The best No 1 records: Sugababes – Freak Like Me

At the beginning of the last decade, the cult of the mash-up – two songs mixed together to effectively create a new song – made underground stars of the bedroom boffins who created them. Perhaps the most celebrated example was that of Are "Freaks" Electric?, which saw Sheffield DJ Richard X place the a cappella mix of Adina Howard's 1995 R&B hit Freak Like Me over Tubeway Army's Are "Friends" Electric . It sounded like a hit, but an unimpressed Howard elected to have no part in it. Good news for Universal, which was preparing to relaunch surly girl group Sugababes, but needed a surefire pop banker on which to hang said comeback. Within a few months, the mash-up craze peaked, but Freak Like Me served its purpose, launching the biggest British girl group of the decade, and nudging Gary Numan closer to national treasure status. See every No 1 hit from 2002