List of UK top-ten singles in 2007
Introduction Leona Lewis had the biggest selling single of 2007 with "Bleeding Love", the first release since her ''X Factor'' victory apart from winners single "A Moment Like This". Both singles occupied the top spot in 2007.Mika had four top 10 singles this year. His debut single "Grace Kelly" peaked at number-one in January.Take That (group member Gary Barlow pictured) went to number-two with "Rule the World", a song featured in the film ''Stardust''. They also had top 10 singles in 2007 with "Patience" and "Shine".Matt Lucas (pictured in wheelchair in character as Andy Pipkin) and Peter Kay collaborated with The Proclaimers on the official Comic Relief single "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles", which spent three weeks at number-one. Amy Winehouse covered The Zutons song "Valerie", providing the vocals for Mark Ronson's production and reaching number two in October.The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2007, as well as singles which peaked in 2006 and 2008 but were in the top 10 in 2007.The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).One-hundred and thirty-four singles were in the top ten in 2007.Seven singles from 2006 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell'em was the only single from 2007 to reach its peak in 2008.Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2007.Calvin Harris, Mark Ronson, Mika, OneRepublic and Scouting for Girls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2007.New rules were introduced this year to alter how single downloads are counted, with a physical copy no longer having to be currently available in the shops for a single to be eligible for the charts. Snow Patrol were the most high profile act to benefit from the change, with their song "Chasing Cars" returning to the top 10, months after first release the previous year. "Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania" by McFly also became only the third single in chart history to fall straight from number-one out of the top ten the following week.The 2006 Christmas number-one, "A Moment Like This" by ''2006 X Factor'' winner Leona Lewis, remained at number-one for the first three weeks of 2007.The first new number-one single of the year was "Grace Kelly" by Mika. Overall, eighteen different singles peaked at number-one in 2007, with Leona LewisSugababes and Timbaland (2) having the joint most singles hit that position.
Background ===Multiple entries===One-hundred and thirty-four singles charted in the top 10 in 2007, with one-hundred and twenty-five singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entries "All I Want for Christmas is You" and "Fairytale of New York" which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2007.American rapper Akon, fellow countryman producer Timbaland and Lebanon-born British singer Mika shared the position of most top 10 entries in 2007 with four each, although Akon's "Smack That" - a collaboration with Eminem - peaked in 2006.Mika's debut number-one single "Grace Kelly" acted as a breakthrough for the singer, who won the BBC's Sound of 2007 poll, as he went on to record three further top 10 entries during the year ("Love Today", "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" and "Happy Ending").Akon's other hit solo singles in 2007 included the number three peak "I Wanna Love You" in February and "Don't Matter" which reached the same spot in May. He also featured on the number two single "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani, just missing out on number-one in March. Timbaland had two number-one singles in 2007: "Give It to Me" featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake in April, followed by "The Way I Are with Keri Hilson in July. His feature on 50 Cent's "Ayo Technology" (also featuring Justin Timberlake) reached number two, and "Apologize" with OneRepublic peaked one spot lower.Three British acts in the form of Girls Aloud, Mark Ronson and Take That all achieved three top 10 entries in 2007, along with German dance group Cascada and American singer Justin Timberlake. Take That, who only returned unexpectedly as a four-piece in late 2006 following a ten-year hiatus, had a very successful year, as "Shine" was a number-one single and "Rule the