16 weeks ago, Tinie Tempah and Labrinth - or Patrick Okogwu and Timothy McKenzie, as their parents named them - were in hot pursuit of a number one hit jointly with Frisky. It ended in valiant failure, with the track's introductory tally of 87,209 sales proving to be the second highest for a number two in the first nine months of 2010.

It was the follow-up to Tinie's debut hit, Pass Out, which opened even more brightly in March, with ...