Mark Ronson grooving his way to first Number 1 with Uptown Funk

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk has charged into the lead on the Official Singles Chart.

The soul/funk track takes the top spot on today’s Official Chart Update following its early release on Monday night (December 8). If it holds its current position, it will mark the musician’s first Number 1 single, besting his previous chart peak of Number 2 with singles Stop Me and Amy Winehouse collaboration Valerie, both of which were released in 2007.

Uptown Funk was rush released five weeks earlier than scheduled after a well-received performance of the song on The X Factor by Fleur East saw a surge in demand for the song’s release.

The track’s popularity and early release now makes it a strong contender for this year’s Christmas Number 1, where it will fight it out for the accolade with the likes of Band Aid, The Peace Collective, Iron Maiden and this year’s X Factor winner. Check out the full list of contenders here.

Meanwhile, Band Aid 30’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? leaps from 12 to 2 following its physical release, and Dutch house producer Oliver Heldens enters at 3 with Last All Night (Koala), the follow-up Gecko (Overdrive), which hit Number 1 in July this year.

Last week’s Number 1 Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran slips to Number 4, and Take That’s These Days completes the Top 5.

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Further down the Top 10, Bring Me The Horizon are set for their first ever Top 40 entry this week with Drown, which starts at Number 6, and One Direction’s Night Changes vaults 19 to 8.

The Pogues’ Fairytale Of New York is riding at Number 9 midweek, potentially on its way to the song’s first Top 10 entry since December 2007 when it peaked at Number 4, and US girl group Fifth Harmony land at Number 10 with Bo$$ following their performance on last week’s X Factor.

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Elsewhere, Chvrches are new at 24 with Get Away, and Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday re-enters the Top 40 at 34.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.

1	UPTOWN FUNK	MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS
2	DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS	BAND AID 30
3	LAST ALL NIGHT (KOALA)	OLIVER HELDENS FT KSTEWART
4	THINKING OUT LOUD	ED SHEERAN
5	THESE DAYS	TAKE THAT
6	DROWN	BRING ME THE HORIZON
7	BLANK SPACE	TAYLOR SWIFT
8	NIGHT CHANGES	ONE DIRECTION
9	FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK	POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL
10	BOSS	FIFTH HARMONY
11	WRAPPED UP	OLLY MURS FT TRAVIE MCCOY
12	REAL LOVE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
13	OUTSIDE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
14	LIKE I CAN	SAM SMITH
15	STEAL MY GIRL	ONE DIRECTION
16	ALL ABOUT THAT BASS	MEGHAN TRAINOR
17	YOURS	ELLA HENDERSON
18	DANGEROUS	DAVID GUETTA FT SAM MARTIN
19	ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU	MARIAH CAREY
20	I LOVED YOU	BLONDE FT MELISSA STEEL
21	YOU GOT IT ALL	UNION J
22	JEALOUS	LABRINTH
23	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
24	GET AWAY	CHVRCHES
25	REAL LOVE	TOM ODELL
26	BLAME IT ON ME	GEORGE EZRA
27	6 WORDS	WRETCH 32
28	TAKE ME TO CHURCH	HOZIER
29	I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE	SAM SMITH
30	SHAKE IT OFF	TAYLOR SWIFT
31	THE HANGING TREE	JAMES NEWTON HOWARD/LAWRENCE
32	STAY WITH ME	SAM SMITH
33	BUDAPEST	GEORGE EZRA
34	I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY	WIZZARD
35	BANG BANG	JESSIE J/GRANDE/MINAJ
36	LAST CHRISTMAS	WHAM
37	HOLD BACK THE RIVER	JAMES BAY
38	LISTEN TO THE MAN	GEORGE EZRA
39	DON'T	ED SHEERAN
40	CHANDELIER	SIA