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Is Lily Allen retiring from music? Not yet, it seems, judging by her busy ongoing schedule, which includes live dates across the world throughout the rest of 2009 and into 2010. Will she pack it in after a mouth-watering double-header with Dizzee Rascal at the O2 Arena in March?! Perhaps. But before then there is new single, "Who'd Of Known" to consider, featuring a guest appearance from none other than Sir Elton John!

Well, we presume it's supposed to be him, bearing in mind what looks to be amongst the worst lookalikes since a bald friend of Snap, Crackle and Pop's was once mistaken for David Beckham. Lily and Elton have famously endured a difficult history, crossing swords at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards in 2008 while co-hosting. The video, which sees the pop legend being kidnapped in scenes reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's brilliant ‘80s movie "King Of Comedy", seems to suggest the pair have more than made-up.

As for "Who'd Have Known", well Allen admitted long ago that the song wasn't all her own work. "I ripped off the chorus from Take That and can't be bothered with the paperwork", she explained ahead of the release of latest album "It's Not Me, It's You". Yes, that means it's the ASDA one. Perhaps Lily is eyeing-up some shelf-stacking work for when the pop career is over...