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After seeing the video for " Hate to Say I Told You So " on German TV, Alan McGee ( Oasis, Creation Records ) decided to sign the band to his newly formed Poptones label.

Poptones released the ' best of ' compilation Your New Favourite Band in 2001, which proved to be their breakthrough record, reaching No. 7 in the UK album charts.

Following the success of the album, the band re-released singles " Hate to Say I Told You So " and " Main Offender " which reach numbers No. 23 and No. 24 respectively in the UK Singles chart.

The band also re-released Veni Vidi Vicious in the US.