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24 April 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 14:05 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car has entered the UK chart at four, 23 years after its initial release, thanks to the Britain’s Got Talent effect.<\/p>\n

Michael Collings, a contestant on the ITV1 show, performed an acoustic version of the song and thousands of viewers later downloaded the original.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Adele’s 21 has reclaimed its UK number one album spot from Foo Fighters after one week off the top.<\/p>\n

LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem is the number one single for a second week.<\/p>\n

It beat competition from rapper Wretch 32’s Unorthodox which was a new entry at number two.<\/p>\n

On last week’s Britain’s Got Talent<\/a>, viewers watched judge Amanda Holden compare Collings, dressed in a hooded top and jogging bottoms, to previous contestant Susan Boyle.<\/p>\n

Chapman’s Fast Car was previously a number five hit in June 1988. It was the biggest UK chart hit for the American singer-songwriter who had herself gained overnight success due to TV exposure – the song raced up the chart on both sides of the Atlantic after she performed it at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert at Wembley Stadium that summer.<\/p>\n

There were other new entries in the singles chart for Beyonce, at number 18 with Run the World (Girls) and Starboy Nathan, at 23 with Diamonds.<\/p>\n

Tinie Tempah went straight into the chart at number 33 with Simply Unstoppable while Pitbull’s Give Me Everything was a new entry at 35.<\/p>\n

Last week, Dave Grohl’s band Foo Fighters ended Adele’s record-breaking 11-week run at the top of the album chart with their new release Wasting Light.<\/p>\n

This week, it dropped to number two while Adele’s debut album 19 remained at number three.<\/p>\n

New entries included Chipmunk’s Transition, at 10, and The Fall by Gorillaz, at 12.<\/p>\n

BBC Sound of 2011 finalist Jamie Woon’s debut album Mirrorwriting was a new entry at number 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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