World" reached number two behind Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" in October 2007. "Patience" had also reached number-one in 2006 and remained in the top 10 at the beginning of 2007.Girls Aloud added another number-one to their collection: "Walk This Way", a cover of the Run DMC and Aerosmith song, for Comic Relief with Sugababes. "Sexy! No No No..." peaked at number five in September, while "Call the Shots" ended their year in December, reaching number three. Mark Ronson's "Stop Me" was a number two entry in April. He produced Lily Allen's cover of "Oh My God" originally by Kaiser Chiefs, which reached number eight in July, as well as Amy Winehouse's interpretation of The Zutons' "Valerie", peaking at number two in October.Dance group Cascada's total included "Truly Madly Deeply" from the end of 2006, when it had peaked at number four. "Miracle" landed at number eight in March and "What Hurts the Most" sneaked into the top 10 in the week before Christmas. Justin Timberlake had one more entry in addition to "Give It to Me" and "Ayo Technology". "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" made it to number four in March.Barbadian singer Rihanna was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including number-one single "Umbrella", which stayed at the top of the chart for ten weeks. Avril Lavigne, Calvin Harris, Fedde Le Grand, Gym Class Heroes, Leona Lewis, Mutya Buena, Nelly Furtado and Snow Patrol were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 2007.===Change to chart rules===The new chart rules regarding downloads, introduced at the start of the year, enabled Scottish/Irish band Snow Patrol to re-enter the top 10 with "Chasing Cars, a song that originally charted in summer 2006, without a physical copy of the record being in the shops at that time.===McFly number-one's rapid drop==="Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania" by McFly joined a unique club of singles whose only one week in the top 10 was at number-one. It repeated the feat of "One Night"/"I Got Stung" and "It's Now or Never", both by Elvis Presley, from 2005.It held the record for the sharpest fall from number-one until "A Bridge over You" by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir (2015) took this over in 2015 - its drop to number 29 was beaten by the charity single, which fell to number 29 after one week at the top of the chart.===Chart debuts===Forty-seven artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2007, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, five went on to record another hit single that year: Calvin Harris, The Enemy, Groove Armada, Gym Class Heroes and The Hoosiers. Mark Ronson scored two more top 10 singles in 2007.Mika had three other entries in his breakthrough year.The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single. Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entriesMika4"Grace Kelly"1"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" (9), "Happy Ending" (7), "Love Today" (6)Just Jack1"Starz in Their Eyes"2—1"Same Jeans"3—Jamie T1"Calm Down Dearest"9—Mason1"Perfect (Exceeder)"3—Princess SuperstarKlaxons1"Golden Skans"7—1"How to Save a Life"4—1"Standing in the Way of Control"2—Camille Jones1"The Creeps"7—Andy Pipkin1"(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles"1—Calvin Harris2"Acceptable in the 80s""The Girls" (3)Alex Gaudino1"Destination Calabria"4—Maxïmo Park1"Our Velocity"9—Mark Ronson3"Stop Me"2"Oh My God" (8), "Valerie" (2)Daniel Merriweather1—2"Away from Here"8"Had Enough" (4)Gym Class Heroes2"Cupid's Chokehold"3"Clothes Off" (5)Groove Armada2"Get Down"9"Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" (8)Stush1"Get Down"9—Hellogoodbye1"Here (In Your Arms)"4—1"Either Way"8—Reverend and the Makers1"Heavyweight Champion of the World"8—Lee Mead1"Any Dream Will Do"2—Kate Nash1"Foundations"2—2"Worried About Ray"5"Goodbye Mr A" (4)Jack Peñate1"Torn on the Platform"7—Kleerup1"With Every Heartbeat"1—Newton Faulkner1"Dream Catch Me"7—Plain White T's1"Hey There Delilah"2—Axwell1"I Found U"6—Max'CSean Kingston1"Beautiful Girls"1—Freaks1"The Creeps (Get on the Dancefloor)"9—Scouting for Girls1"She's So Lovely"7—Ida Corr1"Let Me Think About It"2—Feist1"1234"8—OneRepublic1"Apologize"3—Freemasons1"Uninvited"8—Bailey TzukeRunrig1"Loch