One Direction’s Comic Relief single leads charge for Number 1

One Direction are storming ahead in the race for Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart with their new single One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks).

Due to perform their new track at The BRITs this evening, Harry, Zayn, Niall, Louis and Liam - AKA One Direction - have nabbed a strong lead of almost 20,000 copies in the race to this week's Number 1 single with One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks), putting them as favourites to clinch the charts crown this weekend ahead of contenders including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ Thrift Shop (2) and Bauuer’s Harlem Shake (3).

One Way Or Another is a cover of the Blondie track of the same name, incorporating John Peel favourite Teenage Kicks. A Number 1 this weekend would give the 1D lads their third Official Number 1 and sixth Top 10 single in less than 18 months.

Official Chart fact: according to Official Charts Company sales data, UK sales of One Way Or Another so far this week shows that by midnight last night (Tuesday) One Direction have already surpassed the full opening week sales of Sugababes V Girls Aloud’s Walk This Way, the Comic Relief single of 2007.

High climbers

In a quiet week for new releases, One Direction are the only new entry debut inside the Official Top 40. However, big climbs are happening for Olly Murs as Army Of Two, taken from his chart-topping album Right Place, Right Time leaps 64 places to Number 25 midweek.

The Voice contestant Tyler James breaks into the Top 40 with Worry About You, up 23 places to number 32. Plus, The Script’s If You Could See Me Now, written about the death of frontman Danny O’Donoghue’s father and bandmate Mark Sheehan’s parents, is making significant ground on the Official Singles Chart, up 79 places week on week to Number 39.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (TEENAGE KICKS)	ONE DIRECTION
2	THRIFT SHOP	MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS FT WANZ
3	HARLEM SHAKE	BAAUER
4	I COULD BE THE ONE	AVICII VS NICKY ROMERO
5	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	BRUNO MARS
6	STAY	RIHANNA FT MIKKY EKKO
7	WHITE NOISE	DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE
8	PLEASE DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME	GABRIELLE APLIN
9	DRINKING FROM THE BOTTLE	CALVIN HARRIS FT TINIE TEMPAH
10	I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE	TAYLOR SWIFT
11	CLOWN	EMELI SANDE
12	SUIT & TIE	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FT JAY-Z
13	CHANGE YOUR LIFE	LITTLE MIX
14	EXPLOSIONS	ELLIE GOULDING
15	SCREAM & SHOUT	WILL.I.AM FT BRITNEY SPEARS
16	BASSLINE JUNKIE	DIZZEE RASCAL
17	HO HEY	THE LUMINEERS
18	RADIOACTIVE	RITA ORA
19	GET UP (RATTLE)	BINGO PLAYERS FT FAR EAST MOVEMENT
20	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	P!NK FT NATE RUESS
21	MY SONGS KNOW WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK	FALL OUT BOY
22	LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN	BRUNO MARS
23	MY NUMBER	FOALS
24	IMPOSSIBLE	JAMES ARTHUR
25	ARMY OF TWO	OLLY MURS
26	STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM	DRAKE
27	KISS YOU	ONE DIRECTION
28	GANGNAM STYLE	PSY
29	LEARN TO LOVE AGAIN	LAWSON
30	DIAMONDS	RIHANNA
31	CLARITY	ZEDD FT FOXES
32	WORRY ABOUT YOU	TYLER JAMES
33	DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FT JOHN MARTIN
34	DON'T STOP THE PARTY	PITBULL FT TJR
35	BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL	LABRINTH FT EMELI SANDE
36	MIRRORS	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
37	SKYFALL	ADELE
38	TROUBLEMAKER	OLLY MURS FT FLO RIDA
39	IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW	THE SCRIPT
40	DIE YOUNG	KE$HA