16 years is quite a long time, but it's done nothing to dull the shine of Lily Allen's timeless debut single Smile, which first reached Number 1 on the UK's Official Singles Chart this week in 2006.
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While most Number 1 hits show their chart-topping potential from the off, going in high and burning bright, some songs prefer to take the slow and steady approach...
Thanks to its placement in the most recent season of Netflix's Stranger Things, Running Up That Hill (the lead single from Bush's fifth studio album Hounds of Love) managed to ride a viral wave to the top of the Official Singles Chart...37 years after its original release. It gave Bush the record for the longest time ever a song has taken to ascend to Number 1.
Charting upon the release of Ed's second album X, and not an official single straightaway, Thinking out Loud didn't leave the Top 40, hanging around while a different single was promoted – Don't, to be precise – before finally taking centre-stage after a record 19 weeks – the longest a song has spent in the Top 40 (on consecutive weeks) before reaching Number 1. See Thinking out Loud's record-breaking chart run
The definition of a slow burn, Céline's haunting, emotional ballad took a while to find the public's ear in 1994, but soon good old word of mouth and increased radio play did its job. After 16 weeks in the Top 100 (13 within the Top 40, 8 inside the Top 10), Think Twice did what it set out to, hit Number 1, stayed there for seven (!) weeks and sold a million copies. Destiny fulfilled! Look back at Céline Dion's complete Official UK Chart history here
This much-covered track took a whole to establish itself as a favourite, spending 11 weeks inside the Top 40 before hitting the top in 1968. Backed by a version of the theme song from musical Cabaret, once it got there, What a Wonderful World spent a month at the top. (The song was also a Christmas Number 1 for Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua – but
16 years is quite a long time, but it's done nothing to dull the shine of Lily Allen's timeless debut single Smile, which first reached Number 1 on the UK's Official Singles Chart this week in 2006.
There are now fewer pubs in England and Wales than there have ever been since records began. There are now less than 40,000 in all, the first time the number of pubs has ever dropped below that figure.
Paolo Nutini is on course to claim his third UK Number 1 album, with Last Night in the Bittersweet currently outselling its closest competition 4:1.
Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’ has entered its third week at Number One on the Official UK Singles Chart, with Bush describing it as “a bit surreal”.Originally released in 1985, Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ regained relevance in a big way when it appeared in the fourth season of Stranger Things in May. Since then, the song has broken three Guinness World Records, reached Number One in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland, and was, at one point, the most-streamed song on the planet.“I just can’t believe it – No.
Kate Bush and Running Up That Hill have secured a third consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
Porcupine Tree - comprising members Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison - see their eleventh studio album Closure / Continuation enter at Number 2, just behind reigning chart supremo Harry Styles - becoming the group’s first-ever UK Top 5 record. Prior to this, the English experimental rockers enjoyed two UK Top 40 albums; 2007’s Fear of a Blank Planet (31) and 2009 release The Incident (23) and a further three Top 100 outings. The band’s new LP also tops this week’s Official Vinyl Albums Chart. See Porcupine Tree’s full Official Charts history here.
After rocketing up the Official Singles Chart over the last four weeks, LF SYSTEM are currently challenging Kate Bush for Number 1 with viral single Afraid To Feel, at Number 2 on the Official Chart: First Look.Kate Bush has so far enjoyed two weeks at the summit with Running Up That Hill and is heading for a third – but the Scottish DJ duo are hot on her tail with their Summery dance hit.
Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush celebrates a second week at Number 1 on the Official UK Singles Chart as the music icon's extraordinary success continues.
Single’s Inferno contestant Kang So-yeon has made her long-awaited return to music with ‘Loca Loca’.The alluring visual, released earlier today (June 22), opens with Kang in the middle of a photography studio, dressed in elegant gowns. The scene later changes to her dressed in more casual clothing, dancing and walking along a pier.“What’s so good about you / That you just wanna play me? / What’s so good about you / That you can’t say you love me?” the singer croons on the second verse.During the inital announcement for her plan to release new music, Kang had described ‘Loca Loca’ as a “special gift” for fans.
Kate Bush looks set to achieve another week at number one with ‘Running Up That Hill’ following its recent inclusion in Stranger Things.According to The Official Charts Company, Bush is on track for a second week at number one, followed by Harry Styles’ at number two with ‘As It Was’ and LF System’s ‘Afraid To Feel’ at number three.Elsewhere in the singles charts as it stands is Drake with three potential new entries following the release of his surprise album, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ last week. Last week, ‘Running Up That Hill’ was the most streamed track on the planet and reached Number One on both the Spotify charts in the UK and the US after earning 57million streams in just one week.As well as being Number One now in the UK, it’s also Number One in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. In the US, it’s currently Number Four in the main chart and Number One on the Billboard Global 200 chart, making it Bush’s biggest ever hit in America 37 years after its original release.In a new statement about the news on Friday (June 17), Bush said of the news: “The Duffer Brothers have created four extraordinary series of Stranger Things in which the child actors have grown into young adults.“In this latest series the characters are facing many of the same challenges that exist in reality right now.
Kate Bush is on track for a second week at Number 1 in the UK. Running Up That Hill broke several Official Charts records when it became Kate’s first UK Number 1 single in 44 years last Friday – and it looks like it’s not going anywhere.
Peter Andre, as his debut single has proved a hit. The teenager dropped his debut single, Slide, on Friday, much to the delight of fans who were counting down the days after months of teasing.
Kate Bush tops this week’s Official Singles Chart with Running Up That Hill, 37 years after the song’s release, breaking a slew of Official Chart records in the process, the Official Charts Company can confirm.
She first charted with Number 1 single Wuthering Heights back in 1978 and, while she's had an undeniably-illustrious career ever since, Kate Bush has never before experienced mainstream popularity quite like this.
Single’s Inferno contestant Kang So-yeon has teased her long-awaited return to music.The reality TV star, who rose to fame through Netflix’s hit dating series Single’s Inferno, announced yesterday (June 15) that she is set to return to music later this month with a brand-new single.Notably, Kang was once a K-pop idol, having made her debut as a member of the co-ed group WE in 2011 under the stage name Rosie. She later took a break from the entertainment industry after WE disbanded in 2013.The upcoming song has been described by Kang as a “special gift” for fans, and will be released by South Korean music label Brand New Music.
The Directors Guild of Canada BC has released the terms of a tentative agreement that ended the recent labor dispute in British Columbia. The new three-year deal with the AMPTP and Canadian Media Producers Association includes what the guild says are “significant gains” for the lowest paid and entry level workers, as well as new provisions to deal with brutally-long workdays.
George Ezra is heading for a hat-trick of Number 1s on the Official Albums Chart, with Gold Rush Kid on course to claim the top spot this week.