Captain Tom Moore and Michael Ball walk it to the top of the Official Trending Chart

Charity singles are making a big impact in the UK this week.

Captain Tom Moore lands the week's biggest trending song with his version of You’ll Never Walk Alone with Michael Ball and the NHS Voices Of Care Choir.

After single-handedly raising over £26 million pounds for the NHS, the 99-year-old war veteran is now going full steam ahead for this week’s Official Number 1 single, landing the week’s biggest trending song along the way.

Originally written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical Carousel, You’ll Never Walk Alone saw a surge in popularity in 1963 when it was covered by Liverpudlian band Gerry & The Pacemakers and subsequently went to Number 1. Captain Tom’s version, if it stays on track, it will be the third version of the song to reach the chart peak.

100% of Captain Tom, Michael Ball and Decca Records’ proceeds from the single will be donated to NHS Charities Together to support the incredible NHS staff and volunteers caring for COVID-19 patients.

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Close behind on the Official Trending Chart are two more brand new entries. The first from 25 year-old Britain’s Got Talent contestant and paediatric nurse Beth Porch, with her original song You Taught Me What Love Is which could see a Top 10 debut on Friday; plus Sam Smith and Demi Lovato’s new collaboration I’m Ready, which came accompanied by a glittering, Olympic-themed video:

Other new songs trending this week include Rockstar and Find My Way by American rapper DaBaby, both from his new album Blame It On Baby, while fellow US rapper and singer Playboi Carti enters with @ Meh, which could become his first UK Top 40 single this week. Britis rapper Nafe Smallz is also making waves with his collaboration Part Of The Plan featuring M Huncho.

Finally, Gerry Cinnamon takes two spots on this week’s Top 20 following the release of his new album The Bonny, which could claim Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart. Where We’re Going and Head In The Clouds are currently proving the two favourite songs on the collection. We looked at the numbers behind Gerry Cinnamon's growing popularity here.

The Official Trending Chart Top 20

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE	MICHAEL BALL/CAPTAIN TOM MOORE	NE	1	0
2		YOU TAUGHT ME WHAT LOVE IS	BETH PORCH	NE	5	0
3		I'M READY	SAM SMITH & DEMI LOVATO	NE	14	0
4		FALLING	HARRY STYLES	15	15	0	15
5		ROVER	S1MBA FT DTG	23	20	3	23
6	⬆️	IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING	JP SAXE FT JULIA MICHAELS	31	21	10	31
7		ROCKSTAR	DABABY	NE	27	0
8	⬆️⬆️	WHERE WE'RE GOING	GERRY CINNAMON	90	33	57
9		AT MEH	PLAYBOI CARTI	NE	38	0
10		PART OF THE PLAN	NAFE SMALLZ FT M HUNCHO	NE	39	0
11		KINGS & QUEENS	AVA MAX	41	40	1
12		HEAD IN THE CLOUDS	GERRY CINNAMON	NE	49	0
13		MIDNIGHT (THE HANGING TREE)	HOSH & 1979 FT JALJA	56	53	3
14	⬆️	FIND MY WAY	DABABY	71	55	16
15		SELFISH	MADISON BEER	62	60	2
16		NOTHING REALLY MATTERS	TIESTO & BECKY HILL	NE	66	0
17		REACT	PUSSYCAT DOLLS	69	68	1	29
18		GIMME LOVE	JOJI	NE	79	0
19	⬆️	BREAKING ME	TOPIC FT A7S	98	82	16
20		FREEDOM	KYGO FT ZAK ABEL	NE	84	0

Key

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart

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