

The second single from the “Ill Manors” soundtrack lurches back towards the rap/soul hybrid that’s delivered most of Plan B’s big hits.  That said, it’s a slightly odd choice of single; I suspect it may be mainly a case of trying to remind people of the “Ill Manors” album alongside the publicity for his starring role in the Sweeney film, which was released at the weekend.

36.  Professor Green (featuring Sierra Kusterbeck) – “Avalon”

The fourth single from “At Your Inconvenience” is one of his smaller hits, but then the point of a single like this is just to get a bit of airplay and remind people that the album’s still out there.  It’s also being used in an advert for Relentless energy drinks, if that excites you.  For the single release, it’s been remixed into a soft rock number.

Sierra Kusterbeck is the lead singer of VersaEmerge, a Florida guitar-pop group who’ve never had a hit in the UK.  Or in America, judging from their Wikipedia entry.  They’re not a million miles from labelmates Par-amore, though judging from the comments on YouTube, their fans would strenuously dispute that suggestion (and in fairness, the similarity of the voices accounts for a lot of the resemblence).

39.  The Vaccines – “Teenage Icon”

The Vaccines don’t have huge hit singles – this is their fourth, and none of them made it into the top 30.  But with their album “Come of Age” entering at number 1 this week, they won’t be losing too much sleep over that.  They’re indie guitar throwbacks, but they do it very well.