The Spitfires‘ new track ‘So Long‘ is the best seller on the UK Vinyl Singles Chart this week, edging last week’s number one down to #2.
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind – the new vehicle for the eponymous frontman of Jim Jones & The Revue – are also new in the Top 10, while Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are back in the charts for another week with 2015’s most popular vinyl single, ‘The Dying Of The Light‘.
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 Spitfires – ‘So Long’
2/ New Order – ‘Singularity’
3/ Jeff Buckley – ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’
4/ The 1975 – ‘A Change Of Heart’
5/ David Bowie – ‘Golden Years’
6/ Allergies – ‘Rock Rock’/’Blast Off’
7/ Massive Attack – ‘Ritual Spirit’
8/ (new) Let’s Eat Grandma – ‘Deep Six Textbook’
9/ (new) Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind – ‘Aldecide’
10/ Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Follow You’
11/ The 1975 – ‘Sex’
12/ David Bowie – ‘Absolute Beginners’/’China Girl’
13/ David Bowie – ‘Fame’
14/ Spring King – ‘Rectifier’
15/ (new) My Dying Bride – ‘Symphonaire Infernus’
16/ The 1975 – ‘Facedown’
17/ PJ Harvey – ‘The Wheel’
18/ Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘The Dying Of The Light’
19/ The 1975 – ‘The City’
20/ Iron Maiden – ‘Running Free’