Sam Smith & Kim Petras' infernal hit Unholy is the UK's Number 1 Trending Song

The throbbing banger is in the race for this week's Official Number 1 single.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras have performed an Unholy miracle with the UK's Official Number 1 Trending Song.

Popping from the body shop to the club, Unholy is juddering, electro-pop song that sees Sam and Kim twisting their vocals over an EDM beat courtesy of Max Martin prodigy Ilya (Into You, Love Me Like You Do), Cirkut (Sweet But Psycho) and Jimmy Napes (Latch, Stay With Me).

The track is currently pacing for a Top 10 debut on the Official Singles Chart, and in a two-way race for Number 1 with David Guetta & Bebe Rexha's current chart-topper I'm Good (Blue).

It would be Sam's 12th Top 10 in the UK (and first in three years), as well as the first for Kim, a stunning moment for the trans pop-artist who has been on the verges of a commercial breakthrough for several years.

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Stormzy could also be looking for a big debut this week with his epic, 7-minute single Mel Made Me Do It. His first release since signing to 0207 Def Jam, the song is named after Stormzy's stylist Melissa Holdbrook-Akposoe, (Melissa's Wardrobe) and comes accompanied by an impassioned music video featuring various Black cultural figures of note, from Dave and JME to author Malorie Blackman and the family of the late Jamal Edwards.

There are further new entries this week from D-Block Europe (4 The Win and Burna Boy collab She's Not Anyone) who are also pacing towards their first-ever UK Number 1 album with Lap 5, as well as Lil Nas X's energetic new track (Star Walkin') and 21 year old starlet Venbee, who hooks up with producer Goddard for their new viral hit (Messy In Heaven).

Elsewhere, this week's big climber on the Official Trending Chart is Sam Fender's Getting Started, getting a second-wind thanks to the release of a new remix by Chase & Status.

And finally, Dermot Kennedy's Kiss Me could break into the UK Top 40 this week, ahead of the release of his second album Sonder in November.

Official Trending Chart Top 20 - September 26 2022

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LABEL	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		UNHOLY	SAM SMITH & KIM PETRAS	EMI	NE	2	0
2		MEL MADE ME DO IT	STORMZY	0207/MERKY	NE	13	0
3		PSYCHO	ANNE-MARIE & AITCH	ATLANTIC	16	14	2	16
4		CUFF IT	BEYONCE	COLUMBIA/PARKWOOD ENT	20	16	4	14
5		FOR MY HAND	BURNA BOY FT ED SHEERAN	ATLANTIC	21	19	2	21
6		2 BE LOVED (AM I READY)	LIZZO	ATLANTIC	28	22	6	28
7		HISTORY	JOEL CORRY & BECKY HILL	ATLANTIC	23	23	0	18
8		4 THE WIN	D-BLOCK EUROPE	D-BLOCK EUROPE	NE	24	0
9		CALM DOWN	REMA	MAVIN	32	26	6	32
10		ALL FOR YOU	CIAN DUCROT	POLYDOR	31	29	2	28
11		SHE'S NOT ANYONE	D-BLOCK EUROPE/BURNA BOY	D-BLOCK EUROPE	NE	33	0
12		TURN ON THE LIGHTS AGAIN	FRED AGAIN/SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA	ATLANTIC/REPUBLIC RECORDS	36	34	2	30
13		WORDS	ALESSO/ZARA LARSSON	POSITIVA	43	36	7	37
14	⬆️	KISS ME	DERMOT KENNEDY	ISLAND	50	40	10
15		VICTORIA'S SECRET	JAX	ATLANTIC	42	41	1
16		ENERGY	BUGZY MALONE & MIST	B SOMEBODY	45	42	3	39
17	⬆️⬆️	GETTING STARTED	SAM FENDER	POLYDOR	67	44	23
18		ALL THESE NIGHTS	TOM GRENNAN	INSANITY	51	51	0
19		STAR WALKIN'	LIL NAS X	RCA	NE	55	0
20		MESSY IN HEAVEN	VENBEE & GODDARD	COLUMBIA	NE	57	0

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart

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thierry henon

27th September 2022

So happy to see KIM and SAM at number 1: love their new single!! and over the moon to see DERMOT and LIZZO climbing the chart this week...hope for a Top 20 for both of them soon..