First came Bryan Adams in 1991, with his Robin Hood theme, which holds the record for the longest consecutive run at Number 1, with 16 weeks at the top. Think back to the summers of 19 – do you remember where you were? Even if you don't, there's a chance that whatever you were up to was being soundtracked by one of these songs, both from huge hit movies. Love is All Around/(Everything I Do) I Do it For You
Will managed to score his first Number 1 in the process, topping the charts for four weeks in summer 1997. Men in BlackĮvery great song needs a dance to go along with it, Will Smith delivered in the middle eight of the theme tune to his alien comedy Men in Black.
A million-seller, one of two for Céline, My Heart Will Go On was Number 1 on two separate occasions – when Céline said she will go on, she meant it. Near, far, whereeeever you are, you have no chance of escape from Céline Dion's mega ballad, from the blockbuster Titanic.
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Question! Whatever happened to part 2? (Answer: it was on their album.) Anyway, Beyoncé, Kelly, and Michelle threw their hands up and landed their first ever Number 1 as Destiny's Child with this declaration of independence from the 2000 movie version of Charlie's Angels.įrom Moulin Rouge, a version of this song by All Saints had been Number 1 just two years earlier, but that didn't stop Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, and Lil Kim ripping up the rulebook – not to mention a hole in their tights – and taking it to the top again in 2000. Happy was the biggest song of 2014, and sold over 1.94 million downloads to become the eighth biggest-selling single of all time in the UK. Pharrell became one of the few artists to land three separate stints at Number 1 with the same song, and landed his third million-seller within a year. HappyĬlap along if you remember the film this came from? Released as part of the campaign for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack – yes, the sequel – Pharrell's joyous earworm took on a life of its own and was soon heading for the record books. You agreed too, keeping it at Number 1 for a month in early 2015, with over 1.76 million combined sales. While we couldn't possibly comment on the quality of either book or film, there was no doubt that Ellie Goulding's theme from the movie, created with Max Martin, was a solid gold banger. This 2016 Number 1 has amassed 740,000 combined sales.įifty Shades of Grey was both a literary and cinematic phenomenon. They could take comfort, however, from the fact that Sam was definitely the first artist to have a Number 1 with a Bond theme and, even more bravely, despite not mentioning the title of the movie in the song at all. To misquote Lady Gaga herself: you can have 100 positions in the Top 100, but it only takes 1 to be a Number 1.Īnother Oscar winner, Sam Smith caused some slight controversy when they picked up their award for this track from Bond movie SPECTRE and erroneously claimed to be the first "openly gay man" to win an Academy Award. Not only an Oscar-winning song, this track from A Star is Born from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper gave Gaga her first UK Number 1 song for over eight years, spending two weeks at the top at the end of 2018. It's not unusual for a song from a film to break out and become a hit in its own right, and sometimes they can go all the way to the top.Īs we await the imminent star-studded collaboration from the new Charlie's Angels movie, featuring Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande, we look at a selection of songs released to give a movie a boost that hit Number 1! Shallow The movie world and the music charts have been close pals since the beginning, and some soundtracks and cast recordings are among the most successful albums of all time.
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