Bobby Gillespie with Primal Scream at the Brixton Academy, London (Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)
The reissue of Primal Scream‘s early single Velocity Girl is new in at number one on the UK Vinyl Singles Chart.
Released as part of the band’s Maximum Rock’n’Roll campaign, it immediately leads last week’s chart topper, DJ by David Bowie, with Liam Gallagher’s recent solo single Shockwave at #3.
Reflecting the surge in popularity of the traditional format, dedicated vinyl album and singles charts were launched by the Official Charts Company in 2016 with the singles chart compiled from sales of 7″ and 12″ records.
UK Vinyl Singles Chart, Top 20:
1 – (new) Primal Scream – Velocity Girl
2 – David Bowie – DJ
3 – Liam Gallagher – Shockwave
4 – David Bowie – Boys Keep Swinging
5 – (new) Jarv Is – Must I Evolve
6 – Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
7 – Sufjan Stevens – Love Yourself
8 – Roger Daltrey – Pinball Wizard
9 –Burial – Claustro
10 – Daphne ft. Paradise – Sizzling
11 – The Murder Capital – Green & Blue
12 – (new) Wallflowers – Blushing Girl Nervous Smile
13 – (new) The Hives – I’m Alive
14 – (new) A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario
15 – ABBA – Voulez Vous
16 – New Order – Ceremony
17 – New Order – Temptation
18 – Pulp – Everybody’s Problem
19 – 101’Ers – 1976
20 – New Order – Everything’s Gone Green