The disco classic smashes back into the Top 10 as a result of a new set of remixes, headed up by one from dance's current Mr Hitmaker Rollo Armstrong which thank heavens chooses not to tinker too much with the near-perfect realisation of the original. The Giogio Moroder-created sound of this 1977 Number One hit is of course instant recognised even today and its influence can still be heard in many places (not least in Berri's current Top 5 hit).

It is a fairly quiet chart week by recent standards with only 11 new entries to the Top 40, the highest of these being a hit that is nearly 2 decades old. None of his four previous chart-topping hits have remained there for longer than two weeks. It will now be interesting to see how long he can hold on to the top. It is by no means an unusual feat but it is one that few modern chart artists can emulate. It also means he continues to be one of the few artists to have had at least one Number One single from a succession of albums, HIStory now joining Thriller, Bad and Dangerous on that list. The R Kelly ballad becomes his fifth solo chart topper (and his sixth in all if you count the Jacksons' Show You The Way To Go) following in the footsteps of One Day In Your Life in 1981, Billie Jean in 1983, I Just Can't Stop Loving You in 1987 and Black Or White in 1991. The superstar whose image appeared tainted beyond repair has not only made chart history in America but has now duplicated that feat over here and returned to the top of the charts with a record that ranks alongside any that he has made before. The cynical view might be that this is as a result of some clever marketing, the release of another format to Michael Jackson's hit giving it the impetus to claim Number One, but that should in no way detract from the achievement of this record.

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