September 5th, 2005 by 
Pete
LONDON (Reuters) - A decade after Damon Albarn and Blur went head-to-head with Oasis during the height of Britpop, Albarn’s current band Gorillaz has knocked the Mancunian siblings off the top of the UK singles chart.
The Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday “Dare”, the new entry from the cartoon four-piece, snatched the top spot from Oasis, pushing their song down to fifth place.
“The Importance of Being Idle” was the second top hit for the one-time bad boy Manchester band from their recent album “Don’t Believe The Truth”.
The single held the coveted top slot, their eighth number one in Britain, for only one week.
In second spot was “Pon De Replay” by Caribbean-born star Rihanna, while Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter was unmoved in third.
Jessica Simpson was a new entry at four with “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” while former Blue singer Simon Webbe was down two places at six.
U.S. hip-hop act Black Eyed Peas, which debuted at number six last week with “Don’t Lie”, saw their newest song slide one place.
At eight was a new release from singer-songwriter David Grey. His tune “The One I Love” was ahead of another new entry called “Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat) from Les Rythmes Digitales.
Rounding off the top ten was former number one “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt.
