Reading And Leeds 2012: Official Top 40 biggest selling singles revealed

OfficialCharts.com today reveals the Official Top 40 biggest selling hits of the bands and artists set to appear at this weekend’s Reading and Leeds festivals. See the full Top 40 at www.officialcharts.com!
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Who’s heading to the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend? Whether you’re en route with your tent and wellies, or are going to follow all the action on TV, here’s a little something from Official Charts HQ to get you in the mood, complete with Spotify and Deezer playlists...

With the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart, 2012 is shaping up to be a real celebration of the hit single. OfficialCharts.com today reveals the Official Top 40 biggest selling hits of the bands and artists set to appear at this weekend’s Reading and Leeds festivals. This bank holiday weekend, an estimated 160,000 music fans will descend on Reading’s Richfield Avenue and LeedsBramham Park for the annual event, which is set to feature over 170 bands, artists and DJs playing across six stages.

Florence And The Machine top the chart with You’ve Got The Love. The track, which originally peaked at Number 5 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart in 2009, climbed to Number 2 a year later thanks to a remix by East London grime star Dizzee Rascal. According to the Official Charts Company’s sales data, it has sold over 968,000 copies to date.

Leeds indie rockers Kaiser Chiefs, who are set to play a homecoming show tomorrow (Friday, August 24) are at Number 2 in the countdown with their 2007 Official Number 1 smash, Ruby. To date, it has sold over 461,000 copies in the UK.

Florence And The Machine are at Number 3 with 2010’s Dog Days Are Over (417,000 copies) - the second of their five tracks in the Top 40 - while London garage singer / songwriter Katy B is at Number 4 with 2010 signature tune, Katy On A Mission (372,300). Kasabian, who are set to headline Reading on Saturday and Leeds on Sunday, complete the Top 5 with their 2009 single, Fire (372,200).

Of the artists in the Top 40, Foo Fighters have the lion’s share of the tracks; their six singles – Best Of You (Number 11), The Pretender (12), All My Life (26) Times Like These (28), Everlong (29) and Learn To Fly (32) – have sold a combined total of 1.1 million copies in the UK. Florence And The Machine (2.2 million combined), Kaiser Chiefs (1.1 combined) and The Cure (898,000 combined) have five tracks each in the Top 40.

The combined sales total of the entire Reading And Leeds 2012 Official Top 40 is 9.1 million copies.

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The full Reading And Leeds 2012 Official Top 40 is as follows:

  TRACK TITLE ARTIST YEAR OF RELEASE PEAK CHART POSITION
01 YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 2009 2
02 RUBY KAISER CHIEFS 2007 1
03 DOG DAYS ARE OVER FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 2010 23
04 KATY ON A MISSION KATY B 2010 5
05 FIRE KASABIAN 2009 3
06 LIGHTS ON KATY B FT MS DYNAMITE 2011 4
07 PUMPED UP KICKS FOSTER THE PEOPLE 2011 18
08 SPECTRUM FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 2012 1
09 212 AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY 2012 12
10 I PREDICT A RIOT KAISER CHIEFS 2005 9
11 BEST OF YOU FOO FIGHTERS 2005 4
12 THE PRETENDER FOO FIGHTERS 2007 8
13 SHAKE IT OUT FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 2011 12
14 THE LOVE CATS CURE 1983 7
15 RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP) FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 2010 12
16 FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE CURE 1992 6
17 MISERY BUSINESS PARAMORE 2007 17
18 SAME JEANS VIEW 2007 3
19 BUCK ROGERS FEEDER 2001 5
20 EMPIRE KASABIAN 2006 9
21 CLUB FOOT KASABIAN 2005 21
22 IN BETWEEN DAYS CURE 1985 15
23 CLOSE TO ME CURE 1985 24
24 EVERYDAY I LOVE YOU LESS AND LESS KAISER CHIEFS 2005 10
25 UNDERDOG KASABIAN 2009 32
26 ALL MY LIFE FOO FIGHTERS 2002 5
27 JUST A DAY FEEDER 2001 12
28 TIMES LIKE THESE FOO FIGHTERS 2003 12
29 EVERLONG FOO FIGHTERS 1997 18
30 IF YOU WANNA VACCINES 2011 35
31 BROKEN RECORD KATY B 2011 8
32 LEARN TO FLY FOO FIGHTERS 1999 21
33 BOYS DON'T CRY CURE 1986 22
34 NEVER MISS A BEAT KAISER CHIEFS 2008 5
35 DECODE PARAMORE 2008 52
36 THE ONLY EXCEPTION PARAMORE 2010 31
37 WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS JUSTICE VS SIMIAN 2006 20
38 OH MY GOD KAISER CHIEFS 2004 6
39 IGNORANCE PARAMORE 2009 14
40 SOMETHING GOOD CAN WORK TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB 2011 56

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You can listen to the Reading And Leeds 2012 Official Top 40 on Spotify and Deezer*

* Please note: Track Number 27, Just A Day by Feeder is currently unavailable for streaming.

 

* Please note: Track Number 27, Just A Day by Feeder and Track Number 19, Buck Rogers by Feeder are currently unavailable for streaming.

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