Lomond (Hampden Remix)"9—Tartan ArmyT21"Heartbroken"2—Jodie AyshaSoulja Boy Tell'em1"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"2 —Eva Cassidy1"What a Wonderful World"1—Leon Jackson1"When You Believe"1—;NotesSharam from the American electronic music duo Deep Dish had his first charting top 10 in his own right when his cover of "Party All the Time" (known as "PATT (Party All the Time)") reached number eight in January 2007.Peter Kay featured on The Proclaimers new version of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" as his ''Phoenix Nights'' character Brian Potter. The Comic Relief single went to number-one and also featured Matt Lucas playing Andy Pipkin from ''Little Britain''. Kay had previously been credited on "Is This the Way to Amarillo" in 2005, but this was his first chart hit as Potter.Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy featured on the Gym Class Heroes top three single "Cupid's Chokehold", his first chart success outside the band. Red Rat appeared on Groove Armada's "Get Down", alongside Stush, although he was not officially credit on the single release.Mutya Buena, formerly of Sugababes, had her first solo top 10 singles in 2007 with "Real Girl" and her featured credit on Groove Armada's "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)". Russell Small from Freemasons had previously been a part of the production duo Phats & Small, peaking at numbers 2 and 7 with the singles "Turn Around" (1999) and "Feel Good" (2000) respectively.===Songs from films===Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Signal Fire" (from ''Spider-Man 3'') and "Rule the World" (''Stardust''). "When You Believe" from ''The Prince of Egypt'' was also covered by Leon Jackson as his winning song on ''The X Factor''.===Charity singles===A number of singles recorded for charity reached the top 10 in the charts in 2007.The Comic Relief single was a new version of The Proclaimers hit "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles", featuring Peter Kay and Matt Lucas as their characters Brian Potter (from Phoenix Nights and Andy Pipkin (Little Britain) respectively, peaking at number one on 31 March 2007.Runrig and the Tartan Army, made up of Scotland football fans, recorded an unofficial Children in Need single for 2007, "Loch Lomond". It reached number nine on 24 November 2007, two places higher than the official Children in Need single, "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" by Spice Girls, which missed the top 10.Proceeds from the sales of "Any Dream Will Do" by Lee Mead also went towards Children in Need. The song peaked at number two on 30 June 2007.===Best-selling singles===Leona Lewis had the best-selling single of the year with "Bleeding Love". The single spent eleven weeks in the top 10 (including seven weeks at number one), sold over 787,000 copies and was certified platinum by the BPI. "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay Z came in second place, selling about 511,000 copies and losing out by around 276,000 sales. Mika's "Grace Kelly", "When You Believe" from Leon Jackson and "Rule the World" by Take That made up the top five. Singles by Sugababes, Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E., The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin, Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse, and Kaiser Chiefs were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.
Top-ten singles ;KeySymbolMeaning‡Single peaked in 2006 but still in chart in 2007.♦Single released in 2007 but peaked in 2008. (#)Year-end top ten single position and rankEnteredThe date that the single first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart. Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)Weeksatpeak Singles in 20067 "Chasing Cars" ‡ Snow Patrol619"Smack That" ‡Akon featuring Eminem1111 "Patience" ‡Take That148"Boogie 2nite" ‡Booty Luv213"Wind It Up" ‡Gwen Stefani315"Truly Madly Deeply" ‡Cascada414"You Know My Name" ‡Chris Cornell715"A Moment Like This" ‡Leona Lewis14 Singles in 20071"Different World"Iron Maiden313"PATT (Party All the Time)"Sharam824"Proper Education"Eric Prydz vs. Floyd221"Window in the Skies"U24111"Grace Kelly" (#3)Mika157"Starz in Their Eyes"Just Jack226"Too Little Too Late"JoJo424"Same Jeans"The View312"I Luv U"The Ordinary Boys711"Calm Down Dearest"Jamie T914"Perfect (Exceeder)"Mason vs. Princess Superstar315"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"Fall Out Boy212"Golden Skans"Klaxons711"Famous Last Words"My Chemical Romance811"The Prayer"Bloc Party415"I Wanna Love You"Akon  featuring Snoop Dogg 3111"How to Save a Life"4110"Ruby" (#10)Kaiser Chiefs1111"The Sweet Escape"Gwen Stefani featuring Akon223"Lil Star"Kelis  featuring CeeLo Green 311"Catch You"Sophie Ellis-Bextor816"Shine"Take That122"Standing in the Way of Control"Gossip711"Miracle"Cascada814"What Goes Around... Comes Around"Justin Timberlake412"The Creeps"Camille Jones vs. Fedde Le Grand711"Say It Right"Nelly Furtado1012"Walk This Way" Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud116"(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" (#8) The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin131"Acceptable in the 80s"Calvin Harris1018"Girlfriend"Avril Lavigne224"Destination Calabria"Alex Gaudino411"Our Velocity"Maxïmo Park914"Glamorous"Fergie615"Stop Me"Mark Ronson  featuring Daniel Merriweather 2110"Give It to Me" Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake1112"Beautiful Liar"Beyoncé & Shakira132"Brianstorm"Arctic Monkeys213"Because of You"Ne-Yo412"I Wanna Have Your Babies"Natasha Bedingfield711"Away From Here"812"Love Today"Mika619"Cupid's Chokehold"Gym Class Heroes311"Closer"Travis1012"Your Love Alone Is Not Enough"Manic Street Preachers211"Get Down"Groove Armada featuring Stush & Red Rat916"Here (In Your Arms)"Hellogoodbye421"Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania"McFly114"Don't Matter"Akon312"Flying the Flag (For You)" Scooch511"What I've Done"Linkin Park611"Take Control"Amerie10113"Umbrella" (#2)Rihanna  featuring Jay-Z 1104"Makes Me Wonder"Maroon 5222"Signal Fire"Snow Patrol412"Shine"Booty Luv1024"Real Girl"Mutya Buena221"Either Way"815"The Girls"Calvin Harris312"Heavyweight Champion of the World" Reverend and the Makers8110"Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)"Enrique Iglesias332"Icky Thump"214"Like This"Kelly Rowland  featuring Eve 412"Never Again"Kelly Clarkson913"Any Dream Will Do" Lee Mead211"Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors"Editors719"Foundations"Kate Nash251"Had Enough"417"Worried About Ray"511"Torn on the Platform"Jack Peñate714"When You're Gone"Avril Lavigne3112"The Way I Are" (#7)Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson122"Soulmate"Natasha Bedingfield719"Big Girls Don't Cry"Fergie212"Fluorescent Adolescent"Arctic Monkeys512"Teenagers"My Chemical Romance911"Oh My God"Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen812"Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)"Groove Armada featuring Mutya Buena811"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"Mika911"Autumnsong"Manic Street Preachers1017"With Every Heartbeat"Robyn with Kleerup113"Dream Catch Me"Newton Faulkner7111"Hey There Delilah"Plain White T's229"Stronger"Kanye West121"I Found U"Axwell613"Clothes Off"Gym Class Heroes511"Love Is Gone"David Guetta918"Beautiful Girls"Sean Kingston141"Suburban Knights"Hard-Fi718"Ayo Technology"50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland215"Shut Up and Drive"Rihanna511"The Creeps (Get on the Dancefloor)"Freaks915"1973"James Blunt422"Sexy! No No No..."Girls Aloud516"She's So Lovely"Scouting for Girls711"Delivery"Babyshambles611"The Pretender"Foo Fighters819"About You Now" (#6)Sugababes144"No U Hang Up"/"If That's OK with You"Shayne Ward214"Let Me Think About It"Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand2213"Valerie" (#9)Mark Ronson  featuring Amy Winehouse212"1234"Feist814"Goodbye Mr A"414"Gimme More"Britney Spears3113"Apologize"Timbaland presents OneRepublic321"Happy Ending"Mika714"Uninvited"Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke8311"Bleeding Love" (#1)Leona Lewis1712"Rule the World" (#5)Take That242"The Heart Never Lies"McFly311"Lord Don't Slow Me Down"Oasis1014"Home"Westlife311"Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)"Craig David716"No One"Alicia Keys623"2 Hearts"Kylie Minogue411"Flux"Bloc Party811"Loch Lomond (Hampden Remix)" Runrig featuring Tartan Army916"Heartbroken"T2 featuring Jodie Aysha237"Call the Shots"Girls Aloud323"Breathless"Shayne Ward613"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey418"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" ♦ Soulja Boy Tell'em212"What a Wonderful World"Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua113"Fairytale of New York"  featuring Kirsty McColl411"What Hurts the Most"Cascada1014"When You Believe" (#4)Leon Jackson13
