Pharrell’s Happy looks set to hop, skip and jump back to Number 1

Pharrell Williams could be about to enjoy his third stint at the top spot in just two months this weekend.
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Pharrell Williams could be about to enjoy his third stint at the top spot in just two months this weekend.

It looks like there’s going to be no stopping Pharrell Williams in 2014. Not satisfied with scoring two massive chart toppers in 2013 with Get Lucky and Blurred Lines, Pharrell now looks on course to take feel-good anthem Happy to the Number 1 spot for the third time this year. Happy has so far spent three weeks on top of the UK’s Official Singles Chart in two separate stints back in January.

Last week’s Number 1 from Sam Smith, Money On My Mind, falls to Number 2. Last week, Sam was the first BRITs Critics’ Choice to debut at Number 1 with his first single and also scored the fastest-selling debut single of any Critics’ Choice winner!

Another former Number 1, Rather Be from Clean Bandit FT Jess Glynne, is a non-mover at Number 3.

Highest new entry on today’s Official Chart Update is Dutch DJ and producer Tiësto. at Number 4. Red Light is on course to be his highest charting UK hit since 2011’s C’mon Catch ‘Em By Surprise, which featured Diplo and Busta Rhymes.

Katy Perry rounds off our Top 5 at this midweek stage, as Dark Horse, which Katy performed at The BRITs, trots up one more place to Number 5.

New Entries and High Climbers

Apart from Tiësto (4), there are two brand new entries in the Top 10. Louisa Rose Allen – or Foxes, as she prefers to be known – is set for her very first Top 10 hit with latest single Let Go For Tonight at Number 7. Her previous best was 2013’s Youth, which peaked at Number 12.

Paloma Faith is on track for her second Top 10 in today’s Update – Pharrell-produced Can’t Rely On You is new at Number 8.

John Legend may be heading for a second UK Top 10 after zooms 19 places to Number 10 with the love song he wrote for wife Chrissy Teigen, All Of Me.

The ‘Bastimental’ mash-up of Pompeii and Waiting All Night performed by Bastille, Rudimental and Ella Eyre at Wednesday’s BRIT Awards continues to climb, rising six places to Number 15. Waiting All Night won Best British Single at the star-studded ceremony at London’s O2.

Best British Female winner Ellie Goulding scores her eighth Top 20 as a lead artist, as Goodness Gracious climbs ten places to Number 16. American Authors’ Best Day of My Life also climbs ten places in today’s Update to land at 27.

Show Me, from Kid Ink FT Chris Brown, zooms 39 places to re-enter the Top 40 at Number 36, and classic track We Built This City, from Starship, rockets 144 places this week to break back into the Top 40 at Number 40. The track, currently being used in an advert for Three Mobile, was originally a Number 12 hit in November 1985.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full on Sunday at 7pm.

1 HAPPY PHARRELL WILLIAMS
2 MONEY ON MY MIND SAM SMITH
3 RATHER BE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
4 RED LIGHTS TIESTO
5 DARK HORSE KATY PERRY FT JUICY J
6 SAY SOMETHING A GREAT BIG WORLD/AGUILERA
7 LET GO FOR TONIGHT FOXES
8 CAN'T RELY ON YOU PALOMA FAITH
9 STAY THE NIGHT ZEDD FT HAYLEY WILLIAMS
10 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND
11 SHOT ME DOWN DAVID GUETTA FT SKYLAR GREY
12 CRYING FOR NO REASON KATY B
13 TIMBER PITBULL FT KESHA
14 FEELIN' MYSELF WILL I AM/CYRUS/KHALIFA
15 POMPEII/WAITING ALL NIGHT BASTILLE/RUDIMENTAL/ELLA EYRE
16 GOODNESS GRACIOUS ELLIE GOULDING
17 DIBBY DIBBY SOUND DJ FRESH/JAY FAY/MS DYNAMITE
18 DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE FT JAY-Z
19 DEMONS IMAGINE DRAGONS
20 XO BEYONCE
21 HEY BROTHER AVICII
22 EVERYTHING IS AWESOME TEGAN & SARA FT LONELY ISLAND
23 READY FOR YOUR LOVE GORGON CITY FT MNEK
24 CAN'T REMEMBER TO FORGET YOU SHAKIRA FT RIHANNA
25 RIPTIDE VANCE JOY
26 HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU ELLIE GOULDING
27 BEST DAY OF MY LIFE AMERICAN AUTHORS
28 POMPEII BASTILLE
29 LET IT GO IDINA MENZEL
30 TRUMPETS JASON DERULO
31 TEAM LORDE
32 IF I LOSE MYSELF ONEREPUBLIC & ALESSO
33 BURN ELLIE GOULDING
34 COUNTING STARS ONEREPUBLIC
35 DO I WANNA KNOW ARCTIC MONKEYS
36 SHOW ME KID INK FT CHRIS BROWN
37 BRAVEHEART NEON JUNGLE
38 F FOR YOU DISCLOSURE
39 DANCE WITH ME LE YOUTH FT DOMINIQUE YOUNG
40 WE BUILT THIS CITY STARSHIP

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