Q. What do all these tunes have in common? The Dead 60's: Riot Radio Jet: Are You Gonna Be My Girl Snow Patrol: Spitting Games Bloc Party: Banquet The Hives: Hate To Say I Told You So & Main Offender Basement Jaxx: Good Luck The Futureheads: Decent Days and Nights The Raveonettes: That Great Love Sound Editors: Bullets Electric 6: Danger! High Voltage The Scissor Sisters: Comfortably Numb & Laura The Kaiser Chiefs: I Predict A Riot The Caesers: Jerk It Out The Rapture: House Of Jealous Lovers Dogs Die In Hot Cars: I Love You Cause I Have To The Bravery: Unconditional The Detroit Cobras: Cha Cha Twist The Delays: Nearer Than Heaven The Stills: Still In Love The Killers: Mr Bightside & Somebody Told Me Razorlight: Rip It Up Kasabian: Club Foot The Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You & Gett Off Goldfrapp: Strict Machine Graham Coxon: Freakin Out Simian: La Breeze A. They've all been released as singles over the last couple of years only to be re-released for a second time in anything from 6 months to 2 years time. Why is that record companys keep flogging us the same products again and again? Sometimes it's because the band are signed to a new label, or they're trying to break a new sales territory or because they want to cash in on the use of their tune in a TV commercial. But increasingly it just seems that record companys are launching releases in a half arsed fashion under the assumption that if the band gain any bit of success in the future than they can just re-release the same tune and promote it properly next year as opposed to actually pushing some new material. I find nothing as frustrated as trawling through the new releases and coming across repackaged singles that I bought a year ago. I mean would the Killers be half as annoying if they just rattled out a new LP instead of still trying to sell us the same old tunes over and over. Record companys and artists seem content to flog the same records til way past their saturation point. Just look at O by Damien Rice, White Ladder by David Gray or Play by Moby. For how long did those albums outstay their welcome on the public airways. Which brings me to my next point. Loads of singles sound like guaranteed hits but ended up making no impact on the charts. Which tunes do you reckon could make a big impact second time around if they were featured in a commercial and then re-released with a new video and a big sales push?