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Tilly & the Wall in the UK Singles Chart

One of the best pop songs of the year, Tilly & the Wall's "Beat Control," is tragically stalled in the UK singles chart, falling this week from Number 77 to Number 84. What's wrong with UK? Doesn't the British music-downloading public realize that it's their job to popularize quirky indie bands from the US heartland?

Tilly & the Wall As Interpreted by Some Taiwanese Grade Four Students

Tilly & the Wall, an indie band from Omaha, make good songs. I don't know much about them outside of the simple fact that they've made at least one stunning, perfect pop song, "Beat Control." This week, "Beat Control" surges in the UK Singles Chart, from Number 166 to Number 77. If there's any justice in the pop world, it will keep climbing. Here it is interpreted by a bunch of fourth graders in Taiwan.