This week's chart bout was always going to be an intriguing one. In one corner the incumbent chart-topper, coming down from what was always going to be an artificially high first week but at the same time ready to benefit from a streaming boost from the release of its parent album. In the other corner the single it replaced, even after it achieved its own career high and one whose popularity is still on the rise.
Too close to call ...
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