Daft Punk heading for first ever Number 1 with Get Lucky

Daft Punk FT Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers surge ahead on today’s Official Singles Chart Update.

The French robots Daft Punk FT Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers surge ahead on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, while Britain’s Got Talent stars Loveable Rogues look set for a Top 5 debut.

Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, which crashed into the Official Singles Chart at Number 3 on Sunday after just 48 hours on sale, has gained further momentum and looks set to hit Number 1 this weekend. According to today’s Official Chart Update, the French duo FT N.E.R.D’s Pharrell Williams and Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers are currently ahead of reigning chart toppers, Rudimental‘s Waiting All Night FT Ella Eyre (Number 2) by 28,000 copies.

If they can maintain their lead, this will be Daft Punk’s first ever UK Number 1 single, and they will join a small group of French acts including the likes of Serge Gainsbourg, Modjo, Charles Aznavour, Mr Oizo and David Guetta to have reached the top spot in the Official Singles Chart’ 60+ year history. The duo’s previous best position was the Number 2 slot with One More Time in 2000.

Meanwhile, Will.I.Am’s #ThatPower FT Justin Bieber slips one place to Number 3, and Calvin Harris’ I Need Your Love FT Ellie Goulding climbs from 7 to 4. Harris recently became the first artist in history to clock up eight Top 10 singles from one album, beating Michael Jackson’s previous record of seven.

Britain’s Got Talent 2012 finalists Loveable Rogues – fresh from their Olly Murs support slot – are set to debut in the Top 5 with their first single What A Night (5).

New entries and high climbers

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ Can’t Hold Us, the follow up their Official Chart Number 1 and the biggest selling single of 2013 so far, Thrift Shop, climbs from Number 12 to enter the Official Singles Chart Update Top 10 at 7.

Passenger – AKA UK singer songwriter Mike Rosenberg – sees his latest single Let Her Go climb 20 places to enter the Top 40 midweek at Number 24. The track has topped the national charts in nine countries including Australia, Ireland and Germany.

Amelia Lily is on course for her third consecutive Top 40 hit in a row with Party Over (Number 32), while Nicky Romero and Nervo’s Like Home is new in at 36. Finally, Carly Rae Jepsen’s Tonight I’m Getting Over You climbs 18 to debut in the Update Top 40 at 37.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
2	WAITING ALL NIGHT	RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
3	THATPOWER	WILL I AM FT JUSTIN BIEBER
4	I NEED YOUR LOVE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
5	WHAT A NIGHT	LOVEABLE ROGUES
6	NEED U (100 PERCENT)	DUKE DUMONT FT AME
7	CAN'T HOLD US	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
8	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	PINK FT NATE RUESS
9	HEY PORSCHE	NELLY
10	FEEL THIS MOMENT	PITBULL FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
11	POMPEII	BASTILLE
12	RADIOACTIVE	IMAGINE DRAGONS
13	GENTLEMAN	PSY
14	MIRRORS	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
15	WHAT ABOUT US	SATURDAYS FT SEAN PAUL
16	WORK	IGGY AZALEA
17	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	BRUNO MARS
18	HOW YA DOIN'	LITTLE MIX FT MISSY ELLIOTT
19	22	TAYLOR SWIFT
20	HO HEY	LUMINEERS
21	THRIFT SHOP	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/WANZ
22	WHITE NOISE	DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE
23	CHOCOLATE	1975
24	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
25	ATTRACTING FLIES	ALUNAGEORGE
26	IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY	MICHAEL BUBLE
27	READY OR NOT	BRIDGIT MENDLER
28	ON MY WAY	CHARLIE BROWN
29	MOZART'S HOUSE	CLEAN BANDIT
30	SCREAM & SHOUT	WILL I AM FT BRITNEY SPEARS
31	FINE CHINA	CHRIS BROWN
32	PARTY OVER	AMELIA LILY
33	IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW	SCRIPT
34	I COULD BE THE ONE	AVICII VS NICKY ROMERO
35	EASY	MAT ZO & PORTER ROBINSON
36	LIKE HOME	NICKY ROMERO & NERVO
37	TONIGHT I'M GETTING OVER YOU	CARLY RAE JEPSEN
38	STILL INTO YOU	PARAMORE
39	FALLING	HAIM
40	A THOUSAND YEARS	CHRISTINA PERRI