It’s ‘God Only Knows‘ which is sitting pretty at the top of the UK’s Vinyl Singles Chart this week as the celebrations surrounding The Beach Boys‘ ‘Pet Sounds‘ 50th anniversary continue.
There’s little else in the way of new entries as the likes of PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, The Strokes and Muse hold on to places in the Top 20.
Dedicated vinyl album and singles charts were launched by the Official Charts Company last year in recognition of the continuing resurgence of the traditional format – the singles chart is compiled from sales of 7″ and 12″ records.
UK Vinyl Singles Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) The Beach Boys – ‘God Only Knows’
2/ Paul Draper – ‘Feeling My Heart Run Slow’
3/ The Strokes – ‘Oblivius’
4/ Wings – ‘Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five’
5/ (new) No-Man – ‘Heaven Taste’
6/ Goat – ‘I Sing In Silence’
7/ PJ Harvey – ‘The Community Of Hope’
8/ T-Rex/Ringo Starr/Elton John – ‘Children Of The Revolution’
9/ Motorhead – ‘Overkill’
10/ Pet Shop Boys – ‘The Pop Kids’
11/ Jarvis Cocker – ‘Theme From Likely Stories’
12/ Jake Bugg – ‘Gimme The Love’
13/ Aphex Twin – ‘Windowlicker’
14/ Muse – ‘Reapers’
15/ The 1975 – ‘Sex’
16/ Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Drown’
17/ David J – ‘The Day That David Bowie Died’
18/ Queen – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
19/ Twenty One Pilots – ‘A Few Older Ones’
20/ David Bowie – ‘TVC 15’