Robbie Williams' Official Top 40 biggest singles in the UK revealed

In many ways, Robbie Williams is Britain's ultimate, consummate entertainer.

Graduating from his career in Take That as the band's designated cheeky chappie, Robbie left the band in a storm of controversy, but managed to carve out one of the most successful solo careers in the history of British music as a result.

And trust us, the results speak for themselves, with seven solo Number 1 singles and a mind-bending 13 solo UK Number 1 albums (currently tying him with Elvis for the most for a solo artist, ever).

Robbie might just add another to his list, however, as XXV - a brand-new greatest hits compilation celebrating 25 years of his solo career - is currently out-selling the rest of the UK Top 10 combined on its way to Number 1 this week.

And to celebrate, we're presenting you with the updated ranking of Robbie's biggest-ever singles in the UK.

But before we reveal the chart in full, let's count down the Top 10:

 

Robbie Williams - Candy

Robbie Williams with his Official Number 1 Award for Candy, presented by the Official Charts Company.

Candy is Robbie's 14th Official Singles Chart Number 1 (including Take That and solo material). 

Robbie Williams with his Official Singles Chart Number 1 Award for Candy in 2012 (Credit: Official Charts Company)

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10.  Love My Life
Released: 2016
Album: The Heavy Entertainment Show
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 22
Total UK chart units: 377,000

Robbie's most recent Top 40 single, Love My Life was the most successful offering from 2016's super-charged The Heavy Entertainment Show, his first with current record label Columbia.

9. Eternity/The Road To Mandalay
Released: 2001
Album: Sing When You're Winning/Greatest Hits
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 418,000

Classed as the fifth single from Sing When You're Winning without actually being included on the original tracklist, Eternity (a double A-side single issued with The Road To Mandalay) became Robbie's fourth Number 1 single.

8. Somethin' Stupid (with Nicole Kidman)
Released: 2001
Album: Swing When You're Winning
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 505,000

Yes, you read that right. The actual Nicole Kidman. How did the two come together to record this chart-topping duet? Robbie was a big fan of Nicole's Oscar-nominated turn in the musical Moulin Rouge, so asked her to jump on the track.

7. Millennium
Released: 1998
Album: I've Been Expecting You
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 598,000

If there was one thing Robbie Williams wanted after leaving Take That, it was a solo Number 1 single. He didn't get it for quite a while - nearly two years since his debut - but it was Millennium that finally clinched it for him in 1998. Although it a bit annoying a song called Millennium wasn't actually released on the Millennium, right?

6. Feel
Released: 2002
Album: Escapology
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 4
Total UK chart units: 625,000

He just wants to Feel! Real love! The lead track from Escapology was originally released in December 2002 with the intention of being that year's Christmas Number 1. This wouldn't quite work (it peaked at Number 4, sadly) but the track still proves pretty popular - overall, with over 35 million streams to its name, it's actually Robbie's third-most streamed track in the UK.

5. Let Me Entertain You
Released: 1998
Album: Life Thru A Lens
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 3
Total UK chart units: 645,000

One of two tracks (along with Rock DJ) that showcases Robbie at his peacocking best, Let Me Entertain You has proved to be the modus operandi of the star's entire career. 

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4. She's The One/It's Only Us
Released: 1999
Album: I've Been Expecting You
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 781,000

A weepy if we've ever heard one, She's The One is actually a cover. The song was originally released by British rock band World Party in 1997 before being taken on by Robbie, who issued it alongside It's Only Us.

3. Candy
Released: 2012
Album: Take The Crown
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 952,000

In case you can't tell by listening to Candy, by 2012 Robbie really wanted another Number 1 single. And that's where this giddy, over-the-top tune (written by Take That bandmate Gary Barlow and produced by Jacknife Lee) comes in. Almost custom-engineered to be a hit, Candy's convictions won out, granting Robbie his seventh UK Number 1 single, and first in the UK since Radio in 2004.

2. Rock DJ
Released: 2000
Album: Sing When You're Winning
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 1.1 million

Perhaps the one track that best exemplifies Robbie's unique flair as a pop star; showmanship, the cheeky, snarky ego befitting one of the biggest pop stars of their generation, all packed with the charisma of talking with your mate in the pub. He's got the gift, gonna stick in the goal!

1. Angels
Released: 1997
Album: Life Thru A Lens
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 4
Total UK chart units: 2 million

Probably one of the songs that, if you go up to any citizen of the United Kingdom, could sing for you at the drop of a hat, Angels is perhaps the greatest accomplishment of Robbie's solo career and the very height of his collaboration with frequent co-writer and producer Guy Chambers.

Perhaps you'll be surprised to know that Angels never hit Number 1 in the UK. But then again, none other than Taylor Swift invited Robbie up onstage to perform the song with her at her Reputation tour date in London (where she and the entire crowd knew every word off by heart, naturally), so who needs a Number 1 single after that?

Robbie Williams Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UK

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR	PEAK
1	ANGELS	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1997	4
2	ROCK DJ	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2000	1
3	CANDY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2012	1
4	SHE'S THE ONE/IT'S ONLY US	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1999	1
5	LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1998	3
6	FEEL	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2002	4
7	MILLENNIUM	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1998	1
8	SOMETHIN' STUPID	ROBBIE WILLIAMS/NICOLE KIDMAN	2001	1
9	ETERNITY/THE ROAD TO MANDALAY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2001	1
10	LOVE MY LIFE	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2016	22
11	NO REGRETS/ANTMUSIC	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1998	4
12	KIDS	ROBBIE WILLIAMS/KYLIE MINOGUE	2000	2
13	YOU KNOW ME	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2009	6
14	BODIES	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2009	2
15	STRONG	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1999	4
16	SHAME	ROBBIE WILLIAMS & GARY BARLOW	2010	2
17	SUPREME	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2000	4
18	FREEDOM	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1996	2
19	TRIPPING	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2005	2
20	COME UNDONE	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2003	4
21	OLD BEFORE I DIE	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1997	2
22	GO GENTLE	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2013	10
23	GOIN' CRAZY	DIZZEE RASCAL/ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2013	5
24	MR BOJANGLES	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	N/A
25	SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2003	3
26	RADIO	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	1
27	ADVERTISING SPACE	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2005	8
28	LET LOVE BE YOUR ENERGY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2001	10
29	LAZY DAYS	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	1997	8
30	PARTY LIKE A RUSSIAN	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2016	68
31	RUDEBOX	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2006	4
32	LOVELIGHT	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2006	8
33	MACK THE KNIFE	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	N/A
34	I WAN'NA BE LIKE YOU	ROBBIE WILLIAMS FT OLLY MURS	2013	78
35	MISUNDERSTOOD	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	8
36	BEYOND THE SEA	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	N/A
37	SEXED UP	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	N/A
38	THE ROAD TO MANDALAY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	N/A
39	ME AND MY MONKEY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2004	N/A
40	MORNING SUN	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	2009	45

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