Take That top British singles chart for 11th time

LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran boy band Take That's single "Greatest Day" has stormed into the pop charts at No. 1, displacing Beyonce's "If I were a boy," the Official Charts Company said this week.

It is the band's 11th number one hit and their first since "Shine" in March 2007.

It was all change at the top of the album chart, with new entries taking the top three positions.

The Killers' "Day & Age" took top spot, followed by heavy rock legends Guns'n'Roses' "Chinese Democracy" and former X Factor contestant Rhydian's self-titled album at number three.

Leona Lewis' "Spirit' slips to number four after 55 weeks in the album chart.

(Reporting by Frank Prenesti; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

Take That 'write a song about Amy Winehouse'

Take That have written a new song, :How Did It Come To This," which fans are speculating is about the plight of Amy Winehouse.

The song, set to feature on the band's new album The Circus, features lyrics that seem to allude to the life of the troubles singer, described as "a girl in Camden Town."

According to Britain's The Sun the lyrics include the line: "Slightly schizophrenic…slightly OCD."

Other lyrics include: "All this noise and all these lights, all this talking through the night, all this expectation now it's making me neurotic, tell me have I seen your face before? How did it come to this?"

The Circus is set to be released on December 1.

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