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MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR
by SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR
Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Murder On The Dancefloor was released 3 December 2001. The follow-up to lead single Take Me Home, Murder On The Dancefloor was the second single taken from Sophie's debut studio album Read My Lips, released in August of the same year.
Written by Gregg Alexander and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and produced by Alexander and Matt Rowe, Murder On The Dancefloor entered the UK Official Singles Chart at its peak position of Number 2 on 9 December 2001, held off the top spot by Daniel Bedingfield's Gotta Get Thru This. The song stayed in the UK Top 40 for 13 weeks while its parent album Read My Lips also peaked at Number 2.
On 2 January 2024 Official Charts announced in a midweek bulletin that, thanks to its feature on the soundtrack to the movie Saltburn which had begun streaming over Christmas 2023 on Amazon Prime Video, Murder On The Dancefloor was on its way back into the UK Official Chart Top 40 for the first time in 22 years. The song placed at Number 27 on the first Official Chart Update of the new year and was expected to climb higher still as the week progressed. By 4 January Murder On The Dancefloor surged all the way into the midweek Top 10 at Number 8 with another 24 hours of the chart week to go. On 5 January Official Charts confirmed The Saltburn Effect had sent Murder On The Dancefloor back into the Top 10 for the first time since January 2002, 22 years earlier. A week later it rose to Number 2, matching its original peak.
By the end of the year, Official Charts confirmed Murder On The Dancefloor to be the biggest song of 2024 by a British female artist, more than two decades after its release.
The music video for Murder On The Dancefloor was directed by Sophie Muller, the concept was based on a dance competition that parodies the gym dance sequence in Grease. Desperate to win, one-by-one Sophie Ellis-Bextor sneakily injures the other dancers through tripping one, poisioning another, causing one to slip, and framing another for cheating on his partner. Using chloroform she then incapacitates the only female judge on the panel before beguiling the lead judge who appears to have a weak spot for her and succeeds in persuading the remaining judge to have Sophie declared the winner. The video concludes with Ellis-Bextor and her dance partner happily clutching the prize on the winner's podium.
Chart history of MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR
Official Singles Chart
Official Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position2
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue number5704942
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 13Top 10
- 19Top 20
- 25Top 40
- 33Top 75
- 38Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 09/01/2025
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Official Singles Chart Update
Official Singles Chart Update
Official Singles Sales Chart
Official Singles Sales ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue numberGBAKW0100329
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 1No1
- 7Top 10
- 11Top 20
- 13Top 40
- 18Top 75
- 30Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 15/03/2018
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Official Singles Downloads Chart
Official Singles Downloads ChartChart facts
- Peak position2
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue numberGBAKW0100329
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 8Top 10
- 11Top 20
- 14Top 40
- 20Top 75
- 32Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 15/03/2018
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Official Physical Singles Chart
Official Physical Singles ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue number5704942
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 1No1
- 8Top 10
- 16Top 20
- 19Top 40
- 25Top 75
- 26Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 18/04/2024
1 week - 23/05/2024
1 week - 05/12/2024
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Official Vinyl Singles Chart
Official Vinyl Singles ChartEnd of Year Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position16
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue numberGBAKW0100329
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 0Top 10
- 1Top 20
- 1Top 40
- 1Top 75
- 1Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 01/01/2024
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Official Dance Singles Chart
Official Dance Singles ChartChart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue number5704941
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 8No1
- 33Top 10
- 56Top 20
- 65Top 40
- 65Top 75
- 65Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 19/01/2002
1 week - 02/02/2002
1 week - 21/09/2013
60 weeks - 07/12/2023 to 23/01/2025
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