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2007, including singles that reached their peak in 2006.The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2007 is also shown.Canadian singer Avril Lavigne returned in 2007 with two top 10 singles from her album ''The Best Damn Thing'': "Girlfriend" and "When You're Gone".McFly achieved two top 10 entries in 2007 with the double A-side single "Baby's Coming Back" / "Transylvania" and "The Heart Never Lies".Producer Timbaland had four credited chart singles in 2007 including "The Way I Are" and "Apologize" with OneRepublic. Entries Artist Weeks Singles 4 Akon 23"Don't Matter", "I Wanna Love You", "Smack That", "The Sweet Escape" Mika15"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)", "Grace Kelly", "Happy Ending", "Love Today"Timbaland 39"Apologize", "Ayo Technology", "Give It to Me", "The Way I Are" 3Cascada  5 "Miracle", "Truly Madly Deeply", "What Hurts the Most"Girls Aloud9"Call the Shots", "Sexy! No No No...", "Walk This Way"Justin Timberlake 21"Ayo Technology", "Give It to Me", "What Goes Around... Comes Around"Mark Ronson19"Oh My God", "Stop Me", "Valerie"Take That 19 "Patience", "Rule the World", "Shine" 2Arctic Monkeys4"Brianstorm", "Fluorescent Adolescent"Avril Lavigne12"Girlfriend", "When You're Gone"Bloc Party2"Flux", "The Prayer"Booty Luv 6"Boogie 2nite", "Shine"Calvin Harris6"Acceptable in the 80s", "The Girls"2"Away from Here", "Had Enough"Fedde Le Grand6"The Creeps", "Let Me Think About It"Fergie13"Big Girls Don't Cry", "Glamorous"Groove Armada3"Get Down", "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)"Gym Class Heroes12"Clothes Off", "Cupid's Chokehold"11"Goodbye Mr A", "Worried About Ray"Leona Lewis 13 "A Moment Like This", "Bleeding Love"Manic Street Preachers3"Autumnsong", "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough"McFly3"Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania", "The Heart Never Lies"Mutya Buena 6"Real Girl", "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" Natasha Bedingfield4"I Wanna Have Your Babies", "Soulmate"Nelly Furtado "Give It to Me", "Say It Right"Rihanna18"Shut Up and Drive", "Umbrella"Snow Patrol 3 "Chasing Cars", "Signal Fire"Sugababes11"About You Now", "Walk This Way"
Notes * "Crank That" reached its peak of number two on 12 January 2008 (week ending). * "Chasing Cars" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 13 January 2007 (week ending), under new chart rules where a single only needed to be available to download to be eligible for the chart. * Released as the official single for Comic Relief. * "Flying the Flag (For You)" was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. * "Heavyweight Champion of the World" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 7 July 2007 (week ending). * Released as the official single for Children in Need. * Released as an unofficial single for Children in Need. The song charted higher than one of the official Children in Need singles, "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" by Spice Girls, which peaked at number 11. * "All I Want for Christmas" first charted at its original peak of number 2 for three weeks in 1994.It re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 15 December 2007 (week ending). * "Fairytale of New York" first charted at its original peak of number 2 for two weeks in 1987.It re-entered the Top 10 on 22 December 2007 (week ending) at number 8. * Figure includes appearance on Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape". * Figure includes song that peaked in 2006. * Figure includes appearance on 50 Cent's "Ayo Technology". * Figure includes appearance on Timbaland's "Give It to Me". * Figure includes appearance on Groove Armada's "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)".
See also *2007 in British music*List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)
References '''General'''**'''Specific'''
External links * 2007 singles chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)