Reading And Leeds 2012: Official Top 40 biggest selling singles revealed

OfficialCharts.com today reveals the Official Top 40 biggest selling hits of the bands and artists set to appear at this weekend’s Reading and Leeds festivals. See the full Top 40 at www.officialcharts.com!

Who’s heading to the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend? Whether you’re en route with your tent and wellies, or are going to follow all the action on TV, here’s a little something from Official Charts HQ to get you in the mood, complete with Spotify and Deezer playlists...

With the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart, 2012 is shaping up to be a real celebration of the hit single. OfficialCharts.com today reveals the Official Top 40 biggest selling hits of the bands and artists set to appear at this weekend’s Reading and Leeds festivals. This bank holiday weekend, an estimated 160,000 music fans will descend on Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ Bramham Park for the annual event, which is set to feature over 170 bands, artists and DJs playing across six stages.

Florence And The Machine top the chart with You’ve Got The Love. The track, which originally peaked at Number 5 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart in 2009, climbed to Number 2 a year later thanks to a remix by East London grime star Dizzee Rascal. According to the Official Charts Company’s sales data, it has sold over 968,000 copies to date.

Leeds indie rockers Kaiser Chiefs, who are set to play a homecoming show tomorrow (Friday, August 24) are at Number 2 in the countdown with their 2007 Official Number 1 smash, Ruby. To date, it has sold over 461,000 copies in the UK.

Florence And The Machine are at Number 3 with 2010’s Dog Days Are Over (417,000 copies) - the second of their five tracks in the Top 40 - while London garage singer / songwriter Katy B is at Number 4 with 2010 signature tune, Katy On A Mission (372,300). Kasabian, who are set to headline Reading on Saturday and Leeds on Sunday, complete the Top 5 with their 2009 single, Fire (372,200).

Of the artists in the Top 40, Foo Fighters have the lion’s share of the tracks; their six singles – Best Of You (Number 11), The Pretender (12), All My Life (26) Times Like These (28), Everlong (29) and Learn To Fly (32) – have sold a combined total of 1.1 million copies in the UK. Florence And The Machine (2.2 million combined), Kaiser Chiefs (1.1 combined) and The Cure (898,000 combined) have five tracks each in the Top 40.

The combined sales total of the entire Reading And Leeds 2012 Official Top 40 is 9.1 million copies.

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The full Reading And Leeds 2012 Official Top 40 is as follows:

	TRACK TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR OF RELEASE	PEAK CHART POSITION
01	YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	2009	2
02	RUBY	KAISER CHIEFS	2007	1
03	DOG DAYS ARE OVER	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	2010	23
04	KATY ON A MISSION	KATY B	2010	5
05	FIRE	KASABIAN	2009	3
06	LIGHTS ON	KATY B FT MS DYNAMITE	2011	4
07	PUMPED UP KICKS	FOSTER THE PEOPLE	2011	18
08	SPECTRUM	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	2012	1
09	212	AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY	2012	12
10	I PREDICT A RIOT	KAISER CHIEFS	2005	9
11	BEST OF YOU	FOO FIGHTERS	2005	4
12	THE PRETENDER	FOO FIGHTERS	2007	8
13	SHAKE IT OUT	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	2011	12
14	THE LOVE CATS	CURE	1983	7
15	RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP)	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	2010	12
16	FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE	CURE	1992	6
17	MISERY BUSINESS	PARAMORE	2007	17
18	SAME JEANS	VIEW	2007	3
19	BUCK ROGERS	FEEDER	2001	5
20	EMPIRE	KASABIAN	2006	9
21	CLUB FOOT	KASABIAN	2005	21
22	IN BETWEEN DAYS	CURE	1985	15
23	CLOSE TO ME	CURE	1985	24
24	EVERYDAY I LOVE YOU LESS AND LESS	KAISER CHIEFS	2005	10
25	UNDERDOG	KASABIAN	2009	32
26	ALL MY LIFE	FOO FIGHTERS	2002	5
27	JUST A DAY	FEEDER	2001	12
28	TIMES LIKE THESE	FOO FIGHTERS	2003	12
29	EVERLONG	FOO FIGHTERS	1997	18
30	IF YOU WANNA	VACCINES	2011	35
31	BROKEN RECORD	KATY B	2011	8
32	LEARN TO FLY	FOO FIGHTERS	1999	21
33	BOYS DON'T CRY	CURE	1986	22
34	NEVER MISS A BEAT	KAISER CHIEFS	2008	5
35	DECODE	PARAMORE	2008	52
36	THE ONLY EXCEPTION	PARAMORE	2010	31
37	WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS	JUSTICE VS SIMIAN	2006	20
38	OH MY GOD	KAISER CHIEFS	2004	6
39	IGNORANCE	PARAMORE	2009	14
40	SOMETHING GOOD CAN WORK	TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB	2011	56