Hilarious, hackneyed pop-punk doyennes, Shampoo are a breath of fresh air this week with this Bow Wow Wow-like, rhythmical skipping song. Listen to it, and you'll be whistling the tune for at least 30 seconds afterwards. Then, like all classic disposable pop, you'll forget it, but at least you'll have had a good time listening to it - unlike some stuff on offer.

B-sides are all much the same: Sex Pistols fronted by Barbie and Sindy. And "Bouffant Headbutt" gets the award for song title of the week.

Rating: 8/10

Having said that, it's a poppy, inoffensive little number...but this outfit should be dazzling and wondrous, not merely okay. B-side "Nasty Sunny Beam" is actually better than the A-side, sounding less laboured and fresher.

All in all, a disappointment.

Rating: 7/10

Rating: 7/10

Not a bad tune in a Eleanor Rigsby, Oasis-meet-The-Monkees kind of way, but not the most inspiring of subjects. There's easy targets and there's easy targets, and cross-dressing members of the clergy is right up there with the worst excesses of the tabloids. What are Mansun after? A guest slot on GMTV? I can just see Anthea Turner now: "And now here's our favourite Britpop band Mansun with a topical song entitled 'Latest Royal Scandal'". Actually, that seems to be the subject of b-side "Duchess". Sad, but true.

Mansun just seem to be going through the motions here, desperately looking for a bit of notoriety.

Rating: 5/10